Monthly Archives: August 2010
The Brown Album
Hola amigos, Although The Band is known for their American roots music, only drummer Levon Helm was born in the ‘States. Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko and Garth Hudson all hail from Canada. After meeting up as “The Hawks” – the backing band for Ronnie Hawkins – the band came to prominence supporting Bob [...]
Hunter S. Thompson: The Crazy Never Die
Bonjour mes amis, I went on a Hunter S. Thompson binge recently. No good reason, just got a little carried away. I read a couple of biographies and discovered a lot of great videos in the process. Although this is not an official Sleepless Film Festival post, I wanted to share this video. The Crazy [...]
Sleepless Book Club Selection: Alejandro Jodorowsky's Psychomagic
Welcome back, Today, I’m pleased to announce the first entry in our new Sleepless Book Club. Sleepless Book Club posts will feature reviews of books by diverse authors that write on the subjects of art/culture/music/the occult/the unexplained/sub-cultural history/drugs/cutting-edge science and consciousness. We like poetic fiction. We like musical poetry. We can’t wait to discuss all [...]
The Sleepless Film Festival Presents: Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man
Happy day, day-trippers. We were up late again last night, but were pleased to wake up early enough to enjoy a lovely day in The Old South. After weeks of particularly brutal summer weather, Nashville is experiencing an unlikely respite with temps in the high 80′s and flagging spirits on the rise. This weekend my [...]
Teeth Baby
The herd of gazelle charges through my living room; all snort and grunt and gallop and black horns swaying above white-panicked eyes. I can smell that cheetah smell: bad news and spotted speed. A small calf strays in the back, passed the coffee table, towards the kitchen, away from the crowded safety of the herd. [...]
Ex-Quiz-It-Corpse
Bless you, As our our post-title implies, this entry will be an “exquisite corpse”. The Wiki-Wik has a pretty good take on this process: Exquisite corpse (also known as exquisite cadaver or rotating corpse) is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds to a composition in [...]
The Sleepless Film Festival Presents – Dennis Hopper: Last/Lost
Hola Amigos, “I’m an American!” As promised, our first proper blog since the re-boot is another installment of Insomnia’s ongoing, online film program The Sleepless Film Festival. With this episode, we are looking back on the carreer of the late, great Dennis Hopper. While we can’t resist re-visiting highlights from the maverick’s career, we are [...]
