#Bowie Lam

[michyeosseo]

Arsenic from War and Beauty soundtrack

[don-dake]

雖然已經正式又係一個新年嘞…精神上係噉想諗但實際上，同舊年並冇咩分別…只不過係月曆牌換咗啫！(笑) 日常生活都係要照過嘅！

而呢個周末假期同平時嘅周末假期冇咩分別，如果冇人叫我出去嘅話，我都係選擇留喺屋企靜靜地讀下書，睇下電視節目噉。我嘅生活方式係咪聽起嚟好無聊呢？(笑) 笑我都無所謂啦！都習慣囉！

講返正題…所以今次同平時嘅閒時一樣，我選擇留喺屋企睇舊港劇。既然 「無線」 先排又喺網上重播 《非常保鑣》，我就睇返一下。雖然好似唔係幾耐前我先睇過一次喔！(笑) 無所謂啦！因為我好鍾意睇陳妙瑛啲劇，亦都比較鍾意睇啲舊港劇嘛！

而呢齣劇雖然同一般 「無線」 嘅細製作品小型製作品冇咩特別，但起碼總算係有啲好笑，其他演員中亦都冇一個會令我討厭到，覺得煩嗰啲，所以對我嚟講係算一齣 「好劇」。(笑)

今次睇返，起碼可以仔細聽多啲上一排前排冇留意到嘅一些說話，可以再次學多一啲只有廣東話獨有嘅短語。喺呢個新嘅一年，繼續進步廣東話改善我嘅廣東話（同中文）吧！🉐

改寫：多得 mslinchinese @ Instagram 嘅指點！多謝晒！m(_ _)m

「佢哋話呢要籌募經費建新禮堂。」

新詞：籌募 (cau4 mou6 / chóu mù)

「嘩要捐款嘅唔好預埋我呀！」

新詞：預埋 (jyu6 maai4)

「認住我呢個嘜頭，第日搵老公唔好搵我呢態人，嫁咗賺心悒。」

新詞：嘜頭 (mak1 tau4)，心悒 (sam1 ngap1/jap1)

「咪咁篩自己嘞。」 / 「別這麼奚落自己。」

新詞：篩 (sai1)，奚落 (hai4 lok6 / xī luò)

「你咁飢不擇食呀，因住添呀！好容易出事…」

新詞：飢不擇食 (gei1 bat1 zaak6 sek6/zī bù zé shí)

第二集

「今次真係偷雞唔到蝕揸米。」 / 「這回真的是賠了夫人又折兵。」

新詞：偷雞唔到蝕揸米 (tau1 gai1 m4 dou2 sit6 zaa1 mai5)，賠了夫人又折兵 (pui4 liu5 fu1 jan4 jau6 zit3 bing1 / péi le fūren yòu zhé bīng)

第四集

「嗰個瞓厲頸會咁好死？！」

新詞：瞓厲頸 (fan3 lai2 geng2)

第五集

《非常保鑣》 (1999)

[chineseredcarpet]

Weibo TV & Internet Video Summit 2024 shares red carpet reunion pics of Wind Direction’s Liu Lin, Sun Qian, Zhai Zilu & Li Qing and War & Beauty’s Charmaine Sheh, Sheren Tang, Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, & Bowie Lam

[randomrichards]

HARD BOILED:

Hot shot officer

Clash with conflicted gangster

Gun fu master piece

[wankerwatch]

Commons Vote

On: Passenger Railway Services Bill (Public Ownership) Bill: Committee: Amendment 14

Ayes: 111 (95.5% Con, 4.5% DUP) Noes: 362 (97.0% Lab, 2.5% Ind, 0.6% SDLP) Absent: ~177

Day's business papers: 2024-9-3

Likely Referenced Bill: Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

Description: A Bill to make provision for passenger railway services to be provided by public sector companies instead of by means of franchises.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: 3rd reading

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (106 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alex Burghart Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Murrison Andrew Rosindell Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Ben Spencer Bernard Jenkin Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Chris Philp Claire Coutinho Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Davis David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Edward Leigh Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Gavin Williamson Geoffrey Cox George Freeman Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Whately Iain Duncan Smith Jack Rankin James Cartlidge James Cleverly James Wild Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Wright Jerome Mayhew Jesse Norman Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Joy Morrissey Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Karen Bradley Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kevin Hollinrake Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Laura Trott Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Louie French Mark Francois Mark Garnier Mark Pritchard Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mike Wood Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Nigel Huddleston Oliver Dowden Patrick Spencer Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Priti Patel Rebecca Harris Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Fuller Richard Holden Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Simon Hoare Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Suella Braverman Tom Tugendhat Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

Democratic Unionist Party (5 votes)

Carla Lockhart Gavin Robinson Gregory Campbell Jim Shannon Sammy Wilson

Noes

Labour (351 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison McGovern Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy McDonald Andy Slaughter Angela Eagle Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anna McMorrin Anna Turley Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Ashley Dalton Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bayo Alaba Beccy Cooper Becky Gittins Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Cat Smith Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chi Onwurah Chris Bloore Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Evans Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Chris Webb Christian Wakeford Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Efford Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Connor Rand Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Carden Dan Jarvis Dan Norris Dan Tomlinson Daniel Francis Danny Beales Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Smith David Taylor Dawn Butler Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Diana Johnson Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Elaine Stewart Ellie Reeves Elsie Blundell Emily Darlington Emily Thornberry Emma Foody Emma Lewell-Buck Euan Stainbank Fabian Hamilton Fleur Anderson Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Gareth Snell Gareth Thomas Gen Kitchen Gerald Jones Gill Furniss Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Grahame Morris Gregor Poynton Gurinder Singh Josan Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Ian Lavery Ian Murray Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Frith James Naish Janet Daby Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jess Asato Jess Phillips Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Healey John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jon Trickett Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Julia Buckley Julie Minns Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Karin Smyth Karl Turner Kate Osamor Kate Osborne Katie White Katrina Murray Keir Mather Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kim Johnson Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Leigh Ingham Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lola McEvoy Louise Haigh Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Margaret Mullane Marie Tidball Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Marsha De Cordova Martin Rhodes Mary Glindon Mary Kelly Foy Matt Bishop Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Miatta Fahnbulleh Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Amesbury Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Mohammad Yasin Nadia Whittome Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Navendu Mishra Neil Coyle Neil Duncan-Jordan Nesil Caliskan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Nick Smith Nick Thomas-Symonds Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Paula Barker Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Dowd Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Rachel Taylor Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosie Duffield

Rupa Huq Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Edwards Sarah Hall Sarah Jones Sarah Owen Sarah Sackman Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Sharon Hodgson Shaun Davies Simon Lightwood Simon Opher Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephanie Peacock Stephen Kinnock Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Tahir Ali Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tonia Antoniazzi Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Wes Streeting Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Zubir Ahmed

Independent (9 votes)

Apsana Begum Ayoub Khan Imran Hussain Jeremy Corbyn John McDonnell Rebecca Long Bailey Richard Burgon Shockat Adam Zarah Sultana

Social Democratic & Labour Party (2 votes)

Claire Hanna Colum Eastwood

[singeratlarge]

MY SONG OF THE WEEK: “Night Garden” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/night-garden-featuring-mike-garson-beyondo I was playing cruise ship gigs and a bass line kept flowing out of me. Every time I played this groove, musicians would start jamming, people would start dancing… It turned into this psychedelic Cuban-jazzified pop song. Latin and Caribbean music is animated and easeful to me, rhythmically and harmonically, making me feel I’m moving with confidence no matter what’s going on in the world. My lyrics were inspired after reading an airline magazine article by Lee May, a journalist from Atlanta who was passionate about gardening. His wonderful words about “plant life that blooms at only night” left an impression. As to the lyrics, Donald Fagen says he chooses words because they suit the shape of his mouth and the lure of a melody—words flow and find their own meaning. That was my approach: Like winding tendrils, words and melody twined into “a song novelette” about a pair of lovers heading south of the border, on the lam because of an unspecified crime. 

 

The music bed was recorded in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Williamsport PA (final mix by Xavier Francis). It features the brilliant drum/trumpet/co-production work of Eric Biondo (a.k.a. Beyondo) + magnificent piano by Mike Garson, a composer-artist in his own right but also known as David Bowie’s longtime keyboardist. 

https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/night-garden-featuring-mike-garson-beyondo

 

#nightgarden #gardening #flowers #davidbowie #mikegarson #leemay #atlanta #journalist #caribbean #latin #cuba #mexico #psychedelic #piano #exotica #ericbiondo #beyondo #trumpet #donaldfagen #steelydan #airline #cruiseship #johnnyjblair #singeratlarge #dance #brianwilson #smile #beachboys #kokomo 

[yr-obedt-cicero]

I’m not the anon who asked the question about Bowie- but I’m honestly shocked you never heard of him.

I’ve always thought you were a fan lololol. You give off the vibe. His music is really different and is so comforting as a neurodivergent autistic person. He’s unlike any other musician.

If you do want to listen to his songs, I recommend “Space Oddity,” “Life on Mars,” “Let’s Dance,” “Starman” and “Heroes.” Those are all some of his most famous songs but they’re worth the hype. “Heroes” could actually work pretty well for Lams.

There is no coherent pattern to my taste in music, if it subjectively sounds good to me then I'll like it. And oftentimes it strands into a wide variety of genres.

Anyway, I'll definitely take a listen!

[byneddiedingo]

'Farley Granger and Cathy O’Donnell in They Live by Night (Nicholas Ray, 1948)

Cast: Cathy O’Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen, Helen Craig, Will Wright, William Phipps, Ian Wolfe, Harry Harvey. Screenplay: Charles Schnee, NIcholas Ray, based on a novel by Edward Anderson. Cinematography: George E. Diskant. Art direction: Albert S. D’Agostino, Alfred Herman. Film editing: Sherman Todd. Music: Leigh Harline. 

Though usually remembered as a precursor of another, more celebrated lovers-on-the-lam movie, Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967), They Live by Night stands on its own, largely because of novice director Nicholas Ray's attention to characterization and detail. This is a film with texture, rising above its melodramatic core by constantly introducing peripheral detail. Instead of opening, as a conventional movie might have, with a dramatization of the prison break by Bowie (Farley Granger), Chickamaw (Howard Da Silva), and T-Dub (Jay C. Flippen), it begins with an aerial shot of the stolen car speeding across the landscape -- a daring early use of what has become routine in filmmaking, namely, a helicopter shot. Ray continues to fill his frames with the unexpected: As Bowie hides behind a billboard, waiting for Chickamaw and T-Dub to return with another car, a small dog appears and hangs around the young fugitive. Later, when Bowie and Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell) begin their flight on a Greyhound bus, Bowie is seated beside a woman who is determined to ignore her crying, squirming baby, leaving Bowie to try to quiet the infant. Neither dog nor baby is essential to the scene, but by their very presence they lend a quality of innocence to the boyish fugitive. Bowie and Keechie decide on the spur of the moment to get married in a quickie ceremony conducted by an anything-for-a-buck justice of the peace (Ian Wolfe), who calls on his standby witnesses. After the perfunctory ceremony, the woman witness hugs Keechie, but the male witness declines because he has a cold. Again, the witness's cold is irrelevant to the plot, but it serves to add a subtle note of disorder to the scene, a hint that Bowie and Keechie will always be subject to forces as far beyond their control as the common cold. I don't know whether dog and baby and cold were present in the novel by Edward Anderson, Thieves Like Us, on which the film is based, or if they were introduced in Charles Schnee's screenplay or in Ray's revisions of it, but the fact that they were either introduced or retained in the film speaks volumes on the kind of director Ray was: one attentive to the contingencies that bring a film to life. Granger and O'Donnell are incredibly touching in their performances, and the rest of the cast rise about the stereotypes they could easily have become. Anderson's novel was filmed again, under its original title, by Robert Altman in 1974, and I remember liking that movie. But unless another viewing of Altman's version changes my mind, I think They Live by Night is better.

[projectourworld]

Ziggy Spider by Lam Soon Tak from Malaysia, showing a coloured David Bowie spider carrying an egg sac in the Cameron Highlands of Pahang, was was highly commended in the behaviour: invertebrates section

Photograph: Lam Soon Tak/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA #ziggy #spider

[skiddo-xy]

Unique English Hong Konger Names

As a result of British colonization, most Hong Kongers have English names along side their Chinese names. However, since Hong Kong is not exactly an English speaking society, some of the names that parents choose for their children (or they choose themselves) may have unconventional spelling, sound like they're not "real names", or generally appear unusual to native English speakers. Which I find interesting because they follow "English name structures" without actually being English names.

Here are some examples I found as I was scrolling through the list of Miss Hong Kong Pageant winners, given in the format of [English name] - [traditional] / [simplified] ([jyutping] / [pinyin]) - jyutping is one of the most common ways of romanizing Cantonese (the language of Hong Kong) and pinyin is the standardized form of romanizing Mandarin. More under the cut!

Conny Kwan - 關淑芬 / 关淑芬 (gwaan1 suk6 fan1 / Guān Shūfēn)

Loletta Chu - 朱玲玲 (zyu1 ling4 ling4 / Zhū Línglíng)

Freda Leung - 梁仲芬 (loeng4 zung6 fan1 / Liáng Zhòngfēn)

Cher Yeung - 楊雪儀 / 杨雪仪 (joeng4 syut3 ji4 / Yáng Xuěyí)

Shallin Tse - 謝寧 / 谢宁 (ze6 ning4 / Xiè Níng)

Aleen Lo - 羅錦如 / 罗锦如 (lo4 gam2 jyu4 / Luó Jǐnrú)

Middy Yu - 余少寶 / 余少宝 (jyu4 siu2 bou2 / Yú Shǎobǎo)

Kenix Kwok - 郭可盈 (gwok3 ho2 jing4 / Guō Kěyíng)

Halina Tam - 譚小環 / 谭小环 (taam4 siu2 waan4 / Tán Xiǎohuán)

Chillie Poon - 潘芝莉 (pun1 zi1 lei6 / Pān Zhīlì)

Sonija Kwok - 郭羨妮 / 郭羡妮 (pun1 zi1 lei6 / Guō Xiànnī)

Marsha Yuan - 原子鏸 (jyun4 zi2 wai6 / Yuán Zǐjiē)

Myolie Wu - 胡杏兒 / 胡杏儿 (wu4 hang6 ji4 / Hú Xìngér)

Rabee'a Yeung - 楊洛婷 / 杨洛婷 (joeng4 lok6 ting4 / Yáng Luòtíng)

Queenie Chu - 朱慧敏 (zyu1 wai6 man5 / Zhū Huìmǐn)

Shermon Tang - 鄧上文 / 邓上文 (dang6 soeng5 man4 / Dèng Shàngwén)

Natalle Khor - 許佩琪 / 许佩琪 (heoi2 pui3 kei4 / Xǔ Pèiqí)

Koni Lui - 呂慧儀 / 吕慧仪 (leoi5 wai6 ji4 / Lǚ Huìyí)

Edelweiss Cheung - 張舒雅 / 张舒雅 (zoeng1 syu1 ngaa5 / Zhāng Shūyǎ)

Sire Ma - 馬賽 / 马赛 (maa5 coi3 / Mǎ Sài)

Mizuni Hung - 熊穎詩 / 熊颖诗 (hung4 wing6 si1 / Xióng Yǐngshī)

Toby Chan - 陳庭欣 / 陈庭欣 (can4 ting4 jan1 / Chén Tíngxīn)

Sammi Cheung - 張秀文 / 张秀文 (zoeng1 sau3 man4 / Zhāng Xiùwén)

Hyman Chu - 朱希敏 (zyu1 hei1 man5 / Zhū Xīmǐn)

Carat Cheung - 張名雅 / 张名雅 (zoeng1 ming4 ngaa5 / Zhāng Míngyǎ)

Sisley Choi - 蔡思貝 / 蔡思贝 (coi3 si1 bui3 / Cài Sībèi)

Moon Lau - 劉佩玥 / 刘佩玥 (lau4 pui3 jyut6 / Liú Pèiyuè)

Karmen Kwok - 郭嘉文 (gwok3 gaa1 man4 / Guō Jiāwén)

Bowie Cheung - 張寶兒 / 张宝儿 (zoeng1 bou2 ji4 / Zhāng Bǎoér)

Boanne Cheungcaijiewen (zoeng1 bou2 jan1 / Zhāng Bǎoxīn)

Carmaney Wong - 黃嘉雯 / 黄嘉雯 (wong4 gaa1 man4 / Huáng Jiāwén)

Blossom Chan - 陳熙蕊 / 陈熙蕊 (can4 hei1 jeoi5 / Chén Xīruǐ)

Denice Lam - 林钰洧 (lam4 juk6 fui2 / Lín Yùwěi)

Cecca Xu - 許子萱 / 许子萱 (heoi2 zi2 hyun1 / Xǔ Zǐxuān)

Lovelle Wong - 王敏慈 (wong4 man5 ci4 / Wáng Mǐncí)

I thought this was really fun. It's sort of lke this new trend of Americans stuffing in extra letters to common names, like turning "Jessica" into "Jessieighkah." They almost sound AI generated. List of pageants is from here and I couldn't find a single solid source about Hong Kong names so here's 1, 2 and 3!

[don-dake]

「外面嗰啲係我啲債主，係佢哋逼我出私鐘㗎咋！」

第六集

「仲講，走得未啊？飲茶啦！」

「又好，等我填埋啲更料先啦！」

「呢個月嘅更料呀？嘩有排填，我唔等你啦！」

「喂喂喂！寶哥，好快㗎咋，嗱…你出去花園度兜一個白鴿圈，吹下你啲電油味呀！」

第八集

《非常保鑣》 (1999)

新詞：私鐘 (si1 zung1)，更料 (gang1 liu6)，白鴿轉/圈 (baak6 gaap3 zyun3/hyun1)，電油 (din6 jau4)

先排啱啱學到 「白鴿轉/圈」 呢番話，所以可以喺電視劇中聽到有人用到呢番話令我覺得好興奮！好奇怪呵，明明睇過呢齣劇㗎，但偏偏要到學到呢個短語先嚟留意到短語嘅用處！呢個係咪所謂嘅frequency illusion呢？我諗係啩？(笑)

係呢，諗起上嚟，‘Frequency illusion’ 中文點形容呢？頻率幻覺？頻度幻覺？頻次幻覺？嗯…🤔

仲有，喺呢一刻之前，我發覺我從未有機會講出 「電油」（一個算夠普遍嘅說話啩？）呢番話喔！（「私鐘」 就更加冇講過啦！）證明咗就算有講廣東話嘅親戚，並唔代表學講廣東話嘅進展會比較好喎…因為同親戚講啲話題會有限嘛！

[byneddiedingo]

Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell in They Live by Night (Nicholas Ray, 1948)

Cast: Cathy O’Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen, Helen Craig, Will Wright, William Phipps, Ian Wolfe, Harry Harvey. Screenplay: Charles Schnee, NIcholas Ray, based on a novel by Edward Anderson. Cinematography: George E. Diskant. Art direction: Albert S. D’Agostino, Alfred Herman. Film editing: Sherman Todd. Music: Leigh Harline. 

Though usually remembered as a precursor of another, more celebrated lovers-on-the-lam movie, Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967), They Live by Night stands on its own, largely because of novice director Nicholas Ray's attention to characterization and detail. This is a film with texture, rising above its melodramatic core by constantly introducing peripheral detail. Instead of opening, as a conventional movie might have, with a dramatization of the prison break by Bowie (Farley Granger), Chickamaw (Howard Da Silva), and T-Dub (Jay C. Flippen), it begins with an aerial shot of the stolen car speeding across the landscape -- a daring early use of what has become routine in filmmaking, namely, a helicopter shot. Ray continues to fill his frames with the unexpected: As Bowie hides behind a billboard, waiting for Chickamaw and T-Dub to return with another car, a small dog appears and hangs around the young fugitive. Later, when Bowie and Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell) begin their flight on a Greyhound bus, Bowie is seated beside a woman who is determined to ignore her crying, squirming baby, leaving Bowie to try to quiet the infant. Neither dog nor baby is essential to the scene, but by their very presence they lend a quality of innocence to the boyish fugitive. Bowie and Keechie decide on the spur of the moment to get married in a quickie ceremony conducted by an anything-for-a-buck justice of the peace (Ian Wolfe), who calls on his standby witnesses. After the perfunctory ceremony, the woman witness hugs Keechie, but the male witness declines because he has a cold. Again, the witness's cold is irrelevant to the plot, but it serves to add a subtle note of disorder to the scene, a hint that Bowie and Keechie will always be subject to forces as far beyond their control as the common cold. I don't know whether dog and baby and cold were present in the novel by Edward Anderson, Thieves Like Us, on which the film is based, or if they were introduced in Charles Schnee's screenplay or in Ray's revisions of it, but the fact that they were either introduced or retained in the film speaks volumes on the kind of director Ray was: one attentive to the contingencies that bring a film to life. Granger and O'Donnell are incredibly touching in their performances, and the rest of the cast rise about the stereotypes they could easily have become. Anderson's novel was filmed again, under its original title, by Robert Altman in 1974, and I remember liking that movie. But unless another viewing of Altman's version changes my mind, I think They Live by Night is better.

Farley Granger as Arthur “Bowie” Bowers They Live by Night (1948) dir. Nicholas Ray

[olivierdemangeon]

HARD BOILED (1992) ★★★★☆

HARD BOILED (1992) ★★★★☆

[twilightronin]

Hard Boiled 1992

[wankerwatch]

Commons Vote

On: National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 1

Ayes: 195 (50.5% Con, 35.9% LD, 4.2% SNP, 2.6% DUP, 2.1% RUK, 1.6% PC, 1.6% Ind, 0.5% APNI, 0.5% UUP, 0.5% TUV) Noes: 353 (98.9% Lab, 1.1% Ind) Absent: ~102

Day's business papers: 2024-12-17

Likely Referenced Bill: National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill

Description: A Bill to make provision about secondary Class 1 contributions.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: 3rd reading

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (97 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alec Shelbrooke Alex Burghart Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Griffith Andrew Murrison Andrew Rosindell Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Spencer Bernard Jenkin Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Charlie Dewhirst Chris Philp Christopher Chope Damian Hinds David Davis David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Gavin Williamson Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Graham Stuart Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriett Baldwin Helen Grant Helen Whately Jack Rankin James Cartlidge James Cleverly James Wild Jeremy Wright Jerome Mayhew Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Joy Morrissey Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Karen Bradley Katie Lam Kevin Hollinrake Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Laura Trott Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Louie French Luke Evans Mark Francois Mark Garnier Mark Pritchard Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mike Wood Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Nigel Huddleston Oliver Dowden Patrick Spencer Paul Holmes Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Priti Patel Rebecca Paul Richard Fuller Richard Holden Robbie Moore Roger Gale Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Simon Hoare Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Suella Braverman Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

Liberal Democrat (69 votes)

Adam Dance Al Pinkerton Alex Brewer Alison Bennett Andrew George Angus MacDonald Anna Sabine Ben Maguire Bobby Dean Brian Mathew Calum Miller Cameron Thomas Caroline Voaden Charlie Maynard Charlotte Cane Chris Coghlan Claire Young Clive Jones Daisy Cooper Danny Chambers David Chadwick Ed Davey Edward Morello Freddie van Mierlo Gideon Amos Helen Maguire Helen Morgan Ian Roome Ian Sollom James MacCleary Jamie Stone Jess Brown-Fuller John Milne Josh Babarinde Joshua Reynolds Layla Moran Lee Dillon Lisa Smart Liz Jarvis Manuela Perteghella Marie Goldman Martin Wrigley Max Wilkinson Mike Martin Monica Harding Munira Wilson Olly Glover Paul Kohler Pippa Heylings Rachel Gilmour Richard Foord Roz Savage Sarah Dyke Sarah Gibson Sarah Green Sarah Olney Steff Aquarone Steve Darling Susan Murray Tessa Munt Tim Farron Tom Gordon Tom Morrison Victoria Collins Vikki Slade Wendy Chamberlain Wera Hobhouse Will Forster Zöe Franklin

Scottish National Party (8 votes)

Brendan O'Hara Chris Law Dave Doogan Graham Leadbitter Kirsty Blackman Seamus Logan Stephen Flynn Stephen Gethins

Democratic Unionist Party (5 votes)

Carla Lockhart Gavin Robinson Gregory Campbell Jim Shannon Sammy Wilson

Reform UK (4 votes)

James McMurdock Lee Anderson Nigel Farage Rupert Lowe

Plaid Cymru (3 votes)

Ann Davies Ben Lake Llinos Medi

Independent (3 votes)

Adnan Hussain Ayoub Khan Iqbal Mohamed

Alliance (1 vote)

Sorcha Eastwood

Ulster Unionist Party (1 vote)

Robin Swann

Traditional Unionist Voice (1 vote)

Jim Allister

Noes

Labour (346 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison McGovern Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy McDonald Andy Slaughter Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anna McMorrin Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bayo Alaba Beccy Cooper Becky Gittins Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Bridget Phillipson Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Cat Eccles Cat Smith Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Catherine McKinnell Charlotte Nichols Chi Onwurah Chris Bloore Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Evans Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Chris Webb Christian Wakeford Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Efford Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Connor Rand Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Carden Dan Norris Daniel Francis Daniel Zeichner Danny Beales Darren Jones Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Baines David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Smith David Taylor David Williams Dawn Butler Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Diana Johnson Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Ed Miliband Elaine Stewart Ellie Reeves Elsie Blundell Emily Darlington Emily Thornberry Emma Foody Emma Hardy Emma Reynolds Euan Stainbank Fabian Hamilton Feryal Clark Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Fred Thomas Gareth Snell Gareth Thomas Gen Kitchen Georgia Gould Gerald Jones Gill Furniss Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Grahame Morris Gregor Poynton Gurinder Singh Josan Hamish Falconer Harpreet Uppal Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Hilary Benn Ian Lavery Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Murray James Naish Janet Daby Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jess Asato Jess Phillips Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jon Trickett Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Josh Simons Julia Buckley Julie Minns Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Karin Smyth Kate Osamor Katie White Katrina Murray Keir Mather Kenneth Stevenson Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Johnson Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Leigh Ingham Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lola McEvoy Lorraine Beavers Louise Jones Lucy Powell Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Luke Pollard Margaret Mullane Marie Tidball Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Martin McCluskey Martin Rhodes Mary Creagh Mary Glindon Matt Bishop Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Maya Ellis Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Miatta Fahnbulleh Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Mohammad Yasin Nadia Whittome Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Navendu Mishra Naz Shah Neil Coyle Neil Duncan-Jordan Nesil Caliskan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Nick Smith Nick Thomas-Symonds Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Patricia Ferguson Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Waugh Paula Barker Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Dowd Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Hopkins Rachel Taylor Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosena Allin-Khan Rosie Wrighting Rupa Huq

Ruth Cadbury Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Edwards Sarah Hall Sarah Jones Sarah Smith Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Sharon Hodgson Shaun Davies Simon Opher Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephanie Peacock Stephen Kinnock Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Reed Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Tahir Ali Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Terry Jermy Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tonia Antoniazzi Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Yvette Cooper Zubir Ahmed

Independent (4 votes)

Apsana Begum Mike Amesbury Rebecca Long Bailey Zarah Sultana

[badass-at-fandoming]

TRUE FAITH ACTIVATED

YOOOOOOOOOOO

Status of other things: Lam runs the bookstore (basically on his own. I WANT to, but the game keeps dragging the PC to do vampire things in the vampire game). Jace rents the spare bedroom for cheap, and I'm hoping he will protect the place from Perry. Agreed to do some 🎵 light blood trafficking 🎵 for $7k per month. PC found a vial of blood in Bowie's car. I think he was a frenzied ghoul? Went to the library, asked Salem out on a date, and found a book written by a bonefide hunter (!!!!!). Met the feral indie folk duskborn coterie, told them I would help if they returned Tyler's body, told the Brigade the full truth and it stressed them the fuck out lol

I honestly don't know what to do about these duskborn. Jace and Eric seem great. Monroe is ??? Perry and Kyra are such a danger to themselves and others. If some Sabbat pack could blow through town on the way to Chicago and pick these kiddos up, that would be great.

On another note, Succubus Club shout out!!!

I understood that reference!

Last, Lacey said the most relatable thing about chronic illness:

My brain is abuzz and I definitely, 100%, do not know how this is going to turn out.

Guess who is playing Out for Blood !!!!!!!

Highlights from the first three chapters:

Going in, I knew I wanted to play a character with True Faith. The first chapter gave the option to devote oneself to Islam, Christianity, or Judaism. I wasn't sure if Christianity meant Protestant or Catholic, playing Protestant would make my brain melt, I have Jewish family members, and I really loved reading When the Angels Left the Old Country last month so...Jewish PC it is! So far I'm really enjoying the experience and have fun little research asides when the game references something.

This PC is also a nonbinary lesbian person who had a childhood crush on Salem. Eir grandfather, Aviv, ran Chapter Eleven bookstore. Which is quite the ominous name, but we'll see how it goes.

This game seems slower paced than Night Road, but lots of elements could pick up later. I had two favorite moments.

Chastain having a tantrum after she fails to Dominate the PC:

Girl, those are what we call inside thoughts. 😂

My friends and I have had that exact reaction when our powers don't work. We usually complain out of character though! 😂😂😂

At the dinner party, the PC hugged Marcus, and this hug description wow:

My heart melted! And then got a deathly chill at the immediate [Willpower -1] notification! Ahhhh, is Marcus one of the baddies?? Nooooooooooooooooo