On August 8th I suffer what can best be described as a complete physiological break. Among my peers, I am eager to write this off as a hangover – the ill effects of an 18-hour binge that included one bottle … Read More
Author Archives: Bob Hill
Moving On: And Then There Were None
It is around this time – the second week in June – that the Irish begin arriving for the season. One can see them along the promenade, wandering 12 people deep, as if in a scrum. The females have fair … Read More
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“Everybody likes to think this idea that we’re, like, born done.” – Ethan Hawke, Excerpted from Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast (2016) IFB’s Quotations Page, General Index
Moving On: The Turn of The Century
Talia’s eyes are closed, but she is not asleep. I am seated along the edge of the mattress, where I will remain until this beer is done. I will sleep then, waking in the afternoon. We will leave then. I … Read More
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“Raphael was right to destroy all the evidence of who he was as a little kid. Nobody wants to be reminded of what they could have been. If there was a time machine invented and we could all travel back … Read More
The Park Is Closed
“Good morning. My name is Bob Hill, and, if I could, I’d like to say a few words.” I am standing toward the front of an assembly, 100 people, semi-formally clothed. We are gathered along a breezeway in the Penn … Read More
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“Break the water. Make a ripple once in a while.” – Laura Marling, “Divine” (2015) IFB’s Quotations Page, General Index
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“Few who build a base camp have no ambitions to reach the summit.” – Norman Mailer, Excerpted from Oswald’s Tale, 1995
Moving On: Like a Bridle Over Shipwrecked Waters
If you were from or of the Wildwood scene during the early 1990s, chances were you knew of an urban legend involving a whistling man who haunted midnight sands beneath the boardwalk. There were variations on this theme with each … Read More
IFB’s Top 10 Movies of 2015
10. Mr. Holmes What if the world’s most captivating investigator began to lose his capacity for recall? 9. 99 Homes This is what happened after The Big Short. 8. Creed What does it say about the motion picture industry when … Read More