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Some previous exertions …

By Thur on 21 Aug 2009 | Tagged: | No Response.
Here are, absolutely in a random order of rank and time, some screenshots of (some) previous versions ... leading more or less to this current TB20090409 WordPress Theme. (The header image was taken whilst nearing the Barcelona Montserrat monastery! Look at that mountain range! Err ... photo made by Boke, from the passenger seat.)...

More on My Maggies

By Thur on 16 Aug 2009 | Tagged: | No Response.
In my August 12 post I published a few pictures of my new (err: New to Me, anyway ... for they are Oldies!) Magnepan SMGa loudspeakers. Magnepans are really something else! They are Dipole Flat Panels (dimensions are h=122cm x w=48cm x d=2cm), using Planar-Magnetic Driver Technology. See the Magnepan website on the Magneplanar Technology. We ...

My Audio House

By Thur on 12 Aug 2009 | Tagged: | No Response.
I simply love my audio gear. It really is just a mix of Vintage stuff ... and more Vintage stuff! Let me show you some pictures....

Besalú Chairs

By Thur on 9 Aug 2009 | Tagged: | One Response.
Again we had a great time on 'our' mountaintop near Sant Jaume de Llierca, Spain. I admired these Café Chairs in the small Catalan city Besalú:...

The Big Empty

By Thur on 12 Jul 2009 | Tagged: | No Response.
Errr ... Cruel Intentions » Selma Blair » The Big Empty. A bittersweet tale of Alice, her vagina and the infinite nature of the tundra. Directed and produced by Lisa Chang and Newton Thomas Sigel. Produced by Daniel Dubiecki. Executive produced by George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, Erika Armin. Starring Selma Blair, Elias Koteas, Richard Kind. Short Film Adaptation, 21:14 minutes. Here's the whole movie ...

Bitter Sweet Symphony

By Thur on 11 Jul 2009 | Tagged: | 2 Responses.
Of course you do remember this one. Here is the last part in YouTube HD. Look out for the 5:10 moment (approximately) ... starting Verve's 'Bitter Sweet Symphony'. This is (almost) as good as seeing Richard Ashcroft walking the original 'Unfinished Sympathy' path. Here!...

100 meters of existence …

By Thur on 5 Jun 2009 | Tagged: | No Response.
A beautiful site and some fantastic photographic projects: the works of the Danish photographer Simon Høgsberg. Go have a look ... ... and see especially his 'We're All Gonna Die - ...

Last Day Dream

By Thur on 22 May 2009 | Tagged: | No Response.
Some time ago I published something about Little Minx “As She Stares Longingly At What She Has Lost” 12-18-07 - Director: Phillip Van. Err ... here's another small movie: 'a man watches his life pass before him' ... Quicktime version on the Director's site: ...

Skiermûntseach May 2009

By Thur on 10 May 2009 | Tagged: | No Response.
Never ever before I've published an entry so (over)loaded with multimedia like recent 'Tina's Nightmare ...'. Counting: 3 movie stills (through 2 thumbnails), 1 'Tina's Nightmare' movie clip, 11 'New Nightmare' clips (the entire movie) and 1 somewhat hidden 'very very frightened Erin'. As a welcoming ...

Tina’s Nightmare …

By Thur on 9 May 2009 | Tagged: | No Response.
Friday evening I came home somewhat moody. What normally helps is enjoying 'Mother Goose' Amy (Anna Paquin) and Thomas (Jeff Daniels) in that fabulously comforting Fly Away Home ... . Instead I watched again poor Tina Gray (Amanda Wyss) being dragged across the bedroom ceiling, her ...