March 19, 2024
So It Goes
A big number birthday today. I thought I might feel a bit depressed, like after the last new decade birthday, but I don’t. I feel like I’m free of caring now. I don’t have to “act my age” (it’s way too late for that). It is just another number. You keep doing what you like doing until you can’t do it anymore.
It feels like a spring day here too. My favourite times of the year are the times between seasons when you can feel and smell the change in the air. It’s one of those days today.
March 6, 2024
Film log: watched The Daytrippers, 1996 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🎥
March 4, 2024
I grew up listening to Radio Clyde. That was when you could hear pop music during the day and rock, folk, jazz, and all sorts, late in the evening. All on a commercial radio station. Changed days. Radio Clyde: Marking 50 years of Glasgow voices on the radio - BBC News
February 21, 2024
“As a rule, distrust those who use the word “iconic,” unless they specialize in the art of the Orthodox Church.”
Anthony Lane in a recent New Yorker review.
Everything is “iconic” these days.
February 19, 2024
I found an old Chemical Brothers minidisc album. Someone just paid £45 for it on eBay so there must still be a collector’s market for pre-recorded minidiscs. I must have a few more stashed away somewhere.
February 12, 2024
I switched my main domain name over to micro.blog today. I’d become a bit fed up maintaining a Wordpress site, and plugins, that I hadn’t really been using much anyway. My needs for a site are quite simple and everything I need is here. I’ll think about what to do with the WP archive later.
February 7, 2024
Bell, Book and Candle, 1958 - ★★★★
I’ve seen this film multiple times and it never loses its charm.
February 1, 2024
Started to read: Lou Reed by Will Hermes 📚
I couldn’t wait any longer for The Criterion Channel to come to the UK so I signed up using a VPN, got the app onto a Fire Stick, and I’m streaming films without any further need of that VPN. Streaming restrictions are stupid in this day and age. I’m paying the same as any other customer.
January 31, 2024
January 30, 2024
January 29, 2024
Le Havre, 2011 - ★★★★
Watched on Monday January 29, 2024.
Film log: watched Le Havre - ★ ★ ★ ★ 🎥
January 27, 2024
Film log: watched Drifting Clouds, 1996 - ★★★★. Another great film from Aki Kaurismäki. 🎥
Drifting Clouds, 1996 - ★★★★
Watched on Friday January 26, 2024.
Fire Music, 2021 - ★★★
Watched on Friday January 26, 2024.
January 24, 2024
I like the way micro.blog can bring in my Letterboxd RSS feed but I don’t like the large poster images that get posted. Just grabbing the url from Letterboxd and going manual might be the best way forward if I want things to look the way I want.
January 23, 2024
A new doggy pal.
Tokyo Drifter, 1966 - ★★★★
Watched on Tuesday January 23, 2024.
Film log: watched Tokyo Drifter, 1966 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🎥