Vineyard Hockey Mini-Doc
Some readers might know—because I’ve talked about it enough—I want to make an indie film on Martha’s Vineyard. So I was interested to see...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 31, 2022
- 1 min
Goodbye 2022
Hard to believe 2022 is coming to a close. I was born in 1974, and our twin girls were born in 2014, so I’ve been mentally tracking their...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 17, 2022
- 3 min
World Cup
I am enjoying watching the World Cup, as I usually do. I look forward to the final match tomorrow. The passing is so sophisticated, and I...
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Lukas Kendall
- Nov 19, 2022
- 2 min
The Vineyard Goes Michael Mann
Growing up on Martha’s Vineyard felt very safe. We never used to lock the house—I don’t even remember seeing our house keys—and we’d...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 17, 2022
- 1 min
Martha’s Vineyard Migrants
My hometown was in the news this past week, when Florida governor Ron DeSantis evidently arranged to lure under false pretenses newly...
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Lukas Kendall
- Aug 10, 2022
- 1 min
Farewell to David McCullough
The great author and historian David McCullough has died. He was a longtime West Tisbury resident, so when we read one of his books in...
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Lukas Kendall
- Jul 8, 2022
- 1 min
Hot Tin Roof Murals
This is a picture of my stepdad, Herb Putnam, who we lost to pancreatic cancer in 2008. (He sort of looked like Sam Neill.) We miss him...
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Lukas Kendall
- Jun 27, 2022
- 1 min
I’m Back!
We’re back in L.A. after two weeks visiting family on Martha’s Vineyard and Evanston, Illinois. For now I am busy uploading a huge...
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Lukas Kendall
- Apr 15, 2022
- 2 min
Catching Up With Amin Matalqa
Amin Matalqa is a director whose debut feature, Captain Abu Raed (2007), was the first film produced in Jordan in 50 years, and won the...
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Lukas Kendall
- Feb 24, 2022
- 1 min
My Short Bio Video
Here’s a short biographical video I made in a desperate bid to promote myself. I made fun of a few things, but mostly of myself. My mom...
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Lukas Kendall
- Feb 11, 2022
- 6 min
My Earliest Collecting Days
Writing about John Williams’ 90th birthday, and then the current (boxed) state of my soundtrack collection, reminded me of my earliest...
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Lukas Kendall
- Feb 5, 2022
- 2 min
My Dad Met Lucas and Spielberg
Above: Spielberg and Lucas with R2-D2. That is not my dad. I was reminded of this story earlier this week while participating in a...
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Lukas Kendall
- Dec 29, 2021
- 3 min
The Retro Euro Cult Film Score Society
I want to give a shout-out today to one of my favorite people, John(ny) Bender, and one of my favorite Facebook groups, The Retro Euro...
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Lukas Kendall
- Nov 23, 2021
- 2 min
Michael Myers’ House
Last night I picked up dinner from a very good Indian restaurant here in South Pasadena, Radhika—which happens to be across the street...
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Lukas Kendall
- Nov 13, 2021
- 2 min
Our Dopey Home Action Movies (1989–91)
I guess this is as good a time as any to see if anybody wants to watch these silly home movies that my brothers and I made circa 1989–91....
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Lukas Kendall
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
Farewell to the RemDawg
This is about Boston sports, so I know the audience will be limited. Jerry Remy died last Saturday after a long battle with lung cancer....
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 17, 2021
- 7 min
The Entertainment Journalist Paradox
Here is the fundamental conflict in being an entertainment journalist: You can have honesty. You can have access. But you can’t have...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min
“Dad, I Locked the Car”
Here, briefly, is the story of my most memorable childhood trip aboard the Steamship Authority’s crummiest boat, the M.V. Uncatena. This...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 11, 2021
- 2 min
Take Me to 9–11
Above: the chair (the white glider) where I sat and watched the news on 9–11. I once had an Internet date with a young woman who dabbled...
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Lukas Kendall
- Sep 7, 2021
- 2 min
An Ancient Comic Strip I Did
Writing a blog on what I guess will be a daily basis reminds me of the first time I tried “daily programming”—in elementary school, I...
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