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*Don Giovanni,* May 24, 2023
Stephanie and I saw *Don Giovanni* on May 24, 2023. I admire Mozart but don't really love him. This is blasphemy to some, but I've always...
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May 30, 20234 min read
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May 26, 20231 min read
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CDA: Tina Turner
This one got me a little teary. She was such a force, such an inspiring and thrilling performer. We know more about her personal life...
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May 25, 20232 min read
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Diva/Mensch pair for May 24, 2023
The 1972 winner for Best Supporting actor was Joel Grey for *Cabaret* in a High Diva performance. I suppose today a man could wear false...
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May 24, 20231 min read
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Fabulous Friday: *Summer of '42*
The winner of Best Original Score in 1971 was my beloved Michel Legrand for *Summer of '42.* I saw this movie when I was a teenager and...
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May 19, 20231 min read
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Diva/Mensch pair for May 17, 2023
The Best Song winner for 1971 was Isaac Hayes's theme for *Shaft.* Shut your mouth! I'm talkin' 'about Shaft. The hi-hat intro to the...
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May 17, 20231 min read
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Fabulous Friday: Nathan Lane (cameo by G C Scott)
You know how YouTube makes suggestions to you, based on the things you've watched before? Last week they wanted me to watch "Nathan Lane...
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May 12, 20231 min read
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CDA: Bumbry and Lee
The great opera singer Grace Bumbry died the other day at the age of 86. She had a big career in all the major houses and was a special...
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May 11, 20232 min read
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Diva/Mensch pair for May 10, 2023
The 1970 winner for Best Actor was George C Scott in *Patton.* Now that's a diva of a performance if ever there was one, on such a grand...
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May 10, 20231 min read
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Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Paul Newman
It's been so long since I've had a mystery guest! I figure since we had "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" this week, why not have the...
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May 5, 20231 min read
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Diva/Mensch pair for May 3, 2023
The Best Original Song winner for 1969 was "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" from *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,* written by my...
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May 3, 20231 min read
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CDA: April Stevens
First off, don't even think about me doing a CDA on Jerry Springer! I'm not going to waste my time with that business. April Stevens died...
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Apr 30, 20233 min read
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*Champion,* Apr 25, 2023
Jessica and I saw *Champion* at the Met on April 25, 2023. It's the first opera written by Terence Blanchard, it had its premiere at...
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Apr 29, 20233 min read
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Fabulous Friday: Ruth Gordon interview
She is so sweet!
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Apr 28, 20231 min read
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CDA: Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte died the other day at the age of 96. I read his NY Times obit - - I knew him as a singer and actor but didn't know about...
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Apr 27, 20231 min read
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Diva/Mensch pair for Apr 26, 2023
The Best Supporting Actress winner for 1968 was Ruth Gordon for *Rosemary's Baby.* I've seen that movie at least ten times and it gets...
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Apr 26, 20231 min read
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CDA: Barry Humphries
Barry Humphries, the man who created the gigastar Dame Edna Everage, died the other day at the age of 89. I was lucky to have seen Dame...
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Apr 24, 20231 min read
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Voices of Ascension Fauré *Requiem,* Apr 20, 2023
Susie and I heard Voices of Ascension on Apr 20, 2023. They're a professional chorus based at the Church of the Ascension - - I've been a...
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Apr 22, 20233 min read
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Fabulous Friday: D Hoffman's screen test for *The Graduate*
This is such a cute story.
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Apr 21, 20231 min read
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Diva/Mensch pair - - EEK! Revision!
Oh my dear! I have a spreadsheet that I use to lay out the D/M pairs for the coming weeks. This morning I saw that I had lined up Anne...
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Apr 19, 20231 min read
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Sybarite5 and Curtis Stewart, Nov 3 2025
I heard Sybarite5 at Music Mondays on Nov 3, 2025. They're a string quintet - - two violins, viola, cello, and bass. I heard them in an online concert during lockdown n 2020. I just read that review and I appeared to enjoy the 2020 concert more than this latest one. Maybe I was more eager for a satisfying cultural experience? Or maybe it was just better. They opened with "Movement and Locations" by The Punch Brothers. It had a great energy but the cello solo at the beginning
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2 days ago3 min read
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Fabulous Friday: Aretha Franklin
I had a tribute to Wanda Jackson a few weeks ago. My brother Howard has a signed picture of her in his locker at work! I told him, "That's not Wanda Jackson, that's Lynn Redgrave in a bad wig." Bless her heart. Or in this case, rest her soul! OK now for this week's fierce rock and roll woman: the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, an American treasure. One of a kind, the world would not be the same without her. Can we all agree that this was one of the greatest moments in televi
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3 days ago1 min read
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