Smooth Afternoon Sounds

To celebrate today's perfect Boat Weather, here are two sunkissed classics from yesteryear. This first needs no introduction:

Lionel Richie - Hello

Next, sun-dry your apricot slices on the soft, supple sounds of Neville & Ronstadt, with this classic cut from 1989:

Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt - Don't Know Much

Two Galaxies Colliding

Courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope

We are small.

All-time faves: The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea

I meet a surprising number of Kris Kristofferson fans who have yet to see The Sailor Who Feel From Grace With The Sea, the 1976 film based on the 1963 novel by Yukio Mishima. Part Love Story, part A Clockwork Orange, The Sailor Who Fell From Grace... is a double-sided story of a lonesome sailor (Kristofferson) who falls in love with a widow, and her son, who at first idolizes the sudden father-figure in his life, but succumbs to the influence of his fellow schoolmates and soon plots to do him in. Schizophrenic film-making at its very best.

OMG, Finally!!!

File this under "I can't believe it really took this long to happen". I am just as guilty as the next guy of actually believing Isiah Lord Thomas could possibly turn the burning building that is the New York Knicks around. Finally, after all the losses and sexual harassment lawsuits, the Knicks have dumped that sorry sack over the bridge. My nomination for next coach, Charles Oakley

A Hard Day's Night @ Film Forum This Weekend

This was originally going to be the main feature of my weekend preview but work is exceptionally busy with my cohort and partner-in-crime Mark Cheney gone to England for his 30th birthday. In his honor (or perhaps, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of United Artists), Film Forum is presenting a double feature all weekend long of two of Richard Lester's best known works, The Knack, and How To Get It, and A Hard Day's Night. I say this is a Must-See, if you've never seen it before or have yet to see it on the big screen, soundtrack rolling off tape. If you've any curiousity or skepticism of insight into the Beatles, this film will lay them all to rest and have you thirsting for more. All weekend long, @ 2:30, 6:00, & 9:20 PM. Tix are $10.50

This Fucking Rules

(from the Associated Press) "Researchers from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo have discovered a rare giant turtle in northern Vietnam — a find that carries great scientific and cultural significance. Swinhoe's soft-shell turtle was previously thought to be extinct in the wild."

I guess no matter how alien or alone you can feel sometimes, it must really suck being a species thought to be extinct.

Hillary & Obama "debate": Slugfest '08

Well, last night was another humdinger. Obama answered tough questions like, "What about the Wright controversy?" and, "Can you respond to claims that you are an elitist?", while Hillary apologized for "misremembering" her Bosnia sniper story. Seriously, can we get back to the issues here? I can't take any more of this. I'm not sure which is making me more naseous, the constant media barrage on Barack Obama's character, or this Tylenol Advanced Allergy cold medicine I'm on.

Now for something equally as nauseating:



Jon Secada - Just Another Day