… in 1951-'52. Every rare once in a while, someone would release their ball early, while you were still setting the pins and you had to be alert and fast...

Tomaso Albinoni, Adagio in G minor for violin, strings and organ...




Sir Edward Elgar, the "Nimrod" from his Enigma Variations...




Samuel Barber, Adagio for strings...

New York City’s shrinking middle class is now in full retreat, as masses of our most endangered population depart the city in numbers not seen since the Depression, according to analysts.

After decades of sharp income erosion in the face of relentless taxes, escalating living costs and wage reductions through technological changes, the full extent of this shocking exodus is laid bare in the latest US Census data.

That shows the city is losing 100 residents each day — with departures exceeding new arrivals.

https://nypost.com/2018/12/22/the-exodus-of-new-york-citys-endangered-middle-class/

The most vital part of NYC's population are increasingly voting with their feet...

Starts with "Straw Dogs." I saw this when it first came out. Was visiting a good friend and his family. He decided on a Dustin Hoffman movie he'd not reviewed and we sat there in the theater, along with their 7-year-old son. At that time, it was the most violent movie I'd seen, and wasn't that MUCH of it actually, but when Hoffman's character says, "I will defend this house" it's an understatement...

https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/6-deeply-disturbing-movies-watch/

Headline says "10" but there seems only to be 6. I expected to see David Lynch's "Eraserhead" but that's not on this list. That one took me three viewings to see it all...

https://news.grabien.com/story-18-most-mortifying-media-moments-2018-1