tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post2508610370373178638..comments2024-02-10T01:32:22.643-06:00Comments on The Quick Gray Fox: So sad.Poppy B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-49395585606083839602008-02-29T06:20:00.000-06:002008-02-29T06:20:00.000-06:00I had a crush on Bill and a totally unexplainable ...I had a crush on Bill and a totally unexplainable crush on Michael Tilson Thomas. He was the young conductor of my hometown BSO and I devoured stories about him. Now he's gay and gray. I have switched my allegiance to Essa-Pekka Salonen the conductor of the SF symphony. Have to love the name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-29570748332384207012008-02-28T05:54:00.000-06:002008-02-28T05:54:00.000-06:00I'm sad because there is almost no one left from t...I'm sad because there is almost no one left from that circle of NYC society...Babe Paley, Nan Kempner Mrs. Astor...that erudite, classy, bunch who were in the papers every morning. Well spoken, well bred. <BR/>Gone. <BR/>And there is no one to take their place to read about.<BR/>I don't do People magazine.<BR/><BR/>My mother used to swoon when he was on television.blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474831322702380602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-39295461256774609532008-02-27T20:50:00.000-06:002008-02-27T20:50:00.000-06:00I saw a fine documentary called "Stone Reader," wh...I saw a fine documentary called "Stone Reader," which is a literary detective story that is in many ways a tribute to the love of reading, and in the extra DVD that comes with it is an old "Firing Line" interview of bad boy literary theorist Leslie Fiedler. Great stuff.echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627983295874020694noreply@blogger.com