by joe | Jan 27, 2012 | Books
I’ve written a novel titled, ANIMUS, and while it’s not published yet, and at the moment is being evaluated by an agent — I got a positive review on ReadersFavorite.com, a book review site. Apparently when the book is published, I can use their 5-star seal when I...
by joe | Jan 22, 2012 | Music
Etta James, perhaps the quintessential R&B diva, was equally at home singing unadulterated blues, searing R&B and sophisticated jazz. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and her biggest hit, ‘At Last,’ has been enshrined in the...
by joe | Nov 9, 2011 | Murder
How’s this for strange…? Marcel Petiot was a respected physician who turned serial killer by night, preying largely on Jews desperate to leave Paris during WWII by luring them in with promises of escape. He was accused of murdering some 27 people, but...
by joe | Oct 24, 2011 | Books
The sentence appeared in the second paragraph of “The Fierce Imagination of Haruki Murakami,” the cover article in today’s New York Times Magazine. The writer has traveled to Japan and as a way of preparing himself to interview the author, he has...
by joe | Sep 27, 2011 | News & Politics
From the New York Times Sunday Review: A fantastic historical perspective of how we got where we are now… Please read this… May Day celebration in Union Square, New York City, 1934. A protester at the recent demonstrations around Wall Street. September 24,...