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.
( In quiet hours, daffodil buds. )
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.
( In quiet hours, daffodil buds. )
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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