Posted: March 25th, 2008 | Filed under: Ruminations, Sports | No Comments »
Some Louisville Cardinal fans won’t give it up.
Rick Pitino was once Big Blue. And once a Cat always a Cat is a mantra for many.
So, in some red & black households, the U of L’s coach remains unloved, his coaching prowess in question. Especially when he’s compared with his beloved predecessor Denny Crum. The Rick’s strategic bench art — or lack thereof, according to this segment of Cardinaldom — remains a sore point. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 9th, 2008 | Filed under: Cinema, Culture, Ruminations | No Comments »
I thought I read the words of my title — The Best Film You’ve Never Seen — in a review somewhere of Romance & Cigarettes.
But, after watching this incredible and incredibly unique masterpiece on DVD which the Film Babe got from NetFlix, I went back and read the reviews where I thought I’d viewed the line. Ebert perhaps. Stephen Holden in the New York Times. Salon maybe.
But no. They weren’t there. Though those salient film observers all agreed with each other. And me. That this film never got a serious studio release, that you’ve probably never heard of it, is a major travesty. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 6th, 2008 | Filed under: Culture, Music, Ruminations | 1 Comment »
The song blasted from the box in my car like a welcome punch to the solar plexus. God bless those New Albany High School deejays for continually foisting such chestnuts on us. A gem a day keeps the doc away. I couldn’t stop smiling during the entire seven-and-a-half minutes.
At the bombastic faux seriosity.
At the simplistic yet soaring riffs from the Hammond B-3. It’s rock’s greatest instrument, you know?
At the sitaresque guitar licks, Bronx Italoharmonies and Carmine Appice’s thunderdrumming.
At the stolen moments from The Supremes, Berry Gordy’s signature Motown girl group.
At the band’s telling yet effective moniker, Vanilla Fudge.
“You Keep Me Hanging On.” Indeed. Read the rest of this entry »
