The Art of the Movie Trailer. The Man From U.N.C.L.E., a movie remake/update of the very popular 1960s TV series, didn’t spend as much time in the movie theaters as the producers had hoped. Why is a bit of a mystery. The film was directed by Guy Richie (Madonna’s ex and one of the best …
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Everything Old is New Again
Paying Attention: From Bloomberg.com, a great, short video on Rod Embry and his company, which turns about 6 to 8 restored and upgraded Porsche 356s a year. Are they restored precisely to be the way they were when they left the factory? Not. Rod doesn’t do that. He makes a modern 356, updated for the times we live in. …
Season's Greetings: A Bill Murray Christmas Special Is Coming
Paying Attention: Netflix changes the expectations, again, with a new Christmas special starring Bill Murray. One more reason to like the Holidays (and Bill Murray).
Season’s Greetings: A Bill Murray Christmas Special Is Coming
Paying Attention: Netflix changes the expectations, again, with a new Christmas special starring Bill Murray. One more reason to like the Holidays (and Bill Murray).
True Danger: The Rolling Stones In Transition
The Hunt For New Music: It’s hard to remember a time when The Rolling Stones were not on our playlists. They broke through in the mid 1960s, the anti-Beatles, slightly dangerous, a band against the man, the revolution with some blues-oriented chops, and then they really dug their heels into the culture: scandal, arrests, tax …
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The American Masters (PBS) Profile of Johnny Carson
Press Clippings: Simply terrific profile of the master of Late Night: Johnny Carson. This documentary is from the American Masters series from PBS and is an exceptional look at the very private man who was one of the most public figures in the history of modern media who, it is said without hyperbole, created late …
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The Big Burn
Paying Attention: The West has been burning…all through the summer and into the fall. It’s a combination of things: malicious people, capricious nature, an historical drought. Nature has its’ own way of setting the record straight and right now nature is mad. Presented today–for your enlightenment and education–is a terrific documentary on forrest fires. Watch this, …
The Weekend Concert Series: Jaime Cullum
The Hunt for New Music: We need new music. All the time. And for too long, we have not postyed a new Installment in the Weekend Concert Series. Enough. Here’s one to get things moving in the right direction: it’s the brilliant English musician, Jaime Cullum, featured Live at the Java Jazz Festival, Jakarta. He’s …
String Theory
Press Clippings. It’s U.S. Open time, we’re headed past the quarters and into the Semis and the level of play is rising with every shot. This is when major tennis gets very, very serious. There could not possibly be a better time to point you to one of very best pieces on Tennis (with a capital T), …
The Weekend Concert Series: Queen Live at Wembley Stadium
Editor’s note: A movie biopic of the rockband Queen and its’ legendary lead singer, Freddie Mercury, opens in theaters today. We have not seen the film yet, but we have seen–and featured, some three years ago–their astonishing concert at Wembley Stadium. You may not get a chance to see the film, but you certainly must …
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