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About Me

Actor, writer, painter/designer, curmudgeon...with a warm heart.IMDB Daniel Burnley: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1388682/illustratedfilms.com (play the short, RAPTURE)

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Maya Angelou, Robert Duval, Jane Fonda, Aretha Franklin, Ed Harris, Sir Ian McKellen, Susan Sarandon, Tony Kushner, Jimmy Carter, Meryl Streep, Dolly Parton, Sam Shepard, Helen Thomas (though I met her very briefly), Al Pacino, Bob Dylan, Al Gore, Gore Vidal, Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Leonard Cohen, Queen Latifah, and a host of dead geniuses who went before us... Emily Dickinson, Molly Ivins, Martin King, Bayard Rustin, W.B. Yeats, da Bard, Eleanor Roosevelt, Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman, Robert Kennedy, My Granny & Granddaddy Wilson, My Granddaddy Burnley and his lovely wife Rosa. So many. So much that could nourish us all.Wait, I left out Oprah. I figure she might throw a party and give me some diamond studs or a car or something.

My Blog

Film Festival News

To my surprise, I have two feature films in the upcoming Rome International Film Festival. Rome, Georgia, that is. One is a drama with Sean Patrick Flanery, CRYSTAL RIVER. In that one I have a nice-s...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:19:00 GMT

Hold on

Yep, changed my profile song again. As maudlin as the choice may be, I just had R.E.M. on my mind along with a lot of friends and relatives who are going through some tough times--loss of loved ones,...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:04:00 GMT

Back to La Mome Piaf

Notorious song-switcher that I am, this week's (or month's) feature is one I never tire of, no matter that it now has the distinction of being the title of an Oscar-winning film.This time of year, whe...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:02:00 GMT

Rednecks and the "N-word"

Ever the songswitcher, I currently have Randy Newman's "Rednecks" up as m profile song. It's a song off an old album that introduced me to Newman in my youth, an album that includes some lovely tunes...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:54:00 GMT

Daffodils and camelias

Okay, V-day is over and the dismal months of December, January and February will soon be behind us. The signals that "a change is gonna come" are the first daffodils of early spring/late winter and t...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:33:00 GMT

Gettin’ up on Valentines

I know. I haven't written a blog in ages. I just thought I'd better say something about the song I just added in honor of Valentines Day, a holiday I have rarely enjoyed and often forgotten, (Not to s...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:08:00 GMT

Catching my breath

Okay, Easter just passed, so now I know the clock speeds up and tomorrow it will be hot as hell, the leaves will fall and it will be Christmas again in no time. (You young ones don't realize this crue...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:06:00 GMT

February

February. The first day comes in icy and wet, so I thought it was a good time to write a bit about what's going on AND to once again change my profile song. Gotta love Etta's take on a classic. I'm sa...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:25:00 GMT

Doggin' Around

Ah the blog. Been away from it for awhile, but I am doing the insomnia dance tonight, so what the hell..First, I decided to change the song again. It's one of my all-time favorites by the great Jackie...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:03:00 GMT

Song switcher

I did it again. I changed my profile song from Etta's belting blues to "the little sparrow's" anthem to reflect my mood. (As I wallow in self pity, I am trying to convince myself that "I regret nothin...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:03:00 GMT