Monthly Archives: May 2020

1. My daughter sitting in her car with a mask on. Mother and kid come beside driver’s door. Kid starts pounding on it. Mother looks and sees driver. Says “Don’t do that–there’s someone inside.” 2. Friend of daughter in Sobey’s … Continue reading →

with Kirkland and Davies, 1992. We were two of his grad students who remained closely in touch over the years.

I was made for Austria where Africa once met Europe and created the Alps, the long green valleys of summer, the white carpeted Tyrol hills where The Beatles skiied in Help! (ha-ha-ho-ho-hee-hee). The alpine Yo-de-lay-ee-oh. I was made for post-war … Continue reading →

Don’t be surprised when many care places shut down, leaving no place for seniors to go as in the olde days. It is an impending, forthcoming major social crisis for sure. Especially when combined with the now well-publicized dangers of … Continue reading →

The perfect 125 min. comprehensive companion to the complete Prestige and Columbia recordings. This video was a labor of love by Mike Dibb who interviewed Miles, many musicians who played with him, family and friends. Some of the players interviewed … Continue reading →

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882): Long America’s favorite rhyming poet; author of “The Day Is Done”, “My Lost Youth”, “The Wreck of the Hesperus”, “The Children’s Hour”, Evangeline, Hiawatha, Tales of a Wayside Inn Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849): “The Raven”, “Annabel … Continue reading →

If someone was to ask me, tell me the most concise best of English poetry featuring the great poets and poems, I would list the following (in approximate chronological order). Anonymous -“Sir Patrick Spence” -“Edward” -The Twa Corbies” Geoffrey Chaucer … Continue reading →

All is forgiven. You have bought my love and loyalty for 3 big ones (3 x 100). I will vote for you next time. You are a god after all. Thanks, Me

culminating this Mother’s Day Weekend with SNL’s Alec Baldwin’s Trump eagerly drinking Clorox to keep himself healthy despite all odds during the WH coronavirus crisis. The black-hole death-spiral continues on an appropos self-inflicted note. The medieval image of the snake … Continue reading →

The first significant disaster movie with credible special effects turns out to be a classic movie in several senses of the words. Clark Gable stars as the charismatic bad boy Blackie, a Barbary Coast saloon owner in 1906. Spencer Tracy … Continue reading →