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Entries from July 2013

Protected: Midfield 7:31

July 30th, 2013 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Protected: 30 July 2013: Cast Iron Boobies

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Postcard: Montana Ice Fishing

July 29th, 2013 · 2 Comments

Card is untitled on its front. Printed on back of post card: GEORGETOWN LAKE, MONTANA (Ice Fishing) Weather conditions never bother these rugged outdoorsmen, who build huts for protection from the elements while fishing for the fighting rainbow trout. Many (including Montanans) enjoy this invigorating and healthful sport here. Written in pen on message side […]

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Screenings: Lust for Life (1956)

July 28th, 2013 · No Comments

Exhausted, so working my way through the @nytimes “1,000 Best Films Ever” list. So far today, two real duds: Lust for Life and Silk Stockings. Lust is so comically overwrought, I expected Kirk Douglas’ Van Gogh to morph into one of Lon Chaney Jr’s monsters. Just bad. The theme music for Lust for Life sounds as […]

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Screenings: The Spiral Staircase (1946)

July 27th, 2013 · No Comments

Among other delights in this Gothic thriller is a bulldog named Carlton who slobberingly guards the front door.

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I haven’t heard from you in so long.

July 26th, 2013 · No Comments

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Postcard: Young Girl Defending Herself

July 22nd, 2013 · No Comments

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The Silver Seas playlist

July 18th, 2013 · No Comments

This is calming me lately, and I think you will enjoy it, too. Thank you, Daniel.

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Screenings: The Jazz Singer (1927)

July 17th, 2013 · No Comments

Basis for countless family/show biz melodramas since? Fascinating interweaving of silent cinema and musical numbers.

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Screenings: Much Ado About Nothing (2013)

July 17th, 2013 · No Comments

Finely-tuned ensemble acting, by turns deeply romantic, hilarious, appropriately treacherous. Amy Acker FTW!

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