I just started following this discussion at Supervillian that stems from this wonderful series by Matt Zoller Seitz about Michael Mann.  @switzke of Supervillian is taking the Seitz series as a jumping off point for talking about zen pulp and the ‘lone man’ narrative in film.  The discussion is just getting started, so you may want to tune in for the next few essay’s and responses.  Lots of amazing content going to be discussed there.

The other item in my morning inbox was an affectionate note about McCartney’s superb album ‘Ram’ from 1971 aver at Never Get Out of The Boat.  There’s is also information about a muzak instrumental version that McCartney did himself (?!?) and a various artists’ cover version of the album.