New State of Our Union (a musical playlist) Inspired by the change in our nation's leadership, I had tweeted on Inauguration Day (1/20/21), links to "What A Day" by Poco (It starts, "It's a good mornin' and I'm feelin' fine. Smile. I never thought I could be this way. I wanna play. Oh what a day!”) and Al Kooper's Brand New Day (“Last night I ha …
A year ago I found myself blogging about how “my” baseball team messed up things, some not its fault, some self-induced with the selection of a new manager. Perhaps fitting under the prior never ready for prime time owners. Things changed this off-season, perhaps not soon enough, but certainly in satisfying ways for most, if not all, fans of my tea …
I often look back at what I drafted the previous year before I compose the instant blog. Peaking at that 2020 commentary really focused on the contrast in how we live today, still under a Pandemic but hopefully vaccinated, or on the verge of receiving this protective measure. Last year – joined by a few friends – I watched a playoff game albeit n …
This time of the new year or at the end of the prior year I traditionally post my commentary on the top ten concerts of the year just ended. The recent post to my website covered a handful of shows. COVID19 raising its ugly head (ALWAYS) played the culprit. I really enjoyed what I got to attend. The last show before COVID was truly amazing. I …
Annually, I offer a rather short blog with a concerted purpose: a musical start to welcome the new year. We reached that moment with the most popular of the playlists I post on YouTube and Apple Music: Song To Ring in the New Year. Please do enjoy and share it. As I explained in prior years, this curated list reflects more my musical taste in c …
(Saturday’s blogger’s commentary yesterday in part inspired this musing about the aftermath of the recent snowfall.) Friday’s blogger texted me yesterday to call; I called his cell. His talented artist wife picked up and explained he was shoveling his driveway. When he called back, I admonished him for the exertion; I related the story of Grandp …
This blog concerns some “wonders” of Gotham. I planned another topic. I committed myself to another topic. Somehow Friday’s blogger On Dec 11, 2020, at 4:39 PM, Fred Klein wrote: Great blog subject convinced me to share this account. Sometime around 3:30 p.m. Friday afternoon, as I am leaving my car, I hear WFAN Craig Carton telling Evan Roberts t …
In these pandemic plagued times where most in person holiday gatherings shrink to households and some enlarge by virtual means, why not add some music to help brighten our moods. This year’s version of Happy Holidays in Song now features 103 songs, albeit one video required a search for a replacement by the same artist (ask off list please but I …
Thanksgiving this year flipped the script a bit. We gathered smaller than usual and many use other means such as Zoom or FaceTime to connect with others who usually joined us. Something remains the same: our need to give. Many rose up to support causes we already support, and special associated appeals in light of COVID-19. The focus on giving alwa …
When we selected a new date to announce the Gotham Green Awards® – delayed by the COVID 19 Pandemic and originally planned a week following Earth Day 2020 – I proposed just ahead of Thanksgiving. So as Wednesday’s blogger, Carly Meyer Bentley, shared last week, Gotham held its ceremony last Tuesday, November 17. Eight awardees. Our new Gotham Green …
As time goes on we periodically face loss. Over the last several weeks, I (and many others) experienced the loss of two special people. One a long-time civic leader in my home borough of Queens; the other a major political figure in the life of New York City and state. This past week, we lost Bob Harris who was one of two “Founders” – a designatio …
I gave an upbeat presentation at Gotham NY Legal last week. I offered an analysis that got “confirmed” yesterday. As I periodically reviewed updates, I mused about music that might fit. Folks who follow this blog know I created topical playlists. On Friday morning, one song came into my head. I thought it would be in one list; it actually surpr …
Since Gotham allowed me to regularly blog in this space I used this Sunday before Election Day to urge folks to exercise their right to vote. It remains something I feel very strongly about. The first professional remarks I ever drafted involved such participation in our electoral process. An editorial I drafted during law school where I edited …
Other topics always intervened. And something nice occurred yesterday but covering it follows a different timetable. As Friday’s blogger knows and experienced, and like Saturday’s blogger (aka “wheelman”), this commentator knows how to and skillfully weaves in and out of slower moving traffic where poor or just lazy drivers slow things down inapp …
Usually this space would share an experience that included attending a Broadway show; not this year. Absent Broadway, about which my friend Vincent Russo’s son, Robert, writes a nice newsletter, yesterday’s celebration found a different way to inject culture and visual experience; and instead of the theatre musical, dinner included a live musical p …
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