Zippo Armor Waxy Leaf Design, No. 46303
Zippo Armor Diamond Pattern Design, No. 46136
Zippo Armor Luxury Waves Design, No. 46273
Zippo Armor Lucky Clover Design, No. 46301
Movies Watched -- The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
In Italian … 179 minute running time … normally I’d say this is twice as long as it should be, but this was a special movie and gets a pass because it had many beautiful moments … it’s not a single story, but a series of dozens of vignettes… the life of Italian peasants at the turn of the 20th century.
I liked it and am glad I saw it and can recommend it and would have also voted for it if I were on the Palme d’Or committee, but be warned, it’s three hours long.
From the Criterion blurb: “Through the cycle of seasons, of backbreaking labor, love and marriage, birth and death, faith and superstition, Olmi naturalistically evokes an existence very close to nature, celebrating its beauty, humor, and simplicity but also acknowledging the feudal cruelty that governs it. Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1978, The Tree of Wooden Clogs is intimate in scale but epic in scope—a towering, heart-stirring work of humanist filmmaking.”
Marriage is a Holy Sacrament
J.E. Sunde's Blind Curve
I really dig this song… if I got any of the lyrics wrong, let me know.
UPDATE: I emailed J.E. Sunde and he was kind enough to send some corrections. What a guy!
It's hard to feel unnoticed
When my work requires
That I find a stage in a dark room
To tell some strangers all my secrets
Cuz I feel a strange transcendence
When I get some words to rhyme
And I don't understand the purpose
But it makes my father smile
So I am betting on a blind curve
I'm betting on a blind curve
I'm betting on a blind curve
I can't see what's to come
I thought it'd be more certain
Than life has proved to be
But if love still runs the game
Then love is proof enough for me
To keep on calling all my friends
In the struggle and the doubt
You need not die to make it holy
We’ll just try to sing about it
Cuz we're betting on a blind curve
We’re betting on a blind curve
I'm betting on a blind curve
I can't see what's to come
I'm betting on a blind curve
I'm betting on a blind curve
I'm betting on a blind curve
I can't see what's to come
Ford F-Series Trucks Through the Years
Still a work in progress
1948-1952 Ford F1 – First Generation
1953-1956 Ford F-100 – Second Generation
1957-1960 F-100 – Third Generation
1961-1966 F-100 – Fourth Generation
1967-1972 F-100 – Fifth Generation
Bembeya Jazz National - Petit Sékou
How could you not dig this? I’m blown away…
Movies Watched -- 3 Women (1977)
124 minute running time which means 30 minutes too long, but this was just terrible and would be at any length. Was Robert Altman a druggie? This seems like drug-addled nonsense. How on earth did 20th Century Fox approve the budget for this? Who was in charge back then? Geez. Shelley Duvall with her weird googly eyes and crooked teeth. Sissy Spacek is cute but plays a nut. The whole story is just dumb and bizarre. Who could watch and enjoy this crap? I have John Farr to blame for this awful recommendation, “one of Altman's finest films of the 1970s.” If that’s true, I’d hate to see his less fine ones!
Give me a slug of that, huh?