Barry Manilow

Jewish Telegraph, April 2022

When I heard that Eddie Van Halen had died, I thought of Barry Manilow. I feel safe in saying I am the only one who did. I should quickly stress that I was not drawing a musical equivalency here. Eddie Van Halen was a masterful, creative guitarist. …

Looks Like We (Barely) Made It My accountant calls it “research”: Going to concerts, buying music, even seeing films can be tax deductible. So, for “research” I decided to catch Barry Manilow at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City, the town of my birth. Amy had to work, my fellow…

A Hampshire woman received a spooky surprise when she realised she’d unknowingly taken a picture of a ghost on her smart phone. Lucy Jones, of Turgis Green, was trying to take a picture of her nephew playing football outside Hook’s famous Boys’ Borstal, when his tawdry ‘keepy-uppy’ abilities made her…

He Writes the Songs When I was growing up we had a summer home down by the Jersey Shore. Each summer, after school let out, we’d pack up the car and head down. I’d spend most of the summer there with my mom. …

Barry Manilow was all over the news media yesterday, telling the world he was “coming out” as the media still quaintly puts it. I’m not sure how newsworthy that information was, although it made for a joyful celebration, which is getting ever-rarer in news bulletins these days. It’s great for…