Showing posts with label The Americans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Americans. Show all posts

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Senses working overtime #68

1 Star Trek Beyond



The third movie in the reboot films is the first without J.J. Abrams and it's probably, according to this article, all the better for it. How is THAT possible??




2 Hillary Rodham
Wow - 47 years ago (that makes it 1969) Hillary Clinton (Rodham) gave a commencement speech as a student. It's a fascinating listening experience!

3 How a TV show is made
Using The Americans as an example, this is a rilly cool run down on the process from the good people at Vox. I'm a big fan of the show and it's fun getting a peek behind the (high pressured) scenes.

4 Stand by him



I'm also a fan of Wil Wheaton and his writing (and acting - he was Gordie in Stand By Me). This piece is about his reboot and 44th birthday and it's rilly cool!

5 ipod classic

I love mine - this guy does too!

Overtime
Jason Bourne is back and so is the shaky style of Paul Greenglass.

Song of the week - Hero by Family of the Year

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Senses working overtime #56

1 Millennial

A great collection of photographs that aim to capture what it is to be part of the millennial generation  (link courtesy of James Whatley)

2 Star Wars leadership
Seven lessons in leadership from The Force Awakens - pretty awesome little article.

3 Wedding photos
Normally not something I'd blog about, look at, or pass on, but these are very sobering images from the war zone.

4 The Americans
Great story from The Guardian (world's greatest newspaper - official) on the real life versions of The Americans. That means two Soviet moles who lived in the US and had children etc before being outed. Amazing!

5 Who gets the farm?
Love this story - love the younger son!

Overtime
Wow - no way would I wear one of these!


Spanish fourth division football team goes for the naked male look - bizarre.

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Senses working overtime #48

1 Unsplash




I'm always amazed at the stream of amazing images I get in my inbox from Unsplash. Highly recommended!

2 Togetherness
I'm not sure if this show has appeared on Soho yet but I'll look out for it. Seems a little like one of my favourite shows from the eighties - Thirtysomething.

3 Early risers
I'm definitely one! Good to know, via this piece, that the old - early to bed, early to rise scenario is paying off!

4 The Americans


I bought season one on DVD and enjoyed it, went to buy season 2 in NZ and - couldn't! It wasn't released here for some bizarre reason, so I had to grab a copy from HMV in London. Season three is not yet on DVD unfortunately and now Season four is about to hit Soho. I can't miss it! AARRGGHHHH! What to do. what to do?

5 POTUS
Yes I'm an Obama fan but he still so gets Donald Trump!!

Overtime
Charles Dickens didn’t just have a great mind, he had great calves as well.
That opening line hooked me! A great read on a key element of creativity. No, not great calves...solitude. Love it!!