I finally got around to watching The Sheep Detectives. I loved it. The movie has a fairly long genesis. A woman by the name of Leonie Swann wrote a mystery entitled Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi that was published in Germany in 2005. It became an international best seller and is better known in English speaking lands as … Continue reading The Sheep in the Meadow
All That Jazz
I can get jazz music on several different radio stations on the Radio App that I mentioned a while back, but they all either have commercial breaks or other interruptions of some sort. I wanted some unbroken jazz. There are a lot to choose from. I selected two. Both of them are on my Apple … Continue reading All That Jazz
Task Is at It Again
Once is not enough apparently as far as Task is concerned. You may recall that the television series Task, which was broadcast on HBO, did some filming in my neighborhood a couple years ago, although in the finished series, I never was able to identify which scenes those were. I assume that filming must have been … Continue reading Task Is at It Again
The Fourth
As the Fourth of July is nigh, Philly is in the midst of its fourth heat wave of the season. The image below shows Fahrenheit on the left and Celsius on the right. The Celsius scale looks so much better right now. Last night it was still 90° F at 9:00 PM. Happily my AC … Continue reading The Fourth
Reminiscing about the Hundred Steps
There’s another article about the Hundred Steps in Billy Penn, and it got me to reminiscing about when I used to live in the house right at the top of the Steps. In 2004 the Steps had fallen into disrepair, so that summer there was a major effort to refurbish them. The workers would start … Continue reading Reminiscing about the Hundred Steps
John Oliver on Soap Operas
A while back John Oliver offered to appear on a soap opera if they could meet his conditions. On his most recent episode he revealed what became of that offer:
He’s De-Mented
Randy’s back!
Live from Orchestra Hall
A few years ago I subscribed to the Berlin Philharmonic app on my Apple TV. It gave me access to performances of hundreds of pieces of music by that orchestra by a wide range of conductors. The app was reasonably well designed, as I could opt for performances of complete concert programs or select individual … Continue reading Live from Orchestra Hall
Interview with an Inquirer
It was about two weeks ago that I stopped into the Nuts to You shop on Walnut Street for my weekly shopping for, well, nuts and related goodies. I had paid for my items for the day and was loading them into my backpack when the manager, who had been speaking to a young woman … Continue reading Interview with an Inquirer
Summer of Mystery
In the summer of 1967, often referred to as the Summer of Love, I had just graduated from high school and had my first summer job. Both Randy Klopp and I had gotten jobs at the nearby VA Hospital. In those days VA stood for Veterans’ Administration, but it has since been renamed to Veterans’ … Continue reading Summer of Mystery