The Morning Weeps for Kenny
Today is the funeral for Ken Knudson. At 7:00 am it is cold, dark and rainy here in Oak Park. I went to the Laundry to pick up some clothes and got into a conversation with the lady there. SHe was telling me I certainly wore a lot of black. It is usual my bland […]
The Death of Ken Knudson
I was rudely awakened this morning by the news of a plane crash which killed Ken Knudson, founder of the Sybaris Hotels.Kenny was my first interview for The Search for Count Dante. I was just preparing to call him to arrange a new interview in HD Video. Ken was a regional karate champ back in […]
Xin nian yu kuai::Chinese New Year::Year of the Dog
Sunday I was in Chinatown at the Chinese New Year Parade shooting one of my interviewees who studies King Fu at the Ng Family School. Back to my old stomping ground, Wentworth Ave. I found Bob Bartoski on 25th and Wentworth carrying a school flag while nearby some of the 10 year old students were […]
Hairdressing Dante???
This lead may not yield any new info about John. What I have though is a guy who is an old timer from the wild and crazy Rush Street of the 60s and 70s. He can give me a sense Rush Street lore. I have sent him some pictures of Count Dante. He defininately knew […]
World’s Deadliest Hairdresser, Hynotism and Belly Dancers.
My old friend Mary Atherton, editor at Modern Salon magazine has come through for me with information on Dante’s hairdressing career. One of my past jobs was working for Pivot Point Hair Schools in the publishing division. That is how I know Mary I may have an informant. But the story is headed to tales […]
King Day :: Funding in the Air? :: Doc Lighting
There are memories resurrected with this project. Context. My personal motivations, past actions influenced by contact with John Keehan, needs based on social circumstance. When I was a child I would travel all over the city with two friends, both now deceased. We had lots of adventures. There was no limit to where we would […]
T-shirts for dollars
I am working on various ideas to promote the film. This is just one. Let me know if you like it. To date this has been a low2NO budget production.I have some fundraising possibilities about to happen. Digital has made this all so much more easier.
Of Dreams Not about John
I just awoke from a dream. I came home one night to a party. As I walked in and deftly manuevered through the din of tinkling glasses and buzz of conversation I see 2 people sitting on the couch. It is Nelson Mandela and a bespeckeled film or diminutive height and is not Woody Allen. […]
Contact continues…
I am still getting results from the Kankakee newspaper article. I was not able to get back down there to talk to people this week. I have a part time job and got wrapped up in some things. I have heard from a Keehan family member for the first time. I have discovered his family […]
Research-Do
Research… you gotta love it. In dealing with a subject where people have been dead for 30 years, where archival materials that existed before the dawn of digital have turned or are turning to dust, where information you need was deemed not important or had a low priority and was/is being destroyed presents some serious […]