There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were. Nina Simone The College Blues Here at the Profound Bartender, we know the value of music. It keeps the toes tapping and the glasses clinking. It is hard to listen to music now. Harder than ever before. One … Continue reading The College Blues
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Barbarella 1968
"The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish." Terry Southern Barbarella 1968 Aware of this movie but never having seen it, lets take a chance now that it is on cable for free. I was delighted in many ways to see this … Continue reading Barbarella 1968
The Unfinished Man
"A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful." Judith Martin (Miss Manners) The Unfinished Man Being male, I would never have attended a Finishing School. One guesses that men must be impossibly boorish by nature and have no need to learn manners. The Finishing Schools were popular from the mid-1800s … Continue reading The Unfinished Man
The Mix Tape
"You need music, I don’t know why. It’s probably one of those Joe Campbell questions, why we need ritual. We need magic, and bliss, and power, myth, and celebration and religion in our lives, and music is a good way to encapsulate a lot of it." Jerry Garcia The Mix Tape Taking songs off of … Continue reading The Mix Tape
A Star is Born: My Review
"The truth is, a director wins an Oscar for a writer's script and actors' performances." George Cukor A Star is Born: My Review Straight up, it is a well-done movie. Anyone who drops in to see this film will enjoy the craftsmanship of directing and acting. I think that it will be popular, especially to … Continue reading A Star is Born: My Review
A Star is Born: The Glass Slipper
"Well, nobody's perfect." Some Like It Hot A Star is Born: The Glass Slipper A Star is Born, opening this week, is a remake. This means that we already know the story and we want to see how it plays out. Of interest to me is how will the movie end, how it takes the … Continue reading A Star is Born: The Glass Slipper
A Star is Born: Anew
“The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.” Dorothy Parker A Star is Born: Anew! This weekend we'll be seeing the opening of the latest version of this story. Actually, it has opened early in New York and some early reviews are out. The machine is rolling forward with positive reviews and looks to be … Continue reading A Star is Born: Anew
Improving Your Character
"I'm not interested in my legacy. I made up a word: 'live-acy.' I'm more interested in living." John Glenn Improving Your Character On the surface, the World of Warcraft is a game of dragons and warriors with magic and spells and curses. Sometimes we do kill a dragon and good triumphs over evil; until the … Continue reading Improving Your Character
Anticipating Little Women
"Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable." Louisa May Alcott Anticipating Little Women Usually it takes something to pique my interest in the classic books. The New Yorker magazine printed How "Little Women" Got Big last month and I have to thank my brother for paying for … Continue reading Anticipating Little Women
Madam Satan
"Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent." Cecil B. DeMille Madam Satan The title is not as scary as it seems. It was a film directed by Cecil B. DeMille in 1930. This means that it was a Pre Code movie. Sex, drinking and comedy … Continue reading Madam Satan
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