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"‘The most marvelous book of images ever composed,’ was how Spanish filmmaker Luis Bunuel..."

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:54:30 +1000

“‘The most marvelous book of images ever composed,’ was how Spanish filmmaker Luis Bunuel described [Fritz Lang’s famous silent film from 1927, ‘Metropolis’.]”

- no small compliment that, from a man whose own filmic images could be pretty marvellous themselves
the quotation comes from this interesting story about the discovery in Buenos Aires of an original version of the film, a version long thought to have been lost
the above image of a promotional poster for the film is from here
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just wondering whether the threat might have been more...

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:58:02 +1000

just wondering whether the threat might have been more effective if reversed
the image is from here

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there’s something faintly comic about this announcement...

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:26:00 +1000

there’s something faintly comic about this announcement by the US Mint via this that it will soon be issuing a silver dollar in honor of Louis Braille, which coin will contain characters in Braille
you may remember this post by the Stumblng Tumblr in MAY about a lawsuit contested unsuccessfully by the US Treasury because its banknotes were incapable of being distinguished from one another by the blind
the above image of the reverse of the coin is from here

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Oscar Peterson, playing “Moonglow”via...

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:54:00 +1000

Oscar Peterson, playing “Moonglow”
via this

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Tofu 'may raise risk of dementia'

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:19:10 +1000

Tofu 'may raise risk of dementia':

and here the Stumblng Tumblr thought that it was having dementia that raised your risk of eating tofu
the image above is from here

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"Police called out to a 999 call [ST: the number to ring in Wales for emergencies] about an..."

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:09:24 +1000

“Police called out to a 999 call [ST: the number to ring in Wales for emergencies] about an unexplained object in the night sky solved the mystery straight away for their operator - ‘it’s the Moon, over.’”

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so increased academic requirements for the police have worked after all; too bad they’re not being required for emergency callers too
the quotation’s from here; the image, showing the call being received, is from here
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"7 Control of conduct within World Youth Day declared areas (1) An authorised person may..."

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:58:19 +1000

“

7 Control of conduct within World Youth Day declared areas

(1) An authorised person may direct a person within a World Youth Day declared area to cease engaging in conduct that:
(a) …
(b) causes annoyance or inconvenience to participants in a World Youth Day event, or
(c) …
(2) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a direction given to the person under subclause (1).
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(3) A person is not guilty of an offence under this clause unless it is established that the authorised person warned the person that a failure to comply with the direction is an offence.
(4) In this clause, authorised person means:
(a) a police officer, or
(b) …

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what you’re seeing quoted above is clause 7 of the World Youth Day Regulation 2008 (New South Wales) (from here)
the Stumblng Tumblr’s mentioned before World Youth Day, to be held in Sydney shortly; you may remember that it isn’t for youth, but for Catholic youth, and that it doesn’t last a day, but six days (hey, at least the world bit’s right—one out of three ain’t bad)
well, it seems now that Catholicism’s also taken on the status of an established religion for the occasion
annoying or inconveniencing a participant in the occasion can lead to a criminal conviction
yell out, “My dad’s red shoes are better than your Father’s”? off to the paddy wagon for you
the image above is from here
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Headline of the (here insert unit of time) candidate

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:18:00 +1000

“Psychologists to Counsel [Neapolitans] on Garbage Crisis”

from here
it’s probably cheaper than removing the garbage

the above image of garbage on a street in Napoli is from here

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Billie Holiday, singing “The Very Thought of...

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:27:53 +1000

Billie Holiday, singing “The Very Thought of You”

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people in an English field of lavenderthe image is from Getty...

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:13:55 +1000

people in an English field of lavender
the image is from Getty Images, found here

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Oz’s own Kylie Minogue, “The Singing Budgie”,...

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:57:00 +1000

Oz’s own Kylie Minogue, “The Singing Budgie”, has just received a British honour, an OBE
she was presented with it by Prince Chuck; the Stumblng Tumblr wouldn’t be surprised to hear that Chuck took the gig just because he knew Kylie was involved; you can watch His Suaveness trying to put the hard word on her here
the image of Kylie as she was dressed at Chuck’s particular request to receive the honour (just kidding!) is from here

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recently, in honour of Canada Day, the Stumblng Tumblr...

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:33:48 +1000

recently, in honour of Canada Day, the Stumblng Tumblr presented a Joni Mitchell song
because of the different national sensibilities involved, for American Independence Day, he presents “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee”

the audio clip and the image above are both from here
here’s the Wikipedia entry for the song, which tries to glide lightly over the fact that the melody is merely a knockoff of the British national anthem, God Save The King/Queen
you’ll notice from the record label that the performers are the Billy Sunday Chorus
here’s Billy’s Wikipedia entry; unfortunately, the chorus doesn’t get a run in it
Billy’s main claim to fame in the Stumblng Tumblr’s eyes is his inability to shut down Chicago in the 20s: see the song “Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town)”

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he got it from here via this——

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:11:31 +1000

he got it from here via this

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a Neal Hefti melody the Stumblng Tumblr likes a lot:...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:06:19 +1000

a Neal Hefti melody the Stumblng Tumblr likes a lot: “Girl Talk” (Bobby Troup wrote the words)
played apparently by the Frits Landesbergen Baileo Big Band

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Duke Ellington, performing “Day Dream”, featuring...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:49:17 +1000

Duke Ellington, performing “Day Dream”, featuring Johnny Hodges

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"A 74-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Sunday after crashing..."

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:10:50 +1000

“A 74-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Sunday after crashing her Cadillac through the front window of a convenience store….
Lynne Rice crashed her 1988 Cadillac into the front window of Joe’s Food Mart, 10641 E. Imperial Highway, at 6:10 p.m., causing about $8,000 in damage….
The crash apparently didn’t slow her down.
After plowing halfway through the store, Rice got out of the car, walked over to the cooler and pulled out a six-pack of Budweiser….”

- well, if it wasn’t a drive-in bottle shop before, it is now
the quotation’s from here via this; the image above from here is of one of Australia’s most important historical buildings, its first drive-in bottle shop
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from here——

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:58:19 +1000

from here

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yeah, but WHY’d she take the dog?via...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:47:00 +1000

yeah, but WHY’d she take the dog?
via this

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"Tie merchants have enjoyed a ten per cent increase in UK sales in the last three months.The reason..."

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:09:00 +1000

“Tie merchants have enjoyed a ten per cent increase in UK sales in the last three months.
The reason their trade is flourishing against a grim economic backdrop is, they say, because office workers are desperate to ‘smarten up’ to avoid being picked for redundancy.
Even those who have already got the chop are buying ties to wear to job interviews.”

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well, you can believe what they say about the increase without believing the reason they give
the quotation’s from here; the image from 1913 is from here
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GM shares fall below $10 for first time since 1954

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:29:02 +1000

GM shares fall below $10 for first time since 1954:

the image is from here

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