October 2009
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“She loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It had the same...”
– Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being (via roses and cherubim) (via strepitupido)
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“Well, I know you have a heavy heart
I can feel it when we kiss
So many men...”
– Bright Eyes, Lua (2005)
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Classic Cinema Online →
solidair:
A ton of old movies watchable in an embedded player.
A lot of early German cinema. Wunderbar.
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Halloween Specials.net - Rescuing Halloween... →
A great collection (by Adam Selzer) of American television Halloween special cartoons. Contains background and history of some great classics and links to full versions - from the very first Halloween Special (It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, 1966) via some favourites of mine (Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie, 1984; Ray Bradbury’s The Halloween Tree).
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A wonderful autumn salad - inspired by Nigel...
Ingredients for two: 1 large carrot, peeled 2 medium sized apples (English apple varieties like Cox or Egremont Russet work wonderfully) 50g walnuts pumpkin seeds The juice of 1 small orange oil (preferably walnut, but groundnut or olive work well too) white wine or cider vinegar salt and pepper autumn salad leaves: rocket, chard, oak leaf lettuce, etc 1 chicken breast per person
Peel and...
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The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English.
Ailurophile A cat-lover. Assemblage A gathering. Becoming Attractive. Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks. Brood To think alone. Bucolic In a lovely rural setting. Bungalow A small, cozy cottage. Chatoyant Like a cat’s eye. Comely Attractive. Conflate To blend together. Cynosure A focal point of admiration. Dalliance A brief love affair. Demesne Dominion, territory. Demure Shy and reserved....
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“The [Orson] Welles of 1936-42 worked 20 hours a day, ate double meals to keep...”
– David Thomson (The Guardian)
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Orson Welles: The most glorious film failure of... →
Orson Welles’s ignominious decline has been well-documented, but he still fascinates and inspires like no other in film. Why? Because, he will never be bettered, writes David Thomson
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“In case you didn’t realize it, women love a man in a tie—whether it’s with a...”
– Mickey Rapkin, “Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down”: GQ
…And may I add: women love a tie whether *you* are wearing it or *they* are.
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Easter eggs in Pixar's Up →
kekkoz:
“If you look really hard at some of the construction equipment on the construction site surrounding Carl’s house, you might notice the Buy N Large logo, the fictional corporation from WALL-E”, eccetera eccetera.
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God hates fan(g)s
Last night the Philadelphia Phillies qualified for the final of the World Series, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship series 4-1, thus claiming their second-in-a-row NL pennant.
With their current lead of 3-1 on the LA Angels of Anaheim, it looks likely that the New York Yankees will win the American League Championship and join the Phillies in the final.
God...
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Bob Altman's big Short Cuts gamble | Film | The... →
It had 22 leads, multiple storylines – and a director who was having serious doubts. Producer Mike Kaplan relives the chaos, danger and fun of life on the set of Robert Altman’s Short Cuts
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copycats:
Girl From The North Country by M....
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The art and culture of the year of revolt - The... →
The cataclysmic events of 1989 inspired and influenced artists in all fields and from both sides of the Iron Curtain. “From Tom Stoppard’s Rock’n’Roll to Nureyev’s return to Russia to the Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others, our critics assess the cultural impact of that year.”
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In praise of… October 1989 | Comment is free | The... →
“Revolutions did not reach their climax in October 1989 but, from East Germany to South Africa, via the British Conservative party, many began. The Guildford decision played a part in starting the Northern Ireland peace process; just as, the day before, the resignation of the East German leader Erich Honecker allowed the much more rapid demolition of the Berlin wall. That revolution, led by...
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“Quite often procrastination is connected to anxieties about the quality of the...”
– Cambridge University Counselling Service: Self-help leaflets: Procrastination
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The Heene family aren't the first balloon-based... →
Quite why the Heene family of Colorado thought pretending to lose their son in the basket of an airborne helium balloon was a good idea is unclear. But as they contemplate possible criminal records for conspiracy and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, they can at least take comfort in the fact that they have distinguished company when it comes to balloon hoaxes.
On 13 April 1844, the New...
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“It’s not difficult to make the case that John Irving is the greatest American...”
– FT.com / Books / Fiction - Last Night in Twisted River
hell, yeah.
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Children of the Revolution: Two decades of... →
When the wall came down, improvised clubs and bars sprang up in the East. Two veterans, who are still on the club scene, go on an urban road trip to see how things have changed
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