National 3-D Day (wixsite.com)
The 3-D Film Archive has restored old 3-D movies. They use Kickstarter to fund some of the restorations. Their site has lots of good information on old 3-D films and the history of 3-D.
Grover Cleveland’s jaw
While we’re on the subject of the Mutter Museum….
The Mutter Museum has part of Grover Cleveland’s jaw. There’s a picture of it here – scroll down to #2. This article discusses his secret dental surgery.
The rest of Grover Cleveland is at the Princeton Cemetery.
Death cast of the famous Siamese twins
Chang and Eng Bunker were conjoined twins who became known as the Siamese twins. Did you know that their fused livers plus a death cast are in the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia? The Mutter was a cool place to go when I was a teenager. It was like a real life horror movie with all kinds of oddities on display
Your mom is your mom until the end
My mother spent the last three months of her life shuttling between a hospital and a rehab center. When she was finally released to go home from the hospital, I went to help her out. She was being wheeled down on a stretcher for her final x-ray and I walked behind her. She turned her head around to me and said “Your shirt could have been ironed.” That wasn’t nice but that was my mother who was always concerned about appearances. At least she still was mentally sound. I wasn’t amused then but I am now. My mother died six days later. I learned that your mom is your mom right up to the end.
Los Lobos – Colossal Head
Colossal Head may be the best Los Lobos album. It’s right up there with How Will the Wolf Survive? Los Lobos is a great live band, too.
I hope some label releases a deluxe version. There was a promo single (see scan below) with three live tracks so maybe there’s a whole recorded concert from then out there. The live tracks were recorded at the Gene Autry Museum and include a cover of “She’s About a Mover” , the 1965 hit by the Sir Douglas Quintet.
20 Best Film Noirs list from the Independent
Writer Graeme Ross prepared this list. I’ve seen 19 of the 20. (I haven’t seen Detour.) Most are available on disc or shown on TCM. I agree with many of his picks but I would put them in a different order. Out of the Past is #1 for me followed by Criss Cross. The Big Sleep is a great film. I saw it recently and was impressed by how well written the script is.
I’m glad he included The Big Heat and The Big Combo. I would rank them both higher than he does.
20 best film noirs: From Double Indemnity to Shadow of a Doubt | The Independent | The Independent
Trump mob update 3/22/21
Covers: Long Black Veil
I was reminded of this song by this Twitter post. “Long Black Veil” was recorded in 1959 by Lefty Frizzell. The version i know best is the 1968 recording by the Band on Music from Big Pink. I saw them perform it live in 1974. They also performed it at Woodstock.
Ron Johnson gets worse
I didn’t think that was possible.
I will rename the blog and replace the picture
Enough about Trump. I just need to move on. The only things about him worth covering are his legal and financial problems. I doubt he goes to jail but I hope he winds up there.
Sad! 