Renaissance 2.0
I am so thrilled that the beautiful and talented Laura Nyro was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. She wrote so many classic songs such as “Wedding Bell Blues”, “And When I Die” and “Stoney End” and she was such a powerfully soulful performer too. This was long overdue to…
In this information age replete with data overload and this TMI generation, the fine art of mystery and all its glory and power has all but been extinguished. In the past, we were intrigued and fascinated with mythic figures such as movie stars, professional athletes and such because we knew so little about them. Now…
Which movies do you think portrays certain cultures better than others? For example… My Big Fat Greek Wedding does a good job for Greek families Bend it Like Beckham does well for Indian culture (especially in England) Goodfellas depicts the Italian experience well…ok a particular element of course…same with the Godfather series. For the family culture I would pickMoonstruck The…
There seems to be a new trend for services that want to focus on establishing small private social networks, which I call MicroNetworks. This new breed of social networks are providing a private platform for people to connect with another person instead of large groups of people as on the regular social networks like Facebook…
I’m a lifelong Yankee fan so I’ve experienced many World Series championships over the years (seven so far) but I would love to see the Chicago Cubs win it all someday in my lifetime. I think it’s possible since the evil Boston Red Sox proved that you can break a long drought of losing which…
I was pleasantly surprised when I decided to visit www.Celtx.com tonight and discovered their whole new website and platform. It’s always been the best writing tool for screenwriters with its free desktop application but now they’ve built a very useful writing desk in the cloud. They now offer all of the features that came with…
There was a lot of hype over the movie DRIVE starring Ryan Gosling and Albert Brooks so I was looking forward to seeing it. I have to say that I was very pleasantly surprised over the fact that it was even better than I thought it would be. The music and the mood and the…
Here’s a gift for all my fellow movie lovers out there. I created a checklist for all Best Picture Oscar winners that you can download and use. It includes the formula for figuring out what percentage you’ve seen thus far of the 83 winners. (I’ve only seen 42 of them). There will be a new…
Reckless is one of my favorite underrated movies. Starred a young Daryl Hannah and Aidan Quinn just before they both made it big the next year in 1985: he broke through with Desperately Seeking Susan and she made a big SPLASH with Tom Hanks. He was like a James Dean in this role… Written by…
The recent public feud between Madonna and Lady GaGa isn’t anything new to the material girl. She’s endured copycats and clones ever since day one when she started back in the early 80s. Here are a few of the ones that I remember and actually liked. Obviously, none of them had careers as successful or…