You Are My Density

Good riddance to 2023, a few interesting artists, the tragic characters Montgomery Clift and Guillaume Depardieu, the fascinating and missed Guiseppe Andrews, hearing songs at the grocery store, Matthew Modine is awesome, my life is becoming like the movie Memento, and a New Year's Eve greeting from The Godfather Part II. Stuff mentioned: Doctor Who "The Church on Ruby Road" (2023), Stéphane Mande...

Dating sucks, Joel Kinnaman is cool, there was something about Mary, a car from hell, the beauty that was Jean Seberg, a cool French movie, a couple classic Ray Liotta movies, and a few quotes. Stuff mentioned: The de Young Open at the de Young Museum (September 30, 2023-January 7, 2024) The Equalizer (2014), The Equalizer 2 (2016), The Equalizer 3 (2023), RoboCop (2014), Silent Night (2023), The...

Palo Alto's two gems, newspaper addiction, some passings of note, my man Stacy Keach, Casey Affleck is a dud, some cool sayings, mimicking Al Pacino, Rakim and chewing tobacco, and a couple Christmas movies. Stuff mentioned: Mac's Smoke Shop (534 Emerson St, Palo Alto, CA 94301), Sundance The Steakhouse (1921 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306), The Silver Jews Starlite Walker (1994), The Silver...

Eric Roberts is still the best, a totally Los Angeles Robert Blake movie, the amazing and somewhat insane Shane MacGowan, bloody noses, my error on The Ice Harvest, my mom and her addiction to books, a hilarious Keanu Reeves moment, some restaurants, getting lost while stoned with Buckley, Paulie Malinaggi and his wardrobe malfunctions, and Jim Carrey as Vanilla Ice. Stuff mentioned: Joe Dancer: T...

Northern California kind of sucks, getting naked at Disneyland and the Oscars, a dismal attempt at soccer with Blonde Redhead, some other sports-related failures, weird ass supplements, Mads Mikkelsen, smoking and drinking and chewing tobacco and generally being an idiot, worst college experience ever, a couple of great Los Angeles movies, and a dearly missed Irish bar. Stuff mentioned: Leonard Be...

Bad luck and a broken TV, me being a bad sport, mini fridges and Ryan Gosling, the intensity and vulnerability of Eric Roberts, bad noir, mullets, a fake Tèa Leoni sighting, bad plastic surgery, an odd Earth Day commercial, and an epic Eric Roberts Cameo video. Stuff mentioned: Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (November 12, 2023 - June...

Seeing bands back in the day, musings on aging, me being an idiot with Unwound, the amazing Blonde Redhead, yelling at Julie Delpy, Pavement and a drunken karaoke, the majesty and tragedy of Elliott Smith, the joy that Quasi brings, don't cheat on Beck (or anyone), and a departed friend. Stuff mentioned: Unwound "Lady Elect" (1996), Blonde Redhead "Violent Life" (1995), Blonde Redhead Melody of Ce...

Funny movies, Woody Allen and John Landis are turds (but made some great movies), Albert Brooks taking vitamins, full-grown adult-size bangeroos, driving into a tree trunk, a Rodney Dangerfield sighting, pissing with Garry Marshall, Eddie Murphy walking like a white guy, the genius that is Sam Rockwell, and a saucy Bernaise. Stuff mentioned: Singin' in the Rain (1952), Totally Killer (2023), The J...

Fame, unmarked graves, George C. Scott and I refusing an Oscar, They Might Be Giants, softcore porn, and Marc's Three Rules to Live By™. Stuff mentioned: The Maltese Falcon (1930), Hammett (1982), One from the Heart (1981), The Woman in Me (2023), Patton (1971), Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary (1218 Glendon Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learne...

The allure of horror movies, Wilford Brimley, Goldie Hawn in an elevator, Buckley and Body Double, "That's what I want!", Erasure, a horrific experience at a convalescent hospital, nystagmus, "Big Ben, Parliament", and the amazing Tom Atkins. Stuff mentioned: Friday The 13th (1980), The Thing (1982), An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Breakdown (1997), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Days of o...

Some embarrassing life moments involving haunted houses and Madonna, some good to great scary/thriller movies, the legendary Harold Ramis, things I put my grandmother through, an actress with stomach problems, and the meaning of life (just kidding). Stuff mentioned: Red Eye (2005), Interior (2007), High Tension a.k.a. Switchblade Romance (2003), Muse "New Born" (2001), Muse Origin of Symmetry (200...

My adventures with one of the Charles Manson Family, Milla Jovovich had a band, The Night Stalker kills Kajagoogoo, The Golden State Killer and his love of gardening, some other creeps, and a bunch of movies. Stuff mentioned: Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral (1994), Nine Inch Nails "March of the Pigs" (1994), The Beatles White Album (1968), The Beatles "Helter Skelter" (1968), The Beatles "Pigg...

Some corrections, Werner Herzog and his amazing voice (and documentaries), a bunch of other super depressing documentaries (but some more uplifting, comedic ones as well), and seeing Jamie Lee Curtis at a restaurant and just blowing it.  Stuff mentioned: What's Up, Doc? (1972), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Paul F. Tompkins Werner Herzog Yelp...

 A kind of mea culpa to David Fincher and Christopher Nolan, the classiness of Peter Cushing, Kelly LeBrock calling me, how not to hold a girl's hand, the amazing and dearly departed Steve James, Vincent D'Onofrio liking me, and Vincent Gallo breaking up a relationship of mine (ok maybe it wasn't a relationship). Stuff mentioned: Fight Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), Star Wars (1977), Forest Lawn...

Mike Tyson eating a muffin and an ear, calling judges while drunk, my dad calling George Foreman in Africa, a possibly stupid comparison between Floyd Mayweather and David Fincher and Christopher Nolan, and...Stacy Keach. Stuff mentioned:  Sonny Clapp's "Girl of My Dreams" (1927), Angel Heart (1987), Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II (1997), Antonio Margarito vs. Miguel Cotto I (2008), Antonio M...

 An introduction, movies and video stores, Stacy Keach, Dorothy Stratten and seeing Bruce Willis while stoned, what more could you ask for?  Stuff mentioned:  Reality Bites (1994), Back to the Future (1985), Back to the Future Part II (1989), The Frighteners (1996), The Hard Way (1991), Faithfull: An Autobiography (1995), Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997-1998), Road Games (1981), Psycho II (1983), P...