Michael Cera

I have been watching Arrested Development on Netflix.

I love this show! Michael Cera is
one of the many funny characters.

Michael is in one my favorite movies

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

The Foer Family

 I am listening to a very interesting audio book

 Moonwalking with Einstein: 

The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

There are some really good ideas about 

memorizing in this book!

Turns out Joshua Foer is the younger brother 

of another author I like... Jonathan Safran Foer

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Everything Is Illuminated

And I love all three book cover designs!

3 New Shows

I have watched 3 creative shows on Netflix

that inspire me...

 Art and Copy

Explore the fascinating and sometimes 

mysterious world of advertising.

 

Art 21

Go into the studios of contemporary American artists 

to witness their processes, hear their thoughts and 

see their art outside a gallery setting.

 Art City

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the lives and work 

of some of the most original artists at work today with 

this dynamic documentary.

Melancholia

A new movie

 Looks interesting!

A science fiction drama.

See more here.

A Fine Frenzy

 My daughter introduced me to this singer.

Alison Sudol, known professionally as A Fine Frenzy, is an American alternative singer and songwriter and pianist.

Bossy Pants

I just finished Bossy Pants by Tina Fey.

 This is my first book that I read on my Kindle. 

I really liked the book, and the Kindle!

Fareed Zakaria

I am looking forward to reading 

The Post-American World, 2.0 

by Fareed Zakaria.

I just heard him interviewed on Fresh Air. 

It was very interesting and hopeful!

To listen click here

Fareed Rafiq Zakaria is an Indian-American journalist and 

author. He was a columnist for Newsweek and editor of 

Newsweek International, until moving to Editor-At-Large of 

Time in 2010. He is also the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS.

Super 8

Saw Super 8 last night.

Fun!

Just Breathe

Just Breathe - Pearl Jam

I love this Pearl Jam song.
There are some songs that you just need to close your eyes
and listen, this is one of those songs.

The Help

 Months ago, I put the audio book The Help on hold at the library. 

There were so many people in line before me, that I got tired of waiting. 

So, I borrowed the book from my mom. After a week of reading, the audio
book was waiting for me at the library.

While carpooling, I listened to the audio book in my car. 

While at home, I read the book.

The readers in the audio book were fantastic, 

it was great to hear the characters with their accents.

I just finished it. It was really good!

I will miss the characters. 

But now I have the movie to look forward to.

I can't wait for the movie!

Lullaby

Lullaby by The Dixie Chicks

I don't listen to a lot of country music, but I do love this song!

Weeds

Lately I have been watching Weeds on Netflix.

Weeds is an entertaining television comedy on Showtime.

(Not kid friendly)

Jennie's Hat

Yesterday's hat extravaganza 

remined me of a Children's book I that love...

 A great book about hats!

Take a look at the book here

Les Choristes

My new favorite movie! 

Waisting Time

Netflix streaming is just too easy.

Instead of getting things done, 

I have been watching random movies.

 

Interesting theme

Ira and Abby has so many actor cameos!

I am taking a break from Netflix for awhile 

to get caught up on other stuff!

Publishers

There are two book publishers that consistently
publish books that I love.

Phaidon publishes great books about art, design and architecture.

Chronicle Books is a San Francisco publisher.
They publish unique and fun subjects.
I give a lot of Chronicle books as gifts!

Art

I just watched Exit Through the Gift Shop.
Nominated for 'Best Documentary'
ACADEMY AWARDS® 2011

Really Interesting!

"This is the inside story of Street Art -
a brutal and revealing account of what happens
when fame, money and vandalism collide.
Exit Through the Gift Shop follows an eccentric
shop-keeper turned amateur film-maker as
he attempts to capture many of the world's most
infamous vandals on camera, only to have a
British stencil artist named Banksy turn the
camcorder back on its owner with wildly
unexpected results"

This movie really makes you think about art,
it's value and who creates the value.
Is it valuable because we really like it or
because someone told us we should like it.

 It reminds me of the book 7 days in the art world.
Same sort of question,
"What and who makes art popular
and valuable to people?"

Frida Movie and Sountrack

 I love Netflix Instant videos. 
Netflix plus the iPad is a perfect combination.

I just re-watched Frida. What a great movie!
Inspires me to be creative.

After watching it the first time I bought the soundtrack.
That is really good too!

Best Video Ever!

Have you seen this video?

Can't wait to see Sarah McLachlan in concert next month!

Movie

I liked this movie.

It is interesting, a bit sad and unusual.