December 2012

Remembering Carmen Basilio: A Nearly Perfect Moment Captured Perfectly

by M.C. Antil on December 20, 2012

To a 14-year old part-time busboy and dish-washer, he wasn’t Carmen Basilio, the former Middleweight Champion of the World.  He was Carmen Basilio, the funny guy who always talked like he had a cold, the guy with those gnarled features and that slightly humorous face, at the center of which was a nose that could […]

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The Twelve Days of Christmas – A Dozen Holiday Classics by Jewish Songwriters

by M.C. Antil on December 12, 2012

Adam Sandler may have once rued the dearth of great Hanukkah songs, but the same can’t be said of great Christmas songs — especially Christmas songs penned by Jewish songwriters.  Here’s a list of twelve of the best, not to mention favorites of mine. I’ll Be Home for Christmas A song with something of an uncertain genealogy.  But […]

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