Posted in Music from the Broadway stage., tagged Music from Capeman on Blogfinger, Paul Simon's Capeman on March 21, 2020| Leave a Comment »
One of the many glorious numbers from Paul Simon’s musical Capeman. While it had a very short run due to production flaws, (e.g. I read it ran way too long, over 3 hrs), I also recently read it may be made into a TV musical of some sort. I hope so because it really deserves a wide audience. SG (Stephen Goldfinger)
Check out this video on YouTube:
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Music from the Broadway stage., Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Zombie Walk Asbury park, tagged Asbury Park Zombie photographs 2014, Zombie Walk on March 16, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Zombie Walk #7. Asbury Park. Oct. 4, 2014. Paul Goldfinger photograph. © @Blogfinger Click to enlarge
BOB GAUDIO
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Music from the Broadway stage., Photographic Gallery, Black and White, tagged Asbury Park boardwalk, Flower girl Asbury Park on November 13, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Asbury Park, N.J. 2012. By Paul Goldfinger © left click Re-post 2013.
FRANKI VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS
Posted in Eileen's Recipes, Music from the Broadway stage., tagged Coffee in a cardboard cup, Eileen's blueberry pancakes on July 19, 2019| 1 Comment »
Internet photo.
By Eileen Goldfinger, Food Editor @Blogfinger.net
July is blueberry time in New Jersey. A favorite way to enjoy them is in pancakes.
You’ll need a nonstick griddle. Heat on medium.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and place two parchment lined cookie trays in the oven.
This will keep the cooked pancakes warm while you cook the remainder of the batter.
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
2 large eggs, lightly whisked
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted for the batter
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted for the griddle
3 cups fresh blueberries
pure maple syrup
Preheat griddle.
In a large bowl whisk together the first four ingredients.
In a medium size bowl whisk together the buttermilk, eggs and butter.
Gently mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and then fold in the blueberries.
Do not over mix the batter, leave it lumpy, or the pancakes will become tough.
Brush a thin layer of butter on the griddle. Drop a 1/3 of a cup of batter on the griddle.
Flip the pancakes when little bubbles begin to show on the top and the bottom begins to brown. Allow the second side to brown. Then transfer pancakes to the trays in the oven.
Add more butter to the griddle as needed. Continue making pancakes, keeping the finished ones warm in the oven.
Serve with real maple syrup.
Makes 12 pancakes.
Have a cup of Joe with your pancakes, and, at the diner, be careful how you say “I’d like a short stack ” to the waitress.
“COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP.” From the Broadway show “70, Girls, 70” by Kander and Webb who wrote Cabaret.
Posted in Music from the Broadway stage., tagged My ship by Grady Tate, Rough landing at the Shark River on March 5, 2019| 1 Comment »
Across the street from the Shark River Marina. A lone survivor from Sandy 2012. By Paul Goldfinger. © Click for larger version. Re-post from 2013..
GRADY TATE. “My Ship.” From his album Feeling Life. (Composer Kurt Weill for the 1941 musical “Lady in the Dark.”)
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Music from the Broadway stage., Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: The Other Side of Asbury, tagged Asbury Park in winter, Kristin Chenoweth on Blogfinger on January 11, 2019| Leave a Comment »
View across Sunset Park. By Paul Goldfinger. c. 2012 © ( Re-post 2014)
KRISTIN CHENOWETH. This time of year, there is often a concern that someone who should come home will not be present.
Here is Kristin Chenoweth’s live performance of “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again,” by Andrew Lloyd Weber, from the Phantom of the Opera.
It’s from Kristin’s concert album, 2014, called Coming Home. It was recorded at the Kristin Chenoweth Theater in her hometown of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Kristin Chenoweth.
Posted in Music from the Broadway stage., Music from the movies, Music: The Power to Enchant, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photos: New York City street series, tagged TONY BENNETT ON BLOGFINGER on October 10, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Central Park. Summer, 2014. By Paul Goldfinger © Click to enlarge
TONY BENNETT: (Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein III. 1939 for Broadway and the movies)
Posted in Guest photographer, Music from the Broadway stage., Music: The Power to Enchant, tagged Guest photographer---Helen Levitt, Jerry Orbach sings on October 6, 2018| 2 Comments »
Girl Lifts Boy ( 1st and 3rd images courtesy Mina Son)
New York City (Internet photo)
Levitt’s most important book
By Paul Goldfinger (re-posted from 2013 on Blogfinger) We have featured a group of important female photographers.
Those of you who follow photography on Blogfinger know that I am a big fan of black and white street photography. Some of the finest photographers in that genre were active in the 1930’s through the 1950’s in New York City and Paris. Among the best are Walker Evans, Eugene Atget, Andre Kertesz, Lee Friedlander and our guest photographer Helen Levitt, who was one of the pioneers.
Helen Levitt (1913-2009) photographed on the streets of New York City for over 70 years, both in black and white and color. She worked with Walker Evans in the 1930’s, and her work was shown at the first photo exhibit held at MOMA in 1939. She was an innovator in the street photography genre.
A documentary film maker named Tanya Sleiman has made a film, “95 Lives,” about Helen Levitt, and we heard about it from Mina Son, the producer, in November. Mina was kind enough to send us two photographs for our blog post and also a link to a very fine short film made by Tanya. I think you will enjoy it, as she tells us about her project. It is a unique treat for our blog. Thank you Tanya and Mina. The fund raising drive mentioned was completed in December 2012.
According to Mina Son, “95 Lives seeks to change the reality that Helen Levitt is a major female artist of the 20th century, someone who innovated in photography and film, yet is virtually unknown outside of elite art circles. This is why we are making this film.”
“Through Helen Levitt’s lens, we have found magic and visual poetry in our everyday lives. In helping her legacy live on, we hope her work inspires countless more generations of photographers to introduce the work and life of Helen Levitt to audiences all over.”
SOUNDTRACK: I guess the thing that has fascinated me about photography, ever since childhood, is the magic—-the freezing of a moment. It is a way to capture that moment and preserve it. Wouldn’t it have been great if photography had been invented one century sooner? We could see Washington crossing the Delaware or Napoleon at Waterloo.
Or, in our own lives, we can see how life was over 50 years ago, as in these images by Helen Levitt where ordinary street scenes back then now become extraordinary. This song matches up with these photos.
Jerry Orbach from the Fantasticks:
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Music from the Broadway stage., Music: Jazz on Blogfinger, Photography: Nocturnal Ocean Grove, tagged Blogfinger photo of the year 2013, music from Miss Saigon on October 4, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Ocean Grove. Summer, 2013. By Paul Goldfinger ©
LEA SALONGA: “Sun and Moon” From Miss Saigon
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Eileen's Recipes, Music from the Broadway stage., Photograph by Eileen Goldfinger, Photography by Eileen Goldfinger, tagged Fish stew recipe by Eileen on June 29, 2018| 3 Comments »
Eileen’s Fish Stew. Photo byEileen Goldfinger @Blogfinger.net. 2015. ©
By Eileen Goldfinger, food editor @Blogfinger
3/4 pound of cod fillets, cut in four inch pieces, or any other white mild fish
6 jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 medium carrot, peeled, small diced
1 celery stalk, small diced
1 shallot, small diced
parsley, fresh, several sprigs
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup unsalted chicken broth
2 tablespoons of margarine (or butter)
14 ounces canned plum or cherry tomatoes with puree
Preheat broiler.
In a 10 inch cast iron pan heat margarine and add carrots, celery, shallot, garlic, parsley and salt and pepper. Cook on medium heat until the vegetables begin to soften, approximately 10 minutes. Stir ingredients in the pan, and if they seem to be sticking to the pan add a little of the chicken broth.
Next add the tomatoes with the puree, the chicken broth, and white wine. Stir and break up the tomatoes into bite size pieces. Cook until the sauce begins to thicken. Add fish fillets and shrimp. Cook them in the sauce for 3 minutes.
Turn the fish over and place the pan on a rack 8 inches from the broiler element. Cook for 5 minutes. Serve with a crispy French or Italian bread.
Serves 2
FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE: “The Saturday Night Fish Fry” from the original Broadway cast recording of the show Five Guys Named Moe.
Eileen
