There was a moment when I was standing on a platform very, very close about 50 yards from one section of the 275 falls. I could see – very closely – the water cresting at the very top, as if it were posing right before it plummeted and disappeared in to the billowing mist below. […]
(The following is a letter I wrote, today, to the Hollywood Walk of Fame on behalf of Busby Berkeley)
“Good morning! I have been out of the country until today. I notice that submissions were due May 31, 2013 for 2014 consideration. I respectfully ask that you consider my request to allow me to submit a […]
So, today, you all have video games. But I had “Winky Dink” – the first interactive television game, 5 decades before Wii. First, you had to buy the Winky Dink box set which included “magic crayons”, a special cloth and a “magic window” – a pliable, vinyl plastic “film” that stuck to the television screen. […]
No matter the fame, fortune, the trappings and awards, there is one element in the world of show business that carries as much punch as Muhammad Ali – The Fan. When I say “fan” I mean that die hard, go to any lengths Bradley tank in the form of a music lover following a particular […]
During the early stages of the project to save, restore and rejuvenate the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas, my then partner, Chuck Eckerman and I launched out on our own to run the State and Varsity Theatres also in Austin. These were strictly film theatres – more art theatre as opposed to first run theatres. […]
That was me after surviving the ATM “Death” Cave in NW Belize. See below.
During the spring of 2011, a friend and I decided to visit Belize – one of the few remaining countries I had not journeyed to in my quest to circumnavigate the Caribbean (See Conversations with the Maya).
During my Belize research prior to […]
This story is one of the two most important stories I will ever write because it gets to the very core of my being. The other story will be extremely hard to write but write it I will. The two are bookends to each other.
PARADISE
Very early on while I was writing the first life stories […]
LENNY BRUCE – ONE MAN COMEDY SHOW – UT CACTUS CAFE – AUSTIN, TX
In 1980, I decided to put together a one man standup comic show based on the life of the infamous comedian Lenny Bruce. But first, here’s a little background history about my interest in comedy.
I had done some standup comedy on an […]
AKUMAL, Q. ROO, MEXICO – 2005
On some of my trips to Q. Roo and Yucatan, I have sought out Mayan experts who have a different kind of knowledge than my archaeologist friends. “Bush” was a scholar on the subject. His book case was stuffed with all manner of Mayan literature. He was friends with Ed. […]
I have always been a nut about Halloween. Sci Fi films, old horror movies, carving pumpkins and decorating the house with hanging bats, spiders, rats, candy corn, candles and the works is a freaking blast.
One year after we have been operating the Paramount Theatre in downtown Austin I decided to let whimsy run wild. I […]