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Magpie Memories

Year of the Month

The Thin Man (and Family Memories)

January 14, 2020

Pour me another drink, darling.

Year of the Month

I’ve Found a Love of My Own: “Blue Moon”

January 13, 2020

A fine selection from the Great American Songbook.

TV Countdown

The TV Moments of 2019 (with Special Guest Star wallflower)

January 13, 2020

We look back at some of the standout moments on television last year

Year of the Month

Little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously: Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde

December 29, 2019

On Bob Dylan's masterwork, and the parallels between it and the author's life

Attention Must Be Paid

Walt Disney

December 14, 2019

Walt Disney was a complicated man who encouraged creativity and cared more about making entertainment than making money.

Year of the Month

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are (Still) Dead

December 12, 2019

Getting bumped up to center stage won’t save you.

Celebrating the Living

Lesley Ann Warren

December 1, 2019

One of those actresses we have failed, because we don't really have the kind of roles at which she excels these days.

Year of the Month

We would have come earlier, but your husband wasn’t dead then: The absurd influence of Police Squad!

November 18, 2019

Police Squad's deadpan absurdity and density of gags would go on to inspire some very funny works

Attention Must Be Paid

Bob Ross

November 16, 2019

He didn't want to yell at people anymore, so instead he quietly told us we were all doing really well.

Year of the Month

Now she’s gone, and I’m back on the beat: Squeeze, Singles 45s and Under

November 13, 2019

The band's first greatest-hits collection, covering the period before their initial breakup, is full of diverse, witty, mature power-pop gems