Courtesy BBC “I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.” – Vincent van Gogh Self–Portrait with a Straw Hat 1887 – Metropolitan Museum of Art “If I succeed in putting some warmth and love into the work, then it will find friends.” – Vincent […]
“Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.” – Benedict Cumberbatch via @ScreenSlam interview at 2014 San Diego Comic-Con. Cumberbatch also discusses what he enjoys about voice-over work in animation, his character in The Penguins of Madagascar, his busy schedule, living in the […]
To celebrate the weekend, especially one that includes Peter Jackson AND Benedict Cumberbatch appearing at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, it seems appropriate to raise a glass to these fine folks – and the fact you made it through another week.
“Tristan and Isolde with the Potion” J.W. Waterhouse “Prelude to Tristan and Isolde” – Richard Wagner “Yes, it’s widely acknowledged as one of the peaks of the operatic repertory, notable for Wagner’s advanced use of chromaticism, tonality, orchestral colour and harmonic suspension… But it just makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Reminds me of […]
The Stone Roses (courtesy coolalbumreview.com) “I Am the Resurrection” and “Fools Gold” by the Stone Roses “…they stand side by side on the album and are inseparably brilliant. I went to Manchester University partly on an insane surge of nostalgia from when I discovered these mischievous mancs and their Madchester ways! God bless the Happy Mondays and Joy Division and all the other Tony Wilson ‘Factory’ recorded bands.” – […]
From Parade’s End by Ford Madox Ford: “The war had made a man of him! It had coarsened him and hardened him. There was no other way to look at it. It had made him reach a point at which he would no longer stand unbearable things.” “In every man there are two minds that work side by […]
“…reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can’t stop, and you’ve got so many stories to look forward to.” Having worked in primary and elementary education for nearly a decade, I have to say one of the traits I admire most about Benedict Cumberbatch is his love of reading. […]
I have to be honest with you. When I first read Benedict’s Top Tunes on Two Paddocks, I didn’t notice anything particularly unusual – UNTIL he wrote about #8: “Hyperballad” by Björk. Americans might remember her for her awards show fashion sense more than her singing:
For the second time in the 2014 Formula One racing season, Benedict Cumberbatch conducted the post-race podium interviews with the Top 3 finishers, this time at the the conclusion of the Monaco Grand Prix. Tension between the top 2, Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, had been discussed by those in the media already, which meant that F1 […]
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