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Coyote vs. Acme Reddit post

The body of the post “Why Deleting Finished Movies… Should be a Crime“ was deleted, but as of this post’s date, its comments are still intact. Lot of corporations pandering to shareholders of late. Crummy way to run a business.

Now & then

All my favorites – vintage Beatles & bleeding-edge tech. Thoughtful comments on Reddit from people, including one crying on the bus, listening to this newly-completed Beatles song. John Lennon’s resurrected, 40-year-old voice, against Paul’s present-day, 80-year-old one. I wonder if John would’ve felt his rough made the cut to be brought forward & fully produced.…

“Kiss Me Baby, I’m Vaccinated!”

The magic of Flip Wilson [Hello, several paragraphs of this post didn’t make it to Publish. Not sure what happened, but I’ll try to re-create my post!] I’ve written about 1960’s men dressing like women in my book, & how at the time, this was no big deal. Bugs Bunny was sexy as hell in…

Do You Hoopla?

I finally got to watch Neil Gaiman’s “Masterclass” – for free! Thanks to my Library card. Courtesy of Hoopla. I’d long been curious about this super-learning series. It’d drawn some big names, who seemed like they’d be intriguing & informative speakers. But… money. Libraries have moved with the times, offering digital portals to ebooks, audiobooks,…

Sphere

So many thoughts! First, congratulations to the teams behind the tech and design of this marvel. The usual excellent coverage by NAB Amplify, this time by writer Adrian Pennington, passes over dazzle for the juice. Every element of Sphere gets a good look here. The speaker system (universe?) is thrilling. Take as long a look…

Mr. Alan Arkin

Died after a full life, passing on his love of craft to son, Adam Arkin. I’m so grateful, so much of his art’s available to enjoy. There were three movies my Mother insisted her kids see. “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming” was one of these – with a second, “Fiddler On The…