Author Archives: Eddie Pensier

Unknown's avatar

About Eddie Pensier

Television junkie, opera buff, connoisseur of unhealthy foods, fashion watcher, art lover and admirer of beautiful people of all sexes.

Showtune Saturday: “Doin’ What Comes Naturally”

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: An outtake from Annie Get Your Gun (1950), with Judy Garland, before she was fired by MGM and replaced by Betty Hutton. Garland had clashed with original director Busby Berkeley, and retaliated against his perfectionism by showing … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Music, Performers | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Tumblr Du Jour: PopSonnet

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: From PopSonnet, whose author recasts well-known songs in Shakespearean iambic pentameter. Link via Maggie McNeill.

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Humor, Language | Tagged , , , , , | 6 Comments

Quote Du Jour

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: In my more than ten years of critical examination of motion pictures, I have never seen anything quite so unacceptable as the shots of the breasts of the character of Rio. This is the young girl whom … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Movies, Performers | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

COLOUR MUSIC

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Jozef Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski, Kronos 2 (1979), photographed without flash The same artwork, photographed with flash. From COLOUR MUSIC, an exhibit I attended today at the ANU’s Drill Hall Gallery, which “brings together the work of visual artists … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Showtune Saturday: “So In Love”

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Hermann Prey, the great Austrian baritone known best for his German lieder interpretations, gives a heartfelt rendition of the standard from Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate. Yes, perhaps his English could be better, but can you doubt … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Performers | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Showtune Saturday: “Dentist”

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Certainly the best song sung by Steve Martin playing a sadistic biker-dentist in a musical horror movie about a cannibalistic plant based on a stage musical derived from a Roger Corman film, ever. From Frank Oz’s Little Shop … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Music, Performers | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Five Things I Learned From Watching 37 Episodes Of “Yes, Minister”

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Illness has struck the Pensiers: at least two members of our household have spent the last six days walking around in various states of poor health. To fill up the gaping maw of daylight hours while I … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Politics and Economics, Television | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Showtune Saturday: “The Making of ‘West Side Story'”

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Bit of different to our normal Showtune Saturdays, rather than one number, this is a 90-minute documentary on the making of the 1984 recording of West Side Story. Astonishingly, it was the first time that Leonard Bernstein … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Performers, Television | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Eyesore Du Jour: National Museum of Australia

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Last weekend, frequent UR commenter Tex and I decided to hit two iconic Canberra museums: The National Museum of Australia and the National Gallery of Australia. The latter is a traditional museum, with paintings and sculptures and … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art, History, Personal reflections, Travel | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

Diagram Du Jour

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Pretty much. By Courtisane. Link thanks to Andrew Langer.

Posted in Humor, Music | Tagged , | 2 Comments