Charlton Heston died today. My mother really liked him the The Ten Commandments. So, apparently, did the LA Times. I’m always amazed by how the dead are represented. Which picture gets picked? Especially with someone like Chuck Heston. His oeuvre is spectacular in its range and imagery, so which image becomes the definitive one: Moses? [...]
Carolyn Kellogg has some fantastic pictures from KSWA Night. That’s fake blood in his mouth. At this point, I believe I raised my beverage and screamed “Stage Makeup!” People turned and looked at me. Tee hee. As I exited the building for the bathroom, I ran into the Latin Assassin (pictured above, with me, courtesy [...]
* 1. vanity: I think all blogs should reflect an appropriate amount of authorial vanity. This one is no exception.
2. big-headed: I have a large cranium and I am full of myself.
3. Cubus: A quote I love from Lolita: "So Humbert the Cubus schemed and dreamed - and the red sun of desire and decision (the two things that create a live world) rose higher and higher, while upon a succession of balconies a succession of libertines, sparkling glass in hand, toasted the bliss of past and future nights." The "Cubus" part is a pun on "incubus" and follows a line about impregnating Lolita. This somehow appeals to me.
