Here's a classic song from Chaka Khan that in my opinion has tremendous repeat play power as I listen to it a few times a week and have done so for a few years.

We decided to tackle this as a piano and percussion only instrumental version and feel it… Read full post »

This post continues my story of Roadkill brought us closer together but under a new title for this next part in the series. Rather than have the series get into the double digits when titling what "part" it is, I am… Read full post »

At 12:30 yesterday I walked through Zuccotti Park, the former location of Occupy Wall Street, and snapped a few photos of what has become an almost empty site save for a few people sitting around eating their lunches and about four people with placards that may or may not have… Read full post »

It's that great time of February when my friend Marlene aka Trilogy celebrates her birthday (tomorrow to be exact) and I wanted to find people who were listening to Happy Birthday Marlene on their mp3 players.

Marlene is one of a handful of OSers I've had the pleasure to… Read full post »

Rather than holding onto memorabilia related to Whitney Houston, some collectors are already arranging to cash in their objects to cash in for big profits. (Wasn't her funeral just held on Saturday?)

It's at moments like this when I think of Rodney Dangerfield and his famous quot… Read full post »

This post continues my story of Roadkill brought us closer together but under a new title for this next part in the series. Rather than have the series get into the double digits when titling what "part" it is, I am starting again at Part one.… Read full post »

We happened to have a beautiful sunrise here this morning at our house in upstate New York, although now it is a cloudy day...

A few years ago I came across this great live version of Simply Red's Sunrise which was performed… Read full post »

I guess Huffington Post is doing its own "After Dark" series, but during the daytime...

Click on image to go to Huff Post and see for yourself:

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I couldn't believe how fast the Salon filled up tonight after word got out about Salon -- After Dark!

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Now that another Valentine's Day has arrived I wanted to write about people in the arts who marry others who are also in the arts.

It was in 1971 when I really started to think about this. The summer of '71 found me in upstate New York for three weeks… Read full post »

This musical story starts back in 2010 in the month of December. I was talking to my brother on the phone and he mentioned he had just done a show with Frank Zappa's son, Dweezil. That show was at the Beacon Theater in the city on December 17th and several… Read full post »

In the process of assembling the series I have on my senior year at college I came across two Valentine's Day cards that were sent to me by an anonymous student that year. 

In four years of art school Valentine's Day was a relatively minor day that… Read full post »

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.

If I missed any posts related to this open call please comment below or send a PM to… Read full post »

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."

©  2012 by B+Co., Inc.

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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.

We don't have… Read full post »

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 »