• Movies

    A Magically Mechanical Movie: “Hugo” – See It In A Premium Theater If You Can

    Roger Ebert gave a highly positive review of “Hugo” recently: “Hugo” is unlike any other film Martin Scorsese has ever made, and yet possibly the closest to his heart: a big-budget, family epic in 3-D, and in some ways, a mirror of his own life. We feel a great artist has been given command of the tools and resources he needs to make a movie about — movies. That he also makes it a fable that will be fascinating for (some, not all) children is a measure of what feeling went into it. via Hugo :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews Scorsese…

  • Music - Radio

    Listening to The Zombies On World Cafe : NPR

    I had no idea that some of the original members of classic 60’s group The Zombies were playing together again, but I happened upon a repeat of the World Cafe show where they sang some songs from their new album, accompanied by piano. And then they sang their classic, it’s a rough version but live, live, live. Actually, there’s something about their voices that reminds me a lot of much more contemporary groups, they’ve still got a compelling sound. In today’s World Cafe session, Argent tells the story of his attempt to meet his idol, Elvis Presley, in 1965 by…

  • Twitter

    Weekly Tweets 2011-12-11

    I'm listening to John Rutter & The Cambridge Singers (Holiday) Radio on Pandora (I think I sang this parti… http://t.co/nOWG78JE #pandora # I'm listening to Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming via the John Rutter Holiday Music channel I just created on … http://t.co/nOWG78JE #pandora # Ugh! Formatting on my blog is messed up on the iPhone. Will fix when I get home. Thanks @Three_Star_Dave for heads up, more to fix. # Holiday psychosis is setting in at work. # Deadbeat dad @RepJoeWalsh got #Occupied by #OWS and all we got were GOP talking points instead of jobs bills. http://t.co/Pr1okLZB…