August 2009
Remembering ‘Raging Bull’ →
The first time I saw “Raging Bull” was in 1980, the second day the film was in theater after release. I was an acting student at the time, heading to the theater with my friend Kevin McDonald, who went on to fame as one of the “Kids in the Hall” stars and film roles in “Galaxy Quest,” denim guy on “Seinfeld” and loads of voice work.
Like me, Kevin was a film junkie, and we both had been looking...
Cass McCombs - Dreams Come True Girl
July 2009
The Walkmen - Good for You’s Good for Me
“I went back to the front of the house and down the sidewalk. I stopped for a...”
– The ending of “Want to See Something?” by Raymond Carver
“Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey.”
– U.S. Navy survival guidance
“That place is crowded with crackheads and debutantes, and most of those play for...”
– hank hill, on dallas
“This was the last time I ever saw my mother alive. Just the same, this picture...”
– Excerpt from James Baldwin’s short story, Sonny’s Blues
Nick Cave - Breathless (Editor’s note: I...
SUZANNE BY LEONARD COHEN
