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First up, much love to all the Googlers we've been attracting over the past 24 hours who've been looking for "girls aloud fuck horses" and "girls aloud rape porn". We're more into the actual visceral loathing of women here at ILB rather than violent sexual attacks on them, but we do hope you'll stay around. The next gratuitous mention of Amr Zaki on the site is for you, anyway.

Whatever, whatever. I was at the gym today, 30 minutes bike, 20 minutes crosstrainer, trying to not look like a music journalist/that Girls Aloud rape blog dude who bought this site all the new traffic. I get leg pains anyway, so 3/4 of the way through the crosstrainer session I looked up to try and find something to distract me. And, on one of the TV screens, was a music video.

What worries me is that the video was for "I Quit", a #8 single from May 1999. And before my brain had enough time to process what was going on, literally in the split second I looked up at the screen, I went "Oh look, that's the lead singer of Hepburn".

This means that my brain has retained the image of what the lead singer of Hepburn looks like for nearly a decade, and can recall this information a lot easier than it can, say, my mother's birthday, or what my Flickr log-in is. Problematic.

It's not a great song by a long road, specifically the way Ms Lead singer pronounces the phrases "Kings Road" and "messiah" like someone released a noose from around her neck halfway through the second syllable. Hepburn were part of a massed rush of "Spice Girls with guitars" bands from around the latter part of the 90s, all of whom were foisted upon the marketplace with a blitz of publicity, all of whom stuttered around their opening singles, all of whom then found out that their record label had lost all interest straight afterwards.

21st Century Girls were the kings of this shit, though. The first place I saw them was actually the first place I'd ever seen the Spice Girls three years earlier, on an episode of Surprise Surprise. It was clearly always going to be downhill from that, despite the fact that 21st CG had the two most credible of late 90s pop figures, Brian Molko and Paul Oakenfold, on hand to lend them their "talents". 21st Century Girls were crucified in Kerrang, ignored by the NME and Melody Maker (who at this point were trying to make Amen and Kittie happen, respectively), and unable to operate in an overly crowded pop marketplace at the time, and so bombed hard. The single got to #16, and the follow-ups and album were both shelved (although apparently released in Japan, presumably under the conceit that maybe the Japs would confuse them for Shampoo). If you like songs that sound exactly the fucking same as "Drop Dead Gorgeous" by Repubblica, you'll love "21st Century Girls", although they just make me pine for The Faders. Kate Turley from 21st Century Girls later went on to be in uber-tedious Dudley pop rockers The Fight, who at one point were signed to Fat Wreck Chords. Why not try turning up to a The Fight gig and repeatedly shouting "Hey, you used to be in 21st Century Girls" at her? I'm sure she'd appreciate it.

Then there was Thunderbugs with "Friends Forever" (#5, September 1999). An Independent article written at the time claimed that they received the largest ever outlay Sony had ever put down for a band's debut single. Why exactly seven figure stacks were put down on insipid Eurorock based around a post-Monica and Rachel "us girls have gotta stick together in this world" message, I have zero idea. The most fun with it is how it occasionally threatens to turn into "I Touch Myself", and then just reverts back to anaemic Roxette. The follow-up single failed to go top 40, the album was shelved, and I can't find any reference to a single member of Thunderbugs out there, unless this Brigitta Jansen (same nationality, would be around the same age) is the same Teutonic guitarist that played in Thunderbugs. Why not write in and let us at ILB know that Thunderbugs haven't been reduced to turning tricks for baccy?

We were going to end this round-up with the video to "Last One Standing" by Girl Thing (#8, July 2008), but a) contrary to what I remember, rather than being a guitar-pop act they were actually four harpies doing 5ive-with-tits melodies whilst dressed like they were attending the wrap party for Run Lola Run and b) Song BMG have actually banned the embedding of the video in any sites, possibly because of all the money free-embedding them is costing them off of Girl Thing's back catalogue sales. One of Girl Thing went on to be on Hollyoaks, one went on to be a presenter on Nickelodeon, the other is "still in the industry". I pretty much wish unhappiness on misery on all of them.

And so you have it, a cavalcade of certainly some of the best music I've ever heard. For those of you missing Hepburn, why not pay a visit to the bandmembers' websites? Sarah Davies hasn't found time to update hers since 2002, but thankfully there's still an active messageboard (active in the sense that it's not down, rather than anyone using it). Vocallist Jamie Benson, on the other hand, has the worst webpage ever, insofar as although it has no actual content on it other than the introductory message, it has lots of different sections which all require 10 seconds of flash loading before the site realises there's nothing there and just sends you back to the home page. Which is a shame, as the "fun and games" section of her site sounded like a cracker.

 Audrey Hepburn

Nascida Audrey Kathleen Ruston na capital belga, era a única filha de Joseph Anthony Ruston (um banqueiro anglo-irlandês) e Ella van Heemstra (uma baronesa holandesa descendente de reis ingleses e franceses). Seu pai anexou o sobrenome Hepburn, e Audrey se tornou Audrey Hepburn-Ruston. Ela tinha dois meio-irmãos, Alexander e Ian Quarles van Ufford, do primeiro casamento da sua mãe com um nobre holandês.

Audrey foi considerada, a príncípio, uma garota "alta, ossuda, de pés excessivamente grandes para se tornar uma estrela". Mas Audrey, mesmo vivendo na época em que as baixinhas, de curvas generosas, pés miúdos e olhos claros imperavam, soube usar os seus "defeitos" como seus dons e conquistar o mundo com seu lindo rosto, sua elegância e seus profundos olhos castanhos. Segundo o estilista Givenchy, que era incumbido de vestí-la, Audrey era um ideal de elegância e uma inspiração para o trabalho dele.

(...)

(Tirado da Wikipédia, ver aqui.)

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But I do have things to put up there! Yesterday, Imaginus was at school, selling all kinds of posters and art and whatnot, so I took the opportunity to grab a couple things. First up is something that Brandon texted me about early in the morning, so I'd already decided that I'd get it.

Excellent, no? This is probably the only thing that's actually going to go up on one of my walls. I mean, if I've got Colbert up there, what else do I need? It needs a decent frame though, like an actual painting might have. And the logo could get chopped off... we'll see. I think it'll go over my rocking chair and ottoman, that way it has a nice place, and I can sit there and drink wine in his intimidating presence.

The other thing I picked up probably won't go on my wall, though I also bought a frame for it, and it's ready to go.

(I've just noticed how much blank space there is on amazon.com images. Have to stop using those.)

This is probably going to hang out in my closet with my copy of Parcheesi. Extremely important to me, but not something I keep on display. Go figure.

In other news, if I can figure out some way to get back and forth on the bus (which seems to go there, but not come back), I've got a nice shot at a job operating rides at Canada's Wonderland. This would end after Halloween, but wouldn't be that bad, since it would start up again in spring. After all, who doesn't want to run the roller coasters? Wish me luck!

And with that, I'm off to class.

.Beautiful. and the crazy thing is, she's a great actress. not just an actress, a GREAT actress. I was watching Roman Holiday (again) this weekend and realized, actress' today aren't as believable and 'in character' as they were back then. Or, the directors or stories aren't as good. WHATEVER THE CASE. Audrey Hepburn has tremendous talent and you have to see for yourself. Her most popular film 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' grasped my attention to this beautiful actress and I've been watching her ever since. Hat's off to an amazing color that left her mark on the canvas of film.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

For any Hepburn fans, I recommend How To Hepburn: Lessons on Living from Kate the Great. It's a clever little book, part bio and part self-help/inspirational.

Here's an excerpt from the book:

http://www.karenkarbo.com/Excerpt.aspx?ID=HowToHepburn

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Before the movie even starts, I’m super happy to see the old Paramount intro, which really sets the tone for the film, we know it’s an older one, and the upbeat music of trumpets puts you in a good mood. Puts me in a good mood at least, I love trumpets.

The first actual frames of film don’t focus on our main characters whatsoever, or even take place in Paris. When I first saw this movie, I was kind of thrown off for a second, but I don’t expect everyone else to be as confused as I was, since not everybody starts watching movies at 3am with the intense concentration of an insomniac. Instead, we open in what I assume is Cannes, though I’m still not quite sure. We see what appears to be a waterfront hotel, with the camera zooming in on the cliffside, where we see a couple men playing cards, waited on by some bikini-clad women. I want to point a couple things before I continue. First, the guy jumping ass-first into the pool? That’s MY dive. Don’t try stealing things from me.

Second? This little ledge here looks like the hotel owner is just asking for a lawsuit. No guard railing or anything. Tsk tsk. Don’t say I didn’t warn you when somebody breaks their neck.

So now we meet Mr. Alexander Meyerheim, the producer-character of ‘the film’ (God, this is going to get confusing) played by Noel Coward. He’s dictating a telegram to his superiors at the studio, reassuring them that he has recently talked to their screenwriter, and has been told that 138 pages of the script have been finished. Meyerheim also informs them of his plan to go and visit the screenwriter on Sunday. He ensures that ‘success is inevitable’ with a screenplay by Richard Benson. At this point we get to hear from the sunbathing woman who has, up until now, been used primarily as a human sudoku puzzle or something, I’ve never really figured it out. Either way, she’s heard Benson’s name and is pretty pissed. She starts ranting in Greek, throwing out random keywords for us to pick up. Vodka, Madrid and bullfights are the main three, and together, they give me a good impression of Benson, though she obviously doesn’t agree. After hearing this rant, Meyerheim decides to send ‘the usual’ telegram to Benson, and we fly off in what has to be one of the choppiest helicopter shots ever.

The scene changes to a shot of the Eiffel Tower, which is a good starting point for us to see, otherwise I’d have absolutely no idea that we’d actually gone to Paris. The camera swings down, and we get our first glimpse of Richard Benson, genius screenwriter. What’s he doing? Sunbathing on a balcony and drinking a Bloody Mary. I don’t know about you, but that seems like a damn good job to me. Lying in the sun all day, doing nothing but drinking. We switch to our other star, Gabrielle Simpson, played, of course, by the lovely Audrey Hepburn. It’s only now that we get an actual title to the movie, three and a half minutes in, and I’m pretty unimpressed. Plain text overlay? Come on, I know the film can do better, and I’ll show you later on when they actually do. The next couple minutes or so are spent getting Gabrielle to the place where Benson is staying, and only then do we see something worth a picture. Gabrielle goes to knock on the door and is greeted by this.

Honestly, I don’t know who was in charge of drawing that skull and crossbones, but I congratulate them on giving me my first laugh of the movie. If I ever need a Do Not Disturb sign, I’ll make one exactly like it, and award prizes to anyone who places it without any encouragement. Brilliant. Benson comes in off the balcony to refill his drink and hears the doorbell buzzing. I’m making a note of the time at which he tells her to come in. 5:28. This’ll be important later. He introduces himself, finds out who she is, and  we get our first bit of the banter between the two that I can’t really write out. You have to see it for yourself. Besides, I’ve already written far too much for only being 5 minutes in. Either way, we get a quick rundown of Benson’s current situation. He has nothing written. At all. Sure, the story’s in his head, but that’s not the same as on paper. He walks Gabrielle through the story pacing through the hotel room, leading up to…

SCORE! RICHARD BENSON YOU ARE THE KING OF THE PIMPS!

This, of course, is at 11:19, meaning that five minutes and fifty-one seconds is all it took for Benson to get to first base. A round of applause might be in order, until we find out that not only is there no script written yet, but they’ve only got 2 days in which to do it. So it’s off to work. Choosing things like the time of day with coin flips, we quickly go through several possible beginnings to the film, Benson unable to decide on a beginning that he likes. We get a cameo from Marlene Dietrich here, and I seriously hope that at least someone out there, reading this, knows who that is. Finally, they decide to set the film all in one day, Bastille Day. For the ignorant, Bastille Day is basically the French version of Independence Day, or, if you’re a super-awesome Canadian like me, Canada Day. It commemorates the storming of the Bastille, in which practically nothing was accomplished, but was, all in all, a nice symbolic victory. Even if there was nobody to fight. Go France.

And a title for the movie! “The Girl who Stole the Eiffel Tower” is definitely intriguing, and it was apparently enough not only to get Meyerheim to sign off on, script unseen, it was also enough to get a proper title screen.

We even get Frank Sinatra singing here, so there was no excuse for a crappy title for the movie proper. Oh well, small complaints I guess. I need SOMETHING to bitch about after all. We’re also 19 minutes in now, and only 300 more words, so I’m running at a better pace too. We go back to the movie within a movie, where we see Audrey Hepburn portraying the female lead there as well. Benson chooses to name her Gabby, so that’s what we’ll call her as well. She’s waiting for her Bastille Day date, which leads to another cameo by Tony Curtis. They end up sending him off after a funny bit, and we introduce the mysterious stranger. He’s played by William Holden as well, and reflects Benson. They dance, and we get a twist! Spies!

Things quickly get out of hand and Benson decides to change the story. We rewind and switch back to the hotel room, where  Meyerheim’s telegram arrives. Benson decides not to open it, since it’s the 134th identical telegram, asking when the script will be ready. He relates his dilemma to Gabrielle, remembering a phone call with Meyerheim, basically calling himself a liar and a thief. This description is quickly applied to the movie character, and we start over again. Our mysterious stranger is now introduced as Rick, an expert safecracker planning a job in Paris. After a brief meeting with some gangsters, Rick dances off with Gabby, and we meet Inspector Gillet of INTERPOL.

Switching back to the hotel room we see Benson trying to convince Gabrielle that Gabby would be more than willing to go to lunch with Rick, this leads to my favourite part of the entire movie, Gabrielle’s ‘upper lip’ moment. See it and try not to laugh. We go back to the characters, who are now having lunch at the Bois, relating their shared experiences as rich children, having private zoos complete with giraffes. They order lunch, and we find out that this mirrors Benson ordering lunch for the two of them. After a fair deal of drinking, Benson makes a move on Gabrielle, and she suddenly sobers up and continues the story herself.

We go to the movie and see Rick leading Gabby off to a cave, kissing her neck, which leads Gabby to the conclusion that he must be… well, you’ll see. Inside the cave Rick keeps his ‘lab-o-ratory’ which, I might add, is pretty cool, and more or less what I’d have too.

After an excellent chase scene, we return to the hotel room, and see that this has all been Gabrielle telling the story, rather drunk. She goes to bed for the night, and Benson has the operator try to get a hold of Meyerheim, seeking to admit he has no script. A bit of encouragement from a peeking Gabrielle makes him hang up before actually talking to Meyerheim, and he works on the script himself throughout the night.

When Gabrielle wakes up, Benson is waiting for her with a reworked script, though still unfinished. Rick isn’t a mere safecracker anymore, but a criminal wanted worldwide. The story is still mostly the same up until the end of lunch, when it is time for their car to arrive, and Gabby is revealed as a double agent working for Inspector Gillet.

Rick takes Gabby to ‘his’ movie studio, where he breaks into a wall-safe, and gives the keys inside to his driver. He then discovers that Gabby is a double agent, and chases her out of the office, across several movie sets, until he corners her. It’s then that explains her back-story, and it ends up with the two of them on a bed.

What happens next is left up to our imagination, but the official story is that they have a rousing afternoon of Parcheesi.

This is the sole reason I own a Parcheesi board, and treasure it.

By now Gabby has sided with Rick, and accompanies him to a costume party at the Eiffel Tower, and on the way there, Rick’s plan is finally revealed. He’s stolen the only copies of the new film “The Girl who Stole the Eiffel Tower” and plans to hold it ransom. They arrive at the party, seeing Inspector Gillet dressed as an executioner. We also meet the producer of the film, who happens to again be Noel Coward, the same man who is playing Meyerheim. Rick confronts him, only to learn that the film is considered to be a complete failure, and that stealing it is the best thing that could have possibly happened. The producer offers to pay the ransom as a reward, and also decides to share the insurance money with Rick. For a plan going so badly, things seem to be looking up! Gabby lures Gillet to a bathroom, where Rick ties him up and changes costumes with him, then they flee to an airport where a plane is waiting.

Once there, they begin to board the plane, when Inspector Gillet shows up once again, and Rick is shot repeatedly by Gillet’s second-in-command.

Rick has, in my opinion, the single best last word ever. Go hear it for yourselves, I won’t spoil it.

And so the movie ends. Gabrielle is moved to tears by the ending, and wants to change it so that Rick lives and runs away with Gabby. But Benson won’t hear of it. After a close moment, Benson decides to keep to himself, and turns Gabrielle away, before passing out drunk.

He wakes up in the morning, and Gabrielle is gone. The rest? I’ll let you figure it out for yourselves, but let’s just say that it involves a bird, Bastille Day, and a brawl. And a kiss, obviously, since a film like this can never have a down ending.

And that’s that. An excellent movie, super-props to Michaela for recommending it to me. Score out of 5? 5.

Ok, join me next time, when I review something newer. Or join me tomorrow or something, when we return to your regularly scheduled blogging.

But you know what?  I've had a revelation.  There really is something out there.  I have PROOF.

I also know that whatever this Higher Power is...whether he/she/it is a single entity or a collective consciousness or a bunch of electromagnetic energy hovering in the ether...  Whatever it is ~

It's an ASSHOLE AND HAS A SICK SENSE OF HUMOUR.

I know this, because:

I bought a convertible and a mountain bike.

AND IT HAS BEEN RAINING EVER SINCE!!!!!

But I am a reasonable person.  I am a happy person.  I am nothing if not resourceful.  I could survive on a desert island.  So I will not allow this to slow me down.  I will forge ahead, I will smile, I will adapt.

Thus, I have a plan and my plan is thus:

Commencing at approximately 0800 hours tomorrow, I shall begin the process of dismantling Spike the Bike as the initial step in converting Skipper the Geo Tracker into an amphibious pedal-powered sailing vessel. 

Next, I shall replace Skipper's gas/brake/clutch pedals with pedals harvested from Spike, applying waterproof seals as required.  These pedals will power the propellor which I shall create from scrap metal scored from the now-redundant fuel tank, thus also making Skipper an eco-friendly transportation choice and possibly bringing world-wide renown and a documentary collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio.  This propellor will also be of a daisy-shaped design so that it is pretty.

Tires from Spike shall be revamped to act as emergency flotation devices in the event of a man-overboard situation. 

Should the rain ever cease (hah), my work shall not be in vain, as Skipper's canvas roof will be transformed to act both as a shelter during inclement weather and also as a sail should the sun ever decide to appear.

I shall use my subliminal psychic powers and my innate sense of cool to convince the rest of the world that frizzy hair is as awesome as it gets. 

I will pretend that I am Holly Golightly in the final scene of Breakfast at Tiffany's.  Being wet is poignant, endearing, dramatic and poetic. 

I will also commence construction of a massive rainbarrel to collect and filter our clean(ish) Canadian rain, which I will then sell to the Americans as drinking water at an outrageously marked-up price.

So go ahead, Ye Gods.  Melt the icecaps.  Destroy the levees.  Bring it on.  I can take you.

This is only the beginning.

My Father, in his forward thinking was straight on to the VCR/Video camera thing. It must have been 1983 when he bought a VCR along with a Video Camera. It was the model where the tape player part separated from the actual unit (or docking station, if you're that way inclined), which was then carried around over the shoulder and connected to the camera. My sister and I had a great time filming each other -- mostly me filming her perform music or dance, actually -- but the intended purpose was for my Father to film livestock.

But I digress. The store we bought the VCR from had a small collection of VHS movies, so naturally, we jumped on the rental wagon. One Saturday afternoon, we went along and my selection was a cartoon -- probably the Transformers. I was all happy and even took on some of my sister's chores so I could get first crack at the VCR.

I ran to the machine, put the video in, jumped on the couch then waited. Trumpet music blasted along with a large title saying Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn in "The African Queen." I realized straight away what had happened (the wrong video was in the box if you didn't) and did what any normal child who was used to getting his own way would do -- I started crying. My Father asked about the commotion and I explained the situation. After checking his watch, he said it was too late to go back to the shop, so I could either continue to cry or I could watch the movie. It seemed to make sense to me, so I dragged myself back to the lounge and once again hit play.

As I watched that film, I became completely immersed in the story. I laughed, I sat on the edge of my seat and I rejoiced as Charlie & Rosie triumphed in the end. I guess an actor has visions of themselves on that screen, or a Director sees themselves being involved behind the camera, but I didn't. I remember looking at all the names go by in the credits at the end and thinking, I'd like to be the one to bring all those people together to make something great.

Katharine Hepburn

Living by sight makes for a dried up existence. The most unattractive character in the movie is the totally pragmatic brother, who  thinks he is doing his sister a favor to tell her she is plain and no man will ever want her. He is a critical parent if ever there was one, even to his father. It's ironic that his name is Noah, because in the Bible Noah believed, against all odds and popular opinion, that rain would come because God had said it would, even when no one around him believed it.

Lancaster's character, Starbuck, talked fast to convince himself as much as anyone else that he had a gift. The rain he brought was metaphorical as well as physical, faith and hope to answer the drought of spirit.

Faith and sight. When is a dream foolish, and when it is faith? What does living by faith  look like?

The Biblical Noah lived by faith for a lot of years, acting on something very eccentric that God had told him to do. What would you have thought if your neighbor started building a huge boat, saying it was going to rain so much it would flood the earth? You'd think he'd lost his mind. But it happened.

Moses led the Israelites into the desert on the promise that God would lead and provide for all of them, the widow gave Elijah her last bit of food on the promise that he'd multiply it, Abraham believed in the promise of God that from his son would come God's chosen people, Esther believed that her husband the king would not kill her if she went to see him uninvited -- the Bible is crammed with people who did what must have looked pretty foolish and whom most observers would have called unrealistic, dreamers. But they are the examples for a life of faith.

So how can you tell if you're acting on faith or if you're being foolish? I don't have all the answers to this question yet. I struggle sometimes to trust my own judgment. I don't want to live in a fantasy land -- well, from time to time maybe I do -- but I don't want to be faithless, either, and I can't live in the arid land of the purely realistic. It's an illusion that that's the most responsible route.

"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen."

When and how do you live by faith? Faith in what?

Aqui les hago algunas recomendaciones de lo que no se pueden perder segun yo.

1. "A Philadelphia Story" con Cary Grant y Katharine Hepburn, es una comedia muy pero muy buena... la transmitiran el 5 de Julio a las 12:00am

2. "Kismet" en realidad nunca la he visto pero tiene muy buena critica y si es un musical de MGM entonces ha de ser increible. 7 de Julio a las 12:30pm

3. "Anchors Aweigh" con Gene Kelly y Frank Sinatra, esta es sin duda mi recomendacion numero 1 del mes porque esta en el top 5 de mis peliculas preferidas, es un poco larga pero es bien entretenida y no se arrepentiran de haber pasado mas de 2 horas frente a la tele viendola, especialmente cuando Gene Kelly baila con el raton Jerry. 9 de Julio a las 12:30pm

4. "The Birds" si son fans de las obras de Hitchchock esta es una que no pueden perderse, si no la han visto no volveran a ver los pajaros de la misma manera. 10 de Julio a las 8:30pm

5. "Easter Parade" maravilloso musical con Judy Garland y Fred Astaire, espero que todos lo hallan visto en Semana Santa porque es un clasico de ese tiempo (aunque no es pelicula de Semana Santa como tal), no se la pierdan el 15 de Julio a las 12:30pm

6. "Mr. Blandings builds his dream house" con Cary Grant, esta es una de mis peliculas favoritas de el porque me he reido tanto con las desgracias que le pasan al pobre hombre solo por querer tener la casa de sus sueños. 18 de Julio a las 12:30pm

7. "Arsenic and old lace" de nuevo con Cary Grant... es una pelicula de humor negro muy cruel y muy loca pero definitivamente vale la pena verla. 22 de Julio a las 12:30pm

8. "Kiss me Kate" con Ann Miller es una obra dentro de otra obra... en fin, tiene numeros musicales muy buenos como "tom, dick or harry" y el vestuario de Ann me fascina. 25 de Julio a las 12:30pm

9. "Bringing up baby" y de nuevo Cary Grant y Katharine Hepburn en una comedia que involucra toda clase de locuras desde un leopardo hasta la carcel y un esqueleto de dinosaurio. 25 de Julio a las 2:25pm

Para los amantes de la obra de Alfred Hitchcock no olviden todos los sabados y domingos a la 1:30pm la serie "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", pasan 2 capitulos de media hora cada uno y se basan en cortos creados por el mismo Hitchock en los cuales a veces participan los mismos actores de sus peliculas como John Gavin o Cary Grant.

Para ver la programación completa del canal entren a su sitio web: www.tcmla.com

Disfruten del mes de Julio

Old Fashioned Girl

I can't imagine how different Katharine Hepburn looked compared to the other women of her time, apparently she would insist on wearing mens cut styles, this must have made her look so fierce and intimidating to men, she's an amazing role model in fashion and those pants, well she made the cut 'timeless' thats for sure. Her style is something that has no time to it, it's just good taste, she looks great and still would if you plucked her out of the 30's and put her into the street today (actually she'd look amazing today wouldn't she!)

Here's a couple of quotes I found on 'The Fashion Spot where they have a thread chatting about her and have posted some amazing pictures.

“With stout resolve,” reports a fashion book, “she almost single-handedly broke down the dress code for women” by insisting on wearing men’s trousers on set and off, everywhere and all the time. Her style was so informal and untraditional that she never, even after becoming a star, owned a dress or skirt of her own. One of her many awards came from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in1986 – in recognition of her role as non-conformist in modern fashion.''

Her intelligence and talent eclipsed her beauty but that is not to say she wasn't beautiful and glamorous. Her androgynous, modern style was a breath of fresh air in a generation where cleavage, curves and pouts were everywhere. Her characteristic New England accent perfectly suited her strong, head-strong nature. Her non-conformist, boyish, casual style was once thought ungainly but became chic and eventually Katharine Hepburn was thought of as a fashion idol.

La luna llena del 18 de junio, la de esta noche  es lo que se llama una "luna de solsticio",  una luna baja, que llega sólo dos días antes del inicio del verano en el hemisferio norte.

Durante miles de años, los observadores del cielo han sabido que la Luna, ubicada a baja altura en el cielo, se ve grande . Al principio, los astrónomos pensaron que la atmósfera debía de estar agrandando la Luna cerca del horizonte, pero las cámaras mostraron que no es así. Las imágenes que se observan en las filmaciones de la Luna son del mismo tamaño, independientemente de la elevación. Aparentemente, sólo los seres humanos ven las lunas gigantes.

Después de todos estos años, los científicos aún no están seguros. Es curioso ¿verdad? Cuando miramos la Luna, los rayos de luz lunar convergen y forman una imagen de aproximadamente 0,15 mm de ancho en la retina (parte posterior del ojo). La imagen que forman las lunas altas y bajas tiene el mismo tamaño; sin embargo, el cerebro insiste en que una es más grande que la otra. Algo debe sucedernos en el cerebro para que siempre se produzca esta ilusión.

Una ilusión similar descubrió, en 1913, Mario Ponzo, quien dibujó dos barras idénticas sobre un par de líneas convergentes, como los rieles de tren que se observan a la derecha. La barra amarilla superior se ve más ancha porque abarca una distancia aparentemente más grande entre los rieles. Esta es la "ilusión de Ponzo".

Algunos investigadores creen que la ilusión lunar es la ilusión de Ponzo, en donde árboles y casas desempeñan el papel de las líneas convergentes de Ponzo. Los objetos en primer plano engañan al cerebro para que piense que la Luna es más grande de lo que realmente es.

Pero hay un problema: los pilotos de líneas aéreas que vuelan a grandes alturas algunas veces experimentan la ilusión lunar sin ningún objeto en primer plano. ¿Qué es lo que engaña a sus ojos?

Quizá sea la forma del cielo. Los seres humanos perciben el cielo como un domo aplanado, con el cenit cerca y el horizonte lejos. Eso tiene sentido; los pájaros que vuelan por encima de la cabeza están más cerca que los pájaros que vuelan en el horizonte. Cuando la Luna está cerca del horizonte, el cerebro de los seres humanos, entrenado gracias a la acción de mirar aves (y nubes y aviones), no calcula bien la distancia real a la Luna, ni su tamaño.

También hay otras explicaciones. No importa cuál es la correcta, sin embargo, si todo lo que  quieres hacer es ver una Luna grande y hermosa. El mejor momento para observar es cerca del horario de la salida, cuando ésta apenas puede verse a través de árboles y casas o sobre las cadenas montañosas.

Lo cierto es que todo esto, que una noche me contó el científico Felix Ares, que del cielo sabe mucho, me lleva a pensar, si la mayor parte de las cosas que vemos o percibimos, no serán tal cual están o son en la realidad. No creáis que me preocupa en demasía, porque aunque las apariencias engañen, las cosas son como son y en este caso, en el de la luna, como en otros el tamaño, no importa, porque la luna, que para unos es un simple satélite, los que ven la vida de una forma más prosaica, y para otros es un punto en el cielo al que mirar, y suspirar y evocar mientras la observan, forma parte de lo que está ahí y es inamovible, claro que a mi personalmente, y aunque la luna haya sido capaz de inspirar a músicos y poetas, no es que me impresione demasiado, ni tampoco me distraiga de la realidad. Yo prefiero el Sol, que por lo menos da luz y calienta, y que cuando está más cerca de la tierra, como sucede por estas fechas, hace que la vida tome otro cariz, algo más benévolo, que hace que se diluyan o por lo menos que se distancien otras preocupaciones. La vida en clave de sol es la que me gusta, y la luna… la luna vamos a dejarla para los tristes, los misántropos y los melancólicos, aunque sea grande como la de esta noche.

Son las once y diez de la noche. No llueve en Pozuelo y la temperatura exterior es de 20 grados. Mañana Zapatero viene a mi radio, y por supuesto no voy a dejar pasar la oportunidad de preguntarle entre otras cosas, lo de los 400 euros… ¿Apostamos a que no me contesta? O tal vez si, ya sabeis eso que dicen del poderoso influjo de la luna... lo mismo...

"Die wahre Geschichte der African Queen" ist ein Sachbuch, aber spannend wie ein Roman. Die Expedition Spicer-Simsons gehört eigentlich nicht in unsere moderne Zeit - es ist eine Aktion, die schon im Ersten Weltkrieg antiquiert wirkte. Ein faszinierendes Stückchen Geschichte, kenntnisreich erzählt. Wer es einmal gelesen hat, wird den Film mit ganz anderen Augen sehen...

P.S.: Die beiden Motorboote, die in Foresters Roman "The African Queen" das deutsche Schiff versenken, das ist natürlich Spicer-Simson mit seinen Leuten. Schade, daß sie im Film fehlen...

P.P.S.: In seinem Buch "Eine Frage der Zeit" erzählt Alex Capus, wie die "Graf von Götzen" in Deutschland gebaut und dann nach Afrika geschafft wird...

I watched an old movie tonight: Roman Holiday, with Audrey Hepburn in her first starring role, as a princess who escapes her obligations for 24 hours on the town, with Gregory Peck as the newspaperman who shares her day.  In 1953, it was far easier to believe that people from different worlds could fall in love, but not that there would be a happy ending.  In the end, they must each return to their respective worlds.

Me and Karen.  It has been fun sharing lunches and a few laughs, discussing the stories we read and the movies we watched, even though we never did those things together.  It was quite a holiday from my boring life, and perhaps Karen enjoyed having someone new to talk to.   I certainly enjoyed listening to her, watching her smile when she talked about Halloween, and her decorations and the life-size horror diorama she sets up on her lawn every year.  It gives her a lot of happiness.  I don't know if I gave her anything but my strict attention.  Perhaps that's all she needed.

I knew all along how impossible it was, but somehow, I allowed myself to fantasize, to hope, to imagine.  I guess one never outgrows romance, once one accepts that there is such a  thing.  Who knows?

I guess it's time for us to return to our separate worlds now.  She's no princess, and I'm no writer, but it's certainly analogous to our situation.  30 years?  Too far apart.  Just too different.  I think she's like me in many ways, but really, she's only 27, and there's so much she has yet to experience.  She has so much fun yet to have, and love to enjoy too.  I wanted so much to be a part of that.  I don't know why I see my younger self in her, and why that was so important for me.  It sure surprised me to find out that there are people like her.  Perhaps I've just never let myself really know anyone before.  Of course, I hardly know her at all.  So much of what I think I know is all in my imagination.  

No, she's not really like me after all. She has friends, family, and dreams. The only dream I've had for the last few years is her.

I saw an old friend at a Salsa concert the other day.  She said that I've always been a loner.   Perhaps I am slightly autistic after all; I certainly have the difficulties in social interaction and restricted, stereotyped interests and activities, along with the motor clumsiness of those with asperger's syndrome.  Not impaired, just different.  Of course, so many people think they are unique and different, but really aren't.   I've never understood why social interactions are so difficult for me, why I had to question everything in order to learn to at least partially interact with others.  Lots of lovers, some friends, and two or three marriages, but, in the end, I'm unable to understand what's going on, or what my responses should be.

Karen told me the other day that her friends take her to dinner and parties.  I should have asked, "So, I'm not a friend?" but I already know the answer, because all interaction outside of work is inappropriate, she says.   I can't even speak up when she gives me openings like that.  It all seems so unreal, like it's happening to someone else far away, and I'm not even there.

I see her sitting there on the grass, so clearly, so beautiful and lovely.  The light clothing, the untanned areas of exposed skin.  A smile on her face, but I just say something about how she's dressed for the sun but she is sitting in the shade.  It was cold in the cafeteria, she said, as least the way she was dressed.  I turned to the cafeteria and ran to get something to eat, to sit with her there on the grass, but she was gone.  She may have even b