But luckily, thankfully, I'm saved! Tonight at 10 on PBS is "Ain't Got No Home," another in the terrific "American Masters" series, this one focusing on the life and career of the singular Woody Guthrie. This is not to be confused with "No Direction Home," the American Masters Dylan documentary from last year. Next year, it will be "I Am Homeless: the Donovan story." Can't wait for that one.
That's a pretty sweet machine, Woody. Mine just makes toast.
The Post write-up says the Guthrie documentary doesn't have any Dylan interviews in it, which is unfortunate but unsurprising, as Dylan (who was directly and overwhelmingly influenced by Guthrie) is awfully media reticent (unless he's the media in question). But I think Guthrie's life -- his roots in the Dust Bowl, his involvement with the Communist party, his massive talent, his simultaneous love and hatred for his country that is all too understandable nowadays -- is enough in and of itself to carry a special. A Woody Guthrie documentary would be hard to mess up. But hey, it's TV. You could give TV a shotgun and a barrell of fish, and they'd just end up hitting themselves in the groin with a football. So we'll see. But I'm optimistic.
Hyperlinks:
- Washington Post write-up
- PBS American Masters
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DUDE - UNITED V CELTIC TONIGHT
That's tonight? You'd think they would have given some buffer time after the World Cup. Anyway, can't do it, unfortunately. I've got a dog lesson tonight, plus this weekend is the Allgood festival. I've got to buy all my hippie supplies. Animal Liberation Orchestra, here I come!
The Celtic All-Stars are a pretty big deal...I was hopin to go to that. Probably wouldn't watch it on TV, but would've been cool to attend.
I'm eatin' bagels.
Hey Daily, sure soccer and hockey are sports for people with socialist values....just like Woody.
Ah, yes, indeed. Anonymous gets the square!
Do you consider American Football a major American sport?
No...I consider it a major WORLD sport. To wit, I give you the Canadian [American] Football League. Or, ever hear of NFL Europe? I heard Steve DeBerg can't walk down the street in Belgium. Want me to keep going? No? That's what I thought. The defense rests, jerk. Wait...did I lose the conversation thread?
Daily, you do realize that the NHL got rid of the tie, don't you? They have gone to one overtime period of 5 mintues and then they go to a shoot out.
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