Tag Archives: Kris Kristofferson

In the mail, what I’m reading, first review of Satan is Real, Happy Thanksgiving from Uncle Bill

by Ben Posted on November 23, 2011

First, some bragging. It’s been a very good week in my mailbox. I got my X-mas present from M.A. Littler: his film noir, The Road To Nod. I haven’t seen it yet, but can’t wait. Just as excited about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Guns, Miscellany | Tagged Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, Charlie Louvin, Christa Faust, David Foster Wallace, Donald Ray Pollock, Harry Orchard, James Sallis, John Chivington, John McCain, Kris Kristofferson, M.A. Littler, Malcolm Lowry, Mickey Rourke, William Byers, William S. Burroughs | Leave a comment

Johnny Lobo

by Ben Posted on November 18, 2010

This is something that weirds me out a little bit, but Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson singing about John Trudell: For better or worse, all my favorite protest songs are country songs. Most of ‘em are … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellany | Tagged John Trudell, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson | 6 Comments

Passion and poetry

by Ben Posted on August 20, 2010

I just found out there’s a Sam Peckinpah documentary I haven’t seen, can’t find, and I’m not really sure has ever been released stateside. Setting me up for a whole lot of internet searching tonight. Also, and unrelated, maybe it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellany | Tagged Kris Kristofferson, Sam Peckinpah | 2 Comments

Harold Bloom on Cormac McCarthy

by Ben Posted on June 17, 2009

One of the smartest comments ever made about Cormac McCarthy, by Harold Bloom in a discussion about Blood Meridian (via Maud Newton): “He tends to carry his influences on the surface, quite honestly.” That’s about the long and the short … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Cormac McCarthy, Harold Bloom, Herman Melville, Kris Kristofferson, Michael Kerr, Waylon Jennings, William Faulkner | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Kris Kristofferson

In the mail, what I’m reading, first review of Satan is Real, Happy Thanksgiving from Uncle Bill

Johnny Lobo

Passion and poetry

Harold Bloom on Cormac McCarthy

The best of all possible worlds

Chelsea Hotel #2

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Satan is Real

Pike

Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail!

Twitter

Books

Guns

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