How can a train be lost? |
It's not every day that a new Wes Anderson movie opens on my birthday. Discuss.
Posted by Jesse Bowline on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:59:00 PST |
A is for Art part II: "You Look So Fancy I Can Tell" |
Popular music has evolved across the centuries of its existence from what is now known as "classical" (with the lowercase "c") to its current "it's not just awful... it's god-awful" state. Neverthele...
Posted by Jesse Bowline on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:37:00 PST |
A is for Art part I: |
The moving picture has been around for over 100 years, and has been a part of the pop consciousness for almost as long. From the earliest days of nickelodeons, movies have been part of mass entertain...
Posted by Jesse Bowline on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:34:00 PST |
A is for Art, I is for Introduction |
When we think about art, the first thing that generally springs to mind are the masterworks of the Renaissance period, when men such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michaelangelo, and other Teenage Mutant Ninja...
Posted by Jesse Bowline on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:12:00 PST |
Only In Dreams |
Last night: I'm so bad at Halo that I can't even win in my own dream... and I still have fun.Also last night: Somebody set a cigarette on my phone, causing a melt-burn on the screen. I bitched at Ton...
Posted by Jesse Bowline on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:43:00 PST |
Take Me Back to That Place Where Stars Glow |
After about eight years of citing American History X as my favorite movie without any serious consideration that anything else might even compete, I've come to a realization: it's been supplanted.Midw...
Posted by Jesse Bowline on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:06:00 PST |
Hurt |
In the past two days, I've:Been clipped by a bus on my bike. Nearly had a two hundred fifty pound video projector land on my head. Been a passenger in a minor car accident. Been clipped by a cab cr...
Posted by Jesse Bowline on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:52:00 PST |
So Caught Up in a Tree of Stars |
I woke up facing the windows, enjoying what little time I have to use my entire home as sanctuary. Outside, the bright light night was subdued by the ominous cloudcover, the same that had let it out ...
Posted by Jesse Bowline on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:06:00 PST |
See Me Change |
In a past life, I was part of the French New Wave. I did it all: wrote for Cahiers du cinema, worked out ideas with Truffaut on The 400 Blows and Godard on Breathless. I even introduced Jean-Pierre ...
Posted by Jesse Bowline on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PST |
The Warmth of My Sincerity |
At a stoplight, I looked over. The minivan cab next to me had two passengers occupying a single seat behind the driver.The girl straddled her boy. She kissed away his look of surprise and glee fierc...
Posted by Jesse Bowline on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:46:00 PST |
