Moore & More
RIP music legend Sam Moore, 89. Born in Miami, he was singing gospel when he met Dave Prater. He became the higher tenor voice in their duo. Sam and Dave had ten straight singles that cracked the Billboard R&B Top 20 despite frequently being at odds. Hold On! I’m Comin’ and Soul Man endure and still sound great decades after being recorded. Their final performance came in ’81. Through the years Moore performed, recorded and toured with artists such as Wilson Pickett, Don Henley, The Blues Brothers, Junior Walker, Booker T. & The MG’s, Bruce Springsteen, Conway Twitty, Aretha Franklin, Sting, Mariah Carey, Jon Bon Jovi and many others. He is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Vocal Group Hall of Fame and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. He appeared in several movies. Like so many artists, he battled drug addiction and got clean with the help of his wife. He was a father of one. Photo from Google Images:
How often is the term “tone deaf” appearing in news cycles these days? Even a celebrity whose heart is in the right place risks being accused of it, the latest a woman who had expensive art in the background while making a statement on a current issue. It’s one of the downsides of the digital age, whose positives otherwise dwarf the negatives. Man, there are a lot scolds out there. I hope I don’t come off as one in the blogs.
A few days ago I watched a youtube video on underrated horror films of the ’70s. Among them was The Medusa Touch (1978), starring Richard Burton as a man who believes he is able to create catastrophe telepathically. Last night it aired on Movies!, channel 5–2 on OTA in NYC. I’d seen parts of it through the years. I agree with the video’s assessment. It’s a good, intelligent story that requires the suspension of disbelief. The major drawback is/was the casting of the beautiful Lee Remick as the shrink and Italian Lino Ventura as a cop on loan to France. They are terrific actors, simply miscast, at least in from the perspective of someone who has no pro experience acting. The ending is first rate. Set in London, the cast includes Brit stalwarts Harry Andrews, Michael Hordern, Gordon Jackson and Derek Jacobi, and French beauty Marie-Christine Barrault. 7000+ users at IMDb have rated The Medusa Touch, forging to a consensus of 6.8 on a scale of ten. It’s based on the novel by Peter Van Greenaway. It was directed by the late Jack Gold, who has 60 credits that include TV adaptations of Shakespeare and the solid Holocaust drama Escape from Sobibor (1987). Photo from GI:
It took only minutes to clear what little snow covered my nook, so the Anti-Inflation Book Shop was a go, despite the cold. Fortunately there were dollops of sunshine to warm me, although I called it quits about a half-hour early. My thanks to the young couple who overcompensated me for Dragonology: Pocket Adventures by Ernest Drake & Dugald A. Steer; and to the lovely young woman who bought a piece of 3D art; and to the middle aged one who purchased Princess : A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sasson.
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