Tag: john wayne

• Memoir: The Ritz theater (1973)

  

  Merely taking my place in the ticket line, I wasn’t some punk kid, but a real member of society, waiting my turn just like the adults, and then choosing my seat, the same crappy quality as all the other seats. 

  abendelow

  February 10, 2024

  memoir

  A touch of Class, berwyn, Berwyn history, candy, cicero, dopamine, entertainment, George Segal, Glenda Jackson, James Bond, john wayne, movies, oak-park-history, Ritz theater, violence

• Memoir: My father the war veteran (1970)

  

  Sarah and I exchange a nervous smile. This is so strange! Where is this going?

  abendelow

  November 29, 2023

  memoir

  alcoholism, american football, domestic violence, john wayne, masculinity, memoir, spousal abuse, team sports, usmc, verbal abuse, violence

• Memoir: 1971-72: My short-lived love affair with war narratives and killing machines

  

  Playtime in the neighborhood is often coordinated by my sister Sharon’s friend, Debbie Smith. An only child, Debbie reaches out to the younger kids and is a positive role model for us. She organizes alley games of “Kick the Can” that are the most exciting thing in my young world–a game of intense hide-and-seek, not…

  abendelow

  November 23, 2022

  Uncategorized, memoir

  bird dogs, danville, ford country squire, hunting, john wayne, killing, memoir, sgt. rock, shotguns, violence, war, war comics