The Music of Fall
The days are shorter; the air outside has gone from sweltering to pleasant, sometimes even cool; and now the official date has arrived. Fall is here. And so I pull out the fall music. I discovered it this way: Years ago I was very fond of a TV commercial for a bank. Citibank? Chase? I [...]
I’m Not Supposed to Like It, But I Do
Weeks ago I wrote a post called “I’m Supposed to Like It, But I Don’t.” Here is its opposite number: some of the uncool things I dig . . . The Andy Griffith Show. Actually, I love that show — especially the early ones, with Don Knotts and the very small Ron Howard playing Opie. [...]
East Meets West, or, Sonny and Trane
Every person or thing with a claim to being the greatest of his/her/its kind has a rival nearly as great. The question with each pairing is: which is the greatest, and which is the rival? There are Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky . . . Coke and Pepsi . . . The Beatles and The Rolling Stones [...]
