Slasher Films and I I had seen films that influenced me in the theater as a pre-teen, and I’ve even written about one of those experience before (seeing Vanish Point), but in 1978 I was 17 and a perfect storm … Continued
We have a winner! Congratulations to M.E. Hope. The contest is officially over. Here’s a clip Robert Darden of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project. He mentions some recording artists. [youtube]http://youtu.be/VxtEO1JGWoQ[/youtube] The first person to leave a comment on the … Continued
Here at Ucross they provide bikes for the residents. Early on I adopted a bike I dubbed Black Beauty. But the Black Beauty had a broken seat, so I traded it in for another bike, Black Beauty II. But BBII’s … Continued
Congratulations to Jess Roth, who won the latest giveaway — Every Night the Trees Disappear: Werner Herzog and the Making of “Heart of Glass” by Alan Greenberg. (You can read my review of the book on the Filmmaker Magazine blog.) … Continued
John Yearley! John is a subscriber to the blog and his name and those of the other subscribers were printed on a piece of paper, tossed in a hat, and drawn from said hat by my assistant. John will receive … Continued
We have a winner! Congrats to Steph, who correctly answered with Mahalia Jackson and Frank Lloyd Wright. I hope you enjoy the book, Steph. Thanks to the fine folks at Gotham Books, I‘m offering offered a paperback copy of The … Continued
Laura Bittman Ward submitted this e-mail written by her father. Laura explains: My dad sends out an email every Thursday to a group of his old high school friends who he reconnected with at their 50th reunion a few years … Continued
That’s me behind the camera at Arcosanti, shooting … the windshield of the rental car? Yes, I’m shooting the transformation of sunray, the win-free-art-created-by-me prize in this summer’s contest. You have until tomorrow night to enter the contest. Click here … Continued
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. Chinese Proverb I’ve received some good essays for the contest (all to my e-mail account, are you really that shy?), but I’m greedy … Continued
The pine tree seems to listen, the fir tree to wait: and both without impatience — they give no thought to the little people beneath them devoured by their impatience and their curiosity. Friedrich Nietzsche This quote seems especially fitting … Continued