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The Confidante

MAX trailer: https://rb.gy/kjcg8w This show creeped me out. It’s another from the “Times” best foreign series list. It’s not a huge commitment, only four episodes of just under an hour, but… It pains me to see delusional people screwing up their lives. Oftentimes their hearts are in the right place, but rather than admit things […]

Astral Weeks: A Secret History Of 1968

https://shorturl.at/4Xolz 1 I devoured this book. I bought my first issue of “Rolling Stone” at a newsstand right by the Columbia campus in December 1969. If I remember correctly, it was the issue with Mick Jagger on the cover, with a full explication of the Altamont debacle. This was manna from heaven, this was everything […]

Until I Kill You

BritBox trailer: https://t.ly/Af-z4 “The New York Times” said “Until I Kill You” was one of the ten best foreign TV series of 2024. But it’s probably not for you. When people ask me for streaming recommendations…they usually tell me they want something like “Ted Lasso,” upbeat, that will leave them with a smile on their […]

Jerry Douglas-This Week’s Podcast

King of the Dobro! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jerry-douglas/id1316200737?i=1000680954971       https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/a29cd3e8-1496-4d9c-b0bf-a819460994f5/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-jerry-douglas