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Tag Archives: Passages
For Kevin, Val, and Walker Evans…and more….
Two of the finest people I know, Kevin and Val, have had to weather an awful lot of storms in the past few years, and now they have to say farewell to their beloved dog, Walker Evans. Here’s some music … Continue reading
Thank you, Ralph McQuarrie
Ralph McQuarrie, conceptual artist for many films, died the other day. Every article and blog post out there cites his art that heavily influenced the eventual look of, among other films, Star Wars, and the frank truth is that without … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
An old musical hero of mine, trumpet virtuoso Maurice Andre, passed away this past weekend. I always preferred his tone to that of, say, Wynton Marsalis; Andre’s silken tone is perfectly suited to the Baroque and Classical repertoire which he … Continue reading
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Whitney
I got home from grocery shopping last night to the news that Whitney Houston is dead. This is one of those odd celebrity deaths that is a combination of “WTF?!” and “Well, given what I know of her recent life, … Continue reading
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One of the people with whom I graduated high school was a guy named Dave Donavon. Dave was never particularly a friend of mine, but he wasn’t someone I disliked, either; for whatever reason, I just never got to know … Continue reading
Well-manicured
Actor John Neville, of Baron Munchausen and X-Files fame (wherein he played the ‘Well-manicured Man’, one of the conspirators and ally of the Cigarette Smoking Man), has died. He was a fine actor and will be missed, even if he … Continue reading
And at center, number sixty-seven, Kent Hull
Kent Hull, who played center for the Buffalo Bills from 1986 to 1996, died yesterday. He was only 50 years old. The first indications of a cause of death that I saw cited a heart attack, the coroner’s report blames … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
I have never owned an Apple product. Not one. Our desktop PCs have all been, well, PCs; ditto the laptop on which I’m writing this. I listen to music on an MP3 player or on my LG phone, which doubles … Continue reading
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Will you….
In truth, I don’t think I’d ever heard a single song by Amy Winehouse until just a few minutes ago. It was this one: her cover of “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”, which is a long-standing favorite love song … Continue reading
“She doesn’t get eaten by the eels at this time.”
Peter Falk died the other day, after living a good, long life of acting. Of course his most famous role was as Detective Columbo, and naturally I saw a whole bunch of variations on his standard “Oh, yes, one more … Continue reading