Michael's Musings

January 18, 2011

Yesterday morning, I did a nice radio interview with my friend, Jimmy Hill, of KBHT in East Texas, and on this coming Friday (21), I'm scheduled to do a lunch interview with a reporter from the Austin American-Statesman, so that should be fun.

Busy, busy, busy...which is how I like to be.

I think I'm zeroing in an what I want to write next.  It's not definite yet, but it looks like it will be a novel in the "gangster" genre.  I shall keep you informed.

As those of you who know me are aware, gangster movies and Westerns are my favorite genres.  In fact, I wonder if, in a past life, I was a gangster of some sort.

Maybe I was John Dillinger.

Certainly I've written about him enough times.

On the other hand, when I visited Chicago a few months back and stood on the spot in the alley near the Biograph Theater where he was shot,  I did not feel that I'd been there before.

Still, as some historians have suggested, perhaps that wasn't Dillinger who was shot outside of the Biograph. 

In that case, I wouldn't have had any feeling of deja vu, would I?

'Tis a puzzlement.

You have a creative day.

Michael

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January 17, 2011

I've got three new reviews posted on the Best Bets on DVD site, accessible via the link on the Introduction section of this page.

1. TAKERS, a very entertaining cops-&-robbers movie with Matt Dillon and Paul Walker.

2. LET ME IN, possibly the best horror movie to come out in years.  It may deal with vampires, but it is also a very haunting love story.

3. BASIL DEARDEN'S UNDERGROUND LONDON, a new set from The Criterion Collection that contains four movies by the British director from the early 1960s.  They are: SAPPHIRE, VICTIM, THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN and ALL NIGHT LONG.

I really enjoyed all of these films, so take a look, have a creative day, and I'll be back tomorrow.

Michael

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January 14, 2011

Here's something that I was sent:

Morty visits Dr. Saul, the veterinarian, and says, "My dog has a  problem."

Dr. Saul says, "So, tell me about the dog and the problem."

"It's a Jewish dog.  His name is Seth and he can talk," says  Morty.

"He can talk?" the doubting doctor asks.

"Watch this!" Morty points to the dog and commands: "Seth, Fetch!"

Seth the dog, begins to walk toward the door, then turns around and says, "So why are you talking to me like that?  You always order me around like I'm nothing.  And you only call me when you want something.  And then you make me sleep on the floor, with my arthritis.  You give me this fahkahkta food with all the salt and fat, and you tell me it's a special diet.  It tastes like dreck!  YOU should eat it yourself!  And do you ever take me for a decent walk?  NO, it's out of the house, a short pish, and right back home.  Maybe if I could stretch out a little, the sciatica wouldn't kill me so much!  I should roll over and play dead for real for all you care!"

Dr. Saul is amazed, "This is remarkable!  So, what's the problem?"

Morty says, "He has a hearing problem!  I said 'Fetch,' not  'Kvetch'."

You have a creative weekend and I'll be back on Monday.

Michael

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