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Blog Entries by Michael Sigman from 02/2011

Sondheim's Lyrics: Rhymes, Reasons and Religion

| Posted 02.02.2011 | Arts
Read More: Oscar Hammerstein, Ira Gershwin, Stevie Wonder, Lorenz Hart, Lyrics, Irving Berlin, Noel Coward, Alan Jay Lerner, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Carl Sigman, Great American Songbook, Saturday Night, Sunday in the Park With George, Company, West Side Story, Follies, Arts News

Though I grew up in an agnostic household, I was rarely in doubt that a spiritual force was afoot. Music, specifically what's come to be called "The Great American Songbook," was our religion.

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The Importance of Play: It's More Than Just Fun and Games

| Posted 02.11.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Stuart-Brown, Moshe Feldenkrais, Charles Limb, Dorsolateral Prefronatal Cortex, Stacy Barrows, Shunryu Suzuki, Beginner's Mind, Elephant Seals, Neuroscience, Play, Meditation, Brain Research, Feldenkrais, Improvisation, Play Importance, Important Play, Adults Play, Importance Play, Play Important the Balanced Life, Playing Adults, Work Life Balance, Unplug and Recharge, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News

Modern technology reveals that play lights up the brain in such desired areas as clarity and memory. Common sense tells us that if we've been encouraged to play as a child, beginner's mind comes more naturally as an adult.

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Eight-Track Museum Gives Slice of Music History a Place in the Sun

| Posted 02.19.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Ian Hunter, Buick Skylark, Eight-Track, Record Business, Music Business, George Albert, Deep Ellum, Al Kooper, Jerry Reed, Cashbox, Truckers, Bucks Burnett, Wax-Cylinder, Jimmy Paige, Pete Freedman, Cash McCall, Deep South, Ronnie Lane, Pontiac Firebird, Spinal Tape, Cloud 8, Harry Shearer, Red Sovine, Marmalade, Cd, Spinal Tap, 8-Track, Car Culture, Edward Lear, Dallas Observer, Earl Muntz, Lear Jet, Brian Setzer, Bob Hiemenz, Entertainment News

My Eight-track's pumpin' out a country song/ About a girl that's done me wrong/ My Eight-track's playing all your favorite songs/ So come on honey sin...

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Girls Gone Graphic: Poseurs Parses LA Nightlife

| Posted 02.27.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: LA Times, Waiting for Guffman, Vanity Fair, Graphic Novel, Donald Rumsfeld, Derek Kirk Kim, Urban Dictionary, Cecil Castellucci, Minx, Hollywood No, Youth-Slang, Mike Carey, DC Comics, Deborah Vankin, Publishers Weekly, Jim Rugg, Shelly Bond, LA Weekly, Image, Rick Mays, Andi Watson, Kabuki, Mark Hempel, Jesse Hamm, Josh Howard, Sonny Liew, Metromix LA, Los Angeles News

Poseurs, Deborah Vankin's funny, touching graphic novel about the adventures of young adults immersed in L.A. party culture, reminds me of how I learned to decode the notorious "Hollywood No."

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