Parade magazine will cease print publication on November 6.
https://news.yahoo.com/parade-magazine-digital-only-035900562.html
The end of the once-ubiquitous Sunday newspaper insert will come within a couple of weeks of the 59th anniversary of my peak Boomer-era family being featured in its pages. We had the unfortunate timing of appearing during the weekend after JFK’s assasination.
That’s me leaning over the tail light.
“Happy Birthday in Heaven” notices on Facebook for deceased public figures really annoy me. I see this quite often, even for non-Christians. “Remembering [insert name] on their birthday” is standard for many organizations, and it’s the practice that should be followed by everybody.
A habit I have developed from watching old movies is taking inflation into account whenever somebody mentions money. In The Harder They Fall, when Humphrey Bogart’s wife doesn’t sound enthusiastic about the job he’s taken, Bogey says, “don’t knock it, it pays a thousand a month, and expenses.” In 1956, $1000 was equivalent to $11,000 today. Good money for the unemployed boxing columnist Bogart played in his final film role.
One thing I’ve come to appreciate about the Federal Reserve, from reading Bernanke’s book 21st Century Monetary Policy, is that relying upon precedents to make decisions doesn’t work in unprecedented times.
I’m going to amend what I’ve been saying about why I am hanging onto FiOS TV. First, now that Turner Classic Movies is in true HD, and looks and so good on the JVC D-ILA video projector, I’ve cleared out DVR disk space to record selections from the channel. Being able to watch something at my convenience, without keeping an eye on the “Expires in X Days” notice in the Watch TCM app is nice. So there’s that.
Also, I would like give a nod to Music Choice, which like Watch TCM continues to require a cable subscription.
My buddy Bismo, a serious Blues fan, says the Blues channel on Music Choice is very good. I have the same opinion of the Classical Masterpieces channel, which plays a widely varied selection of music. I first heard the Swedish composers Franz Berwald and Kurt Atterberg (19th and 20th century, respectively) on Music Choice.
Released on May 18, 1968, “Reach Out of the Darkness” by Friend & Lover was perfect for the summer between the previous year’s Summer of Love and Woodstock the following year.
Written by Jim Post and performed with his then-wife Cathy, it became a #10 Billboard hit. Post has died, and I think it’s groovy The New York Times has his obituary.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/arts/music/jim-post-dead.html
