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Monthly Archives: November 2013
“Did you ever have that baby?”
Millie Kirkham reminisces about her first recording sessions with Elvis. “If I was gettin’ royalties, I’d be a rich old woman.”
“You don’t really MEET Elvis. You just … LOOK at Elvis.”
Whitney Houston on … LOOKING at Elvis when she was a kid. Wonderful. I love her description of his entrance and his outfit and the stunned reaction of everyone. Side note: I miss her. Damn you, Whitney …
Hope? Please Calm Down.
Here is the drawing my niece Lucy did for me for my birthday. Pictured here: Me (love my orange hair!), Lucy, and Hope (whom Lucy has met – sweet girl to remember and include something – or someone – that … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving
Much to be thankful for. My health, my family, my friends, my work, and my mind. Once you’ve lost it, it’s amazing to come back to it and find it still working. Very thankful for the growth of this past … Continue reading
Random and Silly
1. I had a very busy day yesterday, involving a chat with two other awesome critics about an upcoming re-release of an old Abel Ferrara exploitation movie, Ms. 45 (Drafthouse Films is re-releasing, heads up!) (said chat will be published … Continue reading
Photo Booth with the Memphis Flash
My friend Larry, a busy husband and father and actor, continues his side project, of photoshopping Elvis into my personal photos: this one created as an early birthday present for me. I’m dying laughing.
On This Day: November 25, 1783
George Washington “took back” New York from the British. The peace treaty had been signed a year before, France had pledged support and recognition of the new United States, but the redcoats remained in New York, waiting for their written … Continue reading
The Books: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, “The Critical Process,” by H.L. Mencken
Next up on the essays shelf: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, by H.L. Mencken The Chrestomathy has so much in it that the cliche “embarrassment of riches” applies. There’s a great cantankerous essay on zoos … Continue reading
Introduction to Classic Film
The Siren has an amazing post up about what films you should show to someone who has never seen a movie pre-1960, outside of, oh, Wizard of Oz or It’s a Wonderful Life. How do you introduce someone (students, let’s … Continue reading
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Anniversaries
Memphis at dawn, December 2012 This time of year is full of anniversaries, which can be good (theoretically? I guess.) but actually fills me with anticipatory dread, a sentiment I know is not unusual. “Looking back” is not good for … Continue reading
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