What Are You Watching

[Brad]

Enjoyed what I've seen so far.  It's motivated me to purchase volume 1 of the John Richardson biography. 

[mjazzg]

13 hours ago, Brad said:

Enjoyed what I've seen so far.  It's motivated me to purchase volume 1 of the John Richardson biography. 

The Richardsons are very good but very detailed. I wonder whether we'll get another volume

[Brad]

According to what I’ve read, he’s working on the 4th and final volume. 

[mjazzg]

Let's hope he completes it. It's a testament to him that he's doing so at the age of 94.  It'll be either very long or less detailed to go from where he left off to Picasso's death. Maybe he'll just cover the next decade or so

[Brad]

Yes, it’s amazing to be hard at work on a book like that at age.  On the other hand, researching  and writing a book like that probably keeps you young. 

[JSngry]

 

[paul secor]

6 hours ago, JSngry said:

 

Wonderful to see the children's responses. Thanks so much for posting that, Jim.

[Marzz]

That Milestones video was great!

...and kids won't just stop at Miles either - seen this one?

 

[Misterioso]

Another one by Peter Brotzmann and Joe McPhee

 

[Guy Berger]

Anybody else really into S2 of WestWorld?  It has the potential to be meaningfully better than the 1st.

[kh1958]

Yes,  I'm watching  WestWorld 2.  An excellent show.

[JSngry]

So, what's up with this Pinky Blinders thing?

[erwbol]

On 5/14/2018 at 0:08 AM, JSngry said:

So, what's up with this Pinky Blinders thing?

Peaky Blinders

[JSngry]

Yeah, that's it. So what's up with it?

[Brad]

It’s a great show about a Birmingham, England crime family. Four seasons, the first two are the best. 

[erwbol]

I have only seen the first two seasons, but agree with Brad they are excellent.

[Brad]

The cast is excellent.  To me, Cillian Murphy (the lead character), Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson and Sam Neill are fabulous. Tom Hardy also is in it and he’s superb.  

[mjazzg]

Great programme, completely over the top in an almost operatic fashion at times. Driven by strong characters and acting, story lines that stretch credibility (rooted to varying degrees in historical accuracy) but has a hell of a narrative drive. All the actors mentioned by Brad are indeed superb but so too are those in the supporting roles.

It's often compared unfavourably to Boardwalk Empire over here (another great series) but I think that misses the point somewhat. It's certainly changed many perceptions of Birmingham.

Red right hand!

and I guess you could blind someone with your pinky but not as efficiently as with those razor blades

Edited May 16, 2018 by mjazzg

[Brad]

Patrick Melrose.  Bit of a tough watch although Cumberbatch is superb.  An English addict goes to pick up the remains of his father in NY and goes through several benders. 

[jlhoots]

The Americans - 2 episodes to go.

[Brad]

To be or not to be....

Classic!

Edited May 17, 2018 by Brad

[Brad]

On 5/2/2018 at 9:16 PM, Brad said:

Enjoyed what I've seen so far.  It's motivated me to purchase volume 1 of the John Richardson biography. 

Continuing to watch this. The last two episodes have been very good. I’m actually enjoying the parts about Picasso when he was younger than the later periods.  Apollinaire is one of the interesting characters in Picasso’s life. 

[Matthew]

Twilight Zone: Season One. What I have begun to love about TTZ is that there's a "honest emotion" to a lot of the episodes that television seem incapable of replicating in today's world -- maybe we're just too cynical nowadays.

Edited August 3, 2018 by Matthew

[jlhoots]

Queen Of The South

 

[erwbol]

Season 3.