Tears flowed here tonight when Stephen Colbert featured this video on his show. Aretha Franklin, at the Dec. 6, 2015, Kennedy Center Honors, sang “You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman.” She was 76 at the time, but proved she was far from being over the hill. I don’t know what was more tear-provoking, … Continue reading There was only one Aretha
The Angel City Chorale won a Golden Buzzer* this week on “America’s Got Talent” with their performance of “Baba Yetu.” The song’s composer, Christopher Tin, earned a Grammy for his work in 2005, making Civilization IV the first video game to win a Grammy. “Baba Yetu” was written as the game’s theme song: A wonderfully … Continue reading This, too, is America
Do you remember back in 2009 when Susan Boyle blew the lid off “Britain’s Got Talent”? She sang “I Dreamed a Dream” and the judges’ jaws dropped. Well, last night on “America’s Got Talent,” a painfully awkward 13-year-old girl named Courtney Hadwin did something similar. She surprised the hell out of everyone who was watching. Even … Continue reading Teen stuns ‘America’s Got Talent’ judges
R.I.P. Glen Travis Campbell April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017 Nothing makes me feel my advancing years quite as poignantly aslosing the musicians who’ve scored my life. Continue reading Times gone by: Glen Campbell
Last year I wrote about an ugly statue of Lucille Ball that existed in a park meant to honor her in her hometown of Celeron, NY (pop. 1,112). Quickly dubbed “Scary Lucy” by locals, the statue was created by sculptor David Poulin and erected in 2009 in Lucille Ball Memorial Park. Since then there’s been quite an outcry … Continue reading ‘New Lucy’ erected in Lucille Ball Memorial Park
R.I.P. Prince June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016 Continue reading Remembering Prince
