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My Internet Radio Playlist, 12/15/15
EPISODE #211: HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2015 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Darlene Love — “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” Joni Mitchell — “River” Electric Jungle — “Funky Funky Christmas” Frank Sinatra — “Christmas Dreaming” The Wedding Present — “Step Into Christmas” Irwin Chusid — “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” The Dingle Belles — “Christmas […]
Movie Review: Brooklyn
4 stars out of 5 Sometimes, in these United States, a swarthy boy will fall in love with a clean Irish girl. And every once in a while, she’ll love him back. Now, in terms of Irish women, the filmmakers here were really stacking the deck by casting Saoirse Ronan as the lead. A year […]
Movie Review: Spotlight
4 stars out of 5 You’ve got a fairly talkie movie here on a topic that is, for most of us, a given — that a lot of priests have taken advantage of little boys. Early on, I was even wondering if the subject might be better served by a documentary. But the cast and […]
Predicting John Sterling’s Home-Run Call for Starlin Castro
To help settle their situation at second base, today the New York Yankees traded pitcher Adam Warren and utility-man Brendan Ryan to the Chicago Cubs for infielder Starlin Castro. The 25-year-old three-time All Star from the Dominican Republic also adds youth and a much-needed right-hand bat to the Yanks’ line-up. One key question remains, though: […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 12/8/15
EPISODE #210: FRANK SINATRA’S 100TH BIRTHDAY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Cake — “Frank Sinatra” Frank Sinatra — “Long Ago and Far Away” [V-Disc version] Dr. Dog — “100 Years” The Delevantes — “John Wayne Lives in Hoboken” Alterboys — “Frank Sinatra” Harry James & His Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra — “All or Nothing […]
Movie Review: Trumbo
3.5 stars out of 5 Watching Trumbo, I was stylistically reminded of two other nonfiction films of recent vintage: The Imitation Game and Saving Mr. Banks. Like Imitation, Trumbo has sort of an educational-film feel to it (and minus a few f-bombs, certainly would make sense to show to high-school classes). As such, there’s a […]
The Wit and Wisdom of Lee Israel, Vol. 5 (Mar. 2011 – Mar. 2012)
Today would’ve been Lee Israel’s birthday, and we are soon approaching the anniversary of her death. Like Elvis, Michael Jackson, Andy Kaufman, Tupac, etc., Lee’s had quite the posthumous year. To recap: Times obituary, announcement of a movie based on her book starring reigning Oscar-winner Julianne Moore to be written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, […]
Frank Sinatra Walking Tour in Hoboken
These brown bucks were made for walking, so that’s just what I did. In honor of Frank Sinatra’s upcoming 100th birthday, I took the Hoboken Historical Museum’s self-guided Sinatra walking tour. And, shockingly enough, I wrote up my humorous observations for the December issue of hMAG.
I didn’t write this one.
But I took the photo! Look, I got a credit and everything.
My Internet Radio Playlist, 12/1/15
EPISODE #209: 4TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (RADIO VOL. IV) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] 1910 Fruitgum Company — “Play Our Song Mr. Music Man” Ex Hex — “Radio On” Joni Mitchell — “Turn Me On I’m a Radio” The Secrets* — “Get Your Radio” Hefner — “The Greater London Radio” Doug Paisley — “Radio Girl” […]
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