Displaying 2,881 To 2,910 Of 3,373 Comments I love Love LOVE this post! It’s exactly how I feel! So tired of voting for Democrats who never fail to disappoint. Of the argument that pretty much stops at, “Go ahead, waste your vote on a progressive, and help Palin get elected”. That’s it? That’s what the Democrats got? That they’re not Palin? Surely far more imaginative voices, and arguments, have been at the forefront of every great American era and accomplishment from Paul Revere and Samuel Adams to Martin Luther King and even Abbie Hoffman. Way to go, Javaz! » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 10, 2010 @ 5:42 pm Hiyao Miyazaki, Japanese legend Great article. Needless to say, over here he is revered as a cultural maestro. However, if you ask most people to talk about their “favorite” Miyazaki movies and characters, you generally hear the older, more accessible movies, Laputa and Nausicaa, Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service. And I agree. I find the animation of his more recent films dazzling, but I can’t say that narrative is his strong suit anymore. He likes to take his viewers down his rabbit holes, his dream worlds, but I feel he has lost his touch in terms of making timeless movies that you want to watch again and again. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 10, 2010 @ 5:11 pm Tea Party Conventional Wisdom or Nightmare After “Chicago” by CSN Though your brother’s munching nachos » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 6, 2010 @ 4:51 pm brilliant! » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 6, 2010 @ 4:45 pm These guys don’t represent The Tipping Point. More like the tippling point. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 6, 2010 @ 4:35 pm 600? What’s the opposite of “wow”? Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead Too bad about that “thoughtful” part. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 6, 2010 @ 4:16 pm No problem, but you have some weiiiirddd tastes, K! » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 9:57 pm Not at all. If I’m understanding what you’re saying, it jibes perfectly with my ideas. I never meant to suggest that the mind IS more free than the body, and agree that both can be “more” free in different ways. My interest is in what this does to the mind, to know that its body can be tortured or otherwise have to endure great pain. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 8:43 pm Yes! And Lynch made it not long after he became a father. So the “baby” in the movie kind of tells you where his head was at! But, hey, we all can relate to waking up at three in the morning (again!) to feed a screaming little potato creature, at least those of us who have the experience. Thankfully, it gets better. Ironically, that “baby” went on to make an even viler movie than any her father ever did, “Boxing Helena” (again, just assuming because I haven’t actually watched it, and wouldn’t if you paid me) » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 8:28 pm Those guys are so weird! When they made Un Chien Andalou, the only rule they had was that anything that made sense got tossed! » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 8:24 pm What a great way to put it, “the committee”! » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 7:59 pm Please do, Cher, and sooner rather than later! The early carp catches the diem, or something like that. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 7:55 pm The movie is called Belle du Jour, and was directed by Luis Bunuel, who collaborated with Dali on Un Chien Andalou. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 7:44 pm And St. Francis of Assisi referred to his body as “my mule”. Same idea. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 7:42 pm Thank you both. And Cher, where can one see your work? I’m very curious now! » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 7:40 pm I’m not sure the schism is “artificial” just because it is ostensibly psychological in nature. There may be (and I personally think there is) something to the religious, spiritual New Age ideas that, as Pierre Teilhard de Chardin wrote, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience”. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 7:38 pm ‘zactly! » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 6:32 pm Very good addition to the post, e-cat! I think there is certainly something to what you write, that element is at play as well, I agree. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 6:26 pm Ticket or not, it still seems a bit unnecessary. The suitcase in the trunk, helping with his suit, and no witnesses, just the people who know all along what’s going to happen. Ruined a perfectly good windshield too. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 6:23 pm Thanks for your kind words, KQ. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 6:20 pm Yeah, but I think he gives the airplane ticket afterwards. But I’m not sure, so I guess I’ll give the scene the benefit of the doubt. I haven’t seen Inglorious Basterds, but I’ve heard about that scene. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 5:57 pm That is so true. People do the exact opposite of what they should do. The part of The Godfather that I dislike is when Michael tells Carlo he’s going to be okay, the family’ not going to whack him, and then gives him a plane ticket to Vegas. They lead him out to the car, and then they kill him. The same exact people are involved in the entire scenario. What was the point of the elaborate lie? » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 5:41 pm That’s an interesting idea, Q. Maybe I will do an essay on him. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 5:33 pm Whoops! Sorry…… » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 5:31 pm couldn’t open? Shucks! Just google the painting’s title then, if you haven’t already seen it. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 5:11 pm BTW, I’m not sure if everyone is familiar with the painting that inspired this illustration, Salvador Dali’s “Soft Construction with Boiled Beans; Premonition of Civil War”. http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/51315.html » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 4:56 pm Hi Cher, One of the most compelling lines from that huge work, and I hope I’m correctly quoting it, is » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 4:53 pm I think that in some cases, people WANT to think that sadists are self haters. In the same way that people want to say that rape isn’t about sex, it’s about power. Rape is about sex, AND about power. That’s not a pleasant thought, but if we consider the motive of a rapist, for them it is very much the sexual thrill they are after. Whenever extreme cruelty is involved, it is natural that we try to comfort ourselves with some sort of explanation that makes us feel better. We would rather imagine a self hating perp than a pure, evil sadist. We would rather separate our own sexual feelings from those of a rapist. But ultimately we end up fooling ourselves, I feel. However we wish to understand sadism, even leaving aside my theory, we HAVE to start by recognizing that it has PHYSIOLOGICAL, as well as psychological causes, and has to do with how our bodies and brains are constructed. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 4:46 pm Very well said! » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 4:25 pm I agree. I think that Scorsese, one of the all time great directors, is capable of making a much better film though. » Posted By whatsthatsound On February 4, 2010 @ 4:16 pmComments Posted By whatsthatsound
And he can’t rise from his chair
Won’t you please come down to Nashville
Just to whine
In a land that’s known as “freedom”
there is socialism in the air
Won’t you please come down to Nashville
join your kind
We can change the world –
Re-arrange the world
It’s dying – to get better
Democrats and liberals sit yourself down,
There’s nothing for you here
Won’t you please come down to Nashville
For a ride
Don’t ask Barack to help you
Cause he’ll turn the other ear
Won’t you please come down to Nashville
Or else join the other side
We can change the world –
Re-arrange the world
Anyway, this might give them some hope:
Reliving memories, rewriting history, and reminding us what clutzes we are. Don’t you just love ’em?
It was so obviously contrived for the purpose of the audience. Even great movies sometimes contain but-people-don’t-really-do-that moments.
It’s a masterpiece; I saw the actual work and it is much smaller than I imagined it would be.
Great comments! Thank you!
I really like the way you bring spirituality and religion into the discussion. A Course In Miracles refers to the body as first, “unreal”, and second, as nothing more than a “communication device”. In other words, it is there to help us experience what our mind is manifesting, and ultimately helping us transcend that.
“I am not a body! I am free!!
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