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 Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. 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 at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
This is "Banned Book Week", an annual campaign by the American Library Association and Amnesty International to increase awareness around banned and challenged books, celebrate the freedom to read and highlight persecuted individuals. This year I am doing a little highlighting of my own, with a favorite banned book each day. The list of books... Continue Reading →
Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (1859) - Travelling from London to Paris at the time of the French Revolution, Dr. Manette is released after 18 years in prison. He is returned to the daughter he never knew with his mind badly broken by his imprisonment. She falls in love with a French nobleman... Continue Reading →
Dr. Stranglove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - A deranged Air Force general sends bombers with nuclear weapons into the Soviet Union trying to provoke a war he believes the United States will win in this Cold War satire. Directed by Stanley Kubrick ... Continue Reading →
Five Easy Pieces (1970) - A former child prodigy (Nicholson) returns home from a life that rejected all the trappings of his well-heeled family. Directed by Bob Rafelson Starring - Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, ... Continue Reading →
To Have and Have Not (1944) - An American fishing charter captain (Bogart) finds himself being drawn into involvements with a mysterious young woman (Bacall) and the French Resistance on the island of Martinique in 1940. Directed by Howard Hawkes Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall,... Continue Reading →
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953) - The genial but bumbling Mr. Hulot arrives at the seashore for a week's vacation and spreads chaos wherever he goes. Directed by Jacques Tati Starring Jacques Tati This is the film debut of Tati's classic character, Mr. Hulot. He would appear in three more movies over the next eighteen years. ... Continue Reading →
You Can't Cheat An Honest Man (1939) - A circus owner (W.C. Fields) with a tendency to run out on his debts, has to deal with various issues at the circus and his daughter's love life. Directed by George Marshall Starring: W.C. Fields,... Continue Reading →
The Public Enemy (1931) - Two neighborhood boys rise through the ranks of local crime. They come face to face with the reality of the life they have chosen. Directed by William Wellman Starring - James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell Before there was... Continue Reading →
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) - A bored little girl finds more adventure than she really wanted when she falls down a rabbit hole one sunny summer day. Written by a mathematician from a story he made up over the course of a couple summer outings with the daughters of... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 