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But now the fields are full of red and blue with nothing in between
Rabbit, rabbit! In solidarity with May Day, I slept eight hours. After the rain had worn off, I walked around my parents' neighborhood in search of flowering things.
Actually this one's a yellow magnolia, but it looked as though it wanted to be a sea anemone.
The confetti of cherry trees.
Lupines? [edit: Bugleweed, apparently.]
Tulips!
The redbud: nature's fuchsine.
The Jefferson elm in my parents' yard is thriving.
These had better be pansies or I get my gaydar revoked.
Have a couple of links as well as flowers.
1. Paul Auster has died. In his honor, I will have to rewatch his and Wayne Wang's Smoke (1995). Seeing it for the first time in high school imprinted me for life on Harvey Keitel and introduced me to Tom Waits. I had never heard anything like the drunken Muppet howl of "Innocent When You Dream (Barroom Version)," unless it was actually the Muppets.
2. Whether it's true or not that Sue K. Hicks inspired Shel Silverstein, he's a useful reminder that the Scopes trial was a lot more complicated than one would imagine from Inherit the Wind (1960), which Hicks hated as the version that instantly permeated pop culture, but since we established last month that I managed to miss State Fair (1945) in my otherwise extensive childhood acquaintance of classic movie musicals, it's almost certainly the first place I saw Harry Morgan.
3. I keep forgetting that May is Jewish American Heritage Month. As it is also Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month, TCM is running a lot of Sessue Hayakawa. No complaints.
Actually this one's a yellow magnolia, but it looked as though it wanted to be a sea anemone.
The confetti of cherry trees.
Lupines? [edit: Bugleweed, apparently.]
Tulips!
The redbud: nature's fuchsine.
The Jefferson elm in my parents' yard is thriving.
These had better be pansies or I get my gaydar revoked.
Have a couple of links as well as flowers.
1. Paul Auster has died. In his honor, I will have to rewatch his and Wayne Wang's Smoke (1995). Seeing it for the first time in high school imprinted me for life on Harvey Keitel and introduced me to Tom Waits. I had never heard anything like the drunken Muppet howl of "Innocent When You Dream (Barroom Version)," unless it was actually the Muppets.
2. Whether it's true or not that Sue K. Hicks inspired Shel Silverstein, he's a useful reminder that the Scopes trial was a lot more complicated than one would imagine from Inherit the Wind (1960), which Hicks hated as the version that instantly permeated pop culture, but since we established last month that I managed to miss State Fair (1945) in my otherwise extensive childhood acquaintance of classic movie musicals, it's almost certainly the first place I saw Harry Morgan.
3. I keep forgetting that May is Jewish American Heritage Month. As it is also Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month, TCM is running a lot of Sessue Hayakawa. No complaints.
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Thank you! The redbud is exuberant.
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And yay sleep!
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Thank you! It was the kind of after-rain overcast where everything glows. (Oh, good.)
And yay sleep!
I like sleep! I'd like more! I'm trying not to jinx it!
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Thank you!
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I initially read "Bugleweed" as "Bungleweed" and was like, "What a mean thing to name a flower--oh."
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Thank you!
I initially read "Bugleweed" as "Bungleweed" and was like, "What a mean thing to name a flower--oh."
It's also called St. Lawrence's plant, according to the internet, and I can't figure out why because nothing about it looks like a grill.
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I think it's because it can be used as a home remedy to heal burns!
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That would make sense!
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Thank you!
*hugs*
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Aw boo hiss. I watched Smoke at Andrew’s place with some of our friends just before we began dating.
I had never heard anything like the drunken Muppet howl of "Innocent When You Dream (Barroom Version)," unless it was actually the Muppets.
The closest thing I’ve ever seen to a Tom Waits Muppet Show guest-appearance is this clip of him performing ‘The Piano Has Been Drinking’ (of course had it been the actual Muppet Show, everything on the set would have been alive and reacting to the lyrics): https://youtu.be/RKlmBZsVPK8?si=8ddP7xW1zbykMUGM
”The same year, Mr. Auster, with Mr. Wang, directed a loose-limbed comedic follow-up, “Blue in the Face,” sprinkled with cameos by a host of stars, including Lou Reed musing on cigarettes, Long Island and the Brooklyn Dodgers”
--and why he’s scared of Norway, iirc
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*hugs*
It's one of my father's favorite movies. I got to show it to
The closest thing I’ve ever seen to a Tom Waits Muppet Show guest-appearance is this clip of him performing ‘The Piano Has Been Drinking’
Yes! And he just looks like some dude in his twenties and sounds already like fifty miles of bad road.
(of course had it been the actual Muppet Show, everything on the set would have been alive and reacting to the lyrics)
This is extremely true and I wish it had been.
--and why he’s scared of Norway, iirc
I've never seen Blue in the Face, but I am curious about Lou Reed and Norway.
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Thank you!