Archive for February, 2008
NAKED WOMAN ON 3rd Street Promenade
By Tom Teicholz at 28 February, 2008, 2:22 pm
I’m just here to report the facts:This afternoon, around 2:15 PM, as I turned north onto the 3rd Street Promenade from Broadway to Santa Monica Blvd, I noticed a bit of a commotion and turned to see a naked woman walking up the promenade in the same direction as me. I would say that she […]
Read More >>In Memoriam: William F. Buckley
By Tom Teicholz at 28 February, 2008, 12:35 am
Buckley, the host of “Firing Line,” the founder of “The National Review” magazine, the author of countless columns and more than 50 books — and the godfather of modern conservatism, has died. I can’t say that I liked his magazine, TV show, or most of what he wrote — but that doesn’t mean that I […]
Read More >>DOES LENO + ABC = OSCAR?
By Tom Teicholz at 27 February, 2008, 10:19 am
The New York Times put Leno on its front page, asking whither Leno after his deal expires with NBC in 2009? ABC, FOX, and Sony are each wooing him to the extent that they are legally able. One thing’s for sure, if he goes to ABC, they will offer him hosting the Oscars as part […]
Read More >>Philip Roth from conversation to Fiction in EXIT GHOST
By Tom Teicholz at 26 February, 2008, 3:14 pm
As I mentioned in my current column, I have been trying to catch up on the stack of last year’s books that I should have and wanted to read but just never got around to. As past of that syllabus, I recently embarked on Philip Roth’s Exit Ghost. I was reading along, […]
Read More >>Monday Morning roundup
By Tom Teicholz at 25 February, 2008, 11:30 am
THE OSCARS Here’s the strange thing: There’s not much to say about the Oscars. Jon Stewart handled himself well, more confident than last year and he had a few good jokes, but there were no home runs. It was clear that as part of their “plan B” in case they had a show without writers, […]
Read More >>A Tourist in Hollywood
By Tom Teicholz at 22 February, 2008, 12:09 pm
Last Friday, my daughter had the day off from school, and I had an errand to run in Hollywood (I needed to pick up a new press pass from the LA Press Club), so she came with me, lured by the promise of some Hollywood sight-seeing. We had a specific mission: my daughter wanted […]
Read More >>WASMOPOLITAN
By Tom Teicholz at 22 February, 2008, 11:19 am
And while we’re on the subject of Don Was, I don’t kow if you have checked out what Don is doing at MY DAMN CHANNEL, but you should — he’s doing a weekly video blog, he’s posting free music and free music videos of artists he’s produced (Rocket, Jackshit, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Maia Sharp, Wayne […]
Read More >>WAS /NOT WAS AT THE ORPHEUM
By Tom Teicholz at 20 February, 2008, 9:03 pm
This was a great show– the funk was thick and the groove was deep. Was/Not Was was in rare form — hitting on all cylinders — musically confident — ebullient even — it showed in their dance moves, in their solos, in the singing, in the songs old and new – But this was not […]
Read More >>OK – I’M BACK! COMPUTER OK — I dodged a bullet
By Tom Teicholz at 20 February, 2008, 8:59 pm
Turns out the screw that holds my hard drive in place had come loose. WHEW! Much relieved. Went a day without my computer — didn’t quite know what to do with myself.But now I got to catch up
Read More >>OK – I’M BACK! COMPUTER OK — I dodged a bullet
By Tom Teicholz at 20 February, 2008, 8:59 pm
Turns out the screw that holds my hard drive in place had come loose. WHEW! Much relieved. Went a day without my computer — didn’t quite know what to do with myself.But now I got to catch up
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