hey, while i'm busy cranking out the celebrity birthdays, (since i have no real ideas) i might as well give a shout out to an insane genius... yes, apparently the very talented wolfgang amadeus mozart would'v been a cool 253 years old today, had he lived. (mmm, doesn't really make much sense to say that, in this instance. like, i know he died young, be even if he hadn't like, boozed himself to an early grave, i seriously doubt he'd be walking around now, writing jingles like, '...i'm lovin' it!') so, here's a decent shot from the classic milos forman film. you can see jeffery jones as the emporer. hey, he ended up being kind of a freak, didn't he? (jones, not the emporer.) and yes, we see the prodigy mr. tom hulce, as the hyper and screwed-up wolfgang mozart himself. hey, i love that movie. i know it by heart. but f. murray abraham is the real star if you ask me. i love this scene that's pictured here, where mozart plays salieri's own piece back to him, only like, 'mozarted up,' to suit the masses. (and hey, that's christine ebersole as katarina, the songstress... the same chick who gave michael dorsey his 'why are you so wired?' brush-off at his birthday party in 'tootsie.' ) (oh, and as a last footnote: have you seen a recent picture of tom hulce? i have only two words for you: mountain man. google it at your own risk.)
