Category: The Unsung

Who is he? Why is he here? What in the world brought him to the condition where he needs a full body wrap? No one, including the nurse, is willing to say

There’s a whole hell of a lot to say about McCabe & Mrs. Miller, from the elegiac sadness afoot, to the underlying notion that dreamers, when they dream, often (and usually) end up shot.

O’Daniel. His bathrobe, his belief. He resides in a hovel, as he must, for ostentation is not the way. Nothis way, naturally, for he is a man of God. That goes without saying

He begins every year exactly the same way, and likely has for decades. No one quite remembers when he first showed up, but he’s taken on all comers and outlasted them all.

The local eccentric, all moustache and lambchops, waiting desperately for someone to give a shit. At last, somebody does. The local sheriff, in fact

Second only to Jesus, Abraham Lincoln has had more books published about him than any other historical figure.

Before the Deer Hunter Oscar, there was Duane. Predating Fatboy Slim, the Tarantino flirtation, and More Cowbell – long before his signature style gave birth to an icon.