Podcast: Merry Christmas 2023

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Podcast: Merry Christmas 2023

You can have yourself a merry Christmas

Scott Holleran

Dec 25, 2023

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Heartstrings: Do you need what I need?

Scott Holleran

December 3, 2023

On Friday morning, I was having coffee with a friend at Starbucks. We hadn’t seen one another in a while, and our conversation was pretty involved. Suddenly, someone approached our table. I immediately recognized her as a woman who is a member of the same fitness center in the same strip mall where the Starbucks is located. She’s approached me before and said kind and complimentary things about my dance exercise at the fitness center.

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Obituary: Stephen Sondheim

Scott Holleran

November 27, 2021

Writer Stephen Sondheim died at his home in New England this week. He was 91 years old. The Broadway lyricist for West Side Story was also the composer for Into the Woods and he’s best known for a frequently covered song, “Send in the Clowns”, from his musical

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Podcast: Taylor Swift as Woman of the Year

Scott Holleran

December 13, 2023

Podcast: Taylor Swift as Woman of the Year

My first impression of Taylor Swift had nothing to do with music. I saw her appearance in a movie—Valentine’s Day (2010) by the late Garry Marshall—in a bit of stunt casting. The film’s a diversion I enjoyed for its lightness and sentimentality. Swift’s fine in a small role. In retrospect, its sensibility matches hers, then and now, even as an adult art…

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