This is a regular series called “Current Recommendations,” asking folks about their media consumption and recommendations.
A MARBLEHEAD VOLUNTEER
Interviewed: Doug Hill
Employer: Volunteer at Marblehead Little Theatre (and formerly at Kaplan Family Hospice House). Retired from the United States Air Force and F.L. Woods, Inc.
Listening (music, podcasts): Doesn’t really listen to music, occasionally Michael Feinstein, or soundtracks like “Hamilton,” which offer so much.
Streaming (watching on TV): Streaming the latest season of “The Crown,” although I’m not enjoying it that much – turning too soap opera-ish. Also streaming Tom Clancy’s timely action-packed ‘Tom Ryan.’ He proclaims, “It’s pure escape!”
Reading (or Audible): “Listening to books on tape – saved my life on long drives…you know how we were all read to! Listened to ‘House of Seven Gables’ – love history, ‘George Washington Spies.’ Reading Patrick O’Donnell’s ‘The Indispensables’ because General John Glover played such a huge role here.”
Tell me something interesting about yourself or your career that people may not know: “I’m an open book, I love this town, and I love the way things fit together. One thing leads to the next! It is another upcoming MLT production of “The Great Gatsby – an American Musical,” which will have its world premiere in June in Marblehead; that has motivated me to reread this classic Fitzgerald novel as I am a part of the production team…I do tend to like to connect the dots and am forever discovering ways to do so.”
THE FISH MARKET
Interviewed: Noe Diaz, manager of The Fish Market
Listening (music, podcasts): KISS 108 -“I stick to country”
Streaming (watching on TV): “I watch a lot of youtube, and podcasts, on regular TV – NBA basketball games. Fave teams and def Celtics – who are doing very well right now!”
Reading (or Audible): “Don’t really read much – but always read the sports sections!”
Tell me something interesting about yourself or your career that people may not know: “People in the outside world would never know I run a local fish and meat market – done this for about eight years, and I’m a good cook – nobody would know this!”
MARBLEHEAD ACE HARDWARE
Interviewed: Karl Smith, owner of the Marblehead Ace Hardware
Listening (music, podcasts): Dire Straits
Streaming (watching on TV): “Just finished ‘Jack Ryan’…going to finish ‘Ozark’ with that love-to-hate Wendy!”
Reading ( or Audible): “The second Betty Bruhaus book: ‘The Time is Now’ I just finished Betty’s first: ‘Curious Corpse'” Bruhas is a Marblehead author.
Tell me something interesting about yourself or your career that people may not know: “Spent a couple of years in Africa – as head of finance for the American Cell Tower in Ghana.”
