I had a sort of Proustian rush the other day when I heard Jim Croce’s “Time In a Bottle” come on the radio. The song bounced around my inner workings in my very early years (it was a posthumous hit for Croce–who died in a plane crash) and filled the airwaves of my youth along [...]
Entries from July 2009
July 26, 2009
The Old Man and the Fleabag
Recently, I received a worthy forward. It was a video compilation of reporters eating it. It’s very funny…though for a few of these clips, I was left a bit anxious…wondering if the reporter featured was actually physically alright afterwards. Have a look and try not to cringe too much.
There are a few clips that [...]
July 14, 2009
Prima Don
I’ve only seen two operas in my life (not counting rock operas)–Carmen at the Met in NY and the Sunday matinee performance of the Manchester International Festival’s debut and today’s great thing:
91. Rufus Wainwright’s PRIMA DONNA
So, I might not be the world’s foremost authority on what constitutes a good opera. In fact, what I do [...]
July 9, 2009
In This Corner…Upstanding Citizens. And In This Corner…Sangria!
Even though it started to piss down rain here in Manchester, my Simpsons calendar says it’s STILL technically summer for the next 2.5 months and that means there’s no excuse to not be making today’s great thing:
90. Sangria
I love sangria. As with most grown-up things, I was first exposed to it in NYC. I think [...]
