Starting off with this post yesterday my informal open call evolved into a happening of many other celebrity double posts which I have placed below along with links to the originals.

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Just saw the sad, breaking news a minute ago...

"Whitney Houston is dead at 48-years-old, according to the Associated Press.

The superstar singer and actress's publicist, Kristin Foster, broke the news of Houston's passing to the AP, but thus far, no cause of death has been revealed.… Read full post »

Back in April of 2009 I posted a Joan Walsh separated at birth post using a photo taken at the 1st Annual OS Anniversary held in San Francisco. Since that time I have featured Bernie Madoff and George Washington, too, as seen further below.

It was Spy Magazine that… Read full post »

"They tell me you're from the Club for Growth."

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Another favorite song of mine and the group's is the well known song of The Allman Brothers called Melissa.

I didn't know the story behind the song until recently and am passing the Wikipedia entry along for any readers who were wondering, as well:

"Melissa" is… Read full post »

First the good news...I have been tapped by Salon Media Group to run the new division called Open Salon TV. Now that you are up to speed on that information, you should also know that rating all of my posts everyday increases your chances of moi putting you on Open… Read full post »

We were now into the early part of November and one liberal arts class that Maria and I happened to share was called Mass Media. With the exception of one field trip downtown the course was strictly classroom based. Not being a ph0to major I naturally brought my Minolta SLR… Read full post »

It was fun seeing all of the '80s hairstyles yesterday!

From the decade that preceded all of that is a song from the Allman Brothers that had plenty of airplay back in those days and certainly is still played on radio stations that focus on classic rock.

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Back in November, 2008 I had three posts of New Wave music of the '80s that I presented. With all of the hair nostalgia of the '80s going on today I am again presenting the songs from post number one that were not deleted from YouTube since November, 2008.
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I was up quite late last night, but not quite late enough to see Jules' & Rita's open call until the sun was rising this morning! I figured I'd scan in a photo from the period and throw it into the mix today...

This shot taken circa 1980 includes… Read full post »

We were now a month into the school year and for this installment of the series I will place greater emphasis on the visuals than the words...

A sketch I made of Providence as seen from my living room window that had been my roommate's bedroom… Read full post »

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Alison (aka AIM) and I have been talking on the phone a number of times since last spring from what started as two OSers who had both lived in the Upper West Side in the late '80s and have ties to the part of Scotland called Ayrshire. The phone calls… Read full post »

Back on May 17, 2009 I posted the following:

In the old days looking for a boyfriend or girlfriend often meant hanging out at any number of bars and hoping you'd meet the person of your dreams. There was always a chance that the… Read full post »

It's time for another nostalgic look at some Open Salon covers from a few years back! You will recognize some familiar names and avatars here, plus some who have left OS. This is a reminder that there are some great stories to read that appeared long ago if you look… Read full post »

For all of the night owls here at midnight eastern time we've got another one of our favorite Beatles' songs from the '60s (1967). We played around with the song a bit to give it a slightly different sound and more of a beat for anyone who might feel like… Read full post »

"I have TWO Swiss bank accounts and I ONLY put skis on the roof of my car."

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One very cool dude on OS has his birthday today...

Jonathan Wolfman!

As sure as the sun rises in the morning, you can count a new and thought provoking post from Jonathan! He's always generous with great comments left on others' posts, too!… Read full post »

The following evening Maria came over to my apartment around 7:00 carrying a bottle of red wine. I was just beginning to slice up the vegetables for the sauté dish we would have for dinner. At that point in my life the dinner meals and dishes I knew how to… Read full post »

In part one my story talks about running into my classmate who has taken a one year sabbatical from art school.

I pick up the story from there...

With slightly less than four months left to the school year I experienced the same swift passage of time… Read full post »

Over the weekend those of us in the Open Salon Rock Group were saying to one another "we need to get our stuff on the radio." I said, "no problem, we'll simply start our own radio station and then we can play lots of our songs on the radio 24/7."… Read full post »

A local radio station in the metro area features a Jazz brunch every Sunday so for today's post I thought I'd present an Open Salon Jazz  brunch.

Maputo is a song made popular by saxophone player David Sanborn and keyboard player Bob James. In the video below are both, along… Read full post »

 "Wouldn't you know it, I was having more fun with Perry than the rest of them combined and that's saying a lot!"

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It was February, 1976 and I was in my junior year at art school in Providence. A chance meeting of my longtime classmate and friend, Maria, at a gallery opening took me by surprise. She had taken the year off and was back in town for just two days. I… Read full post »

A noisy Manhattan bar and discussing Ron Paul...talk about a conversation to write a post about here on OS!!

An older fellow, who had a very strong British accent, was sitting next to me and asked if I was into social media. I replied, very into… Read full post »