“Columbus Day Madness: Hold the whiskey for me, Taylor.” By Mahnuel Muñoz The media is amazed by the magnitude of the fan phenomenon surrounding the pop singer Taylor Swift, and we all know that it is a phenomenon older than…
YOU WILL BE MY MUSIC – Sinatra sings Joe Raposo (5) By Mahnuel Muñoz The album “Ol’Blue Eyes Is Back” presents two plot lines: the first, more introspective and bitter, represented by “You Will Be My Music“, “Nobody Wins”, “Send…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA EPISODE 3 By Mahnuel Muñoz If in 1990 Frank threw himself into work to escape the death that took away some of the most important people in his life in a few months, from…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA By Mahnuel Muñoz EPISODE 2 In the month of December 1990, Sinatra was heard – or talked about – everywhere. The artist’s 75th anniversary is an event worthy of numerous events and arouses great…
“YOU WILL BE MY MUSIC”Sinatra sings Joe Raposo (4) By Mahnuel Muñoz German photographer Michael Schwan has built his career over the last decade on the basis of a fascination with abandoned places, immortalizing them with dazzling delicacy; a loving…
THE LAST YEARS OF FRANK SINATRA By Mahnuel Muñoz EPISODE 1 “And when the guy with the scythe comes to pull my sleeve, I’ll go away singing.”(“Before The Music Ends”, Frank Sinatra, 1979) In 1990, Frank Sinatra will turn seventy-five…
YOU WILL BE MY MUSICSinatra sings Joe Raposo (3) By Mahnuel Muñoz When the album “Ol’Blue Eyes Is Back” hit stores in October 1973, the United States was reeling from the Watergate scandal and the oil crisis. For many, reuniting…
YOU WILL BE MY MUSICSinatra Sings Joe Raposo (2) By Mahnuel Muñoz After a brief retirement in 1971, which did not last even two years, Frank Sinatra found the answers to many of his existential questions by singing live for…
YOU WILL BE MY MUSICSinatra sings Joe Raposo (1) By Manuel Muñoz. Frank Sinatra began the 1970s mired in the momentous dilemma of whether or not to continue his career. Despite being still young – 54 years old – he…
Bruce Springsteen’s favorite song. (JOE TYSOM, FAR OUT MAGAZINE,December 8, 2022) Bruce Springsteen is one of New Jersey’s favorite sons. His hometown has shaped him immeasurably into the person, as well as the artist, that he is. Additionally, New Jersey…
SINATRA LEAVES HIS MARK AT GRAUMAN’S By Mahnuel Muñoz On July 20, 1965, Frank Sinatra stamped his signature, his handprints and his footprints on the sidewalk in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Grauman’s Chinese Theater (today TCL Chinese…
Something about “Something” By Mahnuel Muñoz George Harrison was called “The Quiet Beatle” because in public he was not as jovial and expansive as his bandmates. His clean and measured spirit was reflected in his songs, and especially in his…
