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[24 Nov 2009|01:18pm] |
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I haven't been receiving comment notifications in my email since lj made the big format change in Fall of '08. I haven't been able to tweak it back to normal, and can't be bothered to do more. So if I don't get back to you right away, or at all, that's why. Typically I've been checking to see if someone made a comment back to me, but if you commented on something I posted or commented on some time ago, I'll likely miss it.
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[06 Jul 2009|07:20pm] |
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Loved Ripley's Game (2002). It's a tad rough in places, reportedly director Liliana Cavani of The Night Porter fame walked off the set and John Malkovich took over, but it's still interesting and most of all funny, in the blackest sense.
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[01 Jul 2009|01:26am] |
"The enduring legacy of Michael Jackson, who has died aged 65, will be that he elevated beer from the belief that it is a simple refresher to its true status as one of the world's great alcoholic drinks, with a long tradition and deep roots in the history and culture of many societies. Jackson was a tireless writer and lecturer. He showed to the millions who read his books, heard his talks or watched his television programmes and videos that beer comes in many styles and is often made with the addition of fruit, herbs and spices alongside malt and hops. He broke beer free from the narrow concepts of ale and lager and revealed the myriad varieties available, some - such as the lambic beers of Belgium or the sati beers of Finland - so obscure they might have disappeared but for his enthusiastic support."
Obituary: Michael Jackson | Life and style | The Guardian
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[25 Jun 2009|04:52am] |
"Tangerine"
The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
Male vocalist: Bob Eberly
Female vocalist: Helen O'Connell
Words by Johnny Mercer; Music by Victor Schertzinger
#1 from the week of May 9, 1942 through the week of June 13, 1942
(Male singer)
Tangerine,
She is all they claim
With her eyes of night and lips as bright as flame
Tangerine,
When she dances by
Senoritas stare and caballeros sigh
And I've seen
Toasts to Tangerine
Raised in every bar across the Argentine
Yes, she has them all on the run
But her heart belongs to just one
Her heart belongs to Tangerine
(Female singer)
Tangerine,
She is all they say
With mascara'd eye and chapeaux by Dache.
Tangerine,
With her lips of flame
If the color keeps, Louis Philippe's to blame.
And I've seen
Clothes on Tangerine
Where the label says "From Macy's Mezzanine".
Yes, she's got the guys in a whirl
But she's only fooling one girl
She's only fooling Tangerine!
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra - Tangerine Lyrics
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[16 Jun 2009|04:53pm] |
Typo of the day: from redbox.com
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MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 2:00
Starring: Tom Cruise, Tom Wilkinson, Terrence Stamp
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Now that would be an interesting flick....
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[16 Jun 2009|09:27am] |
I ran across this meter:
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[08 Jun 2009|04:05am] |
The Clod and the Pebble
William Blake (1757-1827)
"Love seeketh not Itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care;
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair."
So sung a little Clod of Clay,
Trodden with the cattle's feet;
But a Pebble of the brook,
Warbled out these metres meet:
"Love seeketh only Self to please,
To bind another to its delight,
Joys in another's loss of ease,
And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite."
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[06 Jun 2009|06:31pm] |
KMFDM "Anarchy"
You break my back
You won't break me
All is black
But I still see
Shut me down
Knock me to the floor
Shoot me up
Fuck me like a whore
Trapped under ice
Comfortably cold
I've gone as low as you can go
Feel no remorse
No sense of shame
Time's gonna wash away all pain
I made a god out of blood
Not superiority
I killed the king of deceit
Now I sleep in anarchy
Sacrifice to the cause
Turn your code into law
Compensate to validate the loss
Take a thief
Nail him to a cross
Gospel of rage
Faction of hate
Deviate from the absolute
Born of revenge
Raised on cement
Chaos created government
I made a god out of blood
Not superiority
I killed the king of deceit
Wake me up in anarchy
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[11 May 2009|06:35pm] |
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"OnLatte is a Boston based company that uses a proprietary 'Drink Jet' printing process to deposit caramel on the foam of a latte or the smooth head of Guinness. A print takes about a minute and the resolution is pretty high considering the nature of the substrate. The technology is still in development, but local bars and cafe’s are using the technology, and the founders see a big future in drinkable art." 
http://replicatorinc.com/blog/2008/12/earl-grey-hot-10-current-day-food-replicators/
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[08 May 2009|06:30pm] |
Quote of the day:
"Some people fight fire with fire. Professionals use water."
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[11 Apr 2009|05:28pm] |
"....whenever Mr. Neff read in the newspaper about some Wall Street scam, he’d tear out the story and wait for Mr. Madoff, the financial whiz with the outer-borough accent, to turn up and explain what had happened.
"He was my go-to guy,' Mr. Neff says. 'There was some fellow a couple years ago, I can’t remember his name, but I saved the story and I asked Bernie about it. "Where did this guy think he was going to go?" He said, "Some people." He always claimed nobody would get away with anything these days because the S.E.C. would catch them.'”
Recession Pain, Even in Palm Beach - NYTimes.com
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[09 Apr 2009|03:37pm] |
I realize that it's odd to post a review of a movie you haven't watched completely, but Vinyan is such an interesting project that it's worth noting. Like the recent Rambo it's set in the anarchy of the Thai-Burma border regions. The film is on the eerie side; Variety describes it as "upscale horror." It’s really a Heart of Darkness journey, reminiscent of Apocalypse Now. It stars Rufus Sewell, who played the crown prince in The Illusionist, and he is also interesting here. Emmanuelle Beart is the female lead. I’ve heard of her and she becomes more and more lovely as I watch the flick. The ending is weird and disturbing--I really don't want to talk about it in a public forum. The cinematography is quite nice, however the pace is glacial and the motivations of the characters hard to empathize with. I started fast forwarding about halfway through just to see how it would turn out.
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[02 Apr 2009|07:41am] |
I put off renting Priceless because it sounded kind of dark. Although it has a grim undertone it’s actually a lively romantic comedy, though as one reviewer observed, the French have a much more cynical view of romance than we do. It's supposed to be similar to an old Ernst Lubitsch film Trouble in Paradise, and to Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I mean to check those out soon. The tight plot resembles O. Henry.
The haute monde and exquisite sunlight of the south of France also star. Audrey Tautou’s smooth and tanned little body spends most of the film slipping in and out of plunging neckline dresses done in highly tactile fabrics. She reminds me of someone I know who plies a similar trade. We also encounter stunner Annelise Hesme, a first for me.
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[20 Mar 2009|12:29pm] |
Commie Sex Trap: Red Menace kitsch via William Gibson's blog:
 
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