Coal from Christmas ‘Glee’ Episode
The anticipation for the “Glee” Christmas episode Tuesday was admittedly high: The holiday album of its songs had been out for weeks and there had been enough breakout episodes in…
Playlist 12-3-10
Started with a two song salute to Dave Brubeck, who turns 90 Monday. Then a variety of approaches, including new stuff from Jonathan Richman, Sufjan Stevens, Steve Wynn, some cuts…
Sarah Palin’s Narnia
Narnia: I love it like I love my family. I was governor of Narnia once, and no, I’m not the White Witch. Todd sometimes calls me that. But just as…
How Hell’s Kitchen Was
My generous friends invited me to come along when they bid for a big special dinner to be made by Kevin Cottle, the “Hell’s Kitchen” runner-up from last year, along…
Playlist and Podcast for 11-26-10
Was reminded of the Thanksgiving 1976 “Last Waltz” farewell concert by The Band, featuring a lot of guest artists. So played a lot of that, along with some of the…
When George Met Gerald: Harrison, Ford
When PBS got a couple of White House photographers to talk about the special that premiered Wednesday, ““National Geographic Television presents The President’s Photographer: 50 Years in the Oval Office,”…
Yoko’s Housing Choices
It will be 30 years ago Dec. 8 when John Lennon was gunned down in the lobby of his New York apartment on Central Park West, The Dakota, where his…
Bob Dylan Rolls into Amherst
Of the artists flooding the market with unreleased, remastered or otherwise boxed up old material, only one of them is on the road, as he has been for 30 years…
Playlist 11-19-10
I was just reading about "Caledonia Soul Music," when I found I owned it on a Van Morrison bootleg. Didn't know it skipped, though. Sorry. Sampled the "new" albums by…
Among the Quakers
Statistically, it's hard to wrap your head around the number: The 350th meeting of New England Yearly Meeting. For three and a half centuries the Religious Society of Friends have…