Monthly Archives: January 2024

Jazz piano at Bill Evans’ peak. All the music from the Village Vanguard after-hours sessions. (Within 2 weeks of this session, bassist Scott LaFaro would be dead from a tragic car accident. Evans would be unable to perform for months … Continue reading →

I recall letting the dog out in this sort of weather. She usually moved about normally before getting around to doing her business. There were time I remember going out to collect her after she froze in a snow drift. … Continue reading →

Sonnets from The River Duddon: After-Thought I thought of Thee, my partner and my guide, As being past away.—Vain sympathies! For, backward, Duddon! as I cast my eyes, I see what was, and is, and will abide; Still glides the … Continue reading →

Headline, again, today: Sally Field reveals Burt Reynolds refused to attend the Oscars with her the first year she won

“I am bound by my own definition of criticism: a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world.” –“The Function of Criticism at the Present Time” “Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the … Continue reading →

Medhi had his last show on MSNBC last evening; it had been cancelled back in November. He had been offered a lesser position with the corp, but decided to leave the network entirely. On his own terms. I can identify … Continue reading →

Out in the cold Homeless face deep freeze after camp cleanout Direct cremation $1375 plus GST

Lovingly rendered by two Harvard profs for Oxford University Press.  281 p.p. with over 130 color illustrations (and many other black and whites) by artists of scenes described in the famous poem. (Zoom in) The authors have laid out the … Continue reading →

Of God, Incest, Belief, and Madness: quietly Wow-full to say the least! Bergman shot the first of his three Trilogy films on the island of Faro, where he later retired to. His go-to cinematographer Sven Nykvist renders this bleak somewhat … Continue reading →

One of the nicest, most decent, congenial all-time pop singers from the 1950s: the casual, laid-back Perri Como, who had an incredibly popular 1950s tv show. Influenced me to wear red cardigans in grades 8-10 (1962-64). From Essential Perri Como … Continue reading →