Monday, December 2, 2024

Recommended reading - A Few Good Men (1989):


A Few Good Men

Play by Aaron Sorkin.

Published 1989.
Paperback.
Published by Concord Theatricals.
ISBN 13: 9780573700514
ISBN 10: 0573700516
ASIN: 0573700516

Description:

This Broadway hit about the trial of two Marines for complicity in the death of a fellow Marine at Guantanamo Bay sizzles on stage. The Navy lawyer, a callow young man more interested in softball games than the case, expects a plea bargain and a cover up of what really happened. Prodded by a female member of his defense team, the lawyer eventually makes a valiant effort to defend his clients and, in so doing, puts the military mentality and the Marine code of honor on trial.

Recommended reading - Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1979):


Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Play by Brian Clark.

Published 1979.
Paperback
Published by Cornelsen.
ISBN 13: 9783454665902
ISBN 10: 3454665906
ASIN: 3454665906

Description:

Ken Harrison, is a successful sculptor with a beautiful girlfriend and everything to live for until a car wreck leaves him paralyzed for life, with no hope of physical recovery. When this charming, witty, angry young man chooses to die his doctors and nurses are determined that he must continue to live.

Ray Bradbury, on imagination:


Love what you do and do what you love.
Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it.
You do what you want, what you love.
Imagination should be the center of your life.

― Ray Bradbury.

Sunday, December 1, 2024

On this day in music history - Classical Reimagined, Vol. 1, by Jennifer Thomas (2023):

The album Classical Reimagined, Vol. 1,
by Jennifer Thomas,
was released on December 1, 2023.

On this day in music history - Exhale: Crystal Sound Binaural Meditations, by Tryshe Dhevney (2022):

The album Exhale: Crystal Sound Binaural Meditations,
by Tryshe Dhevney,
was released on December 1, 2022.

On this day in music history - My Piano Dolce Vita: A Journey Across Italian Soundtracks, by Olivia Belli (2016):

The album My Piano Dolce Vita: A Journey Across Italian Soundtracks,
by Olivia Belli,
was released on December 1, 2016.

On this day in movie history - Point Blank (2010):


Point Blank

French title: À bout portant,
directed by Fred Cavayé,
written by Fred Cavayé and Guillaume Lemans,
was released in France on December 1, 2010.
Music by Klaus Badelt.


Cast:

Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem, Gérard Lanvin, Elena Anaya, Mireille Perrier, Claire Pérot, Moussa Maaskri, Pierre Benoist, Valérie Dashwood, Virgile Bramly, Nicky Naudé, Adel Bencherif, Chems Dahmani, Grégoire Bonnet, Brice Fournier, Patrice Guillain, Max Morel, Diane Stolojan, David Saada, Arnaud Maillard, Laurence Pollet-Villard, Julie Mouamma, Bénédicte Dessombz, Grégoire Guist'hau, Sylvia Amicone, Frédéric Kontogom, Dorothée Tavernier, Bertrand Disset, Jean-Charles Rousseau, Frederic Dessains, Sebastien Vandenberghe, Jean Selesko, Sylvain Maury, Marie-Catherine Soyer, Léa Philippe, Angelo Aybar, Jacques Colliard, Frans Boyer, Philippe Couerre, Eric Malo, Arnaud Klein, Jade Breidi, Robin De Lano, Cedric Cirotteau, Renée Fleming, John Sehil.