The Night of the Living Dead
George Romero 1940-2017 An unthinking, unfeeling cast of caucasians In rural America pursue a black man It wasn’t his intention but it’s a temptation To see race in Romero’s zombie land Duane Jones (Ben) boards up the house As the living dead ramp up the drama He’d just been seven when the movie came out […]
Adam West 1928-2017
On “Zombie Island” he began to blossom Developed a style that led him to Gotham His very first feature starred Boris Karloff But undead creatures soon were far off His Batman series was low-rent iconic A comic book clearly yet gently ironic A perfect response to world under siege “Holy Post Modern!” comes to […]
Mary Tyler Moore 1936-2017
Mary Tyler Moore 1936-2017 “Who can turn the world on with a smile?” A double entendre in that We’re happy for sure with this girl without guile But we really got off when she tossed that hat 70’s TV, working women were shrill lonely wanna be wives But happy and single and using the pill? […]
2016 – Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye
View slideshow here. 2016 – hey, that’s no way to say goodbye 2-0-1-6 most unholy an odd and bitter odyssey Ali, Prince, Bowie, dignity, democracy Death! For a while let no one die we are shocked by who has crossed grant us a moment while we try to take stock of who was lost I […]
Marni Nixon
Marni Nixon 1930-2016 “I Feel Pretty”. She owned that song! Natalie’s soprano simply entranced Sparkling voice supple yet strong Was the recording, by chance, enhanced? Deborah Kerr stood up to The King And made a surprising suggestion: “Shall we dance?” but now here’s the thing: Who really asked that question? And Eliza could have danced […]
Granola – the song
Not to be confused with the movie or sitcom or book. Those will come later. Granola (audio) I know I said I had posted my final song while my Kickstarter was in play. I lied.
Beyond the Blue
I have been posting pretty regularly for the last thirty days. My Kickstarter campaign ends tomorrow and while it looks as though it will fall short, I hope you have enjoyed these songs and poems. The songs will eventually end up on a future record and I hope to publish the poems some time. The […]
A Mother’s Wisdom
Hi – For about the last thirty days I have been raising funds so that I may complete the recording of my latest record “Kingdom of Summer“. I have gotten a lot of support but unfortunately, it looks as though I will fall short. I will have to admit that for a short period of […]