Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Harper Lee, on writing:


Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer.

There are people who write, but I think they’re quite different from people who must write.

– Harper Lee.

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

On this day in music history: Visual Music, by Joan Jeanrenaud (2016):


Visual Music

Album by Joan Jeanrenaud,
Released March 25, 2016.

Track list:

Solo Prelude; Pilasters; Harmonic Harlem; Isola; Spinario; Dead Reckoning; Hypocrite; Puzzle; St Paul; Harlem Strut; Winter; Oulipo; This Is Not a Duet; Bacchanal; Moon Above; Virgin & Child; Ethereal Tree.

On this day in television history - Justified (2014):


Justified

Season 5. Episode 11.
Episode entitled: The Toll.
Released March 25, 2014.
Directed by Jon Avnet.
Written by Graham Yost, Benjamin Cavell, Leonard Chang.
Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.
Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Michael Rapaport, Rick Gomez, Shashawnee Hall, John Kapelos, Jacob Lofland, Jesse Luken, Danielle Panabaker, Amy Smart, Alicia Witt, Leslie Riley, Justin Welborn, Mary Steenburgen, Alex S. Alexander, Jocelyn Ayanna, Cathy Baron, Duncan Bravo, Van Epperson, Mel Fair, Jonathan Kowalsky, Russell Bertolino, Lisa Pevc.

On this day in television history - Kojak (2005):


Kojak

based on Kojak by Abby Mann,
was released in the United States on March 25, 2005,
and ran for one season until May 22, 2005.
Music by Mark Snow.


Cast:

Ving Rhames, Chazz Palminteri, Roselyn Sánchez, Chuck Shamata, Sybil Temtchine and Michael Kelly.

On this day in movie history - James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction (1993):


James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction

documentary directed by Reinhard Jud,
written by Reinhard Jud and Wolfgang Lehner,
filmed in 1993,
was released in the United States on March 25, 1998.
Music by Sam Auinger and Deedee Neidhart.

Cast:

James Ellroy, Elizabeth Short.

On this day in music history - Machine Head, by Deep Purple (1972):


Machine Head

Album by Deep Purple,
released March 25, 1972.

Track list:

Highway Star; Maybe I'm A Leo; Pictures Of Home; Never Before; Smoke On The Water; Lazy; Space Truckin'.

On this day in movie history - The Big Combo (1955):


The Big Combo

directed by Joseph H. Lewis,
written by Philip Yordan,
was released in the United States on March 25, 1955.
Music by David Raksin.


Cast:

Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, Robert Middleton, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman, Helen Walker, Jay Adler, John Hoyt, Ted de Corsia, Helene Stanton, Roy Gordon, Whit Bissell, Steve Michaell, Baynes Barron, James McCallion, Tony Michaels, Brian O'Hara, Bruce Sharpe, Michael Mark, Philip Van Zandt, Donna Drew.