Wise Madness
Gord’s Gold 1: Welcome My Gentle Listeners to the Gord’s Gold Halloween show, dedicated to ghoulies and ghosties, and long-leggedy beasties And things that go bump in the night. The special opening music was a selection from Tchaikovsky’s Sérénade mélancolique, played by the great thereminist, Clara Rockmore. She was the aunt of my late friend, […]
I won the battle with my dark side and went to the Halloween Party at The Porch in Harlem. That’s Mark, Beth, and Dena’s listening room/bar/café to be in Harlem. There is still work being done on the interior so for now they appropriately enough use their porch. I was on the fence about going. […]
I made a last-minute call and celebrated Halloween. It was a literal call, I called Katherine Friday night and asked if she wanted to show me the “Halloween House” the next day. This Halloween House is not a commercial venture, it’s a private home in Ditmas Park that takes the holiday very seriously. I don’t […]
I tried to watch Superman Returns yesterday. I was not successful. There is a limit to how much stupidity I can handle. I’m a guy that loves superhero films; I’m no snob, but I expect some semblance of reason. I can’t suspend my disbelief enough to accept that anyone would fill a plane that’s being […]
Yesterday I went to the Grand Slambovian Halloween Ball. It was at Irvington Town Hall and produced by The Common Ground Community Concerts, Carter’s domain. That meant I was working the show. I usually do merch but The Slambovians provide their own merch person so my job was to help set up the Halloween decorations and do whatever else needs to be done.
Wise Madness 