… highly recommended. Brought a single tear to this jaded cheek. Go see it, and try not to be all culturally imperialistic about it.
And then come back and listen to “Aayo Re Saki,” a ridiculously good song that shows up midway through the movie and has its way with you for a few moments.
Last week’s New Yorker featured an interesting piece by Steven Shapin on the American organic food industry and how it’s come to mirror the rest of Big Ag. I’ve moved Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma to the top of my reading list.
Favorite part of the article? My rediscovery of the word “immured,” which is how Shapin describes a shipment of organic asparagus that had been held up in distribution from Argentina. The word conjures up images of Fortunato shouting for Montresor. Almost as fun as my discovery of the German word for “bra”: büstenhalter.
Sad that Peter Viereck died. Good that The New Yorker put the awesome article about him online. (See also.)
The dates where we only post our Five Words links and no other entries show up badly on the front page. We are aware of this problem and shall attempt to remedy it soon have fixed it. Bam!
Blender’s made a list of the 500 greatest songs written since you were born. Assuming you, like me, were born in 1980. (Yglesiastical.)