Mon, May 5-Sun, May 11, 2008

THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL SECTION:

 MUSIC and the MOVIES

 MICHAEL JOHNSON
Our EYE ON EUROPE columnist dips into the week's topic
with a vivid appreciation of a great movie composer...

 The Echoing Genius of
BERNARD HERRMANN

 
Herrmann's shrieking violins are even
more memorable than Janet Leigh's
scream in "Psycho."

RON MILLER

  THE COMPLETE
FILM CREDITS
OF BERNARD HERRMANN

 

 RON MILLER
Though music is incidental background for many movies,
for some it's an absolutely essential ingredient...

 TEN MOVIES
YOU CAN'T IMAGINE
WITHOUT THEIR MUSIC

 
In Steven Spielberg's 1977 sci-fi opus,
Earthlings and Aliens communicate
witih musical notes composed by
John Williams.

  FROM OUR ARCHIVES:
JOHN STANLEY
on MAX STEINER

MAX STEINER
First of Two Parts

 MAX STEINER
Second of Two Parts

 Preserving Steiner

The Best Scores of
Max Steiner

JOHN STANLEY

 An Appreciation of Composer
GEORGE DUNING

 An Appreciation of Composer
DIMITRI TIOMKIN

  JOHN STANLEY
HENRY MANCINI
THE COMPOSER FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

RON MILLER
 POP MUSIC STARS
and THE MOVIES

 Other Columns This Week :

 PAUL HERTELENDY
Paul the Poet wonders why the birds aren't paying
visits to a famous bird center in New Mexico. Could
it be a.....

 BIRDCOTT

 
Where are all the birds?

 MAURY ALLEN
Maury pays his respects to the man who once led both
the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Los Angeles Dodgers...

  FAREWELL
TO BUZZIE

 
BUZZIE BAVASI
...dead at 93

  STAN ISAACS
Stan salutes the former Major League catcher
who's now a Fox sports analyst...

 CLASSY TIM McCARVER

 
TIM McCARVER

 GUEST COLUMNIST
DAVID GARFINKEL
David thinks the PC is the perfect refuge
for a social misfit who likes to be in touch
with people as long as there's miles
of cyberspace between him and them...

 I WANT TO BE ALONE!
(with access
to millions!)


The happiness of a social hermit
in contact with millions online.

 RON MILLER
Ron reports on boxing's most popular fighter as he
undertakes his final campaign in the ring...

 GOLDEN BOY RETURNS

 
Ring legend Oscar De La Hoya works over Steve Forbes
on his way to a shutout 12-round victory.

 Ron Miller's DARK CORRIDORS
will return in our next edition

TRY THESE RECENT COLUMNS:

 MICHAEL JOHNSON
A MARTIAN CALLS

 CHUCK McFADDEN
CAIRO'S TRAFFIC CHAOS

 STAN ISAACS
JUST A FEW WORDS WITH LOU PINIELLA

 PATRICIA J. GEISTER
Castle Shopping
in Texas

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