Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble

I was so happy to see Jason Statham back in a big budget action movie. The beekeeper is right out of the John Wick mold, but with a better story, at least a better story than the third and fourth installments of the John Wick series. Jeremy Irons plays the inimitable, aristocratic monster as only he can. Great cinematography great editing, and clearly room for a second installment.

A quick visit to Knickerbocker, and happy to discover that the frogs are back full force. I didn’t expect them because the pond is a little low still. There’s clearly enough for the frogs and their eggs and the pollywogs though.

"1971—The Year That Music Changed Everything on Apple TV" is an amazing eight-part documentary series on Apple TV, chronicling the end, or the collapse, if you will, of the Sixties and the birth of the Seventies. Culture, politics, and the music of Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Sly Stone, The Rolliing Stones, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, John Lennon, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Alice Cooper, Tina Turner, the list goes on. Beautifully written and edited. Lots of footage I've never see before. Highly recommended

After two episodes of the new season of True Detective, I am underwhelmed at best. I'm going to give in one more episode. I wanted it to be great again (to coin a phrase)!

Compendium and apothecary. http://mycobiotas.com

A touching end, so to speak, for Paddy's quest to relive an episode from his teenage years in Ireland.

As David Bowie sang in "We Are The Dead," something kind of hit me today.

An Irishman wrote to HoneyBun for advice. Part one contains his first letter and HoneyBun's response. Part two will feature his follow-up letter.

There is a movement afoot to remove Trump's star from the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It occurred to me that it could be used to fund much needed social services. Also: Trump sells $2.4M in cryptocurrency, the act of a "billionaire" who is dead broke and has no liquidity. #trump #urinal #hollywood #dumpingcrypto

Her old website seems to have been replaced by a memorial page. http://jillianann.com. You can see her fashion designs at https://www.ritual.fashion/. Listen to her music at https://jillianann.bandcamp.com/.

Trying to get to a church service on Christmas Eve, I was thwarted like Bukowski in his SRO hotel room, broke and doomed.

Wendell Berry’s poem following that day sixty years ago.  Photo: X Marks The Spot (Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas) by Marty Yawnick

Onward.

Bill Hicks said it better here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaD8y-CGhMw

Photo by Baron Wolman, ca. 1969.