Apr 21, 2020
Hooray for moms!
What good is money if you can't spend it on your mom?
On April 15, 2020 my mother turned 81 years old and we
recorded this conversation together under virus quarantine
lockdown.
My mother and I have had a beautiful relationship through the
years and she has shared all of my triumphs and sorrows as I have
shared hers. I love taking trips with her and we have been
fortunate to experience together, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Amsterdam, Rome, Zurich, Buenos Aires and Jerusalem but the
unexpected joy of having her with me here in Los Angeles as my
bunker partner for great virus lock down of 2020 is the most
serendipitous event of my lifetime.
From my mother I get my thoughtfulness and she is my hero not
only because she has survived so much to make it to where she is
today, but because she taught me how to love, and to love fully.
Since the stay at home orders went down my mom and I have a very
nicely structured day. In the morning we talk and read our books
over coffee and then after breakfast I work (Edit notes on my next
album 'The Honky Motherland'). Then after lunch we watch BBC
art documentaries and or play Scrabble. After dinner every night we
watch a movie from my vast collection of DVDs. In this episode my
mother and I talk about and review every movie we have watched so
far for the Tom & Sara 2020 Quarantine Film Festival. This is my
mother's first ever podcast appearance and it was recorded on her
birthday, a day that is always a day I love to celebrate the
magnificent human that is my mother. The movies we talk about and
the ones that we have seen so far are:
Treasure Of Sierra Madre
Asphalt Jungle
The Killing
What About Bob?
Tropic Thunder
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Sexy Beast
History Of The World Part 1
A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting on Existence
Lion King
Finding Vivian Maier
Only Angels Have Wings
Fist Full Of Dollars
Ask The Dust
The Mission
True Romance
Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World
The Way
Mr. Turner
1900
The Agony & The Ecstasy
Nebraska
The Messenger - Joan Of Arc
Lawrence Of Arabia
Paris, I Love You
Glen Gary Glen Ross
Caravaggio
Time Bandits
Legends Of The Fall