2007 — 13 June: mid-week BBC radio is bizarre!
An anecdote from former theatrical agent Michael Whitehall about John Le Mesurier being "recognised" by a member of the public as "Daphne du Maurier".
Yesterday's mystery object — a short revisit
In thumbnail form...
Setting him (or her) in his (or her) full context here.
"It's good news week!"
My best wife just got a clean bill of health from the surgeon, though she's taking it easy for two weeks post-op recovery and has managed to pick up a hopefully minor infection that el more normal quacko is already treating.
In other news, I've just been reading some sleeve notes while the CD gets chewed up into a series of MP3 files:
In the Old World of eastern Europe, klezmer was the music for weddings and other celebrations, traditionally played by small local ensembles whose size would depend on the wealth of the families footing the bill. The word comes from two Hebrew words: kley (instrument) and zemer (song), and originally referred to the people that played it. A klezmer was the sort of person you didn't want your daughter to marry.