January 2010
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I want to go back to bed
The first thing I heard this morning was a series of soundbites from Tony Blair accompanied by “Non, je ne regrette rien”. It’s a Sunday morning, BBC, take it down a notch.
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Quiz: How much do you know about Chekhov? →
As the world celebrates Chekhov’s 150th birthday, test your knowledge of the great Russian playwright
(I got 9 out of 10! Damn you Shia LeBeouf!)
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Bruce Springsteen, Something in the Night from...
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“The first time I saw Rita Hayworth, my father was sawing her in half.”
– Christopher Welles Feder, Orson Welles’ daughter, has written a memoir of her father, which begins with that line. (via)
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Five acclaimed directors speak directly →
solidair:
We put James Cameron, Quentin Tarantino, Kathryn Bigelow, Lee Daniels and Jason Reitman in a room together. Action! [With videos]
Really great piece. (James Cameron does come across as the boastful rich asshole I imagine him to be, he’s trying so hard to be ironic…)
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"Fame Whoring" by Amanda Palmer →
nightswimming:
“Ever wonder what really happens at the Golden Globes? Musician Amanda Palmer — who attended because her fiancé, Neil Gaiman, wrote Coraline — dissects the pathos, body-snarking, and judgment of the event (and also illuminates what the bathrooms are like)” (via Jezebel)
A really great read.
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“She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the...”
– J.D. Salinger - from “A Girl I Knew (Wien, Wien)”, 1948 (via scout)
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I'd reproduce Nine Stories in its entirety if I... →
bingoparaphernalia:
Beadsman just gets it. One of those quotes she posted made me cry in a cafe at ten in the morning. Full text of Nine Stories - and more - here, but seriously, go out and buy yourself the goddamn book if you can at all.
That guy, you know? That guy.
Absolutely my favourite Salinger, Nine Stories aka For Esmé - With Love and Squalor. I’m going to re-read the whole...
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“I hope to hell that when I do die somebody has the sense to just dump me in the...”
– J.D. Salinger (January 1, 1919 - January 27, 2010) - from The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
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solidair:
J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose “The Catcher in the Rye” shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91. Salinger died of natural causes at his home on Wednesday, the author’s son said in a statement from Salinger’s literary representative. He had lived for decades in self-imposed isolation in the small, remote...
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Watchwaxandmilk:
Howard Zinn (1922-2010)
Since the Civil Rights movement in the 60’s, Howard Zinn has been a huge figure in educating people on the history of oppression and dissent in America. His book A People’s History of the United States, is definitely a primer on some of the most influential and inspiring speakers of our time, as well as being the unofficial guide to counter-culture. If Noam...
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Che palle questa cazzo di tavoletta iPad
iVehadenough.
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“Schmecht: Il tedesco è una lingua dura, triste. Lo yiddish è una parodia del...”
– da Train de vie di Radu Mihaileanu (via nainerouge) (via batchiara)
(Però il Tedesco non è una lingua triste, è una lingua filosofica.)
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Я Вас Любил / I loved you
Я вас любил: любовь еще, быть может, В душе моей угасла не совсем; Но пусть она вас больше не тревожит; Я не хочу печалить вас ничем.
Я вас любил безмолвно, безнадежно, То робостью, то ревностью томим; Я вас любил так искренно, так нежно, Как дай вам бог любимой быть другим.
I loved you; even now I may confess, Some embers of my love their fire retain, But do not let it cause you more...
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“Perhaps,” I thought, “That is precisely why you loved me. Joys are forgotten,...”
– mikhail lermontov, from a hero of our time. (via aubade)
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gli piaceva Chopin →
pensierispettinati:
il post più bello che ho letto oggi (grazie)
Anche io. E penso che sarà anche l’ultimo che leggo oggi, perché mi è piaciuto tanto che lo lascio lì a decantare.
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“He has studied all the vital strings of the human heart, the way men study the...”
– mikhail lermontov, from a hero of our time (via aubade)
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“Tutto il problema sta solo nel decidere cosa sia più bello; Shakespeare o un...”
– Stepan Trofimovic
Fëdor Michajlovič Dostoevskij, I demoni
(via matteomac)
(Si potrebbero avere Shakespeare E un paio di stivali? In cambio lascio Raffaello e il petrolio.)
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