Talking Back To Michael Steele
June 11th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Politics |
For much the same reason as I sometimes read The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page (i.e., for laughs) I’m on the RNC Chairman’s mailing list. Today’s comedy routine was an invitation to take a survey.
Free-Range Psychiatric Hospital
June 10th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Politics |
Over on Facebook, old college bud Phil questions whether America has become one. It’s looking more likely every edition of the 6:00 news. LF and I worked out what the Holocaust Museum shooter’s sentence should be: Life in Auschwitz. Mopping the floors, cleaning the toilets, watching the tourists come-and-go. Spending his days surrounded by the [...]
Hey Sammy, Come Here Boy
June 6th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Movies, Music |
Sam Butera, Louis Prima’s arranger and tenor sax man, dead at 81. Here’s a cut from the 1956 album “The Wildest,” Oh Marie. It’s a nice example of the goofball stage antics and raw energy of the Prima band in its prime. Oh Marie
Phil Rinaldi
June 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Music |
A nice little project I finished this week, cleaning up Phil’s blog for him. Be sure to check out some of his videos, he’s with a pretty hot band.
Hannity, Off The Deep End Again
June 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Politics |
I’m always fascinated by the greasy confluence of politics and religion we see so much of these days; it’s like rubbernecking a serious car crash on the Parkway. But besides misunderstanding Obama, he’s misunderstanding someone else.
Concert Season Wrapup
June 4th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Music |
BSO has summer reading sessions through most of June – August, but other than that orchestra season is done. Here’s a summary of what I played in 2008-09, the good and the bad. In my situation as a “volunteer,” it’s always a mixed bag. The highlights are what makes it all worthwhile. Between The Broadway [...]
IE 8
June 3rd, 2009 | 0 Comments | Tech Stuff |
Now we developers have three versions of IE to debug.
Movie Roundup
June 2nd, 2009 | 0 Comments | Movies |
Over the weekend LF and I caught up with two movies, “Valkyrie” and “Frost/Nixon,” two stories of politicians and what went wrong.
Video from Sunday’s BSO Concert
June 1st, 2009 | 3 Comments | Music |
“Das Lied von der Erde,” videotaped by someone in the front row on Sunday.









