Author Archives: jsl915@aol.com

Consult Dan H. Marek’s Singing: The First Art. He’s examined all the old Bel Canto manuals and confound it–they still work! And he’s done so much to synthesize his own method and render it coherent to the reader.

Re: Hillary’s alleged redoubtable  wisdom and expertise, Jim Sleeper at Salon writes: “It’ a recurring irony in American politics: From Herbert Hoover to Alan Greenspan, from Woodrow Wilson and his negotiators at Versailles in 1919 to the architects and apologists of … Continue reading →

Well, it’s a small step in the right direction: The Jefferson Market library is now open till 8:00 p.m. four nights a week! And open as well on Sunday afternoons.

Mark Karlin at buzzflash for truthout points out the way our gargantuan military budget is sold to the public– “From the propaganda of the US government — and its echo chamber in the corporate media — you would think that … Continue reading →

I guess nature or nurture produces a touch of the picaresque in you. I think of myself as maybe a little adventurous, but then my my father tells me about the jobs he had in high school/college. We were discussing … Continue reading →

With millions of Americans now apparently unable to discern fantasy from any but the most immediate, concrete external reality, prey  to endless simulations in which “news” shows promote fiction and “reality” shows strut their performance of actuality – I want … Continue reading →

The point being, Laura Jacobs has just reviewed for the Wall Street Journal the Atheneum’s Gothic to Goth: Romantic Era Fashion & Its Legacy show. And woven in a little backstory about the Atheneum itself. All bases covered in this … Continue reading →

OK let’s get serious. That title, btw, is a gloss on the 1967 documentary Tonight Let’s All Make Love in London, a behind-the-scenes look at the capital when it really Swung–and not just for the City and the Viscounts. I … Continue reading →

that you know how phony the Sanders non-stumble “stumble” about the big-banks-couldn’t-come-a-moment-too-soon break up is? what is it, really, that a leader does? Hunker way, way down into the weeds? No. S/he above all sets policy direction. Does anyone want … Continue reading →

President Obama must now make it clear that he is not going to let the Republicans mug this country and its democratic system of government: if they continue to refuse to give Merrick Garland a hearing, he will be forced … Continue reading →