After years of seeing clips and snips and still frames, I finally got around to seeing the famous 1964 “T.A.M.I. Show” in its entirety. Filmed in October 1964, the concert come video features nearly every major pop/rock act of the … Continue reading
Dear New York Yankees, Thanks for playing a great game yesterday. I’m afraid it’s a little, well, see title.
On this day 35 years ago Frank Sinatra recorded this song. Listen. Enjoy. Repeat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KJQNMqVIug … Continue reading
Lost in the shuffle of crushed baseball playoff dreams and NFL scandals is the small fact that my beloved Fighting Irish of Notre Dame football team is 3-0. And here they are getting my hopes up again. I’ve fallen for … Continue reading
Dear New York Yankees, You understand, of course, that along with playing amazing games on Sunday nights there is a certain expectation that you win. I had a feeling as last night’s game progressed that Yanks-O’s was the new Yanks-Sox. And … Continue reading
You’ve got to hand it to Netflix. The company that already produced the genius idea to mail you your DVDs, then stream then instantly, has struck again with its original programming. As if House of Cards and Orange is the New Black weren’t … Continue reading
I spend most of my life listening to talk radio. I go back and forth between sports and politics. Today’s going to be one of those days I listen to the same story on both stations. What intrigues me most … Continue reading
This weekend I finally got around to watching FrackNation, Irish filmmaker Phelim McAleer’s 2013 documentary about hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and its enemies the world over. Going in I knew the film to be on “my side”: that is, pro-fracking and pro-free … Continue reading
Talk about the commonwealth last night and today has concerned the fate of former governor Bob McDonnell. That is, Republican Governor Bob McDonnell, as the media are fond of noting. I’ve never met a politician who didn’t engage in some type … Continue reading
Temperatures in the 90s, afternoon thunderstorms, sweating at 9 a.m. Good to see summer’s finally here.