28 Feb 2007
by JustMeMikein Art, Movies
There’s nothing like the shore, the beach, or a day on the high seas to make you feel like you’re alive. The seas have awesome power, they cannot be conquered, and are eternal.
The British poet John Masefield in his poem Sea-Fever wrote:
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a gray mist on the sea’s face, and a gray dawn breaking.
You can almost hear the surf pounding the shore, or smell the salt in the air, or hear the wind in the rigging, can’t you? Yes, the seas have drawn the best of many generations. Sometimes the sea will stay in one’s mind forever.
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27 Feb 2007
by JustMeMikein Art, Travel
Back in 1933, movie greats Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were teamed up for the first time. The movie was entitled Flying Down to Rio. While the all the principals from that movie have passed on, the idea has not. In nine days, AoV hits the skyways again. When I touch down, my taxi will be taking me to Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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25 Feb 2007
by JustMeMikein Movies
Time goes by so fast in February — this is to be expected in a month that has only 28 days. But when we watch a film that really gets to us, we no longer notice time. It passes, as it always does, but our attention is elsewhere as we are immersed in the events onscreen.
On the other hand, you have nothing but time on your hands if you are in prison. Morgan Freeman, portraying the convict “Red” in The Shawshank Redemption had this memorable line:
“They march you in naked as the day you were born, skin burning and half blind from that delousing shit they throw on you, and when they put you in that cell, when those bars slam home, that’s when you know it’s for real. Old life blown away in the blink of an eye. Nothing left but all the time in the world to think about it.”
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24 Feb 2007
by JustMeMikein Reviews
Chichishigure – Yoko Matsugane – Air Control/Melon
The Skinny: Two Thumbs up and Must See despite some (relatively) obvious (but not crucial) drawbacks.
Let’s get something out of the way before we go any further. I reviewed Yoko Matsugane’s Body Scandal DVD back in November.
Here’s a quote:
“But since there’s less of Yoko than we’ve been accustomed to from the past years, then the score must also give up some points. But guess what, despite the serious loss of weight – this is a woman that can still definitely stop you in your tracks if you found yourself walking towards her.”
For that DVD, the circumstances were that we hadn’t seen her in a while so the weight loss was a tad shocking. This time we were better prepared. While Yoko is still slender, she’s not slender everywhere, and seemingly, the effect is still shockingly different but not because she’s lost weight, but that she’s put some weight back on. So let’s have a look at Chichishigure from Air Control.
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16 Feb 2007
by JustMeMikein Art, Movies, Travel
On February 17th, 1969, almost forty years ago, a popular singing group, very well known in their day (wink-wink), released a Double-sided A single 45 rpm record. The names of the songs were Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever. Maybe you recall this group – they were called The Beatles.
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10 Feb 2007
by JustMeMikein Art, Reviews, Travel
Viet Nam -
What kind of images do you conjure up when you hear these words ?
Maybe you think of movies like Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Born on the 4th of July, or even Forrest Gump.
Alternatively, you are recalling America’s longest involvement in a single war which we remember as the War In Viet Nam because your family suffered a loss of a loved one in that conflict.
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