Big JAPANFEST Coming Saturday, Sunday

THE ANNUAL JAPANFEST is coming to Metro Atlanta again this coming Saturday and Sunday, 9-15 and 9-16.  The big event presents a wonderful spectrum of unique Japanese cultural experiences for all ages.  Children will love all the numerous special things designed for kids.  Also, the musical performances and Karate and Kendo shows etc. will provide visually exciting things for all visitors to the two-day festival.  Again this year the event will be held at the Gwinnett Center Convention Center located at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, GA 30097.  If you want lots of fun and a chance to enjoy all things Japan then come to the glorious JAPANFEST this coming Saturday and Sunday. 

Pleasant Friday

BEEN LISTENING to Muddy Waters blues singing today.  The sound of his passion and his unbridled genius thrills my thin and tender soul.  Yes, indeed.

Good Guitar Man

KENNY BURRELL ....what a fine jazz guitar man this fellow is!  His album called 'Then Along Came Kenny' really kicks it into high gear with strong jazz licks.  Love his and his guys version of the feisty Charlie Parker tune, 'Yardbird Suite.'

Good Weather Joys

MUCH BETTER WEATHER going right now.  Makes one enjoy life...maybe reading Charles Dickens.  In music...time to enjoy Smetana or Charlie Parker or maybe, Dizzy Gillespie.

Labor Day and American Culture Motifs

IT  IS LABOR DAY AGAIN:  So I say "Happy Labor Day!"  This unique day is a grand bit of cultural Americana.  We celebrate all the hard-working people of this country.  Today with this ODD economy it is difficult to keep things afloat.  However, we are still trying hard to manage things well.  Let us have pride in ourselves and our labors.  We are good people.

Stanley Kubrick Films Complex and Riveting

MOVIES THAT HIT HARD are such fascinating experiences.  I have been thinking about two Stanley Kubrick films that really "get me" as the pundits say.  These movies are  'Lolita' with the delightful, pretty Sue Lyon and the shiny engaging work with a grande guignol performance by the clever Nicole Kidman...i.e. 'Eyes Wide Shut.'  That thing is such a sexy, shrewd jewel.  Figure this fact right now people:  Mt. Kubrick seems quite a brashly innovative film director.  He gets the job done, beautifully.

College Football Soars Again

GRIDIRON TIMES ARISE ONCE MORE:  Part of our inherent rugged Southern culture energizes its self again.  Today, the feisty DAWGS nation is happy...Yeah...The University of Georgia defeated the men from Buffalo.  It is a fine Saturday in September, indeed!