Teeny Tiny Mantras
Today is Patti Smith.
Patti Smith - Horses (full studio version) (by Twentysixbillion)
Kind of stuck on this song.
Elvis Costello, “When It Sings” (by Iain Halliday)
may my heart always be open to little birds
who are the secrets of living… (by ee cummings)(photo by catene)
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pop culture Archive
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It’s such a good feeling
Posted on November 17, 2012 | 2 CommentsMy son and I have been watching old episodes of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood lately. It’s much easier than I realized to get engrossed in the land of make-believe and film... -
Weird Barack Obama art
Posted on November 14, 2008 | 3 CommentsGrowing up in a Catholic household the 1960s, my husband says that most of the living rooms he visited as a child had pictures of Jesus and JFK hanging on... -
Things to do on a Friday (or Saturday) night, Part One
Posted on February 22, 2008 | 5 CommentsLast summer, I briefly heralded my family’s new found normality (after lo, these many years of my husband’s reign as a local independent impresario) in a post called “What we... -
Political stumping
Posted on February 12, 2008 | 6 CommentsAs of now, I am not stumping for anything or anyone, but I am definitely feeling stumped. For example… how is it that I learned more about Hillary Clinton’s policies... -
The joys of local TV journalism
Posted on February 5, 2008 | 2 CommentsI used to think that the Midwest generated an inordinate amount of hysterically bad local television journalism. I was never sure whether the lack of substance (or a lack of... -
Bye Bye Bill Maher
Posted on September 19, 2007 | 2 CommentsI felt pretty betrayed at the end of “Real Time with Bill Maher” last weekend. Being one of those people who has actually done things like written to Sinclair Broadcasting... -
Charting Cyberspace, Labor Day Edition
Posted on September 3, 2007 | 2 CommentsPop CultureChildren’s television makes a remarkable number of musical references to classical compositions. My knowledge of symphonies and concertos is nowhere near exceptional, but I’m amazed by how much I... -
Sympathy for the revel
Posted on February 23, 2007 | No CommentsAfter the past couple of weeks of mockery and scorn over her endless bender, I was actually relieved to see some traces of compassion for Britney Spears in the media... -
The one-person revolution
Posted on February 21, 2007 | No CommentsWhenever people talk about social change beginning at home in the U.S., it generally begins with recycling – something you can make part of your daily life that is good... -
Hey, it’s “for women”
Posted on November 17, 2005 | 1 CommentSince we’re on the subject of “Unsolved Mysteries,” here’s a question I’ve pondered for years now: Why is that show always always on Lifetime, the alleged “TV for women.” According...
