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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2247
Song of the Day: Wicked: For Good (“No Place Like Home”), composed by Stephen Schwartz, is one of two songs new to the 2025 follow-up to the 2024 expanded cinematic adaptation of the wonderful Broadway musical. The song asks us to fight for one’s home as a “promise” and an…
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Continue reading →: The Verdict is In!
Both Punxsutawney Phil and Staten Island Chuck saw their respective shadows. For those of us under a deep winter freeze, it may come as no surprise: We’re going to have six more weeks of winter. Staten Island Chuck, renowned for biting the hand of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is also…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2246
Song of the Day: Mickey One (“Once Upon a Time”) [YouTube link], composed and arranged by Eddie Sauter for the 1965 neo noir crime flick, features the outstanding tenor saxophone soloist Stan Getz. These two remarkable artists had previously collaborated on the extraordinary 1961 orchestral jazz album, “Focus“. That album…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2245
Song of the Day: The Misfits (“Compassion / Compassion for Guido”) [YouTube link], composed by Alex North, is a tender theme from the 1961 film, directed by John Huston. Its cast included Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift, and Marilyn Monroe (whose then-husband Arthur Miller penned the screenplay). Plagued by many production…
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Continue reading →: A Statement of Policy
This statement of policy was posted to Facebook, but it is relevant for any social media platforms with which I’ve been involved. I’ve been around various social media platforms since the 1990s. I’ve had lots of spirited disagreements with people through the years. I’ve also seen the toxicity that can…
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Continue reading →: From Bush to Trump
“We all see the same thing,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said, when viewing the latest video of the latest U.S. citizen shot to death by ICE agents. Actually, we all do not see the same thing. Where many of us see the murder of another US citizen, the supporters…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2244
Song of the Day: Lamento features the words and music of Antonio Carlos Jobim. On this date in 1927, the great Jobim was born. Though he died in 1994, he left behind one of the most extraordinary musical catalogues of all time. Check out Jobim’s original recording, arranged and conducted…
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Continue reading →: Ayn Rand, Illegal Immigrant
Ayn Rand’s views on immigration are well known. Back in 1973, in response to a question on “open immigration” during a Ford Hall Forum appearance, Rand stated: You don’t know my conception of self-interest. No one has the right to pursue his self-interest by law or by force, which is…
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Continue reading →: Emergency … to Avoid an Emergency
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on “Meet the Press” earlier today, enunciating a wonderful principle for the expansion of government power, when you declare a national emergency to … avoid a national emergency. Here’s the full “Meet the Press” interview.
Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York
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