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Barbra Streisand sings Avinu Malkeinu
On the eve of Yom Kippur listen to Barbra Streisand
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“Did I Miss Anything?” [by Tom Wayman]
The one time this question is OK to ask is when you are chastised by your department chairperson because you have missed a faculty meeting devoted to bitching about the athletes in the class…
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Mixed media artist Emilie Chaix: expressing creativity and living creatively
The mixed-media painter and sculpteur Emilie Chaix will probably be surprised to learn that a chat with her nearly two years ago shook my verities, showing that my modest hopes for personal evolution were…
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“What’s My Line?” (1965): When the mystery guest was the heavyweight champion of the world
The one and only. . .identified as both Cassius Clay and Muhammad Alli. . . with a squeaky voice. . .and with commercials starring the leads of a successful sit-com of the period, Betwitched…
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It All Depends on You (Sinatra in 1949) [by David Lehman]
This is the best version. . .Echt Sinatra. Notice the be-bop scat in the second go-round. Yeah, I know the conventional wisdom has it that scatting is not his strong suit. Nevertheless he improvised…
