** "I don't always play terrible people, but I've had my fair share - but I've also played some very sweet mamas and some Southern belles..."

The Bondsman - A Conversation With Beth Grant. A veteran actress in nearly one hundred productions from Rain Man, Dragnet, The X- Files, Six Feet Under, Little Miss Sunshine, No Country For Old Men, Andy Warhol's mother in Factory Girl, and 'Woman with Hair but No Beard' in A Series Of Unfortunate Events to name a few - Beth Grant turns up as a gritty grandma teaming up with Kevin Bacon in this unusal supernatural crime noir thriller series.

And while contemplating - could this chronicle be yet another in a seemingly emerging trend reflecting the real world conflict right now of red states versus blue states on screen...

** "Why is it that there are only some billionaires that are bad, and some billionaires that are good. This faction over here, they're gonna muster all of these working class people - and have those poor bastards fight each other..."

Pacifica Host Garland Nixon on politics, parties and personalities. With connections to inflation, bi-partisan war machines, tariffs - and Hands Off, NATO, and the State Department...

** "Don't Touch That Dial..."

A New Episode Of 'Brush Up Your Shakespeare.' A solo dramatic performance, plus a character named Time. Stay tuned, and all will be revealed...

** "I could bomb you every hour - Irradiate the flowers..."

Music Corner - 'Bombing The Bridge To The 20th Century.' Not On The News - getting us to where we are today. 'Just remember the golden rule - who's got the gold they make the rules...'

** "The noir novel unveils its deepest secrets - in a rapidly changing and often in the noir vision, deteriorating landscape..."

Bro On The Global Literary Beat. Arts Express Paris Correspondent Professor Dennis Broe explores the largest crime novel festival in the world at Lyons.
Uncovering apocalypse fears, Nazis and French colonialism, genocide, racism, fascism, jazz, JFK and Marilyn Monroe...