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@Bruce_Jenkins1
Bruce - I know this is a crude way to do it, but I can't figure out any other way to reach you! I'm publishing my huge essay on MANHATTAN TOWER and I'm hoping you might consider taking a look at it at some point. can you write me at [email protected]? thanks!

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@EtherealGirl6 Hey! yes! I see this!

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it is now post time. looking forward to tonight's CLIP JOINT LIVE STREAM session with one of my favorite writers (and guys), DAVID HAJDU! @davidhajdu_

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At CLIP JOINT LIVE STREAM tonight, An evening with my favorite NEW YORKER writer - not to mention songwriter and raconteur - ADAM GOPNIK! (Who also gave me the number one blurb for the back cover of my new book, STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF NAT KING COLE.)

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it is now post time. I happen to love this podcast, hosted by ERIC MOLINSKY, because it proves that it's possible to have a lively discussion about fantasy literature and science fiction that's somewhat deeper than (as Stan Freberg once... https://t.co/qXj0dxTDwI

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it is now post time. I don't always post my citiview reviews here in Zuckberg, but I'm particularly pleased with this one (late in the run though it may be), which had... https://t.co/m1nBfW07dv

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it is now post time. Okay, this is a new thread re "That's Life," which is a "Victory Lap" song that FS fans like a lot better than "My Way!" (see other thread.)

the FS chronology would seem to be:

1. FS records it as follows... https://t.co/QM1yaCGG0i

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it is now post time. for some reason, millennials and people other than hardcore Sinatra fans are fascinated with "My Way," whereas it is the one major well-known FS song that real Sinatra fans like the least.

Even though I think... https://t.co/mKBaItk4Ea

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it is now post time. What? It's too expensive to house an archive of three million records in Manhattan? Well, quelle surprise! (I couldn't even afford to house 14,000 Jazz albums... https://t.co/R2VzZsYU6U

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it is now post time, 2020. you may think that DAVID BYRNE only listens to jazz ONCE IN A LIFETIME, but if you ask me, it's the SAME AS IT EVER WAS!
https://t.co/Ig1UHOx1hL https://t.co/Ig1UHOx1hL

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it is now post time. As my late father used to say, "Have a Merry Christmas and a Harry Connicka!" (This is obviously what he meant by that - although most of you won't be... https://t.co/SlgWb6Cn51

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it is now post time. one of my favorite podcasts, and hardly a minority opinion: MALCOLM GLADWELL'S "REVISIONIST HISTORY" The latest "bonus" episode had him taking questions from readers / listeners. (Love the show, and agree with him about... https://t.co/mZ6yUeqHcD

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It is now post time! Question: what's under YOUR tree?

Merry Christmas from Harlem to all my buddies at Resonance Records - and the entire KING COLE CREW: Zev Feldman, JORDAN TAYLOR, Matt Lutthans, Zak Shelby-Szyszko, Seth Berg,... https://t.co/0oNKHt0k01

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it is now post time. you haven't heard FIDDLER IN THE ROOF (not to mention "Hava Nagila") until you've heard it in the original Italian and Spanish! Thank you SERGIO FRANCHI!
Michael Garin & Mardie Millit - tell me exactly when... https://t.co/QNqQ7B9zXA

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it is now post time. Last September I noticed a whole bunch of vintage 1950s classic cars on Frederick Douglass Boulevard (or, as I call it, "Central Park West - North!") - obviously, they were for a movie shoot - and it turns out... https://t.co/XWxZZ9TinQ

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it is now post time. David Rosen was right - and not for the first or last time - on his recommendation, Andrew Poretz and I went to see MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN and we both agreed with him that it was great! Try to see it while it's... https://t.co/xX545VkztV

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it is now post time. someone just spotted this on amazon. I better get back to work on the line-edits :
https://t.co/IzwpVxFWZF

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it is now post time. Post-Halloween reflections: this year I was going for "Thurston Howell III" (in GILLIGAN'S ISLAND) but somehow it came out looking more like Bogie in TO HAVE AND TO HAVE NOT. What do y'all think?
(photo by Andrew Poretz)

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it is now post time. I don't always post my CITIVIEW preview blurbs up here, but I'm really hoping that New Yorkers will turn out to hear the legendary official... https://t.co/ErfQUjGou1

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it is now post time. #songwatch observation du jour : has anyone ever noticed that "Mother's Little Helper" by the Rolling Stones is the same tune as "Pavre Jean" (aka "Poor People of Paris") by Edith Piaf? (Howard Gloucester ?)... https://t.co/5vUEZeJQhr