Day #21,414

Walk km 2580-2588: Science World over Granville Bridge and return with Tsuki & Glenn

Tsuki & Glenn
aprox km 2584 Granville Bridge

Movie #1059: The Face Of A Fugitive (1959,Paul Wendkos)

People heading out to the pictures in 1959 couldn't have been expecting much if they picked this Fred MacMurray western. Fred was pretty much at the end of the line and ready to be put out to pasture (TV). Well, this may not be "Ride The High Country" but it's not that far off the mark. Back in 1970, Andrew Sarris had Paul Wendkos included in his "newcomers" section of "American Cinema" along with the likes of John Boorman and Francis Ford Coppola. High praise for a guy mostly noted for his Gidget movies. However, it wasn't long before Paul followed Fred and was put out to pasture (television). From the looks of this movie, I think he gave up too soon.


Today's Tune: The New Girl In School
Nice try virus! A got a rootkit virus the other day and had to reset my hard drive to it's original state. But, thanks to backups I didn't lose a single crappy tune.

Today's Tune II: Bucket T
While I'm at it I might as well add this other tune from Jan & Dean's "Dead Man's Curve/New Girl In School" LP that used to be a fave of mine during the vinyl era and has now been restored to my stereo thanks to Hodad Heaven.

Today's Tune III: Linda
OK, one more from that LP. This was a big hit for Buddy Clark back in 1946 and as all trivia buffs know the subject of the song was Linda Eastman/McCartney.

Day #21,413

Walk 2574-2580: Robson/Georgia/Main/Terminal/sea walk/Spyglass/Commodore/Moberley/Sawyer's/park/7th/Oak/Broadway

trail in park
aprox km 2578 west of Sawyer's Lane

Day #21,412

Walk km 2568-2574: Smithe/Hornby/Drake/Howe/Granville Bridge/5th/Hemlock/Broadway/Cambie

Movie #1054: Caddyshack (1980, Harold Ramis)

Well, this sure blows the auteur theory to hell. Last year I watched Ramis' "Groundhog Day" and today......."Caddyshack". These two movies were made by the same guy? Caddyshack is pure crap. And it's not even obnoxious crap. It's just plain old boring crap. Well, OK, I did like Rodney Dangerfield's wardrobe.

Day #21,411

Walk km 2563-2565: Thurlow/Alberni/Nicola/Haro
Walk km 2565-2568: Burrard/Georgia/Bute/Pendrell/Jervis/Davie/Thurlow/Nelson/Burrard

community bulletin board
aprox km 2565 Bute @ Haro

Movie #1053: Vanishing Point (1971, Richard C Sarafien)

This one is an old time favourite but this is the first time I've seen it on DVD. The previous three times most of the scenes with the nude biker were cut out. That is restored for the DVD and it sure makes a person think that that poor woman must have gotten a terrible sunburn. What is also added for the DVD is Richard C Sarafien's commentary and sure enough that woman did get a terrible sunburn from her scenes. The commentary is excellent and definately worth the price of the DVD: $5.
Overall, the movie is excellent except for the flashbacks which don't seem to blend in well and the music that "SuperSoul" played. I would have expected something a bit more funky from a DJ named SuperSoul. The best music is played during an early montage of him driving in Colorado which if I'm reading the credits right was played by Jerry Reed.

Book #253: DeKok And The Dead Harlequin (1967, A C Baantjer)

Nothing special here. Just a whodunit. However, I wonder about the translation. This book was first published in 1967 but the monetary unit is said to be euros. The police are able to get a complete rap sheet right at their fingertips by using their desktop computer. The police inspector passes a park that hippies used to frequent "back in the sixties". Why change the timeline of the story? If the translator didn't make these changes then this must have been a sci-fi whodunit. An an amazing one - how could he have predicated that the Dutch currency would be called a "euro"? Amazing! Also, why did the translator change the policeman's name? In 1967 it was "De Cock" but now it's "DeKok". And he even has the policeman spell it out to everyone he meets: kay-oh-kay. This could not have been in the original because that's not how his name was spelled. I'm afraid these liberties by the translator so annoyed me that I was unable to follow the plot and had to wait for the policeman's explanation at the end of the book to find out "whodunit".

Day #21,410

Walk km 2559-2563: Smithe/Howe/Nelson/Seymour/Nelson/Richards/Robson/Cambie/Pacific/Davie/Howe/Nelson/Granville/Smithe

Loose Moose (with dumpsters)
aprox km 2562 Nelson near Granville

Book #252: The Triumph Of Ignorance And Bliss (2008, James Polk)

A rant against all that is wrong with the U.S. of A. And he keeps it down to just 300 pages! Nothing new about what is wrong now but Mr Polk does add historical background analysis to show us the road taken to get to today's miserable state of affairs. This book came out just before Obama was elected president. Has this improved things? It looks like Obama is trying but he's using a non-confrontational style. He's not telling it "like it is" because he must figure that America cannot accept the truth. But, can he affect meaningful change this way? I believe that Mr Polk would say no. I'm no expert so I'll wait and see.

Today's Tune: Jailhouse Rock
This morning I went for a little stroll through blogland and I found a recording that I think everyone would enjoy hearing: Jailhouse Rock by Boguslaw Wyrobek. This track is from the fine Berlin Beatet Bestes blog. Then I checked my files and found a breathless Mexican version by Los Teen Tops. One more? OK, I went over to eMusic to see what they had: how about one by Elvis Costello's dad? Sure.