Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
"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 →
I started with the best of intentions, I swear. I want to lose this weight and I need some way of holding myself accountable. The idea was that like my daughter I'd use my blog to do that. I've been slacking off. So we begin again. (Let the record show that the photo used here... Continue Reading →
Music From The Motion Picture - 10,000 Maniacs - The first album from the "alt icons" (I found that description several different places for the band) in 13 years. The band had just celebrated their 30th year together and decided to partner with their fans to fund the album. Raising the needed funds they've created... Continue Reading →
Time to get back to this. I need the reminder. This one will sound strange but bear with me. I'm headed somewhere with it, I promise. I am thankful for my wife's absence. I have called her the lady in my life for close to 30 years. In truth she has been a part of... Continue Reading →
Next (2007) - Consider the case of Nicholas Cage. In the early to mid '80s he looked like he could be the "next big thing". That special actor that takes us to that special place that only they can go. "Rumble Fish", "Peggy Sue Got Married", "Raising Arizona", "Moonstruck". With "Leaving Las Vegas" (an an... 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 →
Swords and Deviltry and Swords Against Death - Fritz Leiber (1970) - This is probably the series that first introduced me to sword and sorcery fantasy. My parents did not have a huge personal library but looking back I realize that you could find some amazing things in it. My memory says that one of... Continue Reading →
Chinatown (1974) - For many of us Los Angeles and all of Southern California are simply lands of sun and palm trees and easy living. The reality is that the history especially of LA have quite a few skeletons in the closet. Like where the water comes from to support all those people. Once upon... 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 →
Taken (2008) This is an action thriller about a retired CIA operative whose daughter is kidnapped in Paris by a gang of human slavers. The girls are sold into prostitution and he's going to get his daughter back. You now know pretty much everything you need to about this movie. Given that information you should... Continue Reading →
