Fandango’s Dog Days of August #30: MY BEST JOB EVER I had been looking for a job that would let me flex my hours so Garry and I could spend time together. It was difficult. He worked terribly long hours, gone… Read More ›
Performance
DOES THE CHARACTER MATCH THE IMAGE IN THE BOOK?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #84 I’ve got a four answers here and really, there should be more. I’ve put them in order of their dates of release. The Haunting is a 1963 British horror film directed and produced by Robert Wise and… Read More ›
AT THIS MOMENT – RICH PASCHALL
Karaoke Night, by Rich Paschall From the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s, we spent a lot of time in adult drinking establishments singing various tunes to varying degrees of success. You did not have to be any good at it. You… Read More ›
TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PLAYS “APPALACHIAN SPRING”
Toronto Symphony Plays Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring From Their Homes Leave it up to musicians to find a way to keep the music going. The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Principal double bass, Jeff Beecher has corralled musicians from the orchestra to… Read More ›
IS LISTENING TO AUDIOBOOKS THE SAME AS READING? – Marilyn Armstrong
Responding to: Open Book Blog Hop – Are audiobooks considered reading? I got addicted to audiobooks while I was commuting to work. There were periods when I was driving as much as 5 hours a day — just to get back… Read More ›
SIGNS OF OUR TIMES AND FAREWELL MY LOVELY – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Last night, I was gritting my teeth over the Senate Impeachment travesty and another household repair issue. The tank on the toilet in our primary bathroom cracked just hours after Marilyn had workers back to redo problems on our new… Read More ›
ASTRALLY SWINGING ON A STAR – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP Monday: ASTRAL I started reading the news this morning and it was so depressing, I decided to skip it and go straight to music. Swinging on a start sounds like a good choice, don’t you think? This is the… Read More ›
TEA AND EMPATHY WITH THE MEN OF SHARON – Garry Armstrong
One of the perks of being a retired TV news reporter are invitations for speaking to various groups, small and large. I enjoy them. It gets me “out” and I meet new and old friends. I must admit these invites… Read More ›
WELCOME, BIENVENU, WELCOME – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Welcome When this movie came out, I saw it every day for two weeks. I thought — still think — it’s one of the best movies ever made. I usually went with a friend. I went twice… Read More ›
A UNIQUE PRODUCTION – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I recently had a unique, rich and rewarding experience. I wrote and helped put together a multimedia theatrical production about a horrific pogrom in 1919 that wiped out over half of the 1200 inhabitants of a Ukrainian town called Felshtin…. Read More ›
STICKBALL SEASON IS COMING – Marilyn Armstrong
It’s heading toward the end of April and the Sox, last year’s series winners, are having a hard time. While not in last place, they’ve lost more than often than they’ve won. Many of the teams who were supposed to… Read More ›
THE MIMES ARE COMING, THE MIMES ARE COMING! – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Pantomime The proper definition of pantomime follows, but in my life, what it really is how you try to communicate what you want to say when you’ve forgotten the word for it. Garry, for some reason, never… Read More ›
“LES MISERABLE” VERSUS “LESS MISERABLE” — Marilyn Armstrong
“Les Miserables” is coming to Boston. I know this because the advertisement for it is on TV every few minutes. I read the book originally in French, back when I could actually read French and sort of mumble in French… Read More ›
PURPLE HAZE! – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP Tuesday: Purple Haze Haze? Purple haze? In front of your eyes. Not rose-colored haze, right? Because that’s a whole different matter.
THE CURSED SCRIPT – BY ELLIN CURLEY
Tom and I wrote a script for our audio theater group a few years ago about a serial killer – and it has nearly killed us. We have had numerous trials related to this script and have yet to finalize… Read More ›
AND, THE OSCAR GOES TO … BUT, DO YOU CARE? – Garry Armstrong
I’m part of the new “lost generation”. I grew up loving movies when there were more stars in Hollywood than in heaven. I plead guilty to reading fan mags about stars like Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper (Mom named me after… Read More ›
WHITER THAN THE WHITEWASH ON THE WALL – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Whitewash From “Oh! What a Lovely War” made and released in 1969, these are songs soldiers sang in the field. Despite the awfulness of our current political days, the endless years of World War 1 were at… Read More ›
INSTRUMENTAL AND PERFORMANCE – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Instrumental I started learning the piano when I was four. I was so tiny, I couldn’t reach the pedals. They had to add blocks — like on an old-fashioned bicycle — so I could use them. By… Read More ›
TIME FOR THE SHOW! – Marilyn Armstrong
Time for a Show: Square Day in the Theater District We’ve eaten the big meal. Opened all our gifts. We are stuffed with goodies and wondering if there’s enough room for cheesecake or even a cookie. Maybe it’s time to… Read More ›
ROAD TRIP! – BY ELLIN CURLEY
Tom and I are members of an audio theater company, VoiceScapes Audio Theater. We write most of the scripts for our live and recorded performances. We usually do our live performances in our area – within an hour or so… Read More ›
THE NARRATION – Marilyn Armstrong
When I was little, I had imaginary playmates. I talked to them. They followed me around. I was never bored because I had friends who really understood me. After I started school, my shadow friends left, never to return. Instead, I… Read More ›
WORK AND LIFE BALANCE: THE RIGHT TO DISCONNECT – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I have been interested in the balance between work life and personal life since the days of my first husband’s 60 plus hour work weeks at his New York City law firm. Working so much wreaked havoc with our home… Read More ›
CONTACT FROM TWITTER – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP #70 – CONTACT You might want to read this. No, the prez didn’t put me on his list. Not the contact list or the “kill her before she writes something else” list. I’m not sure there really IS such… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your World – June 4, 2018 A piece of clothing from your younger childhood you still remember? I don’t actually remember anything from childhood. I didn’t have anything special in the way of clothing. It looks just like everyone… Read More ›
