Please enjoy Sinead O'Connor performing "You Do Something to Me" at what may or may not be one of the many holiday parties we've held for the Shades of Gray staff and luminaries over the years.
Monday, November 29, 2021
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Bones Coffee's Gingerbread Man
Sari Maritza demonstrates how to drink Bones' Gingerbread Man |
Saturday, November 27, 2021
It's 120+ years old... and still amazing!
Starring: Georges Méliès and an Anonymous Dancer
Director: Georges Méliès
A magician (Méliès) brings a mannequin to life as a beautiful ballet dancer, and he then proceeds to make her appear, disappear, and go through even more amazing transformations.
Bones Coffee Mystery Flavor (Bone-us Review!)
"She was as mysterious as the flavor of the coffee in her cup..." |
(Bones has reportedly done this before, but since I only first became aware of them earlier this year, it's a new experience for me! But if it turns out I got the flavor of the Mystery Flavor correct, I will have to stop pouring coffee and begin decanting it instead.)
Mystery and Morning Coffee ... |
Friday, November 26, 2021
The Swank Quarterly
Yesterday, we were thankful. Today, we are grateful... for Hilary Swank being able to demonstrate the Unifying Theme of Shades of Gray.
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Secret History... Revealed!
Before settling on The Bunny as the symbol for his adult entertainment franchise, Hugh Hefner considered The Turkey, along with the slogan "We're Thankful for the Birds!"
The Avengers: How to Succeed... at Murder
Starring: Diana Rigg, Patrick Macnee, Christopher Benjamin, and Sarah Lawson
Happy birthday, Christina Applegate!
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Princesses of Mars, Part 39
Monday, November 22, 2021
Musical Monday with U2
As is befitting the beautiful, romantic, yet somehow still haunting, song "All I Want Is You", the promotional video that was made in support of the single featuring it. I kept expected the story here to take a "Freaks"-like turn--especially with the hint that the female trapeze artist may be in an abusive relationship with her handsome lover--but that never happens. Instead, we get a mysterious, magical twist and a sad ending. I don't know what quite to make of either, but it's cool, it supports the music, and it's fun to think about what might have happened. All that adds up to me not having any complaints... although I do have a few more thoughts to bring up. I'll do that below the video, so as to keep to my self-imposed rule of not posting "spoilers" around here.
Okay... so at the end of "All I Want Is You". the object of the dwarf's love has died, presumably falling from the trapeze. I know there's apparently controversy about that inperperation, and as the video was unfolding, I thought is was the dwarf who had fallen to his death as well, but that doesn't work. First, the coffin being carried is too big, and, second, why would the now-ghostly dwarf throw the ring he'd purchased into the grave? A bigger question, though, is what does the flying sequence mean? It's very interesting, but if the dwarf didn't fall from the trapeze, then what's that flying bit all about?
If anyone can enlighten me, please leave a comment below. (The same is true if you just think I'm thinking too hard.)
And for what it's worth--I think the trapeze artist was murdered by her overly jealous and possessive lover. He made it look like an accident, but he did in fact murder her. The dwarf and his strongman friend discover, and they take revenge in some sort of gruesome and poetic fashion which I'm sure I could work out if I wanted to apply myself! (That said, maybe it was the dwarf who killed her; he climbed up and sabotaged the trapeze, thus freeing himself from his unrequited love? I like the other notion better though.)