red-rag and pink-flag
by e e cummings
red-rag and pink-flag
blackshirt and brown
strut-mince and stink-brag
have all come to town
some like it shot
and some like it hung
and some like it in the twot
nine months young
About this poem:
e e cummings‘ satirical poem expresses his disregard for the political movements of the early 20th century. Communists (a red rag is a [...]
Dumbo (Disney 1941) drinks from a water barrel filled with champagne by mistake and starts seeing pink elephants on parade. Pink elephants? The Veuve Clicquot must have been exceedingly good that year. A certain lady who really likes that particular kind of champagne is celebrating her birthday today … so happy birthday, dear Dolcevita!
Truly amazing [...]
A pink song of the week? I could have posted Pink’s “Dear Mr President”, but I don’t even want to think about the guy. Pink Floyd? Too serious. But Aerosmith’s Pink is old and it’s still nice. Back in 1997 when this was a hit I was writing about freaks and monsters. It must have [...]
I didn’t realize that The Pink Panther had returned soooo many times. I prefer Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau (I like his dry style), but Steve Martin had an immortal scene with his language coach. A new film is due in February 2009.
Trailer 1962
Steve Martin would like to buy a ‘amburger
2009 is the International Year of Astronomy and I’d like to kick it off with “Pink Moon” by Nick Drake (1948-1974). The moon becomes pink during a lunar eclipse, traditionally considered a bad omen. Drake’s depression was his personal “pink moon”:
I saw it written and I saw it say
Pink moon is on its way
And none [...]
Mhmmmmmmm
Vintage ad from SA Steve collection on Flickr.
Some things just don’t change. Except the figures, of course. In this old song, just exchange “million” for “billion” or “trillion”. And, ok, ok, it’s all about jobs. Still, not a good move, this rescue.
I’m changing my name to Chrysler
I am headed for that great receiving line
So when they hand a million grand out
I’ll be [...]
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