Sunday, June 1, 2025

On this day in television history - Justified (2010)


Justified
Season 1. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Fathers and Sons.

Released June 1, 2010.

Directed by Michael Katleman.

Written by Graham Yost, Fred Golan, Dave Andron, Wendy Calhoun and Chris Provenzano.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:
Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Raymond J. Barry, Alexandra Barreto, Jordi Caballero, Mo Gaffney, M.C. Gainey, Linda Gehringer, Rick Gomez, William Ragsdale, David Meunier, Ray Porter, Omar Avila, Joshua Bitton, Pat Skipper, Walton Goggins, Lizabeth Allen, John Lee Ames, Ezra Buzzington, Chris Gorbos, Tommy Savas, Ronnie Steadman, Sarah Baldwin, Bill Blair, Matt Leonard.

On this day in music history - Eagles, by the Eagles (1972)


Eagles


by the Eagles

was released on June 1, 1972.

Track list:

Take It Easy; Witchy Woman; Chug All Night; Most of Us Are Sad; Nightingale; Train Leaves Here This Morning; Take the Devil; Earlybird; Peaceful Easy Feeling; Tryin’.

#TakeItEasy #WitchyWoman 

On this day in music history - The album Takin' a Stand, by Deborah Coleman (1995)

Takin' a Stand


by Deborah Coleman

was released on June 1, 1995.

Track list:

Evil Gal’s Daughter; Missin’ You; Don’t Talk About Love; Takin’ A Stand; I Believe; Moanin’ The Blues; I Cry; What Should I Do; Can’t Leave The Blues; Them Changes; Changes Revisited.

On this day in music history - The album Chromatones, by Darlene Koldenhoven (2018)


Chromatones


by Darlene Koldenhoven

was released on June 1, 2018.

Track list:

Golden Dawn; Mourning Doves; Red Savannah; Swans on the Seine; Terra Affirma; Native Bloom; Vibrant Worlds; Chromatones; Prism of Time; Painted Desert; Waltzing in Planetary Time.

On this day in music history - Piano Solos, by Laura Sullivan (2003)


Piano Solos


by Laura Sullivan,

was released on June 1, 2003.

Track list:

Hope for the Sun; Dreaming Underwater; Selling Water by the River; Lullaby Wind; Sleepwalking (On a Tightrope); Claire De Lune; Calls to Spirit; Brave Mourning; Of Land & Sea, Of Mortal & Divine; The Voyage Home; In Last Hours.

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Henry Ward Beecher, on books:


Books are not made for furniture,
but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
- Henry Ward Beecher.


Recommended reading - Drawing the Film (1988)

 

Drawing the Film

by Nicole Van Goethem.
 
Published 1988.

ISBN 10: 9063032528
ISBN 13: 9789063032524
 
The book of the movie: A Greek Tragedy. Original title: Een griekse tragedie (1985).
 
A 7-minute short comedy film, written, directed, and animated by Nicole Van Goethem.

 
IMDB synopsis:
 
Three scantily-clad female figures struggle to hold up the crumbling remains of an ancient Greek temple.
 
Awards:
 
Grand Prix at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France (1985).
 
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (1987).