All-Beatles show will visit ‘Abbey Road’ this time around

This year’s Syracuse Beatles spectacular will send its all-star cast out on the Landmark Theatre stage to deliver the goods from the memorable album “Abbey Road.” The name of the evening is “Beatlecuse,” and it’s the work of Paul Davie and his My Generation Music Promotions Company. Davie also plays guitar and bass and sings…

All puffed up for the holidays

One week ’til Christmas. Are you over the moon yet? Now just because I wasn’t out there stringing lights and putting out lawn ornaments at the adored Little Bitty of my dear wife Karen and I in our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood doesn’t mean that I’m not into the spirit of individuality at this…

Now you won’t see ‘The Interview’ at a theater near you

The power play between the hackers and SONY Pictures went too far. The terrorists — and that’s what they made themselves — earlier this week said if the movie “The Interview” were screened today in New York City, bad deeds of 9/11 proportions would result. And then SONY Pictures had to pull the movie from…

Welcome a TV star from Evil Squirrel’s Nest

Yes, that is a squirrel doing what you think it might be doing. Oh, nuts, I thought after I ripped open my Christmas card from Bill, the wonderful creator over at Evil Squirrel’s Nest. Earlier this month, ESN declared on his blog that he had 20 pieces of his hand-drawn artwork featuring his recurring furry…

It looks like all-skate to me

The famous 30 Rock isn’t the only downtown outdoor center that’s got it going on. I thought I might find a deserted core Saturday in the heart of Syracuse, N.Y., when I had my dear wife Karen stop the car off on our way to a holiday party so I could see if there was…

One and done for my Christmas shopping

Two big boxes, one strip center, one old-school mall and a mega entertainment, dining and shopping cooooomplex! I started and finished my Christmas shopping yesterday. When I got home, I quickly addressed the cards to my significants ahoy, stuffed them with the gift cards, affixed stamps and walked in the rain with Ellie B aka…

Rock Hall reveals class, and I think of young me and Lou Reed back then

Mulling over the list of inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2015 class of inductees announced today, Lou Reed pulls my thoughts like a magnet. New York connection, dating back to my Wonder Bread years, when I’m pretty sure my parents did not know that this Velvet Underground character had made it…

What’s Phantom Chemistry, you ask? Hot rock, to start

Listen attentively to the lyrics “Whiskey Slurs” and you’d think these could be the stories of people fighting out their living one block over, one street down, one neighborhood away. Maybe even in the garage next door. They sing about being in a band and how proud they are of it and hell no, that…

The story of Moses is told again, and I join the ‘Exodus’ of reviewers

Religion and the big screen. Namely, Moses and his journey to deliver the chosen people to the Promised Land and his chats with God so he could chisel out The Ten Commandments, a time-tested theme on the big screen. I went this weekend to watch Ridley Scott’s epic “Exodus: Gods and Kings” for this morning’s…

It’s my Beddian Birthday, time for wine and poses

I’m 57 years old today, this guy born in 1957. It’s my Beddian Birthday. My dear wife Karen and Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle started the day off by presenting me with a big pile of wonderful gifts. With our new-found enthusiasm for Cabernet Savignon since our spring bus tour excursion to the Finger Lakes…