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Tag Archives: Passages
Sunday Burst of AWESOME!
No weirdness this week, just awesome, in honor of saxophone great Clarence Clemons, who passed away yesterday. This is my favorite Bruce Springsteen song: here’s “Born to Run”. In truth, I don’t know Springsteen’s oeuvre all that well; he’s always … Continue reading
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“A hickie from Kinnickie is like a Hallmark card.”
Actor Jeff Conaway died today. Here he is, in one of the funniest scenes ever on the show Taxi. (He’s the one in the leather jacket.)
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Give him some love
Roger Owen Green’s mother has passed away. Roger is one of my favorite bloggers, as well as one of my most reliable commenters and readers. I’d noticed yesterday that he hadn’t commented on any of my posts over the last … Continue reading
John Barry 1933-2011
John Barry, one of the most distinctive film composers of all time, has died. Barry could often, for me, be a “hit or miss” kind of composer, but when he hit — which in my experience was more often than … Continue reading
Challenger
I was in ninth grade, the day the Challenger exploded. I heard the news in the hall, going from one class to the next. Some kid that I thought was kind of a dork pops up and says, “Hey, didja … Continue reading
Shoulder high….
Almost a month ago, I lamented the fact that one of my favorite blogs, Mental Multivitamin, had gone behind “closed doors” by switching to an open-to-invited-readers-only status. Today, M-Mv is back, and I’m happy for that…but now I’ve got a … Continue reading
It’s easy if you try
I was nine years old when John Lennon died; I had no idea, really, who he was when I first heard the name. I remember hearing the news on the radio as I was driven to school the next morning. … Continue reading
Five years….
Groovy Boy!, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. How can it possibly have been five years since I last held my son? Time is awfully relentless. Wow. This photo was taken just days before he decided that he’d had about enough of … Continue reading
Happy birthday, Mr. Lennon
Wherever you are!
Back to the ship of dreams….
Actress Gloria Stuart has died, at the age of 100. She is most famous for her portrayal of Rose Dawson, at the age of 101, in the “present day” scenes of Titanic. Not only was she the oldest actress ever … Continue reading