We’d spent the last 18 months in full preparation mode, researching the incredible but somewhat forgotten story of Rajneeshpuram – a spiritual utopia built in Wasco County, Oregon, during the 1980s by followers of an Indian guru, Bhagwan Rajneesh (known today as Osho). We’d read countless books, articles and federal documents. We’d conducted dozens of […]
I caught the flick The Big Sick at a screening a couple weeks ago with an audience of 297 people. How wonderful the experience! The film was unexpectedly disarming. But before I give The Big Sick a full medical diagnosis, first this …From 1984 until 1997, I was in an interracial marriage that produced, for my […]
I’ve always found live bands accompanying rappers to be an exciting idea in theory, but always disappointing in the end. In my limited explorations of such combinations, it always seems that at some point the band gets carried away and wants to underscore the “live” nature of its accompaniment. Basically, they end up showing off, […]
In the week leading up to the Academy Awards, Talkhouse Film looks at some on this year’s major contenders. — N.D.Finding Vivian Maier, a film by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, is a brisk, absorbing documentary that may well have to be content with just its nomination this coming Sunday. Whilst the likely winner of the Best […]
What a tremendous singer Paul Simon is! His rendition of “Biko” ends Scratch My Back… And I’ll Scratch Yours, a (now) two-album set of Peter Gabriel covers-and-gets-covered-by. I’m not ashamed to admit I was moved by this version of “Biko.” I am ashamed to admit that — previously — I hadn’t thought much about what a tremendous and interesting […]
