Last year, I took the occasion of Halloween (or at least the run-up to Halloween) to confess to the perhaps odd things that scared me when I was a kid. It only takes a second post to turn it into … Continue reading I’m afraid. I’m afraid. No, I’m scared. No I’m scared.
Thirty-second in a series… (Source) Continue reading The communication’s gone, something had to be so wrong and it must be Jesus calling
Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985). Varda’s sedate, stirring drama follows a young itinerant woman, paying special attention to the variety of ways society expresses its disdain for her. To a degree, it’s because of her place on the tattered fringe of the social structure, but a remarkable amount of the pain she endures is provoked by her gender rather than her place in class culture. She’s used, dismissed and disregarded repeatedly. Sandrine Bonnaire is evocative and moving in the leading role, clearly investing deep feeling into the performance. It would be easy for the film to lapse into woeful melodrama, but … Continue reading Burnett, Roach, Singer, Smith, Varda
Thirty-first in a series… Continue reading He took me by the hand, led me far from this land
So good. There more where that came from. Continue reading Gone Madonna of the swans, she waves a magic wand and then she settles on me
Sesame Street breaks it down from Wonderful Creative on Vimeo. Continue reading And I’ve got mad hits like I was Rod Carew
Thirtieth in a series… (Due credit.) Continue reading After all this time to believe in Jesus, after all these drugs I thought I was Him
Though I was largely absent last week, I had a few things stockpiled for use at Spectrum Culture, largely because I’m way behind on my CD reviews. In fact, I’m still trying to catch up on all that. I provided a lukewarm assessment of the latest Steve Earle album and an even less enthused consideration of the new outing from the Wave Pictures. The Earle record was assigned to me, but the latter was my own damn fault. I asked for it. Which brings me to the new movie review I wrote for this week. Without getting too deep into … Continue reading Spectrum Check
The following is presented in tribute to the Major League game I saw yesterday. I’ve watched some winter programming on the MLB Network. This isn’t far off. A return to a preponderance of words in this space tomorrow. Or at least more than this. Continue reading Well, beat the drum and hold the phone – the sun came out today!
Coffee for Two 