And in my hotel is a silver phone. I must be in Pittsburgh! I think it’s supposed to be gold though. If you look closely it has a yellowy hue. Maybe it was gold but has faded.
I watched Jack Reacher last night cuz it kept cutting to almost exactly this shot in the trailer.
Ahhhh, springtime in Pittsburgh. Hopefully I’ll get to the review later today when it boils itself down to one sentence..
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Leslie Howard is my favorite actor and this might just be my favorite movie. This is Mr. Howard totally owning it in 1934 in “The Scarlet Pimpernel.” This is the first “superhero by night” story I know of. Merle Oberon costars with Mr. Howard and they will appear together again in “Gone with the Wind” in 1939.
This movie is public domain so you can watch it almost anywhere for free. It is hilarious. Watch it tonight.
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@BracchusATalbot tweets:
Hosting Record Club next week, playing #13Tales. Any recs on what to cook and drink? @thedandywarhols @courtneytaylor2 @fatheaddeboer
— Bracchus A. Talbot (@BracchusATalbot) April 26, 2013
Depends on how many peeps and how tricky how much money you can spend etc. Slow cooked pork shoulder is easy and can go on crackers or be served with a friggin souffle.
Call K&L wines and get a load of ’96 Lanessan. It’s affordable and amazing. Our Dandy NYE champagne is Schoenheitz NV Cremant d’Alsace. Should be 13 bucks a bottle and is awesome.
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(2012) Sitting through the first half hour’s worth of Wes Anderson film cliches and real precious acting made ME feel like the fugging caged tiger BUT FEAR NOT cuz once this thing settles into itself it actually lives up to the vomitbagful of hype it’s gotten. |
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Last night I went to see this one-man show about James Beard. I went to dinner at Blue Hour then walked around the corner to see the play. That was a perfect evening. I highly recommend it and if you don’t live in Portland I can tell you it would be worth flying in for, in my book.
The dude playing James Beard is totally amazing. Charming and brazen, wordly and world-weary. I wanted so badly to take him out to dinner or have him over to the Oddy for a nice 7 course wine pairing but then I realized, “DOH! That’s not James Beard, that’s an actor. DAMN. This guy is good.”
P.S. At Blue Hour I had Oregon Coast Kumamotos with a glass of Veuve (by the glass. Rad) and then the black cod with a risotto cake. Brought my own Croatian wine. Awesome. All was right and true in the world of food.
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(2005) I didn’t remember it being this bad. |
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Holy shit. These are my favorite dudes ever. When they’re all walking up to the house in the last shot I get this deja vu feeling that we’re all about to get really drunk and have an awesome time.
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Drinking with Strangers
by Butch Walker
This is the book that got me home from our recent European tour. It was the perfect book for the job. It actually made me want the flight to be a little longer.
Basically it’s the life story of a small town 80’s cheese rocker who always gets in, but never gets all the way to the top, and ultimately finds out that he’s way better off where he is. (Which is: one of the most successful pop songwriter/producers in the world today, so….). But anyway, this guy is awesome, the stories are superfun, his life has been filled with stories of being tricked, fucked, lied to, lied about, ripped off, manipulated and screwed over that I thought only happened to The Dandy Warhols. Nice to know we weren’t the only sucker dipshits in the game.
Anyhoo, I’ve never heard any of his music and he does occasionally say some pretty silly shit but I can honestly say I’m a fan of him, his “voice” and his attitude about life so get this book. It’s great.
COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR
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Django Unchained (2012) So much violent fun-fun I almost needed a nap in the middle. |
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