clips

for a sleepy soulful sunday

whatever you’re into, sunday is a nice excuse to take a break and get back in touch with that soulful woman inside us all. plus, i’m really liking the image accompanying this concert recording of aretha franklin singing ‘angel’ in 1973.  by kl

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mayan temples: the film apocalypto

 full film, bad sound (while it lasts)

but if you want to see the film properly,  get it streaming or get the dvd

here is a cheesy hollywood film, and perhaps one of the few out of a handful of films ever made on the topic. it was recommended to me by a mexican friend with mayan ancestors, and while he warned me that it isn’t great, he did say that it is the best rendition to date in film on the topic. the film is done in original mayan dialect with subtitles. i watched it in tulum on the night after a visit to the templo dios del viento (god of winds temple) which resides on a cliff facing the ocean. swimming towards it, i could imagine the spaniards first sight of the mayan ingenuity. it’s enough for any beginner to light up your interest. worth a watch. by dd

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Monteverdi automobile: the 1970’s Haute couture car

swiss made monteverdi was the car of kings in the 1970’s… (and some dictators with the needed cash). very few were made, and exported making it an almost unknown manufacturer.

do note in the film, that the original range rover was fully influenced by monteverdi safari 4×4, the first of its kind. i remember the car and its image from my childhood and for a bit, i was beginning to think it was really a figment of my imagination as no one seemed to respond when i would mention the name. i finally came across this which restored my confidence in my memory. hope you enjoy. by dd

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