ONCE UPON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
As today’s date appears to offer a synchronicity of symbolic events—the Pope’s lying in state, St. George’
IGUANAS AND VICODIN
I was talking with a close but routinely argumentative friend of mine last night, and we stumbled upon a rare
TOP 5 EASTER RECORDINGS
Dear readers/subscribers,
As it's Easter weekend, I thought I'd quickly run through my top 5
TWENTY SEVEN MINUTES
If we're talking about a pure cinematic flow state, the first twenty-seven minutes of Oliver Stone's
A CINEMATIC SEANCE
I'm pretty sure only Oliver Stone could have directed the film about Jim Morrison and The Doors. In
LAST OF THE SUMMER WHINE
I'm a professional cynic but my heart's not in it
I'm paying the price
VALHALLA
"Indians scattered on dawn’s highway bleeding / Ghosts crowd the young child’s fragile eggshell mind." - Jim
A BITTER FRUIT
So far, 2025 (culturally speaking) has been full of disappointment—though I’ve yet to see the Minecraft movie, which
TAKING THE MICKEY
Well, after watching Adolescence (Netflix)—which has to be one of the most artless and morbid pieces of television I&
THE PATH OF COMPASSION
Some things in life are best kept simple, as their clear emotional directness and sincerity strike the heart in a