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Avenging Images: Steve Schapiro’s Taxi Driver
Of all the brilliant gems of 1970′s America’s New Hollywood Cinema, Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver may be the grimiest and goriest. Beyond Paul Schrader’s loneliness-crazed script or Scorsese’s street-level shooting, it’s Robert DeNiro’s portrait of the mohawked, gun-wielding avenger Travis Bickle that continues to make this film crackle with energy and danger decades later. Steve [...]
Little Big Prince
In France, the publishing world is falling over itself to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s modern book of parables, Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince). In the book, the title character relates the story of his cosmic adventures to a downed pilot on Earth. Since its writing in 1943, the book has [...]
William S. Burroughs’ Words of Advice
With the launch of the new blog design, I wanted to add a fresh new Burroughs post. WSB haunts the entirety of counter-cultural curation like the eminence gris he was often portrayed as, but, it’s important to note that Burroughs rarely portrayed himself this way. Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road is [...]
Happy Birthday, Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin was an American born to Hispanic/Cuban parents in France on February 21, 1903. Although we associate the author with Paris, she spent most of her life living in the U.S. A writer of essays, short stories and novels, Nin’s literary triumph was the publication of her diaries which chronicled more than six decades [...]
Bon Voyage, Bradbury
I’d say that I was sad that Ray Bradbury was dead, but that wouldn’t be true. Obviously one of America’s great writers, if Bradbury had only written The Martian Chronicles he’d be golden in my eyes. We always feel a sense of loss when one of our giants crumbles, but I don’t think Bradbury would’ve [...]
Burroughs Reads Junky
Hola, amigos Junky is William S. Burroughs’ first book and also his most readable. While many readers may have already cracked the cover on this dusky treasure, I recently found a fine gem that washed up on the cyber shores of this here late night lookout. This YouTube offering is an abridged audibook version of [...]
Coincidence Control Network, Episode the 13th
If you haven’t been listening to Computer Control Network, you’ve got some catching up to do. Coincidence Control Network (CCN) features Joseph Matheny, Kim Monaghan, Ken Eakins and your’s truly in a weekly round-table chat about the current state of the counterculture. Our 13th episode just hit the podsphere. This time around we discuss: Sasquatch [...]
Lance Henriksen's Role of a Lifetime
Hey y’all. I read a lot of great books last year, but one of the best was a new biography of cult actor Lance Henriksen. Published by a new Nashville book concern, Not Bad for a Human is a necessary read for Henriksen fans and anyone else who is interested in a fascinating look at [...]
