As is so often true, a Monkee makes the most convincing case

From the new Entertainment Weekly story on the 40th anniversary of the "summer of love:"

Peter Tork, singer and multi-instrumentalist, the Monkees:

"The Vietnam war was going on, of course. We knew it was bogus from the start-not unlike contemporary situations. One of the reasons for the Summer of Love was that a ton of kids simply withdrew from Lyndon Johnson's world because it was so clear that those who were in charge were totally bereft of any moral underpinning whatsoever. We said: You guys know nothing, so we're going to run off and have our fun."

All of this snow just made us glow in the dark

One or two of you longtimers may remember my writing about the group My Favorite. They are, well, one of my favorites. But I hadn't posted one of their videos, until now. This is "Burning Hearts." I hope you like it.

Hands up, the first person who's surprised

Ben Varkentine -- [noun]: An alien 'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

I'm guessing they probably don't mean it in the Mathilda May, naked vampire babe alien from Lifeforce kind of way...

Probably more like...

Perspective

Yahoo! has a piece on their front page about how the teenaged star of the new "Nancy Drew" movie is Julia Roberts' niece, Emma. I understand why to most people, that would be the newsworthy piece of information.

But to me, it makes me go "Wait...does that mean she's Eric Roberts' daughter?" Yes, yes it does.

Tee-hee.

Found this at Becca's; she found it on PJs.






Which of Henry VIII's wives are you?
this quiz was made by Lori Fury

High upon a hillside, A preacher tells a story to a crowd

Okay, let's talk about the films from which I took the lines that nobody guessed. Links will lead you to more opinions and information about the movies, some by me, some by others.

This is the last line of this film, but is sometimes cut from commercial television broadcasts, which has the effect of hollowing the whole film out as far as I'm concerned:


"You can't come in here."

It is a biopic, and has the name of the person it's about in its title.

Oh, allright, that person was a comic...

...The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.

"Did you ever dream about a place you never really recall being to before? A place that maybe only exists in your imagination? Some place far away, half remembered when you wake up. When you were there, though, you knew the language. You knew your way around. *That* was the sixties. [pause] No. It wasn't that either. It was just '66 and early '67. That's all there was."

...is from a film associated with a man who is making out like a bandit at the moment.

...The Limey, directed by Steven Soderbergh, currently a winner at the box office with Ocean's 13. Get it?

"I'm gettin' too old for this shit."

I don't mean any of the Lethal Weapon movies. However, that doesn't mean at least one of the stars of that series wasn't involved with this film...

...Maverick. Okay, so maybe watching this movie isn't quite as pleasant as it used to be now that we know what we know about its stars. But if that doesn't get in the way of your enjoyment, it can still be a lot of fun.

(a teenaged boy is watching a woman in her late 30's take clean laundry out of a basket)

Boy: Can I eat you out?
Woman: Not now. Folding.

...is from one of those controversial movies that tries to mix explict sex and real drama.

Namely, Ken Park.



This is the only one of these films that I don't necessarily recommend. It's not the explicit sex that makes it a failure--actually those scenes are well-shot-- it's the drama, or rather melodrama, of the story.

I thought the same director's Kids and especially Bully were at least somewhat underrated. But here the whole thing is so extreme that it sacrifices credibility. He does give us at least one or two characters to care about, but at least as many unpleasant ones. And fails to give any of them anything really engaging to do.

I do like that dialogue exchange, though.

"Hello, Mr. Griffith."
"Hello, Mrs. Page."

...is from a movie starring a frequent host of Saturday Night Live.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles, starring Steve Martin & John Candy. If you don't know the movie, don't watch this clip. But if you do know the movie, and just forgot the lines, please enjoy the ending again with me. I always, but always cry.



A couple of other notes: The music playing over the scenes of Martin on the train is an instrumental of the song "Power To Believe" by Dream Academy. One or two of you long-timers might recognize the lyric, I tend to post it when I'm feeling most hopeless.

And I've always admired the performance of Laila Robins, who plays Mrs. Page. She took what could have been the very definition of a thankless role-"the wife"-and found riches in it.

(man to his dying son)

"Pesaram, I am here!"

...is from a film starring someone who both I, and homosexual women apparently, feel is one of the beautiful people.

Sigh. If you people had better memories than goldfish, this hint might have worked. The film is House Of Sand And Fog, starring Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley.

"You'll be hung!"
"Oh I am, I am, and very well thank you."

...is from a movie starring a former juvenile lead in a family drama who never quite launched an adult career. This movie didn't help. It's one of those treasured by people who love bad movies, sometimes painfully bad, and a guilty pleasure of mine.

I really can't believe not one of you got this one. I'm talking about, of course, The Pirate Movie.



Hm, Did I say Ken Park was the only one of these films I wouldn't recommend? Pirate Movie is bad on any number of levels-but at least Ted Hamilton's Pirate King, who delivers the punchline in question, seemed to be having fun. And that is fun to watch.

But, there is that whole bad-on-any-number-of-levels thing, and Hamilton was also the executive producer.

And finally,

Woman: Have you broken something?
Man: Only my tailor's heart.
[She kisses him]
Man: What was that for?
Woman: For saving my life.
Man: Remind me to do it more often.

...is from a movie with music by John Barry...

I think Moonraker is a film most "serious" Bond fans would rather forget.

I've gone back and forth on it myself. It was the first Bond I ever saw, when I was like seven so all it was to me was a fun movie.

Even if, at that age, I didn't quite understand why all those ladies kept getting in the way.

FF some eight years later when, heavily influnced by the Edgar-nominated book The James Bond Bedside Companion, I renounced the more humorous films and insisted on the "serious" ones.

Like Goldfinger.

I was a bit of an stereotypical anal-retentively obsessed fan, really.

But recently, I've found myself noticing something. One or another of the cable channels runs a "salute to 007" seemingly every month.

I still like films like Dr. No and The Living Daylights; I'll watch them almost any time.

But the movies I most often find myself watching again are the ones that are just good fun and terrific experiences.

Like this one, or Diamonds Are Forever. I even think Die Another Day was more adroit than most people seem to feel.

Meanwhile, a film like For Your Eyes Only, which "serious" fans tend to think is the best of the Moores--puts me right to sleep...

Frankly, I'm dubious.

You fit in with: Spiritualism 40% spiritual. 40% reason-oriented.
	Your ideals are mostly spiritual, but in an individualistic way. While spirituality is very important in your life, organized religion itself may not be for you. It is best for you to seek these things on your own terms.
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Patricia Arquette reacts to the notion that she looks like me

Or, "why they hate us..."

(click to make image clearer)

What sick fuck...

...would do something like this?

4 Dolphins Shot to Death in Calif.
By NOAKI SCHWARTZ (Associated Press Writer)

LOS ANGELES - Four dead dolphins have washed ashore with fatal bullet wounds and fifth with lacerations on its pectoral fin, said authorities who have offered a reward for information on the slayings.

The long-beaked common dolphins were all discovered between Carlsbad State Beach and Oceanside Harbor between May 29 and June 5. Photos showed their normally sleek gray skin mottled and stained with blood from the bullet wounds.

"It's a horrendous thing that happened," said Mark Oswell, spokesman for the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. "That someone would go out there and shoot four dolphins."

Dolphins, for fucks sake. Creatures that unless I missed it have never done anything to humans but entertain us (and, of course, help Aquaman).
God, I hate mankind.

We of the Netherlands, are all about love.

As Prime Minister of Belgium, I must walk amongst my people

This is an outfit by one of my designers.



This is one of my people. And by the way...redhead!



I think I'm going to enjoy being Prime Minister of Belgium.

ETA: And this is the vocalist of one of my newly adopted country's dance groups, Sylver. Her name is Silvy De Bie and "As a little child, she already scored a number-one-hit with...[wait for it] 'Ben', a cover of Michael Jackson."



Yes, I really do think I'm going to enjoy being Prime Minister of Belgium.

Apparently, I look like a Prime Minister, and other tales

http://www.myheritage.com

Finally.

Back in February, I posted a euology to Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. It had become clear that NBC was going to cancel it. And at the time, I couldn't condemn the network too harshly for it.

My feelings aside, the show was doing poorly in the ratings, and I know how these things work. That was before I found out that 30 Rock's numbers are only as good or worse, and that got renewed. But that's another post.

Writing about what was bothering me most about Studio 60 in recent weeks (at that time), I wrote that Aaron Sorkin's other written/created shows like

Sports Night and especially West Wing made me want to write well. They almost always made me think, "I have to do better." Studio 60 may have made me think, "I actually can do better." I have no idea right now whether that's a good sign, or not.

I just wanted to say that tonight's middle part of a three-parter...finally got me wanting to write well (I always want to write well, but you know what I mean).

For those two of you who are also watching it: I can't help it. I sense metaphors. To me, Jordan's health crisis is really the health crisis of TV itself. Remember, her ficticious (oh yeah; ficticious) exec was the one who explained why she wanted to pass on a reality show being offered to the network by saying:

"It's patently disgusting. It appeals to the very worst in our nature, and whoever airs it will play a measurable role in subverting our national culture. It doesn't belong on anyone's air--certainly not ours, at a time when we're trying to re-brand the network as a place for high-end viewers. I swear to God, sir, the better our shows are, the more money we'll make."

That's the alternate universe reality. In our reality, a show that was erratic, but good and getting better, has been cancelled. And the network is jamming in as many ads for "unscripted" series, game shows, and "reality" programs as they can.

I'm sure at least part of the reason is because they can't sell much ad time on a show that's already cancelled, so they fill the space with in-house ads. I understand that. I'm also aware that NBC doesn't have to let S60 finish out the season at all, and I'm genuinely grateful that they have.

Nevertheless, the end result is an hour of television that mocks the medium's own best aspirations.

So, of course Jordan's health has taken a turn for the worse.

And her baby?

That's the show.

Trouble in the gestation, delivered prematurely, but looking good, and surrounded by people who want to take care of it. But may be prevented from doing so by cirumstances beyond their control, or at least not completely within their grasp.

Danny, looking down at the little girl whom he considers his daughter in all but biology, but is prevented from touching by a glass window: That's Sorkin and/or his friend and producing partner/director, Tommy Schlamme.

Because they have created this thing. Even though Schlamme's name isn't on the show as creator--just as Danny's name isn't on any forms as the father of Jordan's child. But like Danny, there may be a limit on what they can do for this "child."

If Jordan dies, Danny will have no legal rights where her child is concerned, it was pointed out to Matt tonight. And no matter how much Sorkin & Schlamme love this show and want to do right by it...

-unless some other network decides to be Santa (unlikely, though I still long to see what the series could do on Showtime).

Fascist, chauvinistic government fools

I want my John Lydon and Afrika Bambaataa.

For the discriminating sexist...

...what we have here is a page of photos of every Playboy model from 1975-2005. But only of their lovely faces. The page may take a while to load, but you may think it's worth it.

Redhead (yes, it's a theme)

(Michelle Beaudoin)

(I don't know how long I'll keep this theme going, but every blog needs one or two redheads around, I say.)

Eight things you may or may not know about me

Becca chooses me to do a meme. I can deny women who show me pictures of girls in Catholic school-type skirts holding lightsabers nothing.

1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. (You’re not the boss of me!)
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Ok.

1. If memory serves, the first woman that I ever saw completely nude in Playboy was Carol Ficatier. For better or worse, every woman that I've ever known since has probably been contrasted to her-and, of course, Sylvia Kristel, the first woman I saw naked onscreen.





2. Sometime in the mid-to-late '70s, I found $20 in a Burger King parking lot. I blew it on...a Kiss action figure. No, I can't explain it either (I never even liked the music!).

3. Some cereals I miss in (roughly) alphabetical order:



(Reese's Peanut Butter Puffs just aren't the same as E.T. Cereal)

(although we still have Cap'n Crunch, which is the same as Gremlins)

Pac-Man:



4. I have never known, or even met, my father. However, reasonably belivable information suggests that he is currently working as a psychic healer of some kind. This leads me to believe that he is either a con man, a nut, or both. Either way, I don't like my chances if heredity is anything to shout about.

5. I once dreamt I was in bed with Amber Benson. It wasn't all sexy, but snuggly and warm and friendly. Which doesn't really surprise me because as much as I loved Tara, it's never really been as much about the heat so much as the warmth.



6. I have never seen any of the Shrek movies in their entirety, though I have seen bits of the first on TV. They just look horrible to me.

7. I've met all but one of the Kids in the Hall.

8. I wrote a comic strip that a friend drew for our high-school newspaper.

Whew! Ok, for my tags: Jen, RAB, George, spyder, Steve, Mike, Johnny, Dave Lifton

Redhead

That's Emily Easterly, BTW, who I wrote about here and here.

Hint, hint

Okay. A couple of more clues for the game.

This is the last line of this film, but is sometimes cut from commercial television broadcasts, which has the effect of hollowing the whole film out as far as I'm concerned:

"You can't come in here."

It is a biopic, and has the name of the person it's about in its title.

Oh, allright, that person was a comic...

"I'm gettin' too old for this shit."

I don't mean any of the Lethal Weapon movies. However, that doesn't mean at least one of the stars of that series wasn't involved with this film...

Guinevere

I've never seen this movie. From what I can find out about it on the internet (not much) I don't need to go looking for it at my local video store tomorrow or anything.

But I thought this one frame capture was simply beautiful.

Every meme needs some meme to love

I saw this on PJ's blog. The idea is

Just search using “[your name] needs” on google and see what comes up.

Ben needs:

little introduction

You


A ride home
In a sense, I am home. But in a wider, more spirtual sense, yes I do.

Your help
Depending on who you are, probably!

money for art supplies
Again, broadly defined, yes.

A nap
Suprisingly often.

to learn to play purposefully with toys when given verbal help
I suppose there's no easy way I can make that sound perverse, is there.

Something new
Doesn't everybody?

someone to comment on his "tone" every once in a while
Shut up, Corey.

Hugs
Yes, please. Lots of them. Hurry.

Ben needs a home with no children. Ben is already neutered and housetrained.
Hey!

More.


to guard against possible injury
Too late.

A Prom Date
Oh sure, and where were you when I needed you?

Ben needs more than friendly advice. They think Ben needs to talk with a professional counselor about his problems

"You need therapy"
"I'm in therapy."
"You need more."

-"Kyle Whitaker's Got Two Sacks," Sports Night.

Ben needs Jlo right now.
Hot damn!

the human contact
"Only only...wanting contact."-Peter Gabriel

a girlfriend
Well, duh.

to stay healthy
Yeah.

further investigation
I doubt many people would think so.

to be able to set up center stage
Yeah!

math support
Too true!

to be dealt with in a sensitive and careful manner
About time the universe figured that out.

Ben needs work on his vocals but he still exudes star quality and stage presence in abundance
Yeah, again!

Ben needs to show it off for us
Really. Well, if that's what you want...

to have a bounce-back year in '07
That would be nice, but it's almost half over!

to be noticed, recognised, appreciated, adored and worshiped
I'm not denying it...

Ben needs to also talk to Anna
Close enough.

Ben needs past Ben's help
Heavy.

some new threads for sure
For sure.

Ben needs to learn that there are two types of herpes simplex viruses: two different strains of the virus
Wow...um...okay, if I say that I don't need to learn this, is it really better than if I do?

Ben needs someone that will care for him and accept the course he has chosen. Sera simply needs someone to care for.


Ben needs to be killed and so do most of the others
Killed?

Ben needs to be more blue collar
You might be a redneck. Here's your sign.

clarification
Terminally.

if Ben needs any help with his next testicle examination; I'm available
I choose to believe this was written by Tia Carrere.



I really don't think Ben needs your condescension
Yeah, one more time!

All Ben needs is a chance to prove that he is a lovely dog and he will make some family a very loyal pet
Um...okay, I think we're getting into a whole weird area here...

Ben needs to get a real publisher who "gets it". He deserves to be heard.
!

This doesn't worry me. This doesn't worry me at all.

Can you spot a fake smile?

I got 11 out of 20.

What do I associate with feminists?

Jennifer was moved to write a lengthy comment in response to the "feminists" video clip I posted a few minutes ago. In it, she says

I think most of the stereotype is based on the "anti-mother" personality: someone who is bitter, resentful, loud, unforgiving, cold-hearted, cynical, hard, world-weary. These aren't qualities we associate with a mother...but they are associated with feminists.

To which my response is: Are they? I guess I didn't get the memo. But it seemed to beg the obvious question: What do I associate with feminists? I guess my idea of feminists is women who are funny, smart; also nurturing, and who want sex education and birth control that is realistic.

Where do I get this idea?

Blogs like Feministe and Feministing.

Ainsley Hayes, although she might deny that she is one. Actually Sorkin's shows are mostly populated with brave, "non-traditional" and assertive female characters.

The Gilmore Girls and Amy Sherman-Palladino.

(In my head, feminists also all act a little like Holly Hunter, but that might just be me.)

Republicans continue to become parodies of themselves

It seems this is my day for "believe it or not" posts.

So.

Al Gore has a new book out. You may know that I've been a little critical of Al Gore in the past. I do think he was treated unfairly by the media before the 2000 "election," but I believe if he'd been a better candidate, that wouldn't have mattered as much.

I'm also one of those who thinks Gore plays a better role more-or-less outside the system, from private life. He's in the rare position of one who can criticize the system while knowing it inside out.

That said, I loved his appearance on The Daily Show last month and have ordered the new book from my local library.

What follows comes verbatim from news from me:

Last Sunday, the Washington Post ran a scathing review of Al Gore's new book. The review was written by Andrew Ferguson. Here's a link to the whole review and here's the first paragraph of it...

You can't really blame Al Gore for not using footnotes in his new book, "The Assault on Reason." It's a sprawling, untidy blast of indignation, and annotating it with footnotes would be like trying to slip rubber bands around a puddle of quicksilver. Still, I'd love to know where he found the scary quote from Abraham Lincoln that he uses on page 88.

The Post has now added a "slight" correction to the online version of the review. And I'll put it in smaller type because they did...

Andrew Ferguson's June 10 Outlook article, "What Al Wishes Abe Said," said that former vice president Al Gore's book "The Assault on Reason" does not contain footnotes. The book contains 20 pages of endnotes.

Mark goes on from there. What struck me about this, though, is that it just seems almost too textbook an example of Republican dirty tricks to be believed. It's such a deranged thing to do, I'd almost believe it was something Al Franken cooked up for one of his books.

But no, apparently, it's real. Ferguson actually chose to make the thrust of his review about attacking Gore for not sourcing his quotes opinions...when he did exactly that.

On a completely unrelated matter, Ferguson is a senior writer for The Weekly Standard. This is a conservative publication with its other writers including the namecalling, imagination-poor John Podhoretz, and its editor, Jonathan Last thinks the Star Wars movies are pro-the empire.

Self-indulgent, yes, but it's my blog

Found this clip in an entry on Feministing. It's just over two minutes of men and one or two women on the street being asked what they thnk and know about feminists and feminism. The part I love (he said, ironically) comes about halfway through...



"You can silence a woman by caling her a lesbian."

Those of you who know my Annabel, Keitha and Colley story...enjoy with me, won't you, the thought of Keitha's reaction to this statement.

(It starts with "Oh, yeah?" then it gets much more smartmouthed and funny)

I vote for laughable.

Ok...this is a real story. I know it'll seem like some bad movie, but it comes from the CBS affiliate in San Francisco.

A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting.

Pentagon officials on Friday confirmed to CBS 5 that military leaders had considered, and then subsquently rejected, building the so-called "Gay Bomb."

Read the story and see if you can get through it with a straight face.

I made it until I got to this sentence:

"The Ohio Air Force lab proposed that a bomb be developed that contained a chemical that would cause enemy soliders to become gay, and to have their units break down...

Emphasis, need I add, mine.

Gay community leaders in California said Friday that they found the notion of a "gay bomb" both offensive and almost laughable at the same time.

Bitchin!

Who says The Colbert Report isn't an excellent source of facts?

(Actually, no one worth knowing)

So I'm watching tonight's episode and Stephen gets on a riff about how Albania has already issued two postage stamps with the face of president Bush on them. And we haven't even done one-although we did issue a "Very Hungry Caterpillar" stamp.

Me, surprised and delighted: We did?

We did.

you better not mess with major tom

You probably know how I feel about David Bowie by now (invented rock n' roll, and I won't hear otherwise, memories I keep close to my heart, etc). So let's just enjoy this unbelievable performance--from around 2000, I think--of his 1980 #1 (UK) single.



Final note: If you're not too busy being impressed by the music, take a look at that sexy girl backup singer/keyboardist, with the black hair and tattoo.

I saw you on "Veronica Mars," Paris. You're not that good an actress.

Paris Hilton says she will no longer "act dumb."

The reality TV star and relentless publicity-seeker spoke with Barbara Walters by phone Sunday, a day after releasing a statement saying she hoped the media would focus on "more important things" than her 45-day jail sentence, according to ABC News' Web site.

"I used to act dumb. ... That act is no longer cute," ABC quoted Hilton as saying.

(Yeah, I know, I shouldn't have, it was too easy a shot.)

there were sorrows to be healed And mercy, mercy in this world

Jennifer Warnes' most popular records have been a couple of very succesful soundtrack duets, "Up Where We Belong" with Joe Cocker and "(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life" with Bill Medley.

But some of us treasure her collaborations with Leonard Cohen, with whom she has sung both backup and duet, and of whose compositions she recorded an entire album, Famous Blue Raincoat, in 1986.

I discovered the album because I saw Ms. Warnes performing a song from it on a Smothers Brothers TV special. It was one of those moving songs and performances that makes you want to go out and get the album ASAP, which I did.

It's still one of those I most recommend to friends.

As luck would have it, some kind person has shared that very performance with us via YouTube. Unfortunately the sound quality isn't as rich as I would like, but I think (hope?) you can get past that.



I also like what someone called Froyline said in the YouTube comments four days ago:

Jennifer makes Barbara Steisand sound like a muppet.

Yes, yes she does.

I've run out of quiet, classy ways to say this

So I'm just going to ask it right out straight. What jackwad in his-or-her right mind has ever thought Kate Winslet needed to diet?

An eating disorder charity today spoke of its delight after receiving a cash donation from actress Kate Winslet.

The Hollywood star has given about £3,000 of her libel damages to Norfolk-based beat.

Miss Winslet had taken High Court action against Grazia magazine over claims she had visited a diet doctor.

She was awarded an undisclosed sum in damages in March.

I mean...look at that.

That's close to my definition of a perfect figure.

There's something in this about all women, # 7

Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto! You're beautiful!

Which Bettie Page Are You?(with pictures)

You are Bettie at the beach.
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My estrogen treatments continue

Now I'm reading, and Amazon.com reviewing, chick lit...

As comes as a surprise to no one...

...the Tony Awards did not do very well in the ratings last night. When Angela Lansbury referred early in the show to the millions of people that were watching, I cried out, "Optimist!" As usual, for a theater fan who is unlikely to get a chance to go to New York anytime soon, the best I can say is that the broadcast gave me a few things to add to the list of shows I'd like to see...if and when they ever come to Seattle.

The big musical hit of the night was "Spring Awakening," with score co-written by Duncan Sheik. The number performed from it made it look promising. And I've long admired Tom Stoppard, who won for his play "The Coast of Utopia."

BTW, here's another trivia question: What do the TV series "Saturday Night Live," "Soap," and the movie "Animal House" have in common with last night's Tonys?

And David Hyde Pierce won for his role in the last Kander and Ebb musical, "Curtains." I couldn't help noticing that in a neat coincidence, his TV "father," John Mahoney, was present.

Random Flickr-blogging 1515

Heide wondered what was an acceptable amount of time to pause when a friend asked you what you thought of her hat and shirt.

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Jeff was secretly pleased when his senior high school marching band "accidentally" crossed paths with a gay pride parade.

Credit

Random Flickr-blogging 1515

last night i had myself a life and i was talking to the one i love
i said i don't know what i did or where i went but it's all gone now we can't pay our rent
she said now what's the matter with you boy
can't you hold a steady job
that's no way to make ends meet...
i said
i need some help and yesterday...

i said
i would walk there in the rain but it would take forever in
the sun
now i got sex in my pocket
but i flex so much easier with a...gun

-C. Ewen/A. Kaczynski/J. Rolski/M. Smith/P. Tell

Photo source

Random Flickr-blogging 1515: Blue Statues

Baby let me make you a statue to stand outside the council house, to stand as a reminder of what you are, what you want to be.

-Stephen Duffy

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Blue moon, you saw me standing alone...

-Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Source

Steve Martin, silver fox

An Early Clue to the New Direction

As promised, here's some hints for the movie quotes nobody's guessed yet.

Time and time again I've said that I don't care
That I'm immune to gloom, that I'm hard through and through
But every time it matters all my words desert me
So anyone can hurt me -- and they do

...is from, as might seem obvious, a musical.

"Did you ever dream about a place you never really recall being to before? A place that maybe only exists in your imagination? Some place far away, half remembered when you wake up. When you were there, though, you knew the language. You knew your way around. *That* was the sixties. [pause] No. It wasn't that either. It was just '66 and early '67. That's all there was."

...is from a film associated with a man who is making out like a bandit at the moment.

"I like your boobs. I think they're very friendly and unpretentious."

...is from a recent film that I thought was neither pretentious nor boring.

"There's always some stupid bullshit reason to kill your girlfriend. That's the beauty of it all! Simplicity! Besides, if it gets too complicated, you lose your target audience."

...is from a movie starring Neve Campbell. Come on, I'm giving you this one.

(a teenaged boy is watching a woman in her late 30's take clean laundry out of a basket)

Boy: Can I eat you out?
Woman: Not now. Folding.

...is from one of those controversial movies that tries to mix explict sex and real drama.

"Hello, Mr. Griffith."
"Hello, Mrs. Page."

...is from a movie starring a frequent host of Saturday Night Live.

(man to his dying son)

"Pesaram, I am here!"

...is from a film starring someone who both I, and homosexual women apparently, feel is one of the beautiful people.

"You'll be hung!"
"Oh I am, I am, and very well thank you."

...is from a movie starring a former juvenile lead in a family drama who never quite launched an adult career. This movie didn't help. It's one of those treasured by people who love bad movies, sometimes painfully bad, and a guilty pleasure of mine.

And finally,

Woman: Have you broken something?
Man: Only my tailor's heart.
[She kisses him]
Man: What was that for?
Woman: For saving my life.
Man: Remind me to do it more often.

...is from a movie with music by John Barry.

America just says no to torture porn

Okay, first of all, you might want to read this.

Now, the news:

horror sequel Hostel Part II died a ghastly death, totaling a mere $8.8 mil at No. 6 — more than $10 mil less than what the original Hostel opened with last year.

Crow: ...all of us, together, drawn inexplicably to the slobbering mouth of Hell, and then suddenly, somehow, by some unknown force, rescued in the nick of time like Moses and the Israelites.
Tom: Now, who in creation is powerful enough to do that?
Crow (in a deep, Goliath voice): Gee, Davey, do you think it was...God?