Paying Attention: Texas is a different kind of place. It’s actually more of a country than a state, and within Texas there is a rich diversity of cultures and art and personalities. It’s a state that accepts a very wide range of personalities…you can be outlandishly eccentric in Texas and no one will think twice …
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One Night In London
Paying Attention: (London, 14 May 1998). It is 9:00 o’clock in the morning and I am walking into the headquarters of SKY TV, outside London, with my good friend and long-time working partner, Michael Brock. We are there to create a new type of TV Guide for Rupert Murdoch’s Sky TV, a satellite TV …
The Bob Hope Christmas Special 1965
Paying Attention: One of the finest American entertainers of all time–in both talent and spirit– was Bob “Here for the Troops” Hope. It’s the holiday season and during most holiday seasons, throughout his career, Bob Hope went on the road to entertain American troops in war zones around the world, logging 57 USO Tours. Somehow, …
Living
“You gotta love living, baby, because dying is a pain in the ass…..”
COMT IX: Santa Care
The Hunt for New Music: The 9th in a series of terrific playlists of Christmas and Holiday music. As always, the spirit shines through.
Woody Allen on Immortality
“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it by not dying…”
COMT VIII: I’m Santa Clause and I Approved This Music (Slow)
The Hunt for New (Christmas) Music: A double album (kinda) of Christmas music for you to select from. The “COMT VIII (Christmas One More Time, 8th edition) Slow list is just that–Christmas and Holiday Music that is a little lower key than some of the rocking music normally featured. Makes no difference…fast or slow, it’s …
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Michael Buble’ Home For Christmas Special
The Hunt For New Music. Christmas means Christmas Specials. Re-plays of classic old films (“White Christmas“, “Christmas in Connecticutt“, “It’s a Wonderful Life“) and new just-for-the-holidays specials. Here, one of the very best: Michael Buble’s “Home for Christmas Special”, presented in 2011. Like Christmas itself, it’s timeless. Click in, bump it to the flatscreen, run …
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woody allen on success
“Eighty percent of success is showing up…..”
Going My Way: The (Secret) History of Bing Crosby
Editor’s Note: Parts of this piece were originally published on risicompetizione.com during the coverage of the Laguna Seca ALMS race. This particular post is excerpted from that original post and featured here because of one reason: Bing Crosby. Bing will be all over the media landscape this holiday season, singing “White Christmas”, in his three holiday …
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