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Diva/Mensch pair for Dec 11, 2024
George Benson won four Grammys for 1976. Diva: Record of the Year, "This Masquerade" Mensch: Best Pop Instrumental Performance, "Breezin'...
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Dec 11, 20241 min read
Chanticleer Christmas, Dec 6, 2024
I heard Chanticleer in a Christmas concert at St. Ignatius of Loyola on Dec 6, 2024. I've been a fan of theirs back to the 90s, I've...
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Dec 10, 20245 min read
Czech Philharmonic, Dec 5, 2025
Jim and I heard that Czech Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall on Dec 5, 2024. It was an all-Czech program conducted by their chief conductor...
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Dec 9, 20242 min read
Fabulous Friday: Ann-Margret
Did you see the PBS special the other night about women doing variety shows on TV? It was stellar, so many treasures, so much good...
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Dec 6, 20241 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Dec 4, 2024
Ah, diversity! In 1975 we had this astonishing duo: Diva: Best Pop Instrumental Performance, "The Hustle" by Van McCoy Mensch: Best Pop...
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Dec 4, 20241 min read
Fabulous Friday: Modi
My friend Jessica introduced me to this comic. Hilarious.
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Nov 29, 20241 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Nov 27, 2024
I don't think I've delved into the Country categories yet, a shameful omission at this late date. The 1974 winners for Best Country Song...
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Nov 27, 20241 min read
Fabulous Friday: what a crazy morning!
Oh my friends, what a crazy morning I've had! 6:12am: I looked at the clock. My alarm was set for 6:21am so it was nice not to hear the...
ladiesvoices
Nov 22, 20244 min read
*Teeth,* Nov 20, 2024
I saw Teeth at New World Stages on November 20, 2024. It's the new musical by Michael R. Jackson. I saw both of his previous musicals, A...
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Nov 21, 20246 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Nov 20, 2024
The 1973 Grammys were wall to wall divas! I couldn't find a single viable diva/mensch pair among the winners. Even the classical category...
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Nov 20, 20241 min read
*Ladies' Voices,* thirty years later
Today is the 30th birthday of my opera Ladies' Voices. I think of it as my Opus One. I wrote about Ladies' Voices in the context of a...
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Nov 19, 202412 min read
Fabulous Friday: Suzanne Charny
Last week I sent out the big dance sequence from the movie of Sweet Charity. The lead female dancer was Suzanne Charny. She was damn...
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Nov 15, 20241 min read
*Ainadamar,* Nov 6, 2024
Karen, Stephanie, and I saw *Ainadamar* at the Met on Nov 6, 2024. It's an opera by composer Osvaldo Golijov and librettist David Henry...
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Nov 14, 20243 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Nov 13, 2024
Roberta Flack had the rare honor of being both diva and mensch at the Grammys in 1972! Diva: Song of the Year - - "The First Time Ever I...
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Nov 13, 20241 min read
Fabulous Friday: *Sweet Charity* and "Soul Bossa Nova"
I wrote a CDA on Quincy Jones the other day and included a mash-up of a dance number from the Sweet Charity movie and Jones's...
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Nov 8, 20241 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Nov 6, 2024
The Best New Artist award for 1971 went to Carly Simon. Maybe not a diva when you compare her to Diana Ross, but definitely a diva when...
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Nov 6, 20241 min read
*Ragtime,* Nov 1, 2024
Susan and I saw Ragtime at City Center on Nov 1, 2024. It originally opened on Broadway in 1998 - - it has music by Stephen Flaherty,...
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Nov 5, 20242 min read
CDA: Quincy Jones
My brother Howard just alerted me to the death of Quincy Jones, age 91. He was a giant in the music business as a producer, arranger, and...
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Nov 4, 20242 min read
Fabulous Friday: Tim Walz on gutters
I don't do political statements on my website but I have to post this hilarious short interview with Tim Walz. Talking about gutters. He...
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Nov 1, 20241 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Oct 30, 2024
The big winner at the Grammys for 1970 was "Bridge Over Troubled Water." It won Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Contemporary...
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Oct 30, 20241 min read
CDA x 4: Barrie and Stewart
I never like reporting on FOUR celebrity deaths! My brother Howard alerted me to three of them and my friend Jessica on the fourth: Barbara Barrie (95), Donnie Iris (83), and Patrick Stewart (86) from Howard and Elke Sommer (85) from Jessica. I first encountered Barbara Barrie playing Dennis Christopher's mom in Breaking Away. She was nominated for an Oscar for that movie. I later knew her from the original cast recording of Stephen Sondheim's Company, in which she and her hu
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23 hours ago3 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Then Came You"
I was on the stairmaster at Planet Fitness yesterday morning - - it wasn't an actual Stairmaster, it was a LifeFitness brand knockoff, but it's the easiest way to explain the thing I was using. Don't you say Kleenex rather than "facial tissue?" Anyway, I was on the stairmaster looking for something inspiring to listen to on my iPod. I needed a break from my usual picks (Boston, Earth Wind and Fire, Shirley Bassey) and somehow landed on this song. Which I ADORE. The four minut
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2 days ago1 min read
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