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As John Phillips wrote long ago-- Monday, Monday, Can't trust that day.... Nothing in the old e-mailbag, and little online of interest. So, it's mostly links that do something, a couple of repeats & 2 new obits--- so far. (Special thanks to Primula Danderfluff of Willowbottom)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Reader Book Review
"Team Rodent -- How Disney Devours the World"
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At a breezy 83 pages, Smirk could get through Team Rodent, by Carl Hiaasen. Although a good book, Team Rodent "could" have drawn a parallel between the Peeping Tom who was caught secretly videotaping dancers in the dressing room at Disney World and Peep Land, the Times Square porno shop. The monkey spanking wardrobe assistant in Cinderella's Castle could have been turned over to law enforcement earlier, but Disney "investigated" the matter for three months and let it go on without informing the women. A lawsuit filed by the women after Disney caught and turned the peeper over to the law was settled out of court. There are a lot of good, informative parts in the book. At a press party/seminar sponsored by Disney, a Mickey Mouse character tried to get a cheesy photo-op with a journalist recently released from a Soviet jail. The journalist sidestepped the mouse/man/woman when it/he/she tried to give him a hug onstage. This isn't Disney/ABC warm body Diane Sawyer getting serenaded by a sock-puppet, this is a "real" journalist. Another good part is Disney ignoring the Bible-loving protesters who tried to keep tourists from visiting Disney World. "One marcher held a sign that read "If You Love Jesus, Turn Around." Of course, the tourists kept coming. Nothing short of flamethrowers would have stopped them. If anything is more irresistible than Jesus, it's Mickey." "Team Rodent knows the tolerance level of its audience because it raised its audience. The fundamentalists' "boycott" of Disney is doomed to flop because Middle America isn't participating and doesn't, if you'll pardon the expression, give a rat's ass." READ THIS BOOK!! ~~Btw~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Visit the site at BC TV The 'Vidiot', has updated, again! There is even more to check! The Vidiot. An amazing amount of information, on an amazing variety of TV shows, thanks to our Vidiot.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Antiques Roadshow Update - Indiana
An N.C. Wyeth painting of biblical subjects including Christ worth $250,000 was among the most valuable and interesting items uncovered at the Indianapolis stop of the Antiques Roadshow 2001 summer tour at the Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome. The item was one of the most valuable uncovered in the 6 year history of the Antiques Roadshow. To read the whole story, Antiques Roadshow~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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An Olsen Twins Fan?
Clint Eastwood, AKA Grandpa A**hole?
Tough-guy actor Clint Eastwood apparently goes weak at the knees over the Olsen twins, the 15-year old media moguls beloved by pubescent fans the world over. In an interview published in the September issue of Gear magazine, Eastwood said Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were his favorite current actresses, and he named their new album, ''Greatest Hits II,'' as his preferred driving music. A Gear publicist confirmed the veracity of the interview, but said Eastwood was being facetious. A spokesman for the Olsens said they realized the actor was joking but were still thrilled to be mentioned, and were, in turn, big fans of his. Elsewhere in the interview, which was conducted by his friend, TV talk show host Craig Kilborn, Eastwood claimed that his grandchildren call him ``a--hole.'' Asked when first delivered his trademark menacing stare, Eastwood replied, ``At the nurse when I was born.'' When Kilborn reminded Eastwood that his comments would end up in print, Eastwood, 71, said: ``What do I care? I've already had a good career.'' Olsen Twins & Clint~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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NPR vs. Donald Wildmon
When loyal National Public Radio listeners in Lake Charles, La., tuned to 90.5 FM on
May 29, they were dismayed to find themselves listening to Gospel music and
evangelical preaching.
FOR THE SECOND TIME in five months, a Christian network called American Family Radio
had supplanted an NPR member station that served the tranquil community of 70,000.
Today, you can't get public radio in Lake Charles at all, and NPR fans aren't happy
about it.
American Family grabbed the frequencies by deftly exploiting an obscure provision
in the federal regulations governing noncommercial radio. The NPR stations heard in
Lake Charles were weak, unmanned ones that just retransmitted signals originating
elsewhere. Federal Communications Commission rules say that a newly built full-power
station serving a community can take over such a no-frills station's spot on the
dial. American Family knocked off the two NPR stations by putting up two full-power
stations of its own, in Lafayette, La.
It is just one of the ways the Rev. Don Wildmon, the moral crusader behind American
Family Radio, has taken shrewd advantage of FCC rules to build a fast-growing
Christian broadcasting empire. By leveraging regulatory quirks in a little-noticed
corner of the airwaves, American Family has amassed 181 radio stations in 31 states.
"American Family Radio's growth strategy has overturned the status quo in the
religious broadcasting world," says the Rev. Jerry Falwell, founder of the Moral
Majority. With its "very aggressive moral and social agenda," he adds, American
Family has become "a primary media outlet for American religious conservatives today."
If you listen to NPR, or just appreciate that NPR can exist in the profit driven
world, please read the whole story at NPR vs. Wildmon.
The only non-depressing part of the story is how he's pissing off the other religious
broadcasters....
~~Marty
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In Memory
Jack Elliott
Jack Elliott, composer and conductor for television and film, has died at 74. Elliott came to Los Angeles in the early 1960s to work as a musical arranger on Judy Garland's television show. He later gained a reputation as one of the top composers and arrangers in Hollywood. If a television show was popular in the 1970s, it most likely had the music of Elliott and his frequent collaborator Allyn Ferguson. Those shows included: ``Police Story,'' ``Barney Miller,'' ``Starsky and Hutch,'' ``Charlie's Angels'' and ``The Love Boat.'' He also worked in films and teamed with director Carl Reiner on several projects, including: ``The Comic'' ``Where's Poppa?'' ``The Jerk'' and ``Oh God.'' Elliott also served as music director for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, writing the music for the opening and closing ceremonies as well as conducting the orchestra. He worked as jazz pianist in New York at such room as the Stork Club and lived in Paris in the 1950s, where he developed friendships with other expatriate musicians, including Quincy Jones. To read more, Jack Elliott~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Memory
Jeanne Loriod
Jeanne Loriod, the leading performer of an electronic instrument used in film scores and symphonic works to produce mysterious glassy tones and glissandos, has died in southern France, at 73. Loriod, who played the ondes martenot - invented by the French musician Maurice Martenot - died of a stroke in Juan-les-Pins on Aug. 3, Le Monde newspaper reported. She was the younger sister of pianist Yvonne Loriod, who was married to composer Olivier Messiaen. The three musicians often collaborated. The ondes martenot - which translates as ``Martenot waves'' - produces electronic waves from a system of transistors, a keyboard, and a ribbon attached to a ring on the performer's forefinger. The instrument is known for its vibrato and sweeping glissandos, and has been featured in the scores of films from ``Lawrence of Arabia'' to ``Mars Attacks!'' Composers such as Tristan Murail, Jacques Charpentier and Michael Levinas wrote works for her, according to Le Monde. Loriod had also been planning to collaborate with the pop group Radiohead, the paper wrote. In addition to performing, Loriod taught ondes martenot and chamber music and wrote a textbook. In 1970, she began teaching the instrument at the Paris Conservatory. To read more of Ms. Loriod, Jeanne Loriod To explore the background of this interesting instrument: The Ondes-Martenot More Ondes Martenot Still More Ondes Martenot And One Last Ondes Martenot~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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