Monday, April 12, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Grab Bag Friday Movie Vault: The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer
It's been a while since I've dipped into the Grab Bag Friday Movie Vault, but since it looks to be a nice, rainy weekend here in Maine, I think it's time to pull out a good old 1940s screwball comedy.
I thought I'd seen just about every Cary Grant movie there is, but Kevin and I stumbled across The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer a couple years ago and laughed our heads off. The movie, written by Sidney Sheldon (creator of the TV series I Dream of Jeannie) won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay back in 1947 and I can certainly see why. It's a riot.
Cary Grant plays a bachelor who lectures about art and is something of a playboy. Through a series of barely plausible events (but who cares!), Grant finds himself obligated to date a love-struck high school girl (Shirley Temple) for a week until her infatuation with him wears off. The fabulous Myrna Loy plays Ms. Temple's protective older sister, a judge who is watching Grant's every move. Let the hilarity begin.
The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer is a silly, very funny movie that definitely stands the test of time, if you ask me. It's got all kinds of great physical comedy, and Cary Grant is at his comic best. The more Shirley Temple's character tries to act sophisticated and worldly, the more he puts on a gooney, adolescent front. Like in this clip, for instance, where he meets her parents:
You Remind Me of a Man...
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Labels: bachelor and the bobby soxer, cary grant, grab bag friday, movies, myrna loy, shirley temple
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
She & Him: In the Sun
Hooray, the new She & Him album is out!
To celebrate, here's a fun High School Musical/Grease-esque video of In the Sun. Now, tell me...how can that moody M. Ward not fall for a charming, hula-hooping school girl like Zooey Deschanel? Enjoy!
She & Him - In The Sun from Merge Records on Vimeo.
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Labels: m ward, music, music videos, she and him, zooey deschanel
Monday, April 5, 2010
John Crossingham: Learn to Speak Music
John Crossingham is a member of the band, Broken Social Scene, and he starts out his book with three fundamentals every kid should know:
- Music isn't complex
- Music is whatever you want it to be
- You already know how to make music
I like how each chapter includes a playlist of songs that illustrate what the chapter is talking about. You can use the playlists to do a quick search on YouTube or Lala and listen to songs by Fiest, Arcade Fire, Beethoven, John Coltrane to learn more about the songwriting and performing tips outlined in the book.
I like that there's a ton of great information in Learn to Speak Music but I love that John Crossingham always keeps the most important rule front and center: PLAY BECAUSE YOU LOVE IT.
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Labels: books, children's books, john crossingham, learn to speak music, music
Friday, April 2, 2010
Grab Bag Friday: All Natural Easter Eggs
Dye Easter Eggs in Nature's Hues
And here are some of the things you can use for dye:
- Onion skins (marbleized oranges and yellows)
- Shredded red cabbage (midnight blue and teal)
- Beet root (brown with a purple cast)
- Spinach (pale green)
- Carrots (yellow with olive overtones)
- Grape juice (deep lavender)
- Blueberries (frozen is fine...deep blue)
- Raspberries (frozen is fine...light fuchsia)
- Blackberries (frozen is fine...plum)
- Coffee (milk-chocolate brown)
- Cinnamon (subdued mahogany)
- Paprika (light orange)
- Turmeric (vivid gold)
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Labels: easter eggs, grab bag friday