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That Old Black Magic: Louis Prima, Keely Smith
Theirs was the first version of the great Arlen-Mercer standard that I ever heard. — DL
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Lawrence Joseph: Our lives are here. . .
<<<The Observer and the poet Lawrence Joseph, two Detroiters living in New York, were talking in a café in Battery Park City. “You asked me about the connection between Detroit and New York,” Mr.…
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Tampico!
Come with me to "Tampico" with Stan Kenton and the voice of June Christy courtesy of Kiely Sweatt:
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Would Bukowski Really Sell Levis?
I wish Levis would roll credits at the end of these commercials so that those watching would know they're hearing Charles Bukowski's "The Laughing Heart,"(one of my favorite poems), or Walt Whitman's "O Pioneers!"…
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Brain Surgeon or Poet? [by Lisa Vihos]
While cooking dinner last night, I heard a fascinating story on public radio about Dr. Alfredo Quinones, an internationally-known neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Dr. Quinones, or Dr. Q, as he is…
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Monday, October 3, 2011 6:30 PM: Poetry Forum with James Fenton, Moderated by David Lehman. The New School, 66 W. 12th Street, 7th Floor.
Born in Lincoln in 1949, raised in Yorkshire and Staffordshire, James Fenton is among the most highly acclaimed British poets writing today, and among the most versatile. He has worked as a political journalist,…
