A Shroud of Thoughts

Actress Shelley Winters died today of heart failure at age 85. Beginning her career as a blonde bombshell, Winters became even more famous a...

Tonight my mind is on the Hollywood musical. Here I should perhaps define what I mean by "Hollywood musical." For me a Hollywood m...

In its first run on NBC from 1966 to 1969, Star Trek aired to absolutely abyssmal ratings. Despite this, it developed a cult following even...

I thought tonight that I would talk about the phenomenon of "comfort shows." For those of you who don't know what a comfort sh...

Last night I watched Topkapi . For those of you who have never heard of the film, it is a caper film from 1964. Actually, many consider it t...

Barry Cowsill, member of the family band known as The Cowsills, has been missing since approximately the time that Hurricane Katrina took pl...

This morning finds me in a rather poor mood--sinusitis and back to work after a nice Yuletide break. I then think it is time for more music-...