misswonderly3
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Even though I'm not celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow (been there, done that), I'm considering things that I am thankful for. I'm definitely thankful for this great rock band, Wilco, that's emerged this past decade; they're one of the best, certainly as far as current bands go. I saw them live last winter, and they were fantastic.
It's dark at 5 pm now ! If this fact brings you down, and you need cheering up, "Wilco love ya, baby"..
Here is a great song by these guys, it's just called "Wilco ( the song)". None of the live videos had good sound quality, so I'm posting the album cover version. Who doesn't want to stare at a camel with a party hat on its head for three minutes?
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In Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving the second Monday in October. So my Thanksgiving is now just a savoury memory - even the soup made from the turkey stock is gone. Still, it's nice to see you folks getting excited about it. I think it's a bigger deal in the States than in Canada. Enjoy that pumpkin pie !
ps- Do you guys get the Friday off, too?
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I thought you were going to say "McCartney did most of the girl-getting." Which I suspect he did.
He taught himself to play bass when they all realized nobody else was going to do it. Also, I think around that time (between trips to Hamburg, that era) they came into possession of a fairly good bass guitar, possible Sutcliff's legacy. McCartney realized, maybe even more than the others, that they couldn't have three guitar players and no bass player, so he set himself to it. And became extremely good at it, he has a distinctive and unusually melodic bass style, doesn't just lay down the musical frame, so to speak, but developed very identifiable and often high in the mix bass lines. Not so much "later", as almost from the get-go. Or at least, from their post-Hamburg days, which was very early, on.
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Nah, he stunk...Lennon tried to teach him, but Stu never got beyond the bass- ics (a shamelss pun.)
Anyway, his heart wasn't in being a musician , he was an art student. He also was very good-looking and cool, and the other Beatles thought his presence would help them get girls.
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Everything but write the songs and play the instruments !
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I don't know if I'd say that the rest of the Beatles were Lennon's back-up group, however good. Paul McCartney wrote just as many of the Beatles' songs, and he provided a kind of balance for Lennon. In fact, many critics think that's one reason why the Beatles were so good - "yin" and " yang". McCartney's (at times) over the top sweetness ws held in check by Lennon's edginess, and vice-versa.
Also, George contributed some first-rate songs, and his inventive guitar playing provided the Beatles with much of their unique sound. Even poor old Ringo developed a style of drumming that could easily be identified as "Beatles".
Still, I do agree that Lennon was a driving creative force in the group, his ideas, his hard edged commitment to rock n roll, his beautiful songwriting, and that voice- I'd argue the most unforgettable voice in rock music.
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Not so ironic when you consider what the band was referring to. Quite the opposite of their name, actually. not joyful at all. One of those web dictionaries explains what a "joy division" was:
"1. A great band.
2. What the nazis called female prisoners who were kept alive to be prostitutes for the german army."
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I meant to add that if the dog had misbehaved, I would have insisted on its leaving the theatre. Pronto.
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My wish is to win a date with Ben Mankiewicz. We could go to that vintage restaurant he visits in that short about Hollywood and its original landmarks. (There, that 'll get everyone going...)
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Ian Curtis had an unusual voice, deeper than most rock singers'. I'm sure you're already familiar with the film about him, *Control*, but did you know there was a documentary (sort of ) about Joy Division and New Order and other matters of that ilk called *24-Hour Party People* ? It's kind of interesting, and there's a lot about Joy Division in it.
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Sorry, countess, I know it's here in this thread somewhere, but...what is the deadline for voting?
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> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}
> I guess we have to ask ourselves if we want a truly fictional narrative or if we want (even the most mundane aspects of) real life up on the screen.
I don't think we really need to ask ourselves that; obviously nobody wants or needs those kinds of mundane details in fiction. Same with novels and short stories - of course the reader neither needs nor wants descriptions of people performing acts involving personal hygiene - aside from other considerations, it would be boring !
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Glad you liked that ancient film footage -very old, very strange. Those really early filmettes often seemed to deal in fantasy.
Who Knows Where the Time Goes? seems an appropriately pensive song for this time of year. Sandy Denny, her lovely voice, and Fairport Convention:
Edited by: misswonderly on Nov 23, 2010 9:06 AM
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Just watched the fourth installment. I really am learning things from this series. What's up with this African -American director, Oscar Micheaux ? I really hate to admit this, but I'd never heard of him before. I really think it would have been a good idea if TCM had scheduled some of his films as as follow-up to the 4th segment of "Moguls and Movie Stars". I thought this part of the program was fascinating, and would love to see something by Micheaux.
But then, maybe availability was a problem.
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"...Oh, and no free movie passes to compensate us for our trouble, either..."
I would have asked for one - to miss 20 minutes of a film you've paid to see because of something over which you and the rest of the audience had no control is grossly unfair.
Edited by: misswonderly on Nov 22, 2010 10:57 PM
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That's a fabulous song; although I remember, when it first came out, I used to think the little keyboard bit in the chorus sounded a bit like the first line in "Yankee Doodle" .
Not to whine or anything ("but what about my song? ") I just wondered if you watched the video that accompanied that Traffic tune I posted ("Dear Mr. Fantasy".) I ask because I think it's really worth watching, it's some strange and dreamlike little film from 1908 (apparently), and it really goes with the song.
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I have two unusual movie-going experiences that come to mind, one involving a pet and the other a pick-up. I think I'll go with the pet story.
Years ago, my friend and I were to meet and go see *Giant*, which was playing in some revival cinema. Neither of us had ever seen it, but we were both classic movie fans, even then, plus my friend had a thing for James Dean.
So I got to the theatre first. I waited a while, and finally my friend shows up with a daschund in her purse. She'd recently adopted (taken on? acquired? ) this little dog, and was reluctant to leave him alone in her condo. ( You know, a young dog in a new strange surrounding, might get upset -this was in the days before those dog cage things were common.) I asked her if she planned to take the doggie into the cinema with her, and she replied, "Oh yes, he 's very good -natured, he just wants to be with me." It was so funny, seeing this little weiner dog stuck in her bag, his doggie eyes looking earnestly up at me as though to say "That's right, don't worry, hey, I like movies too."
So in we went - I believe my friend kind of pulled the zipper on her purse when she bought the ticket so nobody would try and stop her from bringing a baby daschund into the theatre to see *Giant*.
Anyway, much to my surprise, all went well. No barking, snuffling, whineing, or attempts to escape from my friends' voluminous bag whatsover. No "accidents" either. I believe the little dog fell asleep -perhaps George Stevens epic style was not to his liking. It was quite funny, sitting there next to my friend and this little sleeping daschund (she did unzip her bag), watching Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson doing their family saga thing, James Dean brooding and methoding away, with this little weiner dog's head sticking out right beside me.
The film ended -and this is a long film ! - and my friend and I calmly left the theatre, ruminating upon oil wells and rich Texas families and James Dean's looks and the like, end of story. ( My friend declined the suggestion of a post-movie coffee, feeling that her new dog had exerted himself enough for one day, and that perhaps she should be setting home with him. )
So, nothing "happened", per sec, but it was an unusual experience, watching *Giant* in a movie theatre with a daschund by my side.
(I'm not up to speed on canine breeds' names, please overlook misspelling of "daschund")
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He never does. I think he's an atheist Communist , who consorts with homosapiens and thespians.
Also possibly a royalist.
Edited by: misswonderly on Nov 21, 2010 10:09 PM
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"The term you were groping for here is monochrome.
"I thought that was a song by Paul Simon.
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I did look her up on wikipedia. She sang with Frank Zappa ! Wow !
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I know a lot of Jewish people, and I can't think of one who is offended when someone says "Merry Christmas". (Although, true, if you know someone's Jewish you're probably not going to go out of your way to say "Merry Christmas". And yes, that would be an appropriate time to say "Happy Holidays")
But regarding the word "Christmas", as I said in an earlier post, the term has, over many years, taken on a secondary secular meaning , apart from the religious one. That's why I don't see why the use of this word should be problematic one way or the other.
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Were they an "adult" film star?
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"...very ditzy femme fatale. " Can you imagine such a character? No, as I said, it would be a contradiction in terms.
Seems like everyone's wanting expand the already very encompassing definition of noir even farther these days.
How about "Heidi" as noir?
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I've never associated anything by Tennessee Williams with noir. I know all us noir fans agree that it can be a very broad genre, encompassing many sub-genres etc. But after a while I think we can go too far with that, it can reach a point where almost everything short of *The Sound of Music* could be classified as noir.
The characters in *Streetcar* are not very noirish to me, not even Stanley Kowalski. There's no "mystery" - I don't mean a mystery or crime to solve, I mean a "mood" of feeling of mystery.
Having said that, I will go so far as to agree that , visually, *Streetcar* has a bit of a noir look, the black and white streets, the shabby rooming houses, etc. Although it never really " opens up" cinematically, you can tell for sure it's based on a play.
*Sweet Smell of Success* is usually put in the noir category due to its misanthropic characters and its bleak outlook. Despite Stanley's crudeness, he just doesn't seem like a noir kind of character to me.
I do like *Streetcar Named Desire*, I just think it would be stretching things to label it even an honourary film noir.
Edited by: misswonderly on Nov 21, 2010 2:39 PM
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posts collide ! Beggars' Banquet is probably the Stones' greatest album. "Jigsaw Puzzle"'s good, but my favourite on it is probably "Street Fighting Man". No, it's got to be "Sympathy for the Devil".
"Great Expectations" for when one is in a meditative mood. "Salt of the Earth" ...I've decided it's hard to have one favourite with this album.
edit... I mean "NO Expectations" ; it's so easy to mix up Jagger and Dickens.
Edited by: misswonderly on Nov 24, 2010 2:14 PM