Reflections on The Constant Travellers, Now on Kindle and EBooks
The Constant Travellers, a novel by me, Gordon Basichis, has journeyed a long way over the years. Since it was first published by G.P. Putnam’s its film rights have been optioned twice by two motion picture studios, Twentieth Century Fox, and MGM. The Authors Guild adopted it as part of their Back in Print Program [...]
Will They Serve Frozen Yogurt At The Next Revolution?
All rhetoric aside, revolutions are not started by the poor. The poor may contribute later on, or pile in and take the revolution to certain extremes, but they are not the ones who start it. I realize it is romantic to think of the poor rising up to break the yoke of poverty, but [...]
The Planet of the Wanton Geriatrics
Life can be cruel at times. Life can be filled with contradictions. Contradictions that become paradoxes in our day-to-day lives and as the years progress leave us wondering, what the hell happened? The cruelty part is that there is no going back, no modifying the order of things or adjusting priorities. Despite all good wishes and inspiring messages [...]
The Civil Rights Lesson from a Randy Chinese Swinger
When you think of China, you don’t think of it as a particularly sexy place. Probably the Chinese don’t even think of China as a particularly sexy place as they tend to take their lead in sexual conduct from the West. Nevertheless, with nearly 1.5 billion people, China is the most populated country in the [...]
Botox And The Things We Do For Love
Emotionally speaking, we are a schizophrenic society. Perhaps we are a schizophrenic world. Quite often we have incredible needs where romance and sentiment are concerned, but we mitigate those needs with the crassness of survival in the modern context. While we recognize a deep seated need to satisfy our emotional requirements we obscure these sentiments by [...]