Friday, September 25, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Sylvia
In the City of Sylvia.
A good movie that features a young artist who looks at and follows women who appear to be staring off into space alot.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Telluride festival photo
I was trying to get a photo of Helen Mirren and I managed to get a [not very good] photo that included - from the left - Anouk Aimee, Carey Mulligan, Brenda Blethyn and Helen Mirren.
Compare with this photo by Leonard Maltin, from a better angle.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Van Gogh brushstrokes
There are 1753 brush strokes in Van Gogh's "Vincent's Bedroom in Arles".
The whole video about catching fake Van Gogh paintings with computers is here.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Godard tweets
So I did a Twitter search for Godard as in Jean Luc Godard.
And it's interesting because in a matter of a few hours there were two famous quotes by Godard that were going around and mentioned by a good number of people who I am guessing were not connected to one another.
To be or not to be. That's not really a question. showed up 8 times in 40 tweets.
A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end... but not necessarily in that order showed up 4 times in 40 tweets.
The first quote is one I had never heard from Godard and I am not sure where everyone else heard it. I am guessing a meme is going around.
And it's interesting because in a matter of a few hours there were two famous quotes by Godard that were going around and mentioned by a good number of people who I am guessing were not connected to one another.
To be or not to be. That's not really a question. showed up 8 times in 40 tweets.
A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end... but not necessarily in that order showed up 4 times in 40 tweets.
The first quote is one I had never heard from Godard and I am not sure where everyone else heard it. I am guessing a meme is going around.
Monday, August 03, 2009
Huntington
I visited the Huntington Library this weekend. It's a beautiful place. Of course, I forgot my camera, which is actually a good thing because otherwise I would have spent too much time snapping photos and not enough time looking at the beauty and sheer size of the place. However, there are many good photos over at Flickr.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Severe cuts
Why are they smiling?
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders will begin working today to line up votes for the budget agreement they reached Monday evening to close a $26.3-billion deficit and allow the state to begin paying all of its bills again...
The plan has not been formally released. But... it does not include any broad-based tax increases, relying instead on deep cuts in government services, borrowing and accounting maneuvers to wipe out the deficit....
Tens of thousands of seniors and children would lose access to healthcare, local governments would sacrifice several billion dollars in state assistance this year and thousands of convicted criminals could serve less time in state prison. Welfare checks would go to fewer residents, state workers would be forced to continue to take unpaid days off and new drilling for oil would be permitted off the Santa Barbara coast.
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So again, why exactly are they smiling?
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Dust
Dust - Hard Attack [1972]
Pull Away So Many Times
Walk in the Soft Rain
Thusly Spoken
Ivory
Just a few tracks from their second album.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Lost Island of VHS...
Antoine et Antoinette - Jacques Becker - 1947
Jacques Becker's light but highly enjoyable French film from the 1940's 'Antoine and Antoinette' is about an attractive working class couple living in Paris who get their hands on a winning lottery ticket that is sure to end all of their woes. Only the ticket gets lost in a busy train station. Antoine scrambles to find the ticket at the same time Antoinette finds herself the object of affection from a lecherous businessman who employees her. The film is sort of a remake of Rene Clair's 'Le Million'. Less artful perhaps but maybe a bit more empathetic and down-to-earth.
I suspect this could be part of the Janus Collection and may show up on Criterion some day. As it is now you can only see it on a cheap VHS copy that is tough to find.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Lost Island of VHS...
The Nasty Girl - Michael Verhoeven - 1990
One of my favorite German films from the 1990's was 'The Nasty Girl' by Michael Verehoven. A young woman writes an essay that wins her the respect and love of her small home town. So for her next assignment she decides to write an essay about the town's Nazi past and before she knows it she is an outcast facing the wrath of the town along with death threats to her family. The film's story is good enough but the style and distinct energy of the directing and editing make for a really delightful cinematic experience not to mention one that deals with a subject that still riles some Germans.
This one deserves to be on DVD. Miramax has the rights.
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Jukka Tolonen is a Finish guitar legend.
Here are a few tracks from his 1971 album Tolonen!. It's more jazz oriented than rock - just so you know.
Elements: Earth, Fire, Water, Air
Ramblin
Mountains
Wanderland
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Egg breaking revival
Tear Gas - 1971 hard blues rock
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 2009 rock album
No downloads here - just a comparison of images.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Culpeper's Orchard
Culpeper's Orchard was a Danish psych / rock band [with folk influence] from the 1970's. Their sound has hints of Led Zeppelin, Cream and Genesis. Check it out.
Here are choice cuts [from YouTube] of the first album Culpeper's Orchard - 1971.
Mountain Music Part 1
Hey You People
Teaparty for an Orchard
Ode to Resistance
Your Song & Mine
Gideon's Trap
Blue Day's Morning
Mountain Music Part 2
Monday, May 25, 2009
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