Archive for February, 2006
The Meteor of MGM
February 9th, 2006Film blogger The Self Styled Siren has completed a wonderful two part appreciation of Luise Rainer, forever cursed for winning two consecutive Best Actress Oscars. Although I can only take her movies in small doses (a little of that “chin down, eyes up” expression goes a long way), the fact that Miss Rainer is still […]
In the Bedroom
February 8th, 2006What does a person’s tchotchkes say about them? Various little things in my bedroom-office (some call it clutter, I call it an assemblage du junque) made into a a flickr set. Related: flickr photos tagged with the word “clutter”.
Soundtrack Au Go Go
February 7th, 2006Some generous soul has made available Michel Legrand’s 1970 soundtrack La Dame Dans L’ Auto Avec Des Lunettes Et Un Fusil for download (via PCL Linkdump). It’s a brief set of groovy a-go-go instrumentals with Petula Clark singing the movie’s theme song in French and English. Having once spotted this for sale at Dusty Groove […]
Bears and Bulls
February 6th, 2006By coincidence I recently managed to catch two acclaimed documentaries of 2005 over the weekend. Grizzly Man was broadcast on the Discovery Channel, and I’m reviewing the DVD of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room for Mindjack Film. Both revolve around men who became so myopic and deluded in their lives’ missions that their […]
The Meme That Will Never Die
February 3rd, 2006That time again. Thanks to Julie for passing this well-worn baton to me.
Four jobs I’ve had:
1. Dish, table and floor washer at a fast food restaurant.
2. Book shelver at a library.
3. Publications designer at a newspaper.
4. Freelance designer/illustrator.
Four movies I can watch over and over:
1. The Women
2. The Wizard of Oz
3. Xanadu
4. In the Mood […]
New in the Store: Perky Bird
February 3rd, 2006This perky bird graces a couple of new items at the scrubbles store. I have it on a child’s baseball jersey and a jr. raglan, but it can be placed on anything by request. Want it on a thong? Sure thing.
Poppin’ and Lockin’ Is a New Way of Talkin’
February 2nd, 2006WFMU’s Beware of the Blog has the full soundtrack for Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (among other odd things) available for download. p.s. A Kangol hat tip to anyone who can identify the song I quoted in this entry’s title.
Frank Rich, Are You There?
February 1st, 2006An interview with Frank Rich, The New York Times onetime theatre critic turned political columnist. More accurately, a decent, short interview lies buried in there underneath the interviewer’s ingratiating back stories and name dropping. Come to think of it, all of the Media Bistro weblogs suffer from the same overwhelming “ain’t I clever” smugness. Blecch.
On […]
