Live in YOUR Living Room I got in on the future of live entertainment. Actually, the present day. In the age of COVID-19, there are now more live performances streaming through the internet, and seeking the best method to bring in audience reactions. My introduction to the new normal is “The Doo Wop Project: Live… Continue reading Video Review: The Doo Wop Project
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Movie Time: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Can’t hide it: I’ve been an avid fan of Terry Gilliam’s work since his cutout animations for Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Sometime in the 1980’s, my college roommate Tim and I did a paper on Gilliam’s three latest movies at the time: Time Bandits, Brazil, and The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen. Regrettably, we lost that… Continue reading Movie Time: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Who’s Still Around for Woodstock 50?
Updated to note the death of Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor on August 19, 50 years and a day after his Woodstock appearance. I asked this question on Quora: What acts from the original Woodstock might still be available for the 50th Anniversary festival, in their 1969 lineups?” I got a lot of answers that… Continue reading Who’s Still Around for Woodstock 50?
What I Learned Today #4: Max Brooks
TIL: Driving to work this morning, I caught a repeat of “Fresh Air” on my local NPR station. It happened to be a repeat from 2017, so they could cut into the time for the “Summer Fund Drive.” But the guest happened to be Max Brooks, son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft.
The New Incivility
The public radio show This American Life recently offered a segment that indicated a trend sure to escalate in our wired-in world… The following link will direct you to the page for the Christmastime Episode #371: “Scenes From a Mall” (still free at this writing, but will probably becomes a 95-cent download by the time… Continue reading The New Incivility
Ungena Za Ulimwengu
(Unite The World) This was the Temptations’ 1970 follow-up to “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World is Today)”. If anything, it was even more adventurous and relevant, and deserved to be a much bigger hit than it was. This was the Temptations’ 1970 follow-up to “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World is Today)”.… Continue reading Ungena Za Ulimwengu
There are cooler fish in the sea than you’ve ever seen!
MBARI News Release – Researchers solve mystery of deep-sea fish with tubular eyes and transparent head
Eclipse Journal 2:
August 21 I probably am not going to be able to hide the fact that I’m writing this story about the August eclipse seven months later, in the midst of a February snow system. Very well. Let me just cop to that fact, and my need to put some interesting “cornerstone copy” on my site… Continue reading Eclipse Journal 2:
Eclipse Journal 1: August 20
I have been fussing with the transfer of this blog to WordPress, and with trying to make it current. But let’s start pitching in some new content, first by catching up to a momentous road with my son. This is adapted and expanded from my beer-centric eclipse coverage at beeronaut.com. Departure My son Sean and… Continue reading Eclipse Journal 1: August 20
A note on Father’s Day
In the face of current social and political situation, and because it was Father’s Day when I started putting this down, I wanted to share some impressions of my dad. I don’t believe my dad ever said a disparaging word about any individual or group. If he reads this, he may write back to say,… Continue reading A note on Father’s Day