beyond the sea movie

 i watched a DVD movie at midday today, a recent amazon purchase, 'beyond the sea'. i recognized kevin spacey, john goodman, and bob hoskins in it. goodman was why i bought it, he plays a supporting role as the manager and is listed third in the cast. i do like musician bio-pics, and i do recall this one being at theaters but it was in limited release and that was a big reason why i didn't see it then. this one was a little different, as it was an older bobby darin telling his life story and at times getting help from 'little bobby' to tell the story. he was married to sandra dee, and they depict their meeting in italy when filming a movie with rock hudson. it did give some good insight on the times, not just his life. such as when he takes off much of the 1960s to raise his young son and the world was changing with the war in vietnam, as well as the music industry changing. bobby liked playing in nightclubs, and the rage became playing in stadiums. i know this was true for the beatles, playing concerts in baseball and football stadiums. early on they talk some about frank sinatra, as bobby wanted to be as big as sinatra. the title is derived from one of his songs, which is common for a bio-pic about a musician. i mainly know him for 'mack the knife', as it inspired the mcdonald's commercial 'mac tonight' with the moon playing the piano. the movie was filmed in great britain and germany, according to the closing credits. 

also notable about the day was doing an in-person open-mic at a park near the mississippi river. this was the mic done by the m.c. who has been doing the virtual mic. i liked seeing the mad hatter there, and at first i forgot his name as it had been just over a year since i had seen him. of course this was due to the pandemic. he was wearing a patchwork jacket that he said was found at a resale shop. there was goodies, and i had some. there was angie's kettle corn, and chocolate wafers from palestine. i used the lawn chair that i keep in the back of my car for the first time in a long while, it was a good time to use it. earlier in the day i was doing research and found out more about hamline baseball. they did play at the saints stadium on saturday, but it was a different opponent than was listed in the original schedule. there was some press releases about the schedule change that i didn't read before departing for the venue. so i may want to try again later this month to see one of their games, and check the website before i go. the doubleheader started two hours later, so this would have been about the time i was leaving downtown after my walk. i did do a walk this evening and found 62 cents.