Very cool. Last year, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra screened that silent version of "The Phantom of the Opera" while they played the score live. It was great!
Oh I would have loved that. I saw City Lights (Charlie Chaplan) the same way. I miss film school. If I lived in Edmonton I would audit film studies classes. I loved those 3 hour labs on Thursdays.
Quite the typographical collection! Hard to say which is my favorite. I like Frankenstein for the background art, The Mummy for the model shot, and Wolf Man for the lettering.
Back when I was living in Columbus, the Ohio Theater used to play old movies on their HUGE screen. They'd really give you the whole experience since you were already in stadium seats surrounded by all this restored art deco architecture they'd spoil you with shorts, cartoons, newsreels and organ music before the actual show. One of the last things I did before leaving town was catch their midnight double feature of Frankenstein and The Wolf Man. There was a night, let me tell you!
I forever stand vigilant to protect this planet from the myriad of forces that are always against us. Be it the octopus, zombies, aliens or the robots my team of human agents, and our feline allies, circle the globe in a never ending struggle for human freedom.
I learn all I can on every subject that interests me. I especially enjoy ancient history because in the past there are valuable lessons to be found. Also, if I ever get my time machine to work properly, it would be good to know a bit about possible destinations and what to expect when I get there.
I greatly appreciate beautiful design. Be it manufactured or found naturally I am fascinated by the process of invention. I am attracted to the unique, the strange, the haunted. I like to share what I find on this blog.
And not let us forget the 'Cephalopod Menace' who, if allowed to, would wrap their tentacles around all that is good and pure in this life and crush it until it remained no more. They are creatures of pure spite. Hate is all they know. Death is all they do. They are our most ruthless and determined enemy.
So we fight. Selena has the celebrity contacts, the cat is ruthless and without pity, Roosevelt's ghost has the experience and I do the wetwork.
Fighting for the future of the planet doesn't have to be a chore, however. We can take the time to appreciate all that is cool in this world even as we cut the octopus into bite sized chunks.
This is the reason there has always been and must forever be, a Cave of Cool. Be sure to wipe your feet before you enter.
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Very cool. Last year, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra screened that silent version of "The Phantom of the Opera" while they played the score live. It was great!
Oh I would have loved that. I saw City Lights (Charlie Chaplan) the same way. I miss film school. If I lived in Edmonton I would audit film studies classes. I loved those 3 hour labs on Thursdays.
Quite the typographical collection! Hard to say which is my favorite. I like Frankenstein for the background art, The Mummy for the model shot, and Wolf Man for the lettering.
Back when I was living in Columbus, the Ohio Theater used to play old movies on their HUGE screen. They'd really give you the whole experience since you were already in stadium seats surrounded by all this restored art deco architecture they'd spoil you with shorts, cartoons, newsreels and organ music before the actual show. One of the last things I did before leaving town was catch their midnight double feature of Frankenstein and The Wolf Man. There was a night, let me tell you!
My childhood Saturday matinees were the same. Cartoons, shorts, army film, trailers, serial episodes, B movie, A movie.
Edmonton has the Princess Theatre near the University. They always show the classics on the wide screen. Casablanca was my favorite there.
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