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December 3, 2019November 24, 2022 Gary Wells

Let’s Have a Rock ‘n’ Roll Christmas!

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Check This Out: “Beware of Mr. Baker”

May 28, 2019July 5, 2021 Gary Wells

Book Talk: Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies

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Tarantino Mines the Hits!

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Victor Willis Wins

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Paying the Bills

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This week on the Cocktail Nation radio show podcast, Yours Truly talks movies of the late Sixties and Seventies with a look at Quentin Tarantino's debut nonfiction book, Cinema Speculation. Search for Cocktail Nation wherever you get you podcasts.
I'm thrilled to finally issue my thoughts on one of my Top 25 and one of my first favourite films, La Bamba (1987).
Steve McQueen
My main man made it to 87.
Wrapping this busy weekend with some contemplative listening. Surely one of the deepest cuts in the Sinatra canon.
"You take awful chances, Mannix. For what?"

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