Critic, biographer, playwright, director, unabashed Steely Dan fan, ardent philosemite. "Any minor world that breaks apart falls together again." Crazy in love!
Apr 7, 2020 • 19 tweets • 9 min read
Today I shall celebrate the life of my beloved Hilary by posting a thread of #bluessongs—some sad, some joyous, some bittersweet, all beautiful and powerful. Let there be boundless hope!
First on #bluessongs, Jimmy Rushing and the Dave Brubeck Quartet perform "Blues in the Dark." I listened to this every morning while driving to my @PBDramaworks "Satchmo at the Waldorf" rehearsals:
Apr 4, 2020 • 24 tweets • 13 min read
Just as I played joyous music for Hilary on the day before she died, so am I going to post a thread of the same kind of music at regular intervals today. We need more joy—and who better than to start with than Louis Armstrong? Let there be boundless hope:
We'll call it #joyoussongs.
Mar 19, 2020 • 25 tweets • 8 min read
As announced, I'm going to play DJ tonight and post a thread of records of all kinds—rock, pop, classical, country, show tunes, what have you—that have only one thing in common: they fill me with joy, and I hope they'll do the same for you.
I'll start off with a duet version by Ricky Skaggs and Waylon Jennings of "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line." It's VERY hot, and great, great fun:
