Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Busby

From 1934, when Hollywood still knew how to make a musical:

Friday, September 3, 2010

Paravion

Paravion Press: Simply Beautiful. Great tales, the size of a postcard,hand-made and packaged in an airmail envelope, from Atlantis Books which is one of the world's most magical book stores. They're reminiscent of the magazines that Kilometer Zero used to put out during its heyday--many of the same people are involved in both projects, both of which came out of the legendary Paris bookstore Shakespeare & Co.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Unexpected Delights

Do yourself an enormous favor and listen to this.

Thanks to my sister-- ages ago she sent me a link to the show, Wiretap with Jonathan Goldstein on CBC. I kept meaning to check it out and forgot until a search through my inbox for her cellphone number this week brought up an email with a link to the show, which started me on the podcasts and led me to this.

A classic.