In his interview with Bryan Burrough on the crime wave of 1932-33 and the rise of the FBI:
LAMB: Why do movies change the facts?
Movies Watched -- Rush (2013)
123 minute running time so 23 minutes too long … tells the story of the rivalry between F1 race drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt during the 1976 season … I don’t follow F1 and knew nothing about it, but did recognize the name Mario Andretti … F1 seems like a sport for rich wastrels, but the movie wasn’t badly made and I don’t think there have been too many movies made about its history.
James lacked zee discipline
The Inquiring Mind of Brian Lamb (III)
In his interview with Anthony Cave Brown on the traitorous Kim Philby:
LAMB:: You write, as I started to say earlier, I wanted to ask you this: As I read it, I kept trying to follow the path through all this. Did you ever get lost in this thing?
The Inquiring Mind of Brian Lamb (II)
In his interview with James Bovard about government abuses and lying politicians:
LAMB:: But how -- I mean, this is -- well, let me ask it this way. How angry are you?
The Inquiring Mind of Brian Lamb (I)
In his interview with Peter Bergen about his travels within Afghanistan:
LAMB: You ever run out of gas over there?
Noble Work
From the movie, Ghost Exchange:
What we were really doing was creating models
that allowed us to take advantage of dumb people
We were turning into code something
that we could predict dumb people would do that would
give us a chance to skim money off them.
Too Late To Be Free
Great cover of the old Aretha song, start at 0:40 … Cécile McLorin Salvant … Sullivan Fortner’s show-offy performance on piano a little distracting :
Diego
Good song to inhale to…. Gotts Street Park was my #1 artist in the 2021 Spotify Wrap
You and Me, Always and Forever
Joy Crookes, a nothing song but I love her voice…
Movies Watched -- No Man Of Her Own (1932)
81 minute running time… Clark Gable and Carole Lombard (not married then) … I was only interested in this one for the Depression-era vibe and bra-less Carole Lombard and the fact that Gable was a card cheat and that gambling was pervasive in American life … modern tech shown off in this movie included the telephone and an indoor shower and taxi cabs … the story was kind of silly love story and not that interesting, I wouldn’t recommend it. That scar on Lombard’s cheek came from a car crash, pre-safety glass.
Card sniping is the only racket I’ve ever known