I want to talk to you for a few minutes about Pedro Morales. When I was a kid, my Saturday mornings were much like every other kid. An exception for me was that at 11am, the cartoons would switch from animated to live action in the form of professional wrestling. My father would watch with… Continue reading February 14, 2019
Month: March 2019
January 1, 2019
I want to talk to you for a few minutes about New Year’s. For most of my adult life, it’s struck me as a pretty arbitrary day. That didn’t stop me from celebrating it in years past, a few of which turned out to be amazing experiences that could never be replicated, but most of… Continue reading January 1, 2019
December 27, 2018
I want to talk to you for a few minutes about Aquaman. I was pretty excited about seeing this movie. I remember, as a kid, watching the Super Friends cartoon every Saturday morning and Aquaman being one of my favorites. I think it says a lot about my self esteem even back then that the… Continue reading December 27, 2018
December 19, 2018
I want to talk to you for a few minutes about The Little Drummer Boy. My days off at my new job are Monday and Wednesday. Monday is a hard off; the restaurant is closed, and so, once I finish my morning writing, that day is a wide open, unstructured, free-for-all. Wednesdays are the day… Continue reading December 19, 2018
December 17, 2018
I want to talk to you for a few minutes about brass rings. Most people are familiar with the phrase “Grabbing the brass ring” as a metaphor (or simile, or whatever) for striving for something out of reach, trying to accomplish something challenging, taking a risk, etc. What most people don’t know is where that… Continue reading December 17, 2018
December 7, 2018
I want to talk to you for a few minutes about Paul Gregory. Paul Gregory was a theater and film producer in the 1950’s and 60’s. His hallmark style, as displayed in such plays as the original “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” and films like “The Night of the Hunter,” was one of stark realism, especially… Continue reading December 7, 2018
November 30, 2018
I want to talk to you for a few minutes about reggae. Most genres of music are pretty wide open. Bands as divergent from each other as E.L.O. and ACDC are both make what is considered rock music, pop music was still getting made even when it wasn’t popular, even if that’s what its identity… Continue reading November 30, 2018
November 21, 2018
I want to talk to you for a few minutes about Venice. Venice has always been a fascinating place to me, and I think some of that is, at least as I remember it, its outsized place in early education. It’s an anomaly, to be sure, a place where the streets are canals, and what… Continue reading November 21, 2018
November 16, 2018
I want to talk to you for a few minutes about leaving. If you’ve known me for any length of time, then you’ve probably heard some variation of my moving stories, that I spent the first 18 years at one address, and then made up for lost time by moving what seemed like twice a… Continue reading November 16, 2018
November 4, 2018
I want to talk to you for a few minutes about licorice. Last Sunday’s New York Times magazine was all about candy. One of the articles was about the search for a very particular style of licorice from Finland called Salmiakki. In the article, the author, Mark Binelli, cited one of my favorite candy/rock-n-roll crossover… Continue reading November 4, 2018
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