A film that denies the link between HIV and AIDS is being screened in the UK by the Spectator, in the name of "spurring debate." The Spectator's editor, Fraser Nelson, describes his motivation: "It's one of these hugely emotive subjects, with a fairly strong and vociferous lobby saying that any open... More.
Two car bombs exploded in Baghdad today, killing at least 136 and wounding more than 520, according to news accounts: Al Jazeera, New York Times, CNN, WaPo. So far on this Sunday morning, American cable news networks aren't talking about it much, so why don't we do so here, in the comments. [Image:... More.
Eternally excellent Rachel Maddow allowed me to join her tonight (pretty much the only reason I own a TV now is to watch her show) for a discussion about John McCain's "Internet Freedom Act," also known as "The Great Telecom Reacharound of 2009." Why is the former presidential candidate who onc... More.
Jon Taplin takes a close look at the small print from the gold merchants pimped on Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck's shows and discover a whopping 30-35 percent spread between their buy and sell rates.
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Bonnie sez, "Star Wars artist Chris Trevas got hitched and had this glorious dead Tauntaun cake (complete with Luke Skywalker stuffed inside) made for the groom's cake at his wedding!
The cake was made by Courtney Clark from Cake Nouveau of Food Network Challenge (and TLC Ultimate Cake-Off) fame!... More.
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Amazing color restauration!
That song is "Alone in Kyoto" by Air.
The B&W TV show "Streets of San Francisco" shows a lot that has vanished including the Hall of Justice. A Holiday Inn occupies where it was.
The first reel of Pal Joey with Sinatra (bad movie) shows Pacific in North Beach as it was. It was all bars and small clubs loaded with B Girls. Now Pacific is all decorator showrooms.
In the past we dressed better but acted worse.
Similar site that always manages to entertain me:
http://www.basichip.com/vertigo/main.htm
They took shots from around SF from the Hitchcock classic Vertigo and tried to line up similar shots from 2003ish.
There's no finer or more beautiful documentation of San Francisco in 1958 than Hitchcock's Vertigo, photographed in a wonderfully ethereal way by Robert Burks.
I love this! I recently found a stash of my grandparents old super-8 films. I would love to figure out how to convert them to digital so I could share them with everyone.
The synchronization of the music and the images is great!
The old mansion at the start of Vertigo was on Gough St. It had been made into apartments at the time the movie was shot. I knew friends who lived there. A production assistant came around with $20 bills in payment for residents keeping their phones off hook while they were shooting. It was a lovely building with very high ceilings and glass chandeliers. The mansion has since been torn down.
I rode the Powell/Hyde car to work for a year. I wish it was like this instead of what it's become.
Watching this I became a bit choked up. It reminds me of my childhood trips to SF with my parents.
very funny of you to say it: dressed better but acted worse - funny statement, but maybe not true - we were much more polite in the 1950's -
no one needed to act "politically correct" - we were correct all the time