Factory Girl

Over break I rented Factory Girl, per recommendation from a good friend. It was a great movie, and I learned a lot about Edie Sedgwick, whom I knew almost nothing about. Besides being the "It Girl," of the sixties, and Andy Warhol's muse, I had no idea that Edie had so many problems; I won't give away the movie though. One thing I would like to touch upon is her relationship with Bob Dylan, and how it was portrayed in the film. Hayden Christensen played Bob Dyan and no offense Hayden, I think you are a great actor but you did not do Dylan justice. I am a big Dylan fan, and have read numerous books about him, and I am not saying I know all there is to know, but I do know that he was not all mushy and into Edie as the movie makes it seem. Dylan had numerous relationships in the sixites and his and Edie's was extremely brief, and it was not a life changing relationship for Dylan. However, it might have been for Edie. The film made it seem like Dylan and Edie had this great love and that just didn't really happen.... Sorry that title goes to Suze Rotolo.
So that is my opinion on the film, what did you guys think?

Folk Revival

Recently, and by recently I really mean today, I wrote a research paper for my history class on the folk revival of the late fifties and early sixties. I must say that this paper was an absolute blast to do.

First of all I must say that yes, I am a folk fanatic, so this is right up my alley. I spent this past summer reading the newly published "Girls like Us," and "A Freewheelin' Time." "Girls like us," was a biography about Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Carly Simon. "A Freewheelin' Time" was a memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties, by none other then Suze Rotolo, Bob Dylan's first real true love. Both books were great, and they really inspired an increased interest in the folk scene of the sixties.
Flash forward to the fall, when my history professor told us that we could pick any topic we like for research papers (as long as the topic was after 1945). I knew immediately that this would be the perfect opportunity to dig deeper into my interest of folk. So I chose the "folk revival," as my topic.
Well, the paper is now finished and I could not be happier with the outcome.
Not only that but this was more of a fun hobby then a dreaded assignment.