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Retired journalist / music addict / film buff (TCM) / road trips / foodie / college hoops (Kentucky) / Detroit sports / in search of the perfect burger
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1/3 Stopped at an ice cream stand with the other half and we stumbled upon a cool #ClassicCars show. #MotorCity

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#PlanetDisco 12/30 This disco milestone brought an infectious vibe and carefree lyrics to the dance floor in 1979, and it still has an uplifting sound 46 years on. Good Times - Chic youtu.be/7j7rcSutYAQ?...

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First Sly Stone and now Brian Wilson. Bad week for music legends. My favorite Beach Boys tunes are Good Vibrations, God Only Knows and this: Wouldn’t It Be Nice youtu.be/6Vv_dkDwZeQ?...

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Fave film from every decade: 20s: Metropolis 30s: Wuthering Heights 40s: The Grapes of Wrath (I let my fave noirs cancel each other) 50s: Rear Window 60s: To Kill a Mockingbird 70s: The Exorcist 80s: Cinema Paradiso 90s: Boogie Nights 00s: Brokeback Mountain 10s: Parasite 20s: All of Us Strangers

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First watch: Nigel Hawthorne’s performance in THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE (1994) is a tour de force. He conveys anger, humiliation and fear in equal measure as a ruler in mental decline, while his own son plots against him. Fine cast in a beautifully filmed costumer. #FilmSky #MovieSky

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#PlanetDisco 11/30 The S.O.S. Band with solid advice about slowing down in a hurried world. “Sit back and relax a while Take some time to laugh and smile …” Take Your Time (Do It Right) youtu.be/vw1wMVDhz4g?...

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Sometimes bigger *is* better. Excellent “monster burrito” (grilled steak and chicken, refried beans, rice, grilled onions) with all the trimmings at Las Palapas in Livonia. And a potent strawberry frozen margarita. Big-time leftovers. The other half has good ideas! Time now for siesta. #foodie

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Rewatched HOWARDS END (1992), a superb exploration of class/gender privilege and hypocrisy featuring an ensemble cast that can do no wrong. Another fine Merchant-Ivory adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, which of course means it’s gorgeously filmed. #FilmSky #MovieSky

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#PlanetDisco 10/30 Shalamar made a convincing argument against letting the first failed relationship become a deterrent to love. It’ll be better the… Second Time Around youtu.be/xz4YQZ01Q_A?...

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Sad news of #SlyStone’s death. What a remarkable talent and classic soul/funk pioneer. So many great tunes. My favorite by Sly & The Family Stone: Family Affair youtu.be/xag5RKD0VHk?si… via @YouTube

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Tired from a weekend getaway and just want to watch something familiar. #NowWatching DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954). What happens when a man who wants to inherit his wife’s fortune devises a plan with a would-be killer? #Hitchcock #FilmSky #MovieSky #suspense

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#PlanetDisco 9/30 MacArthur Park has been recorded by numerous artists since Richard Harris’ original release in 1968. For me, Donna Summer’s 1978 disco version is best of all. MacArthur Park youtu.be/0lPYUGTAVmA?...

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Back from a weekend road trip to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Good time! And a good reminder of how nice our Canadian neighbors are. #Canada

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#PlanetDisco 8/30 If someone finds a record in a time capsule in 2077 that captures the sound of New York disco from a hundred years earlier, this should be it. Native New Yorker - Odyssey youtu.be/qA7RgCib8kE?... via @YouTube

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Just realized I won’t be at home and forgot to set the DVR for tonight’s Noir Alley feature, THE UNDERGROUND MAN (1949, with Glenn Ford) on TCM. *sighs*

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#PlanetDisco 7/30 Candi Staton with words of wisdom about putting yourself first and avoiding a dead-end relationship. “Self-preservation is what’s really going on today.” Young Hearts Run Free youtu.be/wddgskIRVeg?...

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Ten Japanese films to get to know me by (still expanding my knowledge here) … -Seven Samurai -Audition (1999) -Ringu -Throne of Blood -Floating Weeds -Godzilla (1954, so much more than a monster film) -Kuroneko -Rashomon -Ikiru -Floating Clouds

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6/30 #PlanetDisco Groundbreaking producer-composer Giorgio Moroder’s theme to the film Midnight Express finds the man who often collaborated with Donna Summer in top form with this dance-floor instrumental. This is the single edit. There’s also a great long version. Chase youtu.be/F_25HQ_qqwI?...

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Pass the popcorn and beer. 🍿🍻 The feud we knew would come has arrived. I’m here for it. #MuskVsTrump

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