Hey! Now that the holidays are here, it's time to dwell on the true purpose of Christmas -- watching the usual Xmas shows, especially the garish, stop-motion parade of Rankin/Bass holiday specials! Whether they haunted your childhood dreams or annoy your offspring today, they are a vital part of the season. Let's stroll down Memory Lane in this story from 2009 --
A portfolio of my past writing, and new stories as I develop them. Almost always deliberately funny.
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The NRR Project: Rosa Ponselle sings 'Casta Diva'
‘Casta Diva’ from Bellini’s ‘Norma’ Rosa Ponselle, soprano Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra Recorded Dec. 31, 1928 and Jan. 3...

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As little-known an artist as Ollie Jo Prater, S.P. Dinsmoor, or Vivian Maier, Patrick Boone Varnell plied his trade in near-obscurity. A...
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A phonautogram track, in close-up -- analog recording, like waves on the shore. Phonautograms Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville c....
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What scares you the most? Is it watching the latest horror film? Reading a Stephen King novel? For me, it’s listening to old-time radio...