Weekend 233.0 (Contrails)
Anime Update: I’ve finally started watching Last Exile. This is older animation now but the story is addictive. I’m not as invested in these characters as I was with Clannad Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Disney
Walt and the Promise of Progress City (Book Review)
Walt and the Promise of Progress City by Sam Gennawey This is a great book and just in time for Epcot Center’s 30th Anniversary. What makes it unique is that Continue Reading →
Weekend 230.0
(1) Theatrical Debut of Groundbreaking Animated Short Paperman Slated for November 2 (1a) Disney Short: Paperman Featurette #1 Paperclips – The Idea (HD) (1b) Poster and Plot Revealed For Disney Continue Reading →
Weekend 228.0 (‘Integrity of Purpose’)
(1) Nelly Furtado – “Feels So Close” Acoustic on SiriusXM Hits1 (2) I’m also digging “Overwhelmed” by Tim McMorris (3) A quote from Walt and the Promise of Progress City Continue Reading →
Weekend 226.1
New in Disney (1) Pixar Week: My Top Ten Pixar Experiences at Walt Disney World (2) Walt and the Promise of Progress City by Sam Gennawey (3) Disney Epic Mickey Continue Reading →
Weekend 222.2
…and all the rest from the weekend (and a superb one at that). Also, composing a post on ‘Julia’ but it will have to wait until I blow the dust Continue Reading →
Weekend 221.1
(1) Brave New World (is Here!) (2) Rebel Cel (WSJ) (2a) A related quote from Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler It was Zack Schwartz, Continue Reading →
Weekend 220.1
(1) I would run to you (advertisement for NIKE) (1a) Joel Kotkin: The Great California Exodus (WSJ) (2) Suddenly Simple: Authentic, organic and local isn’t just about your food—American minimalist Continue Reading →
Weekend 213.0 (Arrietty)
My one sentence review of Arrietty. “Arrietty is adorable, diminutive, and special and the last scene features a tea house with stained glass windows.” I can’t draft anything that isn’t Continue Reading →
Weekend 212.1
(1) Fortune Cookie: “Appearance can be deceiving. Remember endurance makes gold.” (2) Happytime Pizza???? The Disney Feature Animation Bldg. includes a 1980s style arcade created by the studio’s set builders. Continue Reading →