I’ve been on my first grave-gathering trip in the COVID era the last couple of days. And let me tell you, it feels good to be away from home. I’ve been in Pennsylvania (is there a law that
Earlier in this series, I posted one of the bizarre General Motors producted short animal films used as shorts before feature films (I think). It’s time to revisit this series, with this lovely
Building on my podcast last week with Jarod Roll, his book discusses briefly a 1940 film called Men and Dust. This is a leftist film about the life of the lead and zinc miners in the Tri-State area of
Well, since Herr Trump decided to move his fascist rally back one day to be marginally less offensive (maybe?), I thought it was a good evening to explore the oeuvre of Tulsa-based film. This urban bo
This 1950 propaganda film by the American Meat Institute, a pure and beautiful example of meat industry propaganda, rides that fine line of both boring and awesome at the same. There’s no criter
Tonight’s film is footage of Billy Sunday ranting about fighting the repeal of prohibition. While I’d seen pictures of what he did with his hands, I’d never actually watched footage
What would make more sense for a day of fundraising than a video of classic fundraising? If you don’t give us an appropriate amount of money, this series is going to be nothing but bad telethon
This is a genuinely astounding document. An hour of interviews with old musicians concluding with them playing the Dr. Pepper theme song. Doc Watson, Muddy Waters, Maybelle Carter, Bill Monroe, Bo Did