{"id":7179,"date":"2007-10-29T17:31:18","date_gmt":"2007-10-29T21:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7179"},"modified":"2021-07-27T21:50:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T01:50:38","slug":"culture-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7179","title":{"rendered":"Culture Snapshots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; Today is finally here.  I thought it would never arrive.  Britney&#8217;s new album is now out.  I am DYING to hear it.  I am not kidding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Still working on <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0141439726\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0141439726&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thesheivari-20&#038;linkId=E6VWMOGGXKOZ5RNB\">Bleak House<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thesheivari-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0141439726\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/i>.  I adore it, and actually shed tears over it a couple days ago.   A touching reunion scene between Esther and her you-know-who.  I have also laughed so loud in public while reading it that I scared passersby.  Loving the book.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Thoughts on <i>The Darjeeling Limited<\/i> to come.  I felt alone in my deep love for it &#8211; faced against the entire planet who did not like it &#8211; until I talked to Siobhan &#8211; she loved it, too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Speaking of <i>The Darjeeling Limited<\/i>, I cannot get enough (literally) of the song that plays over the end credits:  &#8220;Les Champs Elysees&#8221; &#8211; by Joe Dassin.  A happier song you&#8217;ve never heard.  It has the same effect on me that &#8220;Fields of Joy&#8221; by Lenny Kravitz has.  I just feel little bursts of pure happiness throughout &#8211; why???  I don&#8217;t know.  I am now in the autistic phase of playing &#8220;Les Champs Elysees&#8221; over &#8230; and over &#8230; and over &#8230; and over &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Dear Simon Callow: when is volume 3 of your Orson Welles biography coming out??  Soon?  I beg of you? You&#8217;re a marvelous writer -volume 2 ends in 1948 &#8211; so we have quite a ways to go until &#8220;we will sell no wine before its time.&#8221;  GREAT accomplishment, Mr. Callow &#8211; it&#8217;s stunning.  More, please, more!!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Here&#8217;s some photos of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbravens.com\/Stockwell_07.htm\">Dean Stockwell&#8217;s collages and dice sculptures<\/a> from his current show in Taos, New Mexico.  He also has created (Stevie and I drooled over them) an entire Tarot card pack &#8211; original collages for each card &#8211; I think the whole set (arcana) was 1200 bucks &#8211; and they were fantastic!!!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Kate left me a message the other night. &#8220;So &#8230; I am calling you from the ancien regime &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0307276457\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0307276457&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thesheivari-20&#038;linkId=3RIE5PUBPUAGIKA2\">AHHHHHH!!!!!!<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thesheivari-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0307276457\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; George Washington read the 101st Psalm?  A series of awesome posts tracking down the source of the anecdote:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/boston1775.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/washington-reads-101st-psalm.html\">George Washington read the 101st Psalm<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/boston1775.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/another-version-of-andrew-leavitts.html\">Another Version of Andrew Leavitt&#8217;s Story<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/boston1775.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/little-lady-who-started-anecdote.html\">The Little Lady Who Started the Anecdote?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/boston1775.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/meanwhile-back-in-october-1775.html\">Meanwhile, Back in October 1775<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/boston1775.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/rev-waldo-and-gen-washington.html\">Rev. Waldo and Gen. Washington<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/boston1775.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/another-washingtons-psalm-legend.html\">Another Washington&#8217;s Psalm Legend<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An unbelievable blog &#8230; seriously!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; Today is finally here. I thought it would never arrive. Britney&#8217;s new album is now out. I am DYING to hear it. I am not kidding. &#8212; Still working on Bleak House. 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