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Bobby Darin, “Beyond the Sea”
Born Roberto Cassotto in East Harlem, Bobby Darin went to Bronx Science. Rheumatic fever as a boy shortened his life — he died at age 37 following heart surgery. Here's his best live perfomance…
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“Dream a Little Dream of Me” with Doris Day
Doris Day may have been the most underrated of all the great 1940s girl singers. Dorisb4day is a great screen name becauseof Oscar Levant’s witticism (he knew Doris Day“before she was a virgin”) but…
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On the Cards and Dice [by Sir Walter Raleigh]
Before the sixth day of the next new year,Strange wonders in this kingdom shall appear:Four kings shall be assembled in this isle,Where they shall keep great tumult for awhile.Many men then shall have an…
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Meet the Press: Able Muse Press
[N.B. The following interview with editor, Alexander Pepple, and poet, Susan de Sola, was conducted by Dante Di Stefano.] Alexander, could you say a few words about Susan de Sola’s new collection Frozen Charlotte?…
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“Film Noir” [by Sean Speers]
Why me? Editor's Note: This is, I submit, the epitome of film noir in a two-word sentence. James Stewart says it in Vertigo, Edmund O'Brien says it in DOA, and Janet Leigh never gets…
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“Trickeration” [by David Barber]
TRICKERATION Cab Calloway, Cotton Club (1931) Rhythm, look what you went and done.Rhythm, you are the guilty one.The sneaky one, the snaky one,The breakneck one, the hellbent one.Rhythm, you are the guilty one.…
