This is the ninth post of a series. The previous posts are: #1: The Howdy Doody Show#2: 77 Sunset Strip#3: The Edge of Night#4: The Defenders#5: #6: The Dick Van Dyke Show#7: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour#8: The Mary Tyler Moore Show#9: St. Elsewhere #10: The West Wing Sorry for not finishing this series in a timely … Continue reading My Top Ten TV Shows of the 20th Century – #9
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Encore At the Proms
Yannick brought the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra to the Proms this year, and they performed an evening of Richard Strauss music, including the final scene from the opera Salome and the tone poem Ein Heldenleben. At the end there was an encore, but things didn’t go quite as expected. By the way, the video that Yannick … Continue reading Encore At the Proms
My Fair Ladies
There are several complete performances of the musical My Fair Lady available on YouTube. I’ve sampled the ones that I could find (YouTube’s search function is awful so I can’t promise that I found them all), and I picked three that I think might be worth your attention, assuming you enjoy the musical art form that … Continue reading My Fair Ladies
Conga!
There are two dynamic conductors who appeared on the musical scene 20 years or so ago. The Philadelphia Orchestra snagged the one from north of the border, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, some time ago, and has signed him to a longterm contract. The Los Angeles Philharmonic snagged the one from south of the border, Gustavo Dudamel, and … Continue reading Conga!
The Venus Butterfly
Speaking of L.A. Law, as I was the other day, one of my very favorite episodes of that show was entitled “The Venus Butterfly”. Not only did it win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series, but it’s one of the top-rated episodes of the show on iMDB. I remember when it … Continue reading The Venus Butterfly
Before and Knepper
Continuing with my occasional looks at actors earlier in their careers… Robert Knepper is an actor that I didn’t really become aware of until sometime in the 2000s, when I saw that he usually played villainous or menacing characters, such as T-Bag in Prison Break. It was only later on that I realized that I … Continue reading Before and Knepper
Variations on a Nursery Tune
I heard this music on the radio a few weeks ago and found it delightful. It’s Ernst von Dohnányi’s Variations on a Nursery Tune. The Nursery Tune in question is called “Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman” in France, but it has a different name in English speaking countries. Dohnányi claimed that the piece was written “for the … Continue reading Variations on a Nursery Tune
Ya Gotta Breathe!!!
It’s the Philly 10K again! Its starting time was 7:30 at 8th and South, so I saw the preparations when I took my morning walk. When I went to the Acme a bit later, it had started but hadn’t reached Christian Street yet. On my way back, however, it was in full swing, so I … Continue reading Ya Gotta Breathe!!!
Dilemmas, Diets, and Dick
Here are some recommendations for podcasts and videos that have lately become available. First up is a recent episode of Wanging On with Graham Norton and Maria McErlane. Graham has an anecdote about his first show on the BBC being interrupted when the pope died, and then he and Maria field dilemmas from a mother who … Continue reading Dilemmas, Diets, and Dick
Walking Around in Their Skin
I had something completely different planned for today, in fact it’s already written and ready to go. And then I read CJ’s blog post yesterday, “It’s called empathy”, and I watched the video that she embedded, and I decided to go with that. The Thoreau quote that the video uses reminded me of something that … Continue reading Walking Around in Their Skin