The Problem with the Magic Kingdom
As something of a student of Walt Disney (sad to say, I did a post-grad thesis on what it was in the design of Mickey Mouse that made him so…
As something of a student of Walt Disney (sad to say, I did a post-grad thesis on what it was in the design of Mickey Mouse that made him so…
The whole reason for coming to Florida, other than visiting grandma in her snowbird condo, was for my kids to see “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” at Universal Studios…
Our trip to Orlando found us spending a lot more time than we ever planned in Celebration. Not actually celebrating, but in Celebration, Florida, a themepark kind of actual city.…
It was probably a drive toward democratization that game shows, aside from the ever more rare stalwarts such as “Jeopardy” started shying away from actual book knowledge and school smarts.…
Normally a show before Christmas brings all holiday tunes, particularly one scheduled on Christmas Eve. But I wanted to note the death of Captain Beefheart, and the Christmastime anniversaries of…
The weird little duet by David Bowie and Bing Crosby, recorded for a Christmas special in 1977 and released as a single in 1982, has taken on a life of…
Captain Beefheart’s music came to me through the curatorial services of Frank Zappa The purveyor of the unusual in his own work in the Mothers of Invention, his Bizarre label…
This is getting to be a bad habit: Posting this set list later and later. Let’s blame the holidays, shall we? Started off Friday’s show with some Bill Withers and…
It wasn’t the optimum day to kick around and trawl the pubs – the crowds in town for the holiday trappings was approaching overkill. But I realized I had a…
One more story about my recent weekend visit to New York City: Stopping in to see the Christmas tour of Jesse Malin with Marah and others. I had vaguely marked…