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The SomeDaily – 2013-08-15

For all the time I’ve spent in Bristol, I’ve wondered how the King (Clothing) Manufacturing Co. stayed in business. The New York Times tells us how. It’s crazy! And it’s the happiest story I’ve read all day.

Chambre 666: Wim Wenders asked a few directors the question, “Is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?” and filmed their responses in a Cannes hotel room in 1982. Starring Jean-Luc Godard and his cigarette, barefoot Werner Herzog, and a tree outside the Paris airport.

“We all know that money is short. This is 1982.”

Here’s some Erik Satie. Now go to bed.

Go on, get rhythm

This weekend at the Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion I have seen…

and

and

and so many more, and I am so happy. My only disappointment is I didn’t spend any time in The Happiest Place on Earth (a.k.a. Java J’s) because it was always packed. (But good for them, though!)  Monday morning, though, I return to D.C. and reality (for the moment).

I want a gigantic grandpa bass to jump and flail around on. I think that just might be my instrument. I have enough energy for it.

NOTE: Videos not mine and not even from Bristol, but they’re good ones, aren’t they?