Cormac McCarthy’s book, The Sunset Limited, stands as a novel in dramatic form with only two characters--a “Black” man and a “White” man. This “play” takes place in a junkie-infested ghetto in New York City. "Black" rescued “White” from throwing himself in front of a...
This Grammy-winning collection contains music that’s never be heard until the relase of the Art of Field Recording Volume 1. Dust To Digital releases obscure recordings transferred from 78s to digital such as previous releases Goodbye, Babylon, Fonotone Records and...
“There may be flies on you and me, but there are no flies on Jesus.” -Hunter S. Thompson Wayne Ewing filmed a documentary about his Colorado neighbor Hunter S. Thompson called Breakfast With Hunter. This gem exists for the serious HST fan. A newcomer might not...
The great actor Harry Dean Stanton died a year ago this month. I just listened to the Paris, Texas, soundtrack (my interview with Memphis musician Jim Dickinson covers this film in Insured Beyond The Grave), and I thought of Harry. Born July 14, 1926, in West Irvine,...
...Just a few words on Warren Oates today… Born on July 5, 1928, in Depoy, Kentucky, Warren Oates represented an actor’s actor. The heavies respected him. The filmmaker Sam Peckinpah utilized Oates in classic films such as Ride The High Country, The Wild Bunch, Bring...
“I just kind of play myself to tell you the truth.” --Billy Bob Thornton Today’s dispatch revolves around Billy Bob Thornton. This morning I just re-listened to his band The Boxmasters’ great album In Stereo! The emotive music evokes panoramic images...
“Necessity is the mother of several other things besides invention.” --Flannery O’Connor Flannery O’Connor ranks as one of America’s greatest writers. Born on March 25, 1925, in Savannah, Georgia, O’Connor’s stories remain vital today as in 1964 when she died of...
"Hey, Mr. Spaceman Won't you please take me along for a ride." --Roger McGuinn We all enjoy a good UFO story. Reading my friend Don Rhodes' book--Mysteries and Legends: Georgia True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained--I decided my favorite article in this...
Today's dispatch revolves around writer Stanley Booth. I met Booth in 1986. He counts as a subject in my book--Insured Beyond The Grave. He grew up in the Okefenokee Swamp. Booth once wrote this about the Okefenokee: "I loved the swamp country. At times I was afraid,...
"In a sea of steel I see a golden glow Screaming the message Anyone could know Cause the chrome do rust And the rust do shine Broken could be golden In its very own time." --Chris Whitley "Scrapyard Lullaby" I first met Wilby Coleman at the release party for my first...