The Boys:

[Photo Via: Lovely Derriere]

From Cinephilia and Beyond.

And this in today’s Times:

Ethan We’ve always actually been remarkably commercially successful. Not in terms of making huge amounts of money, which we rarely do, but in terms of not losing money and making modest amounts of money. We’re actually strangely consistent in that respect. We’ve been able to keep making movies because of that and also because, strangely, we’ve had studio patrons, starting from Barry Diller. Sometimes they’re establishment people who know they’re not going to make huge amounts of money, but they like your movies. They’re moviegoers, too.

Joel And mostly they’re making blockbusters, but when you get in a room with them, they go, “Go off and make your movie, and I’ll do it as long as I can’t get hurt too bad.” You know? They’re completely open to that still. They don’t want to get burned.

Ethan They don’t want to look stupid.

Joel Nobody wants to look stupid or lose lots of money. On the other hand, they’re not afraid of doing other stuff if they can trust you to keep it reasonable. So, yeah, they kind of let us wander off without any adult supervision and do what we want.

Food 52 gives olive oil ricotta cake with plums. 

Photograph by Turquoiseacco.

Word to God.

Kick back and enjoy.

Collages by Magda Dudziak (found through the ever-wunnerful, This Isn’t Happiness)

Smoke ’em if you got ’em.

[Picture by Beth Hoeckel via MPD]

Appetite for China gives Shanghai Noodles. 

Friend of mine in London sent me the following. Taken from Maiden Speech by Eleanor Brown, published by Bloodaxe in 1996:

Bitcherel

You ask what I think of your new acquisition;
and since we are now to be ‘friends’,
I’ll strive to the full to cement my position with honesty.
Dear – it depends.

It depends on taste, which must not be disputed;
for which of us does understand
why some like their furnishings pallid and muted,
their cookery wholesome, but bland?

There isn’t a law that a face should have features,
it’s just that they generally do;
God couldn’t give colour to all of his creatures,
and only gave wit to a few;

I’m sure she has qualities, much underrated,
that compensate amply for this,
along with a charm that is so understated
it’s easy for people to miss.

And if there are some who choose clothing to flatter
what beauties they think they possess,
when what’s underneath has no shape, does it matter
if there is no shape to the dress?

Its not that I think she is boring, precisely,
that isn’t the word I would choose;
I know there are men who like girls who talk nicely
and always wear sensible shoes.

It’s not that I think she is vapid and silly;
it’s not that her voice makes me wince;
But – chilli con carne without any chilli
is only a plate full of mince…

[Images by Katrien De Blauwer]

That’s Life.

Mica Angela Hendricks makes art with her daughter. 

Used to be able to buy this 1963 record at Phillips 66 gas stations.

Came with a booklet and everything.

From Food 52: “A perfect grilled cheese needs no filter.” Amen to that.

Been awhile since I’ve had a grilled cheese. Hmmm….

The Bass-heavy, rah-rah brothers from BK featuring Heather B.

sss

The A.V. Club’s 2001 interview with KRS-One. 

[Picture via Up North Trips]

[Picture by Bags]

Why mess around? Here’s the whole damn album:

Summer ain’t over, not just yet. Smitten Kitchen gives us popsicles: pink lemonade, butterscotch pudding and key lime pie.

This Saturday, my gal Shannon’s movie is being shown here in New York. Worth checking out if you’re around.