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THE FLICKERING FLAMES
« on: February 04, 2004, 12:04:56 AM »

Well, you've read the notes VERY carefully, you know where they're coming from, you know whassup, you are jiggy with it, so let's all post until the cows come home, shall we?
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« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2004, 12:19:23 AM »

Well, I'm not jiggy, because the notes aren't up yet.  Or at least I can't get them yet.  Same difference, I haven't read them yet, and haven't the slightest idea what we're talking about!

In any case, there's an Alton Brown Good Eats rerun coming up in a few minutes on how to make chicken stock.

And there's lots and lots of housecleaning to do tomorrow, because our furniture and other fun stuff is arriving on Thursday!  Then we get the entire weekend to unload the truck and figure where the heck everything is supposed to go in this new house of ours!  Frabjous, right?

I think I'm gonna want to stock up on Ben Gay before I need it.
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« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2004, 01:01:19 AM »

Well, it's 1 AM and I just watched two movies about kids who are desperately poor, mistreated and homeless -- and now I'm in a FINE mood for bed.
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« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2004, 02:41:00 AM »


what lovely posts and pictures from yesterday!  Whew!

And a great interview....frank and funny and fine!

Hopefully I will get through this difficult day.  I will be back later.
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« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2004, 03:46:17 AM »

DRs Ben, Ant, Kerry,

I just woke up to (yesterday's) After Dark cover. You could have fooled me - I was sure that was a "photo by Ken Duncan."

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« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2004, 04:55:15 AM »

Didn't get to post my 70s picture yesterday. We had a piece of furniture delivered and it came at lunch time and then after work I went to a benefit for Dancers Responding to AIDS. I will get the picture ready and up today, I hope, even though the moment has passed :-). I can't do it here since it's on the hard drive at home.

Kerry, thanks for posting the After Dark shot. It's a good piece of work.

Anthony from the 70s would be a mere child! Does that make me a cradle robber? I hope not.

MBarnum, in 1973 you were in 4th grade and I was 20!!! How could that be???

D-I-T Glad you liked Kerry's star treatment photo
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« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2004, 06:11:36 AM »

Can it be... after all this time I can't think of another question for Ask BK day.  (Bk sighs in relief)  I'm sure by next week I'll come up with something.
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« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2004, 06:40:50 AM »


“Lockdown” Update

Florida Teen's Death Ruled Homicide
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
 
MIAMI — A 14-year-old boy was apparently stabbed to death in a school bathroom Tuesday, and another student was taken into custody.

Other children at the school were locked in their classrooms with their teachers as a precaution for most of the day before they were sent home in the afternoon. More than 150 worried parents gathered outside.
Der Brucer (and it’s still not clear if the perp was in the school at the time the body was discovered)

More web detecting finds the Answers in Miami Herald

Boy killed at school; classmate charged

Jaime Rodrigo Gough, 14, is slain at Southwood Middle School in Palmetto Bay. Police later charge fellow eighth-grader Michael Hernandez with first-degree murder.
BY MATTHEW I. PINZUR, SOFIA SANTANA AND CHARLES RABIN
mpinzur@herald.com

A quiet, 14-year-old honors student was killed in a bathroom at his Palmetto Bay middle school Tuesday morning, his throat apparently cut by a classmate in a shocking attack that paralyzed hundreds of families and terrified parents across Miami-Dade County.

Jaime Rodrigo Gough was found bleeding to death in a second-floor restroom at Southwood Middle School around 8:30 a.m. by another student, who saw a pool of blood and a pair of legs sticking out from a stall. He ran to get help, but paramedics were unable to save Jaime.

Within hours, police focused on a fellow eighth-grader, who was identified as 14-year-old Michael Hernandez. He was charged late Tuesday night with first-degree murder. Such a serious charge indicates police believe the killing may have been planned.

After Jaime's body was found, administrators launched a lockdown, confining students to their first-period classrooms for the day while detectives investigated.
Before Hernandez was escorted from his class around lunchtime, investigators suspected Jaime's wounds were self-inflicted, said Pete Cuccaro, chief of the Miami-Dade Schools Police.

Only after the medical examiner ruled out that explanation did police realize a killer could be loose in the school.

''We didn't know right away who the potential suspect was,'' Cuccaro said. ``That's why we went into a code-red lockdown.''

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« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2004, 06:53:29 AM »

Flickering Flames in the war against Piracy:



Hollywood Walks Fine Line on Civil Liberties
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
By Paul Wagenseil

FOX News
 
Faced with increasing digital piracy, the entertainment industry has been frantically pushing legislation and filing lawsuits to stem the tide — and your civil rights may be suffering as a result.

In the past decade, owners of intellectual property have made a relentless push to conquer the gray areas of copyright law.

The Girl Scouts were sued for singing "Happy Birthday" without paying license fees. Disney got Congress to extend the standard term of copyright by 20 years. (Mickey Mouse was about to enter the public domain). Book publishers demanded that public libraries begin charging borrowers. A television executive said fast-forwarding through taped commercials was "stealing the programming."

As judges and politicians try to understand the confusing world of the Internet, the organizations that protect the interests of the entertainment industry are making a legal land grab.

The Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America  have silenced individuals, demanded consumers' personal information, tried to outlaw T-shirts and even made police-style "street busts" — all in the name of protecting copyrights.

(Read the rest of the story)

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« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2004, 07:14:14 AM »

BK, I also watched, well tried to watch, Mystery Street. I stayed with it for about a half hour and then stopped the tape. Just couldn't get into it.

BK question of the day (for DRs too)..what are your favorite early 1930s pre-code films?

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« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2004, 07:16:45 AM »

There is snow!

Am I the only one, who when I put down the window with today's topic gets a nice SHOCK :)
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« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2004, 07:18:15 AM »

Thanks all for being courageous enough to post pics yesterday.  Those of you who didn't should do so today.
MBarnum:  I had a shirt very similar to that one.  And in 1968, I had a pair of fringed moccasin boots (just like the ones Peter Tork or Mickey Dolenz wore).

I don't know why---- but good vibes to JRAND.

Questions later.
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« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2004, 07:19:01 AM »

Btw, for some reason Showcase (in  Canada) is showing 3 episodes of The Office (that won those Golden Globes a couple weeks ago). It's from 10pm-midnight. I think I will check it out.
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« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2004, 07:45:46 AM »

Really enjoyed the AFTER DARK cover this morning looking back over last night's remaining psots. You could EASILY have fooled me with the beautiful, accurate layout of that cover with the type fonts and lists just like AFTER DARK used to do it. How I miss that wonderfully entertaining magazine and its annual Ruby Award (named for Ruby Keeler).
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« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2004, 07:46:32 AM »

For Ask BK Day - Do you have a single film noir that you prefer over others?

For me, it would be MURDER, MY SWEET.
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« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2004, 07:48:09 AM »



Wow, that interview with Olet is wonderful! What a neat gal! I sure wish her all the best and I love the  wonderful positive outlook on life that she has!
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« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2004, 07:58:38 AM »

My favorite pre-code film is "Blessed Event" (1932 w/Lee Tracy) followed closely by "Madam Satan" (1930 w/Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny and Lillian Roth - "Who wants to go to hell with Madam Satan?").
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« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2004, 08:02:35 AM »

Welcome, Dear Reader bfried!

That first post is the toughest.  It's smooth sailing (oh, a William Finn reference) from here!
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« Reply #18 on: February 04, 2004, 08:08:39 AM »

Speaking of the MA AND PA KETTLE and ABBOTT AND COSTELLO collections being sold next week, they are CHEAP! The A&C is 8 movies for $25 (SRP), and the KETTLE set is going for $20 (SRP). Discounted they'll be a steal! How can Universal afford to sell these discs for so little?

Now I KNOW I want the Deanna Durbin series.
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« Reply #19 on: February 04, 2004, 08:09:41 AM »

My favorite pre-Code film is MERRILY WE GO TO HELL with Fredric March and Sylvia Sidney - prime soap opera.


And, of course, Mae West's two pre-Code starring vehicles SHE DONE HIM WRONG and I'M NO ANGEL.
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« Reply #20 on: February 04, 2004, 08:11:10 AM »

Yes, indeed, welcome Dear Reader bfried.
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« Reply #21 on: February 04, 2004, 08:20:02 AM »

Welcom new Dear Reader BFried, you have good taste in movies. MADAM SATAN is a good one! I have always loved Kay Johnson! She is wonderful in JALNA, which I will mention as one of my favorite films of the early 30s!

NIGHT NURSE is a good pre-code film as well as MIRACLE WOMAN...both with Barbara Stanwyck.
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« Reply #22 on: February 04, 2004, 08:41:52 AM »

DRMattH,

I agree with you about After Dark.

My friend Clifford subscribed to After Dark and may still have every issue (including the one with photos of Arnold). I've heard it referred to as a closeted magazine, but After Dark was, as you say, wonderfully entertaining - and innovative - and included great photos by Ken Duncan.
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« Reply #23 on: February 04, 2004, 08:44:25 AM »

Synchronicity NEW DR bfried.  I just watched MADAM SATAN the other night!  What a wacky show!

Yes DR KERRY all the pictures were so dreamy.

My question for ASKBK day....what does an art director do if a movie is shot for the most part ON LOCATION?

Thanks for the good vibes....budget cuts may reduce my division....and at 10 years at my desk I am the new guy!
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« Reply #24 on: February 04, 2004, 08:58:05 AM »

Continued good vibes to DR JRand53. You can't get cut otherwise Ebay might go out of business!

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« Reply #25 on: February 04, 2004, 08:59:24 AM »

goodvibinggoodvibinggoodvibinggoodvibinghisexygoo dvibinggoodvibinggoodvibinggoodvibinggoodvibinggo odvibing

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« Reply #26 on: February 04, 2004, 09:04:00 AM »

ALW expose?

(Lloyd Webber) tells The Stage that he will “beat the drum a wee bit” in the House of Lords...

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« Reply #27 on: February 04, 2004, 09:09:46 AM »

Well, hoping for some classy artistic discussion I visited DVDPlace where I was hustled off to a USA Today article: A brief history of the boob tube where there was this delightful gratuitous bit of Blame Canada:

2000: Bunches of breasts grab the spotlight when Naked News, a Canadian piece of infotainment, makes its TV debut. The gimmick involves news anchors that deliver weather reports, sports scores and top headlines, all while stripping down to their birthday suits!

Rating: D-cup. As if Celine Dion weren't crazy enough, there's just no telling what those Canadians will come up with next.

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« Reply #28 on: February 04, 2004, 09:14:03 AM »

Ahh. How I love pre-code films.

TORCH SINGER with Claudette Colbert is a particular favorite as is Clara Bow's CALL HER SAVAGE.

A most tantalizing pre-code film is the lost CONVENTION CITY (1933) with Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee & Adolph Menjou. Filled with racy if not raunchy dialogue ("Why dontcha take that toupee off?" "I'll take off my toupee when you take off your dress!") it sounds like a riot.

Here's a page that describes it, along with a lost two-strip Technicolor gem, THE GOLD DIGGERS OF BROADWAY (1929):

http://www.geocities.com/~ppicking/vitaphone64.html
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« Reply #29 on: February 04, 2004, 09:15:51 AM »

I kept a bunch of my AFTER DARKs but by the time I moved from my second apartment into the house I'm living in now, I had junked them as just too much to cart around from place to place. Wish I had them back now, though.
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