Matt Rees in Ha’aretz
My friend and former band mate (I left due to creative differences) Matt Rees talks about his first novel The Collaborator of Bethlehem in Ha’aretz. If you are a fan of either historical fiction or mysteries you shouldn’t miss out. Matt has got some amazing writing chops. Great blog too…if he’d only blog more often though. Hint. Hint.
Separated At Birth?
Creepy how much we look alike.
More children’s music that does not suck…
One of the things I’ve been most looking forward to as a father is introducing my daughter to music. There are few things I love more than rocking out. My life is dominated by song these days. We are really into transitioning Tzofie with music. There is a good morning song (very loosely based on a song from Singing in the Rain), a bath time song (a Ziva original), a night time song (A Ziva/Harry collaboration) and when she finally goes to sleep we hit her with the old lullaby classic “Bye-Lo Baby-O.”
I recently bought the soundtrack to Really Rosie with incredibly songs written and performed by Carol King. Really Rosie was a television special broadcast in 1975 that my sister and I were somewhat obsessed with. We must have taken the video out of the public library at least 100 times, destroying the heads and preventing children in the Comsewoque district from seeing it. Screw them. Most of them were Jew-haters anyway.
I vaguely recall seeing a live version of it as well - perhaps produced by the Long Island theater group Kids for Kids? Don’t know. Mother couldn’t confirm. The movie follows a couple of days in the life of a group of kids in Brooklyn (led by the ego driven Rosie) and are based on the stories of Maurice Sendak, who also directed the movie. Sadly, its not available on DVD (yet) but lucky for us some kind soul uploaded the entire movie (part 1, part 2 and part 3) on Youtube.
I can’t get enough of the song Alligators All Around. Such an incredible and unique alphabet song with an amazing melody. You can catch it at the end of part 1. The sound quality on the video is pretty bad but the multi-voiced harmonies at the end of “Alligators” are simply divine on the remastered soundtrack. It’s been over 20 years since I heard this song and I still remember every word. Despite being recorded over 30 years ago (!) the music really holds up. The album is filled with hooks galore with great sing-a-long choruses. Highly recommended.
Anyone else remember Really Rosie?
Want to Beta test my new Jerusalem site?
Hey Everyone. Long time. I’ve been really busy with fatherhood (loving it) and several projects lately and just haven’t had time (or energy) to blog. One of those projects is a new website dedicated to everything Jerusalem - from hotels and restaurants to culture and events. Jerusalemite will be THE site for everything Jerusalem on the interweb. It puts every website dedicated to Jerusalem to shame. Seriously, Jerusalemite will make them cry. They’ll wish that Jerusalem was never unified in 67. We are currently populating the site with all of the content we’ve created over the past year and should be ready for beta testing in about two weeks. If you are interested in being part of our beta test and not only having a sneak preview but helping us work out the kinks, offer suggestions, etc. please email me at harry(at)jerusalemite.net.
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Now playing: Iron & Wine - Kingdom Of The Animals
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