Last Miles Review
After this, more sedate Jazz… http://everydamncd.tumblr.com/post/174436477183/128-miles-davis-on-the-corner
Judging My Predictions: A Solo Review
At the beginning of the month, I made a handful of predictions about Solo: A Star Wars Story. I saw it over the weekend, and have digested the various reactions to it on social media. Let’s now see how well I did: Everyone will go in with very low expectations. The rumor about this film… Read More Judging My Predictions: A Solo Review
Murder on the Orient Express and 1970’s Cinema
After Mark Steyn administers the appropriate thwacking to Branagh’s recent flop PC adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express – in which perhaps the worst crime is giving Poirot a preposterous walrus mustache – he moves on to speak glowingly of Sydney Lumet’s 1974 version: Oh, to be sure, Lumet’s Orient Express is of its time, and the color… Read More Murder on the Orient Express and 1970’s Cinema
Evergreen Jazz Reviews
I’m almost done with Miles Davis. Just On the Corner left. http://everydamncd.tumblr.com/post/173723932168/127-miles-davis-a-tribute-to-jack-johnson
Yes, The Civil War Was About Slavery
[This is a repost of an article originally posted to Medium.com that I downloaded and deleted from that website when I made my departure from it. I repost it after having read John C. Wright’s “A Question for Neoconfederates“, which is an intriguing philosophical fork, but rather gives the Rebellious States too much credit for… Read More Yes, The Civil War Was About Slavery
Mark Steyn on Winston Churchill
I have been sick and busy and sick these last few days, and am currently unable to even describe my current state as “like hot garbage” – barely warmed-over recyclables is more like it. So I’m going to link this one in. I admit that I have yet to actually watch Darkest Hour, despite having had… Read More Mark Steyn on Winston Churchill
31 Incredibly Lame Shots at Modern Bands – A Fisking
Usually when I see an article about “Millenials” or “Millenial Trends” or “Stuff These Damn Millenials are Doing”, I scroll past it. Partly because it’s usually empty-calorie click-bait, but mostly because I’ve decided that “Millenials” are not a thing. There are people born between 1981 and 1997, and they have a set of shared cultural… Read More 31 Incredibly Lame Shots at Modern Bands – A Fisking
Of Course Blogging Isn’t Dead.
One one level, having to deny that something is dead is evidence that a significant number of people thing it is, which is “dead” in pop-culture terms. And that’s true as far as it goes. But pop-culture isn’t everything. So on another level, the internet is filled with blogging. If you consider social media micro-blogging… Read More Of Course Blogging Isn’t Dead.
My brain is stirred.
Busy weekend. Lots of Running about. Small amounts of writing getting done. However, I have added some extra poems to this… I’ll be adding to it periodically, but click here to read.
Lit Fic is a Genre
At least, that’s the takeaway I have from this Sarah Hoyt Post at Mad Genius Club. Look, most twentieth century literature we were forced to read — particularly late 20th century literature — was written to be “what university professors like.” A dash of unearned superiority, a bit of social critique and always, always, every… Read More Lit Fic is a Genre
Content Blues 