Critical Nostalgia

Hell yeah.

120 more pages to go. How many more times will I listen to Filigree and Shadow paired with Tinder Box, I wonder?

I got mad at quantum magic. I still watched it (had no desire to trudge through the book). Wish that more of it was taking place somewhere besides with the Most Boring People In London.

I'm also a notorious grump.

Whitlock was a badass.
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I wish they'd be brave enough to make it look like Richard Powers.

(I have little faith that this adaptation will be good. The best one so far is Judge Dredd's Cursed Earth storyline.)

Those are *some* azaleas. Just lovely.

Huh. The stills didn't do much for me (aside from the wild textiles/cuts). But hearing that it's Ritchie maybe I'll take a look.

1970 Pan edition of Ira Levin’s 1954 a kiss before dying ⭐️

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

Joe Johnston doesn't fuck around.

THAT'S MY LITTLE GUY!

I can see this as being slightly-ahead-of-the-curve 1987. Sound fits, nothing jumping out.

I hate having to be paranoid now, but there's entire channels on YT making up AI slop records saying they're lost post-punk classics and *sigh*.

And that's all vibes. Vibes go rancid. All the time.

One day I'll be brave enough to design this boldly.

We'll have to see. This latest misadventure is heading right into line go down territory, which tends to get them exercised (and they have short attention spans.)

Gala, by Euroshima 9 track album

Gala by Euroshima. Argentine darkwave. Liner notes say recorded in 1987 and... I'm wondering about that. (I've seen more than one act putting out stuff now pretending that they were of the deep magic and...)

Even so, opening track bangs.

euroshima.bandcamp.com/album/gala

Because they're not getting shit done.

AM I GETTING THROUGH TO YOU?

A Library of Lips and Tongues: The Tallulah Bankhead Story

What's the contemporary version of "Layla" that we use?

"It's the money, Matt."

I get it.

I just don't get that they're not turning the money from say three of these into one for them.

Oliver Reed (holding a golden grenade) and Diana Rigg (in Edwardian gear) in a lush study. Everything is very fin-de-siècle-by-way-of-the-swingin'-'60s

Telly Savalas, bald as ever, but with a little and little glasses that give him a Gandhi vibe despite his Edwardian business suit

Oliver Reed, in immaculate full dress, holds a sword cane's blade to a man's throat. Background: arts & crafts wallpaper

Diana Rigg in a big bed wearing nothing but a towel. Hell yeah.

Just had an extremely good time with THE ASSASSINATION BUREAU (1968), an Edwardian spy-caper comedy starring Diana Rigg, Oliver Reed, and Telly Savalas

That movie was so much fun. What a delightful surprise.

"un-lifening"

You wanna know how I know there's no cabal of corporations running things?

I know I don't have to watch this stuff, but looking at classic horror stories get prestigified and I know how people live with themselves but how do people live with themselves?

Aw, fuck. Hope the situation is short-lived.

The stories this goblet could tell. Comparing the suppleness and tautness of various celebrities over the years, a library of lips and tongues.

"Sure you can joint this vibrant community of authors here. Just kick in bucks monthly."

If I wanted to join a fraternity, I would've.

Shinichiro Watanabe in the Criterion Closet holding a copy of Branded to Kill, saying, "A well-made film doesn't always mean it's something you'll remember."

Shinichiro Watanabe gets it