Monday, November 25, 2024

On this day in movie history - Very Bad Things (1998)

Very Bad Things

directed and written by Peter Berg,

was released in the United States on November 25, 1998.

Music by Stewart Copeland.

Cast:
Jon Favreau, Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater, Rob Brownstein, Jeremy Piven, Daniel Stern, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Joey Zimmerman, Tyler Cole Malinger, Kobe Tai, Carla Scott, Russell B. McKenzie, Pancho Demmings, Blake Gibbons, Angelo Di Mascio Jr., Lawrence Pressman, Steve Fitchpatrick, Brian Grandison, John Cappon, Linda Klein, Byrne Piven, Bob Bancroft, Trey Davis, Marilyn McIntyre, Wrangler (the dog), Trooper (the dog), Peter Berg, Brian Sampson.



On this day in music history - The album Love’s River, by Laura Sullivan (2012)


Love’s River


by Laura Sullivan

was released on November 25, 2012.




On this day in music history - The album Luminous, by Michele McLaughlin (2020)


Luminous


by Michele McLaughlin

was released on November 25, 2020.




On this day in music history - The album Elevate, by Lee Aaron (2022)

 

Elevate


by Lee Aaron

was released on November 25, 2022.




Sunday, November 24, 2024

Barack Obama, on writing:

Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values are.

The process of converting a jumble of thoughts into coherent sentences makes you ask tougher questions.

- Barack Obama.





Recommended reading - The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s

The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s

Presented by Isaac Asimov.
 
Published 1993.
Published by Running Press.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 088184795X
ISBN-13: 978-0881847956

Description:
10 short novels.
Works by Poul Anderson, Donald Kingsbury, Larry Niven, Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg, and others highlight a collection of science fiction from the heyday of the genre.

Contents:
Born with the Dead, by Robert Silverberg; 
The Moon Goddess and the Son, by Donald Kingsbury; 
Tin Soldier, by Joan D. Vinge; 
In the Problem Pit, by Frederik Pohl; 
Riding the Torch, by Norman Spinrad; 
Mouthpiece, by Edward Wellen; 
ARM, by Larry Niven; 
The Persistence of Vision, by John Varley; 
The Queen of Air and Darkness, by Poul Anderson; 
The Monster and the Maiden, by Gordon R. Dickson.


Born on this day – Rina Morelli:


Rina Morelli


Actress

November 24, 1908 – July 17, 1976

Credits:
L'Innocente (1976); 'Na Santarella (1975); 'O tuono 'e marzo (1975); The Murri Affair (1974); Così è (se vi pare) (1974); L'albero dalle foglie rosa (1974); Sorelle Materassi (1972); I Buddenbrook (1971); Antonio Meucci cittadino toscano contro il monopolio Bell (1970); La tigre e il cavallo (1969); I corvi (1969); Morte di un commesso viaggiatore (1968); Questa sera parla Mark Twain (1965); The Shortest Day (1963); The Leopard (1963); Crime Does Not Pay (1962); La viaccia (1961); Che gioia vivere (1961); Vita col padre e con la madre (1960); Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi (1960); Bell' Antonio (1960); Gli zitelloni (1958); Città di notte (1957); Vita col padre (1956); L'intrusa (1956); Andrea Chenier (1955); Le diciottenni (1955); Senso (1954); Cento anni d'amore (1954); The Return of Don Camillo (1953); Times Gone By (1952); The Forbidden Christ (1951); Fabiola (1949); Return of the Black Eagle (1946); Che distinta famiglia! (1945); Crazy Quartet (1945); Gli assi della risata (1943); Il nostro prossimo (1943); The Genius and the Nightingale (1943); Loves of Don Juan (1942); Fedora (1942); Sissignora (1942); La corona di ferro (1941); An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939).