Kudos & Flowers

The news of Pete Fornatale 's passing today affected me the same way when I heard Joe Strummer died.  It was out of the blue, they both ...

Louie Perez is an unsung modern Renaissance man.  He's a musician, songwriter, artist, writer, the list could go on.  He's talked a...

Jonathan Frid, the actor who played Barnabas Collins died, ironically on Friday the 13th.  He has a cameo in the soon-to-be-released Tim ...

RIP Dick Clark.   Just yesterday I was reading one of my old diaries from 1976 and on Saturday May 29th I had this entry:  Watched Amer...

Baseball, music and art:  three of life's greatest pleasures.  Friday night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, all were celebrated.  Bre...

Keith Moon died in 1978.  It seems the organizers of the 2012 London Olympics think he's alive and kicking.  The Sunday Times quot...

I'd have to say yes.  I'll point to two recent examples.  1.  The Cindy Sherman exhibit at MOMA . Cindy likes working by herself. ...

My first introduction to Earl Scruggs was the theme from the Beverly Hillbillies, The Ballad of Jed Clampett .  That was a time when TV them...

Whenever I hear about artists (those that are not in the top 200 grossing artists of the year) not getting their fair share of their perform...

If you lived in or visited New York City in the early 80's, Keith Haring had an impact on you.  He was beyond ahead of his time.  Now it...

I've mentioned Sparkle Beauty Studio before.  It's a wonderful place to get a great haircut, be pampered and listen to a well-curat...

The assassination of John Kennedy, the Billie Jean King/Bobby Riggs match, a carpenter/baby sitter named Sue and protesters at the St Patric...

Just yesterday my friends and I were engaged in a conversation about David Cassidy, which lead to talking about Bobby Sherman and his TV sid...

Words are not needed.

Mad Men comes back to life on March 25th, the start of the 5th season.  Does anyone even remember what happened in season 4?  I'm really...

Kenny Rogers has sued Capitol Records for failing to pay him his owed royalties. TechDirt has a piece on the ordeal. Rogers originally p...

It's not like it wasn't expected. He had a brain tumor, but that doesn't make it any less sad. Gary Carter passed away this afte...

Dory Previn , who is best known to me for co-writing the songs for the movie Valley of the Dolls passed away at age 86. She will forever ...