“A.J.’s cover story? An international playboy and harmless practical joker. It was A.J. who put the piranha fish in Lady Sutton Smith’s swimming pool and dosed the punch with a mixture of yagé, hashish and yohimbine during a Fourth of July reception at the U.S. Embassy, precipitating an orgy. Ten prominent citizens-American, of course-subsequently diedContinue reading “RKS Literature: Americans Dying of Shame (William S. Burroughs)”
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RKS 2024 Wine: A Montepulciano Lost in Letters and Numbers at a Bunga Bunga Party Frequented by Punters
Although Montepulciano is almost always an easy drinking wine in this case it is lost, or perhaps I am, in too many letters and numbers. The wine was bottled by ICQRF/4495/IT on behalf of TG SRL 72015. If we dig further are there Cayman and Bulgarian offshore accounts involved further complicating the matter. Wanna betContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Montepulciano Lost in Letters and Numbers at a Bunga Bunga Party Frequented by Punters”
RKS 2024 Film: “Queendom”: Tough Going for Performance Artist in Nouveau Tsarist Russia
Gennadiy, known in costume as Jenna, is a performance artist in Russia who managed to escape to France obtaining asylum there fortunate enough not to have “fallen out of a window”, gunned down or to have consumed that FSB special plutonium tea. You see Jenna is a queer that loves to parade about the streetsContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Queendom”: Tough Going for Performance Artist in Nouveau Tsarist Russia”
RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Qoryqpa” (Streets Loud with Echoes)
Being a part of the Soviet Empire when the Berlin Wall fell Kazakhstan declared itself an independent democracy but not having much of a history of democracy it quickly slipped back into the comfortable ways of totalitarianism. It was the 19July2018 murder of Kazak 25-year-old figure skating Olympic bronze medalist (Sochi 2018 Olympics) Denis TenContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Qoryqpa” (Streets Loud with Echoes)”
RKS 2024 Film: “What are you supposed to do with your hands?”: Be Yourself or Be Controlled Like a Puppet?
Crazy8’s has been organizing 8-day filmmaking challenges since 1999. Those filmmakers selected after a successful pitch are given 8 days to produce a short. On 20April2024 all 6 selected finalists present their short in Vancouver followed by a gala evening. In “What are supposed to do with your hands?” anxiety ridden and later in lifeContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “What are you supposed to do with your hands?”: Be Yourself or Be Controlled Like a Puppet?”
RKS 2024 Film: “Accidental Texan”: Zorba the Greek Meets Good Old American Values
“Accidental Texan” is one of those feel-good movies and we all require one of those every once in awhile. Erwin Vandemeer (Rudy Pankow) is an aspiring actor on his first substantial role filming in New Orleans but he destroys the opening scene and is promptly fired. His agent drops him. His acting career may beContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Accidental Texan”: Zorba the Greek Meets Good Old American Values”
RKS 2024 Film: “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World”: A Wild Ride Through Bucharest and Romanian History! A New Cult Film?
Radu Jude’s “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World” is a Romanian feature film replete with satire, a full panoply of Romanian music and implicit comparisons of modern Romania to Ceausescu’s communist Romania. Angela (Ilinca Manoache) is a production assistant for a Romanian film production company in Bucharest specializing in “corporateContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World”: A Wild Ride Through Bucharest and Romanian History! A New Cult Film?”
RKS 2024 Film: “Toe Pick”: All Chelsea Wants to do is Skate!
Crazy8’s has been organizing 8-day filmmaking challenges since 1999. Those filmmakers selected after a successful pitch are given 8 days to produce a short. On 20April2024 all 6 selected finalists present their short in Vancouver followed by a gala evening. Preteen Chelsea (Nylee Phinney) is somewhat hefty for the typical figure skater yet she isContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Toe Pick”: All Chelsea Wants to do is Skate!”
RKS 2024 Film: “Gone Abroad”: Death: A Full Range of Emotions Deftly Portrayed: Crazy8’s Shorts Challenge
Crazy8’s has been organizing 8-day filmmaking challenges since 1999. Those filmmakers selected after a successful pitch are given 8 days to produce a short. On 20April2024 all 6 selected finalists present their short in Vancouver followed by a gala evening. Death literally stares you in the face as the film opens. Someone has died andContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Gone Abroad”: Death: A Full Range of Emotions Deftly Portrayed: Crazy8’s Shorts Challenge”
RKS 2024 Wine: Trustworthy Oregon for Pinot Noir? A Vacant Faced Zombie
The way tastings have been progressing this year Oregon scores high with Pinot Noir quality and has been doing so for years leaps and bounds over New Zealand Pinot Noir. From Christopher Michael Wines from Tualatin, Oregon we try a Christopher Michael 2022 Pinot Noir. Aroma: Strawberry, raspberry and a streak of milk chocolate. Palate:Continue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Trustworthy Oregon for Pinot Noir? A Vacant Faced Zombie”
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