This Is Your Life — Phenix City, Alabama
A terrific and very rare clip of Hugh Bentley — reformist of Phenix City, Alabama — on This Is Your Life. This clip includes vintage commercials and interviews with many familiar faces in the Wicked City. Highly recommended viewing. — Ace
Howlin’ Wolf Disses Son House
I ran across this clip while watching a documentary on the late, great blues master. It seems that Howlin’ Wolf wasn’t a big fan of Son House’s drinking. As most of you know, Son House was the king, the innovator who all the younger guys — Wolf being one of those — respected. But according […]
The Poetry of Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee was about a lot more than just whipping ass. This is from the book Bruce Lee: Artist of Life compiled by his widow, Linda.“Night Rain”Sadness broodsover the worldI fear to walk in my garden,lest I seea pair of butterfliesdisporting in the sunamong the flowers.For more, check out the entire story.
Return to Tampa/St. Pete
It’s been about fifteen years since I first attended the St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading. I was a rookie reporter then, just a lowly correspondent and occasional book reviewer for the newspaper. One of the perks was getting invited to the Festival parties and meeting some of my favorite writers at the time — […]
Classic Actors on Vinyl
During a weekend trip to my local bookshop I spotted a small coffee table book called Celebrity Vinyl written by Tom Hamling. The book is a showcase for the author’s novelty record collection featuring albums recorded by actors and other celebrities. The book is fun to flip through but Hamling’s a tough critic and seems to enjoy […]
An Online Shrine to Literary Spies
There are all manner of spy cinema websites scattered about the Internet, but only one that is devoted exclusively to the source material for the many espionage films that have taken up permanent residence in our collective consciousness. Most filmgoers rarely give thought to the literary antecedents of their favorite silver screen spy, yet there […]
John Huston and the Making of "The Maltese Falcon"
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Double Indemnity
I just read that Playmate Holly Madison has had her breasts insured for a million bucks with Lloyd’s of London. I could think of no better occasion to trot out an old photo with Holly from a book signing in L.A. . . . . umm, or a press-related Playboy event I attended with my […]