Paying Attention: Netflix changes the expectations, again, with a new Christmas special starring Bill Murray. One more reason to like the Holidays (and Bill Murray).
Category Archives: Press Clippings
True Danger: The Rolling Stones In Transition
The Hunt For New Music: It’s hard to remember a time when The Rolling Stones were not on our playlists. They broke through in the mid 1960s, the anti-Beatles, slightly dangerous, a band against the man, the revolution with some blues-oriented chops, and then they really dug their heels into the culture: scandal, arrests, tax …
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The American Masters (PBS) Profile of Johnny Carson
Press Clippings: Simply terrific profile of the master of Late Night: Johnny Carson. This documentary is from the American Masters series from PBS and is an exceptional look at the very private man who was one of the most public figures in the history of modern media who, it is said without hyperbole, created late …
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Quote on puppies
“Unattended children will be given a puppy and a cup of espresso….”
Yogi
Transitions : Yogi Berra (1925-201). I grew up playing baseball in small towns in the south. In organized leagues and on sandlots. All through the year. For schools and with friends. Pickup and travel squads. It was important to me and to my friends because, well, baseball is important in small towns in the South, just like …
Track Men
Spent the weekend at Circuit of the Americas, where two major sports car races were being conducted in one day. The first was the IMSA/TUDOR United Sports Car Championship series race, which took place in the morning; it was a 2 hour and 40 minute race and our team (Risi Competizione) took a very respectable …
String Theory
Press Clippings. It’s U.S. Open time, we’re headed past the quarters and into the Semis and the level of play is rising with every shot. This is when major tennis gets very, very serious. There could not possibly be a better time to point you to one of very best pieces on Tennis (with a capital T), …
The Night Shift: The News While You Slept
Press Clippings: The Increasingly Fatal Flaw: Hilary’s Email Problem (source: New York Times) Deadly Immigrant Crisis in Europe (source: BBC) Daryl Dawkins, the NBA’s “Chocolate Thunder”, Dies (Source: si.com) The Day by The Numbers (source:fivethirtyeight.com) Morning Sports Report (Source:si.com)
The Nightshift: The News While You Slept
Press Clippings: Overnight News From Around The Globe The Bounce Back: Wall Street Rebounds (source: Bloomberg.com) The Day By The Numbers (source: fivethirtyeight.com) Latest on The New Crew Killings (source: New York Times) Morning Sports Report (source: SI.com) A New Writer Revives “The Girl” Series (souce: New York Times) Repairing Mt. Everest (source: BBC)
The Nightshift: The News While You Slept
Press Clippings: Monday, 24 August 2015 North Korea and South Korea: At It Again. (Source: New York Times) The Global Market Meltdown (Source: BBC) An American View of a Brutal Economic Market (Source: Bloomberg) Fifty-One Year Old Davis Love III Wins the Wyndham Golf Championship (Source: Golf.com) Morning Sports Reports: Injuries, controversy, scores (Source: ESPN) Significant Numbers …