All Purls. No Swine.
No better example of what I dubbed, many years ago, "Leaving as Performance Art" in history. It checks all the boxes: Do well over the course of years with a particular set of groupies. Leave on poor terms, find another set of groupies, and do well again. Get fed up because, not enough appreciation, and… Continue reading Wut? Tom Brady is Back??!
Sheesh, Dame Shirley. Put a sock in it, please. I was quite critical of Shirley Bassey's Goldfinger performance at the 2013 Academy Awards, although it received much affirmation from the critics at the time. As did her last night's performance of Diamonds are Forever at the BAFTAs. But I'd really rather remember her as she was,… Continue reading Hot Stuff: “Something,” or perhaps I mean “It”