2012 — The Monarch Review — Page 3
The Monarch Drinks With Charles R. Cross
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:55 — 1 Comment
Bob Dylan came up right away. It was probably my fault. In fact, I know it was, though I hadn’t planned it that way. The general question was whether or not Bob Dylan embodies D.H. Lawrence’s idea that “men are free when they are living in a homeland, not when they are straying and breaking away. Men are free when they are obeying some deep, inward voice of religious belief.†Before we’d even received our Coca-Colas—his Diet, mine Classic—we found ourselves staring deep into the rabbit hole of the Dylan mythos. In a wonderful moment, marked by an admirable even-headedness […]
November In America – Shaun Scott
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 12:27 — 0 Comments
It’s November in America again, and I can’t think of two films so significant, loaded and well-done as “Rocky†and “Taxi Driver†to use as a centerpiece in these next few pages for a few reflections about a country in its holiday and election seasons. But before we get into all that, a digression:
Vacant Sky, Red Dirt – James Brantingham
Monday, October 29, 2012 13:23 — 0 Comments
I first smelled death
Estrogen – Olusola Akinwale
Monday, October 29, 2012 13:16 — 2 Comments
Lami Marcus wasn’t the cutest girl in Calabar City, but Sammy Duke panted for her as the deer pants for water, regardless of the distance between them. He spent most of his time in the US where he had gone for a degree in International Affairs. Brown-eyed Sammy was tall, dark and heartbreakingly handsome.
An Interview with Chefs Jake Wilson and Jeff Davidson
Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:44 — 0 Comments
Know your chefs interview series, episode 3.
Customs In Customs – Bradford Philen
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 12:52 — 2 Comments
After arriving to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, we all met by baggage claim. It was a large room that better suited the aura of a past decade. Fluorescent bulbs dimmed the air tepid and the red brick walls were cold. Dawn, the color of honey, crept through the front windowpanes of the airport terminal. The morning light was just past Customs. Life was just past Customs.Â
Returning “Home” – Northern Youth
Saturday, October 20, 2012 11:40 — 0 Comments
It’s been a little over a year since L.A.-native Luke Messimer left Seattle for a small spot in Arizona. It was the beginning of a quest, to take a step back from the life he’d known and delve into self-exploration and his new music project, Northern Youth. Since, Messimer has returned to Los Angeles and finished work on his first full-length—appropriately titled, Home.
What Happened At The World’s Fair: Elvis And The Future In Seattle – Jim Demetre
Thursday, October 18, 2012 14:03 — 8 Comments
In the realm of music, Elvis Presley is an iconic American figure who became, before his death in 1977 at age 42, as close to a messiah as one could get in our deeply religious and celebrity-obsessed country. On film, however, the boy from Tupelo, Mississippi always portrayed scrappy, backcountry upstarts on the make. And while Elvis may have been the King of Rock & Roll, in Hollywood his status was more that of a beleaguered, indentured serf than of cinematic royalty.Â
An Interview With Chef Thierry Rautureau
Thursday, October 18, 2012 13:20 — 0 Comments
Know your chefs interview series, episode 2.
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney