Barry Lyons
@lyonsnyc
I like to write on a variety of subjects. You can find pieces on the Beatles, the Indiana Jones movies, Thomas Berger, the Second Amendment, the true meaning of "Trump Derangement Syndrome," and a eulogy for a mourning dove here: lyonsnyc.medium.com/follow
I did that years ago when I read the first sentence of "Mr. Summer's Story." I loved the line so much that I typed it out:
Can you believe I have not read any Wodehouse? This is shameful, so a friend recently gave me a copy of "The Best of Wodehouse." A friend in the UK said I need to get around Wodehouse after he read my comments on why I love Alan Bennett and his novella "The Clothes They Stood Up in." An excerpt:
A friend who doesn't do social media of any kind sent me an email this morning about the news: "YES. What a happy wake-up call this morning. And what a sniveling puddle of protoplasm that man was."
Not having seen "Widow's Bay" (I plan to), I don't know what you're referring to. No spoilers please! In the meantime, here's a mashup I would watch:
I can think of four composers who died at an awfully young age: Schubert, Scriabin, Gershwin, and...Arriaga. He was a Spanish composer who died when he was nineteen. His three string quartets are outstanding, and if he had lived a long life, he may have been regarded as one of The Great Composers.
It is. Depending on my mood, I may be partial to "Sheet Music," but "The Original Soundtrack" is one of the great underrated records of the 1970s.
I do love his First Symphony, especially that Jascha Horenstein recording on Unicorn.
@rbreich.bsky.social From a Fox News segment on how scary the Democratic Socialists of America are. I'm sorry to scare you, but I thought you should know.
@criterionchannl.bsky.social I wish Criterion would release a DVD of "A Private Function."
Anybody have Photoshop? I like this meme, but that typo ("deptartment") grates. Can anyone fix this? Thanks.
And a lack of intelligence. The meme below (not mine) shows just how clueless the writers of Genesis were.
That saying is good except for the fact that a majority of believers do believe that Hell exists, as I said in a message a moment ago. Maybe some "sophisticated" believers believe otherwise, but Hell is still a hot ticket for many people who say they don't want to be caught having one.
The implication behind Pascal's ridiculous wager is accepting the idea that God is a sadist, that God will burn you if you're not a good boy. But more to the broader point, I like what Shawn McClure said about the wager over at The Other Place.
I don't know who Michael Martin is, but I like this. Anyway, all God talk is silly talk. I'm just an observer who's amused by it all (and sometimes quietly enraged when I see what these beliefs can do to people).
Well, I won't go so far as to call it *great*, but the last and final Indiana Jones movie, "Dial of Destiny," was very good and WAY better than "Crystal Skull." As for a flop that's now considered a classic, and some people say it's one of the best animated features of all time, "The Iron Giant."
No "gotcha" here. The damn story was irrelevant to the point I was making, which was about how headlines are written, that when you're releasing a story to the public, it's a good idea to start out with blunt honesty—and such honesty begins with an accurate headline.
Just a random shoutout to Alan Bennett, one of the funniest men on the planet. I'm currently reading his "Four Stories"—great! But I also love his memoirs, which consist almost primarily of diary entries. Here are four: