Let’s Get Quizzical
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedQuestion Number One: “Three songs released within a 12-month period in the middle 80’s were all called ‘The Power of Love.’ Two hit #1 in UK, the other hit #1 in the US. Who sang those three songs?” I asked that question this last Wednesday at my local pub quiz, and was surprised that of […]
I Saw Them Standing There
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedSince everyone else is titling their reminiscences of February 9, 1964 with the sub-heading “It was 50 years ago today,” I went to great lengths to avoid that one. Besides, the song that this blog alludes to was actually performed by The Beatles on that first of their three historic appearances on “The Ed Sullivan […]
Old Enough To Remember
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIt was 55 years ago today that the private plane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson, aka The Big Bopper, crashed on a midwestern farm, killing everybody aboard. It was also 47 years ago today that eccentric British songwriter/producer Joe Meek (“Telstar”) killed his landlady before killing himself. Meek, like so many other […]
Could Be Traumatic, But It’s Only Once A Week
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedI’ve now been volunteering at the Marie Curie Hospice for 6 weeks, and while I looked with worry at first of dealing with people that are dying, I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how honestly many of the patients face their declining health. On my first day, I went in to this one lady’s room just […]
Strictly Come Laughing
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIn the last few years I lived in LA, I had a freelance job as stage manager for a number of small productions, usually for a limited run, and mostly at the Zephyr Theatre on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. I frequently got in conversations with cast members, and in one particular conversation with a play’s […]
Bottom 10 of 2013
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedUsually when I compile a bottom 10 of the year, I try to avoid the boy bands or the reality-show-created stars, because they’re too obvious a target. We know their stuff is largely calculated crap, but this year there were “stand-outs” among those performers that I felt deserved recognition. There were absences among my perennials, […]
My Top 10 of 2013
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedI actually found that there were more candidates for top 10 than bottom 10, something which I couldn’t say for about the last five years or so. Since my taste runs to the quirky, the retro, the bawdy, and sometimes the downright sappy, I imagine there are no critics (maybe no PEOPLE) on earth that […]
Last Christmas
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedThat has got to be one of my least favorite Christmas songs. Not that the Wham song is too saccharine or annoying, it’s more of a case of it not really going anywhere beyond the first four lines. But I did want to talk about last Christmas (actually the last three) and how different things […]
I Bring Them Lunch, Tea, and a Smile If They Want It
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedEileen spent the last five days of her life at the Marie Curie Hospice in the very posh Hampstead area of London. During the time she was there, I got to understand why she had already stipulated in her will that a fair sized donation be given to them. The entire staff was attentive, friendly, […]
Happy Last Thursday In November!
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedSorta loses something when it’s put in those terms, don’t it? On Thanksgiving Day, 2002, I was just preparing to enter The Queens Theatre in Upminster, Essex, for what would turn out to be a lovely gig, that unfortunately, I’d never do again. Before I got inside the theatre, my mobile went off, and it […]
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