That sound you hear over at Big Chief Tablet's blog is the sound of a grown man sobbing. I share his pain.
(Very late in the day) conclusive proof that the 'Wanking Bankers' clip was a very funny set-up.
I guess I knew it all along. Mentioning the working class was the giveaway.
A fresh blanket of snow in New York overnight allows me to right a blogging wrong by posting this wonderful short film by the filmmaker Jaime Stuart on the blog.
'Man in a Blizzard' was filmed and edited in the space of few hours this past boxing day when New York got hit with that blizzard which resulted in Bloomberg's approval ratings taking a skid and, at one point, thirteen vehicles being abandoned in the road outside our apartment building.
Roger Ebert thinks it should win ". . . the Academy Award for best live-action short subject". One of the funnier trolls on the internet thinks that Roger Ebert should "see more movies". I just think it's beautiful.
That music? Yeah, I thought it was Blur, too, but it turns out that it's Trent Reznor.
UPDATE
Just realised that you really don't get the full experience of the film from my embedded YouTube link. You're better off checking the video out here over at Vimeo.
. . . I think I'd have to hot foot it over to the Tricycle Theatre to check out Traverse Theatre Company's musical comedy play, 'Midsummer'
You'll want the blurb:
"It's Midsummer's weekend in Edinburgh. It's raining. Two thirty-somethings are sitting in a New Town bar waiting for something to turn up. He's a failing car salesman on the fringes of the city's underworld and she's a high powered divorce lawyer with a taste for other people's husbands. She's out of his league and he's not her type at all. They absolutely should not sleep together. Ever Ever.Which is why they do.
Midsummer (a play with songs) is the story of Bob and Helena and a great lost weekend of bridge burning, car chases, wedding bust-ups, bondage miscalculations, midnight trysts and horrible hungover self-loathing misery.
Featuring Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon as the ill-advised love match, Midsummer is a quirky, charming love story by one of Scotland's leading playwrights, David Greig and top Edinburgh singer/songwriter, Gordon McIntyre."
Cora Bissett from High Times and songs from ballboy's Gordon McIntyre? What's not to like?
ADDENDUM
The Guardian's Michael Billington gave it a glowing review last year.
Via my inbox.
LabourStart's Labour Photo of the Year
Kudos to the photographer, Gerardo Correa. More info on the context for the picture here.
