Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Some Stuff I Like, A WednesdayThang

One Movie I Like:

Until the End of the World.
Very Wim Wenders. Solveig Dommartin is stunning in this film, as is William Hurt. It's very, very slow, but it's worth the time, a science fiction thriller globe hopping road movie that crawls around ideas of perception. And stuff.

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One Book I Like

Red Harvest, by Dashiell Hammett.
The Continental Op comes to a mining town riven by teams of feuding gangsters, and from the title you can guess how the action evolves from there. It's like every Mack Bolan book ever written, except in the 1920s, well written and without the .44 AutoMags.

Red Harvest

Yeah, I know---it kind of looks like a Glock on the cover, but it's not, it's probably a Colt 1903. But the Continental Op packed a .38 Special, like all the hepsters know, so there.

One Kilt Company I Like

USA Kilts.
Rocky Roeger's Pennsylvania-based company offers you traditional styling in modern materials. Although he also offers wool kilts, USA Kilts is best known for their poly-viscose tartan line, from Marton Mills in the UK. Rocky and Kelly will make a short yardage, or full yardage, kilt, to measure, in a lightweight material that's resistant to stains and wrinkles. In looks, indistinguishable from wool, but oh so comfy on those hot days. Good stuff all the way around.

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