Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog

Must digress from this blog's February 2011 obsession with classic cartoons, hard-boiled film noir (as if anybody ever made a soft-boile...

Today's posting recalls a line from The Last Hurrah , the Spencer Tracy vehicle directed by John Ford: "how do you thank a guy fo...

(Note: there are general, if not specific, spoilers in this post, if you have not seen all the films referenced) Today is the last day of th...

Since I started doing this blog, I've set aside a day a month as Burt Bacharach Day. Why? Because I like his harmonies, melodies, piano ...

Big time congrats to the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum , one of the few places on the planet that screens amazing vintage silent-era movi...

"Even in the best film noir, isn't there always a moment when you ask yourself "what the hell is going on?" Trish, author...

The Self-Styled Siren and Ferdy On Films co-host the Film Preservation Blogathon, A.K.A. For The Love Of Film (Noir) Blogathon, which star...

In my (not humble) opinion, Valentine's Day, even though I wrote a rambling, unwieldy posting about it three years ago, is, without a d...

Your correspondent, post-oyster consumption And now for something completely different - a rare moment with the writer of "Way Too Damn...

Songstress Mary Cleere Haran (1952-2011) Still getting over frequent losses from the world of music - numerous jazz artists, rock guitar gu...

A friend of a friend of this blog is in dire economic straits and facing imminent eviction. Here's the direct link to the fundraiser th...

It's a tough time to be a San Francisco Bay Area resident lacking mass quantities of both free time and discretionary income, augmented...

The Psychotronic Paul Question Of The Day is "how many times did standup philosopher-actor-writer-producer Richard Pryor and the long ...

"The fact that you don't like it or get it - That's fine. The fact that you have to try and make everybody else feel bad for ...