Monday, March 17, 2025

Author humor:


How I look when someone asks me what I’m writing about … and their reaction.

Napoleon Hill, on imagination and writing:


First comes thought;
then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans;
then transformation of those plans into reality.
The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.

- Napoleon Hill.

Sunday, March 16, 2025

On this day in television history - Justified (2010 & 2011):


Justified

Season 1. Episode 1.
Episode entitled: Fire in the Hole.
Released March 16, 2010.
Directed and written by Graham Yost.
Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.
Music by Steve Porcaro.
Cast:
Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Joelle Carter, Natalie Zea, Damon Herriman, Matt Craven, Peter Greene, Doug E. Doug, Kevin Rankin, Ryan O’Nan, Joel Marsh, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Walton Goggins, John Eddins, John Ciccolini, Danny Wildman, David Michael Holmes, Paul Aldanée, Michael Keith Allen, Giovanna Angle, Xavier Cortes, John W. Iwanonkiw, William Kania, Christian Lopez, David Dale McCue, Tiffany Sander McKenzie, Phil Nardozzi, Jackson Nunn, William Ragsdale.


Justified
Season 2. Episode 6.
Episode entitled: Blaze of Glory.
Released March 16, 2011.
Directed by Jon Avnet.
Written by Graham Yost and Benjamin Cavell.
Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.
Music by Steve Porcaro.
Cast:
Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, William Ragsdale, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Chris Coy, Conor O’Farrell, Connie Ray, Scott Wilson, Jill Basey, Mel Fair, Rodney J. Hobbs, Andy Hoff, Roderick McCarthy, Kinsey McLean, Stefan Marks, Casey Sander, Tom Schmid.

On this day in music history: He Said She Said, by Peter Karp & Sue Foley (2010):


He Said She Said

Album by Peter Karp & Sue Foley,
released March 16, 2010.

Track list:

Treat Me Right; So Far so Fast; Wait; Rules of Engagement; Hold on Baby; Mm Hmm; Danger Lurks; Ready for Your Love; Scared; Valentine's Day; Dear Girl; Baby Don't Go; Regret; Lost in You.

On this day in movie history - For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009):


For the Love of Movies

The Story of American Film Criticism
a documentary directed and written by Gerald Peary,
was released in the United States on March 16, 2009.
Music by Bobby B. Keyes.
Narrated by
Patricia Clarkson.

On this day in movie history - Breathless (1960):


Breathless

French title: À bout de souffle,
directed and written by Jean-Luc Godard,
based on a story by François Truffaut and Claude Chabrol,
was released in the United States on March 16, 1960.
Music by Martial Solal.


Cast:

Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Roger Hanin, Van Doude, Claude Mansard, Liliane Dreyfus, Michel Fabre, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Balducci, André S. Labarthe, François Moreuil, Jacques Lourcelles, Liliane Robin, Gérard Brach, Philippe de Broca, José Bénazéraf, Jean Domarchi, Jean Douchet, Raymond Huntley, Louiguy, Michel Mourlet, Guido Orlando, Madame Paul, Jean-Louis Richard, Jacques Serguine, Jacques Siclier, Virginie Ullmann, Emile Villion.

On this day in music history - King of the Blues / My Kind of Blues, by B.B. King (1960):


King of the Blues / My Kind of Blues

Album by B.B. King,
released March 16, 1960.

Track list:

King Of The Blues; I've Got A Right To Love My Baby; What Way To Go; Long Nights; Feel Like A Million; I’ll Survive; Good Man Gone Bad; If I Lost You; You’re On The Top; Partin’ Time; I’m King; You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now; Mr. Pawnbroker; Understand; Someday Baby; Driving Wheel; Walking Dr. Bill; My Own Fault, Baby; Catfish Blues; Hold That Train; Please Set The Date; Whole Lotta Love; Woke Up This Morning; Let’s Do The Boogie; Story From My Heart And Soul; Jump With You Baby; Bye Bye Baby.