'Fear of Flying' Turns 50 in 2023 and Missy Turns 40?🎂✈

"All of these things, they're all part of the story ..."

I read the above story about Missy Higgins at the ABC news site this morning, which was more or less just a shout out to the 'Take 5' TV episode Missy will be featured in on Tuesday night, and having recently finished reading Ericia Jong's infamous novel 'Fear of Flying' which turns 50 in 2023, the year Missy turns 40, I couldn't help seeing the parallels between the self-examination of a song writer like Missy and a writer like Erica when it comes to digging into just who they think they are.

Total Control?

On the second last page on the novel (page 424) Erica writes, ""Life has no plot" is one of my favorite lines. At least it has no plot while you're still living. And after you die, the plot is not your concern."

"But whatever happened, I knew I would survive it. I knew, above all, that I'd go on working. Surviving meant being born over and over. It wasn't easy, and it was always painful. But there wasn't any other choice except death."

While the casual sex in the novel is not my thing, the book is worth reading for Erica's take on shrinks and her life in general.

Now that I have finally finished reading 'Fear of Flying' it's time to blow the dust off my unread copy of Henry Valentine Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer', which Henry claims is the male author's version of Erica's book.

I guess I'll find out if I have enough time left ... but I think I'll skip 'Fear of Dying';-)

So Many Books to Read and So Little Time?

Time Enough at Last?⏰💀

UPDATE: October 6th, 2022

I never knew this Colin Hay song above was Missy's wedding song, until I watched the 'Take 5' TV episode she was on this week.

I've only seen Colin sing live once, and that was in a tent at Woodfood when I was trying to beat the crowd back to the carpark after watching Goyte on the main stage -
Co(l)incidences?

Colin turns 70 in 2023 I see, and I thought I was old.

But he manages to keep ahead of me in the game of LIFE:-)

Goyte is 42 now, so I guess he has all the answers ... or at least the answer to life ... ?-)

🎥The Big Picture: Blonde/NOPE?🎬

I couldn't help thinking while watching the controversial Netflix movie 'Blonde' just how similar in theme it is to the movie 'NOPE' as far as the Hollywood/Fame machine chewing victims up and spitting them out goes.

I only found out about the Netflix movie 'Blonde' and watched it after listening to a very unprofessional podcast episode of 'The Big Picture' podcast where the hosts sink the boot into the director of the movie, because they personally didn't like, or understand the movie, which was an adaption of the bestselling book 'Blonde' written by a female author, by the way Amanda.

Andrew Dominik was just adapting the book to the screen, not writing a biopic for the screen on his own terms, so why the personal hate for him you two unprofessional cinephiles?

‘Blonde’ and the Top 5 Essential
Marilyn Monroe Movies

Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates

And as hard and traumatic the movie is to watch I think it is a very good piece of arthouse cinema.

The Cuban 'Blonde' Bombshell Coincidence?🌀🌊

The hosts of 'The Big Picture' podcast even did the same thing to Baz when they reviewed his 'Elvis' movie ... a movie I really liked by the way.

Makes me wonder how these hosts can be taken seriously as movie reviewers to be honest.

‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and
Top Five Music Biopics

‘Nope’ With Jordan Peele!

Maybe the 'The Big Picture' podcast hosts should bring in Brad Pit for a discussion of 'Blonde' as he is one of the producers of the movie?

Did I like NOPE ... NOPE?👎👽

The 1987 Mega-Movie Draft with 
Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary!

I guess it's hard to see the big picture when it comes to life and art?-)

 'Gone with the Candle in the Wind'
Sync film

Hollywood/Babylon?🎬👏👀

How Lord Lytton Ensorceled the 21st Century?🖋⚔

Superhero Movie (2008)

I find Christopher Knowles' ramblings entertaining, but I take them with a grain of salt when he mixes fantasy and "reality" together at his 'Secret Sun' blog:-)

Spider-Man's creation 60 years ago is a tale
of rejection and relatability?

Our Gods Wear LYcRA?-)

Our Gods Wear Spandex (2007)

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"The pen is mightier than the sword" is a metonymic adage, created by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839, indicating that the written word is more effective than violence as a means of social or political change.
Under some interpretations, written communication can refer to administrative power or an independent news media.

Hearing Chris Knowles talk about Lytton reminded me of the name of a Brisbane suburb and historic fort named Lytton (we Aussies pronounce the name as "Litton" not "Lighton" like Chris does in his SS video).

Fort Lytton National Park, 
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Fort Lytton National Park, Brisbane

I only watched the 2008 'Superhero Movie' on Netflix last night because I had discovered that Wendy Walsh had a bit part in the movie -

Everyone Knows It's Windy/Wendy Coincidence?🌀🌊

Wendy is a 
Water Tiger?

Drake was born in 1986,
the Year of the Tiger:-)

Watching 'Superhero Movie' from a 2022 perspective is certainly synchromystically eerie in hindsight.

Stranger Things Just Keeps Getting Synchromystically Stranger When it Comes to the Year of the Tiger 🐯?

Tom Cruise Turns 60 in the
  Year of the Water Tiger?

Keith David in
Superhero Movie

Monkey in Superhero Movie

Hollywood/Babylon?🎬👏👀

The Cuban 'Blonde' Bombshell Coincidence?🌀🌊