Mephistos

Gay marriage and equal rights for those so aligned - not something that you have heard much of this election cycle, which is kind of surprising considering the hot button issue that it had been back the last two presidential elections. I have only heard mention of it in passing this cycle and really not from any of the candidates themselves. I guess I heard it mentioned on the radio in passing the other idea, specifically some folks saying that it was not such a big issue to them compared to other things this time around and of course the counter view by some who are pushing for it that it is a major issue. Read more…

I admit I am using a play on words in the title.  Many is the eve that I am spent in the two places.  Ad to that the restaurant that is now in its 2nd or 3rd iteration that used to be a drug store across the corner and Irish Pub down the street named McCarthy’s and you pretty much have my social scene for a large part of my college years, some what during after college and especially after the divorce so many years ago.  And to just show how things are cyclical in nature, where did I start hanging out again after things went crazy back in 2007?  Gosh, that really seems like it was longer ago then that now. Read more…

This movie is coming out on HBO (and recently was released on DVD) this month and once again I am running this far behind in giving a review of it.  I actually caught this at the theater in probably its last week at the cheap cinema back during the summer sometime.   The movie itself it definitely not for everyone.  First is the fact that is a historical biographical film that is slightly over two hours long.  Ad to that, it was done by a foreign film crew by director Sergei Bodrov, who is Russian.  And lastly consider that the entire movie is filmed using a mixture language, mostly Mongolian, and subtitled. Read more…

Despite not feeling so great early today, I went to do this alumni networking event at my old university, Transylvania,  this eve.  In theory, I went mostly to met up and see what alumni were active here in the Lexington area as well as actually do some networking.  It was also a nice opportunity to see the inside of some of campus halls that I had not seen in at least fifteen years.  The event was designed for that but also for us to give some insight to the incoming freshmen class as to what they could expect in the real world in regards to particular majors.   In theory it could also be a networking opportunity for upper class-men to met people who are out in the world, but the only ones I noted in attendance that were not the poor required freshman in University Studies 101 were those students that had, ahem, volunteered to assist their respective major.

As I arrived on campus I immediately went back to between 16 and 20 years Read more…

No, not the duchess who is known as Fergie of  Black Eyed Peas fame, but rather a very well made costume drama based on historical facts.  I went of course, to see this movie because of it being a historical costume drama.  The fact that it played at the large theater in the Kentucky did not hurt and add to that two favorites playing in it and it was a done deal for sure.

So lets start with the theater.  Once again, I can not say enough if you have not yet seen something over the this wonderfully restored art deco styled building.  The Duchess played in the original theater, with its huge stained glass ceiling Read more…

This is a movie that came out back at the beginning of 2008 and I saw it sometime in the spring at the cheap discount theater.  It was not that I saw there because I did not want to see, as in fact it had looked promising from the day it was released.  I just did not get around to it until a later hour like that.  It seems that I have this problem about time managment with this movie alll the way around as I am just now getting around to making a posting about the movie.  Granted, I was not as active on the blog font back in those months but I have been since.  I had been holding this one though until it made the next step.  Now is the time though, as the movie is premiering on HBO  on the morrow evening at 8:00pm, if I have my facts straight.

Atonement is set in Britain in 1935 for its beginning scenes.  There is an older sister, Cecelia, played by Kiera Knightley Read more…

Okay, I admit that it sounds like it could be bad spin-off movie title.  Or even better, that Amos Lee could be a Jerry Clower or Mayberry character from the past.  The fact is though that Amos Lee is an awesome musician that I have recently been introduced to, aside from being singer-songwriter by nature, Amos has inspired a few things for me and my hats go of to the person that introduced me to him.  Some additional information about his music, specifically the Supply and Demand Cd can be found by clicking.

The biggest thing I was realizing yesterday morning (or is that still today?) Read more…

Very few of you that read this blog probably know this, but I grew up on a small farm in northern Mercer County. More specifically that farm was located in a little area called McAfee, which at the time was actually a dot on the official maps of the state. Though it has been removed since that time.

The little community, much as the whole of the area was originally populated by Native Americans of course. In the 1770’s though there an influx of white settlers who came both to McAfee Station Read more…

This is going to be the year for anyone that does American Civil War reenacting to come do the Battle of Perryville (also called battle of Chaplin Hills) and experience it about as accurately as it possible.  No, I don’t necessarily think that this year is going to be less farby that it has been in the past by those that turn out in garb for the event as participants (though over the last twenty years I do think that their have been some major improvements in that regard).  What I am referring to is the authentic weather that someone has ordered for us.

During the time immediately before the war Kentucky did Read more…

It has been a while since I have done one of these, but just as I occasionally comment on some music I also occasionally comment on a movie (I have about a dozen of these, both music and movies to post yet).  I did however just see a new movie at the Kentucky Theatre over the weekend.  By the way, if you have not seen a movie at the Kentucky, you should make a plan to do so - it was restored some time back around 1987-88 to its splendor as 1930-40’s theatre.  They run a mixture of art films, popular movies, cult classics on the weekends, along with the occasional other oddity mixed in here and there.  In addition they have the Woodsongs television show filmed on location and occasionally other concerts are held in the venue.  One of my favorite Wednesday afternoon about sixtenn or seventeen years ago was seeing Dr. Zhivago on the big screen. Read more…