Cormac McCarthy’s book, The Sunset Limited, stands as a novel in dramatic form with only two characters--a “Black” man...
Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited
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Dispatches
Art of Field Recording Volume 1: Dust-To-Digital
This Grammy-winning collection contains music that’s never be heard until the relase of the Art of Field Recording...
Breakfast With Hunter: A Film By Wayne Ewing
“There may be flies on you and me, but there are no flies on Jesus.” -Hunter S. Thompson Wayne Ewing filmed a...
A Gentleman of the Highest Order: Harry Dean Stanton
The great actor Harry Dean Stanton died a year ago this month. I just listened to the Paris, Texas, soundtrack (my...
The Workingman’s Actor: Warren Oates
...Just a few words on Warren Oates today… Born on July 5, 1928, in Depoy, Kentucky, Warren Oates represented an...
The Southern Comfort of Billy Bob Thornton in Goliath
“I just kind of play myself to tell you the truth.” --Billy Bob Thornton Today’s dispatch revolves...
John Huston’s Wise Blood
“Necessity is the mother of several other things besides invention.” --Flannery O’Connor Flannery O’Connor ranks...
Jimmy Carter & The UFO
"Hey, Mr. Spaceman Won't you please take me along for a ride." --Roger McGuinn We all enjoy a good UFO story....
Stanley Booth Interview: Red Hot and Blue
Today's dispatch revolves around writer Stanley Booth. I met Booth in 1986. He counts as a subject in my book--Insured...
Dispatch #2 Irony: The Metal Sculpture of Wilby Coleman
"In a sea of steel I see a golden glow Screaming the message Anyone could know Cause the chrome do rust And the rust...
Mark Neill: Sheet Iron Roof Chronicles
It's a new era. This dispatch counts as my first in a long line of upcoming topics covering everything from...
Soul Survivor: Al Green Biography by Jimmy McDonough
Published in 2017, Soul Survivor: A Biography of Al Green pulls no punches. Writer Jimmy McDonough is known for his...