No, no, I mean the song! This is from an album called “Swiss Movement”. If you’re a fan of jazz you probably know about it; if you’re a newcomer to the genre you should get it. It’s a recording of pianist Les McCann playing with saxophonist Eddie Harris live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in …
I have found a series of books for you film-lovers! The protagonist is named Valentino and he’s a film archivist at UCLA. As the author’s website says about him: he’s “a film detective for UCLA who inadvertently becomes an amateur sleuth.” More than that, he’s found an old 1920s theater he’s hell-bent to restore, and …
Given the news yesterday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating President Trump for possible obstruction of justice, who’s taking bets on how many days it will be before Trump fires Mueller? There have been trial balloons from Trump’s favorite Newsmax publisher on The NewsHour, from Newt Gingrich (is it coincidental that Gingrich has a …
If there’s anything more terrifying than fire in a tall building, I can’t imagine it. That building is 24 stories high and has 120 apartment units in it. It’s still unclear whether most people were able to get out or whether some are still trapped inside. 30 people have been taken to hospital. Here’s an …
Sriracha has been around for several years now, right? I haven’t gotten around to trying it until today. I happened to walk down the Asian food aisle in the local supermarket and saw it in lovely bright red bottles: Once I got home I had a question before I even opened it: why is this …
The United Kingdom has been the closest ally the United States has had since the beginning of the 20th century, at least. Yet our idiot President has so offended the citizens of that nation that he’s reconsidering a planned visit in light of potential protests following him around while there. Mr. Trump is deeply unpopular …
Last Thursday afternoon, June 1, our side-by-side fridge/freezer began emitting a very loud hum. The following morning I checked our file and determined that yes indeed, this had happened before, in March of this year. The tech came out and cleared various internal vents back then. It worked fine after that, and because we have …
If you live in a Republican state, get on the phone to your Representatives and Senators. The House is trying to destroy the financial reforms Dodd-Frank put in place, including the Consumer Financial Protection Board and has already passed legislation to go to the Senate to do just that. The Senate is trying very hard …
Have a little banjo and fiddle and geetar music. I think this performance is from “Austin City Limits” because the dome in the background looks like the Texas Capitol building to me.
General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower walks the ranks of the American Cemetery at Normandy and talks with CBS newsman Walter Cronkite in 1964. It is still astonishing that the feint toward Calais worked so well to deceive the Germans, leaving Normandy relatively lightly defended.