Overwhelmed

[poliphilo]

I don't recognise the Bowie references in Life On Mars because when Bowie first appeared I was looking the other way (career, kids, the usual) and I missed him.

And yesterday idahoswede  made a joke about Three Coins In a Fountain and I looked it up on Amazon and realised I hadn't see it and I'd like to

And Amazon were offering it in a package deal with Roman Holiday which- in spite of adoring Audrey Hepburn- I haven't seen either

And- oh sweet Jesus on a barmcake - the world is so full of books and movies and albums I've never read or seen or listened to

And I'm just so ignorant...

So maybe I'll use my "golden years" (ha-bloody-ha) to play catch-up.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

"as you get older, I guess a lot of things start to look like things you've already seen more than once."

You've hit on something there. Like with rock music. I was listening yesterday to Snow Patrol. They're fine, they've got some nice toonz, but they're not doing anything new, are they? If you grew up with the Beatles and the Stones it's hard to get excited- forty years on- by bands that are merely playing variations on a theme.

By the way, can I recommend Life on Mars? It's the sharpest Brit TV show in ages and it's filmed in Manchester. What's not to like?

[manfalling.livejournal.com]

Life on Mars, I actually caught the first season via download around the time it first came out. I quite enjoyed it. Perhaps I'll look into the second season some time- though I am admittedly trying to cut down on how much TV I watch. Maybe I can watch it on weekends, even with Yuka, would give her (and me- ha!) a better idea of the place I come from. Especially now LOST is done for the year.