30 Day Song Challenge – Day Six: Best Song for a Block Party:
Let Me Clear My Throat by Dj Kool feat Biz Markie & Doug E. Fresh (1996)
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Style Icons: Male »Oskar Schlemmer
German Artist
I stumbled across an image of the Oskar Schlemmer Triadisches Ballet and was instantly enamoured of and curious about this multi talented Bauhaus artist. He lent his inventive eye to not only choreography and stunning costumes but painting and sculpture as well.
Be sure to take a look at the Ballet, which is in three parts: Amarillo, Rosa and Negra. It’s one of the strangest and neatest ballets you’re likely to see.
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Posted on May 6, 2011
Laughs »Today Now! Interviews The 5-Year-Old Screenwriter Of “Fast Five”
I Want the Cars to Drive Fast and Then Some of Them Explode
I am sure you’ve seen this clip floating around, but it’s a good one! I’d actually watch the movie if this kid lent his narration to it. Maybe in a special Bluray edition?
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Posted on May 5, 2011
Songs »Cielito Lindo
30 Day Song Challenge – Day Five: Best Song to Sip Tequila to This Afternoon:
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Posted on May 5, 2011
Songs »The Mexican (instrumental)
30 Day Song Challenge – Day Four: Best Song to Create a Video Game Around:
The Mexican (instrumental) by Babe Ruth (1972)
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Posted on May 4, 2011
Books »A Sight for Sore Eyes
by Ruth Rendell (1998)
So, it’s not exactly like I had A is for Alibi sticking out of my back pocket, but even I know reading mass market paper back women’s mysteries with titles like A Sight for Sore Eyes and the author’s name printed in gold is not “cool”. But! When it’s as compelling and unexpected as this Ruth Randell thriller, it sure is pleasurable.
Beach reading time is upon us and if you’re tired of predictable master mind serial killers and tough but gorgeous women detectives, this odd tale of coincidence and murder will be refreshing.
While the psychology might be a tad simplified, Rendell does take us into the minds of her characters, even the most evil ones and gives us a very vivid picture of them and their surroundings. Even a minor character, like a nasty shop owner or a noisy neighbor feel like real people rather than contrived mystery novel plot elements.
As for the main protagonists, you have a beautiful teen whose youth was shattered by her mother’s murder and whose adolescence is marred by an insanely over protective step mother; you also have a vain former hippie living in a London mansion, and finally a psychopath young man who never knew any form of love as a child who despises humanity as much as he praises and adores beautiful objects.
All three lives intertwine in a way I thought would be rote and predictable but was pleasantly surprised to find it stranger, more unusual and almost grimly humorous.
I don’t know too much about author Rendell but she is highly praised among her peers and I plan to look to her again next time I’m in beach reading mode.
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Posted on May 4, 2011
Songs »Have You Forgotten
30 Day Song Challenge – Day Three: Best Song With Which to Wallow in Your Self Pity:
“Have You Forgotten” by Red House Painters (1996)
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Posted on May 3, 2011
Laughs »Sasquatch Sighting in North Carolina
“He Had Beautiful Hair”
My dad is a huge fan of World’s Dumbest and this Sasquatch story was the piece de resistance of the “hillbillies” edition.
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Posted on May 3, 2011
Drinks »Spritzenhaus
33 Nassau Ave, Greenpoint
The highly anticipated, absolutely humongous Greenpoint beer garden, Spritzenhaus opened the end of last week and I expected crazy drunken crowds Saturday but to many people’s possible horror, but my delight, at 1:00 it was over run with toddlers and there were plenty of tables to choose from. Despite its size, it still started getting crowded around 3:00.
There are 25 beers on tap (as well as bottles, wine and a full bar) including three Six Points, Mother’s Milk Stout, and a great dark Schwarzbier – just don’t expect help in your selection from the bar tenders. Young and bright eyed, they’re as cute as can be but completely clueless about beer. But I can’t complain about the friendly smiles.
I was happy to hear that a food menu is coming, but for now just order some classic greasy pizza from nearby Carmine’s. A perfect accompaniment to afternoon brew.
Airy and rustic, the space is inviting and distinctly new New York with lots of exposed brick and beams, copper, and worn wood. There are plenty of stool at the bars, individual tables and a long line of communal style ones that ingeniously roll on tracks allowing people to walk between them or join them together.
This is such a welcome addition and so close to my place that we will no doubt become enthusiastic regulars – especially in the coming warmer months when the floor to ceiling windows are all open, allowing for sunshine and people watching.
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Posted on May 2, 2011
Songs »Institutionalized
30 Day Song Challenge – Day Two: Best Song to Wreck a Hotel Room to if You’re 16:
Institutionalized by Suicidal Tendencies (1983)
