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Blue Monday, 13 Jun 2011
Welcome to Blue Monday, Blue Edition! Blue (Da Ba Bee) – Eiffel 65 Song for the Unification of Europe (finale of the film Bleu) – composed by Zbigniew Preisner Blue Moon of Kentucky – Bill Monroe Blue Monday – Nouvelle … Continue reading
Jane Eyre
In a bold new feature version of Jane Eyre, director Cary Joji Fukunaga (Sin Nombre) and screenwriter Moira Buffini (Tamara Drewe) infuse a contemporary immediacy into Charlotte Brontë’s timeless, classic story. Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) and Michael Fassbender (Inglourious … Continue reading
Blue Monday, 6 Jun 2011
In this week’s Blue Monday, we get paradisaical. In Heaven – Lady in the Radiator (from Eraserhead) In Heaven – Pixies (at the BBC) This Monkey’s Gone to Heaven – Pixies Heaven Beside You – Alice in Chains Heaven and … Continue reading
A brighter shade of Gray
This would have been Spalding Gray’s 70th birthday. Coincidentally, Bob Dylan’s 70th happened recently. Last October, I noted on trolleydodger.com that Joe Torre and John Lennon would have both been 70. These strange collisions of ages, backgrounds, and celebrity are … Continue reading
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Bogie, Bacall, and bicycle
Note “Humphrey Bogart” sign attached to top tube. I would kill for that bicycle. :D Via Rides a Bike
California Theatre Wurlitzer being refurbished
PE.com: “California Theatre’s Wurlitzer getting modern makeover” The San Bernardino Economic Development Agency, which owns the theater, is planning a $500,000 refurbishment of the Wurlitzer Unit Orchestra. The changes will include replacing the electro pneumatic relays with a solid-state, computerized … Continue reading
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LA Noire: short stories
Unfortunately (or fortunately, when looked at from the standpoint of getting anything else accomplished in my life), I do not have a system that will run LA Noire, the new title from Rockstar Games. Let’s review what Robert is a … Continue reading