What you figure out very quickly in the film, The Hospital, is that American healthcare is a fucked up mess. And this was almost 50 years ago! Sadly, while medical technology has made incredible leaps, the cost and availability for millions of Americans, is out of reach. I blame for-profit medical corporations and insurance companies … More The Hospital (1971): Return Check-In
In 1970, Dave Mason released his first solo album, the revered Alone Together, after the first version of Traffic crashed. Mason moved to America where a lot of roots music originated. He settled in Southern California, hanging out with Stephen Stills, Eric Clapton, Cass Elliott and others where a new sound was developing. This led … More Dave Mason: Alone Together, Again
This was a change of direction for Yes, and the last great album by the classic group lineup. Rick Wakeman had returned to the band after being gone for a couple of years. Going for the One is not a rock album, it is more of a New Age collection of esoteric and ethereal compositions. … More Going for the One (1977)
James Garner was the king of silly, suggestive films of the mid 1960s. In the first half of the decade, Garner had starred in the comedies Boys Night Out, The Thrill of It All, The Texas Wheeler Dealers, Move Over Darling and The Americanization of Emily. He could be a debonair and a cad at … More The Art of Love (1965)
Have Gun, Will Travel was one of the most original and successful television Westerns. Richard Boone was tall, athletic, confident and was believably sophisticated. He dressed as a dark knight, but he was more often to quote Shakespeare and outwit an opponent as draw his gun. Boone returned to series television in 1972 in a … More Richard Boone as Hec Ramsey
Westerns started making a comeback in the 1990s. The Quick and the Dead is one of my favorite Westerns. It has a bit of everything. Ordinarily, I’m not a big Sharon Stone fan. Here, she’s tough and she’s vulnerable, often at the same time. In my opinion, it’s her best role, which allows her to … More The Quick and the Dead (1995)
That name sounds familiar, right? If you were around during the 1960s or early 1970s, you knew of her television and film appearances, and her recordings. You might also remember here from the trial of causing the death of her boyfriend. Since, she’s lived out of the spotlight. Let’s look at her career, because she … More Claudine Longet
A broken-down cargo plane crashes in the Sahara Desert from a sand storm. Without a working radio, and limited supplies of food and water, a group of men are faced with certain death as they are stranded in the desert. Water for 10 days. The storm pushed them off course. Someone has to take charge, … More Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
There is no such thing. Any question prefaced with those words is not quick; an important question that cannot wait. Anyone saying this wants to shoehorn a question into what you are doing. A quick question can be answered by yes or no. Rarely, does some preface an easy question with a qualifier. They just … More A Quick Question
Peggy Lee was one of the most successful pop singers in a career that spanned six decades. In 1969, she had one of her biggest hits, “Is That All There Is”, a nostalgic song that reached number eleven on the chart. Not bad for a woman pushing 50, in an age where rock and roll … More Miss Peggy Lee
