Anthony Giacalone
Anthony Giacalone
@anthonygiacalone.bsky.social
Historian of 20th-c. politics, economics and culture; European voyager; Thanker of the dead; Contrarian
December 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Thank you to the wonderful Rob Reiner.

His run of directorial successes from 1984-1993 was as great as any one ever.
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Thank you to the great Steve Cropper.
You and Duck Dunn can jam again now.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Thank you, Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio).
April 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Thank you, Val Kilmer, hero of my younger days.
April 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Thank you to the legendary George Foreman
March 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
March 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
March 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Thank you to the prolific John Feinstein
March 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Thank you, artist Jack Vettriano
March 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Thank you to punk icon David Johansen.
March 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
March 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Thank you, Russian Grandmaster Boris Spassky
February 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Thank you to the legendary Gene Hackman
February 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Thank you, Roberta Flack
February 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Thank you to baseball-lifer Rich Dauer, an Orioles Hall of Famer, two-time World Series champ, and two-time College World Series champ.
February 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Thank you, baseball commissioner Fay Vincent
February 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Thank you two-time Olympic champion and noted commentator, Dick Button
January 31, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Thank you, Marianne Faithfull, iconic singer and Mick Jagger’s muse
January 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Thank you, Jeff Torborg, for that wonderful summer of 1990.
January 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Thank you to the wonderful Bob Uecker, an American original.
January 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Thank you to the incomparable David Lynch
January 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Thank you, Sam Moore
January 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Thank you, Peter Yarrow
January 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Thank you, Tony-winning actress Linda Lavin
December 30, 2024 at 5:09 PM