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Postcard: Phillipsburg, Montana

November 11th, 2013 · 1 Comment

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Card is untitled on its front.

Printed on back of post card:

#6 – Philipsburg, Montana, high in the Rockies, once a great silver camp, and Montana’s oldest quartz lode mining camp, is still a lively, typical western town, which provides fine modern accommodations and comforts. On scenic Highway 10A, it is surrounded by wilderness areas of indescribable beauty.

Publishing information:

©Pub., Dist. & Photographed by Lauretta Studio, Butte, Mont. (Mr. A. Walkup)

Handwritten on back of post card:

The road going by the ranches leads to here

¤ Antlers Bowling & Bar
-> Motel

This is a different scene now.
Under 2 ft, of snow.

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Screenings: A Slight Case of Murder (1938)

November 10th, 2013 · No Comments

Everyone refers to Edward G. Robinson as “Boss,” and Edward G. refers to himself in the third, as “Marko.”

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Screenings: Mother (2009)

November 9th, 2013 · No Comments

Unexpected mix of murder, mental imbalance & maternal loyalty. Filmed with arresting visual style. Disturbing, fascinating.

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Weird Dream #2

November 8th, 2013 · No Comments

I dreamed that I looked down at my hands and saw piano keys instead of fingers. I was clumsy and noisy and still couldn’t sing in key.

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Screenings: Shame (1968)

November 7th, 2013 · No Comments

More-violent-than-expected Bergman, but bleak as ever. Definite dystopian parent to Children of Men, minus the plot.

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Screenings: Leviathan (2013)

November 6th, 2013 · No Comments

Ugh. A non-narrative visually-indecipherable “portrait” of life on a deep-sea fishing vessel. Skip this; watch Sweetgrass.

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Weird Dream #1

November 5th, 2013 · No Comments

Dreamed I walked into a coffee bar and Mary Chapin Carpenter was at the counter. She turned around, gave me a hug. She let go first.

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Postcard: Adventure Thru Inner Space, Disneyland

November 4th, 2013 · 1 Comment

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Card is titled “Adventure thru Inner Space PRESENTED BY MONSANTO.”

Printed on back of post card:

A view of Monsanto Company’s attraction “Adventure thru Inner Space” in Disneyland. Located in the newly expanded Tomorrowland, this futuristic building houses a ride through the inner space of a snowflake, in a vehicle called an “Atomobile.” The rider feels the unusual illusion of shrinking to the size of the atom.

No publishing information given.

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Scene, not story

October 29th, 2013 · No Comments

Mist nestles in the pinetops. The wind sighs in the branches. Nothing happens; the mist just hangs there. Because this is a scene.

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Postcard: Winchester House kitchen

October 28th, 2013 · No Comments

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Card is untitled on its front.

Printed on back of post card:

WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
ALTHOUGH THE HOUSE contains 6 kitchens, this was the kitchen used primarily after the 1906 earthquake – its hinged laminated wooden drain-boards are only one of Mrs. Winchester’s many inventions/ Can you find the door that opens to the blank wall?

Guided Tours Daily

Publishing information:

B5056

The Winchester House
A Registered California Historical Landmark No. 868

Mike Roberts
Berkeley 94710

the Continental card

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