Thursday, November 1, 2012
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The Wolf and the Man
I Watched "The Wolfman" last night. Not as good as the very under appreciated 1941 "The Wolf Man". The wolf man was my fav monster as a boy. Boys sitting way too close to their TV sets gave the old '40's Universal monster movies their 2nd audience. The Universal Monsters became a huge fad. Model cars were replaced with little monster statuettes.
I re-watched "The Wolf man" a few yrs ago and thought it much more than the B movie it has always been thought to be.
I liked the Wolf Man as a boy because he suffered. Not wanting to, but compelled to become this monster by a force greater than himself, impossible to control. Then remorseful when he again became the man he thought himself to be. The cycle repeating itself with only death to stop the suffering. Sound familiar my bros & sisters in the rooms?
2012.10.31
I find myself once again drawn to poor Lawrnce Talbot, my favorite Universal monster from my childhood. He is on TCM on this Halloween night.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him. - Leo Tolstoy
Friday, March 5, 2010
C-Span recently aired the Tribute to Howard Zinn that took place on Febuary 15th.
Friends of Howard Zinn gathered at Busboys and Poets in Washington, DC to pay tribute to the historian and political activist who died on January 27, 2010. The speakers included Ralph Nader, Marian Wright Edelman, Amy Goodman, Dave Zirin, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Phyllis Bennis, Geoffrey Millard, Richard Rubenstein, and Busboys and Poets' owner Andy Shallal. The program also included music by Bernice Johnson Reagon and Emma's Revolution, readings from Howard Zinn's books
Watch it here
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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