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Song: "The Way You Look Tonight"
Every so often I have to pay homage to the Great American Songbook, and one of my favorites is “The Way You Look...
Read MoreFilm: Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List is Stephen Spielberg’s masterpiece. And that’s quite a statement. It tells the true story of German...
Read MorePerson: Harry Truman
Again, I tread lightly when selecting a person from the political realm. But as with Ronald Reagan, I admire Harry Truman for the kind of...
Read MoreAlbum: Hotel California
The Eagles (Great American Things, June 20, 2010) made a very fine living creating music that leaned slightly more rock than country...
Read MoreAmericana: Girl Scout Cookies
They’re inescapable. Your niece sells them. They’re outside the local Kroger. Your coworker is selling them for her...
Read MoreSingers: The Everly Brothers
It’s no secret that some of the best harmonies in recording history come from family groups. Chief among these are Don and...
Read MoreAmericana: Culinary Institute of America
No cloak-and-dagger stuff for this CIA. Unless the cloak is a chef’s coat, and the dagger is a chef’s knife. The...
Read MoreActor: Buster Keaton
Is Keaton an excellent actor who could also direct, or an excellent director who could also act? I think of him first as an actor,...
Read MoreTV Shows: Goodson-Todman Productions
To watch television today, you’d believe that the daytime hours have always been dominated by talk shows and judge shows. But...
Read MoreKid Stuff: Baseball Cards
Don’t pay any attention to all those bandwagon jumpers who decided in the mid-80s that baseball cards were the investment of...
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