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“On Leading Multiple Lives” [by David Lehman]
Dusty Sang, editor of Stay Thirsty, asked me to contribute a guest column to his on-line journal. It is in three parts bearing the title "On Leading Multiple Lives." Part one is below followed by…
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Squibs 355-364 [by Alan Ziegler]
355: Unemployment Office, 92nd and Broadway, mid-1970s: Laid-off (not fired) workers wait weekly on long lines to affirm they are actively looking for work. No check-in, no check. So many dancers, musicians, and actors on…
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Dream Pairing: Amy Gerstler and Matthew Zapruder at Beyond Baroque January 17
Fri, January 17, 20208:00 PM – 10:00 PM PST Location Beyond Baroque681 Venice BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90291 Nationally acclaimed poet and former New York Times Magazine Poetry Column editor Matthew Zapruder reads from his latest book, Father’s…
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Bobby Darin, “Beyond the Sea”
Born Roberto Cassotto in East Harlem, Bobby Darin went to Bronx Science. Rheumatic fever as a boy shortened his life — he died at age 37 following heart surgery. Here's his best live perfomance…
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“Dream a Little Dream of Me” with Doris Day
Doris Day may have been the most underrated of all the great 1940s girl singers. Dorisb4day is a great screen name becauseof Oscar Levant’s witticism (he knew Doris Day“before she was a virgin”) but…
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On the Cards and Dice [by Sir Walter Raleigh]
Before the sixth day of the next new year,Strange wonders in this kingdom shall appear:Four kings shall be assembled in this isle,Where they shall keep great tumult for awhile.Many men then shall have an…
