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Ten Worst Beatles Songs

David Dufour — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:32:58 +0000

I’m as big a Beatles fan as anyone, but I recently read a couple articles that make the statement: enough already. The Beatles have been canonized aplenty, and even though I never stopped loving them, I recognize that maybe there were some other pop/rock bands that made some pretty good tunes. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely [...]

Elco-to-Lerner transformation continues

David Dufour — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:02:30 +0000

Click here to view the embedded video.

The video here is only a taste of the outside activity. For a really good look inside, check the project’s photo gallery at its website. Some great photos here – only problem is you can’t stop the slide show and the pictures change a little too [...]

Shared conflicts

David Dufour — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:07:05 +0000

I've been a fan of Andrew Sullivan for a long time. Recently, and perhaps unfairly, I've found his constant drumbeat about torture to be a huge overreaction, given the kinds of people we're fighting in the war on terrorism. Today I found myself agreeing with him more than I have in a while. [...]

Triumph of the Audacity of Hope?

David Dufour — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:55:14 +0000

Maybe it has escaped some (not all) observers, but the set for the Obama event tonight looks way too much like some of the scenes in “Triumph of the Will,” Leni Riefenstahl’s Hitler propoganda film. All that neo-Roman looking grandiosity screams “cult of personality.” If they go for some low camera angles on the [...]

Brilliant insights from David Mamet

David Dufour — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:25:00 +0000

One of our best, if not the best playwrights writes about his departure from liberalism. In the Village Voice no less.

I don’t agree with absolutely everything here, but 99% of it rings true. A couple of money quotes:

What about the role of government? Well, in the abstract, coming from my time and [...]

Elco rescue and renovation finally a priority

David Dufour — Mon, 07 May 2007 00:41:00 +0000

Today’s Elkhart Truth ran a great story by my friend Marcia Fulmer about the upcoming renovation of Elkhart’s Elco Theatre, along with a nice history of the venerable old building, it’s ups and downs, etc. The announcement of the $13.5MM project is here.

The history piece has some of the photos from the print [...]

The Man Who Came to Dinner

David Dufour — Sat, 05 May 2007 01:43:00 +0000

Camera phone picture of tonight’s performance of The Man Who Came to Dinner at the Bristol Opera House. Nice performances from Dan Johnson, Scott Fowler Jeanne Drust, Carl Wiesinger and and several others whose names I can’t remember now (sorry folks, you really were good).

This picture, however, proves that camera phones without [...]