Writer Dennis Cozzalio, he of the wonderfully titled Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule site, is well-regarded for his in-depth knowledge and thoughtful essays he gladly shares…
Way back when, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns up a…
With Ruth’s (and Ted’s) wonderful contribution of late to Andrew’s fine idea of blogging about our favorite scenes over at A Fistful of Films Blog, I was inspired to take part.…
A couple of years back, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns…
A couple of years back, I did not publish a year-end piece on those articles I most enjoyed reading for the period. Routinely, my online browsing turns…
Continuing my summer of 2014 series, which was begun right here and chronicled my history with said device, examining the music that ended up on my iPod byway of the…
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. It will be a special record in this ongoing mini-memoir of…
The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night album was the third album in eighteen months to be released by 10 July 1964. Timed to coincide with the release of their first movie. One that completed the catapult to worldwide superstardom. The album reached #1 in the UK charts and was cemented there for 21 of the 38 weeks spent in the Top Twenty. The U.S. soundtrack LP spent 14 weeks at the top of our album register.
If I do anything on this blog, it is to examine the arts of books, music, and movies. Along with my history (or angst), with them. I confess it’s a tad self-absorbed, and so typical of my generation. With that said, I’ll add my set to the well-known contributors AARP selected for each of their Essential Boomer picks. Let’s end the week with Oliver Stone’s take on the movies with his superb list.
If there’s one often demanding mission some of my fellow Beatles fans undertake, it’s tasking themselves with the supreme labor of ranking their songs. The numbers…
This is the next entry in Best Album Covers, a series begun right here. As has been referred to, the first successful long-playing microgroove record for the phonograph…
Last month I completed the series I began back in January that examined and remarked on The American Film Institute and its recent proclivity to create lists. Specifically, the Top 10…
A couple of years ago, I discovered a wonderful post titled Six Songs, by Moondancer on her blog, Just…..a wee bit. It was a sublime and eloquent piece speaking…
This is the next entry in a Theatre… a Movie… and a Time, a series that was begun here. While I remember going to movies before this with…
