Oh, and also...

...I've been watching a lot of British films recently. I'm taking a class focusing on the films of David Lean and Michael Powell and I realized I knew next to nothing about British cinema so I decided to start to educate myself. My favorite thus far has been Kind Hearts and Coronets.


Dennis Price reminded me of John Cusack for some reason and Alec Guinness is brilliant as no less than eight characters! It's a great dark comedy about class, murder, etc.

I was also quite impressed by David Lean's adaptation of Great Expectations. I'm usually very disappointed by literary adaptations, but this was impressively well done. Lean's Oliver Twist was also quite good.

Bill Callahan

I'm more than a little disappointed I missed out on seeing this lovely man on Sunday when he opened for the Swell Season at the Byham. But I really didn't want to see the Swell Season nor did I have $40 for a ticket or a friend in the whole world who would have gone with me even if I had the forty bones. oh well.

Here's a video of one of M. Callahan's songs that I think is one of the most beautiful songs in the world. And Chloe Sevigny is in it!

yum