Eric Suher had that same happy look on his face when he greeted me last night at Mountain Park, same as that first night two years ago when he opened this lovely outdoor venue with his first show. I think this venue is one that makes him smile since it’s […]
Arthur Przybyszewski is a blocked man. Ever since he split for Toronto in 1970, and heard his father’s last word to him…”Coward!” he’s been blocked, and no one, not his ex-wife, not his energetic young employee, not even a woman who wants him can draw him out. His father started […]
Friday night arrives 52 times a year and I am growing used to a familiar unpleasant sensation. Maybe this happens to you, too. As the clock ticks toward the end of the workday, I glance up, and think about whether I’ve made any plans. Something makes me feel as if […]
I’m reading a fun book called The Big Rich by Bryan Burrough, in which the fortunes of the men who created the Texas oil industry are chronicled. It’s a story of rise, then fall, fantastic tales of men who clawed their way into the business and again and again, lose […]
Terry Braverman writes a newsletter called “The Replenisher,” that included this gem today. MARKETING EXPLAINED People often ask for an explanation of “Marketing.” Here it is: You’re a lady and you see a handsome guy at a party. You go up to him and say, “I’m fantastic in bed.” That’s […]
The storm had passed and a soft summer light enveloped the crowd, gathering with folding chairs, bottles of wine, and anticipation for a show ahead that would bring them back 30 years to the band’s heyday. It was a beautiful night at Tanglewood, and soon, Steely Dan would launch into […]
I am a habitual reader of obituaries and was struck today by a familiar name of a local doctor who just passed away. Part of the obituary fascination, that I’m sure I share with many others, is looking at the age of the deceased. It’s either really sad they died […]
On a sultry summer night, we approached the doorway to the Granite Theatre, just as it was being lit by the brilliant rays of the ebbing summer sun. There once was a steeple in this 1860s church, but it was lost in the 1938 hurricane. Today it’s the home of […]
I’m escaping the heat this weekend by heading to Rhode Island’s South County, where I will make a rendezvous at 11 am with a friend who has a sailboat. Last night sure convinced me this was a good plan, as I tossed and turned in sweat soaked sheets. An annoying […]
If you could have unlimited vacation days from work, how many would you take? That’s the question asked in a story by Sue Shellenbarger in the WSJ, when she visited companies who have adopted a policy of letting employees take as much time off as they want. Not surprisingly, most […]
Last night’s late night Netflick took me to Cuba, where Roberto, who left as a child, had returned to try and find his mother Carmen. The movie juxtaposed black and white footage of boats fleeing the country with the scene of his arrival in Havana, passing by the Fidel billboards […]
Yesterday morning on Monte’s show on ‘RSI, he played a recording of one of the highlights of the Green River Festival. Funny, I too had recorded the same slice of the show as I stood near Wanda Jackson below the stage. The tiny singer, who is in the Rock n […]