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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
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
*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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Diva / Mensch pair for Dec 29, 2021
I'm ending our Beatles tribute (and ending the year) with a bird's eye D/M view of the Beatles. It seems to me that they generally...
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Dec 29, 20211 min read
CDA: Didion and Tutu
Ah, the great Joan Didion. I need to read more of her work - - the only thing I've read is her short non-fiction collection *The White...
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Dec 26, 20211 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Let It Be" by Aretha Franklin
She kills it in this song! She's so good at turning any song into an Aretha Franklin song. I'd love to hear what she'd do with "Happy...
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Dec 24, 20211 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for Dec 22, 2021
Our last album pair from their last album: Diva: "Get Back" Mensch: "Let It Be"
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Dec 22, 20211 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR19, ep9
Anna had a hard time with Octavio being sent home - - she had a little monologue at the start of the episode and had a crying jag in the...
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Dec 20, 20212 min read
Brooklyn Chamber Music Society, Dec 17, 2021
Stephanie, Amanda, and I heard a concert by the Brooklyn Chamber Music Society on December 17. 2021. Our friend Jeffrey Sykes was the...
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Dec 19, 20213 min read
*Messy Messiah,* Dec 16. 2021
I saw Heartbeat Opera do *Messy Messiah* on Dec 16, 2021. I discovered Heartbeat during the first wave of the pandemic - - their online...
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Dec 18, 20214 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Come Together" by Gary Clark Jr.
I'd never heard of Gary Clark Jr. but found this gritty, sexy version of "Come Together" on YouTube. Howard Stern is a little dopey but I...
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Dec 17, 20211 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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17 hours ago1 min read
CDA x 2: Koenig and St. James
I read in the NY Times about the death of Walter Koenig at the age of 90. He'll always be remembered as Chekhov on Star Trek. I read in his Times obit that he was added in the second season to appeal to youngsters - - Kirk, Spock, and Bones were all mature gentlemen and they needed a cute young guy. They even gave him a Monkees-esque mop top to seal the deal. He was pretty damn cute! And my brother Howard alerted me to the death of Susan St. James at the age of 80. She's prob
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2 days ago1 min read
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