Pace on Earth

Bomb the World

A few years ago I came across a book called 100 Suns. It was a photography book of a series of images of nuclear explosions. The photos of mushroom clouds from nuclear test blasts were incredibly compelling. Undeniably beautiful and yet undeniably frightening.

I thought of the book today when I watched this amazing clip of Steven Colbert play-acting an atomic blast and ending the clip by saying "Well, you made it ugly":

That's some fine acting right there. Brings those photos to life. so with that as a reach of a segue, I am this evening go to see Theatre New Brunswick's stage adaptation of one of my all-time favourite movies 'It's a Wonderful Life'. I'm very interested to see how true-to-the-original they keep it and whether their version will make me as happy as Capra's. I'm excited to find out.

In another reach of a segue here is this week's flashback song. As we approach the end of the decade I'll spend a little time reflecting on what happened to the last 10 years and some of the things I got to be a part of. One of the best shows I saw this decade was Michael Franti and Spearhead at the Commodore in Vancouver. This is one of the songs he played:

Pace out.

Labels: Flashback Friday

posted by Vitamin S @ 4:00 p.m.