Friday Focus
Anchors aweigh: Annapolis, incoming U. S. Naval Academy freshmen march to take Oath of Office. Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images, posted at theguardian.com:
Headline from foxnews.com: “Summer gas prices hit lowest level in 4 years despite Middle East tensions.” Yay!
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RIP composer Lalo Schifrin, 93. Born in Buenos Aires, son of a violinist, he began studying piano at six. At 20 he successfully applied for a scholarship to the Conservatoire de Paris. At night he played jazz in clubs. After returning home in his twenties, he formed a 16-piece jazz orchestra that became part of a popular weekly variety show. He collaborated with Dizzy Gillespie, saxophonist Johnny Hodges and Xavier Cugat. In 1963 he composed his first movie score. His most recognizable music is, of course, the Mission: Impossible theme. Here are five of the 27 movies for which he did the score: Cool Hand Luke (1967), Bullitt (1968), Dirty Harry (1971), THX 1138 (1971), Enter the Dragon (1973). His Tar Sequence from the Cool Hand Luke score was the longtime theme for Eyewitness News on WABC-TV in New York and other affiliates, as well as Nine News in Australia. In the ’90s he wrote many of the arrangements for The Three Tenors concerts. His final work was a symphony dedicated to his country, composed with fellow Argentinian Rod Schejtman. He received four Grammies and one Latin Grammy. In 2019 he received an Honorary Academy Award. He was a father of three. Maravilloso, Senor. Gracias. Facts from Wiki, photo from Google Images:
RIP actor Rick Hurst, 79. Born in Houston, he earned a degree in Psychology and Theatre at Tulane. There are 74 titles under his name at IMDb, career spanning 1972–2016. He is best known for his 55 episode run as Cletus on the Dukes of Hazzard. He was the star of On the Rocks, which ran one season, 24 episodes. On the big screen he appeared in Executive Action (1973), Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), Steel Magnolias (1989) and In the Line of Fire (1993). Married twice, he was a father of two. Well done, Sir. Thank you. Photo from GI:
Just two days after the most intense heat, I donned a windbreaker. The Anti-Inflation Book Shop had a good day. The outgoing dwarfed the incoming for a change. My thanks to the donors and buyers. Here’s what sold: two packages of incontinence pads, three paperbacks, two hardcovers and a DVD in Russian; What the Dog Knows: Scent, Science, and the Amazing Ways Dogs Perceive the World by Cat Warren; Private Games by James Patterson & Mark Sullivan; The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus; The Shooters by W.E.B. Griffith; Divergent by Veronica Roth; Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.
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