A Mighty Wind, movie/soundtrack reviewishness

Other than the folk music that I heard in preschool, my primary exposure to the genre has been via humor/satire/parody, such as Tom Lehrer and the Smothers Brothers. This makes it very difficult for me to take the originals seriously, esp. when I can recognize the bits that'd been picked up and riffed on.[*] Similarly sideways, my intro to A Mighty Wind was first by seeing the "Mitch and Mickey" performance at the Oscars a few years ago, and then checking out the soundtrack album last month; I didn't see the movie until a few days ago, when the DVD was actually on the shelf at the library.( Read more... )

origami box dividers

Sorry, no pix here; having figured out how to fold a few simple dividers that fit into Tomoko Fuse's standard square boxes, I'm just jotting down the instructions before I forget them again. Both of them start with the same size of paper used for the boxes.( Read more... )