Monthly Archives: December 2009
2009: A Personal Review
I turned 45 this year, a major milestone for anyone who grew up playing, buying, collecting and obsessing over 7” singles. Maybe it’s significant that it turned out to be...
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December 31, 2009
Featured Wine: A 2009
MACARI VINEYARDS “EARLY WINE” CHARDONNAY 2009, NORTH FORK, LONG ISLAND, USA $17 We don’t have a Beaujolais Nouveau type deal in the USA, so it’s rare to find ourselves drinking...
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December 28, 2009
Happy Noel
Noel is 5 today. Happy birthday, little guy. And happy holidays to everyone else as well....
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December 24, 2009
The New York Diner (and Drinker)
I don’t know whether to be proud or, frankly, embarrassed that I can fit quite so much in to my brief trips down to New York City. Does it make...
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December 23, 2009
It Was 30 Years Ago Next Month…
I just had reason to look up the following single sleeve. Alright, the following EP sleeve. The Special A.K.A. Live! EP, better known to most of us as the “Too...
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December 22, 2009
I Witness: Phoenicia Arts Upstairs
An excerpt from Jean Campbell’s solo show at the Arts Upstairs, Main Street, Phoenicia, on display until January 9...
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December 21, 2009
All Bundled Up and Ready to Read
The monthly Mixer reading series at the Cake Shop on Ludlow Street is an absolute blast. My reading there on Wednesday, alongside poets Rachel Simon and Robert Lopez, was as...
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December 18, 2009