Tattoo Q2: Music

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Friday Dance Break: Soluna Samay Denmark Should've Known Better

Thanks to Joe My God.

Friday Music Break: Saint Etienne Tonight

Andrew Bird: Give It Away

I like Andrew Bird.

Here is his "Give it Away".

Friday Music Break: Kylie Minogue - On A Night Like This

Special thanks to Joe My God....

It Might As Well Be Spring

The great Margaret Whiting,

"It Might As Well Be Spring"

Friday Dance Break: Tooji Stay (Norway)

Special thanks to Joe My God

Friday Dance Break with Sofi Marinova of Bulgaria

With thanks to JoeMyGod.

March 8th! NYC temperature at 4:45pm? 70 °F. This is just wrong!

WNBC is too foolish to oust anchor Sue Simmons. She is a local TV News Goddess... These stupid consultants... They want new, hip, cutting edge... But, local audiences prefer their hometown feel. WNBC is done.

One month only... newly restored Keith Haring bathroom is open to the public til March 31. Details of the Keith Haring Mural at the LGBT Center.

According to the NYTimes, new gay club XL is up and running with different themes... "At the moment, Friday is popular with clean-cut young professionals, while Saturday draws an older, well-muscled crowd from Chelsea. Sunday is Latino night. Earlier in the week, there are also occasional cabaret shows featuring drag queens and other acts. And starting today is a new party called 20-Something Thursday". So far, I don't see a theme for me... lol.

I've been groovin on some Stevie Nicks lately... Here's Stevie Nicks official You Tube channel... I especially dig her other worldly stuff...

I can tell you that Eric R. Kandel is a brainiac. "I have no difficulty about enhancing memory. Removing memory is more complicated. If it’s to reduce the impact of a particular trauma, I have no difficulty with that, but there are other ways to deal with it — cognitive behavior therapy, exposure therapy, drugs. To go into your head and pluck out a memory of an unfortunate love experience, that’s a bad idea... You know, in the end, we are who we are. We’re all part of what we’ve experienced... It shapes you."

Don't forget... Clocks spring forward on Sunday!

New mantra from the book Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers: "I can handle it"...

Rest in Peace: Davy Jones

Rest in Peace, Davy Jones (1945-2012).

From 1965 to 1971, Jones was a member of The Monkees, a pop-rock group formed expressly for a television show...

He was a MAJOR pop icon in his day for kids my age...

He is believed to have suffered a massive heart attack in his sleep.

Not A Day Goes By

Happy Birthday, Bernadette Peters...!

Not a Day Goes By, by Stephen Sondheim from Merrily We Roll Along sung by Bernadette Peters.

Caruso's Cast Party at The Town Hall

Caught a truly fabulous show last night...

Scott Siegel presents: The Best of Jim Caruso’s Cast Party at The Town Hall to benefit The Actors Fund...

Thoroughly Entertaining... Old fashioned variety show.

Featured Paulo Szot, Linda Lavin, Jane Monheit, Stephanie J. Block, Janis Siegel, David Ippolito, Lisa Lampanelli, , Liz Mikel, Marcus Monroe, Rudi Macaggi, Holly Near and John Bucchino, Laura Osnes and Frank Wildhorn, Erich Bergen, Aaron Weinstein, Terri Klausner, Andrew Nemr with his Cats Paying Dues*, Marilyn Maye and more...

Joining the musical fun was Daniel Glass on drums and Tom Hubbard on bass.

Jim Caruso is an amazing emcee and knows how to put together a crowd pleasing show with the perfect mix of vaudeville schtick and sophistication...

And Mr Billy Stritch is forever flawless at the piano...

A generous and gracious pair of artists that I've known for many years!

Great show last night, guys!

(Photo from Broadway World)

*(Cats Paying Dues tap dancers included Kurt Csolak, Alex MacDonald, Alisa Paradowski, Stephen Sainato, Thomas Sutton, Gina Unverferth, and Maggie Venti).

Rest In Peace: Whitney Houston

This is one of those creepy song performances that foreshadows life... Chilling.

Life imitates art with Whitney Houston's I Look to You.

Rest in Peace, Whitney Houston , 1963-2012.

Sleep well.

Multiply Life By 'The Power of Two'

My brother gave me this CD for Christmas...

The Power of Two (Released: November 3, 2009, Qualiton Imports, Harbinger Records)

These two guys make a fine musical combination...

Michael Feinstein, 55, and Cheyenne Jackson, 36 bring a classy old world pop style to this CD... Even with the diverse music choices...

It all works due to expert arrangements and recording studio work that makes for a cohesive album of largely upbeat easy listening with a show tune bent...

Favorite cuts: We Kiss in the Sunlight, I'm Nothing Without You, and I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter.

In 2009, Feinstein teamed up with Cheyenne Jackson to create a nightclub act titled "The Power of Two". The show was hailed by the New York Times as "passionate," "impeccably harmonized" and "groundbreaking". Variety acclaimed it as "dazzlingly entertaining". Their act became one of the most critically acclaimed shows of 2009, and the duo created a studio album from the material, The Power of Two. The Power of Two, a concert reuniting Jackson and Feinstein, was presented at Carnegie Hall on October 29, 2010. (Background information from Wikipedia)