Anthems as Fuel
Don’t tell me not to fly, I’ve simply got to. The record company, Rosie, just gave me a big...
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Tag: Frank Sinatra
Doubting Other People’s Princesses
Growing up as a teen in Central Jersey and then on into early adulthood, I had a curfew while I lived at home. My brother did not. The reason, as stated by my father, was because I was a girl. I am relating this in an...
Read MoreThis Nancy with the Laughing Face
As I handed my book, Why Sinatra Matters, to its author to sign in a Hoboken bookstore last week, he looked up at me, noting it was an original edition from 1998. “Is this for you?” asked Pete Hamill. “Yes,” I said. “What’s your...
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Welcome to the Land of Opportunity
Melting pot, my ass. This is what I keep muttering as I’m mesmerized by The Italian Americans...
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Jersey Girl’s Take on ‘Jersey Boys’
I saw the Jersey Boys movie with my mother this week. I had seen the play with her and so when...
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