March Madness

Been behind the curve for the past several weeks. Mostly the press of work. Went to a new restaurant (or fairly so – I really stay behind the curve as far as that goes) called "Oak" on Oak Lawn a block off of Stemmons in the Design District. I recommend it. Food was good and not too pricey.

Received a comment from Gary Caffo about his remembering the debate team’s victory at the Cherry Blossom Tournament, to wit:

"I remember that Jesuit called a special assembly in the basement after the debate team returned to Dallas to announce their win. I'll never forget that and have told that story many times."

Tom Land sent a link to old pop music hits:

"This is neat. It's sort of a time machine of music. Each of the years below connect to the best 20 hits of that year. Pick a year, wait a few seconds, and the Juke Box will show you the 20 hits to select from. You can play all 20 hits, or just those that you like."

See http://upchucky.org/JukeCity/1963/OldJukes/player.htm

In that vein, here are the Billboard No. 1 hits for this time 50 years ago:

Feb. 9 - Mar. 1 Mar. 2 - Mar. 22 Mar. 23 - Mar. 29 Mar. 30 - Apr. 26

Hey Paula Walk Like A Man Our Day Will Come He's So Fine

Paul & Paula The Four Seasons Ruby & The Romantics The Chiffons

Movies opening at Dallas theaters in the coming week were:

At the Majestic, "Days of Wine and Roses" billed as "This, in its own terrifying way. Is a love story." Terrifying? They got that right.

At the Palace, "To Kill a Mockingbird" amazingly faithful to the novel. Timely for what was happening in the country at that time. An interesting fact, author Harper Lee modeled the character Dill after her friend (at the time, they later had a falling out) Truman Capote. And her sister Alice Finch Lee is, as this is written in 2013, the oldest practicing lawyer in Alabama, at age 100.

Ongoing movies were:

At the Tower, "Mutiny on the Bounty" an ongoing roadshow. Memorable scene was Fletcher Christian, played by Marlon Brando, goes ashore in a boat to the strains of "Rule Britannia" to – ahem – do his duty toward the Tahitians.

At the Esquire, "Lawrence of Arabia" which went on to win Best Picture of the Year Academy Award (back then the presentation was held in April). Some say it was the best of all time. I guess that's for each one of us to decide for ourselves.

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