"Naive optimism" is not a phrase that's associated with me very often, certainly not since I spent several years in the Herald newsroom. But I got a little misty over the page-one Globe article today about the movie geeks of the Red Bucket Films collective, recent BU grads who've made it all the way to Cannes with their latest low-fi production. Ty Burr's piece is a sweet read for those of us old enough to remember when people talked about something other than opening-weekend grosses when they talked about movies. You go, kids. Go to the Red Bucket web site (pictured) to see their work online.
More in keeping with my natural aesthetic is Bostonian Steve Almond's essay on homeownership on Salon.com. Almond managed to buy an expensive house in the Boston 'burbs just before the market crashed. While I got in earlier, with better numbers all around, much that he says hits home, especially in the area of maintenance: "I am both self-righteous and incompetent, a truly American combination..." At least my garden looks pretty good.
I was going to link you to a Names item following up on Steven Tyler's substance-abuse relapse, but weirdly, at the moment, the Living/Arts section seems to be missing from the web site index. I searched for Tyler and finally found it. Not much is being said publicly, which is good. Aerosmith's profile, however, continues to rise, as the makers of the Guitar Hero game are adding bass and drums and whatnot to better compete with the Rock Band game. And these new features will first appear in Guitar Hero Aerosmith, according to this Reuters story.
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