Saturday, February 6, 2021

Tatort: Borowski

 

I've been watching this older series from Germany.  It's been pretty good, if a little dated, and I suppose getting better as the episodes go along.

Then there's an episode called "Borowski and the Crystal Sky" which seems pretty typical, sad, and then there's this ending that takes your breath away and you realize that right at that moment you're in the presence of art.


Friday, February 5, 2021

the miniseries problem

 

So once again I've watched three episodes of a mini-series and realized that I'm only continuing to watch out of some misguided sense of obligation.  Obligation to whom??  This happens so often and I think it is not a fault in me but that most mini-series just do not have enough content to sustain them - they'd be better with fewer episodes, or often they really would work far better as a two hour movie.  I'm ok with a  series when each episode is a different story, and I'm ok with a series when there's a subplot running through the series but the main part of each episode has it's own story.

And why does so very much of the dialogue consist of "fuck, fucking, fucked"?  It's a word that used to have impact but now it's used so much in productions that it feels like it's just used by lazy scriptwriters attempting to have impact while being too lazy to actually write.


Thursday, February 4, 2021

A plus about the pandemic


I have a lot of digestive issues and tend to produce a lot of gas.  Living alone and being able to fart whenever I feel like it has been wonderful during these months,

 

Wednesday, February 3, 2021


Another thing I hate about the guitar is when the performer does not make the effort (or have the skill) to lift their finger and you hear that horrible squeak as the finger slips along the string.


There is a difference between a classical guitarist and an amateur.  I can actually like a decent piece of music played well on a guitar.


Unlike the saxaphone, which I just do not like, ever.