More Music/Prayers For An Old Storyteller

[alexandraerin]

I was going to use an entirely different recording of this song, but after getting back to my room and reading that Garrison Keillor has suffered a "minor stroke", this just jumped into my head:

It's from Robert Altman's lovely swan song, A Prairie Home Companion, a fictionalized film account of the end of Garrison Keillor's signature radio show with his whole cast of personae brought to life as separate members of a radio repertory company. A lot of people felt the movie was a big talkie mess, with plot threads brought up and dropped seemingly at random, with none of the expected morals or messages, and a lot of unnecessary ambiguity, especially at the end.

So of course, I loved it.

But then, I also loved Altman's other underrated musical treasure, Popeye.

Anyway, my thoughts go out to Mr. Keillor.

Comments

[caudelac.livejournal.com]

I loved that movie too!

Sadly, all I could think was that if Keillor dies this year, I think I'll crawl into a deep hole of news blackout, or stick my fingers in my ears and sing "la la la!" until January.

[shadedevlin.livejournal.com]

Damnit, I'm going to go watch that movie. And dig up the one or two of the radio shows that I have/had.

[thealmightygarp.livejournal.com]

Oh man, Popeye.

Also, if you haven't seen it, 'Short Cuts' is amazing, and one of Altman's best. But then I'm a big Robert Altman fan :)