An unknown artist probably wanted to make sure that his or her work – the Beethoven-stencil on the left photo right under the turquoise stairway – is safe from any vandalism.
I wonder a) how one possibly can go up (or down) there and b) bring yourself in a position to paint that stencil.
Maybe it just proofs the existence of a Styrian version of Spider-Man.
You know, it really sucks when you’re in a hurry and the train-ticket machine decides not to accept ATM or credit cards any longer. It sucks even more if you find out that the remaining money in your wallet won’t allow you to pay it cash.
It wouldn’t be such a BIG problem if it wasn’t the only ticket machine available, as it’s the case at the Südtirolerplatz entrance to Südbahnhof in Vienna. So if this lonely machine won’t serve you a ticket and you don’t wanna miss your train, you have to run, run as fast as you can, all the way, the whole platform length and more, down to the main hall and a buy a ticket at a working ticket machine there.
So please my dear ÖBB, put another, a second ticket machine as backup and new friend for the existing lonely one at that side of Südbahnhof if possible. You’ll make life for some of your passengers a lot easier.
Romance & Cigarettes, written and directed by John Turturro, produced by The Coen Brothers.
For some reason I’ve overseen the word “musical” in the short film description. That’s why I was kind of surprised when a friend told me at the entrance that we’re going to watch a musical over the next 2 hours.
Well, I always wanted to see James Gandolfini in a musical, I thought by myself. Knowing the Coen brothers somehow involved in this film, I didn’t expect an usual musical. It couldn’t be too bad. No.
And it wasn’t.
Honestly, since the experience yesterday night I’m, from head to toe, a true musical-fan.
You simply can’t picture a James Gandolfini singing and dancing. Believe me, you can’t! But, at least since Fat Boy Slim, we all know the hidden Fred Astaire genes in Christopher Walken very well. This man can dance! And sing!
No need to mention the great Susan Sarandon, the ever-wise Steve Buscemi, the dirty Irish Kate Winslet, the crazy fruit-man-loving neighbor girl, the John Travolta look-a-like boyfriend and the 3 daughter’s girl rock band.
Romance & Cigarettes is a bizarre New York suburban tale about men, women and true love. Quite unusual for a musical there is no happy end, it’s sad and tragic. Bad princess nicotine!
Best movie quote by mum Elaine Stritch:
Every breath is a victory.
A must-see for every Coen-aficionado!
Watch the movie trailer here:
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It was such a great start into this year’s Viennale. The first movie I saw was Little Miss Sunshine, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.
It’s a comedy-drama roller coaster ride. People were laughing their heads off, and, right in the next second, everyone was quiet and kind of shocked because the plot changed to an immense tragic moment.
For sure one of my favorite movies of 2006!
Funny detail in the movie is the appearance of Chloe from 24. As pageant assistant she has to use and talk through a headset. In the scene where she’s walking down the hallway with Olive to the stage she ends her dialog over the headset with the words “copy that”. Like she used to do in 24. Always! I bet she was talking to Jack Bauer who saved the world and the contest in that very moment!
Watch the movie trailer here:
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There is a good chance that this is probably one of the most useful mashups ever:
On UseAMap.com you can mark and tag a location, add a short description and share the human readable link (e.g. usamap.com/mylocation) with anyone you want to.
Just 2 steps to mark and share your location.
Simply brilliant!
I wonder how they deal with geospam, since there is no registration, tag moderation or any other barrier to add tags and locations. To me, the site seems very vulnerable to spam robots.
Is Wikipedia becoming the next IMDB?
I consult IMBD quite often to find out more about a particular film and, still the more important feature of IMDB, to get information about the history and check relations to other projects of actors, directors and producers.
This morning I came across a post about the next Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino movie which linked to Wikipedia instead of IMDB for any further information.
Well, I already read, of course, movie and actor articles on Wikipedia, but I never saw them like an alternative to IMDB.
The big advantage is the common and well known user interface of Wikipedia. Readers don’t have to get used to another site structure and concept. Plus, Wikipedia is not limited to movie information only. The authors can add references to articles about film locations for instance. I think it’s a great idea to get some real-life information in addition to movie descriptions.
But you won’t ever find a movie review on Wikipedia. Personal opinions are not the idea of Wikipedia. No, they are even the very opposite of Wikipedia’s philosophy. User reviews and discussions about movies are probably the most interesting sections at IMDB (or Rotten Tomatoes or any other movie review site).
Anyhow, it’s always good to have some alternatives left where to go.
Btw, here is the movie trailer of the next Rodriguez/Tarantino masterpiece:
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It will be a long wait until spring 2007…
Count my vote for
YouGoog
If I remember correctly, the price for Flickr was about $50 million when Yahoo! bought it last year. With the big difference that Flickr already has users paying for it.
Surprise, Surprise!
People in my neighborhood start registering at myspace.com. Weird. I thought there are only teenagers, putting every sounding and moving thing they can find on their myspace site. And collecting thousands of friends of course. Say hi to the social networking hype.
I remember somebody saying about another person that this looser has only 400 friends at myspace.
Heck, 400, you could almost fill a ballroom with 400 people. Billionaires have probably 400 friends, constantly increasing and direct proportional to the number on their bank account I guess.
My myspace picture has definitely changed. The few myspace users I know are 30+, academic, interested in arts and on myspace for fun and partly for marketing reasons.
Maybe I should’ve a closer look at myspace too. Maybe it’s really fun.
But I’m afraid I don’t have so much blinking stuff to offer and qualify as true myspace site. Sadly.
As a matter of fact, women do know how to read other’s minds.
I know it!
It’s their common sixth sense, given to women as present to the additional Y chromosome.