Breakfast Links for Friday, July 6
July 6th, 2007 by Cooper Levey-Baker in News
+ Reds may not be leaving town after all. Methinks we’ll still be talking about this story when the Rapture comes. [heraldtribune]
+ This just in: Ulla Searing’s pockets found to be exceptionally deep. [bradenton]
+ This just in: The Sarasota Museum of Art sounds off the proverbial chain. [creativeloafing]
+ Best. Sign-off. Ever. [snn6]
+ Sarasota’s own Werner Herzog (Not really, but he visited us in 2006!) debuts his biggest American project yet, Rescue Dawn. [villagevoice]
+ Sarasota Film Festival Director of Programming Tom Hall defends Michael Moore. [thebackrowmanifesto]
+ These links come with a heavy heart today. I’m not sure how I missed the news, but I realized this morning that local instrumental folk artist Sal DiTroia died on June 22. Sal got his start as a session musician for Simon & Garfunkel, childhood friends of his, and became an in-demand, go-to strummer for countless famous acts, among them Janis Ian and Barbara Streisand. I interviewed Sal in late 2005, as he had settled into a career doing home recordings for TV programs (in particular, WB shows) and performing his own wordless compositions around Southwest Florida. If you never saw him, you missed out. Sal was amazingly dexterous with a guitar, his fingers moving up and down the instrument with a rare speed and acuity. Sal will be missed. Tonight, head over to Metro Coffee & Wine, where Sal regularly gigged, for a tribute. Metro will be spinning classics from his extensive discography. [salditroia, myspace]
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