From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V16 #445 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Saturday, January 5 2008 Volume 16 : Number 445 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: DVD of the Moment [craigie* ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #443 [Michael Sweeney ] Re: It's not my name (not yet) [Michael Sweeney ] Re: DVD of the Moment ["Stewart C. Russell" ] RE: DVD of the Moment ["Bachman, Michael" ] Natalie Jane ["vivien lyon" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 08:44:24 +0000 From: craigie* Subject: Re: DVD of the Moment Really? Last Picture Show isn't out on DVD yet? That seems oddly lax.... That film was one of our video must-sees (along with Two Lane Black Top, the Blues Brothers, and Spinal Tap) for late night viewing back in the 80's... c* On 03/01/2008, Carrie Galbraith wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > >just picked up *Hearts Of Darkness* from the library. includes a > >joint-commentary by the coppolas, plus a sixty-minute documentary > covering > >the shooting of his new movie (anybody seen that yet?). needless to say, > >i'm pretty stoked. > > > >while i'm still holding out hope for criterion issues of *Last Picture > >Show* and *Baron Munchausen* (both of which it issued on laserdisc, but > has > >"no plans" to release on DVD), i *think* that this leaves only *Swimming > To > >Cambodia* as titles i own on laserdisc which have yet to be released to > >DVD. > > > >along with *Reds* and *Kicking And Screaming* finally having this year > seen > >the light of day on DVD, it's a nice little trifecta. > > I saw the documentary in the theaters when it was aired - really enjoyed > the insight into Apocolypse Now. > > I'm waiting for The Inner Circle to come out on DVD. A 1991 film about > Stalin's pre-WWII regime from the eyes of his projectionist. Excellent film, > very bleak, very forgotten. > > DVD of the moment - Performance. > Happy New Year to you all! > - c > The Last Picture Show would be great on DVD as well as They Shoot Horses > Don't They? Lost gems... > - -- first things first, but not necessarily in that order... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 08:45:57 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V16 #443 James wrote: >> so one can "steal" music, eh? i suppose it's also possible to "steal" air?>> or precious bodily fluids? >>It's important to retain purity of essence. ...OK, Gen. Ripper... Michael "Gammy leg" Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ The best games are on Xbox 360. Click here for a special offer on an Xbox 360 Console. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/wheretobuy/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 08:55:45 +0000 From: Michael Sweeney Subject: Re: It's not my name (not yet) Jeff 2fs wrote: >On 1/2/08, HwyCDRrev@aol.com wrote:>>>> i believe - when carlene covered Ring Of Fire>> during her nick lowe/rockpile phase ->> she introduced it as putting the "c*nt back in country">> she was allegedly embarrassed when johnny & june carter cash>>surprised her by being in the audience>> (think about it - a "ring" of "fire") >> >Some comedian had a joke claiming that "Ring of Fire" was written after>Johnny Cash caught an STD from anal sex with a Mexican hooker. ...And I seem to recall a bit of an uproar not long ago when the co-author of the song (or some other semi-authorized owner/whatever) sold the song for use in a Preparation H commercial (no joke -- but, might've been in foreign markets only? something...) Michael "So, would 'Walk the Line' be used in a commercial for some product that would help you pass a field sobriety test?" Sweeney _________________________________________________________________ Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_122007 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:25:03 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: DVD of the Moment craigie* wrote: > Really? Last Picture Show isn't out on DVD yet? That seems oddly lax.... It's been out on DVD for ages, but not in the edition that Eddie likes. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 07:53:34 -0500 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: DVD of the Moment - -----Original Message----- From: owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org [mailto:owner-fegmaniax@smoe.org] On Behalf Of craigie* Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 3:44 AM To: Carrie Galbraith Cc: singing policemen Subject: Re: DVD of the Moment C* >Really? Last Picture Show isn't out on DVD yet? That seems oddly lax.... >That film was one of our video must-sees (along with Two Lane Black Top, the Blues Brothers, and Spinal Tap) >for late night viewing back in the 80's... It's been out for a number of years, as I have a copy in my collection. I'm not sure if it's still in print. If not, it would be an ideal Criterion candidate. The sequel, Texasville, was a less than okay movie at best as I recall. Michael B. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 11:53:34 +1300 From: grutness@slingshot.co.nz Subject: Re: Reap & reiver >George MacDonald Fraser, author and screenwriter. No more Flashman. The Universe sucks. (BTW, Stewart and other fans of Flashman, I've been hearing good things about James Delingpole's "Richard Coward" books - in the same sort of vein but set in the 20th century) > > Also wrote an interesting factual historical book about the reiving >> families of the English/Scottish borders, amongst whom, I believe, >> were ancestors of my own. > >Dunno if you'd want to claim any kin to the reivers. They were nasty >bastards - think a mix of Quantrill's raiders and mujaheddin. No wonder >the Romans dubbed the borderers "scoti" - bandits. I know more than enough about Reiver history. The Northumbrian branches of my beloved Alice's ancestry (Hedley and Fenwick) spent much of its time stealing sheep from each other, by the sound of it. James - -- James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- =-.-=-.-=-.- You talk to me as if from a distance .-=-.-=-.-=-. -=-. And I reply with impressions chosen from another time .-=- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- (Brian Eno - "By this River") -.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 18:42:40 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: DVD of the Moment Stacked Crooked says: > just picked up *Hearts Of Darkness* from the library. includes a > joint-commentary by the coppolas, plus a sixty-minute documentary covering > the shooting of his new movie (anybody seen that yet?). needless to say, > i'm pretty stoked. oh, i adore that documentary. i still have a VHS copy (taped from when it ran on (i imagine) PBS) as i checked at some point on its DVD-status. i liked the documentary far better than its subject of "apocalypse now", although i confess that i don't know that i can have proper appreciation for a movie with a heavy war theme (closest i'll probably get is a movie more akin to "paths of glory".) i especially love the trivia bits that start to turn the filming into a bit of a quagmire, e.g. when the newspapers start running the stories headlined "Apocalypse When?" and how the coppola's "helicopter forces" would be taken away from them on occasion to do actually helicopter work. and mr. sheen goes and has a heart attack...at (am i misremembering?) the ripe old age of 37. and brando, sheesh, i have to love this guy. what an asshole. at any rate, "move to top of queue", done. > while i'm still holding out hope for criterion issues of *Last Picture > Show* and *Baron Munchausen* (both of which it issued on laserdisc, but has > "no plans" to release on DVD), i *think* that this leaves only *Swimming To > Cambodia* as titles i own on laserdisc which have yet to be released to > DVD. on a semi-related subject, another documentary about movie-making which i love is the one about terry gilliam making his (unfinished) film about don quixote (sorry, i can't recall the name of it.) i don't really care for gilliam's movies (they're too...intricate or something...), but i do respect them. although, the documentary makes me wonder how this man ever got a movie together. i pray he has much "support staff" for his future efforts. xo - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People with opinions just go around bothering one another." - The Buddha ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 17:19:25 -0800 From: "vivien lyon" Subject: Natalie Jane Hello, everyone- I'm writing with some very sad news. Natalie Jane Jacobs passed away on Thursday January 3rd. She was at home in Portland and had been very ill. She was found by friends, apparently asleep in her bed. I met Natalie through this list. We had a great rapport via email and met in person to see Andy Partridge do an in-store performance in Chicago. She gave him a tin-foil thoth and kissed his cheek. She was an amazing person, as anyone who ever met her would say. Funny, insightful, compassionate, intelligent, and creative. She was a great writer and a great friend, very giving and forgiving. Her dream was to be a midwife, and she was only months away from completing her course of study, having done an preceptorship in Austin, Texas and moved back to Portland for her final classes. We spent Thanksgiving together and Natalie was the happiest I've ever seen her. I'm still in shock- she was one of the most unique, lovely people I've ever known and I can't believe she's gone. Many of you met in her in person, and it seemed the right thing to do to let this list know of her passing. Email me for details concerning the memorial service. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V16 #445 ********************************