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Moon River Redux

Posted in Film, Music, Social Media, tagged , , , , on April 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I just updated You Heart Breaker (my January tribute to Audrey Hepburn) with eight new versions of “Moon River” along with two of the old favorites. Among the new performers are a singer from Romania, a brother and sister from Italy and the first little girl I’ve ever thought skilled enough to showcase here. Also [...]

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May You Live in Interesting Times

Posted in Journalism, Politics, Pop Culture, Social Media, tagged , , , on March 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Not so long ago my friend Phil Miller downloaded all of Nino Rota‘s film scores to his iPod. “We live in an age of miracles,” he said. We sure do. Allow me take younger readers on a journey back to prehistoric times. If I had a question about the world, first I’d ask my parents. [...]

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Your Song Will Fill the Air

Posted in Music, Pop Culture, The Beatles, tagged , , on November 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »

[updated April 21, 2011] In the little-known 1986 film Echo Park, a character complains that he’s sick of how everyone he meets in Los Angeles has a day job, but they’re really looking for their big break. A bartender (played by Susan Dey) disagrees. “I love that everyone is really an actress, is really a [...]

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