Ten Best Blog Posts of 2013
My blog posts are not at all like my children. I have some favorites and some are less than favorites. I would rather share the positive than the negative, so here then are my favorite posts of 2013, in no … Continued
Top 12 Classic Gospel Christmas Songs Selected by DJ and Writer Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich, writer, creator of The Black Gospel blog, host of “Gospel Memories” Radio Show on WLUW Chicago, and friend of A Life’s Work has graciously allowed me to poach a list of gospel Christmas songs he compiled for TBGB. Thanks, Bob. If … Continued
Top 10 Gospel Christmas Songs
I asked Robert Darden, author of Nothing but Love in God’s Water: Volume I, Black Sacred Music from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement and People Get Ready!: A New History of Black Gospel Music and founder of the Black Gospel Music Restoration … Continued
Here and There
Inspired by the last Ask the Filmmaker post, I started thinking about the things I do at residencies that I don’t do in my real life, and vice-a-versa. Here are some lists for your perusal, because who doesn’t like lists? … Continued
Bob Marovich’s Top Ten All Time Gospel Recordings
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, radio announcer, and journalist. Since 2001, he has hosted “Gospel Memories,” a weekly radio program featuring classic gospel on WLUW Chicago. He is currently at work on a book-length history of gospel music … Continued
NARRATIVE Films that Have Influenced My Documentary
[cross posted at extracriticum.com] Rolando Teco, fearless leader of the blog Extra Criticum, threw down a challenge. Here is his comment to my post “Five Films that Influenced My Film.” David. I’m surprised that your list consists entirely of docs. … Continued
Five Documentaries That Influenced A Life’s Work
Because I have lists on the brain, here’s another: films that have had a huge impact on me in general, and on A Life’s Work in particular. Grey Gardens The first time I saw the Maysles’ Grey Gardens it made … Continued