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“Our Love Affair”: Which one? [by David Lehman]
Unsung heroes Arthur Freed (left; who produced The Wizard of Oz and rescued "Over the Rainbow" from extinction) and Roger Edens (who composed the "Dear Mr Gable" intro to "You Made Me Love You"…
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The New York School Diaspora (Part Thirty-One): Mark Halliday [by Angela Ball]
MERCILESS YOUTH Merciless youth in the coffee shopunaware that my mother died thirty years ago on this datethey study Marine Biology or investment bankingso they can thrive and win in a world of…
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“Fairy Tale” [by Robert Desnos]
Fairy Tale Once upon many a timeA man loved a womanA woman loved a manA man and a womanDidn’t love The ones who loved themOnce upon many a time. Once and maybe only onceA…
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The Importance of Martin Guerre — Part One [by Joe Lehman]
"Martin Guerre: Now and Then; Then and Now" [by Joe Lehman] PART ONE “Land to last, as it's passed, man to son, when it's done as planned. Then we'll pray it will stay as good…
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Mark Wunderlich: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
______________________________________________________ Proposition That the smell of cows drifting through the open window is, indeed, that of…
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Deems Taylor introduces Frank Sinatra on V-Disc “for the men overseas” (1944)
Sinatra at the Stork Club, 1944 "If You Are But a Dream""Sunday, Monday and Always" as "Dick Haymes, Dick Todd and Como." "Why should it get their goat, each time I bend…