According to the BMI catalog (and they should know) I have written and recorded 233 songs thus far. This number surprised me a little but also got me to thinking on the subject. Of course many of the 233 pieces are forgotten even to me. So I thought I would compile a list of songs that I have written and […]
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Sinclair Lewis is not a name most younger readers recognize anymore. If, indeed, there are many young readers. But in the 1920’s Sinclair Lewis was probably the most popular of all American novelists. In fact, he was the first American writer to receive the Nobel Prize. Today he is overshadowed by his slightly younger contemporaries like Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Faulkner.
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Mencken was called the “Sage of Baltimore.” He was a noted satirist and writer from the early 20th century. He is widely considered one of the premier prose stylists this country has ever produced. He admired Nietzsche and was a fierce critic of religion and populism. We are currently undergoing another wave of populist politics, empty promises of redemption and
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Antonio Carlos Jobim (nicknamed “Tom”) was a Brazilian composer. His music became famous throughout the world in the 1960’s through various hits like “The Girl from Ipanema” and “Corcovado” but he accomplished so much more. His music was part of the soundtrack of my childhood like that of The Beatles and Bacharach. These influences are obvious in my own music
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“Elis and Tom” (Elis Regina and Antonio “Tom” Jobim) is the title of an album recorded in L.A. in 1974. It was not released in the U.S. until 1989 but I found a copy of it years before 1989 and it has always been a favorite of mine. Perhaps the reason it was not released in this country until 15
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I recently saw the film of the William Luce play “Barrymore.” Christopher Plummer reprises the central (and nearly only) character. The play depicts the great American actor John Barrymore in the last year of his life. Plummer, as usual, is great. My interest in the film is natural since I did see the play at the Music Box Theatre in
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