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for any playgoer who wants to see a significant, serious, relevant play of significant conflicts and ideas as opposed to the empty-headed Broadway show ‘fluff’ prevalent in our declining modern theatres these days. This is one of Miller’s best, which … Continue reading →

(Our animal friends) What kind of human-‘worse than animals’ leave a dog in a garbage bag at a Costco parking lot to freeze to death? (Probably the same kind that abandoned the bins of cats to die recently.) I have … Continue reading →

(a rare folk-rock  performance with students and girl singer of Dylan songs at McNally in the ’70s) (‘Fudgeing it’ with Fudge, my ’90s teacher trio, in the Scona Room at a packed noon-hour concert in the ’90s) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. continues to … Continue reading →

(the nifty 2 disc Criterion version of, arguably, Roeg’s best film) My favorite Roeg is the classic Don’t Look Now, based on a Daphne du Maurier novel, starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland. A beautiful dark suspenseful film built on mystery … Continue reading →

History Channel used to do actual programming squarely about history, but has lost its original purpose and mandate for some time now. This likely reflects a corporate decision to survive by playing to lowbrow, ‘redneck’ instincts and passions reflected in shows like … Continue reading →

has a mind of its own. (E.g., when Apple e-mail starts substituting unintended words and spellings or when line spacings cannot be redone.) It sometimes/often doesn’t automatically line up with human intents and purposes. And yes, technology can be a … Continue reading →

(cover by John Eyre, 1900 E.P. Dutton ed.) Author of “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, once considered the best-known poem in the English language. Took Gray 9 years to write. General Wolfe who won Quebec from the French in … Continue reading →

The last survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race riots who lived a good/great life after this terrible tragedy the governments have never apologized for. An impressive role model for her people and yet another tragedy in the history of race … Continue reading →

The day when millions of obsessed shoppers ‘lose it’ to get a deal, conformingly and egoically defining themselves in purely materialistic terms.