Caitriona Balfe, Buddy’s Ma An assassination attempt two days ago. A political convention today where some of the most draconian plans are being seriously considered. A good leader stumbling publicly. Record heat. Wildfires. Though I was born in the final two weeks of the Truman administration, I was a Kennedy kid. That world would last … [read more]
Reviews
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 … [read more]
Biscuits and Gravy
My first attempt at Edna Lewis’s biscuit recipe. Biscuits and Gravy -Geoff O’Keeffe The premise of this review is that I regard biscuits and gravy as an indicator dish for the overall quality of a good American breakfast joint, much like the role chiles rellenos plays on a Mexican menu, or Quiche Lorraine in a … [read more]
L.A. and Ellroy
I love LA. Not many admit to such a thing. It is orthodoxy to hate Los Angeles north of the 405 and east of the 101. I saw Joni Mitchell at Dorothy Chandler in March of 1974, with Tom Scott, Max Guerin, Robben Ford and Max Bennett. Joni confessed her love of LA and from … [read more]
CoEvolution Quarterly
I have always been a newspaper and magazine geek. I loved Geographic as a kid, if only for the stunning images. Life and Look were early staples at home in the sixties and were surprising in their honest coverage of the radical changes rocking America then. I had a window seat into that tumultuous landscape … [read more]
A Really Big Lunch
Jim Harrison has been one of my lighthouses of artistic honesty for years. He exposes himself and those around him in bare naked prose and poetry. It’s a guilty pleasure to read someone else’s guilty pleasures. Jim’s primary stock in trade has been poems, short stories, novellas and novels, though, as a food writer he … [read more]
