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About Me
- Jeff
- California, United States
- Interior Designer, Actor, Poet, Artist. "Actively engaged in creating."
About "Oh, By The Way"
"Oh, By The Way" is my digital scrap book of things I like, things I would share with a close friend and say: “Oh, by the way, do you know of this artist/ clothing or interior designer/ model/ singer/ actor/ gorgeous man… or, have you seen this video/ photo/ film... or heard (or do you remember) this song/ band... or, read this book/ poem/ inspiring quote... or, visited this place/ museum/ restaurant/ famous building... or, have you heard of this amazing new scientific discovery?”
I am dedicated to posting the positive, the fascinating, the beautiful, the interesting, the moving, and the inspiring and uplifting. Sometimes I post cultural as well as personal observations, milestones, and remembrances. And just like life, all of these things may often have a bit of melancholy or even sadness in them, which is what makes our time here so lovely and bittersweet and precious.
Some of the photos, art, poetry, and prose are my own original work, credited with my initials, JEF. When it isn't, I always try to post links to the original source material, but often I find photos on the web that are not linked or other material that is not sourced. In these instances, I post them without malice since it is assumed that such things, by being globally posted on something as uncontrollable as the internet to begin with, are in the public domain. If you identify the source of an image that is not linked, please politely let me know (without accusing me of theft) and I will be happy to provide a link. If you are the owner of an image and would prefer it be removed, I am happy to do that as well.
I hope to inspire and entertain my readers with things that inspire and entertain me. There is a startling amount of beauty and creativity in the world and it enriches us all to participate in it.
All-time Favorite Films
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)
- After Hours (Hysterical, hair-raising ride through NYC at night)
- Amelie
- American Beauty (Alan Ball)
- Baraka (Stunning, transcending—the "spiritus mundi" on film)
- Belle et Bete (Cocteau)
- Big Sleep, The (The epitome of film noir)
- Bringing Up Baby (Hepburn & Grant—the epitome of screwball comedy)
- Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, The (Greenaway)
- Crash (Cronenberg—DIFFICULT subject, not for everyone)
- Don’t Look Now (Nicolas Roeg—ultimate modern gothic horror)
- Drowning By Numbers (Greenaway)
- Easy Rider
- Edward II (Derek Jarman)
- Erendira (From magic realist Marquez’ brilliant short story)
- Eyes Wide Shut (Kubrick's last film)
- Fearless (Jeff Bridges—life and death)
- Funny Bones (Leslie Caron, Jerry Lewis, and the brilliant Lee Evans)
- Holiday (Hepburn & Grant)
- Howard’s End (The ultimate statement of the unfairness of class systems)
- Hunger, The
- Ice Storm, The
- Inland Empire (David Lynch)
- Interiors (Woody Allen's ode to Bergman)
- Jetée, La (French short that inspired Gilliam's "12 Monkeys")
- Jules et Jim (Truffaut)
- Juliet of the Spirits (My favorite Fellini)
- Kwaidan (4 Japanese ghost stories)
- L’Age d’Or (Bunuel)
- Last Temptation of Christ, The (Jesus was a shaman)
- Latcho Drom (Beautiful visual documentary of Romany culture around the world)
- Lion in Winter, The (Hepburn!—Like “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” but circa 1183)
- Living End, The
- Logan's Run
- Lost Highway (David Lynch)
- Magnolia
- Maurice (Boy gets boy, they live happily ever after!!!!!)
- Men Don’t Leave (Jessica Lange’s gorgeous delicate performance)
- Mirror, The (achingly beautiful stream of consciousness Tarkovsky)
- Nights of Cabiria, The (Fellini)
- Orlando (Tilda Swinton’s pristine performance and Sally Potter’s ravishing visuals)
- Orphée (HEAVEN! Cocteau was a genius)
- Pennies From Heaven (Steve Martin/ stunning Edward Hopper sets!)
- Philadelphia Story, The (Hepburn)
- Pillow Book, The (Greenaway)
- Planet of the Apes (1968...NOT 2001!)
- Postman Always Rings Twice, The (Nicholson/Lange--WOW)
- Prospero’s Books (Greenaway)
- Rebel Without a Cause ("I got the bullets!")
- Satyricon (Fellini)
- Shining, The (Kubrick)
- Solaris (atmospheric, haunting Andrei Tarkovsky sci-fi)
- Stalker (chilling Andrei Tarkovsky sci-fi)
- Thin Red Line, The (Terrence Malick--existential poetry cleverly disguised as a war film)
- Titus (Julie Taymor does Shakespeare)
- Tommy (Brilliant, audacious Ken Russell film of The Who's rock opera)
- Tree Of Life, The (Terrence Malick masterpiece)
- Un Chien Andalou (Bunuel and Dali, need more be said?)
- Wall,The (Pink Floyd)
- Wings of Desire (All the feelings of the entire human race in one film)
- Woman of the Year (Dated yet charming Hepburn vehicle)
- Zabriskie Point (Empty, open, classic early 70s)
- ZOO, A Zed and Two Noughts (Greenaway)
The Sounds My Soul Makes: Music
- Annie Lennox
- Brian Eno
- Cocteau Twins
- David Bowie
- David Sylvian
- Dead Can Dance
- Durutti Column
- Elbow
- Everything But the Girl
- Gang of Four
- Gem Club
- Goldfrapp
- Joni Mitchell
- José González
- Junip
- Kate Bush
- Laurie Anderson
- M83
- Morrissey
- Nine Inch Nails
- Peter Gabriel
- Peter Murphy
- Rickie Lee Jones
- Sigur Ros
- Simple Minds
- Smiths, The
- Sufjan Stevens
- Talk Talk
- Tears For Fears
- This Mortal Coil
- Tori Amos
- Ultravox
- William Orbit
- Zero 7
Important Books That Have Influenced Me
- 100 Years of Solitude—Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Doorway (for young people but worth it)—Madeleine L’Engle
- Alice In Wonderland—Lewis Carroll
- An American Childhood—Annie Dillard
- Anna Karenina—Tolstoy
- Black Elk Speaks—John G. Niehardt
- Carlos Castenada series
- Cat’s Cradle—Kurt Vonnegut
- Childhood’s End—Arthur C. Clarke
- Dancing Wu-Li Masters, The—Gary Zukav
- Demian—Hermann Hesse
- Duino Elegies, The--Rilke
- For the Time Being—Annie Dillard
- Great Gatsby, The—F. Scott Fitzgerald
- In Search of Lost Time—Proust
- Jane Eyre—Charlotte Bronte
- Memories, Dreams and Reflections—Carl Gustav Jung
- Pilgrim at Tinker Creek—Annie Dillard
- Poetry of Anne Sexton
- Poetry of Sharon Olds
- Portrait of a Lady, The—Henry James
- Prophet, The—Kahlil Gibran
- Save Me The Waltz—Zelda Fitzgerald
- Siddartha—Hermann Hesse
- Thin Place, The—Kathryn Davis
- Tibetan Book of the Dead, The
- To the Lighthouse—Virginia Woolf
- Wuthering Heights—Emily Bronte
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2 comments:
I loop on this idea (I still think this is better than most things now/ I think it's better now because of who I was then) but I really don't think it's just nostalgia that makes me think music (and movies) were really pretty great in the 80s. I mean: All this at once? Amazing.
Yes, I totally agree! When I started compiling these links, I was amazed at finding more and more from 1985... as you said, all these AT ONCE?
Generally speaking, there is a real lack of imagination and energy in the offerings of today (although I try to ferret out good stuff to enrich myself and to post here). I think there are many reasons for that, and that alone could be a dissertation on how culture has changed.
But I agree with you, things (songs, bands, films) were better in the 80s. And I might even go so far as to say the 70s, and 60s too...as compared to now.
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