Randy Taradash
@randymt.bsky.social
Emmy award-winning mensch, arts marketer / producer with equalized passion for baking, musicals and intelligent (but, like, approachable) sci-fi.
Happy 27th first listening day Beck’s Midnight Vultures - an album that hasn’t left
My rotation since I bough the CD and listened to it twice as I sat in traffic trying to get home from SF on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. One of the great party album, it sounds as fresh today as it did then.
My rotation since I bough the CD and listened to it twice as I sat in traffic trying to get home from SF on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. One of the great party album, it sounds as fresh today as it did then.
November 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Happy 27th first listening day Beck’s Midnight Vultures - an album that hasn’t left
My rotation since I bough the CD and listened to it twice as I sat in traffic trying to get home from SF on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. One of the great party album, it sounds as fresh today as it did then.
My rotation since I bough the CD and listened to it twice as I sat in traffic trying to get home from SF on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. One of the great party album, it sounds as fresh today as it did then.
I FINALLY got to hear The Breakfast Machine suite live in concert last week at SF Symphony! It was doubly satisfying as 15+ years ago I went on a date with their pops programming guy—he asked who I’d select to add to the season and when I said Elfman he said “who?” then pretty much ended the date. 🤷🏻
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I FINALLY got to hear The Breakfast Machine suite live in concert last week at SF Symphony! It was doubly satisfying as 15+ years ago I went on a date with their pops programming guy—he asked who I’d select to add to the season and when I said Elfman he said “who?” then pretty much ended the date. 🤷🏻
Someone posted recently about the price of concert tickets back of the day and was curious what I paid - and, of course i kept all my old ones.
What a time to be alive that was!
What a time to be alive that was!
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Someone posted recently about the price of concert tickets back of the day and was curious what I paid - and, of course i kept all my old ones.
What a time to be alive that was!
What a time to be alive that was!
I’ve been slinging and proofing dough all day but…
Garlic parm monkey bread and Hawaiian sweet roll monkey bread looking good. #Friendsgiving
Garlic parm monkey bread and Hawaiian sweet roll monkey bread looking good. #Friendsgiving
November 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I’ve been slinging and proofing dough all day but…
Garlic parm monkey bread and Hawaiian sweet roll monkey bread looking good. #Friendsgiving
Garlic parm monkey bread and Hawaiian sweet roll monkey bread looking good. #Friendsgiving
Me in public: My headphones:
November 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Me in public: My headphones:
Maybe I didn’t read the fine print, but I had NO idea that Danny Elfman himself was a guest singer at the fantastic SF Symphony concert celebrating his collabs with Tim Burton. He sang all the Jack Skellington songs during the Nightmare/Christmas set and sounded GREAT! What a treat!
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Maybe I didn’t read the fine print, but I had NO idea that Danny Elfman himself was a guest singer at the fantastic SF Symphony concert celebrating his collabs with Tim Burton. He sang all the Jack Skellington songs during the Nightmare/Christmas set and sounded GREAT! What a treat!
I feel the need to advocate for sugar free Jell-O. Made some earlier — quick jel style —with bananas, mandarin oranges, and pomegranates… and it was Michelin star x10.
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I feel the need to advocate for sugar free Jell-O. Made some earlier — quick jel style —with bananas, mandarin oranges, and pomegranates… and it was Michelin star x10.
“Employees must smile if less than 10 feet from a customer”
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“Employees must smile if less than 10 feet from a customer”
There is so much to unpack in this ad that we’d need a two-day Oprah special to cover it all.
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 AM
There is so much to unpack in this ad that we’d need a two-day Oprah special to cover it all.
Queer expression in 1936.
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Queer expression in 1936.
Remember this when you’re spending $15 a bag next year! Buy now and freeze—they’ll never know!
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Remember this when you’re spending $15 a bag next year! Buy now and freeze—they’ll never know!
Well this was a pick me up this week! And I was at work so don’t judge my clothes while Ms. Baranski was the picture of taste and elegance (as always!). 😍😍
October 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Well this was a pick me up this week! And I was at work so don’t judge my clothes while Ms. Baranski was the picture of taste and elegance (as always!). 😍😍
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
The neighbor’s WAY too bright new porch light shining through our kitchen blinds has transformed the hallway into a 40s film noir detective office seconds before a dame with a past walks in.
October 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The neighbor’s WAY too bright new porch light shining through our kitchen blinds has transformed the hallway into a 40s film noir detective office seconds before a dame with a past walks in.
This is exactly what Veridian Dynamics from Better Off Ted would be rolling out—and they’d absolutely call it Superwood. And then run into every pun humanly possible.
October 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
This is exactly what Veridian Dynamics from Better Off Ted would be rolling out—and they’d absolutely call it Superwood. And then run into every pun humanly possible.
Curious about thoughts on Kiss of the Spiderwoman. I thought it was an extraordinary adaptation. I lament the loss of some truly great songs / moments but the gained intimacy between M & V was almost overwhelming. Also, I’d forgotten that the B’Way souvenir program has some great content/articles!
October 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Curious about thoughts on Kiss of the Spiderwoman. I thought it was an extraordinary adaptation. I lament the loss of some truly great songs / moments but the gained intimacy between M & V was almost overwhelming. Also, I’d forgotten that the B’Way souvenir program has some great content/articles!
Snaps to the set designer who included the robot deactivation command from The Day the Earth Stood Still in Alan’s cubicle!
October 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Snaps to the set designer who included the robot deactivation command from The Day the Earth Stood Still in Alan’s cubicle!
Do you think David Warner—or any of the cast—understood what was going on when the filmed it?
October 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Do you think David Warner—or any of the cast—understood what was going on when the filmed it?
Ok, who added Pac- Man to TRON and how have I never noticed before??
October 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Ok, who added Pac- Man to TRON and how have I never noticed before??
Watching the original TRON for the first time in a decade. It is SO crazy advanced in its ideology and vision of AI—and it’s also so ridiculous! And the streaming “print” is glorious!
October 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Watching the original TRON for the first time in a decade. It is SO crazy advanced in its ideology and vision of AI—and it’s also so ridiculous! And the streaming “print” is glorious!
A lovely evening with Norm Lewis at our gala fundraiser last night.
October 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A lovely evening with Norm Lewis at our gala fundraiser last night.
Ummmm… regarding that third bullet point for the iOS Software Update… like, the lost ark of the covenant? Items from King Tuts’ tomb? The heart of the ocean???
October 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Ummmm… regarding that third bullet point for the iOS Software Update… like, the lost ark of the covenant? Items from King Tuts’ tomb? The heart of the ocean???
Was I the only 11 year old who anxiously awaited the arrival of their Fall Preview issue of TV-Guide? I’d read it cover to cover like a new Sidney Sheldon novel.
September 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Was I the only 11 year old who anxiously awaited the arrival of their Fall Preview issue of TV-Guide? I’d read it cover to cover like a new Sidney Sheldon novel.
From wise and worldly Aunt Jenny and myself, L'Shanah Tovah Tikatevu v'techatemu.
September 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
From wise and worldly Aunt Jenny and myself, L'Shanah Tovah Tikatevu v'techatemu.