Don’t Drink The Water ~ A troubadour of the first order.

An Acoustic Evening With Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds At The MGM Grand

Matthews is a hell of a showman. I have a number of live versions of this song done fully-kitted out with a full complement of musicians. He and his band let it all hang out on stage and, as they say, the crowd goes wild. Which makes the essential power […]

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Blade Runner ~ do androids weep electric tears?

Roy Batty ~ Time to Die

Blade Runner is among my favourite films. In a veritable symphony of cinematic elements — cinematography, script, production design, soundtrack, direction, acting — it doesn’t miss a note. The film touches on all the major themes of the human condition: love, death, good and evil, redemption, justice, ethics, greed, passion. […]

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To Kill a Mockingbird: the courage of Atticus Finch

Too Kill a Mockingbird ~ The Verdict is Read

It’s the 50th anniversary of the publishing of Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, and I’ve got the film paused, just after the scene in which the verdict is handed down. Guilty. Both the film and the book resonate very deeply with me, in all the themes they touch […]

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