The great Nicholas Brothers tapping up a storm even as youngsters. Pure joy.
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Thanks to YouTuber odessa108
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Monthly Archives: November 2024
Make It A Double
She Loves You
Monday Morning, Dutch musicians Oliver Pesch (git/voc), Gijs van Duijn (git/voc), Bonno Getz (bass/voc), Max van Dijk (drums) with an impressive recreation of “She Loves You,” a song that holds up incredibly well.
Thanks to YouTuber The Analogues
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La Vida
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By Martin Wong at the Yale Art Gallery
New Haven Connecticut
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A Real Pain
“A Real Pain, written, directed, and featuring Jesse Eisenberg is a film that has recently gotten quite a lot of attention, and I’m going to speak later about why I think that film has gotten that attention. But first let me talk about Jesse Eisenberg and the film…”
Click on the small triangle or mp3 link to listen to my review of A Real Pain, as broadcast this week on the Arts Express radio program as heard on WBAI FM and Pacifica affiliates across the nation.
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Tenth Annual Shalom Blog Magic Contest
Wow, I never thought I would make it to year ten, but here we are. And so…
In the never-ending battle for shelf place, I’m giving away some very nice magic books. One of them can be yours. Here’s what to do:
Please follow ALL the bolded directions, or I cannot accept your entry. I have generated a list of 10 random whole numbers between 1 and 10,000. Email me, at jshalom@worldshare.net one whole number between 1 and 10,000 that you think might be on the list. Put the word “Contest” in the subject line. Make sure to include your full name (not a company name!) and a shipping address. One entry only please. If you won a prize last year, please do not enter this year to give others a chance. Do this before 9 days from now. Deadline is Saturday, November 30th 11:59 PM Pacific Time. That’s it. (Sorry, but due to shipping costs, this is only open to folks who live in the Continental US.) Please follow ALL the bolded directions, or I cannot accept your entry.
Whoever is closest to the first number on my random list gets first prize; whoever is closest to the second number gets second prize, and so on. There will be 10 prizes given out.
First prize is first choice from the terrific grab bag of magic books I’ve put together; second prize is second choice from the grab bag; and third prize, in a parallel, numerically pleasing manner, is third choice from the grab bag, and so on, down to 10th prize gets 10th choice. The items in the grab bag are all commercial magic books at least one of which, I guarantee, you will be very happy to have.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
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Candyman: Mississippi John Hurt
Monday morning, Mississippi John Hurt awaits a visit from the Candyman. Just wonderful guitar playing and singing.
Thanks to YouTuber zenguitarblues
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Urban Wildlife
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Off Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
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“Help, I’m Trapped Inside A YouTube Video”
The brilliant video wizard, Zach King, will make you feel like a kid again with his wonderful visual illusions.
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More at Zach King
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Sonny Boy: Al Pacino
“It’s said that talent is common, and that’s true. But what is much more rare than talent is longevity. How does one take talent and have it develop and last decade upon decade? I’m thinking about this, because I’ve just finished reading the new autobiography by Al Pacino called Sonny Boy, and it was totally engrossing. No one would call It a work of literature, but you can certainly hear Al’s voice loud and clear, as if he were sitting in a bar with you telling intimate stories about his life and work…”
Click on the triangle or mp3 link above to hear my complete review of Al Pacino’s memoir, Sonny Boy, as broadcast yesterday on the Arts Express program, heard on WBAI FM NYC and Pacifica affiliates across the nation.
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Railroad Bill
Monday morning, some fancy banjo picking by Eliza Mary Doyle on the folk classic Railroad Bill.
Thanks to YouTuber Hayabusa
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The Laundry
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Broome & Mulberry Streets
New York, New York
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Watching For Prey
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This Red-Tailed Hawk was looking a little too closely at me from his perch above.
Prospect Park,
Brooklyn, New York
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Speechless
“We have just had our elections, and I’m not even going to speak one way or the other about the results. It was an awful choice, if you want to even call it a choice. But I think no matter what point of view you had about the candidates, the one thing that could not be escaped was the absolutely idiotic and moronic level of discourse. To anyone who loves words and rhetoric and language it seemed that the very concept of speech had been broken and bent out of all proportion. Now, by an interesting coincidence, in this year, which happens to be the 65th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, across my desk came a book published by Seven Stories Press called the Fidel Castro Reader. And what it is, is a large 500 plus page book of Fidel Castro’s speeches translated into English, which is a great boon to me, since I’m not a fluent reader of Spanish. I had to laugh when I thought about the prospect of a 500 page book on the speeches of Kamala Harris, or Joe Biden, or God, help us Donald Trump…”
Click on the small triangle or mp3 link above to hear the rest of the segment as broadcast last night on the Arts Express radio program over WBAI FM NYC and Pacifica affiliates across the nation.
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Pleasures Of The Harbor: Phil Ochs Live
Monday morning, a live version of “Pleasures of the Harbor” by Phil Ochs, an island of calm during a raucous Carnegie Hall concert.
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More at Phil Ochs –TOPIC
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High Horse
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Broome Street,
New York, New York
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The Kingfisher
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First time I’ve seen a Belted Kingfisher here in Brooklyn!
Prospect Park,
Brooklyn, New York
