Friday, February 26, 2010

Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Rita Rudner: I STILL HAVE IT...I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE I PUT IT (2008); Dick Gregory: FROM THE BACK OF THE BUS (1965)

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Rita Rudner's newest book has put me in the mind of all the books (or as they sometimes formerly were called, non-books) by comedians o...
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Thursday, February 25, 2010

February's "Forgotten" Music: Jawbox, Trusty, Smart Went Crazy: bands in DC, late '80s/early '90s

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I missed the Heroic Years of punk rock in Washington, DC, or harDCore...I moved to the DC suburbs in 1984, after failing to make ends me...
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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Sunday's "Forgotten" Soundtracks: 3rd Streamers John Lewis (ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW) and Dave Brubeck (MR. BROADWAY) for crime drama, David Amram's Beat

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Jazz scores, or at least jazz-flavored scores, for crime drama were almost inevitable by the latter '50s, and some items, most obv...
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Pennsylvania Leads the Way

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With apologies to Bill Crider, the Commonwealth of Penn and Trees has been giving even Florida a run for the crazy-stakes of late, not least...
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Friday, February 19, 2010

Friday's "Forgotten" Books: Jorge Luis Borges, THE BOOK OF SAND; Italo Calvino, THE CASTLE OF CROSSED DESTINIES

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The Book of Sand , as translated by Borges himself and Norman Thomas di Giovanni, was published in English by Dutton in 1977 and proved to...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The Lawrence Sweeney Mix (BBC Radio 4 improvised comedy series)

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The Lawrence Sweeney Mix is a fine project of Josie Lawrence (most visible in the States as a stalwart of the original Whose Line Is It Any...
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