“GIVE MY CREATION LIFE!” Dr. Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) in Young Frankenstein (And the plea of screenwriters throughout the world) Yesterday I went to see Young Frankenstein at the historic Oster Regent Theater in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It was a good turnout for the 1974 film directed by Mel Brooks. The theater opened in 1910 as […]
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Okay, it’s not really a photo of Brandi Carlile because I’m not sure if I can show any photos /video I took tonight of the Brandi Carlile concert tonight at the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Artist Center where she performed with “the twins” (brothers Tim and Phil Hanseroth) and the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony. (The purpose of the […]
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You may be familiar with the 1960 French film Breathless. You probably know that it was directed by Goddard and the script written by Truffaut. But even if you know that the film co-stars Jean Seberg, you may be surprised to learn she was born in Marshalltown, Iowa. I drove through Marshalltown late this afternoon […]
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“There’s no way to learn how to write a hit song. There’s no formula for it. You just have to have it inside of you.” Beach Boys’ Al Jardine Postcard from Big Sir by Rick Petreycik Fretboard Journal 30 Tagged: Al Jardine, Beach Boys, Fretboard Journal 30, Rick Petreycik
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“I write everyday for at least two hours and I spend the rest of my time largely in the society of ducks.” Novelist Flannery O’Connor (and Iowa Writers’ Workshop MFA grad) Sometimes it takes years—even decades— to build a name for yourself, and sometimes infamy can come from just an email that takes a second […]
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“Stan [Musial] remains to this day an icon, a beloved pillar of the community , a gentleman you’d want your kids to emulate.” President Obama in 2011 when Stan Musial was awarded Presidential Metal of Freedom “No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the […]
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Did you know there’s actually a city named Metropolis in the United States? It sits on the Ohio River in the southern part of Illinois. And if you expect a real life town of Metropolis to embrace Superman and build a giant replica of the fictional character, you will not be disappointed. I took the […]
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And I’ve never been West of New Orleans or East of Pensacola My only contact with the outside world Was an RCA Victrola Jimmy Buffett/Life is Just a Tire Swing “If I had grown up in Montgomery or Birmingham with less access to the beaches, bays, and rivers, I would be a completely different person.” […]
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When I was a little bitty baby My mama would rock me in the cradle In them old cotton fields back home Cotton Fields by Lead Belly You may have never seen cotton fields in the south, or heard of Huddie Ledbetter—who is better known as Lead Belly. But the two came together in 1940 when […]
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“For her life, any life, she had to believe, was nothing but the continuity of its love.” The Optimist’s Daughter written by Eudora Welty (And included on Welty’s headstone in Jackson, Mississippi) Pulitzer Prize winning writer Eudora Welty (1909-2001) was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. She earned an English degree from the University of […]
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