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Chris Whitley: Dirt Floor

by James Calemine | Mar 18, 2016 | Music, Music Review, Storytelling

By James Calemine Chris Whitley’s release Dirt Floor counts as his fourth studio album. Besides his debut disc–Living...

The Border

by James Calemine | Feb 19, 2016 | Film, Music, Photography, Storytelling

Between Smith’s spendthrift wife (Perrine) and his corrupt partner (Keitel), Smith finds himself a conflicted player in a fatal game. When Smith decides to fly straight…the trouble intensifies. Nicholson’s heart-rending performance in The Border ranks as one of his most underrated.

Thelonious Monk: Underground

by James Calemine | Nov 28, 2015 | History, Music, Music Review, Storytelling

Originally released in 1968, Thelonious Monk’s Underground was his first album since the mid-fifties to contain as...

Dave McGrew’s Fruit Tramp Ballads of the Great Northwest

by James Calemine | Nov 8, 2015 | Farming, Music, Music Review, Storytelling

Dave McGrew’s Fruit Tramp Ballads of the Great Northwest preserves a testimony to those hard working folks who may...

Johnnie Taylor Live at the Summit Club

by James Calemine | Nov 3, 2015 | Music, Music Review, Storytelling

R & B great Johnnie Taylor recorded on the classic Stax/Volt label. Born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas, in 1938,...

Florida Frenzy by Harry Crews

by James Calemine | Sep 24, 2015 | Books, Literature, Storytelling

Florida Frenzy culls 13 essays and articles along with 3 short stories into one of the finest collections written by...

Don Nix: Road Stories And Recipes

by James Calemine | Sep 10, 2015 | Books, Food, Music, Storytelling

"After Chicago we played Miami again, and some one-nighters in northern Florida and Georgia, with a two-night stand at...

Neil Young’s Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life & Cars

by James Calemine | Feb 1, 2015 | Art, Books, Cars, Film, Music, Music Review, Storytelling

“The Queen rolled through my life as I recorded albums and played tours. She was there with me when we opened the Roxy in LA with our premiere performance of Tonight’s the Night. She took me between the ranch and my home in Malibu as I flew back and forth on my beloved Pacific Coast Highway, avoiding constricted and impersonal air travel. The Black Queen, one of my all-time favorites, will always be with me, after being such an integral pasrt of my life and writing in the 1970s.”