Often been surprised by a movie after what a film critic said about it? Ever felt cheated out of big bucks on the recommendations of a punk 24-year-old? Or really loved the ones they panned? Well, you no longer need to feel out of step with the current movie review band. Different Drummer is for you. Read more about our take on the film world. And get ready to relive your favorite movies with the recipes that follow each review. You can find many other great recipes in Different Drummerβs own Appetite for Murder: a Mystery Loverβs Cookbook, too.
Every city has at least one food that canβt be duplicated anywhere else. In Chicago, itβs the Italian beef sandwich. Iβve never run across it anywhere else. Of course, no trip back home is complete without one.
Read MoreThey finally get the story straight and the lawmen β not the thuggish criminals β are the real heroes.
Read MoreIf too much recent science fiction seems cold, remote, and austere, you should see this 2014 Matthew McConaughey film that remembers that even as we soar boundlessly to new worlds, our real ties to earth and those we love are never severed.
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The little town of Round Top, Texas, halfway between Houston and Austin, hosts a Country Antiques Show. Its roadside grasslands are piled high in French enamel, stained glass, old time buggies, grandfather clocks, wooden grain buckets and benches, or Chinese wedding baskets painted a festive red, to name but a few of the treasures for sale.
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Beirut in 1982, once exotic and sophisticated, is now a chaotic rubble. But no more so than its prodigal son, fallen from diplomatic grace, who returns to rescue an old friend.
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This isnβt just a slap in the face to the glamorized intrigue of the spy world; itβs a punch in the gut, a leveling one that bends you over and leaves you groaning. An unflinching portrait of moral compromise that slowly eats away at a manβs soul, whether he is on the right side or not.
Read MoreThis 1987 film is even better than I remembered. Action, adventure, and a superb cast of characters who gain courage from each other as they fight against entrenched corruption both inside and outside the law.
Read MoreβFour weeks that changed the course of history.β It doesnβt get much bigger than that. If you missed this tremendous film when it was in the theaters, watch it now!
Read MoreThis 2011 Oscar winner is an examination of a British class system that clamps its iron jaws on kings as well as commoners, grinding both beneath its stiff upper lip. Itβs not so much a wonder that the king stammers, but that everyone else does not.
Read MoreItβs official. Hollywood has its Mojo back. (At least it did in this 2014 epic.) Thanks to Brad Pitt, itβs now okay to be a macho warrior, even outside the realm of the Marvel movie franchise.
Read MoreTruth and Illusion. You wonβt always know the difference as the American Revolution comes roaring to life on screen in blood red, patriot blue, and cowardly white. Lust and loyalty, betrayal and bravery, deception and death β they are all there in a kaleidoscope of images that bleed into each other.
Read MoreFlawless, even as it shows all our human flaws right up there on the big screen. Itβs enough to make you believe in true love and second chances all over again. And the Italian humor and philosophy are the icing on the cake.
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Appetite for Murder: A Mystery Loverβs Cookbook
Also available here
by Kathy Borich
A tantalizing slant on cooking and crime. Relive your favorite classic detective stories and then whip up the food that caught the culprit.
Different Drummer is not the only one noticing the lackluster police response to the now 6 drownings in Lady Bird Lake in the last year. The family of Chris Clark, whose body was found last April (2023), was very upset, too.
Different Drummer herself has noticed the weak city response in terms of safety measures as she and her husband ride past the Rainey Area near Lady Bird Lake. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. What good are some pallid lights and a split rail fence if there are big gaps with only a sign to warn those of danger? Certainly, someone drunk, as may or may not be the case, probably would or could not read it.
February 6, 2024
βA body was found Monday, Feb. 6, 2024, in a Texas lake, the same site where other deceased individuals have been discovered in recent months, authorities said.
βAt least five people have been found dead at the lake, which is a portion of the Colorado River running through downtown Austin, since last year.β βLouis Casiano, Fox News
The body is that of a woman, which differs from the previous drownings, all of which were men around age 30. As usual, the police are mum and saying there are no signs of foul play, but what else is new? βDD
Different Drummer will keep you informed as further details emerge. Below is the area where the recent body was found.
In 2023 alone, five bodies have been found in in Lady Bird Lake, and according to local reports, as many as eight in the past 10 months.
Different Drummer and her husband Gary have been biking this trail around the lake for decades. They live in the thick of it, on a quaint tree-lined street across the river from the glittering Austin Skyline.
Follow our two Cycling Sleuths chronicle where their path crosses those who did not return home to their loved ones.
Smiley Face Connection: February 2024 Update: Another Body Found
The Serpentβs Tooth: A Texas Mystery
Austin is now the trendy number one city, but back in the eighties it was more laid back β not so many skyscrapers and urban hipsters. Just outside of town, you'd be likely to run into old cowboys, ranch hands, and a diamondback or two. And just maybe β an accidental death not as accidental as it seemsβ¦
Complete with Texas Recipes for the Oktoberfest Dinner where all is revealed.
An Illustrated Introduction to Classical Horsemanship: Concepts and Skills from A to Z
by Gary Borich
A comprehensive resource in a succinct alphabetical format that brings the beginning rider through every aspect of learning to train and ride for show and trail.
