Archive for November 2006

Assorted Pleasures

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Little Annie (aka Annie Anxiety aka Annie Bandez) and friends will be at Mo Pitkins every Saturday in December.
Visual AIDS hosts a preview party for World AIDS Day tomorrow, Dec. 1, followed by the Postcards from the Edge benefit on Dec. 2 and 3: “the most exciting and affordable way to build a collection of […]

Anita O’Day, 1919-2006: Thanks for the Boogie Ride

Friday, November 24, 2006

Gene Krupa Orchestra with Anita O’Day on vocals and Roy Eldridge on trumpet.
I’m not a singer because I have no vibrato…. If I want one I have to shake my head to get it. That’s why I sing so many notes — so you won’t hear that I haven’t got one. It’s how I got […]

Robert Altman, 1925-2006

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Director Robert Altman dead at 81 (LA Times)
Robert Altman, Leading Director, Dies at 81 (NY Times)

Writers, Guerrillas and Bears

Thursday, November 16, 2006

The next reading in the Writers at the Alliance series is coming up. Three writers read from their recent novels:
Clifford Chase (pictured), Winkie
Christopher Sorrentino, Trance
Dana Spiotta, Eat the Document
Tuesday, November 28, 7pm
197 East Broadway
F train to East Broadway
Free
Writers at the Alliance: A Reading Series

Pow!Pow! English

Monday, November 13, 2006

Long ago I was subjected to French in Action videos, and then there was a brief post-college stint of teaching ESL to adults. I showed up one day to discover a student had written on the blackboard, “Teacher why is you always late?”
Anyway, I am currently taking an incredible amount of pleasure in “Pow!Pow! English,” […]

“Talkin ’bout the Bully Bull Bull”

Friday, November 3, 2006

Some time ago, before the advent of YouTube, I had a stay at the Gaylord Rehabilitation Center, where I was introduced to the work of Harvey Sid Fisher. Whether this expedited my rehabilitation or postponed it, I do not know. I do know, however, that I am grateful beyond words to have Harvey Sid Fisher […]

To Add to the Things-I-Didn’t-Know-I-Wanted-Until-Someone-Made-Them-Up List, Pt. 2

Thursday, November 2, 2006

Actually, I think I did know I wanted this: A female Female Impersonator impersonating Carol Channing impersonating Judy Garland, Ethel Merman, Doris Day, and more. Carol Channeling!
Thanks to John Q. Sanchez, a font of web goodness. Check out his excellent podcast on latin diva Iris Chacón here.