Each week I’m going to share something that I find appealing from the Vast Wilds of the InterWebs. Then in comments, you get to do the same!
The quest for love?
This picture reminds me, naturally, of a particular song, and if I have this earworm I simply have to share (although you might not all be so familiar with this version by Goldfinger):
NB: The weekly whimsy thread is a stoush-free zone – there are more than enough other threads here for stoushing.
What really drives US foreign policy: A story in three photos
What really drives US foreign policy: A story in three photos
Apocalypse Meow.
Apocalypse Meow.
How well do you know your dinosaurs? Comedian Dan Telfer knows them pretty damn well.
N.B. Nitpickers should read this first.
via Carl Zimmer
How well do you know your dinosaurs? Comedian Dan Telfer knows them pretty damn well.
N.B. Nitpickers should read this first.
via Carl Zimmer
Here’s something to sing on long cycling trips, and/or if you’re a Concrete Blonde fan in search of hidden treasure.
Here’s something to sing on long cycling trips, and/or if you’re a Concrete Blonde fan in search of hidden treasure.
Nice chune, Paul. Led me to this.
Nice chune, Paul. Led me to this.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wb8bAl1P-N0/TCC9Cbwy0zI/AAAAAAAAPSI/XtbtBbc7Vwg/s1600/haveyouseenthiscat.JPG
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wb8bAl1P-N0/TCC9Cbwy0zI/AAAAAAAAPSI/XtbtBbc7Vwg/s1600/haveyouseenthiscat.JPG
We went to see Waiting for Godot last night. I didn’t understand it this time around either, but I vastly enjoyed the antics of Gandalf and Lord John Marbury.
Today my son found a TVTropes page dedicated to the play. It’s excellent.
We went to see Waiting for Godot last night. I didn’t understand it this time around either, but I vastly enjoyed the antics of Gandalf and Lord John Marbury.
Today my son found a TVTropes page dedicated to the play. It’s excellent.
Check out this GetUP video.
http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/Enrol&id=1178
[Admin magicked ~tt]
Check out this GetUP video.
http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/Enrol&id=1178
[Admin magicked ~tt]
Tigtog @6, We did the play in high school, many decades ago, and it went clean over my head then. Clean over the heads of most of us, to the dismay of our english teacher. We dutifully read back to her what she raved about, in our assignments. It seemed like nothing happened, and the play seemed to be without a point. Too young to understand, I guess.
Myself and better half also went to see Waiting for Godot recently, with some trepidation. To my relief, I believe I got it this time. And enjoyed it immensely. Nothing worse than spending money on an expensive performance that you don’t understand, for a second time in your life!
Tigtog @6, We did the play in high school, many decades ago, and it went clean over my head then. Clean over the heads of most of us, to the dismay of our english teacher. We dutifully read back to her what she raved about, in our assignments. It seemed like nothing happened, and the play seemed to be without a point. Too young to understand, I guess.
Myself and better half also went to see Waiting for Godot recently, with some trepidation. To my relief, I believe I got it this time. And enjoyed it immensely. Nothing worse than spending money on an expensive performance that you don’t understand, for a second time in your life!
Elise, I find that I generally don’t understand Beckett (especially Happy Days), but I’m not sure that understanding is required. I willingly surrender to Beckett opening up and exploding my mind.
Elise, I find that I generally don’t understand Beckett (especially Happy Days), but I’m not sure that understanding is required. I willingly surrender to Beckett opening up and exploding my mind.
Yes, understanding Beckett isn’t like understanding other things. Except Ionesco or summink.
If someone tells you they understand a play like Godot, in a narrative or thematic sense, back slowly away smiling.
I think “get” would be a better word. Or “dig”.
TT – thank you so very much. Monsterpiece Theatre could be the finest regular segment in Sesame Street history.
Yes, understanding Beckett isn’t like understanding other things. Except Ionesco or summink.
If someone tells you they understand a play like Godot, in a narrative or thematic sense, back slowly away smiling.
I think “get” would be a better word. Or “dig”.
TT – thank you so very much. Monsterpiece Theatre could be the finest regular segment in Sesame Street history.
Heh. I’ve mentioned before that I learned to drive stick in an old, old VW Beetle.
The same flatmate who owned the Beetle had a boyfriend at one point who took him out to see a show one night, and I got a lift in to the city on the way.
“So what are we seeing?”
“Well, it’s Berthold Brecht”
“BRECHT?!”
Ever since then I’ve associated narratively-modern theatre with a tall man standing on the clutch and brake of a white Beetle and locking all four wheels.
Heh. I’ve mentioned before that I learned to drive stick in an old, old VW Beetle.
The same flatmate who owned the Beetle had a boyfriend at one point who took him out to see a show one night, and I got a lift in to the city on the way.
“So what are we seeing?”
“Well, it’s Berthold Brecht”
“BRECHT?!”
Ever since then I’ve associated narratively-modern theatre with a tall man standing on the clutch and brake of a white Beetle and locking all four wheels.
FDB @11, the scary thing was that myself and better half spent the next week noticing how often we had major objectives on hold, waiting for the planets to align. In some cases, it was as if we were subconsciously waiting for some sort of sign that the time was auspicious, instead of just getting on with it.
The play kept sneaking up on us and saying BOO at the most unexpected moments. I’m not sure if that was the effect that Beckett intended, but we feel that we got our money’s worth!
FDB @11, the scary thing was that myself and better half spent the next week noticing how often we had major objectives on hold, waiting for the planets to align. In some cases, it was as if we were subconsciously waiting for some sort of sign that the time was auspicious, instead of just getting on with it.
The play kept sneaking up on us and saying BOO at the most unexpected moments. I’m not sure if that was the effect that Beckett intended, but we feel that we got our money’s worth!
tigtog @ 10:
Now, that’s the version of Godot that I’d like to see, where Vladimir and Estragon spend the last half of the play following a walking, talking tree that is looking for a production of “Oklahoma”.
tigtog @ 10:
Now, that’s the version of Godot that I’d like to see, where Vladimir and Estragon spend the last half of the play following a walking, talking tree that is looking for a production of “Oklahoma”.
Can’t find the Alexi Sayle version of Waiting for Godot, in which Godot arrives about half-way through the play.
This will have to do instead.
Can’t find the Alexi Sayle version of Waiting for Godot, in which Godot arrives about half-way through the play.
This will have to do instead.
Damn new format
Damn new format
terangeree, it’s nothing to do with the new format. WordPress has never let anyone other than admins embed images or videos. Didn’t we have this conversation last week?
I’m sure if you think about it you can understand why such capabilities are limited.
Anyway, with the aid of some admin embed magick, here’s your video:
terangeree, it’s nothing to do with the new format. WordPress has never let anyone other than admins embed images or videos. Didn’t we have this conversation last week?
I’m sure if you think about it you can understand why such capabilities are limited.
Anyway, with the aid of some admin embed magick, here’s your video:
Sorry tigtog (et.al). It’s been a busy week.
Sorry tigtog (et.al). It’s been a busy week.
tigtog,
Thanks for imbedding video.
Re Beckett. he is one of my favourite playwrights. A master of the tragi-comic. I enjoy Godot, but my favourite play is Endgame. (Which I actually directed a production of in Sydney many years ago.)
tigtog,
Thanks for imbedding video.
Re Beckett. he is one of my favourite playwrights. A master of the tragi-comic. I enjoy Godot, but my favourite play is Endgame. (Which I actually directed a production of in Sydney many years ago.)