Just finished reading this
19 July 2020
27 June 2020
14 June 2020
Five People
You know that old game: name five people, living or dead, you would invite to dinner. It's a pretty easy list for me to come up with:
(top row, left) Jonathan Tunick - orchestrator: has done the orchestrations for most of Stephen Sondheim's musicals. His use of instruments helped to define the sound of the 1970s -- notably, Promises, Promises (1968) and Company (1970) -- that remains mesmerizing.
(top row, center) Kristin Scott Thomas - actor: one of the most versatile actors working today. I've loved her work from A Handful of Dust (1988), through The English Patient (1996), and still.
(top row, right) Ayn Rand - writer, philospher: would love to have a conversation with her about why she thinks her philosophy has come to be so misunderstood.
(bottom row, left) Rosalind Franklin - scientist: the woman who discovered that DNA had a double helix form. The work of later scientists ignored her contribution. I studied genetics in college. Would be a fascinating conversation.
(bottom row, center) Sara Murphy - philanthropist, one half of the fabulous Murphys: was there when so many great artists were still unknowns, like Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Picasso.
Side note: Broadway actor/dancer Donna McKechnie would have been on the list except that I've already interviewed her twice.
(top row, left) Jonathan Tunick - orchestrator: has done the orchestrations for most of Stephen Sondheim's musicals. His use of instruments helped to define the sound of the 1970s -- notably, Promises, Promises (1968) and Company (1970) -- that remains mesmerizing.(top row, center) Kristin Scott Thomas - actor: one of the most versatile actors working today. I've loved her work from A Handful of Dust (1988), through The English Patient (1996), and still.
(top row, right) Ayn Rand - writer, philospher: would love to have a conversation with her about why she thinks her philosophy has come to be so misunderstood.
(bottom row, left) Rosalind Franklin - scientist: the woman who discovered that DNA had a double helix form. The work of later scientists ignored her contribution. I studied genetics in college. Would be a fascinating conversation.
(bottom row, center) Sara Murphy - philanthropist, one half of the fabulous Murphys: was there when so many great artists were still unknowns, like Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Picasso.
Side note: Broadway actor/dancer Donna McKechnie would have been on the list except that I've already interviewed her twice.
01 June 2020
09 May 2020
08 April 2020
31 March 2020
Remembrance of Things Past
There have been many conversations about the current virus situation and a previous similar situation four decades ago. I wonder whether I will have cause to write a similar article about the new virus as this one I wrote in 1988 about that virus. [Open in new tab, and click image to enlarge.]
22 March 2020
05 March 2020
03 March 2020
2020 Super Bowl Adverts
It’s a little late, and I’m sure you are all just dying to know the answer, but here is my list of the very best Super Bowl commercials for 2020.
Love Takes Action / New York Life Insurance
There are indeed many forms of love.
All People Are Tax People Remix / TurboTax
So fun! People should dance about all kinds of things – especially taxes.
Let it Go / Audi
A surprise from me seeing how much I loathe this song. Love the young woman singing and her attitude. Car? Whatever.
Before Alexa / Amazon Very funny take on how things have changed through out the years. Especially loved the newsboy part.
Love Takes Action / New York Life Insurance
There are indeed many forms of love.
All People Are Tax People Remix / TurboTax
So fun! People should dance about all kinds of things – especially taxes.
A surprise from me seeing how much I loathe this song. Love the young woman singing and her attitude. Car? Whatever.
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