Doubts & Other Eyebrow-Raisers

What I’ll be doing at the start of summer

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:12:21 -0400

What I’ll be doing at the start of summer

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oldhollywood: Psychology Today: Do you have any formal interest...

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 23:44:00 -0500

oldhollywood:

Psychology Today: Do you have any formal interest in psychology?

Werner Herzog: I loathe psychology as one of the major faults of our civilization nowadays. There’s something not right about this amount of introspection. I can only give you a metaphor: When you move into an apartment, you cannot start to illuminate every last corner with neon light. If there are no dark corners or hidden niches, your house becomes uninhabitable. Human beings who are trying to self-reflect and explore their innermost being to the last corner become uninhabitable people.

PT: Let’s not forget that psychology isn’t just about introspection; it can shed light on other people.

Herzog: No, you can understand others by other means. By dint of compassion, you understand other people, and there is a concordance of hearts. That is something different. Move away from psychology and engage in concordance of hearts.

(via, photo by Beat Presser)

thedailywhat: After Hours: The great Cab Calloway sings the...

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:05:46 -0400

thedailywhat:

After Hours: The great Cab Calloway sings the haunting American folk standard “St. James Infirmary Blues” as Koko the Clown in Betty Boop’s “Snow White.”

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Related: Fred Astaire, Barrie Chase, and Jonah Jones perform a “St. James” song and dance routine on the live television special, An Evening with Fred Astaire, October 17, 1958. (via.)

thedailywhat: Afternoon Snack: Giant bubbles on the...

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:18:19 -0400

thedailywhat:

Afternoon Snack: Giant bubbles on the beach.

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(via weirdscaryandusualstuff)

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:57:10 -0400

(via weirdscaryandusualstuff)

sealmaiden: Tore Yngve Johnson 1928-1979 Untitled 1949 via...

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:49:00 -0400

sealmaiden:

Tore Yngve Johnson 1928-1979

Untitled 1949

via Réunion des musées nationaux

cosmicpower: A picture of our home taken from Mercury’s orbit

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:46:56 -0400

cosmicpower:

A picture of our home taken from Mercury’s orbit

Ray and George and Laura.

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:45:54 -0400

Ray and George and Laura.

The Power Trip: How Power Affects Us (Wall Street Journal)

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:09:21 -0400

The Power Trip: How Power Affects Us (Wall Street Journal):

psychotherapy:

“…surveys of organizations find that the vast majority of rude and inappropriate behaviors, such as the shouting of profanities, come from the offices of those with the most authority.

Psychologists refer to this as the paradox of power. The very traits that helped leaders accumulate control in the first place all but disappear once they rise to power. Instead of being polite, honest and outgoing, they become impulsive, reckless and rude. In some cases, these new habits can help a leader be more decisive and single-minded, or more likely to make choices that will be profitable regardless of their popularity. One recent study found that overconfident CEOs were more likely to pursue innovation and take their companies in new technological directions. Unchecked, however, these instincts can lead to a big fall…”

oldhollywood: Michael Caine in The Ipcress File (1965, dir....

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:01:30 -0400

oldhollywood:

Michael Caine in The Ipcress File (1965, dir. Sidney J. Furie) (via)

The dark side of fame:

“A long time ago I interviewed Michael Caine. He came to America to make a movie called Hurry Sundown, after having become a success in Alfie and The Ipcress File. And I said, ‘What does it feel like to be a movie star? And he said, ‘You can’t go into a dirty bookstore anymore.’

He said, ‘I tried it. In England we don’t have the kind of pornography you have over here, but I’d heard about the stores in Times Square. And so I looked in through the window of one of them; I was curious. With my trained actor’s eye, I quickly realized that there was no eye contact in a porno store. Everybody looks as tunnel vision, nobody looks at anybody else, and I realized this is a way… An actor would notice this. And I congratulated myself, I said Michael, you can walk right in there because nobody will look at you, so I walked right in.

‘Unfortunately, there was a gent on an elevated stool with a microphone whose job it was to say, ‘Okay gents, this isn’t the library, make your purchases.’ And he got on his microphone and said, ‘Look who we have in the rubber wear section - Michael Caine!’”

-Roger Ebert, Fresh Air, orig. airdate March 21, 1996