You threw away a Kingdom today!

The Big Knife (1955) -- Starring Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters

this movie is very strange and i think it has a lot to do with being based off a play. it takes place in one location and is very dialogue driven. the ppl who adapted this were very lazy. rod steiger is my favorite thing about the film, but unfortunately, he's not in it for all that much.

Let the church say, "AMEN!"

gospel from the Book of Bruce Lee:

"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."

Poor Pluto

i know it's an old topic, but i can't believe pluto isn't a planet anymore. i mean, i know why, i wrote a paper about it, but still! anyway, thought this was cute, although sad:

On Repeat #4: Piece of my Heart Edition

Erma Franklin - Take Another Little Piece of my Heart

The original, soulful version.

Janis Joplin - Take Another Little Piece of my Heart

THEE classic, screaming blues version.

Mary J. Blige does a really good version, too; very powerful, religious experience:

The Dirty Thirties

#swoons and clutches pearls# dear me!

Just Watch

Bo Diddley was a Gunslinger

Unfortunately, Bo Diddley passed away this week. Sad to lose a talented visionary, but it's better he not suffer anymore. Goddamn, he was good.

#way I make love to 'em, cain't resist, I'm a Man, I spell M-A-N, MAN