Thank you, Kenneth Branagh, for making this movie!  

Or, click the blog post title to go to the trailer.

Link to the U2 song, "Your Song Saved My Life."

Or click the blog post title to go to the video.

If you're in Glendale, AZ, on Sat., Jan. 29th, stop by and see me at the Arizona Songwriter's Association's annual gathering at the Glendale Public Library. I'll sing a couple of the songs I've written. 

And if you're in Tucson, drop by the Tucson Festival of Books on the U of A mall on Saturday, March 12, 10 to noon. I'll be in the Indie Author Pavilion. It's always fun. 

Hope to see you then!

I will be playing jazz improv on the keyboard tomorrow night (Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021) at TumbleBeans from six to eight pm. 

Drop by if you're in the neighborhood.

https://www.tumblebeans.co

If this were an episode of Friends, it would be called "The One with All the Naked Men."

Seriously.

The Public by Emilio Estevez. 

I am so glad that someone who reads my newsletter recommended watching The Way with Emilio Estevez and Martin Sheen. 

It was difficult for me to watch this the first time through. I kept having to stop the film and give myself some space. The second time watching seems to be going faster. I suspect it was written before cell phones became ubiquitous. Perhaps the dialogue was adjusted to account for the technological advance. In my youth, I wouldn't know where family and friends were when they were…

I'm taking some time off of teaching--avoiding being caught in the crossfire over masks and critical race theory.

So for now, I will be concentrating on writing background music for film and tv. 

Once I get my review back from Writer's Digest for Improvising to Beat the Band, I'll start work on the audiobook.

Anything interesting going on? Let me know.

Best!  :)

I can totally see Johnny Depp in this video. If anyone knows anyone who knows him, tell him I said so!  :)

Here's the link to the band's YouTube channel.

Best I can tell, the Blackwell Ghost is a mockumentary, but only the director actually knows for sure if the ghost's part is for real or staged. It would serve him right to have staged a bunch of special effects, then have an actual ghost show up and bang on the walls or move the furniture around. Viewers keep wondering if it's fake or real. Why can't it be both?

I love the movie Arkansas.

My favorite line is when she (unknown name) explains why she isn't going to kill herself (it's a sin), so she's waiting on the Lord to strike her dead!