Unlike Oskar Fischinger, whose estate is apparently Larry King- or Ted Stevens-like in not getting the Internet, Harry Smith is on YouTube.
nuggets from a tellall about hollywood in the fifties.
heres a guy with an incredible body of work. the sidney falco character from sweet smell of success was a self caricature.
sweet smell and night of the hunter, which he didnt write (charles laughton did) were both critically acclaimed but box office flops. (i saw a couple of minutes of spike lees do the right thing last night. in hunter, robert mitchum has love and hate scrawled on his knuckles and he uses them to illustrate his struggle with righteousness. in do the right thing, the character has a pair of those brass knuckle-like rings for your entire hand. on one hand he had love and the other hate. the character does the entire mitchum monologue updated for 80s brooklyn speech patterns.)
kim novak of vertigo fame had an intimate relationship with sammy davis jr. her studio chief forced her to break it off if she wanted to maintain her career.
heres a guy with an incredible body of work. the sidney falco character from sweet smell of success was a self caricature.
sweet smell and night of the hunter, which he didnt write (charles laughton did) were both critically acclaimed but box office flops. (i saw a couple of minutes of spike lees do the right thing last night. in hunter, robert mitchum has love and hate scrawled on his knuckles and he uses them to illustrate his struggle with righteousness. in do the right thing, the character has a pair of those brass knuckle-like rings for your entire hand. on one hand he had love and the other hate. the character does the entire mitchum monologue updated for 80s brooklyn speech patterns.)
kim novak of vertigo fame had an intimate relationship with sammy davis jr. her studio chief forced her to break it off if she wanted to maintain her career.
my god, its full of buttons.
Not sure why anyone would want any fashion / shopping advice from me, but I just went to the brand new store Uniqlo on Broadway between Prince and Spring. Sort of a Japanese Gap or J. Crew. Except much better in my opinion. And cheap! Holy cow. Men's and women's. Worth a look.
my brother sent me this link. his friend robin named a gene she discovered Taupe (after another gene Beige.) not funny enough to make the article though.
Chris Bowers uses...sarcasm.
norquist is on cspan now.
entertaining richard dawkins lecture on cspan2 book tv 7-9pm.
im macaca, youre macaca, hes macaca, shes macaca. wouldnt you like to be macaca, too?
Man Without A Past is highly highly recommended for anyone (bill) with an interest in understated abject humour and shipping container housing. We just watched it, and it's my new favourite movie ever.
tunguska explosion of 1908
any body else get that feeling that the bush alternate universe was lifted last wednesday? all of a sudden its back to the real world with the real world checks and balances. out goes the rove/republican bag of dirty tricks that started with clinton and the special prosecutor. in comes nancy pelosi with her eyes on the constitutional prize. which does not include impeachment (because thats what they would do). only problem i think hillary is still stuck in the old fake world of fake personality and fake politics.
gore vidal was on lopate yesterday. when asked about news paper editorials cautioning against too many hearings, vidal responded with: "NEWSPAPERS!? Who has any respect for anything they've read in news papers since 1787. they are paid for acts by the same people that brought you bush and the democrats." (he went on to say that "the republicans got rid of habeas corpus and due process and it will take two generations to get the constitution back.")
i thank the blogosphere for providing watch dog services during this recent dark age. i expect they will provide useful service in the future.
here is about as much gloating as i think we should indulge in at this time.
gore vidal was on lopate yesterday. when asked about news paper editorials cautioning against too many hearings, vidal responded with: "NEWSPAPERS!? Who has any respect for anything they've read in news papers since 1787. they are paid for acts by the same people that brought you bush and the democrats." (he went on to say that "the republicans got rid of habeas corpus and due process and it will take two generations to get the constitution back.")
i thank the blogosphere for providing watch dog services during this recent dark age. i expect they will provide useful service in the future.
here is about as much gloating as i think we should indulge in at this time.
fresh direct recently added a useful tool to their website -- shopping by recipe. all ingredients can easily be purchased on the same page the recipe appears.
had my first fizzy lizzy which i enjoyed.
breakdown, go ahead and give it to me
Ellen Willis rip.
ive only seen three of the new senators on the news and thus far ive been most impressed by webb. tweety loved johnny unitas john tester (he couldnt stop humping testers leg. that crewcut really turns him on.) but i was disappointed that he couldnt come up with a decent response to that outdated chestnut that democrats were not good at balancing the books. first i would have countered that i dont see much fiscal responsibility from the republicans, and, second, i remember some guy named clinton was pretty fair at that. apparently that anti-clinton shock collar the republicans gave matthews for xmas in 1994 still works because his mind gets cloudy whenever that name gets mentioned. he couldnt even remember al gores name the other day. he referred to him as that guy who was vice president before cheney. i kid you not. and then there was claire mccaskill who with a befuddled look on her face said she would support a bolton nomination for the un. um, claire, that is not a question you want to answer off the cuff on no sleep, to say nothing it being exceptionally stupid.
so webb came across the best. with a son in harms way in iraq and a distinguished military career, he is virtually patton standing next to the chicken hawk brigade. id like to see him accused of cutting and running by shrub. also he articulated that his reasons for becoming a democrat moved beyond iraq to issues of social justice. so while he may be conservative, he is no conservative, and that is a good thing.
still waiting to hear from the new senators from rhode island, ohio and pennsylvania. and when does bernie saunders get some face time?
so webb came across the best. with a son in harms way in iraq and a distinguished military career, he is virtually patton standing next to the chicken hawk brigade. id like to see him accused of cutting and running by shrub. also he articulated that his reasons for becoming a democrat moved beyond iraq to issues of social justice. so while he may be conservative, he is no conservative, and that is a good thing.
still waiting to hear from the new senators from rhode island, ohio and pennsylvania. and when does bernie saunders get some face time?
everybody's saying "thumpin'" now. it's like half the Salon headlines, about Bush or not.
that folksy word that was so carefully chosen for damage control becomes a press mantra--just like "16 words"
that folksy word that was so carefully chosen for damage control becomes a press mantra--just like "16 words"
Hilarious Craig Ferguson video: Rumsfeld Remembrance
allen expected to concede contest without recount. why not? on white house instructions?
At the bottom of this
requiem for Santorum,
Dan Savage links to a video in which Santorum unequivocally comes out against the "pursuit of happiness". The actual phrase is used by Santorum at the very end of this frothy clip, but the intent is mixed throughout.
We can only hope Mr. Santorum gets the full measure of his much deserved unhappiness.
We can only hope Mr. Santorum gets the full measure of his much deserved unhappiness.
ed bradley, rip.
