Thank you Tom Friedman ( Read more... )

Milwaukee Irish Fest really is the best thing since sliced bread. I worry, though, that I seem to be one of the few people there who's under about age 60 and listens to the folk bands. Don't get me wrong; I love Celtic rock, but is that all that will survive? It's a grim prospect that eventually the fan bases of these great folk bands are ( Read more... )

It's eerie how much Nathan Rogers sounds like his father, the late great Canadian folk singer Stan Rogers. I mean, a lot of the men in my family sound similar, but not this similar. And none of us are nearly that good of singers. The first clip is of Nathan singing one of his father's best songs, "Northwest Passage," a ballad about the ill-fated ( Read more... )

FX: Very nice. Lifelike and original. In general, I'm a sucker for huge epic battle scenes with swordplay galore ( Read more... )

For anyone who is too obtuse to realize this, revolving doors exist to be energy efficient. You can go through them without exposing the indoor area to the weather conditions outdoors, thus saving a ton of money on air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter. So if you are able-bodied and approach a building with a revolving door and ( Read more... )

Tonight was the most unforgettable and thrilling ballgame I have ever witnessed. A truly storybook beginning to the season and to Nationals Park. More later.

Two of the most entertaining live bands, Carbon Leaf and Great Big Sea, and a great actor/decently okay singer, Russell Crowe, cap off D.C.'s Shamrock Fest with a rendition of the classic Irish folk ballad "Molly Malone"

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Yes, that is indeed Russell Crowe with Great Big Sea singing Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues." And yes, that was from my camera from the front.

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Twelfth Night (1996 ( Read more... )

The more I listen to it, the more I enjoy Bruce Springsteen's new album "Magic." It wasn't really what I was expecting when I read that the Boss was returning from his (spectacular) two-album foray into American roots music to his own roots in classic rock and roll with the E Street Band. "Magic" has none of the youthful exuberance of "Born to ( Read more... )