“Woody’s songs were having that big an effect on me, an influence on every move I made, what I ate and how I dressed, who I wanted to know, who I didn’t. In the late ’50s and early ’60s, teenage … Read More
Author Archives: Bob Hill
Good Pictures/Bad Camera: Wedding in Red Bank
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Rufus Wainwright @ the Church of the Ascension, 5/17/12
Rufus Wainwright is one of those artists who cannot be fully appreciated on vinyl, video or disc. His voice cuts so deep and his range so wide that something tends to get lost in translation. What’s more? Listening to the … Read More
Film Capsule: A Bag of Hammers
A Bag of Hammers is the only movie I’ve ever seen that sets out to empathize with the burden of being gay, poor, and/or left out in America, yet ultimately ends up condescending to all three. This is all incidental, … Read More
Stephen King on The Importance of Writing Every Day
“Once I start work on a project, I don’t stop and I don’t slow down unless I absolutely have to. If I don’t write every day, the characters begin to stale off in my mind – they begin to seem … Read More
Good Pictures/Bad Camera: Spanish Harlem Afternoon
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Moving On: Bob Barker (& The Legend of Tin Can Alley)
By Bob Hill And so it came to pass, somewhere in the deep weeds of August, 1992, that I began working nights along Surfside Pier. I agreed to take the job because I needed the money, and my buddy Mike needed … Read More
Jane Jacobs on the Four Rules of Neighborhood Planning
“First, to foster lively and interesting streets. Second, to make the fabric of these streets as continuous a network as possible throughout a district of potential sub-city size and power. Third, to use parks and squares and public buildings as … Read More
Good Pictures/Bad Camera: Odds and Sods
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Film Capsule: The Avengers
Go see The Avengers. It’s light, and silly, and it doesn’t get bogged down with details. Scarlett Johansson looks hot, Robert Downey, Jr. is superb, and Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk is good enough that it may actually merit yet-another reboot of … Read More