Mama Guitar

Andy Griffith was cool.


Andy Griffith was a great actor.
More info about the movie here: A Face in The Crowd

Touch of Evil

Orson Welles' Touch of Evil opens with this audacious continuous tracking shot that has been dissected by every film school student in the past 50 years. It is three minutes of remarkable film and is accentuated by the Harry Mancini score that brings it to life.

Mancini discusses his approach at length at wellesnet

"Orson Welles had a perception of everything in the film, including the music. He knew. He truly understood film scoring. And since he was making a grimly realistic film, I think he reasoned that even the music had to be rooted in reality. And that meant it all had to come from the story itself; it would have to be source cues."

film stills

thousands of film stills and other delights shared on Flickr' by Olga-Saglo
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Bad Karma

As a further introduction to the Yuma lifestyle, I have been a huge fan of the music of Warren Zevon for the past twenty some odd years. His lyrics and music have been a source of inspiration and a guiding light over this time frame. It's time to share this passion with the PCL legions.

To start let's venture back to the early 90's and this video gem:
Searching for a Heart

They say love conquers all. Can't start it like a car, you can't stop it with a gun.

Disorder In The House featuring one of the great blistering guitar solo's of all time courtesy of The Boss

I'm scrawled across the davenport of despair

From the My Ride's Here CD
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Official site is Warren Zevon
More WZ stuff is at Zevon Fan Page


Warren passed away in 2003 of lung cancer. In his last televised interview with David Letterman when the diagnosis was a fait accompli, his advice and words to all were to "Enjoy Every Sandwich". Amen.