A fan (of Los Lobos, apparently, not necessarily of The Stage Whisperer) wrote to remind us that if you are a fan of David Hidalgo and Louie Perez you may want to check out their songs on the soundtracks of many, many films. Though this fan recommended Antonio Banderas’s “Desperado,” we can’t concur.
However, you’ll hear [...]
Entries from December 2008
LOS LOBOS ON DVD
December 26th, 2008 · No Comments
ED METZGER PORTRAYS TEDDY R. IN FILM
December 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Not only is Ed Metzger the only person who has received an endorsement by the family of Albert Einstein in his portrayal of the world’s most famous scientist, but those who go to see the film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” can enjoy Metzger portraying another famous American — Theodore Roosevelt!
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TIME TO JOIN THE RAT PACK
December 24th, 2008 · No Comments
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So how cool is the Rat Pack? How cool do you want? Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. (okay, and sometimes Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, but not really) are the kind of guys that Al Pacino and George Clooney discuss in “Ocean’s Thirteen” to show how [...]
Tags: Music
GIFTS BY AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES SPEAKERS
December 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
If you happen to have some intelligent people in your family, or even friends who can hold their own when the conversation turns away from gossip or sports into seemingly more “real” topics, and you’re still friends and wish to give them something for Christmas, here’s an idea.
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PRAGER AND ESTRICH SOUND OFF (AGAIN)
December 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Two of our favorite columnists — Dennis Prager and Susan Estrich — have weighed in with considerably thoughtful and somewhat controversial opinions of late.
Prager explains carefully and thoughtfully how minorities should have the capacity for “public shame” as well as public pride. Why is it, he asks, that only the majority seems capable of expressing [...]
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HOLIDAY, JAZZ AND HOLIDAY JAZZ
December 13th, 2008 · No Comments
If you missed the comedic jazz acapella quartet The Bobs do to the holidays what they usually do to the rest of the year — well, maybe next year, maybe not. Meanwhile, though, there is a mere trickle of tickets left to the other acts in the Jazz Cabaret Series at Torrance’s Nakano Theatre. Check [...]
MARIACHI DIVAS JUST NOMINATED FOR GRAMMY
December 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Grammy-nominated Mariachi Divas!
Wow! Talk about timing. They just found out they’ve been nominated for a Grammy Award and tonight, Friday, the Mariachi Divas are headlining “We Wish You A Mariachi!” at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center’s Armstrong Theatre. You know it will be an especially spectacular concert by one of the most [...]
FAN MAIL FOR 'TOYING WITH SCIENCE'
December 1st, 2008 · No Comments
A letter to the editor of a paper in Massachusetts from an ex-schoolteacher says it all. If you want your kids to really appreciate how interesting, involving and downright fun science can be, you owe it to them to take them to the Super Science Saturdays Series, starting in January at the Armstrong Theatre in [...]