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Do you know Jerome Kern?

Here's a great movie, an old time musical about the life of Jerome Kern, one of American music's greatest composers.  And here's his Wiki link too.
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iPhone movie....I'm so prescient it's almost scary

pre·science

noun
\ˈpre-sh(ē-)ən(t)s, ˈprē-, -s(ē-)ən(t)s\

Definition of PRESCIENCE

: foreknowledge of events: a : divine omniscience b : human anticipation of the course of events : foresight

— pre·scient \-sh(ē-)ənt, -s(ē-)ənt\ adjective

— pre·scient·ly adverb

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Many of you will remember that I've written often that there's a huge unfullfilled opportunity for Salsa dancers to generate dance videos for commercial intent.  You'll remember that I have many times said that dance instructors and dance team leaders should explore and develop the idea of making commercially oriented vidoes of their team's work.

You'll remember that the two reasons I thought this was inevetible was because (1) the equipment and technology is more affordable, simpler and readily available than ever, and (2) as 'the net' has grown also has grown it's appetite for quality content...such as online entertainment.  

And what could be more entertaining than watching some sweet little salsa honeys strutting their stuff on your  iTV, internet connected super screen home theater, or lap-top?  Actually...there are some things that would be more fun to watch but......you get the point.

Point is, just recently a movie director in Korea has made a full length movie using nothing but an iPhone (actually...several iPhones).

Gee.......what a novel idea!!!

Read about it here:

Director shoots first major movie solely with iPhone

 

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"Windjammer"....brought to you by me

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You're doing it anyway.....why not make money at it?

When's the last time you sent somebody a cool video?

Sure....you do it all the time.  Why not get paid for doing it?  Same video...you just get paid for doing it.

Check this uber-cool concept out.

What's the deal with Mel Gibson?

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I just listened to one of the recordings of Mel Gibson.  Wow!  He's kinda flipped out, isn't he?

Well, obviously the guy has some problems.  I've always said that people who make his kind of money could afford to be really nice people.  Seems like that's not the case with him.

Yeah, I know that it takes two to tango and there is a possibility that that girl, whatever her name is, might have somehow brought some of this on herself.  But still......he sounds barely rational on the telephone call.

Personally I hope he gets his problems resolved and I don't begrudge him a right to work in his chosen industry for a living.  But this does go to show that those people aren't any different than you or me, in most ways.  They still have weaknesses and they still hurt.

The bigger shame is that so many people waste so much time caring about what they do.

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Alice is coming!

The new Star Trek move........I liked it

I just saw the new Star Trek movie.  I liked it.

Frankly I couldn't follow all the stuff about who did what in the past and who did what in the future and how yesterday's dinner effected to Jovian stock market 100 years later, etc., etc.  But still, I thought the plot was cohesive enough to be interesting.

And the acting was good too.  All the characters were believable and all the sets were good and the technology was up to the usual Star Trek quality.  But I'll tell you something.

You did't actually see the bad guy die, did you?  I'll betcha he pops up somewhere.  Like maybe working in a MacDonalds on Telephone Road or somewhere like that.

New audio feature on Typepad?

I got an email from Typepad today that there's some kind of new audio embed feature available to members of the Beta Team.  Like me. 

Here's the link.

I haven't fully explored it yet but I was redirected to this page which has some really neat sound files.  The first one, 'Armstrong Groove', is the best.  It starts out kinda like that classic, Ravel's Bolero, and then develops.  I think it would make a great rhythmic foundation for either kizomba, bachata or even cha-cha.  I like it anyway.

The second file, "Untitled Groove", is OK too but not as cool as the first one.

Then, the 'angry cow' is very nice.  Sorta reminds me of Sesame Street.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

I saw a movie tonight that's going on my all-time favorite movie list......The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.  It's one of those movies that made me very emotional and sorta teary eyed because it had so much profound to say about life.  I'd highly recommend it.

Here's a video from YouTube.

 

Funny that I'd never heard the title before.  Me and Dulce and some of here Filipino friends who can get on the Army base here went to a movie 'on post'.  There were two movies playing.  The other one, Journey To The Center Of The Earth, would have been my first choice (only because I'd read the book before) but luckily it wasn't playing til later in the day.

I'd highly recommend The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.  It's told in the flashback style......i.e. a lady is visiting here dieing mother in a hospital and reading a diary she has from her father.  Personally I've always liked the 'story telling' style of movies.

It's a great movie.  You ought to see it if you haven't.

Old adventure films("Saturday Serials")

I seriously doubt than any of my beloved readers are old enough to remember the serialized adventure series that people used to be able to see at the Satureay matinees at movie theaters and/or on the early days of Saturday morning TV.  But I remember.

I remember mostly Flash Gordon which starred Buster Crabb as 'Flash'.  It was a really good series.  But there were others.

There were several western characters of course but especially good was Hoppalong Cassidy.  On the 'sci-fi' side of things you also had Captain Cody.  He was good.

Well, I found a blog yesterday from some gal named "Bibi" who seems to reside in Brazil somewhere.  This is it:  http://www.bibi.vlog.br/

If you click through you'll find a lot of these old serial flicks.  They're really cool.  But in addition to that type of film, you'll also find some links to other films all of which apparently come from some sort of public access archive.  I forget the name of it.  I'd seen it mentioned before.

But this is entertainment that shouldn't be lost or forgotten and apparently it's still available.

Here's a link to one particular episode in the science fiction serious called "Crash(Buzz)Corrigan".  I looked at a few of them last night from a PC bang near where I live but for some reason I can't get it to buffer quickly here at school.  I think you'll like it though.  It's the kind of thing that's nice to have around for real basic entertainment.