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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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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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Just watched ABANDONED (1949), a well-done #noir about a black market baby-adoption ring. A woman goes to L.A. to discover her sister was killed after having a baby. What happened? And where is the child? Good acting, plenty of suspense. #NoirAlley #FilmNoir #FilmSky #MovieSky

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5/30 #PlanetDisco Such a positive song of hope for a better future. “If you’ve ever been held down before I know you refuse to be held down anymore.” Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now - McFadden and Whitehead youtu.be/SjJVor-cWeQ?...

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#PlanetDisco 4/30 Evelyn “Champagne” King and her mother are at odds over her love interest. But it sure makes for a good dance-floor track. Shame youtu.be/FFlqM0_2dio?...

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#PlanetDisco 3/30 Belgian trio Telex referenced their “electronic dancing sound” on this stellar track in 1979, sounding like a super-hyper version of Kraftwerk with seductive vocals and quirky sound effects. Moskow Diskow youtu.be/wg9fb5JG3v8?...

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76° and a perfect blue sky. Time for a bike ride. #MondayVibes

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#PlanetDisco 2/30 This Grace Jones club hit was a cleverly naughty banger filled with sexual innuendos, delivered with slick production and an irresistible groove. Pull Up To The Bumper (1981) youtu.be/_1EnSCRVrEk?...

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Sunday film: CASQUE D’OR (French, 1952), finds director Jacques Becker in top form. It’s a story, lushly set around 1900, of doomed love involving a kept woman who abandons the criminal underworld for an unassuming carpenter. Superb acting, esp. Simone Signoret. Amazing ending. #FilmSky #MovieSky

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