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?”
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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)”
RKS Literature: Wondering About Love (James Baldwin)
“So then, for the first time, I wondered about love and wondered if I would find strength to give love, and to take it: to accept my nakedness as sacred, and to hold sacred the nakedness of another. For without love, pleasure’s inventions are soon exhausted. There must be a soul within the body youContinue reading “RKS Literature: Wondering About Love (James Baldwin)”
RKS 2023 Film: “The Mission”: Same Old Story of Christian Kamikaze Imperialism
John Chau was an American Christian zealot, most likely affected by the Messiah Complex. This 26 year old man in his twenties was, pardon the expression, “hellbent” on heading to the North Sentinel Island, an Indian possession, to bring the word of “his” saviour to the heathen and dangerous hunters and gatherers populating the island.Continue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “The Mission”: Same Old Story of Christian Kamikaze Imperialism”
RKS Literature: New York is No Mistake (James Baldwin)
“Whoever is born in New York is ill-equipped to deal with any other city: all other cities seem at best, a mistake, and, at worst, a fraud. No other city is so spitefully incoherent. Whereas other cities flaunt their history-their presumed glory-in vividly placed monuments, squares, parks, plaques, and boulevards, such history as New YorkContinue reading “RKS Literature: New York is No Mistake (James Baldwin)”
RKS 2023 Film: “Failure to Protect”: Criminals Having More Rights Than Parents in the Web of Child Protective Services: State Child Abduction a.k.a. “Protective Custody”
“Failure to Protect”, although dealing with California’s Child Protective Services (CPS), has wider implications than simply Californian juvenile protection. It may apply to many jurisdictions in Europe and North America. The doc follows five parents throughout the state of California as they fight through the child protection regime in California to reunite with their stateContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Failure to Protect”: Criminals Having More Rights Than Parents in the Web of Child Protective Services: State Child Abduction a.k.a. “Protective Custody””
RKS 2023 Television: APTN’s Season Two of 7thGen: Snapshot of Episodes 1-3
It was Crazy Horse that said, “I see a time of 7 generations when all the colours of mankind will gather under the sacred tree of life and the whole earth will become one circle again.” Eagle Vision and APTN’s factual series 7TH GEN returns for season two with ten new episodes featuring some of the mostContinue reading “RKS 2023 Television: APTN’s Season Two of 7thGen: Snapshot of Episodes 1-3”
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