Stephen Berg

"The Cranes Are Flying" has some fantastic camera work. Great movie.

For some reason, it depresses me that you can book Big Pink on VRBO. Basement not included; make your tapes elsewhere. www.vrbo.com/3970069ha

Hume Cronyn is deliciously evil in that one!

Right now, PBS is showing Johnny Cash live in Denmark in 1971, and Carl Perkins is in the band and he just stepped up to the mic to do “Blue Suede Shoes,” right after Johnny did “I Walk the Line.” It’s so very good.

YouTube video by SineadOConnorVEVO Sinead O'Connor - Troy (Official Music Video)

Sinead died two years ago today. Listening, in her memory. #musicsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c4v...

YouTube video by Al Bowlly - Topic When That Man Is Dead and Gone

This was written about Hitler. But, ya know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEJe...

"Shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment will restore public order."The cruelty he has perpetrated upon immigrants has now moved to some of our most vulnerable citizens. #ResistFascism

Facebook post that reads: Real discussion that just happened: CNN: Hey Dave it's CNN. Could you come on to talk about the death of Hulk Hogan? Me: Sure! CNN: What would you want to cover? Me: Let's see.... Hulk Hogan was a racist anti-union scab and a liar. He hated unions, Black people, and the truth and that's why he loved Donald Trump. He also covered up for rapist and sex trafficker Vince McMahon, the husband of the current Education Secretary. Both McMahons, terrible human beings, will no doubt be front and center mourning his death. And, wildly, TODAY is the ten year anniversary of the public release of recorded tapes where he went on an n-word laded tirade. I guess that's what clinched his speaking spot at the RNC. That's his legacy and that's what I would discuss.... So what time do you want me at the studio? CNN: OK Great! Well.... so we'll keep looking but thanks for taking to time to talk. Me: Ok good to talk. One last thing: he really led a horrifying life -a real American scumbag - and I hope your reporting reflects tha- [phone goes click] So long, Terry. You made some iconic memories and then shit all over them. I'm sure CNN will cover the first part.

From Facebook:

Thanks to this, I looked him up. Seems I already had Il Posto on my watchlist, now I'll have to add the other two. Thanks!

Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan dead at 71: report Paramedics reportedly responded to a call about a “cardiac arrest.”

Piece of shit who bankrupted Gawker and praised Trump drops dead, no one mourns. pagesix.com/2025/07/24/c...

‘South Park’s most furious episode ever’: the jaw-dropping Satanic takedown of Donald Trump They’ve depicted the president’s privates. They’ve shown him in flagrante with the devil. The makers of the foul-mouthed US cartoon have certainly thrown down the gauntlet …

All of a sudden, South Park is relevant again. If you missed the first episode of this season, it's airing again and you should try to catch it before their masters at Paramount+ ban it from ever airing again.

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It's a great movie, but people also want to be prepped for Spike Lee's remake later this year.

Ozzy Osbourne in a Black Sabbath T-shirt, with his pants down, sitting on a toilet with a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other. He's got wide eyes and a manic smile.

RIP Ozzy.

It's cheaper than Netflix without ads.

Not anymore. Currently, Criterion only offers his "The Comfort of Strangers," which you can safely skip, and "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters," which is great.

It's streaming now on the Criterion Channel or on HBO Max if you have either of them and don't want to wait.

I can't believe I'm about to watch the shitshow that is the All-Star Game, but it's the only baseball there is for a few days.

YouTube video by streetsintherain The Connells - Scotty's Lament

Their album "Boylan Heights" is an oft-neglected, underknown brilliant thing. (This song popped into my head today.) #musicsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKSg...

And if you watch it, watch it with headphones on!

Illustration of an American flag. The stars are a chain link fence and the stripes are barbed wire.

Illustration by Aïda Amer.

I wonder how much shit the right will give Macy’s for using “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the fireworks display.

YouTube video by UnAmericanBandstand Woody Guthrie~ All You Fascists Bound To Lose

Happy Fourth from a real American. #musicsky youtu.be/VwcKwGS7OSQ?...

Flag, Epstein Furniture, Holyoke, Massachusetts, 2000, by Mitch Epstein

The Mets won a beauty tonight. One of the only good things about this dreadful day.

YouTube video by X - The Band X - 4th of July

I jumped the gun and listened to this today. The Mexican kids setting off fireworks part choked me up a bit this year. #musicsky youtu.be/BLInAn1LwZU?...

YouTube video by dprkspacemarine Billy Bragg - Which Side Are You On?

For some reason this song came to mind today. youtu.be/vbddqXib814?...

It's Farley Granger night on TCM. Just watched him in a nifty little noir called Side Street, chock full of great cinematography on the streets of NYC.

I also learned from Alicia Malone that Granger was bisexual and had an intense affair with Leonard Bernstein. Who knew?

I watched that in a double feature with "Under the Volcano," for reals.

OMG.

There's plenty to be happy about, and some to be really excited about, but holy cow, "Killer of Sheep" is coming to the channel!!! With the Criterion Collection special additions!!!