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Good Things in Small Packages

Good Things in Small Packages

March is National Small Press Month. It’s a 31-day acknowledgment of all the small press publishers and indie authors who offer a refreshing alternative to the oftentimes predictable content generated by the few monolithic publishing houses that dominate the...
In Memory of Gus McCrae

In Memory of Gus McCrae

Since the silent era in the early years of the 20th century, Hollywood has generated a seemingly endless parade of leading men and leading ladies, many of whom have become iconic in the decades since their passing. In parallel to this procession is an even longer line...
The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

No songwriter consciously sets out to write a standard. A song becomes a standard on its own over time, after it’s been recorded and re-recorded and re-interpreted by numerous artists specializing in various styles over the course of several decades or even...
Hornet on the Air

Hornet on the Air

Last summer I wrote in this space about my first encounter with vinyl LP recordings of the Superman radio program of the 1940s and early ‘50s. I was only about ten years old at the time of my discovery, but I’d already had an understanding what the golden age of radio...
Hollywood Howard

Hollywood Howard

In November of 1996, I went to a movie theater somewhere in the east suburbs of Cleveland with a few friends to see a newly released film called The English Patient, directed by Anthony Minghella and starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliet Binoche, Willem Dafoe and Kristin...