David Feldman's Blog, page 5

Pinball Survives

Barely....

Penguins Are Awesome

Make sure your sound is on....

Mark Evanier's Larry Hagman Story

It may be long, but it is so worth reading....

Why Are Turkeys Cheaper at Thanksgiving Time?

Shouldn't turkey prices rise when they are in the most demand? Happy Thanksgiving!...

IMDB Top 250 in 2 1/2 Minutes

[Thanks to Brian Rose]...

A Power Pop Primer

The Onion's A.V. club offers a great introduction to the origins of power pop, one of my favorite musical genres....

RIP, Frank Wilson

A great songwriter, Frank Wilson, died last week, after a long illness. Wilson wrote songs (often, just the music), among others, for the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, and most successfully, for the Supremes. He was one of the hands in trying...

Dionne Warwick, Live in Paris

Who is the greatest female singer of the last 50 years? My guess is that if you polled musicians, Aretha Franklin would dominate. If you polled the average American, Barbara Streisand might win. But I'd vote for Dionne Warwick. The...

I Miss Siskel & Ebert...

...and especially how funny they were together, as the videos on this blog post illustrate....

Back in the Day

How far back does "back in the day" go? Pat O'Conner and Stewart Kellerman tackle the etymology of this overused phrase in their excellent blog, Grammarphobia:...