#SOUNDOFSILENCE.

A moment to relax...aaah.

GHOST IN THE SWADDLE.

Ghosts out of shell. (He was begging me to grab a selfie in the #cinetopia lobby with Scarlett Johansson, who may or may not be woefully and dreadfully miscast. We shall see). Great poster, great character. ____ #evel0 #ghostintheshell #longx2017 @flyviewaerial

A post shared by Joseph Long (@josephivanlong) on Mar 27, 2017 at 11:14pm PDT

IN WHICH WE HANG OUT IN OREGON CITY.

Totes naturale, in which we oogle a waterfall, drink some coffee (some of us), climb three billion stairs, ride an elevator, drink some more coffee (one of us), drink some hot chocolate (all of us), run into an old friend from Sweden, and watch a pretend Santa arrive at a Christmas tree lighting. Hint to the Big Man's work crew: if you arrive in a caravan of fire trucks instead of flying reindeer, I just can't take you seriously. But aside from that, nice job faking your way through. ____ 12-03 #pnw #longx4 #selfportrait #oregoncity #christmas2016

A post shared by Joseph Long (@josephivanlong) on Dec 4, 2016 at 1:30pm PST

IN WHICH WE MAKE A CHRISTMAS MOVIE WATCHING LIST THAT IS UNATTAINABLE.

In which I load up our queue with Christmas films; knowing in my head we will watch only a fraction but heart convinced there's the tiniest of possibilities that every day in December will expand to allow 27 hours of holiday binge watching, which, of course includes Die Hards 1 and 2 twice each. We watched the remake of Miracle on 34th Street (one of late great John Hughes' later and lesser films, but still moderately enjoyable for us (adults) and massively for others (the elves); I was reminded again that Mara Wilson is unquestionably and undoubtedly one of the all-time most marvelous child actors. (Also, she has a wonderful blog and philosophies on life now, should you decide to Googleize her) Might have to make a case for including the exquisite Matilda (1996 Danny Devito classic Roald Dahl adaptation) on the holiday queue... ____ #longx4 #christmas #marawilson #miracleon34thstreet #pnwchristmas 12-01

A post shared by Joseph Long (@josephivanlong) on Dec 1, 2016 at 8:23pm PST

IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR : ELECTION DAY

44 songs to help you out. Turn off the sound and crank up the tunes. As long as you're surrounded by good books, music, people, and a beverage, things are gonna be alright.

Or they won't be. C'est la vie, ecraison l'infante, peeps.

(NO BALLOTS WERE HARMED, KILLED, OR SHOWN IN THIS IMAGE)

1976
Somebody to Love / Queen
Let Me Dream If I Want To (Amphetamine Blues) / Mink Deville
Blinded by the Light / Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Take Me Home Country Roads / Toots & The Maytals
Above the Clouds / Electric Light Orchestra

1986
Don't Dream It's Over / Crowded House
On Earth As It Is In Heaven / Ennio Morricone
Playing with the Boys / Kenny Loggins
Master of Puppets / Metallica
Bigmouth Strikes Again / the Smiths
When Angels Sing / Social Distortion

1996
Outtasite (Outta Mind) / Wilco
Pretty Noose / Soundgarden
Sound of Silence / Emilana Torrini
O! What a Dream It Was / Future Bible Heroes

2006
Monsters / Band of Horses
Nuclear Daydream / Joseph Arthur
Tribulations / LCD Soundsystem
Today is a Good Day / Anna Ternheim
Someday / Brett Dennen
How to Nurse a Bruised Ego / Vive Voce
Make Out Fall Out Make Up / Love is All
Wolf Like Me / TV On The Radio
Citizens of Tomorrow / Tokyo Police Club
Exo-Politics / Muse
World Keeps Turning / Tom Waits
Mastodon / The Wolf is Loose
Not Ready to Make Nice / Dixie Chicks
Conventional Wisdom / Built to Spill
All the World is Waiting / Elf Power
Families / Neil Young
Get Off the Bandwagon / EPMD
They Took a Vote and Said No / Sunset Rubdown
I Came to Believe / Johnny Cash
The Greatest / Cat Power
Another One Goes By / The Walkmen

2016
All the Way / Bob Dylan
Joyride (Omen) / Chevelle
Walls / Kings of Leon
The Light is Clear in My Head / Moby
Head Carrier / Pixies
The Greatest / Sia + Kendrick Lamar
20/20 / the Vaccines
The End is Beautiful / Jimmy Eat World

____

With Countess Becca Nutter Long
Pic: Her Royalness Rachel Nutter

HARRISON FORD.

Do you know,
he asked me.
what you should do for your 40th birthday?

It sounds like you have an idea.

I said.

Yeah,
he said.
I think that you should pierce your ears and start wearing Mama's earrings. That would be really cool.

Son,
I said.
You and I are in total agreement.