Inside A Rainy ‘A Capitol Fourth’
An invitation to the “Capitol Fourth” concert on the National Mall seemed interesting. Smokey Robinson was headlining, a bigger draw for me than, say Barry Manilow or Frankie Valli, who…
Tuesday TV: An Avalanche of Westerns
One of the first popular movies was also one of the first Westerns. Edwin S. Porter’s 1903 classic 12 minute “The Great Train Robbery” (TCM, 6:15 a.m.) is the first…