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Pre-dinner drinks at Bar Herbs (the popcorn almost ruined our dinner!). Pre-drinks shop at Red Eye Records. Go for the escargo! So delicious! Gina was invited to the re-opening of Ananas, a French brasserie at The Rocks which is in … Continue reading →
So, I rewatched I SOLITI IGNOTI/BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET, which I originally wrote about here. But didn’t have time to watch the second film in my planned double-feature, THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN, because we’re writing, recording and editing our voiceover at the same time as editing the piece itself — the new...
The story of Robert Johnson and his “deal with the devil” to obtain his legendary guitar skills still peaks people’s interest – from Keith Richards to Bob Dylan to the movie Sinners as the most recent example. So when a newly discovered recording of his “Cross Road Blues” surfaces, you need to give it a […]
Back in 2020 I posted about the etymology of pedant; now I offer a very interesting review by Clare Bucknell (NYRB, May 14, 2026; archived) of On Pedantry: A Cultural History of the Know-It-All by Arnoud S. Q. Visser. (You can see the book discussed at this Overthink YouTube video, hosted by Ellie Anderson and […]
"Like a lot of writers, I’m distractable. Scare quotes “Attention Deficit.” Nothing is harder sometimes than just sitting down and writing the thing I am so desperately excited to write—especially when the world gets chaotic and nasty outside. Music is a tool I use to block out the metaphorical and literal noise."
Do we as a society tend to abide by the phrase, “if you love something, let it go,” or are we more likely to dig our claws in and refuse to part ways? Author Martha Conway discusses in the Big Idea for her newest novel, We Meet Apart, just how impactful the absence of family members and […]
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