From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V15 #171 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, July 24 2006 Volume 15 : Number 171 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: So, what are you doing for the tenth anniversary? ["Brian Nupp" ] Re: Matmos "The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast" [Tom Clark ] reap ["Michael Wells" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 09:23:55 -0400 From: "Brian Nupp" Subject: RE: So, what are you doing for the tenth anniversary? >I see that Moss Elixir came out ten years ago this August. It's still >my >favourite Robyn album. I feel I need to celebrate it somehow, but >don't >yet know how. Suggestions? > > Stewart Whatever you Stewart, include me in your celebration (ex: hold up your glass and mock toast with your invisible friend "Nuppy"...) Hard to believe the last Egyptians album was 13 years ago... - -Nuppy ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:09:55 EDT From: HwyCDRrev@aol.com Subject: october tour australia _http://www.robynhitchcock.com/auditori.htm_ (http://www.robynhitchcock.com/auditori.htm) Australia 13 Fly By Night Fremantle, WA 14 The Gov Adelaide, SA 16 The Spiegeltent Melbourne 17 Melbourne University Melbourne 18 The Basement Sydney, NSW 19 The Clarendon Katoomba, NSW 20 The Grand Central Richmond, VIC 21 St. Andrews Hotel St Andres, VIC 22 The Rose Torquay, VIC ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 09:03:36 -0700 From: Eb Subject: reap Shame on anyone who can't immediately picture his face. :p Eb Mako, 72; Actor Opened Door for Asian Americans By Jocelyn Y. Stewart, Times Staff Writer July 23, 2006 In the early days of his acting career, when most roles offered to Asian American actors were caricatures or stereotypes, Mako took just such a part and used it to open the doors of Hollywood and Broadway to others. In the 1966 film "The Sand Pebbles," he played the Chinese character Po-han, who spoke pidgin English, called the white sailors in the movie "master," and treated them as such. But through the power of his acting, Mako transformed Po-han and compelled the audience to empathize and identify with the engine-room "coolie." The portrayal earned Mako an Academy Award nomination, which he used to continue his push for more and better roles for Asian American actors. Mako, who in 1965 co-founded East West Players, the nation's first Asian American theater company, died Friday of esophageal cancer at his home in the Ventura County town of Somis. He was 72. "What many people say is, 'If it wasn't for Mako there wouldn't have been Asian American theater,' " said Tim Dang, current artistic director of East West Players, based in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles. "He is revered as sort of the godfather of Asian American theater." In an acting career that spanned more than four decades, Mako was a familiar face in film and television. His TV roles included appearances on "McHale's Navy," "I Spy," "MASH," "Quincy," and "Walker, Texas Ranger." In films, he was a Japanese admiral in "Pearl Harbor" and a Singaporean in "Seven Years in Tibet." He was Akiro the wizard in "Conan the Barbarian" and "Conan the Destroyer" with now-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. But Mako had a larger view of the possibilities for Asian American actors. As artistic director of East West Players, Mako trained generations of actors and playwrights. He staged classics such as Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," Chekhov's "Three Sisters," and lesser-known contemporary works. He devoted the entire 1981 season to works pertaining to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The series coincided with the opening of a national discussion on internment reparations. It was a risky endeavor, but Mako said it was crucial. "Mako, being one of the founders of East West Players 40 years ago, truly is the role model and the pioneer," said Tisa Chang, artistic producing director of the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in New York. "He nurtured so many playwrights." Though his own career was marked by moments of success, it was also forged by struggle. "Generally for him it was particularly hard, because he was an immigrant.... There was the linguistic challenge," said George Takei, who played Sulu in "Star Trek." "But he recognized we needed more opportunities to practice our craft." Mako was born Makoto Iwamatsu in Kobe, Japan, on Dec. 10, 1933. When he was 5, his parents left Japan to study art in New York. Mako stayed behind to be raised by his grandparents. Because his parents lived on the East Coast, they were not interned during World War II. Instead they ended up working for the U.S. Office of War Information and were later granted residency. Mako joined them when he was 15. He had a plan to become an architect and enrolled at the Pratt Institute in New York. But that plan changed when a friend asked him to design a set and do lighting for an off-Broadway children's play. Mako was hooked: "That's when the trouble began," he said. "I was out of class so much that I lost my draft deferment." During his two years in the military, he traveled to Korea and Japan and re-immersed himself in Japanese culture. After his discharge, he moved to California and studied theater at the Pasadena Playhouse. Mako married Shizuko Hoshi, a dancer, choreographer and actress. She survives him along with their daughters, Sala and Mimosa. Mako had been working primarily in television and on stage when he was cast as Po-han in "The Sand Pebbles." The movie, which starred Steve McQueen, told the story of a nonconformist sailor assigned to a U.S. gunboat patrolling China's Yangtze River in 1926. It was widely interpreted as a metaphor for U.S. involvement in Vietnam, which brought filmmaker Robert Wise scorn from some quarters and praise from others. In one scene, Po-han dons boxing gloves to fight an American sailor to save the honor of a Chinese woman forced to work in a brothel. The sailor, who towers over his Chinese opponent, lands some crushing blows, but Po-han responds to knock the sailor to the floor and win the fight. Po-han might have been a less noteworthy character in the film if not for Mako's acting abilities. Other actors played such parts and simply "did what they were told to do: giggle here, shuffle over there, bow and go out," Takei said. "He was one of the early truly trained actors who was able to take stock roles, roles seen many times before, and make an individual a live and vibrant character." Mako used the prominence the Oscar nomination gave him to address the dearth of parts for Asian Americans in general. Unless a script specifically called for an Asian American, producers and casting directors rejected them for roles. "Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West," Mako said in a 1986 interview with The Times. "That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain." The company's mission soon expanded to include training writers. "Unless our story is told to [other] people, it's hard for them to understand where we are," Mako said. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:56:14 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: Matmos "The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast" On Jul 20, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Bachman, Michael wrote: > Anyone familiar with Matmos "The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a > Beast"? Allmusic.com lists it as one of the best of '06 so far. As far as Robyn is concerned, it hooks right in with "Queen Elvis", but that's about it. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3c2tk6dxukrg~T00 - -tc, One Hundred and Fucking Eight Degrees. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:51:16 -0400 From: FSThomas Subject: Morrisey pays tribute to Syd http://www.nme.com/news/morrissey/23692 Morrissey pays tribute to Syd Barrett at BenicC ssim And wraps himself in the Spanish flag Morrissey paid tribute to the legendary Syd Barrett at the BenicC ssim Festival in Spain tonight (July 22). The star dedicated 'I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now' to the former Pink Floyd singer, who died earlier this month (July 7). Morrissey also wrapped himself in the Spanish flag, changed his shirt three times, and made a wry reference to pulling out of the bash at the last minute in 2004. He said: "Thank you for turning up this year. Very good of you." The set was taken mainly from new album 'Ringleader Of The Tormentors' , but the crowd on the Escenario Verde were also treated to four Smiths classics - set opener 'Panic', 'Still Ill', 'Girlfriend In A Coma' and 'How Soon Is Now?' . - -- FS Thomas | Interactive Developer | fsthomas-at-ochremedia.com 404.758.8616 (home/office) | 404.274.1632 (mobile) | ferraatu (AIM) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:07:58 -0500 From: "Michael Wells" Subject: reap David Maloney, British director of many classic Doctor Who episodes ("The Talons of Weng Chiang," etc) as well as producer of "Blake's 7" and "The Day of the Triffids" http://tinyurl.com/nahob Michael "I'm going as Avon for Halloween this year" Wells ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/07/21/34074.sht ml ) ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V15 #171 ********************************