Taylor Mac at Celebrate Brooklyn

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Ernest Samuel Llime

I caught Taylor Mac at Celebrate Brooklyn this past Saturday (8/1) Amazing! His ’20th Century Abridged’ takes on music from the 20th century and puts his own spin on it. The songs range from Irving Berlin’s : ‘All Alone’ through Laura Brannigan’s ‘Gloria’ and all the way to Ted Nugent’s ‘Snakeskin’ but The Mac performs all of that in flamboyant and very flashy dresses designed by his long time collaborator Machine Dazzle, while wearing spike heeled shoes and elaborate and sometimes sequined makeup. I say ‘The Mac’ because it is difficult and totally unnecessary to assign a gender to this person. The Mac seems to be male but is much more comfortable wearing dresses, high hells make-up and elaborate head gear. And yet, Continue reading →

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Ernest Samuel Llime

Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP for you all) were a great supergoup that got together in 1970. Most people had no idea what hit them, but they liked it a lot. I used that as a secret trivia question and still do sometimes. The internet made it easy to find any answer, but it did not help with asking the right questions. In this case ‘What three well known groups did Emerson, Lake & Palmer come from? I’m trying to point out that most people wouldn’t think about that, but I realize that the majority of them wouldn’t really give a shit. Anyway since I brought it up here are the previous affiliations: Emerson – The Nice / Lake – King Crimson / Palmer – Atomic Rooster. I could go on some more Continue reading →

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First Utterence by Comus

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Ernest Samuel Llime

First Utterance by Comus came out in 1971 and it hit me like a ton of bricks. At the time I was living in Israel and I could not get a copy of the LP. It was not domestically available and my sources could not locate another one. There is a whole story about how I eventually did get one in 1975 and it traveled with me to the US where it still has a place of honor among the 1,500 LP’s that were left from my once much larger collection. It did eventually come out on CD and one can easily find it on the web Continue reading →

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Matilda

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Ernest Samuel Llime

OK, so Matilda (the movie) has been around for almost 20 years. So what! I love that movie. Just like most of Roald Dahl’s other stories, it is empowering young children and pointing out the folly of adults. Those adults who are not nasty, or overbearingly pompous, are in reality individuals who had never grown up. The fact that Matilda has special powers and is super intelligent is not Continue reading →

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The Second Best Marigold Hotel

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Ernest Samuel Llime

I loved the first one. In some respects, and contrary to my previous beliefs, this one might be even better. The old farts are of superbly acted by a cast of amazing actors. The young entrepreneur is as goofy and loveable as always – cute story, nice Indian settings, a little dancing, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, he still has those goofy large ears, but he actually gets to marry Sunina who is a jewel in the rough as the expression might go. I couldn’t help but imagine Continue reading →

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An Honest Liar

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Ernest Samuel Llime

Just watched this movie – well put together. I remember when Uri Geller was the toast of the town as they say, as well as the Amazing Randi going after him trying to prove that everything Uri did with his psychic powers, Randi could do through a magician’s deceptive abilities. It was his way to try and prove that ESP does not really exist because he could do the same things through simple magician’s tricks. The only trick that is actually explained is a very transparent one that involves a hustling Christian preacher who got back into the ‘healing’ business Continue reading →

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