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Mmm. I just feel very bad for Kathy Bates.

Just finished last month's Vanity Fair in which an interviewer listens sympathetically to Kathy Bates explain her long awareness that she didn't have typical Hollywood actress looks and would never have been a romantic lead. Four pages of sympathy. Then they put Scarlett Johansson on the cover and give her 12 pages. Guess which one is an Oscar winner. I understand the decision, but didn't it make anyone cringe? Could have been avoided by running the Bates story in the new issue with the Pedro Pascal cover.

The reason I was coming here was that the latest episode of the TV show Buccaneers features "Superstar" in the soundtrack. Despite being set in the 1870s.

This is real. Showed up because I did a quick search to go to this thread directly.

I really did try to move these critical conversations to their own thread. Sorry Foxface (Maria is in Barcelona right now.)

Oh, Noble Rot Soho is in the old Gay Hussar building. Interesting.

For sure. I think they are lacking quite a lot of things behind the scenes. I don't even know that they have management. Bad experiences: " they split with their management team, lost touring revenue due to lockdowns, and were without a label for the first time" (circa COVID).

Apparently they will. It's missing from most of the listings online. The listings are a mess.

Thanks, will check them out.

Who unfortunately is not in Barcelona next week. Looks like the girls are on a break until Ireland at the end of the month.

Looks like a crazy bargain, treat yourself. I am being puritan because I am in Barcelona next week.

Our bit of Broadway has suddenly been designated a Sculpture Garden. That's the only sculpture I saw last night. I will have to look around.

An unexpected poignancy of this project is discovering the fragility of some of these books that I've lived with for decades. I will be lucky to get through this madcap masterpiece without the dramatic Oskar Kokoschka cover coming adrift.

I hate fireworks so much. I hated them as a child. I still do. Nothing against this holiday. Growing up they celebrated a horrific execution, Guy Fawkes, but I also remember the endless stories of awful burns and injuries suffered by small explosives being triggered in small social spaces. Will be putting the headphones on soon for the rest of the ghastly night.

I will be in London for a few days for the first time in nine years. If I do one dinner, St John seems obvious. Just wondering if I am overlooking something newer, similar level, but essentially British-ish?