Archive for September, 2009

Field Notes on a Songwriter’s Centennial — Part II

How long does it last? Can love be measured by the hours in a day? September 24th is the centennial birthday of my late father, the songwriter Carl Sigman (1909-2000), who wrote nearly a thousand songs, including “It’s All In The Game,” “(Where Do I Begin) Love Story,” “Ebb Tide,” “What Now, My Love,” “Enjoy […]

Field Notes on a Songwriter’s Centennial — Part I

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Ted Kennedy Remembered

‘That Which We Are, We Are
One Equal Temper of Heroic Hearts’

‘Teddy became a monumental plus for progressive causes, and in the process revealed an appeal different from Jack’s charismatic sophistication and Bobby’s white heat: the heroism of tireless, day by day plowing ahead to achieve your goals, whatever the obstacles, including those — maybe especially those — that are self-imposed.’

Amazon’s Perfect Mistake

Please play that lovely wrong note Because that wrong note Just makes me doo doo doot, doo doo doot, wah Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Leonard Bernstein, “Wrong Note Rag” The Inverted Jenny isn’t a porn movie or a yoga pose. It’s a rare 1918 U.S. postage stamp characterized by an error. Only 100 were printed […]