Outside my windows Pine trees dance under blue skies Showing me the wind.
Wind
This Is All I Need
This Is All I Need A Brief Meditation on Desire and Death For whatever reasons, I don’t have a bucket list of places to go or a list of stuff I want to buy or goals I need to achieve before I die. Perhaps I never did. I mostly always just did the next obvious … [read more]
Let The Dumb Show Begin
As I have been suggesting for awhile, perhaps ad nauseum, we’re off to the races with conservatives accusing Democrats of being “socialists”, with some Democrats embracing “democratic socialism” while others work feverishly to distance themselves from the label “socialist” as if it were gonorrhea. This was predictable. Trump weaned at the political teat of Roy … [read more]
Ten Tales From Sunset and Fairfax: Coming of Age In L.A.
Ten Tales From Sunset and Fairfax Coming of Age In L.A. One As soon as Walker Callahan pulled the 1965 Ford Econoline delivery van into the parking lot behind Antonioni-McGrath Flowers in Sunset Plaza he knew that George was blowing Michel in the bathroom. At least that’s how it appeared. Through the opaque bathroom window … [read more]
BlacKkKlansman
My vote is for Spike. Picture and director. I do not have a vote among the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences illuminati. But nonetheless.With his directorial skills at their apex, Spike addresses America’s first sin, as yet unatoned; and our enduring shame, still denied, with humor, respect, authenticity, cinematic brilliance and Terence Blanchard’s … [read more]
Those Wireless Knobs
Those Wireless Knobs For Sandy O’Keeffe Switching it over to AM Searching for a truer sound Can’t recall the call letters Steel guitar and settle down Catching an all-night station somewhere in Louisiana It sounds like 1963, but for now it sounds like heaven May the wind take your troubles away May the wind take … [read more]