There’s a new book out about singer George Jones, and the story in the WSJ had an audacious headline: ‘George Jones Was as Good as Sinatra.’ WOW! But in Ryan Cole’s review of the new Jones biography, “The Grand Tour” by Rich Kienzle, he makes a claim, and I’d have […]
I about to jump into a Google Plus hangout with a friend, Deb Thompson, a fellow website publisher who lives in Cadillac Michigan. Working at home makes me enjoy setting up these ‘visits’ where we can both see each other on screen, and we can share ideas and complaints about […]
Helen Gould is a ‘Greenfield girl.” She told us that when we visited Gould’s Sugar House, 570 Mohawk Trail, Shelburne Falls….an institution if there ever was one, in New England tradition and pride. They have had this farm since 1775, and have increased their acreage to the current 464 acres, […]
What a joy these singers must bring to their bedridden, sick and dying audiences. I read today about the Eventide Singers, who organize singers to visit people in hospice and hospital and sing gently to them. Simple. What a calling. What an honor. And it’s tough getting into this club. […]
In a review of the new book about singer and soul man James Brown, “Kill ‘Em and Leave” by James McBride, the Wall Street Journal’s Christopher Carroll recalled many memories of the man many considered to be the true father of soul. The book clarifies a misconception perpetrated by the […]
On stage at Pearl Street last night was Jonathan Richman, a peculiarly appealing musician who has been delighting audiences since his earliest days busking in Cambridge Common, and who with his Modern Lovers and after as a solo act, created 30 albums, each of which is like him–unlike anyone else. Since […]
I am definitely a minority–I still subscribe to and read two daily newspapers every day. How many people do this? Most people tell me that they never take time to read the national newspaper, though some do catch the references that I may make about a story in the Recorder. […]
Candace Bradbury-Carlin is South Deerfield’s best neighborhood organizer! She is always coming up with new ways to get people in our not-that-friendly little town together for events, things like suppers, art shows and events. She’s got another event coming up, and I’m happy to be joining some of our other […]
What makes a great weekend? I often have thought about this and I certainly have blogged about this topic before, here is one from 2012. I am a big post-mortem kind of guy, I like dissecting and analyzing weekends, trips, and visits. I like to go back and talk […]
Revving up at the end of the week: Sometimes it takes me a whole week to feel in the groove, or that I’m getting much of anything done. I have the same thing happen to me at end of the day. At the close of business, I inevitably get a […]
I love words and I love writers who nitpick and analyze our lazy conversational patterns. This blog piece by Patrick Smith, known as the pilot with a blog, captures perfectly the essence of how most people mess up the actual names of airlines. Here he teaches us the real names […]
Yesterday we had a true mob double header here in fabulous Las Vegas. First we spent two hours discovering more than anyone could ever possibly need to know about organized crime, those who did the deeds and those who spent their careers capturing the bad guys. A true smorgasbord of […]