12:27 am
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New Year
On the radar today…
Kottke pointed out this flickr set of photos taken in the cafes of Paris in 1962. Been on my mind all day. They look as though they’re scenes from a movie but these were real people living their lives and doing their thing in Paris.
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David Hyuck pointed out this amazing video of What English Sound Like to Foreigners. The original title is Prisencolinensinainciusol. It’s a song produced for Italian television which was written in gibberish meant to sound as much like English as possible.
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The images posted up by A Journey Round My Skull from the 1971 Kiyoshi Awazu book knocked my socks off. Dang.
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Two more thoughts today:
1. The BingamanBurt household is obsessed with Jersey Shore right now.
2. I’m looking for a break in this drizzly weather for sunshine and snowshoeing. If you’re in my hood and want to go, drop me a line, really. We’ve been cooped up too much lately. Let’s go!
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