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Fabulous Friday: "Let's Groove"
Let's groove, shall we? I'm closing out our Earth Wind and Fire tribute with another priceless video. It has a strong *Tron* vibe...
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Sep 27, 20191 min read
CDA: Phyllis Newman
Darling Phyllis Newman. She won a Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for *Subways Are For Sleeping.* She won that over a...
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Sep 26, 20192 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 9/25/19
Closing out our color theme: Diva: Lime green Mensch: Dark green
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Sep 25, 20191 min read
CDA: Sid Haig
My friend Rubén texted me this morning about the death of Sid Haig. We had just seen his final screen appearance last week, *3 From...
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Sep 24, 20191 min read
*Forbidden Bway: The Next Generation,* 9/22/19
John, David, Richard, and I saw *Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation* on 9/23/19. Forbidden Broadway is a franchise that goes back to...
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Sep 23, 20193 min read
NY Phil *Knoxville,* 9/19/19
I heard a concert by the New York Philharmonic on 9/19/19, conducted by Jaap van Zweden. They played Glass, Barber, and Prokofiev. The...
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Sep 22, 20193 min read
Choir of Trinity College, 9/15/19
Gretta and I heard the Choir of Trinity College on 9/15/19. I didn't know this before the concert, but we had both worked with their...
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Sep 21, 20193 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Boogie Wonderland"
Earth Wind and Fire - - they had one fabulous brass section!
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Sep 20, 20191 min read
*Psycho,* 9/13/19
I saw a screening of the Hitchcock movie *Psycho* on 9/13/19, with the Bernard Herrmann score played live by the New York Philharmonic,...
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Sep 19, 20192 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 9/18/19
Continuing our color theme, I'm looking at neutrals today: Diva: Dark grey Mensch: Dark brown
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Sep 18, 20191 min read
*Opening Night,* 9/12/19
I saw *Opening Night* at the French Institute on 9/12/19. Somehow I got a mailing from them and am glad I did - - this performance was...
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Sep 17, 20192 min read
CDA: Ric Ocasek
I didn't realize how much I loved The Cars until I heard "Just What I Needed" again about ten years ago. FANTASTIC song. Here's another...
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Sep 16, 20191 min read
Harvard-Yale Cantata, 9/12/19
Karen and I went to the fifth annual Harvard-Yale Cantata. This is a show our friend Tom produces every year at 54 Below, a take-off on...
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Sep 14, 20194 min read
Fabulous Friday: "September"
It's September, so how about some Earth, Wind, and Fire? I'm devoting the rest of September to them, and am taking requests for the...
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Sep 13, 20191 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 9/11/19
Continuing with our color theme: Diva: Purple Mensch: Lavender
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Sep 11, 20191 min read
*Paul Robeson,* 9/8/19
I saw *Paul Robeson* at Crossroads Theatre Company on 9/8/19. I would ordinarily have no burning desire to spend an hour and a half...
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Sep 10, 20192 min read
Machine Dazzle performance, 9/5/19
Stephanie, Francesca, Ian, and I saw Machine Dazzle at the Guggenheim on 9/5/19. Stephanie, Francesca, and I know Dazzle as the costume...
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Sep 9, 20192 min read
CDA: Carol Lynley and Chris March
A double header! Carol Lynley was a Hollywood Blonde, at her peak in the early 60s, was pitted against Sandra Dee and Tuesday Weld - -...
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Sep 7, 20191 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Gloria Swanson
Miss Swanson made two appearances as a mystery guest on What's My Line, first in the first season of the show, in 1950. LOVE that hat. ...
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Sep 6, 20191 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 9/4/19
I'm going abstract in September: the pairs are colors. Diva: Black Mensch: White
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Sep 4, 20191 min read
CDA: Catherine O'Hara
Oh my I was not prepared for this one. My brother Howard texted me yesterday to alert me to the death of the extraordinary Catherine O'Hara at the too young age of 71. Like many of my generation I first encountered her on SCTV. My favorite of her characters was Lola Heatherton, a dimly talented nightclub performer, her name pointing us to Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon mainstays Lola Falana and Joey Heatherton. She was delightful in Beetlejuice (1988) but I'm not so into
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3 days ago2 min read
Fabulous Friday: Alanis Morissette
I've asked my friend Jori Hume to write a few Fabulous Fridays in the Rock and Roll Woman series. Jori is a friend from high school, without a doubt the coolest person ever to attend Delavan-Darien High School. I was about to write "ever to graduate from" but I bet there are some cool people who were dropouts! Jori is cooler than any of them. I'll hand the baton to Jori: Do you remember the first time you heard “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette? Picture it: Kansas City.
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4 days ago2 min read
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