Hey girl come to the picnic date, I brought a rotisserie chicken with no utensils and an entire handle of Kirkland vodka. We're pretty deep in the woods and I have a gun
all i really care about is sunsets and sunrises and seas and oceans and trees and birds and animals and mountains and the sun and the air and good experiences and laughter and nice food and being around people i like and love and contemplation and reflection and prayer and peace.
5 years ago, Sturgill Simpson won a Grammy for Country Album of the year and was nominated for Album of the Year.
He wasn't nominated for a single CMA.
So he busked outside to raise money for ACLU, with his Grammy in his guitar case.
No, I'm not watching the CMAs tonight.
Some sad news today. Oscar-nominated actor and Texan Frederic Forrest has passed away at the age of 86. Frederic was born in Waxahachie and is probably best known to Texans for playing the role of Blue Duck in Lonesome Dove. Forrest first came to public attention for his performance in When the Legends Die (1972), which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. He went on to receive Academy and Golden Globe Award nominations in the Best Supporting Actor category for his portrayal of Huston Dyer in musical drama The Rose (1979).
Forrest portrayed Jay "Chef" Hicks in Francis Ford Coppola's epic war film Apocalypse Now (1979), and collaborated with Coppola on four other films: The Conversation (1974), One from the Heart (1982), Hammett (1982), and Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). His other credits include The Missouri Breaks (1976), The Two Jakes (1990), and Falling Down (1993), along with the television series 21 Jump Street, Die Kinder and, of course, Lonesome Dove.
This photo of Frederic Forrest as Blue Duck courtesy @thewittliff collections at Texas State University. The Witliff has a remarkable archive of all kinds of stuff, including a wonderful collection of Lonesome Dove memorabilia. Highly recommended!
RIP Frederic Forrest!