Thursday miscellanea #474

Lea and I had an out-of-the-blue conversation about Aretha Franklin not two weeks ago. “Freeway of Love” came on and I noted how unlikely it seemed for her to have such a big hit in the middle of the ’80s, but that the song worked all the way around—definitely hers, but also definitely part of … Read more

Thursday miscellanea #473

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? will be available on DVD early next month (and available to stream week after next). I had hoped for a short home-market incubation period, and it looks like that’s what we’ll get. Huntsville Restaurant Week begins in earnest tomorrow. Get out there and experience it! I am! They made all … Read more

Thursday miscellanea #472

I doubt I’ll feel any need to add my extended editorial voice to the Urban Meyer noise. For now this piece sounds right. If he knew, he should be fired. I might be watching The Mist now. I’m not sure. I loved the novella. I thought the feature film was serviceable up until they radically … Read more

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