Rewatched this myself this morning. Great indictment of American exceptionalism. Michael Ritchie is definitely one of the great under-heralded voices of New Hollywood.

I think the planter was bugged...

Ornamental performs "Kissing Grass" live at the @recordcratesunited.bsky.social Garden Party, 28 June 2025.
youtu.be/L-a1Y1ixqm4

Heat Manager performs "Palm Springs" live at the @recordcratesunited.bsky.social Garden Party, 28 June 2025.
youtu.be/P8pJZSGr8Mo

I was among those who bought On The Shore purely on the strength of its cover; it immediately became one of my favorite albums and was, in my twenties, my true gateway into late 60s/early 70s folk rock (Fairport had failed to grab me as a teen, the lysergic heft of Trees was more to taste).

Every time I develop and scan Tri-X shot on my Hasselblad, I think the same thing: I need to shoot more Tri-X on my Hasselblad.

Great record. I wish I could have made it out for the NY gig.

Jennifer Coolidge saying, "I think he's Swedish," got me.

It's pretty apparent they're not giving PTA as free a hand as he's had in years past.

Probably been a quarter century since I last saw it, but I loved that film in high school. Still one of the first ones I think of when Kilmer's name comes up.

I don't want to sound cynical, and I certainly will take any Trump resistance I can get, but this is first and foremost Booker starting his 2028 campaign.