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Placing one vote for the white halter rouche panel-back dress. Wait; we *are* talking about fashion, are we not?
All of those great dresses are available for purchase online from gorgeouscouture.com.
Who knew that Mr. Grok was such a style maven?
Posted by: Beth A. at June 20, 2006 12:24 PM (Q5rtQ)
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Uh...
I can't believe that I just watched that...
For shame! For shame!
(But I've got to say, Yellow.)
And CHECK OUT that bartender's juggling moves...!
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Beth - just ask Mrs. Grok sometime about my shopping [for her] acumen. I may not be a maven, but I know both what I like and what looks good on her. And you knew about that gorgeouscouture site pretty quickly. What gives with that?
Don, It's got a catchy beat and melody, doesn't it? [Yellow was a *close* second to green, btw]. Congrats on graduating and on your pending nuptials.
Posted by: JohnL at June 20, 2006 05:44 PM (dYzx6)
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Love to read those silly fashion rags. But sadly dealing with Valentino taste on a Wal-Mart budget. The Girls Aloud video is brilliant advertising for those smokin' gowns. Wealthy teenager watches the Girls Aloud video on VH1, tells daddy "Buy me that dress for prom!" And daddy says "Anything you want, pumpkin." Ka-ching, another sale. Don't need to remind you that most of the dresses will be sold to gals who probably are delusional. Frau Grok, on the other hand, is one of the select few who could actually wear couture a la Audrey Hepburn. Yes, it is an unjust universe.
Posted by: Beth A. at June 21, 2006 04:05 PM (Q5rtQ)
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Frau Grok and I are taking a cruise in September, and I half-jokingly told her I was going to get her one of those gorgeouscouture dresses for evening wear. She demurred, stating that she's "too old." Now I'm going to make sure she reads your comment so that she knows an unbiased observer you concurs with me that she could pull it off.
Posted by: JohnL at June 21, 2006 09:30 PM (dYzx6)
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I don't like manufactured pop groups but I must confess to enjoying Girls Aloud. They're all just so vacous and vain but I can't help but like them, kind of like cotton candy.
Posted by: Hucbald at June 29, 2006 03:03 AM (evNaa)
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Aw c'mon, Hucbald. It wasn't that bad... you could hit mute and still enjoy the video. Or just cleanse your palate with the Medeski Martin and Wood video above.
Posted by: JohnL at June 29, 2006 05:14 PM (dYzx6)
They Are Made Out of Meat
Check out the winner of the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame's Short Film Festival, They Are Made Out of Meat, based on a short story by Terry Bisson.
The guy in the fez was Francis Dolarhyde in the excellent 1986 film, Manhunter.
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OMG!!!!!
I thought I was just about the only human being in this country that even knew who Ultravox is/was!!!
I have a bunch of their music loaded on my iPod. When I play it my kids look at me like I have gone nuts....... but I adore them anyway.
I just did a search on YouTube and found the Vienna video. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X1fw1cE6eY&search=ultravox) If only I had this in 1981 I never would have watched MTV.
I can't believe this, but YouTube has Hiroshima Mon Amour! (not a "video" per se, but a Live performance, but still!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuaj66KQ9HY&search=ultravox
I just watched Reap the Wild Wind (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW3IokMijTw&search=ultravox)Can you believe that?
You just totally made my day!! This has brought a lot of happy memories back to me and a nice smile on my face (right before I go yell at my kids to go to bed).
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Ree-C at April 26, 2006 08:41 PM (Ph/NL)
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So glad you enjoyed it! I have tons of obscure Ultravox stuff from the John Foxx era on vinyl. I'll try to post some album covers and maybe some mp3 samples in the near future.
Thanks for commenting.
Posted by: JohnL at April 28, 2006 03:52 PM (YVul2)
Music Video: Asperges Me - Kyrie Cantico Cybernetico
Reminds me of a hybrid between Kraftwerk and Cirque du Soleil. Very interesting. And check out the real Mellotron.