Spitball Army

watched Aug 30, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 5.4 [DVD, library] An early silent featuring Ollie in a supporting role and without Stan. The story is slight, but the sawmill setting provides the opportunity for a half-dozen WOW stunts – some of which must have really hurt! Funniest bit was not a gag, but was […]

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watched Aug 15, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 7.7 [DVD, library] Fascinating to observe that practically every cultural shift detailed in this documentary of the year 1964 is mirrored in some meaningful way by a milestone in pop music history. I doubt we could see the same in our current tumult. https://boxd.it/jm1AT

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watched Aug 15, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 1.6 [blu-ray, Netflix] As religious pontificating goes, it’s serviceable, I guess. But as an involving and admirable work of film art, it is truly execrable. https://boxd.it/jm19X

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Graham Nash “Simple Man” Joni Mitchell “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” Seal “Daylight Saving” Canned Heat “Going Up the Country” Macy Gray “You’ve Got It Bad Girl” The Meters “Trick Bag” The Western States Motel “California Highway Patrol” Aretha Franklin “I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight)”  Rufus Wainwright “Welcome to the Ball” Peter Gabriel “Don’t Give Up” […]

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Elvis Costello “It Started to Come to Me (home demo)” Bob Dylan “On a Night Like This” Randy Newman “A Few Words in Defense of Our Country” Van Halen “Feel Your Love Tonight” Elvis Costello “Talking in the Dark” The Beatles “A Taste of Honey” The Beatles “The Night Before” Sam Phillips “Same Changes” Bruce […]

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The Five Stairsteps “O-o-h Child” Elton John “All Across the Havens” David Bowie “Criminal World” Cat Stevens “Kypros” Sixto Rodriguez “Sugar Man” Karla Bonoff “Faces in the Wind” The Church “Under the Milky Way” The Kinks “On the Outside” Talking Heads “Electricity (Drugs) (live” R.E.M. “Everybody Hurts” XTC “Grass” Bruce Hornsby “King of the Hill” […]

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watched Aug 05, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 5.6 [DVD, library] Required a longer running time – the demise of the Station and its architectural detail were given short shrift relative to the planning and business dealings involved in building the Station. https://boxd.it/j6htx

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watched Aug 04, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 7.4 [blu-ray, Netflix] Tracy Letts was absolutely terrific in this. https://boxd.it/j6hl9

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watched Aug 03, 2017, spitballarmy’s review published on Letterboxd: 9.5 [DVD, library] Perhaps living in Birmingham, Alabama, this resonated more with me than if I had not moved here. But the telling of this historical chapter is thorough and follows a riveting story arc. Great period footage and contemporary recollections. Highly recommended, lest we forget. https://boxd.it/j6hif

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