Goodbye. I hope that extremely tight “lede” (old-school journo spelling for that term) grabbed your attention – it’s been part of my job for most of the last 30 years to do just that as a journalist. I certainly didn’t want to bury it under a pile of my typical sentimentality. I won’t be leaving […]
Movie Book Review: It’s Mission Accomplished For Entertaining Look At ‘Bond vs. Bond: The Many Faces of 007’
There have been numerous books about the long-running international phenomenon that is James Bond; my bookshelves sport several volumes related to his appearances in books, films and other incarnations. Paul Simpson‘s recently published “Bond vs. Bond: The Many Faces of 007,” timed to coincide with the release of the 24th Eon Productions’ Bond movie “Spectre,” is […]
A Critic’s Column: To Theater In Nashville (And Elsewhere) With Love
That all-encompassing yet inadequate word love – at least in the English language, where unlike the Greeks and others we haven’t bothered to come up with more than one word (synonyms not included) for that powerful feeling. It’s possibly the most hackneyed word in our tongue, used for just about anything or anyone for whom […]
Zeitgeist Hosts DJ Spooky ‘Imaginary App’ Book Signing & Reading Thursday
Zeitgeist Gallery and The University Art Gallery, Sewanee: The University of the South are pleased to host internationally recognized composer, multi-media artist and writer Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky on Thursday, Sept. 10 for a reception presenting his most recent written anthology, “The Imaginary App,” about software apps and the way they have changed everything. This event at Zeitgeist […]
Theater Book Review: Bravo For A Bold, Beautiful, Big ‘Book of Broadway’
When a copy of Eric Grode‘s bold and beautiful “The Book of Broadway: The 150 Definitive Plays and Musicals” arrived a few weeks ago I thought Christmas had come early this year. It’s a treasure trove of pictures, facts and personal connections assembled by a knowledgeable and talented theater critic who clearly loves his subject (I’ve always […]
The Joys of ‘An Intimate Evening’ With the Incandescent Shirley MacLaine
“That was the most wonderful welcome that I have had in 500,000 years!” With that irresistible icebreaker the warm, witty, wonderful Oscar-winning star of Terms of Endearment and so much more sent nearly 1,000 very appreciative souls into hearty laughter and sustained applause Thursday just after she walked onstage at Schermerhorn Symphony Center for “An Intimate Evening […]