Archive for January 2006
Ramble On
I’ve visited Bethesda three times already this week. Sometimes I just jog by. Sometimes I pause and stretch or whatever. And sometimes I snap a photo or two. As I’ve said before, I’m not quite sure what attracts me to her. But I thought you might like to know a bit more about her. Designed…
Read MoreJesus & Mary
I’m back, and in a big way. What I mean is, I’m back to the old familiar haunts — Central Park, The Museum of Natural History, EJ’s Luncheonette — and it feels like home. I feel like myself again. Sweet Jiminy Cricket, that took a while. I suppose it didn’t look like much to you,…
Read MoreChallenging Documentaries And Discussions Keep Star-Studded Sundance Grounded
PARK CITY, Utah — The barrage of images beamed and blogged from the Sundance Film Festival of Lance Bass swagging it up with Lucy Liu might lead one to believe otherwise, but for every star-studded party and A-list premiere at the festival, there is a politically charged panel discussion and socially conscious documentary. Following the…
Read MoreGet Lost
The world looks pretty uniform from 36,000 feet at midnight: inky black, and punctuated by distant points of light. Not that I could really tell. I woke from my Xanax and Full Suspension Pale Ale slumber, wedged between two other fellas my size (practically spooning with the fella in 21A) somewhere over eastern Wyoming. I…
Read MoreNeil Young’s ‘Heart Of Gold’ Concert Doc Glitters At Sundance
PARK CITY — When rock icon Neil Young was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain aneurysm last spring, the grandfather of grunge and legendary singer/songwriter responded as only he could. In the weeks between the diagnosis and lifesaving surgery, he wrote and recorded Prairie Wind, a plaintive, cohesive song cycle of love, death, family and friends.…
Read MoreOne Of These Days
I’ve met a hero or two, but never an icon. Today I interviewed two of each. Our call time was 11:50 at The Spur, an old saloon at 350 Main Street. Joah and I showed up at 11:15. The saloon was locked up and empty. I was wound like a top. I felt like I…
Read MoreFalling Off The Face Of The Earth
My head is heavy. My body aches. My eyes are sore. But I know that I am alive. Just a few weeks ago, I felt lost. I was bone tired. I felt like I had fallen from the face of the earth. I felt like “Heartland” had failed. If not the music, then the message.…
Read MoreNeil Young: Heart Of Gold
I interviewed Mr. Young and Mr. Demme at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival on their involvement in the forthcoming film, “Neil Young: Heart Of Gold.” The interview occurred at Zoom, a restaurant in the old Union Pacific rail station, on Wedneday, January 25, for an MTV News article, “Neil Young’s ‘Heart Of Gold’ Concert Doc…
Read MoreThere Is A Crack In Everything (That’s How The Light Gets In)
“For me, it’s really about clearing my head of anything that’s of a trivial day to day nature and looking into something that’s timeliness, something that in some way I’m not even conscious that I know,” he tells me. “But sometimes quiet is the worst thing. I think it was Bukowski who said, ‘Nothing worth…
Read MoreBeyond The Red Carpet: Marines, Matzo Balls, Porn Have A Place At Sundance Too
PARK CITY, Utah — The Sundance Film Festival isn’t all about A-list parties, celebrity sightings and flashbulb-frenzied premieres. There are plenty of events that don’t involve a red carpet. Twentysomething Marines Robert Acosta, Paul Reickhoff and Herold Noel are half a world away from their tours of duty in Iraq. The soldiers are in Park…
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