Remember that bipartisan “date night” seating for the SOTU address? I hear it cut down on the applause, although that surely wasn’t the intent. It seems that some people became confused as to what were the applause lines. Being in … Continue reading →
If you’re ever seen “West Side Story,” this might hit the spot:
Continue reading →…literal video. The best ones seem to take off from originals made in the 80s, the Golden Age of ridiculous rock videos:
Continue reading →…even try to explain this: Nothing much has changed, except that Jay is old enough to not be a prodigy any more.
Continue reading →Oh boy, speaking of depressing news, we now have this: The words “mother” and “father” will be removed from U.S. passport applications and replaced with gender neutral terminology, the State Department says. “The words in the old form were ”˜mother’ … Continue reading →
I’d never been to one before—you know, one of those concerts that specializes in 60s music. And I probably wouldn’t have gone to this one had it not been free. But there I was, standing because all the seats were … Continue reading →
Another relaxing but time-wasting YouTube session led me to these clips from the Fifties movie “Show Boat,” not a favorite of mine at all. Ava Gardner, who played Julie, has quite a few songs to sing, and they were all … Continue reading →
On this recent thread about singing, commenter “Anne” mentioned a contemporary singer named Rumer and compared her to Karen Carpenter. I’d never heard of Rumer, and so I went to YouTube (never need much urging to take a trip to … Continue reading →
I do a lot of YouTube surfing. It’s a way to relax and unwind, and it’s addictive, like potato chips, although less fattening. Last night, it started out when I came across one of those silly Rolling Stone polls—you know, … Continue reading →
It’s the 30th anniversary of the murder of John Lennon, and for the occasion, Rolling Stone has released the full text of an interview he gave three days before he died. It contains these ironic words: These critics with the … Continue reading →
For those of you who read and enjoyed last Saturday’s post on tap dancing, and especially the clips of the Nicholas Brothers, here are some additional nuggets of interest: (1) The brothers were the children of vaudevillians, and never had … Continue reading →
…, so why not I?” Joan Sutherland, Australian bel canto soprano, dead at 83. I’m neither an opera fan nor knowledgeable about the subject. But Sutherland was one of the first opera singers I ever saw or heard, back on … Continue reading →