Saturday, March 23, 2013

The infant (and lopsided) universe.

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This image, which was spread across four columns of the front page of Friday's New York Times , is of the universe ( our  universe, for ...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Vivaldi, "Spring," from The Four Seasons.

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From a conservatory in the National Botanical Gardens of Wales, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields performs what is perhaps Antonio Viv...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Why did the white ibis cross the road?

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(A) Julene was giving her secret ibis call. (B) Ennui. (C) Better bugs on the other side. (D) To get away from that scary guy with t...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, "Brennan on the Moor."

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It's hard for me to believe they're all gone now. Liam was the last ; he died just over three years ago. I had the pleasure and hon...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Morning walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, with iPod log.

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My Saturday morning walk took a different route than usual: the weather was good and I had some time, so I decided to go over the Brooklyn ...
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Friday, March 08, 2013

Marshall Chapman, "Why Can't I Be Like Other Girls?"

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Marshall Chapman is an old friend , and I've long waited for a video of this, which I think of as her signature song. Now, thanks to slu...
Monday, March 04, 2013

Dashing Dan Lives!

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A new job has me reverse commuting from Brooklyn to Hempstead, in Nassau County, which entails my taking the subway two stops to Atlantic ...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

It's February 24, and the Mets have already won one game.

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Is this a portent ? Hardly; though it's encouraging to see that Zack Wheeler had a good two innings. There's video here . As of t...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

Restoration Rap

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I've just finished reading John M. Barry's Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul (about which I'll be posting mor...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Elvis was Jewish. That's the emmes.

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My old Lion's Head drinking buddy Michael Simmons , often a helpful source of ideas for blog posts, sent me a message with the capti...
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Monday, February 18, 2013

Unfortunate ad timing for Carnival Cruise Lines

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Considering what passengers on Carnival Triumph were smelling , I suspect the cruise company's management may be regretting this poster...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

Dave Coles on the Lion's Head, and the Greenwich Village of yesterday.

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The video above was first included in this post about a reunion of Lion's Head veterans at the Cornelia Street Cafe last April. The e...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Your correspondent does a stupid human trick.

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Friday morning we were under a blizzard warning, so I chose to wear my L.L. Bean boots to work. Rushing to get underway, I saw a pair of t...
Sunday, February 03, 2013

Grand Central at 100

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Grand Central Terminal (Reed and Stem/Warren and Wetmore, 1913) had its 100th anniversary this past Friday, February 1. The Metropolitan T...
Thursday, January 31, 2013

It's Franz Schubert's birthday.

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Someone with a particularly refined aesthetic sensibility once claimed that "music ended with Schubert." Franz Schubert (1797-183...
Monday, January 21, 2013

The Helmsley Building

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The Helmsley Building (Warren & Wetmore, 1929), formerly the New York Central Building and headquarters of the great railroad nicknam...
Sunday, January 20, 2013

Stan Musial and Earl Weaver

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Stan Musial, who died yesterday at 92, wasn't a larger than life character like Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, or Mickey Mantle, or a domina...

Birmingham 1963

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A year ago I posted an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail . This morning The Rev. Stephen Muncie, R...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

More photos from my peregrinations.

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Real life has been intruding on my blogging time lately, so right now, despite having a head full of ideas that are driving me insane , I...
Saturday, January 12, 2013

Paul Whiteman and the Rhythm Boys, "That's My Weakness Now."

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The Rhythm Boys were Harry Barris, Al Rinker, and the young Bing Crosby. Paul Whiteman was a jazz bandleader whose career began in the 1...
Tuesday, January 08, 2013

I might as well have posted, "Roll, Tide!"

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It seems my role as a sports Jonah continues. All I had to do to sink Notre Dame's chances in the BCS championship game was to declar...
Sunday, January 06, 2013

New Year's remembrances and thanks.

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It's been my custom, early in the New Year, to recognize those who have been helpful to my blogging venture in the past year, and befo...
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Friday, January 04, 2013

New Year's Eve day walk, with iPod log

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On the morning of New Year's Eve day, I went out with my new camera and my iPod for a stroll through Brooklyn Bridge Park and Brookly...