Why listening to Faces’ “Ooh La La” brings tears to my eyes and make me thinks of the past and the future.
I drive through a Pennsylvania valley, rimmed on each side by Appalachian foothills. To my right in the near distance is a family farm: a cornfield, a red barn, a silo and a white clapboard house with a red brick chimney.
Alex Itin’s multimedia interpretation of Moby Dick, starring Orson Welles, Led Zeppelin and Herman Melville. Along with other Moby Dick art that has inspired me to read the novel.
This scene could only happen in America, where we’ve protected enough wilderness for black bears to still exist, while at the same time crowding that wilderness with dense suburbs.
Up against the wall on an empty street, the cold cutting through my leather gloves and wool cap. I’m on my way to the job, the tie round my neck pinching, my earbuds blaring the Pogues and a last drag of the cigarette thrown to the gutter.
John Krasinski (“The Office”) and Rosemarie DeWitt (“Mad Men,” “United States of Tara”) have signed on to the film. Director Gus Van Sant, who shot “Good Will Hunting,” “Milk” and “Finding Forrester,” has signed on to direct the film, which is in pre-production, according to IMDB.
Laura Marling sings Neil Young’s “The Needle And The Damage Done.” Great version and a nice stop-motion animation video that pretty much nails the meaning of the song. Produced by Jack White.
Veda Partalo, planning director for Fallon ad agency, views American marketing through American values to subtly change the Cadillac image.





