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Fabulous Friday: "6060-842"
Another fabulous cut from the B-52's first album. I'll give you the original recording and a live performance from 1980.
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Jul 19, 20191 min read
*Ghosts of Versailles,* 7/13/19
Liz, David, Richard, and I saw *The Ghosts of Versailles* at Glimmerglass Opera on 7/13/19. It’s an opera with music by John Corigliano...
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Jul 18, 20193 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 7/17/19
"All the Things You Are." Diva: Sarah Vaughan Mensch: Ella Fitzgerald
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Jul 17, 20191 min read
Mark Morris Dance Group, 7/10/19
Stephanie, Christian, and I saw the Mark Morris Dance Group at Mostly Mozart on 7/10/19. There were three pieces on the program. The...
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Jul 16, 20193 min read
CDA: Robert Orth
My friend Scott broke the news to me about death of Robert Orth, a wonderful American baritone who we saw as Nixon in *Nixon in China* in...
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Jul 15, 20191 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Dance This Mess Around"
Everybody goes to parties, they dance this mess around! Another fantastic song from The B-52s's debut album. Here's the original album...
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Jul 12, 20191 min read
CDA: Valentina Cortese
I only know Valentina Cortese from one movie, but she was so extraordinary in that movie, she deserves a blown kiss from me. She played...
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Jul 11, 20191 min read
CDA: Rip Torn
Thanks to Richard for telling me about the passing of Rip Torn, what a wonderful actor. I was a big fan of *The Larry Sanders Show* back...
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Jul 10, 20191 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 7/10/19
Continuing our Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald tribute, here they are doing "Summertime:"
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Jul 10, 20191 min read
*Ink,* 7/3/19
Renée, Richard, and I saw *Ink* on 7/3/19. It’s a new play by James Graham about Rupert Murdoch buying The Sun and turning it around,...
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Jul 9, 20191 min read
*The Secret Life of Bees,* 7/2/19
I saw *The Secret Life of Bees* at Atlantic Theater Company on 7/2/19. It’s a new musical based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd, with music...
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Jul 8, 20193 min read
*Fiddler on the Roof,* 7/5/19
Richard and I saw *Fiddler on the Roof* off Broadway on 7/5/19. There have been two major revivals of *Fiddler* in New York in the...
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Jul 7, 20192 min read
CDA: João Gilberto
João Gilberto was one of the brightest stars of bossa nova. His album *Getz / Gilberto* with Stan Getz is essential! Here he is...
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Jul 7, 20191 min read
CDA: Arte Johnson
Three wonderful clips for the one and only Arte Johnson! First off, two bits from his most beloved characters on *Laugh-In:* And would...
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Jul 5, 20191 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Planet Claire"
Can we all agree that The B-52's are one of the greatest bands ever? If not "greatest," maybe the grooviest? Their first album, the...
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Jul 5, 20191 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 7/3/19
I had such a good time with the song pairs in May, I'm sort of continuing that theme this month, but with one important change: each week...
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Jul 3, 20191 min read
*Stonewall,* 6/28/19
Scott and I saw *Stonewall* at the New York City Opera on 6/28/19. It’s a new opera with music by Iain Bell and a libretto by Mark...
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Jul 2, 20193 min read
*The Origin of Love,* 6/27/19
Scott and I went to *The Origin of Love* at Town Hall on 6/27/19. It was a concert of songs from *Hedwig and the Angry Inch,* a rock...
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Jul 1, 20195 min read
Fabulous Friday: Stonewall 50th anniversary
Today is the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, aka the Stonewall uprising or the Stonewall rebellion. I found this amusing and...
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Jun 28, 20191 min read
*Espæce,* 6/20/19
I saw *Espæce* at BAM on 6/20/19. It’s a work of what’s known as physical theater, created by Aurélien Bory for Compagnie 111, with music...
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Jun 27, 20192 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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