As the new year rolled in, I lost a dear friend on Wednesday, January 2nd, after he resigned himself to give up the fight against the illness that had grabbed hold of his body nearly a year ago. We first met at Robert Goulet’s house around 20 years ago. Mike Merrick was my idea of […]
Last week I used a short story from a friend, Stephan Sorrentino, when his dear friend Carrie Fisher passed away. At that time this reporter was concerned about Ms. Fisher’s mother, Debbie Reynolds, who I heard had been ill lately. There is the myth that everything happens in threes: Well this time there was George […]
Went to the Smith Center for the Performing Arts to watch and listen to the world premiere of a brand new musical, thought up over a great many years, and a few hundred miles of highway driving, by its creator, Buddy Sheffield. The title is “Idaho.” And why did he select that sorta forgotten state […]