Ana Gabriela Esmeralda Diaz Molina (Swedish mom, Venezuelan dad) sings Det löser sig … I dig it:
Stay While The Night Is Still Ahead
The great Edna Wright singing a Bob Zimmerman song… I listened to the whole “Dylan’s Gospel” album and this is the one song that works best:
Movies Watched -- Shirin (2008)
In Persian. 92 minute running time. I loved Close-Up so I thought I’d give another Kiarostami movie a try, and John Farr reco’d Shirin, and I’m glad he did since I also LOVED this movie. Kiarostami is a clever guy with interesting ideas… [SPOILERS] he took 100+ stunningly beautiful Iranian actresses and filmed them each for five minutes while giving them emotional cues, then he cobbled it all together pretending that they’re watching a movie based on some ancient Persian poem, and it’s just fascinating and ingenious. This is a green-go recommended movie.
I didn’t realize how beautiful the women are in Iran, but it makes sense because of the Silk Road and all the Occidental / Oriental mixed marriages … just draw-dropping, gorgeous ladies.
Oh Shirin Shirin!
Movies Watched -- Fantastic Planet (1973)
In French. 71 minute running time. Animated. When the French do psychedelic drugs, movies like this one are the result. It made me wonder if the Czech animators also did drugs or just brought the French druggies’ visions to life? This was trippy and not terrible, but also not something I’d recommend, unless you’re interested in druggie movies from the 1960s and 70s. I would not recommend watching this under the influence of anything stronger than ginger ale.
Vous partir vite!
Movies Watched -- Apocalypto (2006)
In Mayan or some other ancient language? 138 minute running time so way way too long … I watched the first 20 minutes or so then went to 16x fast forward for the rest … Mel Gibson likes making these ultra-violent warrior spirit / torture pr0n movies, over and over again. Might have been better if not so long, or at least bearable, but this was sensory overload, no thanks, you can give it a miss.
A baby is born
Twitter Unfollows for Inactivity
Today I have unfollowed the following people (ha!) since their Twitter accounts have become inactive:
Name | Handle | Last Tweet
William Lentjes @lentjes12 Feb 1, 2021
Solotrader @jetsolomon Apr 7, 2022
Raymond @dotdotcurrve Mar 28, 2022
C Cady @Chris_C_Cady Apr 19, 2022
Eddie G @Ed_Griesedieck Jul 18, 2022
VinceTrader @zenyo5 Aug 31, 2022
tommy @mathman448 Aug 5, 2022
⅄ana Yɐuɐ @escapetxoLA Aug 11, 2022
F1TeamBoss @f1teamboss Nov 3, 2021
Kyle.D.C. @DougCristo Feb 8, 2022
Yoss Bn @BnYoss Feb 3, 2022
mavericksshorttrades @mavericksshort1 Jan 28, 2022
Don @TraderDonVan Apr 8, 2022
Tyler Kling @tylerhkling Aug 1, 2022
CavemanTrades @cavemantrading Aug 15, 2022
Noah @MacawTrader Jun 9, 2022
Jared Woodard @jaredwoodard (account scrubbed)
Mike Katz @Michael_Katz11 Dec 15, 2021
Adam Grimes @AdamHGrimes Apr 10, 2022
Carlos Tejada @CRTejada Dec 18, 2021 (RIP, Carlos)
Paul Carsten @PaulCarsten Jun 5, 2021
James Hudson @jamesahudson May 28, 2022
Brian Glucroft @BrianGlucroft Jul 7, 2022
Jing Gao @jennygao Feb 10, 2022
Darren Miller @djmphd Aug 26, 2022
Finance Trends @FinanceTrends May 2, 2020
Market Folly @marketfolly May 26, 2022
Theo Chiari @theo_chiari (RIP, Theo)
Shoulders in Sync
When I first heard this song I thought it was Rachael Price and Lake Street Dive, but no, it’s someone named Rachel Mazer and her copycat Lake Street Dive band with “Is It So Wrong?” … nevertheless, I dig it:
Vacant as a Closed Down Fair
Adrianne Lenker with “Zombie Girl” … I dig it:
Play Times of Top Board Games
Using the top board games listed on Looria for this day:
GLOOMHAVEN 90–115 minutes
CATAN 60-120minutes
SPIRIT ISLAND 90-120 minutes
SCYTHE 90–115 minutes
TERRAFORMING MARS ~120 minutes
AZUL 30 to 45 minutes
ARKHAM HORROR LCG 60-120 minutes
CARCASSONNE 30-90 minutes
WINGSPAN 40-70 minutes
AGRICOLA 30-60 minutes
DOMINION ~30 minutes
EVERDELL 40 to 80- minutes
BRASS BIRMINGHAM ~120 minutes
MAGE KNIGHT 60 to 240 minutes
TWILIGHT IMPERIUM 4 to 8 HOURS
PAX PAMIR 2E ??
ARNAK 30 min per player
CONCORDIA 90 minutes
MARVEL CHAMPIONS 45-90 minutes
ROOT 60-90 minutes
HANSA TEUTONICA ~40 minutes
TICKET TO RIDE 30-45 minutes
TERRA MYSTICA 90-120 minutes
MONOPOLY 60-90 minutes
OATH 45-120 minutes
SPLENDOR 30 minutes
ECLIPSE 120-180 minutes
GAIA PROJECT 60-150 minutes
AEON'S END 60-90 minutes
PANDEMIC 45 minutes
Movies Watched -- Drive My Car (2021)
In Japanese. 180 minute running time, that’s right, THREE HOURS LONG … this was boring and tedious, I hated it and call bullshit. No idea why it’s gotten so much critical acclaim and a Criterion release … must be the Haruki Murakami short story connection. John Farr LOVED it, which is such a disappointment. Full red, avoid!
Before she inexplicably dropped dead