This has been a wonderful year for Stargayzing. The blog has grown tremendously with each passing month and its consistent increase in readership has been a source of great satisfaction. While I take my…
Year: 2013
Blog posts
Quote of the Day: Tennessee Williams
“When you look at piece of delicately spun glass you think of two things: how beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken.” More Tennessee Williams: Quote of the Day: Tennessee…
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Toni Braxton’s [Disconcerting] Tofu Cheesecake: Eating With the Stars:
In the preamble to this most foul-sounding creation, Toni exhorts in an unbelievable statement, “This is the best recipe for tofu cheesecake and it’s healthy and tastes great!” On first read I was struck…
Joni Mitchell’s “River”: When a “Song” Becomes a “Copyright,” Christmas Edition
accapellaJoni Mitchell’s “River” is one of the more sturdy and widely covered contemporary holiday standards. What makes its seasonal holiday music prominence a bit usual is that other than it’s opening line, “It’s coming…
I Gotta (Stephen) Crowe! StreisBAND’s “Piano Practicing”
Now here is something rather unexpected: an English speed metal cover band devoted exclusively to the catalogue of Barbra Streisand. My only comment is, “What took so long?” The StreisBAND project, which comes with…
Eating With the Stars: Mary Tyler Moore’s Non-Fail Hamburger Stroganoff
“‘There’s a simple supper dish I fix. It’s no struggle. It’s so easy to prepare, it’s shameful. It’s a poor man’s stroganoff made with onions, mushrooms, and sour cream. Lately, I’ve taken to pouring…
A Conversation with Bridget Everett, the Outsider Who Is Redefining Cabaret Music for a New Generation
Half-way through the recent Joe’s Pub debut of Rock Bottom, Bridget Everett’s terrific new show which was written in collaboration with musical theater titans Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray, Smash), along with Adam “Ad-Rock”…
Movie Quote of the Day: Peter Bogdanovich on Film History
“The lack of film culture is one of the things that really upsets me. There’s this complete lack of interest in anything that was made longer than ten years ago…it’s like ignoring buried treasure,…
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), Reviewed by Dr. Corinna Tomrley
“A possible reading of the film is that being too successful as a woman will destroy you and bring society down in a quagmire of brutality and perversion.”
Quote of the Day: Constance Bennett on Marilyn Monroe
“There’s a broad with her future behind her!”…
Stargayzing Screening Room: What We’ve Been Watching Lately, Volume 2
1. Gravity (2013) Some folks found Alfonso Cuarón’s blockbuster a bit slow going or sentimental at times, but liked it in an old-fashioned-big-Hollywood-blockbuster sort of way. You couldn’t ask for two more likable actors…
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