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Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Alfred Hitchcock
I'm honoring England this month in my D/M pairs, so our mystery guest is Alfred Hitchcock. He appears at 14:36. He is such a riot. If...
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Feb 4, 20211 min read
CDA: Dustin Diamond and Sophie
My two brothers each requested a Celebrity Death Alert over the last few days, and their requests can serve as a wonderful illustration...
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Feb 3, 20211 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for Feb 3, 2021
I really enjoyed the alphabet theme and was sad to see it come to an end. I like having an overarching theme for the D/M pairs, so I'm...
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Feb 2, 20211 min read
CDA: Hal Holbrook
Another celebrity in his 90s: Hal Holbrook died at 95. Such a long and extraordinary career. If you haven't seen *Into the Wild,* I urge...
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Jan 31, 20213 min read
Astronautica, January 29, 2021
I heard *Astronautica* on January 27, 2021. It was a new piece, a commission by Voices of Ascension, works by nine contemporary female...
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Jan 30, 20211 min read
CDA: Cicely Tyson
Hello, Universe - - didn't I recently ask that we let up on the Celebrity Death Alerts? At least the last few have been people who have...
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Jan 29, 20211 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Zip"
Z has to be for "Zip," the show-stopping number from Rodgers and Hart's *Pal Joey.* I fell in love with this song thanks to the...
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Jan 28, 20211 min read
CDA: Cloris Leachman
First off, my apologies about the Page Not Found problem that's been happening with my website the last couple of days. I've spent more...
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Jan 27, 20211 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for Jan 27, 2021
We're at the end of our alphabet theme. I hope you've enjoyed it! Here's our pair for the letter Z: Diva: zither Mensch: zipper
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Jan 26, 20215 min read
*Modulation,* Jan 22, 2021
I watched *Modulation* online on January 22, 2021 (it had premiered a few weeks before). It was a new opera commissioned by Prototype...
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Jan 25, 20213 min read
Brooklyn Chamber Music Society, Jan 18, 2021
I heard a concert online by the Brooklyn Chamber Music Society on January 18, 2021. It was streamed a couple of days before, video from a...
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Jan 24, 20211 min read
CDA: Larry King
Enough with the Celebrity Death Alerts already! Could we please take a break from that for a while? Celebrities, stop dying. Thank you....
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Jan 23, 20211 min read
CDA: Hank Aaron
My mother has been so helpful in being my primary alert for celebrity deaths lately, especially people like Hank Aaron, who would...
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Jan 22, 20211 min read
Fabulous Friday: "You Never Can Tell'
I was cray Cray CRAAAAAYZEE for *Pulp Fiction* when it came out. I think I saw it three or four times in the theater, it was the start of...
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Jan 21, 20213 min read
*The Planet - A Lament,* January 15, 2021
I saw *The Planet – A Lament* on Jan 15, 2021. It was presented as part of the Prototype Opera festival, but is more properly classified...
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Jan 20, 20211 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for Jan 20, 2021
For the letter Y, we have two songstresses whose names start with an L: Diva: Liza Minnelli, "Yes" Mensch: Leona Williams, "Yes Ma'am, He...
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Jan 19, 20213 min read
Met Orchestra Musicians, January 17, 2021
Stephanie and I heard the Met Orchestra Musicians in concert online on January 17, 2021. It was hosted by bass baritone Eric Owens, who...
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Jan 18, 20211 min read
CDA: Phil Spector
My mom and my husband alerted me to the death of the mad genius, Phil Spector, who died in prison on Sunday at the age of 81. He was...
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Jan 18, 20213 min read
*Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists,* Jan 12, 2021
I saw *Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists* on January 12, 2021. It was a video performance, produced by Prototype Opera. I don’t know when...
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Jan 17, 20212 min read
*The Murder of Halit Yozgat,* Jan 12, 2021
I saw *The Murder of Halit Yozgat* on January 12, 2021 (it was filmed in Hannover sometime the previous fall). It’s a dramatization of...
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*Ladies' Voices,* thirty years later
Today is the 30th birthday of my opera Ladies' Voices. I think of it as my Opus One. I wrote about Ladies' Voices in the context of a...
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4 days ago1 min read
Fabulous Friday: Suzanne Charny
Last week I sent out the big dance sequence from the movie of Sweet Charity. The lead female dancer was Suzanne Charny. She was damn...
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