Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Dover Beach (The Last P.I. #1) by Richard Bowker (1987/2012) - A "limited" nuclear war has reduced the United States to a post-apocalyptic backwater nation. Society is still sorting itself out with both good and bad affect. In the midst of this Wally Sands is trying to be a private investigator. At the moment it... Continue Reading →
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - The fictionalized life story of one of the great American songwriters, George M. Cohan. Starring James Cagney in the lead role the movie goes from Cohan's early days as a cocky young star in a family act to the days of Cohan as a great American musical treasure. Filled with... Continue Reading →
(Best of the Web is an occasional series of posts looking at what I believe is the World Wide Web being used to its absolute best) Marble Hornets - an ongoing video series on YouTube that follows the mythos of The Slender Man. If you're not familiar with this meme character follow the link and get... Continue Reading →
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - A soldier's wife (Lee Remick) is raped and he (Ben Gazarra) kills her rapist. The former local prosecuting attorney (Jimmy Stewart) agrees to defend the husband. His client is just a bit too slick and the wife is just a bit too much of a party girl. Both of... Continue Reading →
Grand Prix (1966) - Headstrong American driver Pete Aaron (James Garner) makes a rash move at Monaco which injures his teammate Scott Stoddard and results in Aaron being released by the team. While Stoddard is recovering Aaron begins an affair with Pat Stoddard (Jessica Walter). Elsewhere in the paddock Ferrari veteran and two time world... Continue Reading →
Blue Like Jazz (2012) - The fictionalized story of author Donald Miller's adventures as a Southern Baptist from Texas at the very liberal Reed College in Portland Oregon. Sometimes called "the most godless college in America" the culture at Reed will challenge Miller's belief in God and in himself. Based loosely on the best selling... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday just after 8 AM and 5 PM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words... Continue Reading →
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson (1886) - This is a book that we all believe we know well. We are usually quite wrong in that assessment. Yes, this is the story of Dr. Henry Jekyl. In his research he discovers an astounding and terrifying compound that releases a... Continue Reading →
Two movies this week but they really deserve to be together. They follow the lives of Simon Grim (James Urbaniak), his sister Fay (Parker Posey), and a bombastic but vastly untalented writer with a mysterious past Henry Fool (Thomas Jay Ryan). Written and directed by Hal Hartley the movies are both funny and deeply serious.... Continue Reading →
Shaking Out The Dead by K. M. Cholewa - The story of three adults struggling with what it means to love and be loved. Tatum is positive that she is unlovable, Paris wants to love her but spends too much time being "invisible" to believe it could happen. Geneva is an older woman struggling with... Continue Reading →
