I liked the movie very much, though I just read that it did not contain the same spirit of the book. I may go find the book.
he transitioned to the bearable heaviness of nonexistence
I was never much of a fan of the crooner genre but concede he had a beautiful voice. RIP Tony.
Saw him at the 1999 SOA Convention in San Francisco. Very cool.
TIL 2 things about Tony Bennett I hadnât heard before. I remember he was a veteran, but didnât realize he was front line infantry and was one of the liberators of one of the Dachau concentration camps.
I knew he was a civil rights activist, but hadnât heard this piece before:
RIP
Incredible voice.
Coincidentally, what she is most (im)famous for.
Ripping il papa
My brush with greatness. She showed up at a St Baldricks event and played a couple songs. I was standing next to her at the side of the stage and she looked so incredibly wary that I didnât feel comfortable talking to her. But when anyone came up and asked to take a picture, she was very polite and obliging and had a nice smile on her face.
Are you one of the ones in the photo?
Dropkick Murphys
I really liked her jazz standards album:
I liked her version of Black Coffee
RIP, Pee Wee Herman
That is sad. Funny guy. Had his hang-ups (really, a handler (no pun) should remind him that he cannot do these things in public, and just watch the flick at home, you rich perv!!), and PeeWeeâs Playhouse was awesome. It was being shown on IFC recently. Still funny.