THE DONUT KING
From our coverage of the 2020 Nashville Film Festival by Jason T Sparks When you watch documentaries you learn things. Here’s a thing I learned from a documentary: within the city of Los Angeles,...
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NEVER TOO LATE: THE DOC SEVERINSEN STORY
From our continuing coverage of the 2020 Nashville Film Festival by Jason T Sparks Once upon a time, there was a skinny guy from Nebraska named Johnny Carson, and he was the burning-hot epicenter...
THE MYSTERY OF D.B. COOPER
Coverage of the Nashville Film Festival, by Jason T Sparks Here’s what we know: on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving in 1971, a nondescript, middle-aged man in a dark suit boarded Northwest Orient Airlines flight...
THROUGH SPACE, TIME, AND MIDDLE AMERICA PART TWO: POLISH FORTUNE TELLERS, DENNY’S, AND SOLITUDE
As I roll through another international neighborhood, I begin to notice the locals are mostly in Cubs gear, and all walking towards the same thing. Turns out I’m driving towards it—Irving Park intersects with West Addison, as in 1060 West Addison, AKA Wrigley Field, AKA the official address of one Elwood Blues. I can’t believe my luck—I wanted to experience this town, and this one road appears to be giving me Peak Chicago.
Why Do We Enjoy Movies In The Park?
via Jason T. Sparks, Our Man in Nashville ed note: This was written in the Before Times, then held until the summer movie season rolled around. Things changed. July 2019: It’s a beautiful June...
History in the Soup Aisle
by Jason T. Sparks, Our Man in Nashville Nashville, Tennessee, March 26, 2020 Staff Sgt Edgar T Sparks, Jr, my grandfather, late of the US Army Air Corps and the China-Burma-India theatre of combat...
Tool Kit For Life
I have tried to keep a similar cigar box—sometimes a literal cigar box, next to my own recliner, sometimes (usually) a briefcase or backpack that I carry with me everywhere I go. I have compiled a list here of the 42 things I’d ideally have in my cigar box (or carry in a backpack; all 42 would not fit in a cigar box, but most would)—the things that, as far as I’m concerned, will prepare you for whatever you encounter.
Through Space, Time and Middle America, Part One: Wind Turbines, Cheese Fries, Intermodal Stations, and Bottlezahwatahzahdollah (A trip before the Coronavirus.)
by Jason T. Sparks, Our Man in Nashville I look back now on May of 2018 as a kind of—pardon the bastardized Latin—month mirablius. I had started a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for...
Infrequently Asked Questions: Jason Shawhan
Above is a podcast that interviews Jason Shawhan Nashville Film Festival Coverage brought to you by Jason Sparks, Our Man in Nashville The Crypt-Keeper at the Nashville Film Festival Graveyard Shift holds forth on...
What Does It Mean To Go To A Film Festival
Nashville Film Festival coverage provided by Jason T. Sparks, Our Man in Nashville Going to a film festival is its own experience. For the most part, it’s a positive experience. By the same token,...
