BBC News (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
A lost turkey is named after The Great Escape star Steve McQueen after it avoided the chop this Christmas.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 01/05/2009
Anybody who goes on the Peckinpah trail will come back with the same confused story. Sam Peckinpah, who died 25 years ago (in December 1984) and whose career is celebrated with a season at BFI Southbank this month, was a monster.
- Are You Riled Up? - (Free subscription) | 01/04/2009
This cartoon is an encouragement to the church to get out of the “ranger station” of the church building, and up on the “mountain” of the world, where people are in need of rescue . October 28, 2007 …[Continue Reading] Other Interesting Articles Mesothelioma, Encouragement, Steve McQueen | Peoples-Blog … Nr1 Resources for Any JOB » Blog [...]
Screenhead (Free subscription) | 01/04/2009
The 31st annual Kennedy Center Honors proclaimed ‘The Kids Are Alright’. On December 7, 2008, The Who received the coveted Kennedy Center Honor as the first rock band ever to do so. The award ceremony was aired December 30, 2008 on CBS. Coinciding with this honor, The Who At Kilburn: 1977 is now available on DVD [...]
blue girl (Free subscription) | 01/03/2009
I picked up my parents from the Hospice House last Monday to take them home. My stepfather, medicated and slightly confused, sat in the passenger seat. Six months ago, I drove them home from the hospital after a round of...
Hemmings Auto Blogs (Free subscription) | 01/03/2009
* Lotta collector car stuff in the news recently. We’ll start on the left coast with an article out of Seattle about collector Charles Morse’s 1919 Turcat-Mery, a Pebble Beach class-winning car that France proclaimed a national treasure and now wants returned to France. According to the article, Morse is okay with returning the car [...]
Art To Go (Free subscription) | 01/03/2009
Although positive change looms (19 days to go), there's no reason to expect artists who poke holes in the good, the true and the beautiful to cease and desist.
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009
THE year had its usual quota of wretchedly unfunny ‘romantic comedies’, cynical sequels and miserably-contrived attempts to exploit niche markets.
/Film (Free subscription) | 12/31/2008
Print Mafia has released four art prints in their epic Cinema Series. Prints include Robert De Niro from Raging Bull, Sylvester Stallone from Rocky, Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde, and Steve McQueen in Bullitt. Bigger photos after the jump. Each print is done on 100lb. Cougar Heavy Stock 13 x 20 paperstock, signed and numbered, limited to 80. Available for $30 or $24 each on PrintMafia.net. Cool...
Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 12/31/2008
Print Mafia has released four art prints in their epic Cinema Series. Prints include Robert De Niro from Raging Bull, Sylvester Stallone from Rocky, Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde, and Steve McQueen in Bullitt. Bigger photos after the jump. Each print is done on 100lb. Cougar Heavy Stock 13 x 20 paperstock, signed and numbered, limited to 80. Available for $30 or $24 each on PrintMafia.net. Cool...
Donal Foreman (Free subscription) | 12/31/2008
FIVE NEW FILMS • Hunger (Steve McQueen) • There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson) • Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh) • Yeast (Mary Bronstein) • The Wire (David Simon, TV) FIVE OLD FILMS • Five More Minutes (Karin Wandner & Dena DeCola, 2005) • Tren de Sombras (José Luis Guerin, 1997) • July Trip (Waël Noureddine, 2007) • Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, 1977) • Histoire(s) du [...]
Esoteric Rabbit Blog (Free subscription) | 12/31/2008
Performance Sydney Theatre Company: Frankenstein The Border Project: Highway Rock 'n' Roll Disaster The Hayloft Project: Chekhov Re-Cut: Platonov Ridiculusmus: The Importance of Being Earnest/Tough time, nice time Melbourne University Student Union Theatre: Attempts on Her Life Sydney Theatre Company: The Season at Sarsaparilla Opera Australia: Arabella/The Makropoulos Secret Red Stitch Actors Theatre:...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/30/2008
We look at who is likely to swap the Premier League for the Championship and viceversa in 2009.
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 12/29/2008
The Beastie Boys will reissue their epic Paul’s Boutique on January 27th to celebrate the album’s 20th anniversary. The classic LP has been digitally remastered for the first time, with all three Beasties overseeing the 24-bit process. The album’s original vinyl artwork will be restored in an eco-friendly, eight-panel digipak displaying a panoramic view of [...]
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 12/29/2008
“Screw you, Steve McQueen and your fancy Mustang! I wanna 'Vette!” I shouted (to no one) while tearing a rift in the space-time continuum through the peaceful pastoral Texas countryside. Clearly, I was imbibing heartily from a bottle of Chateau Corvette, vintage 2008. But I forgot myself. And my objectivity. I was there to perform a head-to-head comparison between said ’08 Chevy hardtop and an ’08...
