‘Beyond here lies nothin’ Nothin’ but the moon and stars‘ – Dylan As AMC’s popular, long-running ‘Mad Men’ series draws to a close, it offers multiple parallels to David Chase’s ‘The Sopranos.’ Creator Matthew Weiner wrote for Chase, penning several later episodes that delved deeply into Tony Soprano’s subconscious mind. “I’m 46 years old,” Tony asks, deep […]
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Slap This
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
I’ve been watching an NBC show called “The Slap” of late. It’s an adaptation of an Australian TV series which is based upon a novel of the same name. I make no apologies for watching the show, despite its absolutely sucking. This is just the way it is, sometimes. The series revolves around an incident at […]
It’s Not You, It’s Me
Saturday, February 7, 2015
(Spoiler alerts, blah blah blah ..) I watched the Spike Jonze flick “Her” the other night. Jonze, who was born Adam Spiegel and attended the San Francisco Art Institute, wrote and directed the film. It stars Joaquin Phoenix as Theodore Twombly, a man who becomes emotionally involved with an intelligent, female-voiced computer operating system named […]
American Juno
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
And it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor – Bowie The Mother of All Snow Events was scheduled to hit New York Monday night, but by Tuesday morning it more resembled a brother in law who borrows your power drill then loses the bit. Ever since 2005 and W’s less than spectacular response […]
Disjointedly Effective
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
It’s 4 a.m., three days into the new year, and I’ve packed my bags to catch the Super Shuttle to SFO, having opted for the “three Irish coffees and no sleep” approach to an early getaway. The shuttle’s late, the moon looms full and high, and I sit curbside waiting and listening to the din emanating from […]
Bob, Briefly
Monday, December 1, 2014
Saw Bob Dylan at the Beacon on Saturday night. I’ve written about him here before, several times. This probably should have been a Bob Dylan blog — exclusively — from the start. Could have avoided a lot of pretentious rambling in favor of more select pretentious rambling. Like Allen Ginsberg in the Dylan doc “Long Way […]
Madbum, Telecat and Me
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Well, I called it in July .. sort of. “The Dodgers,” I wrote, “concluded a convincing three game road sweep of the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park last night, and, much like the Giants’ early season 9 1/2 game lead, it doesn’t mean much.” I wasn’t being hopeful so much as I was reflecting […]
Octoberfest
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Baseball, according to those who favor the game, is the sport most like life. This is one of those platitudes that typically goes unchallenged, provided you’re in a room filled with other baseball nuts. Some lives are undoubtedly more like an early-October 49er’s game, complete with being assaulted by a neanderthal fan in a Frank Gore jersey while you wait […]
Scotland The Sovereign
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Back in 2008 while vacationing in Perth, Scotland, I attended a town hall dance with my buddy Denis Munro. Denis, an ex city planner, is Perth born and bred — you’d be hard pressed to find a more patriotic Scot. He’s an affable figure who can’t walk a block down the High Street without someone stopping him to […]
In Praise of Thomas Earl
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are an easily underestimated band. At 63 with a head of enhanced long blonde hair, Petty speaks in a southern drawl reminiscent of a teenaged gas station attendant mid bong-hit. He’s been relevant long enough for his concert crowds to resemble an Ikea gathering on a Sunday afternoon; ages range […]