Over a year and a half ago, I was emailing back and forth with author J.B. Manas. He said he had a book called Dragon Island in the works and said that it had Jurassic Park vibes.
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‘Time Machine’ is a great reintroduction to Minchin’s smart music
It’s easy for the uninitiated to look at Tim Minchin’s Time Machine as an odd assortment of greatest hits. But it really is an emotional and artistically brave revisiting of older material.
Minchin’s announcement on his website about the album states, “All 11 songs were written in my 20s, now reimagined and finally properly studio-recorded for the first time. Some have been played on stages all over the world, and some have barely ever been heard; some are pretty silly and some are very chill; but all are tunes that I think have stood the test of time… ish.”
Declassify >In ‘This Wheel’s on Fire,’ Helm adds needed voice to The Band’s end
I’ve prided myself on separating the artist and their art. On a whole, it generally makes things easier to enjoy.
The art is the art, and any baggage that may come with the artist can be left at the door.
There is an exception that changes the perception of the artist and can change the art, which is based on digging deeper into the artist.
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The Beauty of the Bay is captured in Michener’s Chesapeake
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the natural beauty of Maryland’s Eastern Shore. James Michener’s novel Chesapeake will paint the Eastern Shore in factual beauty with fictional tales from more than five families covering almost four centuries along the shores of the Choptank River feeding into the Chesapeake Bay.
Declassify >A Good Documentary is more than Rare or Recovered Footage
Beatles ‘64 is a solid documentary. Like many documentaries before it, it frames itself with more stories than just its subject matter.
However, what occurred to me during my viewing was just how rare the footage was, which led to thoughts about how common footage is today.
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