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I went in search of some sheet music or midi files of the this oh-so-beautiful tune from Yann Tiersen (heard in Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain), and was sucked into the youtube vortex of (mostly) endearing alternate versions:

• for solo guitar
• a wild version for ringing bells (yea you heard me right) — gotta make it 2:00 into this one for the full effect to hit
• two guitars
• a  “metal” version
• flute and whistle

And the original….

The new film from Jean Pierre Jeunet, Micmacs à tire-larigot, has pounced on my brain’s expectation centers.

@jonathancoulton Seriously smile-inducing: Children’s Choir Sings “Still Alive” http://goo.gl/lzIR #portal

I used to be very in to the Oscars, but now not-so-much. It was actually tough to work up some enthusiasm for last month’s show.

Perhaps it correlates to a time when I saw every frickin movie that came out (1996-2001). Or maybe I’m just older and my expectations have drifted upwards. Anyway, now that we’re finally catching up with 2009’s films… I have trouble believing that An Education wasn’t the ‘Best Picture’ in that group.

Still, I’m holding out hope that  UP or A SERIOUS MAN will at least be as good…

My mind is still melting from all of the daily goodness contained at “Arts & Letters Daily” http://www.aldaily.com/