Capital Radio 3-6-23: Wayne, Joni & David
Jazz giant Wayne Shorter, who died last week at 89, was celebrated in songs from Miles Davis, Weather Report and some of the pop songs to which his sweet sax…
Monday TV: New HBO Series, ‘Rain Dogs’
Something a little unexpected is the British import ”Rain Dogs” (HBO, 10 p.m.), as gritty as the Tom Waits song title it uses, about a down-on her-luck working class mom…
Sunday TV: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia
Remember that moment, about five years ago, when everything stopped each day as an appointed time so you could look at your phone and play HQ Trivia? Each day’s series…
Saturday: Chris Rock’s Selective Outrage
Before next weekend’s Oscars, Chris Rock has a thing or two to say about last year’s event, when as host he was notoriously slapped by a nominee who was not…
Friday: ‘Daisy Jones & The Six,’ the Series
Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel about a Fleetwood Mac-like band of the 70s is now a 10-episode series, “Daisy Jones & The Six” (Amazon Prime, streaming). Told in the same…
Thursday TV: The First Lady Goes to Africa
The First Lady talks with White House correspondent Arlette Saenz in Africa, addressing drought and hunger (and making headlines about a 2024 re-election run) on the special “Jill Biden Abroad”…
Wednesday TV: ‘True Lies’ for a New Era
They are not exactly Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis, but Steve Howey and Ginger Gonzaga take up the starring roles of a TV version of “True Lies” (CBS, 10…
Tuesday TV: Saluting Black Broadway
Black History Month closes out with the musical special ”Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings). Recorded at Howard University last fall, it…
Capital Radio 2-27: Steinbeck, Train Wrecks
The birthday of John Steinbeck brings a lot of songs associated with his literary output. We remember Chuck Jackson who died Feb. 16, including a couple of his singles written…
Monday TV: The Legacy of Black Cowboys
One more story before Black History Month ends: “American’s Hidden Stories: The Black Wild West” (Smithsonian, 9 p.m.) about the sheer number of American cowboys at the end of the…