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Music, Remembrance

Song of the Day #2238

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December 4, 2025

Song of the Day: Turn Out the Stars [YouTube link], composed by Bill Evans, appears on the remarkable 1966 album, “Intermodulation,” which the legendary pianist recorded with virtuoso jazz guitarist Jim Hall. This was a follow-up to the duo’s acclaimed 1962 album “Undercurrent“. The intimacy and delicacy of the interplay…
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Music, Remembrance

Song of the Day #2237

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November 29, 2025

Song of the Day: Land of Make Believe, composed by Chuck Mangione, is the title track to the artist’s eighth album. A paean to that internal space where imagination and dreams become reality, the song features vocalist Esther Satterfield. Earlier this year, we lost Mangione; his music lives on. Today…
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Culture

Happy Thanksgiving 2025!

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November 27, 2025

A very Happy Thanksgiving to all!
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Personal, Remembrance

It’s Been Three Years

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November 26, 2025

Elizabeth Ann Sciabarra: September 2, 1952 – November 26, 2022 My dearest Bitty, It’s been three years since your suffering ended. It’s been three years—and I miss you so much. Even more so because you were always my rock. And this past year has rocked me to my core. After…
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Personal

I’m Home

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November 20, 2025

After two emergency surgeries, 31 days in the hospital, and 17 days in a subacute rehabilitation facility, I’m home—and will be sleeping in my own bed for the first time since the night of October 2. Recovery is a long-term project. But with the love and support of family and…
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Sports

“All Rise” for Aaron Judge

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November 14, 2025

It may have been another disappointing year for Yankee fans, but the achievements of Yankee outfielder Aaron Judge could not go unnoticed. Last night, Judge won his third American League Most Value Player Award (over the last four years), edging out Cal Raleigh who hit 60 home runs in the…
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Culture, Frivolity

Happy Halloween 2025!

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October 31, 2025

Yes, I’m still in the hospital, as I explained here. But right after Labor Day, I put up a mini-Halloween display in my apartment and recorded a holiday video. Last year’s apartment move around this time made it impossible to put up any holiday decorations at all. Have a safe…
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Culture, Music, Personal

So Nice to Come Home To

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October 29, 2025

One year ago today, on October 29, 2024, I did what I once thought was unthinkable. I moved from the Gravesend section of Brooklyn, where I’d lived my entire life. I didn’t go far, though. I now live in the Madison neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay. I will always be a…
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Music

Song of the Day #2236

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October 8, 2025

Song of the Day: Skate is credited to a host of writers, including Brandon Anderson, Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Domitille Degalle, JD Beck, and Bruno Mars, who is one of the lead vocalists on this track from the 2021 album, “An Evening with Silk Sonic.” I had the pleasure…
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Film / TV / Theater Review, Music

Song of the Day #2235

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October 1, 2025

Song of the Day: Victor/Victoria (“Le Jazz Hot”), music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, is one of the highlights of the 1982 film, starring Julie Andrews in the hilarious gender-bending title role. Through the years, I have featured so many songs by Andrews, from her Broadway triumph, “My…
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