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the necktie

Todd — Thu, 27 May 2010 05:29:48 +0000

This beautiful little animated short film needs to be shared with the world. Fans of the accordion and of Hugh Manatee–a.k.a the human spirit–will find it particularly touching.

bridges

Todd — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:37:30 +0000

“We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.”

–Tom Stoppard, “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead”

Love it.

Also, here’s a longish interview with Gary Oldman about the film.

the red balloon

Todd — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:33:36 +0000

Super-ultra-mega-thanks to Cristina for sharing this.

Surely you can spare twenty minutes of your busy life to watch something so beautiful.

Ballon Rouge from Christopher Walters on Vimeo.

in the realms of the unreal

Todd — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:43:11 +0000

Here’s the first segment; you know what to do if you want to watch the rest of them.

what if it is?

Todd — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:06:28 +0000

best of BFS&T, 2009 edition

Todd — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:34:50 +0000

In no particular order (Actually, they’re in reverse chronological order):

the mental game of music

synchronicity

still don’t smoke

quite a group

lovely day in Seattle

Amen

happy as we are, thank you

Silver Falls

Port Townsend trip

dream girl

non-nostalgic nostalgia

wedding, play, garden, hike, learning

Of Yakima and Feces

the Oriental Chicken

Catherine Burton (Bunton?), R.I.P.

Oceanside

mona lisa

lots of big musical news, and links galore

a very coherent narrative

flirtation versus pedantry

communication breakdown

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas, blowhole

Todd — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:14:47 +0000

First of all, I’d like to say that I hope you’re having a Merry Christmas and a great holiday season. I’d also like to thank you for reading BFS&T all this time, and for bearing with me through the hiatus. And speaking of BFS&T, it celebrated its third anniversary a couple of weeks ago. Let’s all raise a glass of some sis-boom-bah for that.

I should mention that I’m in Seattle for the holiday week, and that this will only be a short entry, but I did want to share with you the new insult I learned today. I overheard it on a kids’ show that my niece was watching. A boy band of sorts was trying to put on a Christmas concert, and a policeman was harassing them and trying to thwart the concert, and one of the guys in the band referred to him as a ‘blowhole.’ As in, “Hey, shut your piehole, you blowhole!”

I think that’s going to be my new favorite insult from now on. I love it because it sounds a bit risque and naughty without actually being naughty. Adam Carolla’s clever portmanteau ‘jackhole’ works the same way. ‘Manhole’ is similarly not-naughty, but in that context it just sounds all kinds of wrong. So ‘blowhole’ is perfect.

You’re welcome. And Merry Christmas.