Catching is always more fun than just fishing, but fishing at Avalon is special at the Tuna Club of Avalon.
Where rod-n-reel fishing started, and the landmark building that housed these wealthy sportsfishers.
What causes us to search for a New World?
A new route to the Far East spice trade? Nah.
Desire to spread the word of God, like the Dominican and Jesuit missionaries of the 18th Century? Not likely.
Escape from nuclear Armageddon or biological malaise? Maybe.
Discovery of raw materials and new water sources? More than likely.
The recent opening of the billion-dollar CityCenter in Las Vegas is a boastful nod to New World capitalism and its achievements, with the tagline: “Capital of the New World.”
What gives? Films like The Road, Armageddon, Cloverfield, and WALL-E portend the destruction of Earth.
Does Hollywood know something we don’t? One thing for certain, James Cameron won’t be directing my escape ship. And it’ll probably be pretty obvious we’re “not in Kansas anymore.”
Remember that song from the 70s, Children of the Sun?
“‘People of the earth can you hear me?’
came a voice from the sky on that magical night.
And in the colors of a thousand sunsets,
they traveled to the world on a silvery light…”
In 3-D, of course.
Cue the eerie horror music, because here’s another summer film that’s designed to make viewers uncomfortable in their seats. For those who’ve seen Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 science-fiction masterpiece, 2001: Space Odyssey, the psychological trauma of outer-space hysteria is something witnessed and understood.
Profound loneliness is a downside to most genuinely inventive endeavors, and outer-space exploration presents the penultimate in insular depression — three years of solo livelihood, without benefit of social interaction with other human beings, is a large gamble to make.
In Sony Picture‘s 2009 release, Moon, the main character is a lunar worker, Sam Bell, and he’s been sent to the moon on a three-year expedition to cultivate and mine resources for the Earth’s new “alternative, clean-energy” programs. His only friend is the HAL-like computer voice, played by Kevin Spacey.
What happens when experiences have no reflection, when human psyche becomes muddled in pathos and doubt? The writer and director of Moon, Duncan Jones, asks these questions and many more.
View the movie trailer here:
Enjoy the GOODness!
Barbarella‘s also a new club over in Silver Lake, because they’re always too cool for the super goodness.
But this is about the 1968 film, starring Jane Fonda as the nymphette, galaxy-trekking warrior woman. Barbarella answers the question, “Who Can Save the Universe?“
This film speaks to the year of “LOVE” – 1967.
Click on the ORIGINAL POSTER for a clip of the movie.
Find adventure beyond your imagination, when you get lost in space with… BARBARELLA!
The third stone from the Sun.
The green planet with one moon.
Birthplace of jazz, baseball, and the internet.
Happy Earth Day 2009!
– BJL
Companies like Save Your World and Conservation International have been working to educate and enlighten the globe about the nature of the game.
Our energy usage is a serious threat to the world’s climate.
Anyone who believes this is false should spend an hour holding their breath tomorrow, instead of participating in the EARTH HOUR.
Check out the EARTH HOUR site here.
Or read the Archbishop of Canterbury’s words from BBC coverage of his profound statements, “God will not give a happy ending.”
One hour of lights out:
Saturday, March 28, 8:30-9:30pm.
