When thinking of the role model concept that finds its way into discussions from time to time, I recall as a kid growing up, what and who to ascend to,… Gregory in San Diego My father went to high school with Gregory Peck and I remember seeing his even then handsome face in the old...
While Travers finds the scene at Det-Sen rather agreeable, Lethbridge-Stewart is deeply suspicious. That would be about half the book. Highlights of the second half would have included a fight in the snow between Lethbridge-Stewart and a Yeti. A sample of the book, set on the flight to ...
This, to me, is testament that making impactful and meaningful albums doesn’t mean slaving away at songs for a year and being in a studio for another year under the scrutiny of music industry hangers-on. In regards to art, I relate to Henry Miller on the following quotes: "We don't...
Movie - Green Room Album (that I heard this year) - Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly SKM show: Beijing Jesu/SKM show - Williamsburg Solo show - Sarah Lawrence College Thanks to Glenn Dicker, Dave Jackson, Chris Connolly, Nathan, Will, Robert, Lori Miller, John Connolly, Cameron Crow...
After aSecond Look: I have to say that the above items are still issues for me, although some are a little softened. But I did find things to like about the movie as well! I’m still surprised and mystified at the ways the screenwriter of this BBC production chose to change the story...
there are a handful of stand-out tracks that I still return to regularly. The 10 minute plusThe Floodis like an audio movie, propelled by stunningly treated vocals, and once you are through the flood sequence, the water adds the rhythm to a wonderful passage of music that sees the song ...
We'll have to go by feel, I'm afraid. With the usual doubts: I think that the end of Roes - Whirl quotes something familiar, I wonder if it's true... On the other hand, I'm certain that Rijp - Rime, an original composition, quotes the theme off Thelonious Monk's Criss Cross,...
They visit the Lido and the Louvre and discuss French culture and Greek art; one suspects that this is mostly an excuse to show dancing girls and topless statues. Eventually, Cantinflas finds Venus’s arms and reassembles her — it turns out that she’s swinging a baseball bat. The ...
When a local woman goes missing and a corpse turns up on the beach nearby, Carrie realises that she’d be better off well away from all this, but feels bound to do the right thing and help some of the new acquaintances she has made. Carrie is a great narrator: pleasant, strong and...
They visit the Lido and the Louvre and discuss French culture and Greek art; one suspects that this is mostly an excuse to show dancing girls and topless statues. Eventually, Cantinflas finds Venus’s arms and reassembles her — it turns out that she’s swinging a baseball bat. The ...