Month: January 2011

People We Should Know #7 – Jimmy Webb

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     They say the heyday of the American Songwriter was the 1930’s, 40’s, and 50’s as great poetry and beautiful melody were combined by such stalwarts as the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hart, Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, among others. No doubt the arresting lyrics and haunting melodies of these treasured classic live […]... Read More

J’ Attendrai

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     Images of 1930’s Paris carries the romance of all that is special regarding that great city and nowhere is it more identifiable than the associated music of that time and place.  The city was the home of many cabarets and musical talents that created a distinct Parisian sound from the glamour of the streets, […]... Read More

The Nasty Politics of Tragedy

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In Tucson, Arizona yesterday, a wanton violent outburst from a depraved individual shattered the calm of a beautiful desert morning. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was taking part in a “meet your congresswoman” event at a local supermarket when a gunman suddenly opened fire, wounding as many as twenty people, killing six including a federal judge, and […]... Read More
INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB

Bright Idea

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     In 1879, Thomas Edison managed to do something that man had yearned for since the dawn of age. Submitting a patent for a light device known as the incandescent bulb, he managed provide for the first time reliable and safe illumination of the dark. There is probably no single idea that has done as […]... Read More