Still Purty
Jul. 20th, 2010 09:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
commonpeople1The Guardian Review this weekend had an article on what politicians, artists and writers are reading over the summer. Amongst the name dropping of new books, old classics and obscurities I was surprised to read that David Hare is taking Molly Ringwald's Getting the Pretty Back with him on holiday. Why did he choose it? Because he was so moved and impressed by an eulogy she wrote in the New York Times for John Hughes when he passed away last year.
David Hare was so impressed by the beauty of her words that he's hoping for a repeated dose in her book. I read the article today and have to agree with him: it was well written and, on top of that, it made me want to revisit her in those 80s classics.
A tiny detail caught my attention in the article: John Hughes used to make tons of mixed tapes for Molly and Anthony Michael Hall. I want them! As some of you may know, I'm a big fan of mixed tapes - my ultimate dream is to find a charity shop that sells people's forgotten/abandoned tapes, collage covers and track lists included.
If you have old mixed tapes that you don't want anymore, please consider posting them to me.
David Hare was so impressed by the beauty of her words that he's hoping for a repeated dose in her book. I read the article today and have to agree with him: it was well written and, on top of that, it made me want to revisit her in those 80s classics.
A tiny detail caught my attention in the article: John Hughes used to make tons of mixed tapes for Molly and Anthony Michael Hall. I want them! As some of you may know, I'm a big fan of mixed tapes - my ultimate dream is to find a charity shop that sells people's forgotten/abandoned tapes, collage covers and track lists included.
If you have old mixed tapes that you don't want anymore, please consider posting them to me.
