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Very sweet animated short ~ beautifully done: Watch --

And now, Flash Back Monday : One of the cutest moments ever to come from Sesame Street's Kermit and the little girl who pranks him with her alphabet singing. Watch -- BUT FIRST: ANNA LILY SAID I HAVE TO GIVE HER CREDIT FOR FINDING THIS FOR ME TODAY! THANKS AL! XO

One of my daughters and I went to see this tonight -- and both give it an enthusiastic thumbs up. Mama is our favorite kind of horror story: The ghost story. Haunting, sad, scary, moving and never quite what one expects. A story as moving as it is unnerving, but one that engaged our imagination and heart from beginning to end. Note, the two child actors in this film deserve oscars for their work. And the this film proves that it is still The Year of The Woman in film for 2012/2013. I should also note that this film is another unintentional commentary on the problem of having too many guns in our midst. Especially guns in the hands of the emotionally overwhelmed and unstable. Something which is going to be even more of an issue in our post Sandy Hook world. Interesting that this film and the trailers of so many other films we saw tonight were all connected to the issue of tragedy at the hands of gun related violence. A sorry commentary on our times, I fear. But...

Watched this film for the 7th time with my girls who were watching it for the first time. But we all cried at the same time, here. Watch:

Daughter   (London based band, formerly solo work of Elena Tonra) performs 'Youth' exclusively for The Amazing Sessions 

Aimee Mann singing about my current "Home Town Buffet:" The Big OC, a place she clearly has great affection for. -- Not that I'd ever fault Mann for her dead pan, deadly accurate observations about this funny old world. Gotta hand it to her, she gets it just right so very often. And now? -- I'm off to drive on one of these things…Enjoy. You got a lot of money, but you can't afford the freeway The road to Orange County leaves an awful lot of leeway Where everyone's a doctor or a specialist in retail They'll sell you all the speed you want if you can take the blackmail You know it I know it Why don't you Just show it? You got a lot of money, but you can't afford the freeway You got a lot of money, but you can't afford the freeway You got a lot of money, but you cannot keep your bills paid The sacrifice is worth it just to hang around the arcade You found yourself a prophet, but you left him on the boardwalk Another c...

This find's from Sigur Rós. They're an an ambient/post-rock band from Reykjavík, Iceland: The fellow on lead vocals is Jonsi who did the soundtrack to We Bought a Zoo (Great soundtrack.) [English Translation:] You tried everything Yes, a thousand times Experienced enough Been through enough But it was you who let everything Into my heart and it was you who once again Awoke my spirit I parted, you parted You stir up Emotions In a blender Everything in disarray But it was you who was always There for me and it was you who never judged My true friend I parted, you parted [hopelandic] You sail on rivers With an old oar Leaking badly You swim to shore Pushed the waves away But to no avail You float on the sea Sleep on the surface Light through the fog [hopelandic]