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Saturday, May 3, 2025

1965-66: Bob Dylan and the Birth of Rock Sans Roll

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A sort of linguistic conceit that I started to notice in my youth was a frequent and liberal use of the term "golden age," which w...
Thursday, June 11, 2020

Return of the Prodigal Band: Beggars Banquet

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  Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing,...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Pax Pacifica: Donovan’s Reef

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This post is part of the John Ford Blogathon , hosted by Krell Laboratories   and Bemused and Nonplussed . Oh, and there ...
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Sunday, August 4, 2013

That You May See the Meaning of Within: Deconstructing Revolver

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At the end of “Lady Lazarus,” an episode from the fifth season of the superb cable TV period drama Mad Men , set in the 1960...
Saturday, November 10, 2012

Looking for the Veedon Fleece

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If anyone has earned the right to belt out the Sinatra anthem “My Way,” it’s Van Morrison, though to my knowledge  Van  has n...
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Monday, September 24, 2012

Peckinpah is in the Details: Junior Bonner

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Robert Preston and Steve McQueen as  father  and  son  in director  Sam Peckinpah's  Junior Bonner . America, ...
Sunday, July 22, 2012

It’s a Family Affair: There’s a Riot Goin’ On

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When I was growing up, in the pre-Internet/Wii/Netflix/iP hone /satellite radio era, the main source of entertainment for a small town...