Monthly Archives: December 2008

Yes, Freddie Hubbard, at either the old Five Spot or the Metropole, before it became a strip joint. I saw Eartha at the Persian Room…and so many more. Hell, I saw Paul Stookey when he was a stand up comic … Continue reading →

I’ll hit 66. Frankly, in my more Romantic days, I thought that I’d be gone at 39, like Dylan Thomas.I had my share at the White Horse, and McSorley’s. But I’m still around. My affinity for scotch remains, taught to … Continue reading →

Freddie Hubbard, the Grammy-winning jazz musician whose style influenced a generation of trumpet players and who collaborated with such greats as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, died Monday, a month after suffering a heart attack. He was 70. … Continue reading →

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc’s emergency bankruptcy filing wiped out as much as $75 billion of potential value for creditors, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing an analysis by the bank’s restructuring advisers. A more planned and orderly filing … Continue reading →

(NOTE: I loved Eartha Kitt and remember seeing her at the old Persian Room at the Plaza Hotel. I couldn’t have been much more than 21, perhaps even 18, but I remember saving perhaps $100 for a couple of tickets … Continue reading →

(From The New York Times) Harold Pinter, the British playwright whose gifts for finding the ominous in the everyday and the noise within silence made him the most influential and imitated dramatist of his generation, died on Wednesday. He was … Continue reading →

I get a number of newsletters, mostly political, general and economic news, and have found that many have remarkably small type, as to the sites, though admittedly some of the websites have an icon upon which one can click to … Continue reading →

“….so they can focus on their jobs…” Apparently not. If they’d been focusing on their jobs they wouldn’t be in this mess. AP study finds $1.6B went to bailed-out bank execs   Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their … Continue reading →