Celebrating Robert Shaw: Quint, Killer Scene and…Killer Beer
Sean MurphyI don't have much to add to that picture, above. Except that I saw it, at a bar at Martha's Vineyard (quite appropriate, since as most folks know, Amity Island,…
The Terror Card, Torture and You or, The Evil of Banality
"A perfect storm of ignorance and enthusiasm." That quote, attributed to a former CIA official who courageously remains anonymous, seems about as perfectly succinct a crystallization I've yet read regarding…
Song of the Day: Exhuming McCarthy
On June 9, 1954, Army counsel Joseph N. Welch confronted Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy during the Senate-Army Hearings over McCarthy's attack on a member of Welch's law firm, Frederick G.…
Hot Fun in the Summertime, circa 1984
The clothesline heard 'round the world Twenty-five years ago. Long enough to officially make it a classic. But, of course, it was a classic even as it was being…
Observations From The Acela Express: 127 Newark to D.C.
When I first read John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley: In Search of America I was a freshman in high school and not yet old enough to drive. Still, I felt…
Whoopin’ the Blues
The sand people always ride single file to hide their numbers... There is only one possible response to this picture:
Kwai Chang Caine, R.I.P.
While I could appreciate where Quentin Tarantino was coming from with Kill Bill and the ways he dutifully pays homage to old school pop culture icons, there were a couple…
Vieux Farka Touré: Fondo
Word to the wise: get on board the Vieux Farka Touré bandwagon now. Not so you can be hip or prepared to drop his name at a cocktail party (for…
Stevie Wonder + Sesame Street = The ’70s
Okay. It's cool enough that the great Stevie Wonder appeared on Sesame Street. That he played "Superstition" is beyond cool. That he--and his full band--played an extended, scorching version of…