Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Burrow - Max Garcia Conover (Clip Records) This is the debut album for a young man with local roots in my backyard. Max is an amazingly talented guitar player/singer/songwriter who isn't going to fit into a nice neat pigeon hole. I got the chance to hear Conover play live at the Hometown Album Release Party at... Continue Reading →
Let me be perfectly clear right from the start.I hate exercise.I do not use the word hate lightly. I have an intense and passionate dislike for any activity which is done solely for the purpose of "exercise" - Activity requiring physical effort, carried out esp. to sustain or improve health and fitness. There are activities that... Continue Reading →
So the Phase I experiment lasted a week. On Friday last my lady wife looked at me and said "This food makes me unhappy. I don't want to do this any more". Given that the same thought had occurred to me just an hour before we decided to move on. We have not given up... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Tuesday 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... Continue Reading →
The Barbarian Invasions (2003) Remy is a dying man. In his final days his estranged son Sebastian tries to make those days more comfortable. Old friends and lovers will come together to try and ease his passage. Along the way the divisions between generations of Quebecois are explored as well. Left wing parents and... Continue Reading →
It's been a while, I know. Life has been busy and challenging and lots of other things. This blog is just one of several things that got set aside. May or may not have been the right decision but it was the one that got made. One way or the other. This week we begin... Continue Reading →
The Stunt Man (1980) - Want a visual definition of "star power"? This movie is it. Any part of this movie in which Peter O'Toole is not on screen is mediocre at best. Bad '70s TV at its worst. But when O'Toole is on screen it is something else entirely. A fugitive from justice (Steve... Continue Reading →
How to Talk to Girls at Parties (with an excerpt from "The Ocean at the End of the Lane") by Neil Gaiman - This is a short story by the acclaimed author with an excerpt of a novel. In it two English lads in the 1970s go to a party and discover what most of... Continue Reading →
Once Upon A Time In America (1984) - This is one of those movies I'm pretty sure the cognoscenti think I should like. Sergio Leone is one of those directors that a certain portion of the movie loving community fawns over. I just can't muster a whole lot of enthusiasm for either. I do kind... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Tuesday 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... Continue Reading →
