BruceH

Ah, ruin porn! Michigan Central Station is becoming as famous as the Bradbury Building. Wonder if it too will ever be renovated.

Didn't the Shakey's Pizza chain also show silent comedy for a while? I seem to recall that, at least in Iowa.

I remember when they used to show Our Gang shorts on TV all the time. Sound ones, though. Now you mention them and kids don't know what the hell you're talking about. (I remember the Ground Round, too, though the one in our area stopped showing silent films somewhere in the late 70's I think.)

Late and post-impressionism exhibit at the nearby De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, just a few weeks ago. Took my kids to it as well.

It's a toss up.

The guy certainly has the stereotypical "announcer's voice." Glad for him that his luck seems to be changing.

It's better than the original. But the original stunk to high heaven in my opinion, so it's not exactly praise. Better how, though? Has the plot or storyline been changed? Better acting? BTW, I think John Wayne and company did a marvelous job in the original...but that's just me. Rooster Cogburn [w/Katheryn Hepburn] is better, IMHO. Better photography, better script, better cast,better direction. ....better score.

I liked the new "True Grit" quite a lot.

Mad Men.

Yep. Always considered the worst thing about it to be the cover.

I swear, I heard about them not paying some suppliers two or three years ago. Maybe I got that wrong, but it made me think they were going down back then. Now I guess they're going like Blockbuster, in super-slow-motion.

Happy Birthday!

60 Minutes? What day is that on?

Finally got around to finishing "The Terrorists," the final Martin Beck novel. I'd been going slow with it because I didn't want it to end. Great series.

Happy Birthday!

We need more sports reporters like her.

Shades of P.K. Dick there.

Well I see you already had a happy birthday! Good!! Dot org?

Ringo simply didn't care for drum solos, thought they were boring. (And he's got a good point.)

BTW, I did happen to catch part of "All Night Long" and caught sight of Mingus in the nightclub band. Nice! Anyone happen to catch the recent TCM repeat of "The Strip," a Mickey Rooney B-movie from around 1951? It's slight (I swear, if it weren't for all the musical performances the film would clock in at barely an hour) but it features Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars, including Jack Teagarden, Earl Hines, and Barney Bigard. For this alone it has to count as one of my favorite films. And the ubiquitous, lovable William Demarest is also in it!

These were a bit of a drawback for me, but the good far outweighed the bad, and there was planty of vintage footage, even an interview with Paul Desmond! That was pretty much my reaction. The house was remarkable, but I must be getting old, because the first thing I thought about it was that it looked hard to clean.

Another Green World, by Brian Eno.

An i-Pad for a five-year-old? Really? I'm with you on this one, man.

I cite The Onion all the time.

Sheesh, what's the point? Just seems misguided to me. Too bad.