The light changed a couple of mornings ago: cooled, clarified. It begins to look like autumn, when all the ghosts seep up. Less equinoctially, the construction has renewed on the porch of the house across the street and is harder to sleep through. Have some mostly links.
1. When I went into Porter Square Books this afternoon to pick up the reprint I had ordered of Ramona Stewart's Desert Town (1947), I was so delighted to see packets of sunprints for sale with exactly the same silver-and-blue packaging of my childhood that I bought one for my niece, who to my knowledge has never had the chance to play with photograms.
2. After rewatching Moonrise (1948), I discovered that Imogen Sara Smith had written an appreciation of Harry Morgan in it, which he entirely deserves: "Least Wanted—Film Noir's Character Actors: Harry Morgan."
3. I have learned that the odd, hollow, wavery percussion used in the original recording of "The Ballad of High Noon" (1952) came from the early synthesizer the Novachord, which since the rest of that spare arrangement consists of an accordion, an acoustic guitar, and Tex Ritter really makes me happy. I would love to know which settings produced the sound. I could never figure out what it was.
4. As soon I read![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
spatch the blurb for the hopping vampire collection coming up on the Criterion Channel in September, he insisted on making sure I had seen the kung fu priest from Braindead/Dead Alive (1992) kicking arse for the Lord.
5. We received an e-mail this evening intended for someone who had just bought a house in Southington, CT. We politely explained the mix-up and only then realized we could have scammed our way into a summer home near Lake Compounce. We watched an on-ride video of Boulder Dash to feel better.
I am continuing to enjoy the local hibiscus.
1. When I went into Porter Square Books this afternoon to pick up the reprint I had ordered of Ramona Stewart's Desert Town (1947), I was so delighted to see packets of sunprints for sale with exactly the same silver-and-blue packaging of my childhood that I bought one for my niece, who to my knowledge has never had the chance to play with photograms.
2. After rewatching Moonrise (1948), I discovered that Imogen Sara Smith had written an appreciation of Harry Morgan in it, which he entirely deserves: "Least Wanted—Film Noir's Character Actors: Harry Morgan."
3. I have learned that the odd, hollow, wavery percussion used in the original recording of "The Ballad of High Noon" (1952) came from the early synthesizer the Novachord, which since the rest of that spare arrangement consists of an accordion, an acoustic guitar, and Tex Ritter really makes me happy. I would love to know which settings produced the sound. I could never figure out what it was.
4. As soon I read
spatch the blurb for the hopping vampire collection coming up on the Criterion Channel in September, he insisted on making sure I had seen the kung fu priest from Braindead/Dead Alive (1992) kicking arse for the Lord.5. We received an e-mail this evening intended for someone who had just bought a house in Southington, CT. We politely explained the mix-up and only then realized we could have scammed our way into a summer home near Lake Compounce. We watched an on-ride video of Boulder Dash to feel better.
I am continuing to enjoy the local hibiscus.
