Archive for 2026/02


Re-Bud Cort

I first saw Harold and Maude as a college freshman at UCSB, and then two years later as a film student at UCLA. Colin Higgins, the film’s writer and a UCLA graduate, spoke after the screening about how the film got made. He said the film would never have worked if Hal Ashby hadn’t found […]

Latter-Day Kinks Playlist

Spotify (except where noted): “20th Century Man” – “Muswell Hillbillies” “Celluloid Heroes” – “Everybody’s in Showbiz” “Money Talks” – “Preservation Act 2” “He’s Evil” – “Preservation Act 2” “Salvation Road” – “Preservation Act 2” “You Can’t Stop the Music” – “Soap Opera” “I’m in Disgrace” – “Schoolboys in Disgrace” “Juke Box Music” – “Sleepwalker” “Life […]

Latter-Day Kinks-SiriusXM This Week

Tune in Saturday February 14th to Faction Talk, channel 103, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz

Bud Cort

I found out he died in the “CT Insider,” which Apple News+ suggested to me probably because my sister Wendy sent me so many articles from the publication. And I wondered whether I was getting the full flavor of the Nutmeg State news when I noticed in the upper left-hand corner a button entitled “Sections,” […]