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CINEMAGOOEY
I had a happy childhood - a middle-class upbringing, the ranch house in the 'burbs on a quiet street, bestie sleepovers complete with canopy beds and giddy secrets. My younger years weren't perfect -no one gets a pass from childhood traumas and tragedies. But overall it was an uncomplicated and sweet time in the 70's.
But as great as it was, I still needed escape. So I ran away from reality as often as possible in those early years, fleeing to the movies, my drug of choice.
A Saturday movie excursion was a life or death necessity for me. I would beg, cajole and bargain with my parents for ticket money and a ride to the theater. There in the solitude of a dark theater, the projector would roll and magic would unfurl like a shimmering kaleidoscope. I became lost in a land of imagination and wonder, mesmerized in a celluloid world of make-believe.
I never outgrew my love of cinema; it expanded exponentially. There's something about immersing oneself in a good story in the sanctity of of your own home or in a popcorn scented theatre that speaks to me and whisks me to my happy place. Something magic happens when we engage with cinema. The good ones either lift us up and sing to us, or wound our hearts in a sweet, interminable way. The bad ones have us shaking our heads at the fact that we'll never get the time back. Either way, movies grab us, whirl us around in a dizzying dance and then push us out in the sunlight, dazed at the experience.
Let's get into the good ones. Let's dig into some old fashioned hoopla about really great cinema.
I'll begin with one of my favorites genres:
FOREIGN FILM
J'adore foreign film. I'm never put off by subtitles and find these movies to be some of the richest, most sumptuous of all cinema. Foreign film connects us to the world. It gifts the viewer with an intimate window through which we peek into other cultures, other lands and native stories. We climb into the vivid imaginings of filmmakers, whose minds were cultivated and nurtured in exotic locales. It's a form of travel without costly airfare and jet lag, with the bonus of a good story.
Here are my top three recommended foreign films that I've viewed of late:
CLARA SOLA
A stunner of a movie resplendent with gorgeous cinematography, this 2021 film written and directed by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén unfolds in a tiny village in Costa Rica. Clara, a 40 year old with mental and physical disabilities, lives with her fanatically religious mother and niece Maria, a fifteen year old who gleefully prepares for her Quinceanera. Middle-aged, curious and child-like, Clara's life is spent communicating with the family's white horse, being a pawn to her mother's money-making schemes and watching Maria's life bloom as she stands on the sensual precipice of adulthood. When handsome Santiago arrives on the scene, wooing Maria in a forbidden way, something awakens in Clara and she decides that she wants what Maria has. With bold stubbornness and using mystical powers that lend an supernatural aura to the story, Clara sets out to claim it all in her own awkward, humorous way - with devastating results.
Fantastical, shimmering scenes set against a backdrop of naked poverty make this movie sing in a way that made my soul ache, and the brilliant screenplay had me laughing out loud and alternately tearing up.
Amazing performances by Wendy Chinchilla Araya as Clara and Daniel Casteñeda Ricón as Santiago, Maria's boyfriend and Clara's secret crush. This should have been a Best Foreign Film nominee (if not winner) at the 94th Academy Awards. It's not easy to find Clara Sola; I had to stream it with a Criterion Collection subscription, but it's worth digging around to unearth this hidden gem.
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Buckle up. Watching this movie is like taking a joy ride with your scary older cousin behind the wheel; you want to enjoy it, but instead you feel terrified and little like throwing up. That's the point of Jonathan Glazer's chilling masterpiece The Zone of Interest.
Rudolph is a rising star in the military. His wife Hedwig cultivates a home for their children on a quaint country estate. But this is no Leave It To Beaver redux. Rudolph is a commandant in Hitler's Nazi party and Hedwig's carefully built utopia lies just over the wall from Auschwitz, which Rudolph manages. So close is their little manse to the concentration camp that the family can hear the daily horrors of screams and gunshots, and the fiery glow of the gas chambers illuminates the evening sky. To these recurring abominations, the family turns a deaf ear and a blind eye as they go about their idyllic life.
This cruel indifference is what makes The Zone of Interest so harrowing to watch.
Rudolph prizes his lilac bushes more than the innocent lives he slaughters, and Hedwig engages in chilling acts of depraved apathy: haughtily accepting a fur coat that Rudolph gifts her (booty from a Holocaust victim), and hosting her mother in the garden as a prisoner can be heard pleading for his life from the other side of the wall.
Part of this movie's power lies in the fact that the viewer never sees the acts taking place inside the concentration camp - the brutal sounds of savagery overlaying a lush, bucolic setting is enough to horrify us.
The Zone of Interest won both Best International Film and Best Sound at the 2023 Academy Awards. Sandra Hüller's performance as wife Hedwig garnered her a much-deserved Best Supporting Actor (female role) nomination.
This movie is an awful reminder of mankind's grotesque ability to normalize evil with unflinching apathy - especially in the face of cultural pressure or political brainwashing. It made me squirm as I pondered the nature of humanity. I've heard it said on several platforms that this movie is not for entertainment value; I agree. Instead, it's is an opportunity to turn inward and ask ourselves: could these types of horrors happen again? And if so, what would you do?
CINEMA PARADISO
Some have described Giuseppe Turnatore's 1988 Cinema Paradiso as a love letter to the early age of film. I would call it a slow, seductive kiss, beguiling us to remember the days when going to the cinema was an event.
Everything about this film is perfect - the heart-rending story centered around a small town movie theater, the lush cinematography capturing life in a dusty, Italian village and the trembling soundtrack that tugs at something soulful and primal. All this against the backdrop of cinema classics. It's a wistful salute to the Golden Age of Hollywood and a tender coming of age story in 1940's Italy.
In 1988 Rome, Salvatore Di Vita, a famous film director, learns his old friend Alfredo has died. He immediately flashes back to his childhood as an eight year old in the Sicilian village of Giancarlo, just after WWII. Salvatore's nostalgic flashback encompasses most of this sublime film.
Salvatore (Toto to the villagers), is a precocious child. His father dead, his mother overwhelmed with the everyday indignities of single motherhood, Toto finds escape at the Cinema Paradiso, sneaking in when the town priest sits alone in the empty galley censoring movies. Alfredo, the tired, middle-aged projectionist, is tasked with splicing out the offending bits before the villagers see it.
Toto is mesmerized by it all and is madly curious to see how the magic happens in the projection booth. Through pluck and luck, Toto connives Alfredo into giving him a job in as his assistant and the two form a tight, familial bond that is the heart and soul of this film.
Toto is still manning the booth at 16 when he falls hopelessly in love and is called to military duty. Returning home a year later, Alfredo does something surprising and insidious that alters Toto's life forever.
In modern day 1988, Salvatore returns to Giancarlo to attend Alfredo's funeral, and is bequeathed a package that sets up the last, flawless scene in this exquisite film.
Cinema Paradiso is a beautiful reminder of days gone by and things of old that once held meaning and sway over our lives. Before television, computers, the internet and iphones, there was a place where people gathered to be swept up, escape the banality of life and become immersed, briefly, in a world larger than their own.
And isn't that what cinema is all about?
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Just something fun i was going to change most of the premade sims names for the Italian’s version, so lets see what the Italianized names are like...
Mortimer Goth > Maurizio Alberghini
Bella Goth > Daniela Alberghini (They should have kept Bella/Isabella)
Cassandra Goth > Martina Alberghini (Why they didn’t kept Cassandra?)
Alexander Goth > Alessandro Alberghini
Don Lothario > Don Lotario
Dina Caliente > Dina Caliente
Nina Caliente > Nina Caliente
Daniel Pleasant > Marco Bartolini (no idea why they didn’t went with Daniele)
Mary Sue Pleasant > Susanna Bartolini (ngl, i like this WAY better)
Angela Pleasant > Angela Bartolini
Lilith Pleasant > Lilith Bartolini
Kaylynn Langerak > Cecilia Langerak (She kept her surname for some reason)
John Burb > John Burb (They kept his name so: Giovanni/Gian?)
Jennifer Burb > Jennifer Burb (Her original The Sims Name isn’t listed so; Ginevra?)
Lucy Burb > Lucy Burb (The easier one: Lucia)
Herb Oldie > Romano Oldoni
Coral Oldie > Anna Oldini (I might change theirs too, but the surname is cute)
Darren Dreamer > Darren Sognidoro (Maybe i’ll go with Doriano?)
Dirk Dreamer > Dirk Sognidoro (Teo/Teodoro, maybe? I kinda like this one)
Brandi Broke > Luana Sventura (I have no idea for this one?)
Dustin Broke > Elvis Sventura ( No Idea either)
Beau Broke > Kevin Sventura (I might give the whole family new names)
Meadow Thayer > Morena Bermutez (Might change it to Maria dil Pratto instead)
Sandy Bruty > Sandy Forelli (They could have gone with Alessandra/Alessa, but okay)
Goopy GilsCarbo > Giovanni GilsCarbo (Love this one ngl)
Gordon King > Gordon King (We’re changing this one)
to be continued...
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tagged by @stargyles thanks for the tag sen!!! <33
1. three ships:
obvs steddie brainrot blah blah BUT i have other brainrot to shared! Nancy/Chrissy bc Alex planted the seed and now it's fucking blooming and it's really unfortunate that there are like VERY FEW fics w them?? like wtf?? SAD! ALSO ALSO i saw one of the tiktok gorls posting about Will/Gareth and it was so big brained and i cannot stop thinking about it. basically (steddie aside) i'm in rarepair hell. more specifically the part of rarepair hell that's making me throw my hands in the air and yell "I GUESS I'LL DO IT MYSELF!"
2. last song: (ofc it's cheer fic vibes)
3. last movie:
The Burbs
4. currently reading:
In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado <33
5. currently watching:
Abbott Elementary (2nd rewatch bc my gf did the whole "this looks dumb i dont wanna watch it" and then she watched last weeks episode w me and was like "👀 can we start from the beginning") (she does this w every show)
7. currently craving:
i am craving In N Out SO BAD but the parking lot is a hellscape + torrential rain + "we have food at home" = no In N Out :(
No pressure tags!! <33
@gothbat99 @kkpwnall @fastcardotmp3 @judasofsuburbia @stevethehairington
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Ridership Sags, Costs Soar, but Shapiro Still Wants More Money for SEPTA
Despite exploding costs and plunging ridership, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) appears in line for another infusion of nearly $300 million in taxpayer cash.
Earlier this week, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro vowed to increase public transportation funding by $282.8 million.
“Ever since I was a state representative and county commissioner in Montgomery County, I have supported SEPTA and the critical services it offers to hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians every day,” the governor said. “SEPTA has presented plans to address safety and cleanliness throughout their system, and county officials have entertained a willingness to step up to the plate and increase their support. As a result, my administration is prepared to make a major investment in SEPTA.”
It’s yet to be determined how much local funding, if any, Delaware Valley governments will kick in.
SEPTA CEO and General Manager Leslie S. Richards praised Shapiro’s decision. She said it would help SEPTA “address our more pressing needs and…continue [to serve] our communities.” Richards previously said SEPTA might cut services by 20 percent and raise fares by 30 percent. That would raise a Quick Trip Ticket from $2.50 to $3.25 and SEPTA Key and contactless payments from $2 to $2.60.
SEPTA funding and budget issues became a major focus for Democratic politicians after the transit agency revealed that it faced a looming fiscal cliff. It burned through $1.8 billion in federal COVID money between Fiscal Years 2020 and 2023 while generating just $1.18 billion in revenue.
That’s not counting the $2 billion in annual funding from Pennsylvania taxpayers, something independent auditors said was “the largest single source of subsidy revenue.”
An additional $295 million in taxpayer funding was not included in last year’s state budget.
And still ridership numbers continue to fall short of pre-COVID levels. In October 2023, average ridership was just 67 percent of the October 2019 number. On Regional Rail, ridership was just 56 percent of the pre-COVID average.
SEPTA’s cash crunch caused Democratic U.S. Reps. Madelaine Dean, Chrissy Houlahan, and Mary Gay Scanlon to send a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg last month asking for a bailout from federal taxpayers. Democratic Sens. Bob Casey Jr. and John Fetterman signed the letter, as did Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia). “Without strong, sustained federal support, Pennsylvanians risk losing transit access entirely,” the lawmakers wrote. “As the Department of Transportation continues its critical work, we urge you to prioritize SEPTA and Pennsylvania’s transit systems.”
Now, there’s a chance that SEPTA may get a partial state bailout, if not a federal one.
That’s music to the ears of Democrats representing Delaware Valley in Harrisburg.
“From the ‘burbs to the city, SEPTA connects us to jobs, doctors’ appointments, recreation, shopping, and so much more,” state Sen. Maria Collett (D-Montgomery) posted on social media after learning of the federal lawmakers’ letter. She expressed gratitude for their “fighting for more federal dollars to keep this critical system afloat.”
State Rep. Morgan Cephas (D-Philadelphia) hoped Shapiro would go further. She said SEPTA needed even more cash to make sure more seniors and workers take mass transportation. “SEPTA alone moves over half a million people every day to their jobs, families, school, medical appointments, and more…”
The reasons for the declining ridership vary. Numerous complaints from riders to the Better Business Bureau focus on late buses or trains. Others complained that drivers focused more on beating red lights instead of serving customers.
Crime remains a big problem for SEPTA as well. Statistics show the number of disorderly conduct and public urination and defecation cases since 2019 have increased far higher than ridership, from 213 to more than 1,300 in 2022.
Robberies jumped from 118 in 2019 to 217 in 2021, while aggravated assaults almost doubled from 46 to 86 in the same period.
That meant significant increases in SEPTA expenses. Federal Department of Transportation (DOT) statistics show SEPTA spent $1.44 per passenger miles traveled on commuter rail in 2022 compared to 49 cents per passenger mile in 2013. For bus passengers, it was $2.66 in 2022 versus $1.09 in 2013. Streetcar rail was $2.87 in 2022 and only .94 cents in 2013.
Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman (R-41) said SEPTA gets enough money.
“Supporting SEPTA’s request for increased state subsidy is a challenging argument to make, especially in light of Philadelphia District Attorney (Larry) Krasner’s inability to maintain law and order throughout America’s sixth largest city,” he said. “No amount of increased subsidy can restore customer confidence in making use of the network given the raging crime crisis Krasner perpetuates.”
The Commonwealth Foundation said the state government needs to take a new look at how it funds mass transit.
“Several years ago, state mass transit funding was moved offline into a special fund, taking a portion of sales tax revenue and Turnpike tolls to fund transit systems,” said Nathan Benefield, the Commonwealth Foundation’s senior vice president. “Unlike the General Fund, lawmakers don’t vote on this spending every single year.
“Should lawmakers examine how much state funding goes into those programs? We think they should.”
On Feb. 6, Josh Shapiro will hold his annual budget address.
#philadelphia#philly#septa#SEPTA Transportation#Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)#Gov. Josh Shapiro#josh shapiro#the city of philadelphia
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Pleasantview, 50 years later
Maria & Giulio Burb
Maria and Giulio are two of Lucy and Benedick's children. Both have just recently turned adult, and are still finding their way. Maria really wants to get married to someone and have children, and Giulio has already found a fiancé in Laertes Nigmos, who wants to finish his studies before marrying.
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Usa Monsignor Viganò lancia la “election novena per Trump (qualcuno gli tolga il rosario di mano) Nella variopinta galleria dell’antibergoglismo duro e puro si staglia sempre più il profilo da macchietta tragica di monsignor Carlo Maria Viganò, già nunzio a postolico negli Stati Uniti che si fregia ancora del titolo di arcivescovo. Diventato noto ai tempi del Vatileaks 1 - lo scandalo vaticano che contribuì a provocare la clamorosa rinuncia di Benedetto XVI al pontificato - nell’era francescana Viganò si è trasfigurato in un araldo della destraclericale, convinto che “una cospirazione massonica mondiale” voglia distruggere la Chiesa tramite Bergoglio stesso (paragonato all’Anticristo dell’Apocalisse) e favorire un Nuovo Ordine basato su omosessualità, aborto ed eutanasia. Anche per questo, ha spiegato nella primavera scorsa l’arcivescovo, il Signore ha mandato la “punizione divina” del Covid. Quest’estate però l’offensiva dell’antipapa Viganò (che in questo ruolo ha scalzato il pingue cardinale americano Burbe) è arrivata a un ulteriore punto di non ritorno nella sua guerra alla misericordia di Francesco. Da un lato ha condotto una rozza campagna contro “l’eresia” dell’intero Concilio Vaticano II. Dall’altro, Viganò, si è distinto nel sostegno a Donald Trump nelle prossime presidenziali degli Stati Uniti. Addirittura, a inizio giugno, lo stesso Trump ha rilanciato su Twitter una lettera del monsignore in cui si legge che l’omicidio Floyd e il Black Lives Matter sarebbero stati orditi dalla “cospirazione massonica mondiale” che vuole abbattere il presidente. Così adesso Viganò ha promosso una grottesca Crociata del Rosario (Rosary Crusade) per propiziare la vittoria di Trump a novembre. Pregare nei 54 giorni che mancano al 4 novembre: l’iniziativa è stata annunciata l’8 settembre da Life Site News, sito canadese tra i più influenti del bigottismo dottrinario. Election novena. Sigh! NELLA LETTERA in cui illustra le ragioni di questa inedita novena elettorale, l’arcivescovo cita una delle frasi più controverse ed enigmatiche di Gesù, dal Vangelo di Matteo. Regnum caelorum vim patitur et violenti rapiunt illud.“Il regno dei cieli soffre violenza e i violenti se ne impadroniscono”. Autorevoli esegeti della Parola hanno scritto di una interpretazione “attiva ”e di un’altra “passiva”, a sua volta suddivisa in “positiva ” e “negativa ”. Nella “passiva positiva ” si precisa che la violenza di Dio è diversa da quella umana: è “santa” e può intendersi come conversione radicale tra l’ascesi e la penitenza. La seconda negativa, più letterale, ravvisa l’assalto del Male al Cielo: in questo brano di Matteo, Gesù parla del Battista, poi decapitato. Viganò aderisce a modo suo alla “santa violenza” della preghiera e termina con l’invocazione al Dio degli Eserciti: “Preghiamo per gli Stati Uniti d’America; preghiamo per il nostro Presidente; preghiamo per la sua vittoria, che il Signore Iddio degli eserciti – Dominus Deus Sabaoth – gli concederà, se saprà porsi sotto la Sua protezione e vorrà farsi paladino dei giusti e difensore degli oppressi. Preghiamo perché le insidie che il nemico invisibile trama nell’ombra vengano alla luce, e perché sia sconfitto chi vuole promuovere il vizio e il peccato, la ribellione ai Comandamenti di Dio e alle stesse leggi di natura”. Un delirio da fariseo vero. Da " IL FATTO QUOTIDIANO " Fausto Patat
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Reading de Nacht Reading 2019
my favourite books of the year
my overall favourite book of the year:
martin hägglund "this life why mortality makes us free" (2019)
postcyberpunkstompf:
01 ken liu (ed) "broken stars: contemporary chinese sf in translation" (2019)
02 cory doctorow "radicalized" (2019)
03 dave hutchinson "the return of the incredible exploding man" (2019)
+ dave hutchinson "nomads" (2019)
+ dave hutchinson "thumbprints" (1978)
+ dave hutchinson "torn air" (1980)
+ dave hutchinson "the push" (2009)
+ dave hutchinson "the villages" (2002)
... damn that elusive "paradise equation" (1981) ...
04 tade thompson "rosewater" (2016)
+ tade thompson "rosewater insurrection" (2019)
+ tade thompson "rosewater redemption" (2019)
05 desirina boskovich (ed) "lost transmissions: the secret history of sf & f" (2019)
06 hannu rajaniemi & jacob weisman (eds) "the new voices of science fiction" (2019)
07 gardner dozois (ed) "the very best of the best: 35 years of the year's best science fiction" (2019)
08 jonathan strahan (ed) "the best science fiction & fantasy of the year, volume thirteen" (2019)
09 robert markeley "kim stanley robinson modern masters of sf" (2019)
10 allan kaster (ed) "the year's top hard sf stories 3" (2019)
11 olivier girard (ed) "bifrost 96 la revue des mondes imaginaires: william gibson" (2019)
12 mario guglielminetti "web is over. parabola ed esplosione di ubuweb, l'antiprofilo" (2019)
13 bryan thomas schmidt (ed) "infinite stars: dark frontiers" (2019)
14 baoshu "the redemption of time" [2011] (2019)
15 cixin liu "the supernova era" [2003] (2019)
16 l. x. beckett "gamechanger" (2019)
17 gareth l powell "fleet of knives" (2019)
18 chen qiufan "waste tide" [2013] (2019)
19 derek künsken "the quantum garden" (2019)
20 gregory benford "rewrite: loops in the timescape" (2019)
21 james s.a. corey "tiamat's wrath" (2019)
+ james s.a. corey "auberon" (2019)
22 jim al-khalili "sunfall" (2019)
23 peter f hamilton "salvation lost" (2019)
24 neal asher "the warship" (2019)
25 jonathan strahan (ed) "mission critical" (2019)
26 jack mcdevitt "octavia gone" (2019)
27 elizabeth bear "ancestral night" (2019)
28 ian mcdonald "moon rising" (2019)
29 carmen maria machado (ed) "the best american sf & f 2019" (2019)
30 valerie valdes "chilling effect" (2019)
31 simon morden "bright morning star" (2019)
+ s. j. morden "no way" (2019)
32 neil stephenson "fall or, dodge in hell" (2019)
33 graham edwards "string city" (2019)
klassikstompf:
01 arno schmidt "bottom's dream" [1970] (2016) ... & still reading ...
02 jorge luis borgès "borgès restored (the author's preferred translations)" (2016)
03 julie orringer "the flight portfolio" (2019)
+ julie orringer "the invisible bridge" (2010)
04 pola oloixarac "savage theories" (2017)
+ pola oloixarac "dark constellations" (2019)
05 simon critchley "memory theatre" (2014)
06 gabriel josipovici "hotel andromeda" (2014)
07 david keenan "for the good times" (2019)
08 wg sebald "vertigo" [1990] (1999)
+ wg sebald "the emmigrants" [1992] (1996)
+ wg sebald "the rings of saturn" [1995] (1998)
+ wg sebald "austerlitz" (2001)
09 luis chitarroni "the no variations "diary of an unfinished novel" [2007] (2013)
10 julián ríos "larva: a midsummer night's babel" [1983] (1991)
11 césar aira "birthday" [2001] (2019)
+ césar aira "three novels" [1990-2000-1997] (2018)
12 tom mole "the secret life of books" (2019)
13 lucy ives "loudermilk or the real poet or the origin of the world" (2019)
14 lászló krasznahorkai "baron wenckheim's homecoming" [2016] (2019)
15 lucy ellmann "ducks, newburyport" (2019)
16 lars iyer "nietzsche & the burbs" (2019)
17 d harlan wilson "the psychotic dr. schreber" (2019)
18 andrew gallix (ed) "we'll never have paris" (2019)
19 chris kelso (ed) "i transgress" (2019)
20 john crowley "the solitudes" [1987] (2007)
+ john crowley "love & sleep" (1994)
+ john crowley "daemonomania" (2000)
+ john crowley "endless things" (2007) ... (the aegypt cycle)
polarstompf:
01 carlos ruiz zafón "the labyrinth of the spirits" [2017] (2018)
02 volker kutscher "the fatherland files" [2012] (2019)
03 andrea camilleri "the overnight kidnapper" [2015] (2019)
+ andrea camilleri "the other end of the line" [2016] (2019)
04 mick herron "joe country" (2019)
+ mick herron "this is what happened" (2018)
+ mick herron "nobody walks" (2015)
05 john le carré "agent running the field" (2019)
06 guillaume musso "la vie secrète des écrivains" (2019)
07 luke mccallin "the man from berlin" (2013)
+ luke mccallin "the pale house" (2014)
+ luke mccallin "the divided city" (2016)
09 henry porter "brandenburg" [2005] (2019)
+ henry porter "firefly" (2018)
+ henry porter "white hot silence" (2019)
10 mitch silver "the bookworm" (2018)
+ mitch silver "in secret service" (2007)
11 alan judd "the accidental agent" (2019)
12 philip kerr "metropolis" (2019)
13 ian rankin "westwind" (2019)
14 jo nesbø "the knife" (2019)
15 david hewson "devil's fjord" (2019)
16 barry forshaw "crime fiction: a reader's guide" (2019)
17 a.a. dhand "one way out" (2019)
18 martin holmén "clinch: the stockholm trilogy 01" (2016)
+ martin holmén "down for te count: the stockholm trilogy 02" (2017)
+ martin holmén "slugger: the stockholm trilogy 03" (2019)
19 michael kestemont "de zwarte koning" (2019)
20 soren sveistrup "the chestnut man" [2018] (2019)
21 tim mason "the darwin affair" (2019)
22 patrick conrad "good night, charlie" (2019)
23 chris pavone "the paris diversion" (2019)
24 dov aflon "a long night in paris" (2019)
25 arne dahl "hunted" [2017] (2019)
RIP ANDREA CAMILLERI !
gedächtnisstompf:
01 martin hägglund "this life: why mortality makes us free" (2019) /
"this life: secular faith & spiritual freedom" (2019)
02 derrida "la vie la mort: séminaire (1975-1976)" (2019)
03 jean-luc nancy "derrida, suppléments” (2019)
04 jean-françois bouthors et jean-luc nancy "démocratie! hic et nunc" (2019)
05 hannah arendt "de vrijheid om vrij te zijn" (2019)
+ hannah arendt "nous autres réfugiés" (2019)
06 mckenzie wark "capital is dead": is this something worse?" (2019)
07 johan schokker & tim schokker
"extimiteit: jacques lacan's terugkeer naar freud" (2000)
08 gerhard richter & ann schmock (eds) "give the word:
responses to werner hamacher's 95 theses on philology" (2019)
09 ranja n gosh "philosophy & poetry: continental perspectives" (2019)
10 shoshana zuboff "the age of surveillance capitalism" (2019)
11 kate zambrano "screen tests: stories & other writing" (2019)
12 daniele carluccio "roland barthes lecteur" (2019)
13 jean-clet martin "la philosophie de gilles deleuze" (2019)
14 mitchell dean & daniel zamora "le dernier homme et la fin de la révolution: foucault après mai 68" (2019)
15 arnon grunberg "vriend & vijand: decadentie, ondergang & verlossing" (2019)
16 kwami anthony appiah
"de leugens die ons verbinden: een nieuwe kijk op identiteit" [2018] (2019)
17 quentin meillassoux "science fiction & extro-science fiction" (2015)
18 roberto calasso "het onbenoembare verleden" [2017] (2019)
19 lydia davis "essays" (2019)
20 denise riley "time lived, without its flow" (2019)
poesisstompf:
zoë skoulding "footnotes to water" (2019)
platterstompf:
01 rick moody "on celestial music, and other adventures in listening" (2012)
02 yann courtiau "frictions:
ce que la littérature a fait à la musique et ce que la musique a en a fait" (2019)
03 vivien goldman "revenge of the she-punks:
a feminist music history from poly styrene to pussy riot" (2019)
04 garrígos, triana & guerra "god save the queens: pioneras del punk" (2019)
05 jon savage "this searing light, the sun & everything else:
joy division the oral history" (2019)
06 richard beck "trains, jesus, and murder: the gospel according to johnny cash"
07 mark lanegan "sleevenotes" (2019)
08 jason williamson "jason williamson's house party: sleaford mods 2014-2019" (2019)
09 gallix, hill, & rose (eds) "love bites: fiction inspired by pete shelley" (2019)
10 greg laurie "johnny cash the redemption of an american icon" (2019)
11 marc vos & toon loenders "siglo xx:
opdat de dood ons levend vindt & het leven ons niet doodt" (2019)
12 david sandilands & david keenan "go ahead & drop the bomb
(memorial device pamflet)" (2019)
13 guillaume belhomme "pop fin de siècle" (2019)
14 chris bohn (ed) "the wire" (magazine) (2019)
15 sylvain sylvain "there's no bones in ice cream:
sylvain sylvain's story of the new york dolls" (2018)
16 debbie harry "face it" (2019)
17 jaime gonzalo "poder freak: una crónica de la contracultura vol III" (2014)
18 matthew bower & samantha davies "talisman angelical" (2017)
19 darryl w bullock "the world's worst records: an arcade of audio atrocity vol I" (2013)
+ darryl w bullock "the world's worst records: another arcade of audio atrocity vol II" (2015)
20 steve zisson (ed) "a punk rock future" (2019) /
ivar muñoz-rojas "underground babilonia" (2019)
bilderstompf:
01 didier ottinger "bacon en toutes lettres" (2019)
02 antoni tàpies "cap braços cames cos" (2012)
+ antoni tàpies "mahlerei und graphik" (2011)
03 laura oldfield ford "savage messiah" (2019)
04 fred vermorel "dead fashion girl: a situationist detective story" (2019)
05 françois schuiten & jaco van dormael "le dernier pharaon" (2019)
06 ken krimstein "the three escapes of hannah arendt: the tyranny of truth" (2018)
07 erik bindervoet & saskia pfaeltzer "aldus sprach nietzsche's zuster" (2019)
08 anthony n fragola & roch c smith
"the erotic dream machine: interviews with alain robbe-grillet on his films" (2006)
cyclostompf:
01 bernard chambaz "petite philosophie du vélo" (2019)
02 filip osselaer "de man die doodging (vervolgens mosselen bestelde,
de rekening vroeg en verdween): el tarangu, josé manuel fuente" (2019)
03 peter schmink "de cultus van het lijden: een vrije oefening" (2006)
04 laurent willame "les lieux sacrés du cyclisme:
15 pélérinages à faire avant de crever" (2019)
05 jonas heyerick (ed) "bahamontes: uit liefde voor de stiel" [magazine] (2019)
06 johnny vansevenant "1969, het jaar van eddy merckx" (2019)
07 edwin winkels "la vuelta: heroïsche verhalen uit de ronde van spanje" (2019)
08 frederik baeckelandt "fausto coppi (les héros 04)" (2019)
09 harry pearson "the beast, the emperor & the milkman:
a bone-shaking tour through cycling’s flemish heartlands" (2019)
10 peter cossins "the yellow jersey / le maillot jaune" (2019)
11 thijs zonneveld "het panini album" (2019)
12 thijs zonneveld "de fiets, de fiets & nog veel meer sportverhalen" (2019)
13 willy vangenechten "hoe word je een wielerfan (en blijf je er een)?" (2019)
some wissenschaftstompf & autres divertissements ...:
01 robert macfarlane "underland: a deep time journey" (2019)
02 george van hal & ans hekkenberg "het kosmisch rariteitenkabinet" (2019)
03 josey waley-cohen "only connect: the difficult second quiz book" (2019)
… tsundoku !
may your home be safe from tigers,
leroy,
x
HNY!
... the annual out of control TBR pile ...
postcyberpunkstompf
ada hoffmann "the outside" (2019)
adrian tchaikovsky "children of ruin" (2019)
alastair reynolds "shadow captain" (2019)
+ alastair reynolds "permafrost" (2019)
annalee newitz "the future of another timeline" (2019)
charlie jane anders "the city in the middle of the night" (2019)
farah mendlesohn "the pleasant profession of robert a heinlein" (2019)gareth l powell "ragged alice" (2019)
greg egan "perihelion summer" (2019)
ian creasey "the shapes of strangers" (2019)
jo walton "lent" (2019)
kameron hurley "the light brigade" (2019)
karl schroeder "stealing words" (2019)
megan o'keefe "velocity weapon" (2019)
neil clarke (ed) "the eagle has landed: 50 years of lunar sf" (2019)
nina allan "the silverwind" (2019)
paul di filippo "aeota" (2019)
peter swirski "stanislaw lem: philosopher of the future" (2019)
+ peter swirski & waclaw m osadnik (eds) "lemography: stanislaw lem in the eyes of the world" (2019)
richard kadrey "the grand dark" (2019)
rudy rucker "million mile road trip" (2019)
simon ings "the smoke" (2019)
klassikstompf
alex landragin "crossings" (2019)
enrique vila-matas "mac's problem" [2017] (2019)
joseph scapellato "the made-up man" (2019)
kevin breatnach "tunnelvision" (2019)
michel houellebecq "serotonin" (2019)
nell zink "doxology" (2019)
roberto bolaño "the spirit of science fiction: a novel" (2019)
samanta schweblin "mouthful of birds" (2019)
sergio pitol "mephisto's waltz: selected short stories" (2019)
will eaves "murmur" (2019)
polarstompf
johan op de beek "het complot van laken" (2019)
jon steinhagen "the hanging artist" (2019)
juli zeh "empty hearts" (2019)
max hertzberg "operation oskar" (2019)
+ max hertzberg "berlin centre" (2019)
peter robinson "many rivers to cross" (2019)
tony belloto "bellini & the sphinx" [1995] (2019)
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Books Read/Reread, September/October 2020
Sarah Weinman (ed.), Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession
Jennifer Howard, Clutter: An Untidy History
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, The Freezer Door
Kirsten Stone, That Which Girls Conjure Will Help Them Survive
Guy Hocquenghem, The Amphitheater of the Dead
Harold T. Wilkins, Strange Mysteries of Time and Space
Hari Kunzru, Red Pill
Lars Iyer, Nietzsche and the Burbs
Lyz Lenz, Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women
Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians
David Treuer, The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
Jean-Patrick Manchette, No Room at the Morgue
Rudolf Wurlitzer, Hard Travel to Sacred Spaces
Donovan Hohn, The Inner Coast
Claire Cronin, The Blue Light of the Screen*
Maria Dahvana Headley (trans.), Beowulf
Dorothy Gallagher, Stories I Forgot to Tell You
Fiona Anderson, Cruising the Dead River: David Wojnarowicz and New York’s Ruined Waterfront
Susan Neville, The Town of Whispering Dolls
Eva Meijer, Animal Languages
Julie Holland, Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, from Soul to Psychedelics
* = reread
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Simcity - Il Caso si Riapre
(Clicca QUI per le foto in HQ)
Parte 1 - 2/2 - “Interferenze”
Mentre la folla era ormai più che solo un mucchietto di gente sparsa qua e là a parlottare della famiglia del sindaco e dell’incapacità della polizia, teorizzando su cosa stesse succedendo di quel periodo e se ci fosse anche solo la remota possibilità d’un ritorno della famosissima “Bella Goth”, all’ombra d’un albero, poco lontano da dove i suoi colleghi stavano sorvegliando la zona per la sicurezza del sindaco e per evitare una qualsiasi tipo di rivolta, un uomo guardava da dietro gli spalti tutta la scena, appoggiato su un auto blu di qualcuno che l’aveva posteggiata lì.
L’agente John Burb era tornato da pochi anni a Bellavista, dopo aver passato i primi anni di matrimonio con la moglie, Jennifer, in una città pienamente urbana, aveva deciso di lasciare la caotica città di Centro Sim per vivere una vita più tranquilla e “verde” nell’ idilliaca Bellavista, anche per far crescere in tranquillità loro figlia Lucia, detta più “amichevolmente”, Lucy.
Il suo sguardo era attento e vigile su ogni passante e le sue orecchie ben aperte per sentire ogni pettegolezzo (un po’ come Maria Dolores del Simsegreto). Il suo lavoro dopotutto consisteva in quello, John era un detective e come tale doveva indagare anche quando sembrava stesse solamente sorseggiando un po' di caffè pensando a tutto tranne che al lavoro.
Aveva sentito abbastanza, abbastanza da ritenersi soddisfatto e da pensare che non ci fosse più nient'altro da origliare. Ben pensò quindi di spostarsi per andare a buttare il bicchiere di caffè ormai sorseggiato e terminato, quando una presenza non avvertita si palesó alle sue spalle.
Era una donna molto giovane, che poteva aver sì e no una 30ina d'anni, dalla pelle chiara, gli occhi grigi e i capelli neri. Portava in braccio una busta da fornaio dove dentro teneva un po' di spesa, stando a significare che era appena tornata dal supermercato, quando sentendo il parlare della folla e vedendo il via vai di gente che passava in massa in modo anomalo in quella zona, si fermò per un attimo a guardarsi intorno con curiosità, prima di accorgersi che lì nelle vicinanze ci fosse un agente di polizia a cui chiedere informazioni.
« Agente Burb, cosa sta succedendo? C'è stato un incidente? » - Chiese nella completa innocenza ed ignoranza quella donna, dopo essere riuscita ad attirare l'attenzione del poliziotto che, non trovando nemmeno il cestino dove buttare il bicchiere, aveva almeno appena finito di asciugarsi le mani con uno di quei tovaglioli che ti danno per il gelato e che non serve veramente a niente, lasciandoti tutte le mani imbrattate.
Bellavista non era solita ad avere tanta vitalità, ed era per questo strano agli occhi di chiunque vedere tanta gente affollata in un unico posto. Era solito camminare e sentire il rumore del fruscio delle foglie degli alberi o dei tacchetti delle proprie scarpe, ma non quello di autoparlanti e gente tanto agitata.
[ John ] « Buongiorno signorina Broke, non ha sentito le notizie al tg stamattina? Ne sta parlando praticamente tutta Sim City, non mi pare possibile che siate all'oscuro di tutto »
« ... stamattina ho avuto un po' da fare per delle compere e non ho proprio minimamente pensato di accendere la tv, è successo forse qualcosa di grave? Riguarda quelle strane interferenze che si verificano da giorni? » - replicó imbarazzata la donna. Si sentiva davvero fuori dal mondo ma in quanto madre di tre figli non aveva tempo per star a sentire del vario gossip che esisteva in giro, anche se in quel caso, gossip non era.
[ John ] « A causa dei documenti che "chi sta dietro a tutto questo » ha fatto trapelare, rendendoli pubblici, adesso l'opinione pubblica è contro alle forze dell'ordine e siamo stati etichettati come incapaci. È possibile, per via delle varie richieste che il caso di Bella Goth venga riaperto dato che sembra stiano apparendo degli indizi dal nulla. Beh, spero che siano veramente degli indizi e non che qualcuno non ci stia trollando- »
« ...tro...tro-che? ...qualcuno vi sta facendo trottellerare? »
[ John ] « ...oh no, scusatemi signorina Broke, è uno slang giovanile che si usa in rete, significa che magari qualcuno ci sta prendendo in giro, ma voi siete davvero giovane, mi sorprende non conosciate questo termine... »
« ...a-anche se sono giovane non uso molto cellulari e computer, ecco, anzi, non ho mai avuto un computer in casa fino a quando mio figlio Beau non ne ha chiesto uno per iniziare a studiare per l'università... » Replicó rossa come un pomodoro.
[ John ] « ...ma...adesso come state? Va tutto bene con il ristorante, vero? I vostri figli non le stanno dando grattacapi, vero? »
« ...Dustin ormai è un uomo e vive per conto suo, lo sento di tanto in tanto, infatti stavo passando a portargli qualcosa che ho cucinato, Beau ha appena iniziato l'università ed Ebony il liceo-...stento a credere che siano tutti già così grandi »
[ John ] « Ricordo ancora quando dovevo riportarvi a casa vostro figlio Dustin perché faceva qualche cavolata in giro per la città, sono felice che le cose adesso stiano andando per il verso giusto almeno per voi... »
« ...g-già »
[ John ] « Ma al proposito della vostra famiglia, ho una buona notizia per voi »
« Una buona notizia? » - Chiese confusa la donna.
[ John ] « Date le continue lamentele stiamo riaprendo anche altri casi oltre a quello di Bella Goth. Stiamo pensando di dividerci in tre squadre speciali: una per Bella Goth, una per Darleen Dreamer...e l'ultima per vostro marito Skip, Brandy. »
[ Brandy ] « R-RIAPRIRETE IL CASO DI MIO MARITO SKIP?! » - Brandy ebbe un attimo un sussulto, tale che le fece cadere dalla busta qualche pomodoro che si mise a rotolare per le mattonelle del marciapiede. - « ...s-scusate è che io-...non m lo aspettavo, cosa c'è da indagare ancora? Non... capisco »
[ John ] « Nel caso di Darleen Dreamer e di vostro marito Skip Broke le circostanze della loro morte sono state troppo strane e anomale. Nel caso di Darleen potremmo anche dire che sia stato un incidente, anche se le testimonianze della sua famiglia non mi convincono, in quelle di Skip invece...ci sono troppe incongruenze, è per questo che riapriremo il caso. Sentivo giusto poco fa vostro figlio Dustin lamentarsi nel dire che non abbiamo fatto un buon lavoro, perciò adesso rimedieremo. »
[ Brandy ] « ...o-oh- la ringrazio. »
La donna appariva scossa per qualche motivo, talmente scossa da non essersi nemmeno calata a riprendere le mele che le erano cadute. Cosa che fece l'agente Burb, dopo averle fatto un gesto militare e girare i tacchi.
[ John ] « Arrivederci signorina Broke e buona giornata. Le faremo avere presto notizie, sarà la prima a saperlo, prima dei media. »
[ Brandy ] « ...buona...giornata agente... »
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The 6 children of Monika and Jackson Burb.
#sims2#thesims#thesims2#thesims2ultimatecollection#pleasantview#monika goth#jackson burb#olga burb#tatiana burb#maria burb#anastasia burb#birgitta burb#lucas burb
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Timeline
So a few years ago (okay October 2016) I started working on a timeline-ish for my headcanon of The Sims. Maybe it can give someone inspiration idk.
Legend:
Standard text - Names of characters/Important events
Italic text - The neighborhoods/worlds
Bold text - The games
2009 – Barnacle Bay
2004 – The Sims 2 (Pleasantview, Strangetown, Veronaville), Tycho Curious is born
2000 – Beau Broke and Ariel Capp are born
1997 – Celeste GilsCarbo is born
1994 – Bella Goth is abducted, Desdemona Capp is born
1993 – Alexander Goth, Lucy Burb, Jill Smith and Buck Grunt are born
1992 – Hal Cap, Beatrice Monty and Benedick Monty are born
1988 – Dragon Valley, Juliette Capp and Romeo Monty are born
1987 – Dustin Broke, Dirk Dreamer, Angela Pleasant, Lilith Pleasant and Hermia Capp are born
1986 – Miranda Capp, Tybalt Capp, Mercutio Monty and Ripp Grunt are born
1985 – Sunlit Tides, Tank Grunt is born
1983 – Ophelia Nigmos is born
1982 – Johnny Smith is born
1980 – Part of SimValley is now incorporated as Old Town in the Greater SimCity area, Nervous Subject is born
1979 – The Sims
1977 – Lucky Palms, Aurora Skies
1976 – Kristen Loste is born
1975 – Kaylynn II Langerak is born
1974 – Ajay Loner is born
1973 – Erin Beaker is born
1971 – Monte Vista, Alice GilsCarbo is born
1969 – Roaring Heights, Dina, Nina Caliente, John Burb, Jennifer Burb née Pleasant, Goopy GilsCarbo and Kent Capp are born
1968 – Cassandra Goth, Brandi Broke née Newbie and Hero Monty née Arlecchino are born
1967 – Don Lothario, Antonio Monty, Loki Beaker and Circe Beaker née Salamis are born
1966 – Mary-Sue Pleasant née Oldie and Regan Capp are born
1965 – Daniel Pleasant, Cornwall Capp née Dane, Lazlo Curious and Lyla Grunt née Vandermorgan are born
1964 – Buzz Grunt is born
1963 – Vidcund Curious is born
1962 – Pascal Curious is born
1961 – Bianca Monty is born
1960 – Areas of Sunset Valley are now known as SimValley
1959 – Goneril Capp is born
1958 – Darleen Dreamer née Matlapin is born
1957 – Albany Capp née Norman, Olivia Monty née Dottore and Jenny Smith are born
1956 – Riverview, Darren Dreamer and Claudio Monty are born
1954 – The Sims 3 (Sunset Valley)
1953 – Sinjin Balani is born
1951 – Cordelia Capp is born
1950 – Caliban Capp née Gale is born
1948 – Skip Broke and Susie Broke are born
1947 – Lola Curious-Smith and Chloe Curious-Smith are born
1946 – Bella Goth née Bachelor and Kaylynn I Langerak are born
1945 – Maria Arlecchino née Amantes, Madhuri Loner and Willow Nigmos are born
1944 – Mortimer Goth, Trinculo Arlecchino and Missy Grunt née Melons-Steel are born
1943 – Chip Grunt, Vikram Loner and Creon Nigmos are born
1942 – Coral Oldié née Ruggbyrne and Tobea Dane née Scott are born
1941 – Ruby Broke, Trigger Broke and Herb Oldie are born
1940 – Hamlet Jr Dane and Daisy Loste are born
1939 – Michael Bachelor, Bob Newbie, Betty Newbie née Simovitch, Brad Burb and Tiffany Burb née Marsh are born
1938 – Adriana Lothario née Fiorello, Parker Langerak and Grainne Salamis née McGork are born
1937 – Nicolo Lothario and Gundrun Beaker née Halfdanarson are born
1936 – Patrizio Monty, Isabella Monty née Pantalone and Arty Loste are born
1935 – Mariana Matlpain, Diane Pleasant née Danders, Jacqueline Vandermorgan and Olive Specter are born
1934 – Lolita Goth, Jeff Pleasant, Consort Capp née Thebe and Ichabod Specter are born
1933 – Omar Matlapin, Contessa Capp and Bjorn Beaker are born
1932 – Katrina Caliente and A.P. Vandermorgan are born
1930 – Delilah Dreamer née Darong is born
1929 – Sunset Valley is founded by Gunther Goth & Chester Landgraab, Nighat Caliente née Al Mahmoud and Davis Dreamer are born
1928 – Judith Dottore née Brighella is born
1927 – Flamenco Caliente, Holofernes Dottore and Kitty Curious née Hogleg are born
1926 – Anne Norman née Anjou and Mary Melons are born
1925 – Zelda Mae, Richard Norman and Xanthos Salamis are born
1924 – Mike Steel is born
1923 – Sycorax Gale is born
1922 – Tango Caliente, Prospero Gale and Glarn Curious are born
1921 – Gertrude Dane, Macduff Scott and Glabe Curious are born
1920 – Hamlet Sr Dane, Lady Scott, Katherina Amantes and Wanda Grunt are born
1919 – Fatima Simovitch, Anastasia Marsh, Stephano Arlecchino and Rock Grunt are born
1918 – Robert Sr Newbie, Susan Burb, Quickly Arlecchino and Bhu Frehndly are born
1917 – Mags Newbie, Willian Marsh, Petruchio Amantes and Milony Frehndly are born
1916 – Vadim Simovitch, Mamie Ruggbyrne, Benjamin Burb and Andromache Thebe are born
1915 – Bruno Ruggbyrne, Iliana Langerak née Mae, Hector Thebe née Albion and Lerato Muenda are born
1914 – Agnes Crumplebottom, Jocasta Bachelor, Mary Lu Broke, Dustin Langerak and Peponi Muenda are born
1913 – Isabella Fiorello, Irma Oldie and Kavi Loner are born
1912 – Simis Bachelor, Erik Darling, Primo Fiorello and Jeevika Loner are born
1911 – Buck Broke and Myron Oldie are born
1910 – Hecate Nigmos is born
1909 – Frida Goth, Benazir Al Mahmoud, Carmelo Lothario, Scribonia Capp, Moira McGork and Zog Nigmos are born
1908 – Tariq Al Mahmoud, Mama Lothario, Francisca Pantalone née Zanni and Ingibjorg Halfdanarson are born
1907 – Melinda Danders, Octavius Capp née Caesar, Silvia Monty née Capitano and Gwrtheyrn McGork are born
1906 – The Great Fire of SimCity, Flat Broke, Flo Broke, Kynda Pleasant, Valentine Monty and Leif Halfdanarson are born
1905 – Sef Darong, Lina Darong, Marshall Danders and Vincentio Pantalone are born
1904 – Gunther Goth, Cornelia Goth née Crumplebottom and Dacia Dreamer are born
1903 – Twinbrook, Dalmar Dreamer, Les Pleasant and Lucetta Brighella are born
1902 – Dull Dottore, Jaquenetta Dottore and Petunia Simnitch are born
1901 – Thurio Brighella and Vera Loste are born
1900 – Mathilde Norman, Gertrude Beaker and Leonard Simnitch are born
1899 – William Norman is born
1898 – Canute Beaker and Annie Hogleg are born
1897 – Eleanor Anjou and Notzo Curious are born
1896 – Henry Anjou and Goshem Loste are born
1895 – Dulcinea Caliente is born
1894 – Hamm Hogleg is born
1893 – Bunny Curious is born
1892 – Nestor Caliente, Eurydice Salamis and Zoe Curious née Whelohff are born
1891 – Andros Salamis is born
1890 – The Modern Landgraab Dynasty begins
1889 – Queen Thebe is born
1888 – Eetion Thebe is born
1887 – Hecuba Albion is born
1885 – Enriqueta Bachelor, Priam Albion and Julia Pantalone are born
1884 – Cleopatra Capp and Proteus Pantalone are born
1883 – Milton Bachelor and Mariana Capitano are born
1882 – Angelo Capitano and Overdone Zanni are born
1881 – Lucio Zanni is born
1879 – Antony Capp is born
1878 – Portia Monty is born
1876 – Prudence Crumplebottom and Bassanio Monty are born
1875 – Robert Crumplebottom and Calpurnia Caesar are born
1874 – Gretle Goth is born and Simon Crumplebottom is born
1873 – Julius Caesar is born
1872 – Victor Goth and Olivia Goth are born
1870 – Samuel Goth is born
1866 – Cherish Curious is born
1864 – Rich Whelohff is born
1863 – Marshall Curious is born
1862 – Rosy Whelohff is born
1831 – Steward Curious is born
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by Kurt Schmidt:
For anyone that loves Christmas, Music, and Travelling Vienna at Christmas is a must see destination.
Christmas Season Officially starts on November 14 with the opening of the first Christmas Markets at "Rat Hall" or translated properly City Hall. Other Christmas Markets open over the next few days and by late November all the Christmas Markets are open.
City Hall Market is by far the largest and most crowded but well work at least one visit. If your more in a family affair you can't beat the Christmas Market at Karls Platz. There is everything for the entire family to enjoy. The Highlight for the youngest in your family will be the Petting zoo with a very Christmas setting.
This Christmas Market might just be the easiest of all to find and get to as it is right at one of the largest subway stations in Vienna.
Make sure to explorer all of Vienna there are a great many Christmas markets. Go out into the "sub-burbs'" which are only 5 minutes from central Vienna via bus or subway. And incase this your first time in Vienna the locals spell it "Wien". See below for our favorite Christmas Markets in Vienna.
Even at Christmas Vienna is a city of music. Christmas is a time between other major events in Vienna because Christmas is the Major event. Even So there are still great musicals, Chamber orchestra, plays, operas and more to see. Before you leave get on the plane make sure you have purchased your tickets to the show you want to see. Most shows are for a small crowd and group tours can some times book them out well in advance.
Besides seeing a show, you must visit Belvedere at night during Christmas and take a picture. The cover photo for this piece is Belvedere Palace at night. During the day is also a great time to go into Belvedere Palace and see the museum.
The one thing no one tells people coming to Vienna is that Vienna is CLOSED on Sundays. Don’t plan on going shopping for anything or Eating out at local eatery on Sunday nothing will be open. If you need a day to recover or want to day to see the city on foot Sunday is the day.
While you’re at the Christmas markets make sure to get some Christmas punch or “Weihnachtspunsch”. Every Market has its own unique cup that you can “rent” or keep. You pay your deposit for your first cup, and just pay for refills. At the end of the night you can keep it or return it for your deposit back. Christmas Punch comes in dozens of flavors so if you don’t like the first one or even the second one there are plenty more to try.
Another must visit location is GRABEN AND KÄRNTNER STRASS there is a Christmas market here but the Lights and Carriage Rids are the must do activity. You will also get a good tour of the local area and may find a great many shops you want to revisit during the day. Did I say? Your first trip here should be after dark so you can see the lights. Due to the Church’s location and the major subway station under it you probable be back here several times.
One of those other activities you should book as soon as you have a date set for Vienne is the Spanish Riding School. You can get tickets the day of, but you will be standing and there will be columns and people in front of you. Best to book the “royal” seats which are the only seats that can see the entire show.
You have plenty of choice were to eat in Vienna but if your expecting sit down service you better make a reservation.
You can get stuffed at the Christmas markets with everything from sweets to full meals.
If you’re not short on time, and you love to ski it is will worth renting a car and driving up to one of the ski resorts neat Salzburg. While you there you should also visit the Castle and the local Christmas market. If your not that great with navigation its no problem, when renting the car make sure to get GPS, have them put the car into English, AND most important of all ensure you are allowed to take it into Germany. That means pay for the vignette aka toll Sticker for Germany, it is a flat rate per day. Salzburg is very close to Germany, if your great at navigation and your not going to Germany you can save the money.
Make sure you go up to the TOP of the castle as there is a museum and Christmas market. You can walk up or take the tram up (if you’re in great shape)
Another great sight to see is Krumpas if you’re going to be in Vienna on December 6 make sure to buy tickets in advance and arrange a car to go the festival outside Vienna, there is no bus or subway service to the Festival. If that is too much there is also a Krampus Parade on December 5 in the heat of Vienna.
For Our list of top markets (in order by which ones you must see if you have limited time)
Viennese Dream Christmas Market
@city hall - family friendly
Christmas Village on Maria-Theresien-Platz
About 200 yards/meters away from City hall. The Best place to find Crafts.
Christmas Market at Spittelberg
Great for Couples or an Adult Crowd. (Kids would get board)
Art Advent - Art & Crafts on Karlsplatz
This is on that the kids would love.
Christmas and New Year's Market at Schönbrunn Palace
If you’re going to Schönbrunn Palace stop by… If your not it is out of your way.
Christmas Village at Belvedere Palace
Old Viennese Christmas Market Freyung
Christmas Village on the University Campus
For a Full list of Christmas markets in Vienna please visit Vienna’s official page.
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New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: REWIND REVIEW: Where’d You Go, Bernadette
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For an occasional new segment, Every Movie Has a Lesson will cover upcoming home media releases combining an “overdue” or “rewind” film review, complete with life lessons, and an unboxed look at special features.
WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE
There are parallels between which filmmaker Richard Linklater always seems to operate. It was either “free-wheeling fun” or “poignant realism” with “scant middle ground.” Call them Party Linklater and Deep Linklater. The question mark skipped from the title of Where’d You Go, Bernadette can be placed in the sentence of which Linklater did we get? Welcome to the uncharted and unexpected “scant middle ground” where grandiose fiction is the party and odd eccentricity is the depth.
Neurotically charming, yet misshapen in many ways, Where’d You Go, Bernadette is wholly unique from the Texan and Hollywood outsider. The movie has the equal ability to disarm and disgust depending on your perspective or experience with the Maria Semple source material. Non-readers will float with the staccato blustering and the Antarctic kayak currents of fancy. Ardent fans will wonder where all the scintillating mystery went that gave merit to all the haphazard happenings beset on the family of narrator Balakrishna Branch, affectionately known as “Bee” and played by debuting talent Emma Nelson.
ANTICIPATORY SET AND PRIOR KNOWLEDGE:
Bee is the uber-precocious 15-year-old daughter of a pair of brilliant-minded, attracted opposites. Her father is the Microsoft-backed tech innovator Elgin Branch, played by Billy Crudup, earning industry kudos and TED Talk stages with groundbreaking new mind-to-text recognition software. The extroverted and borderline workaholic is matched by his reclusive and agoraphobic wife and Bee’s titular mother, played by Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett and her bangs. Detailed by exposition-minded video essays viewed by characters on screen, Bernadette Fox was once the toast of Los Angeles and the most brilliant architectural design savant of her generation before professional disappointment burned and stomped over her creativity.
LESSON #1: “THE BRAIN IS A DISCOUNTING MECHANISM” — Bernadette’s own explanatory observations of self-diagnosis are fueled by empirical study, plenty of science, and a side of doubting bullshit. It’s true that the brain looks for risk and signals accordingly. To call it a design flaw for danger instead of joy, however, is where you squint at the woman’s nuttiness to a degree. Still, this background and Cate’s delivery of it all sheds light on the movie’s nervous system.
For years, Bernadette has buried herself in two projects: being a mom and endlessly tinkering with restoring a huge derelict old school building into the family’s home in the Seattle burbs. Anxiety has grown into to insomnia and a racing heart during social and domestic confrontations. Her most common clashes are anything requiring Bernadette to interact and keep up with the joneses of the hoity-toity private school Bee attends (something matching of Semple’s inspiration). That judgy crowd is led by the granola and snooty next door neighbor Audrey (Kristen Wiig) and her minion Soo-Lin (TV actress Zoe Chao) who works with Elgin.
LESSON #2: DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES ON FAILING LIVES — We learn a great deal about where Elgin and Bernadette stand in a dynamite sequence of two separated venting sessions. Elgin has approached a psychiatrist (Judy Greer) about how to deal with his wife. In a different location, Bernadette catches up with an old colleague (Laurence Fishburne) that she hasn’t seen in years. Deftly constructed with surgical editing from Linklater regular Sandra Adair, his lament combines with her rant. His conclusion is help while hers is to create, showing just how far apart the two former lovebirds are now.
Outside of her impressionable daughter, Bernadette’s verbose and unrestrained external monologue is received and filtered through “Manjula,” her unseen automated text-to-speech personal assistant service. Even with the prospect of an Antarctic cruise vacation for Bee on the horizon, all of the loose threads of Bernadette’s current course are unraveling to several breaking points. Everyone can see these potential disasters coming except her and the loyal Bee who considers her mother her best friend.
MY TAKE:
LESSON #3: LOVE SOMEONE’S FLAWS — The movie presents a family that still loves the mess that Bernadette has become. Her husband, for all his worry, remains a willing confidante. The nearly unconditional love between daughter and mother is tremendous. Mom defends her daughter’s independence and the resilient girl gives it right back in the face of the catty other moms. Accepting and inspiring familial love trumps every quirk or mistake and the film forces a great many syrup-coated steps to ensure that happens.
Showing off as much if not more unstable petulance as she did winning the Oscar for Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine, Cate Blanchett bring a dizzying level of detail to her characterization of depressed pizzazz and wallowing pluck and play Bernadette Fox. There is never a wasted movement or breath with Cate. This is complete immersion and her vocal and physical expressions and actions of exasperation are fascinating to watch. Sure, maybe we’ve seen this level of difficulty before from the newly-minted 50-year-old, but the capability and brilliance she brings to these odd roles is nearly second to none. Put her right there next to Meryl Streep where her dedication to any and every challenge cannot be questioned.
Across from that celebrated star of rich and storied career heights is Emma Nelson, the rookie in her first movie. Experience be damned, she becomes the emotional linchpin of the whole darn thing. Every arc of personal improvement for Bernadette lifts one for Bee and the first-timer exudes mettle and moxie. That girl is going places besides just her next year of high school.
Admittedly, Where’d You Go, Bernadette is tricky business for Richard Linklater. Semple’s best-seller is a uniquely mystery-driven collection of documents, emails, and transcripts, stuff not easy or clear to translate on screen without heavy narration or the wild visual creativity of something like Searching. Linklater and the Me and Orson Welles screenwriting team of Holly Gent and Vince Palmo bent and stripped away that hop-scotch of truth and “you never know everything” intrigue to fashion something more straight-forward and safe as a character piece narrative. In doing so, the resulting film skimps on opportunities to wreck more havoc in personal lives. The fits and spurts of how far to raise eyebrows comes out in the film’s unevenness. Luckily, the acting is steadfast and satisfying.
LESSON #4: TAKE A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY — Critique aside, the clear goal for Linklater was to create or hone something more pleasant than a tawdry yarn of competing gossip. The third act of this movie takes a walkabout-ish excursion and turn for Bernadette and company brings aims positivity to elevate the doldrums of everyone’s downward spiral. Choose your journey to reinvigorate your soul. The Antarctica location doesn’t matter. It’s the fact you take one when you need it most.
3 STARS
EXTRA CREDIT:
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The 20th Century Fox home media edition of Where’d You Go, Bernadette offers a tiny sprinkle of background on Linklater’s feature film. Tiny does mean tiny. There are only three special features and one of them is a 26-picture gallery of production stills. That’s hardly a deep dive. Someday, a talkative casual guy like director Richard Linklater needs to grace us with an audio commentary on the level with his legendary Dazed & Confused track. Until then, these vignette crumbs made the Trailer Park Content house will have to do.
The main feature is the 15-minute “Bringing Bernadette to Life.” It’s a sharp behind-the-scenes retrospective on how this project came to be with its assembled talent. The blue-jeans-casual director talks about how he was introduced to and dissected Maria Semple’s book with his trusted screenwriting collaborators Holly Gent and Vince Palmo. Linklater was captivated from the opening line of “Just because you can’t fully know somebody doesn’t mean you can’t try” while Cate Blanchett called it a “bugger” to adapt with its format of letters and emails. Richard’s goal was the show everything about the main character and not shy away from raw truths and painful confrontations.
Blanchett was the actress Linklater pictured while reading Semple’s novel and came to realize she was the only one to pull off this discombobulated lead role. The Oscar winner puts in her interview time in the feature discussing all the quirks and themes. For a fun fact, Blanchett wore Semple’s own sunglasses from when she wrote the novel. Furthermore, nice bouquets are also shared by Emma Nelson, Billy Crudup, and Kristen Wiig. Each player speaking on the main character and her wavelengths.
The second mini-doc is the five-minute “Who Is Bernadette.” For a movie about thinking and talking out loud, we get the talent thinking and talking out loud. It’s more of the same with the edited montages set to the voiceover sharing of the cast and crew. It’s not much, but the insight is appreciated, especially with Semple herself offering her stamp of approval. All in all, the special features won’t be the reason one purchases this movie. They’ll be there for the finished film itself.
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Weekends are for brunch
When my German friends and colleagues ask me what food is typically Australian I generally respond with “Brunch!” My answer often gets some pretty puzzled looks. Of course, Germany has breakfast and brunch…but they just don’t do it Aussie style.
As my Aussie friends know, Australian cities and towns are absolutely packed with breakfast and brunch options. Sydney doesn’t disappoint with green smoothies on the go, acai bowls by the beach, eggs benedicts in the city, breakfast burgers in the burbs and pancakes for those who like it sweet. We wash it all down with world class coffee and the odd matcha latte.
Europe feels a little newer to the brunch game. Maybe they hibernate in the morning to avoid the cold weather. Don’t get me wrong we’ve found some awesome spots for early breakfast and long brunches on our travels. However, Munich seems to be a little bit of a late bloomer with everyone appreciating a good sleep in and opting for croissants and machine coffee from bakeries. Most places don’t open till 10 or 10.30 in the morning for breakfast, which would be a rare occurrence for a beach side café in Australia.
When we aren’t jet setting for a long weekend or enjoying the German nightlife a little too hard we set out in search of new breakfast and brunch haunts. As I’ve been here for over 8 months now I thought I’d give you a couple of my top picks so far.
LAX Eatery is the closest thing you’ll find to an Aussie cafe. As the name suggests it’s based on the breakfast menus you would find in Los Angeles and it won’t disappoint. If you like your breakfast sweet you’ll find awesome pancakes and the undisputed best French toast in Munich. If you like to start your day with healthy fats than order avocado toast topped with a fried egg and sprinkled with chili salt. Breakfast burritos, acai bowls, overnight oats and banana bread are also featured on the menu. As you can imagine we are regulars here!
For a more traditional German breakfast and a cult favourite in Munich head to Cotidianos. My favourite thing here is the alps breakfast – a lye croissant (like a baked pretzel on the outside but croissant on the inside) stuffed with scrambled eggs, goat cheese and chives. They have beautiful breads and spreads and if you are a chocoholic they serve up an XL mocha.
There is a serious lack of poached eggs in Munich. The best I’ve had are from Joon. The Stulle Avocado serves up poached eggs on a bed of rocket, cherry tomatoes, and avocado crème all on a crunchy piece of brown toast. They also serve pancakes, muesli and huge salads for lunch. You can also pimp your coffee with flavours. My personal favourite is cinnamon.
For a healthier option head to Daddy Long Legs. You can order an acai bowl or earth bowl to eat in or take away. The acai bowl comes with homemade granola. Just pick your toppings – fruits and superfoods, not lollies. Your earthbowl will be made up of quinoa, avocado, baby spinach, red cabbage, carrot and a tangy dressing and can be bulked up with seasonal vegetables, feta, an egg, or some chicken. You could also opt for a smoothie, coffee, tea or a slice of banana bread.
For everything homemade try Kaffee Küche. Translating to coffee kitchen in English this cosy little café is inviting in the cold weather and offers sunny outdoor seating in Rosenheimerplatz for summer. You’ll find homemade bagels, paninis, quiches, muesli pots, chia puddings, eggs and more. They also have you covered for teas, coffees, hot chocolates or alcoholic beverages if you are ready for a stronger drink.
Honourable breakfast mentions in Munich: Das Maria, Hungriges Herz, Morso, Tagescafe and Mahlefitz
Schönes Wochenende und Guten Apetit!
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Monika and Jackson are officially girl grandparents!
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