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On Friday we braved Storm Eoywn and walked down to Walsall Light, our town's independent cinema, to see A Complete Unknown. I can't say that I'm really a fan of Bob Dylan, I bought his album, Freewheeling, from a jumble sale when I was a teenager and although its still in my record collection I've not played it in forty years. I didn't even know he was still alive until my friend Claire mentioned seeing him at Wolverhampton Civic Hall last year! However two of the stars of A Complete Unknown, Timothee Chalamet & Ed Norton, have appeared in Wes Anderson films and you probably know that I love anything to do with him.
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Whilst I won't be rushing out to purchase Bob Dylan's back catalogue, we absolutely loved the film and were so impressed by Edward Norton, Timothee Chalamet & Monica Barbaro performing on the soundtrack. I knew even less about Pete Seeger (Ed Norton's character) than I did about Dylan but I do remember being enthralled by another of the film's characters, Woody Guthrie, when I watched a documentary on the BBC back in my student days (HERE). A Complete Unknown really does live up to the hype and you don't need to be a fan to see it.
Walking back from town, we were giggling about the only damage caused by the storm was a wheelie bin lying on its side and how the MET Office seemed to have gone a bit overboard with the Amber warnings, that's until we'd almost reached home and saw this...
..one of the neighbourhood London Plane trees had taken out a wall and fallen on to the top floor flat. Fortunately the residents had all escaped unharmed and the chap who lived in the damaged flat told us he had a campervan to sleep in until it was safe for him to return home.
My charity-shopped wool mittens I'd bought earlier in the week proved to be very useful, that wind was cold!
The skirt I wore on Friday is actually a dress, bought from Mumbai's Chowpatti Beach branch of Anokhi back in February 2020. Here I am wearing it on Tenerife last month.
Over my maxi I wore this early 1970s Anokhi blouse (eBay, 2020), a vintage Indian silk screen printed scarf from my collection and that flash of purple is a thermal vest from the Marks & Spencer clearance outlet, too good to hide!
Jon spotted these repro Egyptian Revival earrings on eBay.
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We finally got round to watching 1917 on Friday evening, another film which lived up to the hype.
On Saturday morning we walled down to the Lidl lockers to deposit some Vinted parcels before stopping to watch the tree being removed. The residents had been allowed back into their flats, although the road remained closed. Just look at how beautifully blue the sky was!
I wore my Anokhi maxi dress again, this time with the Peruvian Connection alpaca cardi bought for a fiver on Vinted and the charity shopped Moroccan belt.
The blouse, if you can make it out in this rubbish photo, is aubergine coloured cotton with puffed shoulders and a shirred collar and cuffs and labelled Neatawear, London, a fashion label that went bust in the mid-1960s. It was £3 from a charity shop back in 2021. It's beautiful but a right pain to put on as it buttons up at the back so Jon has to dress me whenever I decide to wear it!
A closeup of my jewellery - Mexican silver earrings from my pals at Shilpa Silver and a Victorian banded agate bar brooch, hallmarked in Birmingham, that has been glued back together (a few pence from a jumble sale back in the 1980s).
William was desperate for us to stop messing around posing for photos in the garden and give him some attention. He spent three hours fast asleep on my lap whilst I powered through Dark Star: The Oral Biography of Jerry Garcia, on loan from Dave, a swimming friend.
Like Bob Dylan, another 1960s American counter-culture legend I knew sod all about.
Saturday night's entertainment was provided by the excellent Blood & Gold. Set at the tail end of WW2 a German deserter and a young woman are drawn into a bloody battle with a group of Nazis hunting for hidden gold. It's got the feel of a Spaghetti western and has strong Tarantino vibes. Not only did the lead character, Heinrich, have a cameo in Friday night's film, 1917 but as a nod to A Complete Unknown, Pete Seeger's Where have All The Flowers Gone features on the soundtrack, talk about synchronicity!
Silver and malachite earrings bought in 2018 from Gujarat.
The charity shop was very disappointing this morning but I did manage to leave with three books - a Taschen book on HR Giger, Grits by Niall Griffiths and The Old Draft by Namwali Serpell.
And, as I've finished the posh scented candle Liz & Adrian gave me for Xmas, I treated myself to this Woodbridge Fir and Cedar candle, from Cancer UK's new (as opposed to donated) stock, reduced by 50% as apparently it's a Xmas smell.
Hope you've had a fabulous weekend. I'm off to catch up with blogs and comments before the Pottery Throwdown.
See you soon!
Gosh, those earrings are beautiful. Unusual colour too.
ReplyDeleteWe have had really strong winds here on the south coat, strong enough that on Friday I struggled to open the car door. Glad that the occupant of that top flat was ok, must have been frightening.
Mrs Catz
Oh, I was wondering how the film was. Can't say I love Bob completely. Although, a couple of songs are real gems. Although, the one's I like aren't the popular ones. So great 1917 must be. Another I haven't watched, but I have always loved the main actor in this one. I have to say my favorite of his is How We Live Now. And I liked his PRIDE one as well. So many beautiful vintage things you own! I adore your hats! Oh, you truly rock your wardrobe! Wishing you much fun this new year.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad is a huge Bob Dylan fan so I grew up listening to it. Am not a great fan of hia voice, but he's written some classics which have been brilliantly covered by other artists. Arilx
ReplyDeleteNever forgave Bob Dylan for doing the dirty on Joan! I was listening to her albums long before he appeared! When my eldest was at Uni, he and his first girlfriend parted company and his break-up album was Blood on the Tracks! Blimey, it was dismal to listen to it on repeat when he came home for the holidays that year!!!I like it now though.lol loved the Grateful Dead back in the day! No going anywhere up here on Friday. It was scary! Been wearing my thermals everyday. I love them!
ReplyDeleteI only have one Dylan album, Desire, which is from the 70s. I do really like it, but somehow I've never really got into him. The film is absolutely brilliant though, I"d also highly recommend it.
ReplyDeleteBoth those sets of earrings are lovely, and I love your velvet top. I also wear summer dresses layered up in the winter. With a thermal top and leggings they work perfectly well and make your wardrobe more interesting.
I could do with upgrading my phone, the built in obsolescence is starting to kick in. It's hard to find one without a headphone jack though. I know you can get wireless ones, but I'm an old Luddite 🙂 xxx
I have nothing against Bob Dylan, and consider him a talented song-writer/musician, but I remember how shocked I was when he won the Nobel prize for literature in 2016. I feel like some amazing contemporary writers were wronged there, and I'm not the only one. Even if of course it's no fault of his, and he had been very modest about the whole affair, many reading lovers hold that Nobel against Bob Dylan. He's surely talented, I don't know much about him, but I do know some of his music. So, thank you for the movie recommendation, I'd love to see it.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing I love seeing are those fabulous flared sleeves...and your gorgeus maxis.
Those Egyptian revival earrings that Jos noticed online are gorgeous. They make me think of that famous historical theatre beetle dress created for Lady Macbeth...I think I remember you blogged about it.
William is looking very cute!
I was the same with the storm. Even on the coast it felt like it had been hyped up, then all of a sudden it didn’t. I don’t really know much about Bob Dylan either, so that film sounds interesting. I love those all about Audrey tops, I never think to check Vinted for them. Xx
ReplyDeleteHi Vix. That Anokhi blouse is so beautiful, and those scarab earrings are stunning too. If you're after something good to watch on telly, as opposed to cinema, can I recommend 'The Day' (or 'De Dag'), a Belgium crime thriller on Channel 4's iplayer. I started watching it this afternoon while sewing, and am on episode 6 of 12 already. Totally addictive.
ReplyDeleteHello to the lovely William, & glad your house escaped Eowyn's worst. Val x
Hi Vix your outfits are fab as usual. I love the green blouse especially. I also love Bob Dylan, unlike many others. I saw him in the eighties at Birmingham NEC. It was an incredible concert one of the best I have seen, and I have been to lots, in fact we just got back from one at our local small venue, The Fire Station. We were at the Dylan concert and he was late on stage. Suddenly there was, what I can only describe as an electricity in the stadium and everyone just stopped mid sentence. He had just wandered onto the stage, no dimmed lights or music, and we all knew something had happened! Honestly, I'm not normally WooWoo but it was really weird. I also saw him in Hyde Park and he was still great but he wasn't really well, I think. He was a shadow of himself sadly. Anyhow, I will definitly see the film since you recommended it, now ther's power! Ha ha.
ReplyDeleteI'm Shelagh btw!
ReplyDeleteNot too much of a Dylan fan, though I enjoy his music covered by other people. He's a bit of a...well you can fill in the blank. Jerry Garcia on the other hand, I still love the Dead and play those records regularly.
ReplyDeleteI like how you wore your dress so many different ways.
-Goody
The film sounds interesting. I was young when Bob Dylan first became known. To be honest, I just didn't understand what he was about. But when he was part of The Travelling Wilburys, I figured that he must be ok.
ReplyDeleteI'd wondered whether the Bob Dylan film was worth watching. I'll have a look and see if it's still on and see whether Tony fancies it.
ReplyDeleteI quite fancy going to see the Bob Dylan film , more so after reading your recommendation. I thought he was dead too!! Oh well. 😁 I can't get over how much he looks like David Essex in that first film poster. I did a double take when I saw the film advertised at our cinema. You can't beat an M&S thermal vest in this windy weather can you. Mine are getting a lot of wear. 😄
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