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Jesse Welles
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Music
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Rather liking him at the moment, he's the Bob Dylan for the End of the World. Well, maybe not end, a little too early to say, but he's got his finger on the pulse for sure...
Try these 2 by him:
Project 2025 Tracker
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Link of the day
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A couple of good ones -
#1) Project 2025 Tracker - Link Here - Amazing how much he's gotten done and barely 6 months in. 42% of Project 2025's Manifesto is complete or in progress. If you're unsure what Project 2025 is, you can read the Wiki Here.
#2) HOTTEST TAKE: Stupid-Americans are the New Irish-Americans, Trump is Their JFK. And this is a very amusing Reddit Post. It made me laugh out loud, the funniest thing I've read since "The Smithsonian Letter" or maybe David Thorne's Blog, which I should really visit more often. He puts things in Perspective.
David Garneau
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Other
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Thursday night off and it's been a few months since I've been to the Nelson Museum.
Knock on the neighbour's door, invite her along. She's in, agrees, and pops back in to her place to grab a sweater and takes 15 minutes and emerges asking for a zip, fully dressed for a night on the town.
I admire this, she looked at my shirt, read the situation, and adapted Pronto. She's a fine wingman.
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The artist, David Garneau, I've never heard of him but a Metis Artist out of Saskatchewan, University of Regina, his work, very good. He's done well.
His paintings, competent, resembling things I've also conceived (in the 3D, not the 2D because I'd rather find things and assemble them then render them with a talent I don't possess), and so we've this in common. While I'm not thinking from the indigenous bent or the highly politicized (rightfully) injustices done to the First Nations and Metis, we seem to have come to similar juxtapositions of the natural, literary, contemporary worlds.
I enjoyed the exhibits, the quality of the paintings - painting these things is not my goal - but his - and his renderings are fine. The accompanying poetry, political statements, well...aptly chosen, and they inspired my date to infinite weeping, but I'm at an art gallery, not a library...
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The Wingman, she enjoyed it all, and I had to tear her away, she'd have stayed long past closing reading and crying at every article. She's an interesting one, this neighbour, she's grateful for every kindness shown, makes the effort, seems to understand, and yet - well, there's something else going on entirely in her head that I can't fathom. Other minds.
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Link: David Garneau on Wikipedia
Welcome, or No Trespassing
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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I've been growing a bit stale lately, looking for more intelligent movies to watch, and somehow or another came across Wes Anderson's list of favourite films (on the Wiki).
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Anderson
And as I have a certain regard for him - I enjoy his style, ideas, characters, I've been taking his recommendations.
I need to do this more, look up favourite authors, directors, and then go further back and see their sources and inspirations.
Anyways, this is the first one I watched, and it was charming. About Inochkin, a poorly behaved child at a Soviet Summer Camp ("Pioneer Camp") in the 60's, who gets expelled and then returns to live with the kids in a separate world opposed to the Adults, and I completely see the influence it had over Anderson. The framing, the silliness, the characters, the sense of "Whimsy". In itself, not a great film, merely interesting, but - given the influence it had on Anderson it definitely led to greatness.
So, if you're a Wes Anderson Fan this might explain a lot. And you can watch it online for free at the link below.
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