Grenache is king in Calatayud’s high-altitude vineyards. This Evodia Grenache is from grapes picked at 2,400-3,000 feet and grown in slate soils. A modest statement on the label states, “Grenache this great usually goes for twice the price.” Aroma: Big fat almost overripe strawberries, some raspberry and black cherry. Palate: One of those red winesContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Grenache from Spain’s Calatayud Region”
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RKS Literature: The Modern Surgeon: (William S. Burroughs)
“Dr. Benway: ‘You young squirts couldn’t lance a pimple without an electric vibrating scalpel with automatic drain and suture…Soon we’ll be operating by remote control on patients we never see…We’ll be nothing but button pushers. All the skill is going out of surgery….All the know-how and make-do…Did I ever tell you about the time IContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Modern Surgeon: (William S. Burroughs)”
RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS: “Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story”
Jackie Shane (born Jack Shane) was born in Nashville in 1940 abandoned by his 16-year-old unmarried mother being brought up by relatives. By eight years of age he was singing in a church choir adding to his musical background of spiritual music played often by his grandmother. Shane purchased some drums to start his musicalContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS: “Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story””
RKS 2024 Film: “Deadly Justice”: Sailing in a Choppy Sea
Holly Powell (Kelly Sullivan) no longer acts a district attorney preferring to establish a new criminal law practice. She has put an assortment of nasty criminals behind bars and accordingly has made enemies by the guilty incarcerated and their aggrieved family members. One such guilty incarcerated is Judge Halstead. Yes a judge convicted of murderContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Deadly Justice”: Sailing in a Choppy Sea”
RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Seguridad”: Blame it on Father (both actual and revolutionary)? From the Mouth of Cuba’s Youngest Soldier
Director Tamara Segura invites the viewer of the National Film Board of Canada’s documentary “Seguridad” to travel through modern Cuban history, current Cuban life and most importantly through a scarring journey of her life as a child in Cuba. Through her memories, discussions with relatives and documents and photos the emotional journey will be taken.Continue reading “RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Seguridad”: Blame it on Father (both actual and revolutionary)? From the Mouth of Cuba’s Youngest Soldier”
RKS 2024 Film: “The Coffee Table”: Cruel, Deviant, Nasty and Bitter: Your Type of Horror?
Not being arrogant here but please give some thinking man horror now and then. Chainsaws, axes, slashing, screaming and overly poor ghoul jokes are material as you can see blood, guts and body parts flying to and fro. But true horror requires a mental element to it to chill. The chill might not be facingContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “The Coffee Table”: Cruel, Deviant, Nasty and Bitter: Your Type of Horror?”
RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Am I the skinniest person you’ve ever seen?”
Anorexia in its extreme is a form of suicide by starvation. In a world where starvation is rampant, in Canada, the land of plenty, one quizzes themselves why starvation suicide by anorexia when millions would beg for sustenance instead of death? This may be one of the reasons anorexia is so incomprehensible to many. StepContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Am I the skinniest person you’ve ever seen?””
RKS Literature: The Puritanical and Opinionated Cannabis Smoker (William S. Burroughs)
“He was a ritual tea smoker and very puritanical about junk the way some teaheads are. He claimed tea put him in touch with supra blue gravitational fields. He had ideas on every subject: what kind of underwear was healthy, when to drink water and how to wipe your ass. He had a shiny redContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Puritanical and Opinionated Cannabis Smoker (William S. Burroughs)”
RKS Literature: A Preference for Prolonged Mistreatment Over Brutality (William S. Burroughs)
“I deplore brutality,” he said. “It’s not efficient. On the other hand, prolonged mistreatment, short of physical violence, gives rise, when skillfully applied, to anxiety and a feeling of special guilt. A few rules or rather guiding principles are to be borne in mind. The subject must not realize that the mistreatment is a deliberateContinue reading “RKS Literature: A Preference for Prolonged Mistreatment Over Brutality (William S. Burroughs)”
RKS Literature: Senior Geezers and Junkies (William S. Burroughs)
“I made the round with him once for kicks. You know how old people lose all shame about eating, and it makes you puke to watch them? Old junkies are the same about junk. They gibber and squeal at the sight of it. The spit hangs off their chin, and their stomach rumbles and allContinue reading “RKS Literature: Senior Geezers and Junkies (William S. Burroughs)”
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