Robert K Stephen (CSW)

RKS 2023 Television: “Tales from the Rez”: Episode “Giddy Goat”

Blackfoot Nation Films has created a new indigenous Canadian Horror-Comedy Anthology series “Tales from the Rez” which breathes life into popular Blackfoot urban legends. Each episode is introduced by crusty Uncle Randolph (Charles Duck Chief) an Elder with one foot in the living world and the other in the spirit world. Each episode blends humourContinue reading “RKS 2023 Television: “Tales from the Rez”: Episode “Giddy Goat””

RKS 2023 Wine: RIOJA: Diosares Crianza 2018: LCBO Dirty Pool?

One can count on a fairly steady but limited amount of Spanish wines in Liquor Control Board of Ontario Vintages releases. And the prices are affordable. Aroma: If a single aroma such as cherry can carry this wine like it does many Riojas so be it. Pushing that a bit slim blackberry and raspberry notes.Continue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: RIOJA: Diosares Crianza 2018: LCBO Dirty Pool?”

RKS 2023 Television: “Tales from the Rez”: Episode “Queen’s Hotel”

RKS Literature: England as a Hijacker and The United States as a Terrorist? (James Baldwin)

“Who, indeed, has hijacked more than England has, for example, or is more skilled in the uses of terror than my own unhappy country? Yes, I know: nevertheless children, what goes around comes around, what you send out comes back to you. A terrorist is called that only because he does not have the powerContinue reading “RKS Literature: England as a Hijacker and The United States as a Terrorist? (James Baldwin)”

RKS Literature: The State and Legal Terror (James Baldwin)

“The State, at bottom, and when the chips are down, rules by means of a terror made legal-that is how Franco ruled so long and is the undeniable truth concerning South Africa. No one called the late J. Edgar Hoover a terrorist, though that is precisely what he was: and if anyone wishes, now, inContinue reading “RKS Literature: The State and Legal Terror (James Baldwin)”

RKS 2023 Film: “Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History”: Shakespeare or Homer Simpson?

Watching “Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History” my conclusion is that this is no “101” history course. Newbies to Hip Hop may take it as more of a graduate course but sophisticated Hip Hoppers will be in Nirvana with a veritable cast of Hip Hop stars reminiscing about the early beginnings of Hip Hop seemingly inContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History”: Shakespeare or Homer Simpson?”

RKS 2023 Wine: High Mountain Malbec from Catena

Is Mendoza a Malbec wine lake? So much of it coming from Mendoza in Argentina. This time we uncork a Paraje Altamira Malbec from Argentina and the label states “High Mountain Vines” but fails to advise what the altitude is. No altitude given on the Catena website either. This purplish Malbec rested 6-8 months inContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: High Mountain Malbec from Catena”

RKS 2023 Wine: Niagara Gewürztraminer? The Monster Under the Bed?

Wine drinkers in Ontario aren’t exactly lining up to purchase Gewürztraminer. Sounds a bit exotic and the flavors and aromas aren’t exactly Chardonnay and Riesling the white wines Ontarians are “comfortable” with. Gewurtz as the monster under the bed? From mega winery Jackson-Triggs we unscrew a Niagara Gewurtz. Aroma: More or less Gewurtz aromas ofContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Niagara Gewürztraminer? The Monster Under the Bed?”

RKS 2023 Film: “Daniel’s Gotta Die”: Stuck in Clichés and Stereotypes

“Daniel’s Gotta Die” has a compelling storyline. Daniel (Joel David Moore) has just inherited billions from his dad Edward James Powell (Iggy Pop). He has a choice of sharing it with his family or taking the whole lot and walking away. If he decides to share the inheritance, which he does, well his dad’s willContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Daniel’s Gotta Die”: Stuck in Clichés and Stereotypes”

RKS Literature: When You Are Gone Will Anyone Know? (James Baldwin)

“I think that everyone imagines that, when they go away, the scene they have left behind them alters, that their departure leaves a hole in their previous surroundings. The departure may leave a hole in some people’s lives, a wound which is invisible; but one’s surroundings take as little notice of one’s departure as theContinue reading “RKS Literature: When You Are Gone Will Anyone Know? (James Baldwin)”