You can catch our homemade Nanerpus video here.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
AND YET, ODDLY, IT'S STILL HARD OUT HERE FOR A PIMP: The WSJ's Lauren A.E. Schuker on the easiest way for women to win Oscar nominations -- playing whores and strippers.
MY NAME IS ADRIAN MONK, AND I'M HERE TO RECRUIT YOU: Look, lord knows I don't expect Monk to be accurate, but given that there's an Academy Award-nominated picture which repeatedly explains that San Francisco is governed not by a "city council," but rather a "board of supervisors," how hard would it have been to rewrite an episode that involves Monk's implausible escapades before them? (And that doesn't even deal with the fact there are apparently 11 Supervisors, rather than 7, as the episode indicated.)
YES, BUT WILL THEY RETURN TO GILLIGAN'S ISLAND LIKE THE OCEANIC SIX? Joining a list of memorable rooftop performances that includes the Beatles' final concert and U2's "Where The Streets Have No Name" video, the Harlem Globetrotters will play on the roof of Philadelphia's Spectrum during their upcoming visit as part of the legendary arena's final year. I'm trying to decide: is Lucy, at 5 1/2, old enough to appreciate the Globetrotters?
TO BE HAPPY IS MORE OR LESS WHAT ONE SEARCHES FOR: I have loved the song Samba Saravah by Pierre Barrouh for many years.
The song is from a French movie that I cherish called "A Man and a Woman" ("Un Homme et Une Femme") from the 1960's. It's a moody and moving film about a couple slowly falling in love. The film tells the tale of a young widow named Anne whose late husband was a stuntman who perished in an accident and a widower named Jean-Louis who is a race car driver whose wife killed herself after Jean-Louis was in a near fatal car crash.
The two meet at the boarding school their children attend. They share a ride home to Paris one rainy night after Anne misses the last train. Their mutual attraction is obvious. The film depicts their relationship over the course of several trips to and from the school. As they fall in love, Anne tussles with feelings of guilt and loss regarding her deceased husband.
The couple share a magical first night together, but Anne finds herself unable to be unfaithful to the memory of her husband, and decides to leave Jean-Louis. I won't give away the ending except to say that is is unexpected, satisfying, and ambiguous (I love ambiguous endings).
The song is from a scene you should watch in which Anne is telling Jean-Louis about how remarkable her husband had been. She tells Jean-Louis a story about a time when Anne and her husband went to Brazil. Her husband embraced the joyful approach of the Brazilian culture. The scene flashes back to her husband, played by the French singer Pierre Barrouh, singing this song to her (see below for the lyrics in English). The joy he brings to her when he is singing the song is palpable.
I loved the song from the first time I saw the movie (in high school on a date at the Orson Welles Cinema in Harvard Square-- let's just say that it's an awesome first date movie). Really, it introduced me to my love of Brazilian music (well, that plus lots of Jobim songs). I bought the soundtrack when I was in high school and have been listening to it ever since. I must now have 30-40 Brazilian CDs.
"Samba Saravah" is a French version of the Brazilian song "Samba da Bençao" - written by Baden Powell with original lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes. Here is a version of the Brazilian song, sung by Toquinho, who is one of my favorite Brazilian singers.
The French lyrics are partly a literal translation of the Brazilian, but with a lot of new things added. Roughly translated (it's been a long time since high school French class):
The song is from a French movie that I cherish called "A Man and a Woman" ("Un Homme et Une Femme") from the 1960's. It's a moody and moving film about a couple slowly falling in love. The film tells the tale of a young widow named Anne whose late husband was a stuntman who perished in an accident and a widower named Jean-Louis who is a race car driver whose wife killed herself after Jean-Louis was in a near fatal car crash.
The two meet at the boarding school their children attend. They share a ride home to Paris one rainy night after Anne misses the last train. Their mutual attraction is obvious. The film depicts their relationship over the course of several trips to and from the school. As they fall in love, Anne tussles with feelings of guilt and loss regarding her deceased husband.
The couple share a magical first night together, but Anne finds herself unable to be unfaithful to the memory of her husband, and decides to leave Jean-Louis. I won't give away the ending except to say that is is unexpected, satisfying, and ambiguous (I love ambiguous endings).
The song is from a scene you should watch in which Anne is telling Jean-Louis about how remarkable her husband had been. She tells Jean-Louis a story about a time when Anne and her husband went to Brazil. Her husband embraced the joyful approach of the Brazilian culture. The scene flashes back to her husband, played by the French singer Pierre Barrouh, singing this song to her (see below for the lyrics in English). The joy he brings to her when he is singing the song is palpable.
I loved the song from the first time I saw the movie (in high school on a date at the Orson Welles Cinema in Harvard Square-- let's just say that it's an awesome first date movie). Really, it introduced me to my love of Brazilian music (well, that plus lots of Jobim songs). I bought the soundtrack when I was in high school and have been listening to it ever since. I must now have 30-40 Brazilian CDs.
"Samba Saravah" is a French version of the Brazilian song "Samba da Bençao" - written by Baden Powell with original lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes. Here is a version of the Brazilian song, sung by Toquinho, who is one of my favorite Brazilian singers.
The French lyrics are partly a literal translation of the Brazilian, but with a lot of new things added. Roughly translated (it's been a long time since high school French class):
To be happy is more or less what one searches for
I love to laugh and sing and I never want to keep people from feeling joy
Nevertheless can you have a samba without sadness?
That would be like a wine that does not intoxicate
A wine that does not intoxicate,
No, that is not the samba that I want
Friday, February 20, 2009
A foot and a half: Finally, A Use for Twitter
THE BLACK, BASKETBALL-PLAYING NIETZSCHE: I think my relationship with Shaquille O'Neal is officially at man-crush level after reading of his seeking Twitter-buddies yesterday while dining solo in Phoenix (and associated tipping habits). Just a great tale.
[Your classic Shaq quote of the day: "I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok."]
[Your classic Shaq quote of the day: "I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok."]
VIOLA DAVIS NOMINATED FOR DOUBT, HAS NEVER BEEN NUDE: Mr. Skin's Anatomy Awards are out, but you have to scroll way down past the awards for "Best Nude with a Toothbrush Scene," "Best Nude Daughter of a Famous Mother" and the always popular "Hottest Dead Body" to find the startling news that Viola Davis, like Dr. Tobias Fünke, suffers from gymnophobia.
And congratulations are in order for Kate Winslet for winning the prestigious "Lifetime Skinchievement Award." Will she win her first Oscar Sunday night? Remember, this is the place to be for Liveblogging during the telecast.
And congratulations are in order for Kate Winslet for winning the prestigious "Lifetime Skinchievement Award." Will she win her first Oscar Sunday night? Remember, this is the place to be for Liveblogging during the telecast.
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