Mr. Spock’s Vincent
If after-play questions are any indication, some people in the audience at the play Vincent had no idea it was developed by none other than Leonard Nimoy. His Star Trek…
A Night of Mahler
Leonard Bernstein recorded it three times. Several distinguished critics have concluded it is a failure. Whichever side of the fence you are on (and few indeed can be found sitting…
ASTEROIDS at SXSW
In January this year an asteroid passed closer to Earth than some satellites in orbit. Dr. Paul Chodas said that when asteroids are predicted to get really close to Earth…
Xenophon’s Irony
Xenophon (430-354 BCE) is best remembered as a great military leader, but he was also a prolific author. Fortunately, many of his works still survive. A fresh look at these…
Carbon is Not the Enemy!
What to do with all that carbon dioxide and methane polluting the atmosphere? Instead of trying to eliminate them, which is the goal of many countries flailing to achieve a…
Sex in Space
Don’t get caught with your pants down in space! That was the advice given to the audience at SXSW on March 14. In a session peppered with double entendres, four…
Tilda Swinton: I Don’t Want to be an Actor
“I’ve said this before and I’ll go on saying it. I never wanted and I still don’t want to be an actor.” So let’s call her a ‘great film presence.’…
PELOSI: Carlson is a Denier of our Democracy!
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi never spoke the name of the former Dictator (DT) even once during her appearance at SXSW. It’s for the same reason that this…
WARRIORS AGAINST THE DARK AGES
“You are all Warriors against the Dark Ages!” So declared Tom DeSanto at SXSW in Austin on March 11. Tom DeSanto, writer and producer of such film franchises as X-Men…
Robert E Lee meets Star Trek
I thought I was attending a play about Confederate monuments but instead I was transported (quite literally) into the Star Trek universe. The World Premiere of the play Nightbird is…