"Street Meat" Brings Cable News Heat

Doing their bit to add to the digital Tower of Babel are all those jabbering experts on every cable TV channel. Here's some insight from the Wall Street Journal on who they are and what they are willing to do to achieve the current version of American Dream: get on camera and give opinion.

It's all about creating heat. But any old time pro wrestler could tell you that ...

At least he likes Scorsese ...

"I look at movies and they're all so f@&^ing terrible. People ask, 'Why aren't movies more successful?' It's really a simple answer: It's because they stink. Three simple words: Because they f@&^ing stink. That's four words, but you can't write the f@&^ing word. They stink, they stink, they stink, what's wrong with you? They stink. Do better movies ... Finally, I saw a good movie -- 'The Departed.' And look what it took: It took Marty Scorsese, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, [screenwriter] Bill Monahan -- and it's based on another movie."
- James Woods
( from Salon via Inside SoCal via Defamer)

In addition to "The Departed" I read that Helen Mirren is good in "The Queen," although I think Scott Thompson could have made a go of it.

Watching You Watching Me

While watching Euronews I saw a story about this great exhibit devoted to Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez now at the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square.

One of the paintings is "Venus at Her Mirror." We see Venus' face in reflection. But we also see that she knows we are looking at her as Cupid faithfully holds a mirror.

After Nuit Blanche

The Toronto Star provides a wrap up. All in all quite the success in spite of weather that didn't befit the end of September. This new accessibility in the atmosphere of night created a unique venue for art that I should hope will be extended.

But before getting to wrapped up in the value of Art, I couldn't help but laugh at the quote from the Star story, "It's all for art. Dance, child, dance! Daddy needs a grant. Daddy needs a grant." That's true, too.

Thanks to Romana for her perspective on engagement with more here.