Catherine O'Hara
Jan. 31st, 2026 08:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauradi7dwYesterday I was going to post the weird coincidence that Catherine O'Hara was a clue in the Thursday Globe crossword puzzle and then she died the next day (I am not implying foresight or causality). I didn't have much more to say, but in his little tribute this morning on NPR Scott Simon finished the list of her famous roles by playing a snippet of Kiss at the end of the rainbow from A Mighty Wind*. Here it is
sovay posted about Folkways records the other day. A Mighty Wind wasn't a direct parody of Folkways - part of it was a parody of the New Christy Minstrels, I think - but those of us who loved some of the folk scene also loved the film. It wasn't mocking as much as wry smiles.
sovay posted about Folkways records the other day. A Mighty Wind wasn't a direct parody of Folkways - part of it was a parody of the New Christy Minstrels, I think - but those of us who loved some of the folk scene also loved the film. It wasn't mocking as much as wry smiles.
