Friday, June 22, 2012

PULP FICTION ~








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The first and last time I saw Pulp Fiction on the big screen I was still eating meat, which is now a long time ago. The American brand hamburger and fries had an acting role all it own in the film. So afterwards the merry pranksters I was with all had to go out together and chow down at a royal hamburger feast. It almost completes the film. One of my other fondest memories of the film was the opening credits — huge and thrilling as they unrolled. Lighting up the dark theater. Pure cinema. Its moment.


Digital design student Noah Smith created this visualization of the classic film for his class - posted it on Visual.ly where you can have a look and support his dream scheme. He's taken the film, and your mind, and attempted to put it into order.






Image credit with thanks : http://bit.ly/1yzaSDL


"COUNTRY'LL GROW" ~
( NOT )







"The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Obama's signature domestic policy achievement, would extend health coverage to millions of uninsured people, establish new consumer protections and seek to reorganize the delivery of care with the intent of lowering costs and boosting efficiency.


But 26 U.S. states have asked the high court to overturn the measure, saying it exceeds the federal government's constitutional authority.


Polls show the law, dubbed "Obamacare" by critics, is unpopular with most Americans. Republicans have vowed to repeal anything the Supreme Court leaves standing."


NYTimes 22 June 2012



Way to go, Americans!

___________________


"country'll grow" Bob Dylan


"I Shall Be Free"

Well, I took me a woman late last night

I's three-fourths drunk she looked all right
'Til she started peelin' off her onion gook
She took off her wig, said, "How do I look" ?
I's high flyin', bare naked ...Out the window.

Well, sometimes I might get drunk

Walk like a duck and smell like a skunk
Don't hurt me none, don't hurt my pride
'Cause I got my little lady right by my side
(She's a tryin' a hide pretendin'
She don't know me).

I's out there paintin' on the old wood shed

When a can a black paint it fell on my head
I went down to scrub and rub
But I had to sit in back of the tub
(Cost a quarter
Half price).

Well, my telephone rang it would not stop

It's President Kennedy callin' me up
He said, "My friend, Bob, what do we need to make the country grow" ?
I said, "My friend, John, "Brigitte Bardot,
Anita Ekberg
Sophia Loren"
Country'll grow.

Well, I got a woman five feet short

She yells and hollers and squeals and snorts
She tickles my nose pats me on the head
Blows me over and kicks me out of bed
(She's a man eater
Meat grinder
Bad loser).

Oh, there ain't no use in me workin' alla time

I got a woman who works herself blind
Works up to her britches, up to her neck
Write me letters and sends me checks
(She's a humdinger
Folk singer).

Late one day in the middle of the week

Eyes were closed I was half asleep
I chased me a woman up the hill
Right in the middle of an air drill
(I jumped a fallout shelter
I jumped the string bean
I jumped the TV dinner
I jumped the shot gun).

Now, the man on the stand he wants my vote

He's a-runnin' for office on the ballot note
He's out there preachin' in front of the steeple
Tellin' me he loves all kinds-a people
(He's eatin' bagels
He's eatin' pizza
He's eatin' chitlins).

Oh, set me down on a television floor

I'll flip the channel to number four
Out of the shower comes a football man
With a bottle of oil in his hand
(Greasy kid stuff
What I want to know, Mr. Football Man, is
What do you do about Willy Mays
Martin Luther King
Olatunji).

Well, the funniest woman I ever seen

Was the great-granddaughter of Mr. Clean
She takes about fifteen baths a day
Wants me to grow a moustache on my face
(She's insane).

Well, ask me why I'm drunk alla time

It levels my head and eases my mind
I just walk along and stroll and sing
I see better days and I do better things
(I catch dinosaurs
I make love to Elizabeth Taylor ...
Catch hell from Richard Burton !).





BRAVE ONE ~














Ali Farzat



Ali Farzat (born 22 June 1951, Hama, Syria), is a renowned Syrian political cartoonist.


Happy Birthday !






UK: the Guardian