Steel2Velvet
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The mall mangling in Blues Brothers and the unstoppable semi scene in the beginning of Beverly Hills Cop.
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"The Man Who Would Be King"
With a screenplay adapted from a Rudyard Kipling novel, this is one of my top ten favorite movies. Sean Connery and Michael Caine are perfectly cast together for a finely funny, epically expansive and morally meaningful movie.
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Pete Rivera - original drummer for Rare Earth, sang lead on all their hits, as well as being one of the first double bass drummers. Capable of phenomenal counterpontal rythmns while singing lead .... amazing! Saw them in concert once, he is the real deal; no double tracking.
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Your effort here is a fine tribute to your friend. Many times, writing about a thing helps us to better understand; not only that thing, but ourselves. You have a very good heart and if you remain focused, will help many as they travel through life.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being - first movie in which I saw Daniel Day-Lewis, is a Czech or Romanian movie that chronicles how people dealt with the takeover by Communists through the eyes of a pair of attractive, modern thinking, young lovers. Very good.
City of God - Is set in Rio de Janiero and examines the struggles of the youth of that city born into poverty and the culture of drugs. So realistic as to appear to be a documentary. Won a foreign film Oscar, I believe.
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Rainbow - The Marmalade (group whose biggest hit was Reflections Of My Life.)
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[quote Paul Winchell was the puppeteer for Jerry Mahoney and his freckled buck toothed friend (can't remember his name). Paul Winchell was famous for something else, but I can't remember what.
How about Red Skelton? I loved him!!!
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He defined a generation as well as any other human being defined any other generation.
Thanks for posting those links.
I saw a little mini-documentary on George last night. To say the least, The Beatles were a group of destiny.
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If you are not familiar with her, acquire an Angelique Kidjo album and just enjoy pure vocal artistry.
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Mairi, there is an ancient Latin phrase: Poeta nascitur, non fit. Means a poet is born, not made. Your work is certainly proof of this axiom. As young as you are, I am always so impressed with the flow of your pieces. It seems your thoughts walk about ten paces behind your heart, which can be devastating, but totally necessary for a born poet. I hope your struggles never defeat your rich spirit. Heartaches last quite awhile, but what you have to offer the world is eternal. I have read your laments and your angst-filled sonnets with a mix of sympathy (because I am a father) and appreciation (because I am a poet.) If you ever feel too burdened to write anymore, just recall this homily I wrote to myself years ago, that has served me through many heartaches:
Passion that results in pain
Is infinitely better than
Solitude that realizes solace.
One indicates a flame
That will never die.
The other gathers kindling
That will never light.
....keep writing.
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The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
The Rolling Stones - Get Off My Cloud
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Bob Seger - Katmandu
Pink Floyd - Money
Rod Stewart - Maggie May
The Eagles - Take It Easy
Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
The Who - Tommy
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
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"Longe" (pronounced longy) means far away in Portugese. "Coração" (cora-zown) means heart. "Far off heart" or even "vacant heart" or "heart that is far away" would nail it in Portugese or Spanish.
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You missed my favorites as a soloist (non-Beatle, non-Traveling Wilbury)
1. Isn't It A Pity
2. Beware of Darkness
3. Got My Mind Set On You
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Eagle Eye, I don't know how long you have been writing and to what degree you have evolved your craft, but my instincts tell me you are young and inexperienced as a writer. Which is good, in that you have a lot of time for growth. The downside is that many a young writer want acknowledgement for their genius now, without establishing a base of sound writing principles or building a simplistic portfolio that naturally evolves to heights of complexity. You're like the person who thoroughly checked off a list while packing their bags for a journey but didn't bother to get a map. Everything is in there, but without the proper first turns, you'll never get to your destination to unpack all the goodies.
I read all three of your poems and hear the voice of one wanting to be heard. But neither the length of your words nor the volume nor the couched hidden meanings nor the stylizings nor the hip-hop/rebop will speak to any reader half as clearly as just putting down the real feelings inside your heart in a clear and concise manner (with attention to grammatic detail.) This is the basis for every author I have ever read. Style development needs a foundational beginning, self-educating growth time and then a gestation period through which emerges a form of communication that is comfortable to the reader because it is comfortable and natural for the author. If you read some of the young honest authors here on this site, you will see there is no profundity in intent, only the wistful longing voice of one seeking understanding of their feelings and emotions. This is the real beginnings of poetry, not shaky emulation of a form one heard somewhere and says, "I can do that!" Honest searching is what people relate to from a young writer. Only after much struggle and years of paying dues (or the immediate true gift of genius like Dylan or Shakespeare) can you hope to touch hearts with answers; and even then they must be answers as conclusions made by your reader through the subtle and thoughtfully crafted rhetoric by which you guide them. No one wants to be told what to think. Nor does a reader want the author to look down on them from some high hill and shout down, "What? Are you too stupid to fugure out what I meant?"
Give me a page from your journal. Write to me the way you write to yourself.
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The biggie when I was graduating was Rogers and Hammerstein's "You'll Never Walk Alone" from the graduation scene of the musical Carousel. Takes a tremendous amount of range to sing. The Righteous Brothers have the best version of this song.
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John Lennon - Watching The Wheels Go Round
"...I tell them there'a no problem, only solutions."
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The Man Who Would Be King
One of my alltime favorites too! Sean Connery and Michael Caine are perfect together.
Groundhog Day
Saving Pvt Ryan
2001 - Space Odyssey
Easy Rider
ET
The Godfather
It's A Wonderful Life
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
City of God
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I believe Andy Williams recorded a laid back version of this song in the 60's. He sounds much like Bing Crosby.
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i'm pretty sure everyone ricky jervais knows has seen him in 'the office' and i'm pretty sure he doesn't mind either - his bank balance is looking quite healthy these days!!
Ahhh... did not know this was an actor/comedian performance. I thought someone had caught a slightly tipsy fellow at an office party with their home camera. Thanks for the heads up. In that case.... Dance on, Ricky!
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The guy in your avatar, Batman. He could've been a flygirl for "In Living Color" or a dancer in Fiddy Cent's back-up group. Everytime I see your avatar I think, "That guy may be someone's father and certainly is someone's son. What if they see?"
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I didn't see it. Did Don Henley play drums or just hold a microphone?
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I have seen some many of the interviews in this series and find I prefer the individual stories of the actors and directors as revealed on the Biography channel. The Actors Studio show seems so serious and very, very important. The host seems to treat his guests as if they were the discoverers of the cure for AIDS. I would just once like one of the people being interviewed to turn to the host and say, "Hey, I just pretend like I'm someone else. All kids do it."
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Check the box marked "C."
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When I caught a glimpse of Rita
Filling in a ticket in her little white book
In a cap she looked much older
And the bag across her shoulder
Made her look a little like a military man
Though there are no meters along downtown Brazilian streets, this young lady is the Brazilian equivalent to a meter maid. In order to park legally on the street downtown, one must purchase a parking pass from a lady like this for about a dollar. If she sees a parked car without one of these paper passes displayed above the dashboard in the front window, she will ticket your car. Then you must find her (or one of her sister meter maids) within 3 days to pay about three dollars. It gets even more expensive after three days. These women are members of a special squad of the Brazilian military police, but are referred to as "Periquito" or little parrot. This goes back to the days when they were outfitted entirely in bright green clothing to be noticable when ticketing from the streetside of a parked car. Their protestations about that style was heeded and these more conservative uniforms adopted a few years back. They do look very military and must keep their hair tight on the top of their heads. But this is afterall Brazil, where women can be arrested for not looking sexy, so the Periquitoes are encouraged to wear make-up and smile when writing tickets. Just as this one did when I paid her my three dollars.
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