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Minstrel’s Alley to Publish Spy Book
Minstrel’s Alley will soon be releasing its first book, “The Guys Who Spied for China.” The new, independent publisher is based in Santa Monica, California and intends to publish books that have popular appeal but not necessarily mainstream. Minstrel’s Alley sees a pressing need for books that are based in a literary tradition but offer [...]
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Will Democrats Screw Up Healthcare Reform?
There is a darkly humorous scene in the film, The History of Violence, where the main gangster, played by William Hurt, arranges for the murder of his brother, played by Viggo Mortensen. One of Hurt’s henchman is to sneak up behind Mortensen, wind the garrote around his neck and strangle him. But the tables are [...]
When You Are Living Dead Above Marilyn Monroe
Westwood Village Memorial Park is arguably the nicest cemetery in Los Angeles. It is a small park, just south of Wilshire Boulevard. A movie multiplex sits in front of it as well as a high rise office building. In fact, you would never know it is there, unless you…know its there. Or discover it by [...]
Les Paul’s Death Marks the End of a Music Era
Rock and Roll Music is many things to many people. From its inception in the late forties and early fifties when black blues and rhythm and blues combined with country and rockabilly, rock and roll has alternately been one of the most revered and hated of American institutions. Nearly everyone has something to say about [...]