CygnusRadio Playlist, 11-22-21
Returned to a regular radio show today, not on the radio exactly, but on the internet. Cygnus Radio.com has me on Monday afternoons and I began shakily as usual, with…
Monday TV: Oliver Stone Revisits JFK Case
Still on the case on the 58th anniversary of the assassination, Oliver Stone sifts through evidence that has emerged in the 30 years since “JFK” in his documentary “JFK: Revisited:…
Sunday TV: The American Music Awards
Cardi B, pictured above, hosts the 2021 American Music Awards (ABC, 8 p.m.) from Los Angeles, where Olivia Rodrigo leads all nominations with seven. She’ll also perform, as will Bad…
Film Review: Circumnavigating for Survival
When navigating a return to civilian life after being in the Navy proved rocky for one veteran Taylor Grieger, he dedicated himself to a mother mission: sailing down fo the…
Selling Trophy Hunting as Conservation
There’s some beautiful footage of East Africa in the documentary film “Killing the Shepherd” about a struggling rural village in Zambia whose lives, we are told, is threatened by poachers…
This Year’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Induction
Given the diminishing pool of worthy candidates, it might be a good idea to take a year or two off from the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction…
Also on Saturday: A Soul Food Cookoff
The new series “The Great Soul Food Cook Off” (Discovery+, streaming) brings a little diversity to TV culinary competitions. A half dozen Korean stars are invited to a fanciful site…
Kaleidoscopic Flaming Lips at The Anthem
Add to the list of necessary roadie skills that of leaf blower. He’s the guy who scampers on stage at a Flaming Lips concert to inflate a series of transparent…
Friday TV: ‘Cowboy Bebop,’ ‘Wheel of Time’
Two big fantasy series begin today online. “Cowboy Bebop” (Netflix, streaming) is a live action adaptation of the well-regarded anime series with the three space bounty hunters played by John…
Thursday TV: ‘Sex Lives of College Girls’
Though the title sounds more Cinemax than HBO Max, Mindy Kaling strikes just the right comic tone in her latest series “The Sex Lives of College Girls” (HBO Max, streaming),…