Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Listening to… Reading… Reading… Last year, when the Manolo was living in Argentina, he discovered the greatest television chef of them all, Francis Mallmann. And so when the Mallmann recently released his newest cookbook, Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way, it was only natural that the Manolo should rush out purchase this book, and read it at the single sitting. And now, the Manolo is happy to report that he has not been disappointed; the book is excellent. Of the course, the written word, even with accompanying full-color…

Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Reading… Watching… Listening to… The Manolo has been all about the art song for the past few weeks, for now it is the Peter Warlock. Soon….?

Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Watching… Listening to… Reading… The Manolo has come to the work of Frederick Buechner very late, and regretfully so. Godric is, without doubt, simply brilliant.

Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Listening to… Watching… Reading… As you certainly already know the Manolo has been enjoying greatly the singing of Fritz Wunderlich and the leider music of Franz Schubert. As for the movie Nine, it stars the Manolo’s favorite cobbler/actor together with three wonderful actresses, and the costumery is marvelous, and the music is moderately fun, and yet, still, the whole thing adds up to the big snooze.

Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Reading… Watching… Listening to… Before this past month, the Manolo had never heard of the R&B singer Billy Stewart, and now he cannot get enough. This has been one of the serendipitous musical discoveries the Manolo has made since he has been listening to Pandora. From the Manolo’s experience, the Pandora is very good with pop and rock music, both old and new, and very bad with such things as light opera and German lieder, which is perhaps not surprising. (And by “good” the Manolo means, serves up…

Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Watching… Listening to… Reading… Reading… Manolo says, after reading the news about Danielle Steel’s spectacular shoe collection, the Manolo picked up the copy of Passion’s Promise to see what it was in her writing that was pushing many ladies of the Manolo’s acquaintance into the frenzy of reading. On the one of the hands, there is the sort of propulsive force that drives one through the Danielle Steel novels, with one soap-opera-ish disaster after the next befalling her high-born characters. On the other of the hands, it is…

Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Watching…. Listening to… Reading… Sade has returned!

Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Watching… Reading… Listening to… It is nearly St. Patrick’s Day, with all that means for people who like to drink too much green beer, listen to diddly-diddly fiddle music, fist fight with the authorities, and pretend to weep about the “auld sod”. In short, it is time to drink and think romantically about the Irish. And yet, strangely, attempts to anti-romanticize the Irish experience are even more compellingly romantic than the old-fashioned Emerald Isle blather. Shane MacGowan, Martin McDonagh, and even those insufferable frauds, the McCourt brothers, describe…

Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Reading… Watching… Listening to… It is almost time to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Chopin!

Manolo says, it is the Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Listening to… Watching… Reading… The good news is that El Bulli is not closing; the bad news is that it will still be many, many, many years before the Manolo can get the reservation to eat there.

Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Reading… Watching… Listening To… On the one of the hands, this Quentin Tarantino movie, the Inglourious Basterds is the loathsome and pernicious celebration of fantasy violence. On the other of the hands, it is very entertaining.