Music notes

Three notes go into a bar…

The following story makes sense if you know some music theory : C, E-flat, and G go into a bar. The bartender says, “Sorry, but we don’t serve minors.” So the E-flat leaves, and the C and the G have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished; the G …

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The plot in Regeneration by Pat Barker photo

Historical figures and fictional characters in Regeneration

How human beings presented in Regeneration are different from historical characters? Paradoxically, several characters had real historical existence and yet, there is no difference between those who really existed and those invented: it seems that they are on the same level. The major difference lays in characterization, i.e. the ways in which human beings are …

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Deux hommes en costume armés de fusils pointés l'un vers l'autre, une scène qui n'est pas sans rappeler l'intervention divine de Pulp Fiction.

Pulp Fiction : “This was divine intervention…”

Shooter: [busting the door, emptying his gun] Die you motherfuckers !!! [Gun clicks, no ammo left] [Pause] [Jules and Vincent look at each other then reply with their guns] Vincent (John Travolta): [to Marvin] Why the fuck didn’t you tell us somebody was in the bathroom? Slipped your mind? Did you forget that somebody was …

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