Monthly Archives: April 2022

that pop in while I’m doing something else, usually physically, often turn out to be auditory/musical ones. This morning, filling the bird tray outside, Buzz Clifford’s “Baby Sitting Boogie” from 60 years ago popped into my head. I certainly have … Continue reading →

(My daughter’s rabbit celebrating at home today.)

*This video can be found on YouTube: Then key in–Macbeth de William Shakespeare- Teatro con Kenneth Branagh (Ingles) One of the main components in this fantastic product co-directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh is the venue–a deconsecrated Manchester church which … Continue reading →

The First Instrument I’d Ever Wanted to Play In 1959, drummer Sandy Nelson released “Teen Beat” on 45 rpm, one of which my young aunt owned and which I got to play while in grade 4, permanently burning it in … Continue reading →

1990 by Paul Simon on his classic Rhythm of the Saints album. “I believe in the futureI may live in my car My radio tuned toThe voice of a star Song dogs barking at the break of dawnLightning pushes the … Continue reading →

(with apologies to Rene Descartes)

(Hazel, from the excellent, beautiful 1977 Watership Down calendar) (ending excerpt from Richard Adams’ classic animal fable Watership Down which I once taught to grade 10s at McNally in the mid-1970s)

After all his Shakespeare roles, he finally directs himself and plays Shakespeare in All Is True, his timely 2019 pre-pandemic (because of the movie’s references to the Black Death) take on the missing information about Shakespeare’s retirement and family life, … Continue reading →

the biggest casualty in our sad, tragic modern world.Lies, corruption, and misrepresentations everywhere.Of all the threats to Western civilization and the world, this is, perhaps, the biggest, most rampant evil of all.Without truth, no responsibility, no accountability, and no justice, … Continue reading →

Elon Musk offered big phantom bucks to buy Twitter! Absurdly delusional fake news with media totally desperate for headlines and instantly sucked into his crazy vortex. Mammon/money screams, even just the dubious appearance of it. Our sick media world leading … Continue reading →