2020-06-19

sovay: (Rotwang)
Happy Juneteenth. I am glad to know the original handwritten record of General Order No. 3 survives in the National Archives. I am glad to see, too, that Massachusetts recognizes it as a state holiday, although in practical terms I'm not quite sure what that recognition translates into. Otherwise, federal holiday already.

1. Elsenet I was asked for recommendations of contemporary Black musicians and spontaneously generated a far from comprehensive playlist, which I reproduce here because I have not posted much music in a while.

Found you in them bright lights. )

2. Ian Holm has died. I am not sure that I have ever written about him, but he was several people onscreen who were important to me. Nevertheless, the moment I heard he had died, having most recently rewatched Big Night (1996) with [personal profile] spatch, my instinctive response was "BITE YOUR TEETH INTO THE ASS OF LIFE!"

3. Courtesy of [personal profile] selkie: the three-headed Etruscan basilisk. You tell me what else that looks like, unless a guest star in the Godzilla franchise.

Also courtesy of Selkie, selections from yesterday's photoshoot are now on Twitter. Tiny Wittgenstein seems to have been stunned into silence. I think it's doing me good.
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