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Continue reading →: JARS: Toward a 2023 Grand Finale
In the fall of 1999, The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies began publication as the only nonpartisan, interdisciplinary, double-blind, peer-reviewed, biannual periodical devoted to the study of Ayn Rand and her times. In 2013, JARS began a fruitful collaboration with Pennsylvania State University Press. Our reach has grown beyond anyone’s…
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Continue reading →: Film Recommendation: I Am Not Alone (2019)
I finally had a chance to see the 2019 documentary, “I Am Not Alone“, written, directed, and coprodued by Garin Hovannisian, with whom I enjoyed much correspondence some years ago. Among its other producers is my friend Alec Mouhibian. The film details the makings of the 2018 Armenian “Velvet” Revolution,…
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Continue reading →: Happy 70th Ski Birthday (and Song of the Day #1961)
Song of the Day: Tangerine, music by Victor Schertzinger, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, was introduced to a broad audience in the 1942 film, “The Fleet’s In,” where it was performed by the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with Bob Eberle and Helen O’Connell [YouTube link]. It soon became a jazz standard. Check…
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Continue reading →: Film: We the Living 80 Update
I last wrote about the 80th anniversary restoration of the 1942 film adaptation of Ayn Rand’s We the Living back on April 28, 2022. Here’s another update from Duncan Scott. We wanted to take a minute to say thank you to all of the great people who contributed time, money,…
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Continue reading →: Joey DeFrancesco, RIP
I was very saddened to hear of the death of jazz organ player Joey DeFrancesco, who died at the age of 51 on August 25, 2022. RIP [YouTube link] Courtesy, Wiki Commons
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1960
Song of the Day: Lemon Tree was composed by folk artist Will Holt, who was inspired by a Brazilian song from 1930. It went into the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 in a rendition recorded by Trini Lopez in 1965. Check out that version as well as renditions…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1959
Song of the Day: Peaches is credited to a host of writers, including Justin Bieber, who recorded this song for his sixth studio album, “Justice“, which debuted atop the Billboard Hot 200 Album Chart in 2021. The song, featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, hit #1 on both the Hot 100…
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Continue reading →: BB, EC, BCS: A Dialectical Unity
There are no spoilers here, after the grand finale of “Better Call Saul” (BCS). But after finishing what is, in my view, one of the best written, well-acted, finely-plotted television series I’ve ever seen, I am now convinced more than ever that one cannot reasonably separate “BCS” from its predecessors,…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1958
Song of the Day: Cherry Pie, words and music by Jani Lane, was a Top Ten Hot 100 Hit for the glam metal rock band, Warrant—the title single to their 1990 album. It’s considered a “hair metal” anthem. The video received heavy airplay on MTV (remember when they used to…
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Continue reading →: Major League Sportsmanship from the Little Leaguers
After the batter was hit by a pitch and takes first base, he comforts the pitcher… who is so obviously shaken up. Now granted, this wasn’t a purposeful drilling. But I can think of a few major league ballplayers who can take lessons from the kids on great sportsmanship. Check…
Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York
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