Good Morning

Monday At The Movies

Today I am focusing on the film composer Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat,

Alexandre Desplat - The Shape Of Water

Alexandre Desplat - The Grand Budapest Hotel Score Suite

Alexandre Desplat - New Moon

ENJOY

Monday Musings

Well, the weather was at it its best late afternoon again. Most of the day was cool, windy, and overcast. I felt a bit overcast this morning. A deep funk you could say. Not improved by two others unfollowing me. Oh, fuck why I ask?

Perhaps reposting that rather wayward conspiracy theory article from pigshitpoet this morning was not the best idea. But why should we censure and sneer alternative views I ask - Wacky or not? As li=og as views are not offensive and demeaning to other people, then fine.

Oh well, perhaps I have too many friends on my LJ list as I must admit time always constrains me from commenting on all their posts.

I have noticed two series have restarted again and I have watched both of them in their second series I think - specifically Stargirl and DC's Titans.

I have now reached the Colin Baker seasons of Doctor Who, and yes, the quality is getting lower as we proceed to the final ones of the old series with Sylvester McCoy.

Mary from number 27 has given me ten paperbacks to sort through and sell or keep as she no longer needs them. Most of them are crime novels which are not my fave genre. One I will keep as it is on the lyrics of Bob Marley and what each song means.

Two Shorts

Sage

I remember when being fifty was all the rage
But then each decade has this angst and rage
No matter what coating you spin your age,
So I think I prefer being a wise old sage.


Haiku

So it is said
That it's not easy
Doing a haiku
These short ones are
Very ancient and old
Less than breezy
I have been told
And surely not new.

Book 47 - Ian Johnstone "Bad Seed"

Ian Johnstone "Bad Seed" (Abacus)




This book is quite an enjoyable read but it could have been so much better.

The writing is a bit stilted, mostly due to the author composing the book largely out of long, often multi-paragraph quotes interspersed with his own descriptions and analysis of the goings-on in the lives of Cave and his bandmates. The most jarring issue I had with Johnson's writing was the rather frequent insertion of seemingly unrelated anecdotes in the middle of descriptions of otherwise cohesive narratives. That said, I'd definitely recommend this book to fans of Cave's work. Hopefully, somebody will write a more cogent and authoritative book on the band. Meanwhile, this 1996 paperback is a good place to start.

Book 47 - Ian Johnstone "Bad Seed"

Ian Johnstone "Bad Seed" (Abacus)




This book is quite an enjoyable read but it could have been so much better.

The writing is a bit stilted, mostly due to the author composing the book largely out of long, often multi-paragraph quotes interspersed with his own descriptions and analysis of the goings-on in the lives of Cave and his bandmates. The most jarring issue I had with Johnson's writing was the rather frequent insertion of seemingly unrelated anecdotes in the middle of descriptions of otherwise cohesive narratives. That said, I'd definitely recommend this book to fans of Cave's work. Hopefully, somebody will write a more cogent and authoritative book on the band. Meanwhile, this 1996 paperback is a good place to start.

Just Wondering

What are your feelings on childproof/tamper-proof packaging?

Have you ever injured yourself trying to get a package open (and we're talking paper cut to a more serious injury)?

Would you ever like to have your portrait painted? If you could have any artist do it, who would it be?

Making Things Brighter

One thing we folks in Faversham like to see is the colorization of drab spots such as junction boxes spruced with colour and not just shabby green or post boxes spruced up with permission from them.

The posting box outside the Post Office looks fun with the cozy top.



If you have a disused junction box of old tree stub then you can add flowers like this -



This one is close to the main rail station in town.