The Great Buddy Guy

WOW BLUES....That's the big style of the very good man, Buddy Guy.  Listening to great music of his today...My, My....His Blues Sounds are Just Right!

'Great Gatsby'

LEONARDO and his friends are coming on May 10.  This 'Great Gatsby' films looks like it will be a fabulous one.  My very high favorite writer has been the author of this novel....the eminent F. Scott Fitzgerald.  I hope Leo's movie does really "boffo" business!

Erroll Garner.....Superb Stylist

ELEGANT JAZZ PIANO MEN are a wonderful coterie of fellows.  I have tremendously enjoyed the marvelous and thrilling keyboard style of the feisty Erroll Garner, lately.  His interpretation of the beautiful tune, 'Misty' is so vivid and satisfying.

Keri Russell.....A Super-Powerful Acting Persona

STYLE in acting can be a terrific delight.  The achievements of the magnificent Keri Russell have really  energized  me, lately.  Her work in the engaging FX series called 'The Americans' is so passionate and so right on the acting mark.  The writing on this sleek and clever spy story is very lucid and the intricate design of the episodes is intoxicating.  It strikes one as very fascinating that the acerbic La Russell can portray the Russian spy as beautifully as she does.  The wily, conniving and rather brusque times that the series encapsulates makes for very remarkable and satisfying television fare.  I respect the arcane and so bright art that is grand acting and believe me Keri Russell has the ingenuous skills to get the spy genre in televised works going very passionately, indeed.  As you have more than likely surmised I am a tremendous Keri Russell fan.  I must say I do enjoy her FX series, 'The Americans' so very much.

Nice Wednesday

A feisty, sunny day...reading N. Mailer. Great!

News Types, The Northeast and Our Culture

NEWS people have worked hard, recently.  With all the huge news in Boston and elsewhere the folks in news have worked quite hard.  The complicated nature of the Boston story is especially surreal and hard to manage.  It is a harbinger of just how creative our media people are when they seize a giant story and make it have profound definition and meaning.  I am proud of the people of the news business and all their quite diligent and dynamic work.

Culture and News With Big Impact

STRENGTH is a gigantic and vigorous essence in the American psyche.  The bizarre situation in Boston shows everyone the remarkable resilient power of our people to deal with things that are overwhelming.  We keep going and that is so incredible and so vital.  Let us all pray for better days!