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Joe Bracco; Songwriter and Musician

May 2, 2025

Joe Bracco, born May 2, 1960 on Long Island NY, is but one of the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of bright talents lost to AIDS; he passed away March 3, 1991 in NYC. I did not have the pleasure of attending any of his performances; [read more]

Family, Identity

Unmoored

February 10, 2024

un·moored adjective (of a vessel) not or no longer attached to a mooring. “an unmoored barge” (of a person) insecure, confused, or lacking contact with reality. “this freedom can make people feel unmoored” (source) See also- ‘adrift’ Listening to Paul Williams on the Craig & [read more]

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Bucket List

September 10, 2023

For most of my 65 years I’ve viewed the idea of a Bucket List as an incredibly over-privileged concept. A list of expensive (or at least time & energy intensive) dreams to be fulfilled before leaving this mortal coil, that presumes one has lots of [read more]

Card Readings

R&P Lyrical Oracle Cards

September 6, 2022

One of the reasons I’ve been quiet here; creating and publishing The Official Romanovsky & Phillips Lyrical Oracle Deck. A deck of 46 cards with a Keyword/ Phrase across the top inspired by lyrics (also included on the card) from the catalogue of Romanovsky & [read more]

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Crowd Funding Project

February 23, 2022

FAMILY OF LOVERS: Celebrating the Music of Romanovsky & Phillips (Who are Romanovsky & Phillips?) I envision an album (available as a CD and through streaming services) of covers of R&P (and Ron Romanovsky’s solo) songs recorded by a mix of well-established and very new [read more]

Music

Marianne Faithfull

June 20, 2021

Even casual followers of this blog or any of my social media know that I’m an uber fan of pioneering gay folk duo Romanovsky & Phillips. More careful reading will also bring up musicians such as Paul Williams. They, and plenty of others, have been [read more]