Monday, March 17, 2025
Beatles Rarity I'm Down
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Saturday Afternoon at the Whitney Museum
Since it was a cloudy and dreary day, I thought it would be a good day to visit a museum. I have documented several visits to the Whitney in Bruce's Journal.
Every museum has permanent and temporary exhibits. From February to July, the featured exhibit was Christine Sun Kim: All Day All Night. She is a contemporary deaf artist. Kim draws directly on the spatial dynamism of American Sign Language, translating it into graphic form. Below is one of her works
Friday, March 14, 2025
Radio Comments of the Day - March 14, 2025
- I listen to AM/FM radio much less today than I did years ago. I regularly listen to WFUV and WBGO which are not for profit stations. Years ago I would listen to WCBS-FM for hours a day, but their music mix today is just not for me as they are trying to reach younger listeners. At times I'll listen to 1010 WINS, WFAN, and ESPN 880. I feel bad for the people at News 880 who lost their jobs. I only listen to WABC for Cousin Bruce as I detest conservative talk radio.
- I still have a GE Super Radio as seen above. The sound quality is excellent, but it was discontinued. I think used ones are available on Ebay.
- I have a Sangean HD radio that I bought in 2017. The HD radio technology did not catch on. I observe that the Sangean radio I have is the only table HD radio on the market, but many car radios have HD capability.
- In my car I only listen to SiriusXM.
- By following various radio message boards I learned that in smaller markets AM stations are going dark. I just read that two AM stations on the Jersey Shore just went dark.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Harvey Silikovitz - Jeopardy Superstar for One Game
Over the years there have been thousands of contestants on Jeopardy from various backgrounds and circumstances. I fondly remember Eddie Timmanus who was blind. Alex Trebek gave him a braille readout card for both rounds and is given a keyboard to type out his response and wager for Final Jeopardy!
On Monday March 10 Harvey Silikovitz identified as an attorney and a karaoke singer first appeared on the show. Harvey was coping with Parkinson's Disease that was diagnosed in 2019. He first auditioned for the classic game show in 2001 — and went on to miss an additional opportunity since then. Finally, on Monday his quest to become a contestant was realized. There is a good article about him in the New York Post.
He was absolutely fantastic on Monday as he got 35 questions correct with only one miss and defeated 8-time champion Laura Faddah with a total of $23,600 I thought he would be a winner of several games, but his performance on Tuesday's show was not as good as he only got 13 correct and finished in third place with a total of $13,600.
I read a few discussions on Jeopardy boards on Facebook. Some posters felt that Harvey was fatigued in the second game as a result of his condition.
I admire Harvey for his persistence in becoming a contestant's and his fight against Parkinson's Disease. Hopefully in the future he will be invited to a Second Chance Tournament.
Monday, March 10, 2025
An Oldie with Its Parody - Leader of the Pack and Leader of the Laundromat
The Detergents peaked at #19 in 1965 - Dang It!
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Time is Tight as We Grow Older
Thursday, March 6, 2025
The Casey Stengel Chapter of SABR will Meet in Midtown Manhattan on Saturday March 29, 2025