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Saturday, August 24, 2019

Sophia in Storyville*

Filed under: General — m759 @ 12:54 pm

The Firsts of Sophia Lillis

* See the previous post.  Related material:
The Lolita Express  and Magic Carpet Ride.

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Entertainment Overload

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 1:00 am

From a May 13, 2010, New York Times  theater review

From a link in a post from yesterday evening —

"Why don't you come with me, little girl,
on a magic carpet ride?" — Steppenwolf lyrics

These lyrics are heard in  Star Trek: First Contact  (1996).

Related entertainment —

The production of "Passion Play" reviewed above opened May 12, 2010.

See also this journal on that date.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Ride

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 3:01 pm

"Why don't you come with me, little girl,
on a magic carpet ride?" — Steppenwolf lyrics

Related material for fans of Christopher Alexander
(see previous post) — "The 'Life' of a Carpet."

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Figure in the Carpet

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 2:02 am

"Why don't you come with me, little girl,
On a magic carpet ride?"

– Steppenwolf lyrics

"I like to fold my magic carpet, after use,
in such a way as to superimpose
one part of the pattern upon another."

Vladimir Nabokov in Speak, Memory

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11/110217-IndexTo202.jpg

See also Nabokov at Harvard in today's Crimson
and the Russian boxes of Henry James.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Venue

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 12:00 pm

… Don't you know that when you play
at this level there's no ordinary venue?

— Lyrics from Chess

Why don't you come with me little girl
On a magic carpet ride?

— Steppenwolf lyrics in Star Trek: First Contact

I like to fold my magic carpet, after use,
in such a way as to superimpose
one part of the pattern upon another.

Vladimir Nabokov in Speak, Memory

See also recent Log24 posts.

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