Archive for September, 2009

History Keeps On Truckin’

I used to think there was a limit to subjects for reality television. That was until the History Channel launched “Ice Road Truckers.” Imagine: an entire TV program devoted to truckers driving on slick highways! What next, I wondered: an entire TV program devoted to … Read more »

Amy Winehouse Tries To Rap

God bless Amy Winehouse. Her train-wreck antics — unlike those of Britney or Paris — are at least married to true talent. Or at least I thought they were until I watched this new youtube video of Miss Winehouse “rapping.” Is there rehab for bad … Read more »

Mamma Mia: More Tech Crap

My online-tech hell continues: I’m posting items in my local Starbucks. A gondola-full of Italian tourists staying at the budget hotel next door have just descended on the cafe, talking in loud mamma-calling-home-the-bambini voices and complaining about the quality of the capuccino. I’ll be happy … Read more »

“A Steady Rain”: My Review

Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman have opened on Broadway in Keith Huff’s play “A Steady Rain.” Typically, most of the media have focused on the guys’ calling out a cell phone during a performance rather than the work itself. Please! These guys are pikers at … Read more »

Technical Problems: Grrrr!

I’m in tech he’ll because in its infinite wisdom Time Warner cannot figure out what is wrong with my wireless service at home. This is why you are reading posts without boldface and imagery. Thanks for your patience.

LemonWade’s Palin Musical

Sarah Palin’s publisher is a gay man, Jonathan Burnham of HarperCollins. (Don’t get me started.) And now we learn what the tome’s title will be: Going Rogue.) I am disappointed that the title isn’t folskier, but that doesn’t mean that lemonwade’s musical version can’t be. … Read more »

Can The Venezuelan Measure Up?

The arrival of conductor Gustavo Dudamel (pictured) at the Los Angeles Philharmonic has been hyped so much it makes Simon Rattle advent in Berlin look like a secret. Can Dudamel live up to his billing? Find out. In the video above he conducts his Simon … Read more »