Weekend 437.0

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Winston Smith

“The music was somehow addictive, as he had warned. An uninterrupted stream of emotion, Musical instruments in colorful profusion. It was Strauss who boasted, ‘I can describe anything in music, Continue Reading →

Portland

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Winston Smith

The one on the west coast. I was there for a long weekend and in traditional limestone fashion wanted to draft a top ten… (1) The Hollywood Theater at PDX. Continue Reading →

Weekend 433.0

Posted on September 8, 2018 by Winston Smith

(1) A cool link between Nolan Bushnell and Retta Scott. The quote is from They Drew As They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney’s Musical Years (The 1940s – Part Continue Reading →

Weekend 432.1 (Lagoon Amusement Park)

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Winston Smith

(1) A couple of quotes from They Drew As They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney’s Musical Years (The 1940s – Part One) by Didier Ghez: “While at Disney, she Continue Reading →

Weekend 432.0 (Lasipalatsi)

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Winston Smith

(1) Kingdom Hearts is Disney at its strangest, darkest—and most moving (The A.V. Club) “What is adulthood for Kingdom Hearts? It’s a bullet—or maybe a magic sword—barreling toward you, that Continue Reading →

Weekend 423.1

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Winston Smith

Two quotes on memory (continuing a theme), silence, and noise… “Memories, like seaweed wrapped around pilings on the beach, wordlessly waiting for high tide.” – Haruki Murakami “Memory is a Continue Reading →

Weekend 419.0

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Winston Smith

A couple of quotes from The Power of Silence: Against The Dictatorship of Noise by Robert Cardinal Sarah with Nicolas Diat… “In this inspired place, the long tradition of the Continue Reading →

Weekend 415.1

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Winston Smith

“Because he grew up in a railroad town, Disney loved trains; his love for locomotives was so great, he had a 1/8th scale railroad built in the backyard of his Continue Reading →

Weekend 415.0

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Winston Smith

“As Rembrandt’s own life moves toward the shadows of old age, as his success wanes, and the exterior splendor of his life diminishes, he comes more in touch with the Continue Reading →

Weekend 414.0 (…that’s how our minds, create creations…)

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Winston Smith

Quotes from The Thinking Fan’s Guide To Walt Disney World: EPCOT by Aaron Wallace. This is a well-written/researched book from a writer very passionate about EPCOT. It’s also creatively formatted Continue Reading →

Limestone Roof

Our history now descends from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust.

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