The complicated story of a Roy Orbison concert

May 30, 2014
Who doesn't love Roy Orbison's Pretty Woman? The first few bars of the song, a hit in  1964, defined my young adolescence. And the Traveling Wilburys were a particular...
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Someone left the cake out in the rain

January 5, 2014
Is there a sillier song lyric? I mean, seriously, is there? I hadn't heard MacArthur Park in years until it came up on my Sirius rotation the other day. I have NO idea...
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Love’s bright & fragile glow

July 30, 2013
  If you’ve ever walked any distance with a pebble in your shoe you know what it’s like to be a political progressive born into a family of...
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The toilet at CBGB in NYC

June 5, 2013
This seems to be my season to encounter toilet scenes. What I love about this toilet I saw  at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art is just that: it's part of a...
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What if he’s an angel?

April 1, 2013
The other day I emptied my wallet of all its cash and gave it to a homeless man on the street."What if he's scamming you?" my girlfriend asked, shading her eyes...
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Paradise and love

February 15, 2013
Isn't it funny how the simplest things  can be the most wonderful when you're with the person you love? Walking through a forest. Taking a drive. Watching TV...
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Barbra Streisand

December 30, 2012
Does this woman look 70? Not too long ago, I saw The Guilt Trip, Barbara Streisand's latest movie.Her skin was flawless. In fact, she looked 40. But she's 70.The...
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When music was no longer, well, MUSIC

December 6, 2012
 CAN  YOU HEAR ME  NOW? Once in a while I'd wonder, which of my senses I could live without? They're all important--I'm used to having all five and I couldn't,...
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Knopfler rocked; Dylan proved you really can’t go hom...

October 22, 2012
Newsflash, Bob: you haven't looked like that in a very long time. Not even sitting in the heavy traffic heading to Candlestick for the Forty-niners-Seahawks game...
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The Ipod feedbag: an idea for Apple

May 11, 2012
"What's your favorite cardio?" my trainer asked the the other day."It's all boring," I told him.It's the truth. Cardio is boring.Even if you're running alongside the...
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