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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com Β· 15h
Reminder: Oldboy, the inspiration behind the 2003 hit film, returns to print in 2 Deluxe Edition (hardcover, 7x10") format volumes! Pre-order: https://bit.ly/45ixn92

By Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi. #DHManga
Cover of Oldboy Deluxe Edition Volume 1 Cover of Oldboy Deluxe Edition Volume 2
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Madeleine Swann @madeleineswann.bsky.social Β· 3d
We've all been there
70sish picture of a child and a goat looking as though they're laughing
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 3d
This was my Dad's favourite tree. We planted one after he died. They're beautiful trees
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Susan McCreery @susanmccreery.bsky.social Β· 3d
Jacaranda season has arrived in Thirroul. (It's not a native but heck. Clouds of lilac & petal-strewn pavements some of us can do with.πŸ˜‰)
Big old jacaranda tree in bloom on a suburban street. The verge below it is purple with petals.
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 3d
I'm watching the latest series of The Witcher, and did ChatGPT write this dialogue? I don't mind the recasting so much as the shitty CGI and bad writing. I do still love the whole Witcher universe, though
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 5d
Post four female characters you love. First ones off the top of my head
Rene Russo in The Thomas Crown Affair. Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth. Halle Berry in John Wick 3. Judi Dench as M in James Bond.
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 6d
Let me know if you come to Seoul
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 8d
The empty chair with flowers at the far right represents the absent poet Albert MΓ©rat, who refused to be painted beside Rimbaud
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 8d
My brain won't let me read the paper this morning, so here's Henri Fantin-Latour's The Corner of the Table.

Top, left to right: Camille Pelletan, Jean Aicard, and Jean Baptiste Valade.

Bottom: Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, LΓ©on Valade, Ernest d’Hervilly, Γ‰mile BlΓ©mont, and Pierre ElzΓ©ar BonnaffΓ©.
Henri Fantin-Latour’s The Corner of the Table (1872), an oil painting depicting a gathering of French poets from the Parnassian and early Symbolist movements seated around a white-clothed table. The tabletop holds a glass carafe of wine, cups, fruit, and papers; soft light falls across their dark suits, creating a mood of calm concentration. At the far right edge, an empty chair with a vase of flowers represents the absent poet Albert MΓ©rat, who refused to sit beside Rimbaud. The muted palette and precision of gesture capture both the gravity and fragile unity of Paris’s poetic circle in 1872.
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 8d
I bought my parents a pomegranate tree when I was a teenager and they were living on acerage. It's a beautiful tree
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 8d
Nice to see my favourite social media river in autumn colours
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 8d
It's one of those Mondays where I'm just sitting in the cafe waiting for the meds to kick in
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 8d
Sandrine Piau just brought the house down (well, my living room) with this incredible aria
Acte 2, sc 8: "Scoglio d'immora fronte…" (Berenice aria)
YouTube video by Christophe Rousset - Topic
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 9d
Nella registrazione di Rousset le parti da contralto sono interpretate da un controtenore, Derek Lee Ragin
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 9d
Beautiful then, beautiful now, an all around wonderful person
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Patricia Arquette, Los Angeles 1989
Β© Albane Navizet
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 9d
Sunday Handel. This one is lovely, with quieter, more restrained music than many of his more famous operas
Cover of a recording of Handel's Scipione conducted by Christophe Rousset.
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social Β· 9d
Crimson chat.
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 10d
Paywall free version: archive.li/auXa5
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 10d
An overall very good article by the, err inconsistent, John McWhorter
Opinion | Some of the Greatest American Music You’ve Never Heard Of
www.nytimes.com
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 10d
I've been planning an overnight marathon of this recently
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 10d
Bach's Prelude and Fugue in D Major from the baptism scene in The Godfather. The Goldberg Variations from Silence of the Lambs. Il dolce suono from The Fifth Element
mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Β· 10d
What's your favorite use of pre-existing classical music in a movie not directed by Stanley Kubrick?

Mine is probably "Hall of the Mountain King" from Fritz Lang's M, the main melody of which is whistled by the killer.

Runner up: Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2 ("Romantic") at the end of Alien
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 11d
I'm not sure what the art version of touch grass is, but to that end, here is Vermeer's The Lacemaker
Johannes Vermeer’s *The Lacemaker* (c. 1669–1670). A young woman leans intently over her work, threading delicate lace on a small pillow. Soft light illuminates her face and the textures of her yellow dress, lace collar, and the deep blue fabric of the table. The painting captures Vermeer’s characteristic calm intimacy and precision in depicting domestic craftsmanship.
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 11d
Yes please
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social Β· 11d
The isolated town of Hammond was surveyed in 1879 and named after the then son of the Governor of SA. Like many such towns, there were hopes it would boom but these days it is seen as a ghost town. A few people do live there but it does give off ghost town vibes. It once boasted a population of 600.
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David Allen πŸŽƒ @davidallenkr.bsky.social Β· 11d
I'm not sure what the art version of touch grass is, but to that end, here is Vermeer's The Lacemaker
Johannes Vermeer’s *The Lacemaker* (c. 1669–1670). A young woman leans intently over her work, threading delicate lace on a small pillow. Soft light illuminates her face and the textures of her yellow dress, lace collar, and the deep blue fabric of the table. The painting captures Vermeer’s characteristic calm intimacy and precision in depicting domestic craftsmanship.
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