Tokyo
Filthy drawers
An unpleasant topic today, but one not uncommon among men and women of a certain age. I’ll admit it; my drawers are filthy; and I mean beyond a place to hold my junk. To tell the truth, they are filled with crap. Surely I am not alone in promising time and again to clean it…
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
dvr this Turner Classic Movies, Saturday, March 29, 3:45 a.m. The original Godzilla movie was recut and dubbed for American audiences, and it is wonderfully creaky, silly fun, with weak, even for the era, special effects, poor lip-synch, and spliced-in scenes of Raymond Burr as an American reporter to make the movie more palatable to…
‘Queerography’
Sara Way or Sway as she is known is a queer femme photographer whose work explores sexuality, gender and desire across cultural and international boundaries. I have written about Sway before, in the context of a group show. Now, however she is showing solo, touring the West Coast with a fab sounding book of new…
Movie theater options
Remember the old Saturday matinee at the neighborhood movie house, where we and our schoolmates viewed the latest news, cartoons, previews, serial and double features, plus popcorn, a drink and candy for 50 cents? Today, after you buy your surprisingly reasonable matinee or senior ticket and arrive at the refreshment counter, your mouth will drop…
Forty years together. Can it be true?
As with all seniors, a key word or topic will stimulate me to remember with perfect clarity past events of all emotional hues and importance; but then, when I add in the time frame, I’m amazed to realize they occurred 30, 40 even 50 years ago. A shocking (to me) example occurs with the appearance…