Moss Elixir
@sorryforlaughing.bsky.social
She/her. Interests: art films, cult films, vintage television, video art, late night radio, backlisted books, dharma bums, suburban anomie, field recordings, found footage, lost futures, words, sounds, you.
Oh they’re both worth watching, I just like how the largely disregarded first film becomes a little in-joke in the second
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh they’re both worth watching, I just like how the largely disregarded first film becomes a little in-joke in the second
💯 In that vein I recommend It’s Always Fair Weather, which is darker than a lot of the old musicals & whose box office suffered accordingly but you get to see Gene Kelly dance on roller skates—not roller dancing, the feet leave the ground
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
💯 In that vein I recommend It’s Always Fair Weather, which is darker than a lot of the old musicals & whose box office suffered accordingly but you get to see Gene Kelly dance on roller skates—not roller dancing, the feet leave the ground
It’s actually one of the weaker of her & Gene Kelly’s output but “Get Happy” is irresistible
November 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It’s actually one of the weaker of her & Gene Kelly’s output but “Get Happy” is irresistible
I’m my grandmother but (mostly) without the depression
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I’m my grandmother but (mostly) without the depression
A swift recovery to them both!
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A swift recovery to them both!
Really something, isn’t it.
November 30, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Really something, isn’t it.
I’ll take it in that their massive cultural footprint means they generate a lot of free publicity just by showing up but also they need to be dick punched into a stupor
November 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I’ll take it in that their massive cultural footprint means they generate a lot of free publicity just by showing up but also they need to be dick punched into a stupor
Yes but do I also get a teeny little fisherman’s hat
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Yes but do I also get a teeny little fisherman’s hat
I saw the forecast of even more snow Monday afternoon-evening & went "NO GODDAMMIT I HAVE TO DRIVE"
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I saw the forecast of even more snow Monday afternoon-evening & went "NO GODDAMMIT I HAVE TO DRIVE"
You'd better not have a lot of kitchen equipment either, just what level of hell do you want the Calvinist God to condemn you to
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
You'd better not have a lot of kitchen equipment either, just what level of hell do you want the Calvinist God to condemn you to
That movie (which I wasn't immune to either, when a relative was in the hospital I watched it repeatedly as comfort viewing) is very much where I remember everything changing & it hasn't gone back, & won't
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
That movie (which I wasn't immune to either, when a relative was in the hospital I watched it repeatedly as comfort viewing) is very much where I remember everything changing & it hasn't gone back, & won't
You can say that I ain't free, it don't worry me
November 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
You can say that I ain't free, it don't worry me
No, everyone should live in a stark little beige cube with no physical media, any other lifestyle is probably gay or something
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
No, everyone should live in a stark little beige cube with no physical media, any other lifestyle is probably gay or something
Good God, y'all
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Good God, y'all
The answer will always be The Avengers
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The answer will always be The Avengers
That voice sticks with you, doesn't it
November 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
That voice sticks with you, doesn't it
A couple of their actor/filmmaker profiles lately are approaching Vanity Fair vapidity, might have to lower that to 10-15%
November 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A couple of their actor/filmmaker profiles lately are approaching Vanity Fair vapidity, might have to lower that to 10-15%
Though I will say the old-era magazine was at least publishing the article that became Silent Spring & devoting an entire issue to Hiroshima, that's never happening again
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Though I will say the old-era magazine was at least publishing the article that became Silent Spring & devoting an entire issue to Hiroshima, that's never happening again
Literally decades ago they had a low-key TV ad where a very mid-Atlantic-cultured voice quoted some very long ago writer calling it "the best magazine that ever was!" & yes, between that & the Shawn connection I was an easy mark for that kind of "aspiring to higher-middlebrow tastes" kind of thing
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Literally decades ago they had a low-key TV ad where a very mid-Atlantic-cultured voice quoted some very long ago writer calling it "the best magazine that ever was!" & yes, between that & the Shawn connection I was an easy mark for that kind of "aspiring to higher-middlebrow tastes" kind of thing
I've had cats where they wouldn't let me trim their nails then got stuck in the carpet then got mad at me when I touched their paws to unhook them from the carpet, logic is their strong suit
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I've had cats where they wouldn't let me trim their nails then got stuck in the carpet then got mad at me when I touched their paws to unhook them from the carpet, logic is their strong suit
Just keep talking to him & going about your life near & around him, he might eventually start to relax. I know how unpredictable all of that is though
November 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Just keep talking to him & going about your life near & around him, he might eventually start to relax. I know how unpredictable all of that is though
Aww he's got that classic "I would come out but you'd shoot me with your laser eyes or maybe it's the other way around" look
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Aww he's got that classic "I would come out but you'd shoot me with your laser eyes or maybe it's the other way around" look