For nearly 30 years, I’ve begun the year listening to Artie Shaw’s version of “Begin the Beguine.” I know it’s odd, but you could do worse than begin 2023 by listening to Artie Shaw. I didn’t expect to start my year with this song. It just sort of happened, one of those funny little traditions… Continue reading

At this time every year, even though I know it’s not always something I’m going to follow through on, I do two things: I write a review of the year past and then I write what I want to accomplish in next year. I’ve been doing it for the most part for 30 years, and… Continue reading

Back in New York I had to listen to one of my jams, WCBS Newsradio 88. As a teenager and a budding journalist growing up in Connecticut, I listened to it all the time. (Yeah, I was odd.) Plus my dad listened to it in the car. Some of the same people I heard listening… Continue reading