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Mashup of the Day: “Cinemashup” artist Jeff Yorkes skillfully sets footage from Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane to The White Stripes’ Kane-inspired song, “The Union Forever.”
Yorkes writes, “The first time I listened to the song, I was like, ‘how do I know all these lyrics,’ only to realize that they’re all bits of dialogue from Citizen Kane.”
mr-craig, have you seen this? This whole idea made me think of you right away!
A song inspired by Orson Welles… Why ever did you think of me?
Brilliant, I had no idea the White Stripes did a Kane-inspired song, thank you for drawing my attention to it.
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Achilles only had an Achilles heel, I have an entire Achilles body.
— Woody Allen, in Mighty Aphrodite
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Some pictures of my Bug Prentice band mate Ruth Goller, taken by me yesterday during a break from recording. More on flickr.
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‘Brevity is the soul of wit’
said Shakespeare.
I say ‘Wank!’ Thus I win.
said Shakespeare.
I say ‘Wank!’ Thus I win.
— Simon Munnery, from How To Live
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Another [legend] concerned a woman who kicked a hole in a poster of Theda outside a theater, happily paying ten dollars for the damage, claiming, “it was worth it!” Wacky fan (and non-fan) letters were invented for the public’s entertainment. One was from an Oriental gentleman requesting a photo of the ‘honorable Theda’ as ‘honorably naked as possible.’
— from Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara, by Eve Golden.
