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Reading: Naked Once More by Elizabeth Peters
Music: random anime pop
TV/Movie: Vicar of Dibley
Link o' the Day: AirAmerica
Tony Randall has passed from this rosy world. He was one of the last true gentlemen, and an unapologetic bibliophile, grammarian, and Shakespeare scholar. While most (including myself) know him best as the fastidious Felix Unger on “The Odd Couple” and for his straight-man cameos on David Letterman, he is also noted and appreciated for his work in theatre.
Alas.
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It’s not a good time for staying alive, apparently. Also among the recently-deceased are Syd Hoff who, to me at least, made his stamp as a New Yorker cartoonist. (He apparently was also a children’s author and illustrator).
Ritsuko Okazaki passed away at age 44 from complications due to a bloodstream infection. She wrote some of the best anime songs in memory and wrote songs for two of my favorite seiyuu, Megumi hayashibara and Inoue Kikuko.
Alas
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Good news in music, apparently Todd Rundgren has a new album, and it received a pretty good review in the New Yorker. It’s about time!!
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I recently finished a truly excellent read in James Carroll’s THE CITY BELOW. It was written in 1994 and tells the story of two brothers from the Irish neighborhoods of the Charlestown section of Boston. The story spans from 1960 to 1986, going through the wars between the Irish and Italian mobs, the firey race relations during the busing controversies of the 70s, and the Kennedy mystique from Jack to Ted. Nick Doyle is the likeable brother who has taken over the Irish portion of the triumphant Italian mafia organizations in Boston. His brother Terry is a “spoiled” priest who becomes a political animal of Ted kennedy’s, then a businessman in his own right--on a quest to save Boston--especially the poorer ethinic neighborhoods. Everyone in the novel is a ‘character’. Carroll, a Boston Globe journalist, captures the spirit of Boston well--particularly the Townies and the Townie attitudes.
A fun book. A little vicious in spots--but not as vicious as it could have been (or perhaps should have been).
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I’ve mentioned in the past how much I enjoy internet radio and how I especially enjoy stations like radiopower.org and i.e.America--good liberal talk radio. Well I’ve also started listening to AirAmerica which is today’s link. The O’Franken Factor alone makes this station worth dialing in to. Available over select airwaves, satelite stations, and the internet.
Enjoy!
Music: random anime pop
TV/Movie: Vicar of Dibley
Link o' the Day: AirAmerica
Tony Randall has passed from this rosy world. He was one of the last true gentlemen, and an unapologetic bibliophile, grammarian, and Shakespeare scholar. While most (including myself) know him best as the fastidious Felix Unger on “The Odd Couple” and for his straight-man cameos on David Letterman, he is also noted and appreciated for his work in theatre.
Alas.
* * *
It’s not a good time for staying alive, apparently. Also among the recently-deceased are Syd Hoff who, to me at least, made his stamp as a New Yorker cartoonist. (He apparently was also a children’s author and illustrator).
Ritsuko Okazaki passed away at age 44 from complications due to a bloodstream infection. She wrote some of the best anime songs in memory and wrote songs for two of my favorite seiyuu, Megumi hayashibara and Inoue Kikuko.
Alas
* * *
Good news in music, apparently Todd Rundgren has a new album, and it received a pretty good review in the New Yorker. It’s about time!!
* * *
I recently finished a truly excellent read in James Carroll’s THE CITY BELOW. It was written in 1994 and tells the story of two brothers from the Irish neighborhoods of the Charlestown section of Boston. The story spans from 1960 to 1986, going through the wars between the Irish and Italian mobs, the firey race relations during the busing controversies of the 70s, and the Kennedy mystique from Jack to Ted. Nick Doyle is the likeable brother who has taken over the Irish portion of the triumphant Italian mafia organizations in Boston. His brother Terry is a “spoiled” priest who becomes a political animal of Ted kennedy’s, then a businessman in his own right--on a quest to save Boston--especially the poorer ethinic neighborhoods. Everyone in the novel is a ‘character’. Carroll, a Boston Globe journalist, captures the spirit of Boston well--particularly the Townies and the Townie attitudes.
A fun book. A little vicious in spots--but not as vicious as it could have been (or perhaps should have been).
* * *
I’ve mentioned in the past how much I enjoy internet radio and how I especially enjoy stations like radiopower.org and i.e.America--good liberal talk radio. Well I’ve also started listening to AirAmerica which is today’s link. The O’Franken Factor alone makes this station worth dialing in to. Available over select airwaves, satelite stations, and the internet.
Enjoy!
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