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…
Playlist 11-12-10
A 65th birthday salute to Neil Young, using his least popular tunes. A scratchy signature song from Hartford native Sophie Tucker, a bunch of Smokey Robinson in honor of his…
Bristol Palin’s Success Conspiracy
She’s been one of the worst dancers of this or any season, but Bristol Palin has still made her way to the “Dancing with the Stars” final four. This week…
A Nature World of Slo-Mo
As satisfying as these big new sweeping HD nature series on cable are, one thing that gets to me is how often they slow the action down so often, to…
Playlist 11-5-10
Started with a salute to the late Gregory Isaac, turned to some newly released rarities from Jimi Hendrix, added some dance music, an acoustic segment led by Peter Case, who…
From ‘Carrier’ to ‘Circus’
The last time Maro Chermayeff and Jeff Dupre produced a long-form documentary for PBS, it was about life on an aircraft carrier. But what’s different about “Circus” from the 2008…
Rent Still Too Damn High
He didn't win the governorship of New York, but Jimmy McMillan of the Rent's 2 High Party did get his single of the same name out on the same day.…
Marion Jones Tells Her Story in Film
Marion Jones, the former Olympic track star who was imprisoned for her use of performance enhancing drugs at first wasn’t interested in retelling her story for ESPN’s “30 for 30”…
Halloween Haul 2010
It was a sad Halloween; the first without kids here as a home base or trawling the neighborhood. Nora was off at a friend’s, in another neighborhood, so there was…