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Fabulous Friday: *Rocketman* and Carpool Karaoke
Since we're in an Elton mood, I thought I'd promote the 2019 movie *Rocketman,* a biopic about Elton John. Such a wonderful movie, much...
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Jan 28, 20221 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for Jan 26, 2022
I'll give the mic to my brother Howard: "I was thinking about how much I loved *Caribou* as a kid. My first glam record. Columbia Record...
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Jan 26, 20221 min read
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CDA: Anderson, Loaf, Mugler, Soares
Richard alerted me to the death of comic and actor Louie Anderson, who died at the age of 68. He started as a stand-up comic but more...
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Jan 25, 20221 min read
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Sonya Yoncheva recital, Jan 23, 2022
Patrick, Susie, Richard, and I saw soprano Sonya Yoncheva and pianist Malcolm Martineau in recital at the Met on Jan 23, 2022. Yoncheva...
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Jan 24, 20225 min read
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TELL OTHER COCO ROCHA STORY My dear friend Laura asked me to predict who I see as the winner this season. A fool’s game, to be sure, but...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
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*Search For Signs,* Jan 18, 2022
Richard and I saw *The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe* at The Shed on Jan 18, 2022. It's a play from 1985 by Jane...
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Jan 22, 20222 min read
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Fabulous Friday: "Hotel California" and "September"
I love this Gipsy Kings version of "Hotel California" in Spanish. I first heard it in *The Big Lebowski.* And a story, off topic. The...
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Jan 21, 20221 min read
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CDA: Mimieux and Talley
My friend Dianna alerted me to the death of Yvette Mimieux, the American actress with the French name. She was 80 years old. I guess...
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Jan 20, 20221 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for Jan 19, 2022
The Eagles get a lot of bad talk, but I love them. Diva: "Hotel California" Mensch: "New Kid in Town" "Hotel California" is one of the...
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Jan 19, 20221 min read
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Ryan on the Runway: PR19, ep11
Christian met the designers in the green room after the previous runway show and they were drop-kicked directly into the next challenge....
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Jan 17, 20222 min read
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*Rigoletto,* Jan 11, 2022
Esther and I saw *Rigoletto* at the Met on Jan 11, 2022. I was very excited to hear the rising American baritone Quinn Kelsey in the...
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Jan 16, 20223 min read
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CDA: Ewing and Spector
My brothers Patrick and Howard both alerted me to the death of American opera singer Maria Ewing, who died at the age of 71. Patrick gets...
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Jan 15, 20222 min read
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Fabulous Friday: Jim Croce in concert
How about some more Jim Croce? Here he is in concert in Ireland in 1973.
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Jan 14, 20221 min read
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Ryan on the Runway: PR19, ep10
It had been so long since the previous episode, I was afraid I wouldn’t remember who anyone is. Then it all came back to me. A bit like a...
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Jan 13, 20222 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for Jan 12, 2022
Today I'm giving you a pair by Jim Croce. Diva: "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" Mensch: "Operator" I don't have anything to say about "Bad Bad...
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Jan 12, 20221 min read
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CDA x 3: Bergman, Hickman, Saget
The CDAs are coming fast and furious! First, Marilyn Bergman, who died at the age of 93. She and her husband Alan Bergman wrote the...
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Jan 10, 20222 min read
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CDA: Peter Bogdanovich and Sidney Poitier
Peter Bogdanovich, such a marvelous director. He died the other day at the age of 82. You should read his NY Times obit, if you haven't...
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Jan 8, 20222 min read
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Fabulous Friday: Sly Stone co-hosting The Mike Douglas Show
I like to use the first Friday of the month for a mystery guest from *What's My Line?* I also like to tie that into whatever theme I'm...
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Jan 7, 20221 min read
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Diva / Mensch pair for Jan 5, 2022
Happy New Year, everyone. I hope 2022 is full of wonderful things for all of us. I had a fun time with the Beatles tribute at the end of...
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Jan 5, 20221 min read
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Fabulous Friday: CDA, Betty White
Stephanie and Richard alerted me to the death of Betty White. Not exactly a surprise at 99, but still a sad day. Such a darling woman,...
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Dec 31, 20211 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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22 hours ago1 min read
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CDA: Diane Ladd
I was saddened to read in The Times about the death of actor Diane Ladd at the age of 89. She had three Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress. First for playing Flo in Alice Doesn't Live Her Anymore. She really knew how to give A Performance, just what you want in a supporting actor. Here she is off the freaking rails in Wild At Heart. And doing something more measured and understated in Rambling Rose. The Times said she and her daughter Laura Dern were the first (ma
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2 days ago1 min read
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