I realized a few days ago that I am officially at the age where I need diffusion on the lens! Indeed, shooting through a veil resolves a myriad of problems, as any student of Old…
Year: 2013
Blog posts
Everyone’s a Shopper: Me and My Mother Visit Masada
Prior to my recent trip to Israel with my mother, Masada was less of an actual historical and spiritual reality and more of a mediocre ABC TV movie from 1981 starring a bewigged Peter…
Disco Lives at Israel’s Hod Hamidbar Hotel at the Dead Sea!
Anyone who thinks disco music, or at least the “disco” appellation was eviscerated in the homophobic backlash of 1980, hasn’t visited the Dead Sea lately. Although I enjoyed a wonderful massage as well as…
Quote of the Day: Carole Lombard
Of the concept of God: “I don’t seem to get solemn about it, and some people might not understand. That’s why I never talk about it. I think it’s all here — in…
The Story of Tony Randall’s National Actor’s Theater
In addition to its myriad of other benefits, like having a public forum for my complaints, writing a blog like Stargayzing provides a useful repository for my endless piles of accumulated pop culture detritus.…
Obscure Laura Branigan, Volume 2: Her Not-to-Be-Believed Dr. Pepper Jingle
If you are a Laura Branigan fan, a devotee of huge 1980’s brooches, Dr. Pepper or radio jingles of yore, this is the blog post for you. I assure you that no other piece…
10 Songs Aretha Franklin Wrote That You’ve (Probably) Never Heard
When most people think about the great Aretha Franklin, they don’t realize that in addition to being one of the greatest vocalists of all-time, she is also an accomplished writer, having written or co-written…
1927 Paramount Studios Map of Shooting Locations in Southern California
If you think using Vancouver to double for New York is a newish phenomena, take a look at this amazing map I found online which outlines Paramount Pictures’ recommendations for shooting locally with international…
Movie Quote of the Day: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
By the time I realized I needed to see The Perks of Being a Wallflower, I was knee deep in late-year Oscar films and it just got pushed down in my queue. Flash forward…
Nancy Balbirer on Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
I finally had a chance to catch up with Carol Channing: Larger Than Life, a documentary as filled with warmth, humor, and good cheer as its illustrious subject. By some weird cosmic coincidence, I watched it by…
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