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Colbert Catches Up

Stephen Colbert is back from a week off.  Last night he commented on last week’s shift in the Bush Administration’s characterization of its Iraq policy, and Rush Limbaugh’s comments on the Michael J. Fox commercial.

2 comments October 31st, 2006

The Killer, Still Kickin’

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Previously I mentioned that my friend Morris had given me a copy of Jerry Lee Lewis’ new CD, Last Man Standing.  NPR has started a weekend series on this year’s picks for the National Recording Registry, selected by the Library of Congress, starting with Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” 

Click here to go to the NPR feature.  The picture is of Lewis with his third wife, Myra.  What was with the pencil?  And those sunglasses!

3 comments October 31st, 2006

Halloweve

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Here are this year’s pumpkins, with great designs by Eric.  I admit I’ve done better carving jobs.  Sorry the pictures are fuzzy, but this old 1.3 megapixel camera is very motion sensitive in non-flash mode.

3 comments October 30th, 2006

Post-Pumpkin Post

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As a follow-up to my post on “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” click here for a brief NPR feature about the cartoon.

Note:  Lucy is shown holding what didn’t exist 40 years ago — TV Guide the size of a magazine, and not a digest.

2 comments October 30th, 2006

Raspberry Heaven

There’s lots of Azumanga Daioh on YouTube™, but as a follow-up to a previous posting, here are the end credits, framed by the commercial break outro and intro.  The “Raspberry Heaven” catch-phrase is very catchy. 

It took a couple of episodes to see past the underlying wackiness.  Something I didn’t realize at first is the show deals with some very contemporary themes about growing up that in previous generations were simply not presented.

6 comments October 30th, 2006

Feeling Pekared


If the space above is blank, blame YouTube™!

It took some years for me to warm up to ‘alternative’ comic-book writer Harvey Pekar.  But my friend Morris Hyman is a big Pekar fan, so I gave him a copy of the DVD American Splendor, which is a very good movie.

An interview that Pekar did with Terry Gross on the NPR show Fresh Air has been re-run.  It’s at this link.

1 comment October 29th, 2006

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