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gentrification is when trash goes in trash cans

#head in hands #listen #i do not want to live in an airport/mall nonplace #i love taxi driver and the warriors and i'm sad i never got to see a show at cbgb #but the above is one of the stupidest takes i've ever read #nobody *wants* to have to punt a giant rat out of the way to get to their front door #or to step on broken glass or a used needle #trash on the street isn't “character”-- it's trash

I can't say that I followed Glen Hansard's career closely, but I was exactly, perfectly in the target audience for the film Once when it came out, and I have an extremely fond memory of harmonizing with a guy on "Falling Slowly" at a bar in Vienna (Austria) in 2009, the summer before my freshman year of college.

So thanks for that, and RIP. (Also sobbed buckets watching him cover "Fairytale of New York" at Shane MacGowan's funeral; an absolutely perfect rendition.)

#music #glen hansard #marketa irglova in that film with her little fingerless knit gloves and paisley skirts #i used to dress just like that #still do occasionally

yesornopolls

would you consider yourself to be a contrarian?

Would you consider yourself to be a contrarian?

Yes

No

Remaining time: 13 hours 34 minutes

#the thing is even at times in my life when i tried to “fit in”#i felt like everyone could tell i had to work at it #so what on earth was the point #(actual story from my childhood: when i was about 9 or 10 my mom tried to role-play a “peer pressure” situation)#(Her very unconvincing bully voice: “You're a loser if you don't come get drunk with us”)#(preteen me: “OK and?”)#(My mom just started laughing like “You *are* my child aren't you?”)

orlaite

THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES 1946 | dir. William Wyler

#speaking of movies (etc) that make me cry #a while ago I called my mom she said “Can I call you back? Dad and I are watching 'Best Years of Our Lives'” and I was like “Fair!”#so humane and so honest

penniesforthestorm

Top 10 movie game

Cinemaaaauuuurggh...

Ashes and Diamonds

The Battle of Algiers

Dazed and Confused

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

High Plains Drifter

In the Heat of the Night

The Last Wave

Moonstruck

Repo Man

Wings of Desire

Voting ended onJul 21

Tagging: Everbody!

#rebageling for the morning crowd #10 movies poll

Top 10 movie game

Cinemaaaauuuurggh...

Ashes and Diamonds

The Battle of Algiers

Dazed and Confused

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

High Plains Drifter

In the Heat of the Night

The Last Wave

Moonstruck

Repo Man

Wings of Desire

Voting ended onJul 21

Tagging: Everbody!

#movies #movie poll #i don't know if these are my actual top 10 but I took them from the top 20 list I have kicking around #i love these

ofbuckkeep

It's that feeling of falling you get that jolts you awake. It snaps you out of the dream. INCEPTION (2010)

#one thing about Tom Hardy is that he will make Choices #inception

takofukkatsumi

Reblog this and tell me what was your biggest crying over a piece of fiction. You can be vague if you don't want to spoil.

#to be clear i am a humongous crier #i used to get teary at that GE ad with the tap dancing elephant-- although that was more of a verklempt vibe #but:#first prize goes to the first time i read Little Women-- age 9-- you can guess the scene #i actually got a nosebleed (very hot dry summer day)#had the presence of mind to go take care of it #but not before a perfect circular droplet landed on the page #fortunately it did not get on my grandma's white couch #2nd prize is probably Terence Malick's A Hidden Life

byjove

I love asking people how their parents met. You always get an interesting reply. My best friend’s parents met on the relatively new internet in 1999. My other friend’s parents met at Burger King when one was the manager and the other was a regular customer. My parents met at the beach because they were neighbors in their rental houses, mom was on a church trip and dad was getting blackout drunk every night with his friends next door.

Tell me how your parents met in the tags.

#mom was dating the lead singer of a band #my dad was the guitar player #(from what i understand it was not a big deal-- all very amicable-- but it makes for a funny one-liner)

guessimdumb

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The Bobby Fuller Four - Another Sad and Lonely Night (1965)

Winning jangly and rootsy garage rock.

#The Bobby Fuller Four #*such* a cool band #“Don't Ever Let Me Know” is a top-10 favorite of mine but I love this one too

kaiserin-erzsebet

Scenes a Dracula adaptation could include: Arthur and Quincey hyping Jack up for his proposal completely unaware that they're proposing to the same person.

#laugh rule #i love this #lucy and her boyfriend arthur and arthur's two boyfriends quincey and jack #dracula

maryfitzroy

stephenroot

These people are such fucking losers omg

#i realized the other day that he reminds me of johnny crowder #guy at the bar with a lot of Opinions who seems kinda cool until you get to know him #this is 1 of 2 instances recently where my instincts were proven right in a way that has me both smug and mad #normally I love being right but sometimes it's nice to be wrong y'know?

robbierobertson

it really is so crazy how in sync robbie and levon are on this

robbierobertson

like... (taken from this)

#an all-timer #so gorgeous and uncanny #(also extremely fun- if rather tricky- to sing)

guillaume-en-egypte

Enys Men dir. Mark Jenkin (2022)

#watched this again last night #mark jenkin's whole deal is so enticing to me #and mary woodvine's performance in this is so... dear #i want to be her friend #(actually i just want to steal those boots)#enys men #daleth an hav

maryfitzroy

I took that political alignment quiz that everyone’s getting zohran for and i got the pope. what do i do with this information.

maryfitzroy

I’m not a Neo-Luddite. I use AirPods.

maryfitzroy

In this era of post-materialism, where the traditional left-right divide has given way to more vibes-based politics, this test hopes to refr

#i got sanna marin #i'll take it #(whatever else- she does seem like a genuinely fun hang)

eddysonline

The original flag, by Gilbert Baker, June 25, 1978.

#it's so beautiful!#and also with you etc.

After the screening I attended at the IFC, my friend and I were lucky enough to catch a talk/Q&A with director Mark Jenkin, moderated by Vul

One very funny (at least to me, and it's my blog, so you're getting it) sidebar to this:

At karaoke the other night, a guy did "The Boys Are Back in Town" (excellent karaoke choice), and a few of us were talking about the melancholy undercurrent of it: "Jukebox in the corner blastin' out my favorite song/ the nights are gettin' warmer, it won't be long/ won't be long 'til summer comes/ now that the boys are here again"-- but the summer has not come yet. And when it does come, could it ever be as good as it was, those nights at Johnny's place? Again, can you ever really "go home"?

#film #movie review #rose of nevada #mark jenkin #once again:#it's about the process #(i once got a free shot in an Irish bar because I recognized a live recording of Phil Lynott)#(as if the guy didn't have an incredibly distinctive voice)

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