There He Goes Again

By: mlgoodell (Diary)  |  December 10th at 04:02 PM  | 

http://www.mlgoodell.webs.com One of my favorite memories of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, back before the players transformed Orchestra Hall into a UAW Union Hall, is of Neeme Jarvi conducting “O Fortuna,” at the end of  “Carmina Burana.” Jarvi was a most entertaining conductor, who threw himself into the music with even more enthusiasm than many of the musicians. I will always remember Jarvi reaching up and | Read More »

The Cain Impunity

By: mlgoodell (Diary)  |  November 8th at 12:01 PM  | 

http://www.mlgoodell.webs.com Despite his awkward handling of them, when the first reports began to surface implicating Herman Cain in a pair of sexual harassment complaints dating to his days as President of the National Restaurant Association, it seemed the campaign would easily weather the storm. But then things turned ugly. Now, it seems, almost daily another woman steps up to announce that once, fifteen years or | Read More »