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    Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments: “The Omen” (II)

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    October 2, 2021

    The second installment in my “cinematic moments” series, “Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments” is from the original (and best) 1976 version of “The Omen,” which, like “The Exorcist” before it, featured a stellar cast and fine screenplay. And, also, like “The Exorcist,” it features many creepy, shocking…

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    Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments: “The Exorcist” (I)

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    October 1, 2021

    It’s the first of October! And on the last day of this month, it’s Halloween! As a follow-up to my June 2021 “cinematic moments” series, “Ten Iconic Hollywood Film Scenes“, I’m beginning today a new installment that I call: “Ten Creepy! Scary! Shocking! LOL! Horror Film Moments.” I’ll post these…

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    Song of the Day #1887

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    September 22, 2021

    Song of the Day: Diana Ross and the Supremes Medley [YouTube link] ends our 2021 Summer Music Festival (Dance Medley Edition) with a trip to Classic Motown. The Autumnal Equinox arrives in the Northern Hemisphere at 3:21 p.m. (ET) today. So we’re going way back to this classic Motown group…

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    Taking out the Trash on Social Media

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    September 21, 2021

    At one point, only a couple of months ago, I was nearing 5000 Facebook “friends”, whom I was adding throughout the years without giving much thought to it. But the increasing toxicity over the last few years has been palpable. It led me to “trim” my FB “friend” list by…

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    Happy Anniversary, Bro and Wan!

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    September 21, 2021

    Just wanted to give a shout-out to my brother, Carl Barry and my sister-in-law, Joanne Barry—they are children of the stage, after all, as wonderful jazz musicians—for a Happy Anniversary. Yes, I call my brother “Bro” and my sister-in-law “Wan”, and it’s their $#-th wedding anniversary, and I would have…

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    Facebook: Trust, but Verify!

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    September 18, 2021

    Earlier today, I was invited by Facebook to complete a process of authentication that would secure my profile with a “verified badge,” such that people who read my posts on my Timeline can trust that the words come from me! A check mark now appears to the right of my…

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    World Literature 101

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    September 17, 2021

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    Song of the Day #1886

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    September 17, 2021

    Song of the Day: 1987 Disconet Top Tune Medley [YouTube link], mixed by Tuta Aquino and Dennis Muyet, was one of two medleys that Disconet produced that year, the last annual “Top Tune” medley offered by the subscription service. This particular one includes such hits as “I Want Your Sex“,…

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  • Culture, Politics (Theory, History, Now), Remembrance

    WTC Remembrance: Tribute in Light Continues …

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    September 11, 2021

    This week I published my essay, “Twenty Years Later: Remembrance and Rebirth“, which marks the twentieth anniversary, today, of the events of September 11, 2001. In 2012, I published photos I had taken on the tenth anniversary of the tragedy, including the one below. The Tribute in Light has always…

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    Song of the Day #1885

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    September 10, 2021

    Song of the Day: Stevie Wonder 80s Medley [YouTube link], mixed by Chris Matthew Sciabarra (yes, me!), includes some of Stevie’s best music from the 1980s (with one throwback added at the end!). The medley features “That Girl“, “Love Light in Flight“, “I Love You Too Much“, “Do I Do“,…

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