Connie Ogle: A non-Western guy's great Western (McClatchy Newspapers)
Q: Your brother Lin's first novel comes out this July. Did you inspire him to try his hand at fiction?
A: He gave me the idea of writing fiction. He wrote short stories in college. His book is a retelling of "Hamlet" set in Minnesota. It's very ambitious. My dad read his book, and he hadn't seen or read "Hamlet" in 40 years, so he got a movie version of "Hamlet," the Mel Gibson one, and he was a little nonplussed. He said, `I think Lin's a little better than Shakespeare.'
Molten hot and scary as thunder (music.guardian.co.uk)
He thrilled teenagers, terrified parents and belted out a beat that crossed continents, cultures and class. Richard Williams on the great Bo Diddley, who died this week.
'A hodgepodge of hash, yoga and LSD' (music.guardian.co.uk)
On the eve of his last ever gig in Europe, sitar giant Ravi Shankar tells John O'Mahony why the 60s got India wrong, how his daughters give him hope - and why Hendrix annoyed him.
HBOs excellent miniseries 'John Adams' hits the stores this coming Tuesday (the 10th).
They sent me a free copy to review, so I've decided that starting today, and continuing through Tuesday (the 10th) the trivia question of the day will be a contest and all the questions skewed to John Adams (in some way).
On Wednesday (the 11th) somebody will win the copy of 'John Adams' (haven't quite figured out the specifics yet).
It's a very nice set - 3 discs; the entire 7-part miniseries; two featurettes: The Making Of John Adams and David McCullough: Painting With Words; and an onscreen viewers guide.
If it hadn't been for HBOs Robert Wuhl: Assume The Position going to video we wouldn't have a trivia question of the day.
Trivia Question from Yesterday
According to the song Alice's Restaurant, how far is it from the railroad tracks?
A: just about a mile
B: just a half a mile
C: just around the back
D: just up the road a piece
E: there is no railroad mentioned
Source
Alan J was first, and correct, writing:
just a half a mile
mj answered:
I'm trying to hear it in my head
I'm going with B, the shorter of my two candidates.
Charlie responded:
Since I mentioned Arlo yesterday, I'd better get this one.
B: just a half a mile
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant
Walk right in it's around the back
Just a half a mile from the railroad track
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant
Olde Engineer replied:
Alice's Restaurant Date: 6/5/2008 9:14:53 A.M. Pacific Standard Time
"Walk right in, it's around the back, just a half a mile from the railroad track"
Steve said:
Just a half a mile...
My father was at the Newport Folk Festival where that version was recorded. He said Arlo came out and announced: "I only have enough time for one song..."
ducks answered:
Walk right in, it's around the back….Just a half a mile from the railroad track.
My Thanksgiving isn't complete until we've heard Alice's Restaurant.
Sally replied:
According to the song, "Alice's Restaurant," it is, "just a half a mile" (B) from the railroad tracks.
Here are the words to the chorus:
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant,
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant,
Walk right in, it's around the back,
Just a half a mile from the railroad track,
You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant...
For the entire words see: Click here: LYRICS - Alice's Restaurant they are a way too long to actually print out. I love, love this song/diatribe, and, at one time just about knew it by heart!
PS: Vic, congrats on your new public access horror show, "The 'New Ghoul Review'" (GCI channel 14 @10PM for you locals) is set to air this Friday night." Wish I lived closer or had access - let us know how it goes!
Vic says: "...can I hear a Hee-Haw?"
Sally says: "You got it, kiddo!"
John in HI replied:
JUST ABOUT A MILE
Vic in AK responded:
Gawd!...after hearing this song every Thanksgiving for...forever ,I know the words by heart B: just a half a mile
Hey Sally, that might of been us walking to the show, you know what they say "If you remember it , YOU WEREN'T THERE"...lol
socdan answered:
It was just a half a mile from the railroad tracks
DanD finally checks in, responding:
The answer is "B."
"You can get anything you want (excepting Alice), at Alice's Resturaunt."
Jim D said:
Just a half a mile
Marian the Teacher replied:
Just about a mile from the railroad tracks.
PURPLE GENE wrote:
ARLO GUTHRIE WROTE A LOT OF WORDS IN HIS EPIC STORY/SING ALONG/COMEDY HIT SONG "ALICE'S RESAURANT".....
HERE'S JUST A FEW....
".......WALK RIGHT IN IT'S AROUND THE BACK
JUST A HALF A MILE FROM THE RAILROAD TRACK
YOU CAN GET ANYTHING YOU WANT...AT ALICE'S RESTAURANT....
EXCEPTIN' ALICE..........."
THE ANSWER IS B......."JUST A HALF A MILE.
And Joe S ("I'd rather have friends who care than friends who agree with me."
~ Arlo Guthrie) answered:
B: Walk right in it's around the back
Just a half a mile from the railroad track
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant
Several weeks ago CostCo didn't have the usual brand of laundry detergent so had to buy another.
Didn't like the way it faded out the colors, and it was relegated to 'whites only'.
Weather gets warmer, the cats bring in fleas, and my ankles start itching, so it's Advantage time.
Thought the Advantage wasn't working because I didn't stop scratching.
That's when I noticed the rash.
After much cursing, filing my nails to nubbins, many ointments, salves and tinctures, seems I'm allergic to the damn laundry detergent, and I was done in by my socks.
OTOH, I'm very grateful I don't have any white underwear.
Tonight, Friday:
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Ghost Whisperer', followed by another RERUN'Ghost Whisperer', then a RERUN'NUMB3RS'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Jenna Fischer, Jim Nantz, and Gavin Rossdale.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Poppy Montgomery and Drake Witham.
NBC starts the night with a RERUN'Most Outrageous Moments', followed by another RERUN'Most Outrageous Moments', then 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Will Smith, Pete Sampras, and Ed Harcourt.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Kim Cattrall, Matt Taibbi, and Lightspeed Champion.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 5/8/08) are James Denton and the Heavy.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a RERUN'Jim', then another RERUN'Jim', and another unwatchable '20/20'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Kevin Nealon, DeAnna Pappas, and the Ting Tings.
The CW offers a FRESH'WWE Friday Night Steroid SmackDown!'.
Faux fills the night with the movie 'White Chicks'.
MY has 'Meet My Folks', followed by 'Paradise Ho-Tell'.
PLEASE check local PBS listings for a FRESH'Bill Moyers Journal', and a FRESH'NOW With Bill Moyers David Brancaccio'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Karate Kid Part II', followed by the movie 'U.S. Marshals'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 5
[12:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 6
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 1 Bonapartes
[2:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 8 Clarke
[3:00 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 16 France 14
[3:30 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 17 Derby 4
[4:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 17
[4:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 18
[5:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 7
[5:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 8
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 Piccolo Teatro
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] Monty Python's Flying Circus - Ep. 3 How to Recognize Different Types of Tree F
[8:40 PM] Monty Python's Flying Circus - Ep. 4 Owl-Stretching Time
[9:20 PM] That Mitchell and Webb Look - Episode 5
[10:00 PM] Newsnight
[11:00 PM] Monty Python's Flying Circus - Ep. 3 How to Recognize Different Types of Tree F
[11:40 PM] Monty Python's Flying Circus - Ep. 4 Owl-Stretching Time
[12:20 AM] That Mitchell and Webb Look - Episode 5
[1:00 AM] Monty Python's Flying Circus - Ep. 3 How to Recognize Different Types of Tree F
[1:40 AM] Monty Python's Flying Circus - Ep. 4 Owl-Stretching Time
[2:20 AM] That Mitchell and Webb Look - Episode 5
[3:00 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep. 18 Hammersmith
[3:30 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep. 19 Plymouth
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 16 France 14
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 17 Derby 4
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 21 Innes
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 22 Crawley
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has the movie 'A Very Brady Sequel', followed by the movie 'Clueless'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Jeff Dunham: Arguing With Myself', and 'Live At Gotham'.
FX has the movie 'Freedomland', followed by the movie 'Coach Carter'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', another 'Modern Marvels', 'Battle 360', and 'Shockwave'.
IFC -
[06:30 AM] Yo Soy Boricua, Pa'que Tu Lo Sepas!
[08:00 AM] Double Happiness
[09:30 AM] Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
[11:35 AM] IFC News Special: 2008 Elections
[12:00 PM] Waking Life
[01:45 PM] Media Lab Shorts Uploaded
[02:00 PM] Double Happiness
[03:30 PM] Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
[05:30 PM] Pumpkin
[07:30 PM] The Opposite of Sex
[09:15 PM] All over Me
[10:50 PM] IFC In Theaters
[11:00 PM] Speed Grapher #14
[11:30 PM] Witchblade #23
[12:00 AM] Ed Gein
[01:35 AM] IFC News Special: 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
[02:00 AM] Speed Grapher #14
[02:30 AM] Witchblade #23
[03:00 AM] Ed Gein
[04:30 AM] Ravenous (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has 'Stargate SG-1', 'Charlie Jade', followed by a FRESH'Doctor Who', then a FRESH'Battlestar Galactica'.
Sundance -
[05:00 AM] Crooklyn
[07:00 AM] Live-In Maid
[08:30 AM] In Short: Festival 7
[09:00 AM] Episode 1
[10:00 AM] Live
[10:35 AM] Weather Report
[11:30 AM] Episode 3
[12:00 PM] Binta and the Great Idea
[12:30 PM] Emir Kusturica, A Tender Barbarian
[01:30 PM] Episode 1 - Washington
[02:00 PM] Raggedy Man
[03:45 PM] Evil
[06:00 PM] Episode 5: Paul Simon + Lorne Michaels
[07:00 PM] Old Joy
[08:15 PM] Binta and the Great Idea
[09:00 PM] Ray LaMontagne, The Zutons, Shawn Colvin & Nerina Pallot
[10:00 PM] Kurt Cobain: About a Son
[12:00 AM] Session 9
[02:00 AM] Ray LaMontagne, The Zutons, Shawn Colvin & Nerina Pallot
[03:00 AM] Episode 6
[03:30 AM] Episode 1: Opening Night
[04:00 AM] Series 7: The Contenders
[05:30 AM] The Secret Life of Words (ALL TIMES EST)
The Aga Khan, left, and author J.K. Rowling, right, clap during Harvard University commencement exercises, Thursday, June 5, 2008 in Cambridge, Mass. Both received honorary degrees during the exercises. The Aga Khan is the spiritual leader of 20 million Ismaili Muslims around the world.
Photo by Lisa Poole
Lawyers for a Canadian television journalist being held as an enemy combatant in Afghanistan filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing the Bush administration of holding him illegally and demanding his release.
Afghani native Jawed Ahmad, 22, has been held in Bagram, Afghanistan, for more than six months without being charged, according to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia.
Ahmad was working for CTV, a Canadian television network, when he was detained in October 2007. Authorities accused him of being in contact with Taliban leaders, including having video of them and possessing their phone numbers, according to the complaint.
Attorneys with the International Justice Network compared Ahmad's case to that of Bilal Hussein, an Associated Press photographer who spent more than two years in U.S. military custody. Hussein initially was accused of working with Iraqi insurgents but was released in April after Iraqi judges closed his case.
Danny DeVito, left, and Philadelphia native Rob McElhenney, right, stars of the FX Network show 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' react during a news conference with Mayor Michael Nutter in Philadelphia, Thursday, June 5, 2008. Nutter read a proclamation declaring June 5, 2008 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Day.'
Photo by Matt Rourke
Hollywood's "glass closet" may not be shattered, but with stars such as Ellen DeGeneres and T.R. Knight openly out and shows like "The L Word" proving popular in recent years, insiders say being gay or lesbian is no longer a career breaker for celebrities.
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday gave a final approval for gay marriages in the state, clearing the way for talk show host DeGeneres and her girlfriend of four years, actress Portia de Rossi, to marry as planned.
Actor Rock Hudson kept his homosexuality a secret for decades for fear it would hurt his ability to win leading-man roles. His death to AIDS-related illness in 1985 shocked Americans, and when DeGeneres publicly came out in the late 1990s it caused a media sensation.
But by early this decade, TV show "Will & Grace," about the lives of a gay man and straight woman, had become a critical and audience hit, a sign of increasing public acceptance.
Still, experts say a "glass closet" exists for some actors, but because many openly gay celebrities such as Knight, DeGeneres, De Rossi and Rosie O'Donnell are breaking barriers that have stood for years, that closet is cracking.
MSGOP pundit Keith Olbermann, who spotlights misbehavior nightly with his "Worst Person in the World" recognition, owes New York state for unpaid business taxes, according to a tax warrant notice.
And his conservative counterparts and bloggers are making sure the debt is fodder in the ongoing political commentators' feud.
Olbermann, the host of "Countdown," owes New York $2,269.50, according to a tax warrant obtained by The Associated Press. State Tax and Finance Department spokesman Tom Bergin said the debt recorded against the TV host's Olbermann Broadcasting Empire Inc., based in Los Angeles, is still open.
Bergin said the debt could have been resolved recently, but it has not yet been legally "satisfied" and so remains an open case.
Flick through a few channels on Japanese TV and Monta Mino is most likely there. And the world's most prolific television presenter, who just broke his own record for the most hours of live television in one week, says he wants to work even more.
Mino, whose real name is Norio Minorikawa, received a Guinness World Record certificate Thursday acknowledging his 22 hours and 15 seconds of live TV broadcasts in April. He broke the previous record - also set by Mino in November 2006 - of 21 hours and 42 minutes.
In counting the hours for the record, Guinness included Mino's appearances on various live shows on several TV channels.
The hyperactive 63-year-old, who claims he only needs four hours of sleep every night, hosts 11 TV programs, including news shows, talk shows, wildlife shows and quiz shows, and appears on television every day of the week except Sunday.
Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica performs the 5th Symphony of Beethoven at the Rock in Rio music festival in Lisbon June 5, 2008. Apocalyptica played the piece to launch a global campaign demanding actions from the G8 against climate change.
Photo by Jose Manuel Ribeiro
A silk Persian rug dating from the 16th century or 17th century has sold for a record $4.45 million at auction, or about $729.87 per square inch.
The rug was sold by Christie's auction house Tuesday on behalf of the Newport Restoration Foundation. It had been expected to fetch up to $1.5 million.
The rug, which measures 7 feet, 7 inches by 5 feet, 7 inches, had been purchased by the late tobacco heiress Doris Duke in 1990. She left it to the foundation when she died.
Elisabeth Parker, head of Christie's rugs and carpets department, says there are only two other known rugs like it. She calls it an "amazing work of art" and says it has an intricate floral design and an unusually large number of colors, at 17.
Victoria Gotti, a newspaper columnist and the daughter of late Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, was sued on Thursday by HarperCollins Publishers for the return of a $70,000 advance on a memoir that was never written.
Gotti and HarperCollins signed a contract in 2005 for two books, including an untitled memoir, according to the lawsuit filed in New York state court, which accused Gotti of breach of contract.
Gotti, who was once a columnist for the New York Post, has written several books and was the star of the reality television show "Growing up Gotti."
HarperCollins is a unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corpse.
Alla by Marc Chagall which will be sold by London-based auction house Sotheby's is seen in this undated handout released on June 5, 2008. Russian paintings spanning two centuries, from pre-Bolshevik tsarist scenes to modernism, are expected to fetch up to 44 million pounds ($87 million) in London auctions next week, as the motherland's art continues to attract international attention and hefty price tags.
Ozzy Osbourne has accepted undisclosed libel damages and an apology over a newspaper claim that he was ill at the Brit Awards.
The 59-year-old rocker sued over a story in the Daily Star that alleged he had toppled over twice just before the televised ceremony and that he was moved around the awards in an electric buggy.
Osbourne's lawyer, John Kelly, told a court in London on Thursday that none of the allegations were put to Osbourne or his representatives before they were published.
Express Newspapers' lawyer Kate Wilson said the publisher now accepts that the allegations were untrue.
A guitar stolen from country star George Jones 46 years ago in Texas is being returned to him by a man who says he bought it and tried repeatedly to give it back.
The acoustic Martin-000 is being returned to him by Larry Berry of Chandler, Texas, who said he bought it for $10 from two boys in his Fort Worth, Texas, apartment complex in 1962.
Berry said Wednesday he's been trying to reach Jones since the 1960s to return it, and finally got through this year.
"It'll be a big relief," Berry, a retired oil man, said by telephone. "I've written letters for years and called recording studios trying to find him. You can't believe how hard it's been."
A lighthouse at Point Montara is shown in Montara, Calif., Wednesday, June 4, 2008. According to lighthouse researchers, this lighthouse was first erected in 1881 overlooking Wellfleet Harbor in Wellfleet, Mass. and had been moved by the Coast Guard from Wellfleet to Yerba Buena, Calif., and eventually to Point Montara.
Photo by Paul Sakuma
A rare Brazilian stamp series known as the "Pack Strip" has sold for $1.9 million at an auction of early South American postage stamps.
The Siegel Auction Galleries says the 1843 series of "Bull's Eyes" stamps - considered the rarest among Brazilian collector stamps - was sold on Thursday to a buyer bidding by phone. It contains two 30-reis (ree-YAHS') denomination stamps joined with one 60-reis.
The auction house will add a 15 percent commission to the $1.9 million hammer price.
The auctioneer says the entire collection - with other offerings from Chile, Colombia, Argentina and Peru - could fetch more than $5 million.
Egyptian archaeologists unveiled on Thursday a 4,000-year-old "missing pyramid" that is believed to have been discovered by an archaeologist almost 200 years ago and never seen again.
Zahi Hawass, Egypt's antiquities chief, said the pyramid appears to have been built by King Menkauhor, an obscure pharaoh who ruled for only eight years.
In 1842, German archaeologist Karl Richard Lepsius mentioned it among his finds at Saqqara, referring to it as number 29 and calling it the "Headless Pyramid" because only its base remains. But the desert sands covered the discovery, and no archaeologist since has been able to find Menkauhor's resting place.
"We have filled the gap of the missing pyramid," Hawass told reporters on a tour of the discoveries at Saqqara, the necropolis and burial site of the rulers of ancient Memphis, the capital of Egypt's Old Kingdom, about 12 miles south of Cairo.
A Sumatran orangutan relaxes in a zoo on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Orangutans are one of the most endangered species in the world with a wild population of less than 7,000.
Photo by Binsar Bakkara
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HBOs excellent miniseries 'John Adams' hits the stores this coming Tuesday (the 10th).
A: just about a mile
