-
Happy Birthday, Frank Loesser, with love from Nathan Detroit
Bob Fosse said Guys and Dolls (1950) was "the greatest Broadway musical of all time." Frank Loesser (on left) wrote the words and the music. A rare double-threat, he did the same for the…
-
“Exquisite Politics” [by Denise Duhamel and Maureen Seaton]
The perfect voter has a smile but no eyes,maybe not even a nose or hair on his or her toes,maybe not even a single sperm cell, ovum, little paramecium.Politics is a slug copulating in…
-
How to Start Tomorrow (Today), with Bobby Darin [by David Lehman]
I recommend you start tomorrowtodaywith Bobby Darinand MacheathLouie MillerJenny DiverLotte Lenyaand Lucy Brownin concertLet them welcome youinto their next musical dayin 1970
-
“I’m going to Oz” with Judy Garland and Bobby Darin on a train (1963) [by David Lehman]
TodayI recommend starting your day with Judy Garlandsitting beside Bobby Darinon a train and singing a medley of train songs such as "Chattanooga Choo Choo," and "On the Atchison,Topeka, and the Santa Fe,"on an episode of…
-
Swinging on a Star: Sinatra on the radio, July 1944 (“Your Hit Parade”) [by David Lehman]
This is my favorite version of "Swinging on a Star," recorded live for the radio show "Your Hit Parade" in July 1944. Playing a priest, Bing Crosby sang it with a male chorus…
-
“Gambler’s Conceit” [by Kirsten Chen]
Mainly, I focus on spreading myLuck out and harnessing good juju.Call it a degenerate’s strategy but I have myselfa real nice time with the games.Always bet on 3 and split zero/double zero.Remember, small parlay…
