Bruce's Journal

Bruce Slutsky was born in New York City in 1949. I retired six years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. I was married to Karen until she passed away in February 2021. I have a son Lee who is now 35 years old. I am very much interested in the popular music of the 1960s, especially Bob Dylan and the Beatles. I am interested in rock and roll radio. I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets.

Saturday, November 11, 2023

Danny Fingeroth - Facebook Friend of the Day

This is the first time in years that I have honored a Facebook friend of the day. I met Danny in the online Bob Dylan discussion group that meets monthly. He presented at the Bob Dylan Symposium in Tulsa on a panel exploring Dylan's connection to comics. Danny is best known for his expertise in comics as he has written several books about comics including a biography of Stan Lee. He is a co-curator of an exhibit at the Center for Jewish History that I visited last month.

Right now, I am listening to an interview on Pod Dylan where he is talking about his forthcoming biography of Jack Ruby who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassin.

I just ordered the book from Amazon.com. I watched the murder of Oswald on TV back on November 24, 1963. Most people today were not living at the time of the JFK assassination. Danny says he interviewed Ruby's rabbi and a few of his nieces and nephews. In the podcast, Danny also discusses Dylan's song Murder Most Foul.