2012 Production
Posted on December 31, 2011 by James RileyThe year 2012, for me, if all goes well, will be something like the year 1771 for Silas Rhodes and his trusty band of freedom fighters. For those of you who know how cranky and dismissive I am about most modern media, I guess I have a surprising admission to make: there’s a lot […]
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Slow it Down There, Mate
Posted on December 26, 2011 by James RileyA Quick Look at “America, the Story of Us” During that strange break in the Christmas season when you pretty much know that no one is returning phone calls, or email, and everyone has reconciled themselves to picking black olives out of the appetizer trays and coasting their way towards the celebration, we fired up “America, […]
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Courage, New Hampshire – The Major Events of 1771
Posted on December 22, 2011 by James RileyThe year 1771 broke upon New Hampshire with international rumors of a possible war with Spain and her ally, France, over the Falkland Islands. The British army and navy continued to have trouble with desertion and 40 shilling rewards were being posted for the return of British sailors to their ships. Governor Wentworth began cracking […]
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Next Episode Stuff
Posted on December 17, 2011 by James RileySnow. A Masquerade Country Ball at the Hawk’s Head Tavern. Too Much Snow to travel. Everyone is stuck in the tavern for the night. The people of the town are absolutely charmed by ….
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Sex in Courage Township
Posted on December 16, 2011 by James RileyHow We All Came to Be We’ve had a lot of good reaction to my last two blogs on the subject of the vile, cheap buffoon and intellectual pretender, Jon Stewart. He’s not worth any more space, but I wanted to use his absolute lack of taste, and his utter lack of spiritual depth, […]
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Nothing Personal
Posted on December 14, 2011 by James RileyJon Stewart, the Two Dollar Whore Suppose you’re sitting in one of those little comedy reviews, like the Ice House in Pasadena or the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles. The comic steps up to the microphone and starts in on your aunt, who is sitting one table over. It’s a real Don Rickles […]
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The Very Idea Of It
Posted on December 10, 2011 by James RileyIn the BBC adaption of the Elizabeth Gaskell novel, Wives and Daughters, a rumpled country Squire Hamley played by Michael Gambon, anxiously makes a bid for the help of Miss Molly Gibson (Justine Waddell) in the care of Squire Hamley’s ailing wife. Unfortunately, Miss Gibson’s step mother, using Molly as a chess piece, insists the […]
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Island at War
Posted on December 8, 2011 by James RileyRedeeming the Time on Netflix So far, this series, a fictional story set during the World War II occupation of the British Channel Islands, is just stunning on all levels: the performances are compelling, the art direction is gorgeous, and the light! It certainly seems divine, since it has that breakfast-in-an-Irish-cottage quality, where everything feels […]
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“The Gliegendorfs Are Here..”
Posted on December 5, 2011 by James RileyDo people still call on each other at Christmas? Drop by for a visit? I’m not sure, post-Facebook, whether this is still done, but if they do, you need a gift-giving strategy. It could happen: you could be upstairs, just out of the shower, toweling off, when your eleven year old yells out, “heah, […]
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