I swear, I was looking for films to show my Lit class. Really, I was trying to decide between Roman Polanski's or Orson Welles' version of Macbeth. And I was browsing all of the other film and television adaption of the Bard's classic when...
The YouTube browser took me to videos of The Third Ear and other progressive-rock bands. From Renaissance's Prologue, it led me through recordings of vocal pieces used in videos. I swear, it's true.
And then browser took me to this:
Honest, I wasn't looking for bike videos. But I couldn't stop looking at it.
You've seen a million Bianchis before. If you are of a certain age, you remember when they all came in some version of the color ("Celeste") you see on Fausto's bike. Something about this video makes it seem as arresting as it was the first time you saw it.
And the bike...Why, it has--gasp--cottered cranks. And exposed bolts on the stem. Everything's so low-tech.
But what a thing of beauty! And Fausto himself, even when he was wearing a plain white polo shirt, just reeked style. Check out 0:43 into the video. Those people look like they actually know him; they're not just props or backdrops.
As for the bike--Check out 2:15 to 2:22. If only today's integrated headsets looked like that!
Now I'm going back to work. I swear, I didn't look for that video. I was brought to it.
The YouTube browser took me to videos of The Third Ear and other progressive-rock bands. From Renaissance's Prologue, it led me through recordings of vocal pieces used in videos. I swear, it's true.
And then browser took me to this:
Honest, I wasn't looking for bike videos. But I couldn't stop looking at it.
You've seen a million Bianchis before. If you are of a certain age, you remember when they all came in some version of the color ("Celeste") you see on Fausto's bike. Something about this video makes it seem as arresting as it was the first time you saw it.
And the bike...Why, it has--gasp--cottered cranks. And exposed bolts on the stem. Everything's so low-tech.
But what a thing of beauty! And Fausto himself, even when he was wearing a plain white polo shirt, just reeked style. Check out 0:43 into the video. Those people look like they actually know him; they're not just props or backdrops.
As for the bike--Check out 2:15 to 2:22. If only today's integrated headsets looked like that!
Now I'm going back to work. I swear, I didn't look for that video. I was brought to it.
What was that brazed on threaded hole near bottom of front right fork? A light bracket on a racer?
ReplyDeleteColine--I was wondering the same thing.
ReplyDeleteHenry V with Kenneth Branagh is really good. Much Ado About Northing was good too. Didn't like his version of Hamlet.
ReplyDeleteAnon--I agree with what you say about his Henry V and Hamlet. I haven't seen his Much Ado.
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