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Great Site!
Thanks, again, Tim!
Baron Dave Romm's Review
Spoken Word 2
By Baron Dave Romm
Lord Buckley straddles that blurry line between Beat Poet and standup comedian. Much has been written about him since his death in 1960, but nothing really substitutes for hearing him. Whether he's translating the Gettysburg Address into Hipster or riffing on Jesus, his uncanny ear for language mixes with his unmistakable voice and his unorthodox subject matter to transport you to a time of smoke filled coffee houses and finger snapping audiences. He has three CDs out (of which I have two and have heard the third) and other recordings are available. The best CD (to my post-punk ears) is His Royal Hipness. (The cdnow.com track listing has samplers.) It has my three favorite of his routines: Gettysburg Address (where he translates Lincoln's speech to Hipster), The Hip Gan (about Gandhi) and Cabenza de Gasca, The Gasser, about a voyager from the Old World, pre-Columbus, who travels to what is now the US but is stranded here and spends his life wandering around the country. (I have been unable to confirm if this is a true story or not.) These are not comedy routines and though there is a lightness to the presentation the subjects are treated with respect and even reverence.
Perhaps Lord Buckley can be seen as an interpreter, where Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg wrote original poetry. Perhaps Lord Buckley can be heard as a raw prose flip side to the slick jazz readings of Ken Nordine. Perhaps Lord Buckley can be felt as a presence in the stand-up community as much as Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce and Robin Williams. Perhaps he was just a hard-livin' guy who found a style that suited him and entertained others. Listening to Lord Buckley will change how you view the world. And that's the ultimate compliment.
Mark Bernstein also straddles two genres: Filk and oral storytelling. He tells stories at and about science fiction, or at least of interest to science fiction fans. I couldn't find a direct web site for him, but you can read one of his pieces and find ordering information here. His tape Tusks Are Optional is straight storytelling: No music, no interpretation. Well, maybe a little interpretation: A Heif Bristory of Fi-Sci is a spoonerism-filled history that owes much to (and he credits) the Lirty Dies routines of Capitol Steps. Also fun is his reading of Mark Evanier's "Tusks Are Optional" story about his work as a tv producer. (Evanier is one of the more entertaining writers around.)
Oral history is often a combination of recounting the experiences of a long life combined with the music of those times. This combination is nicely explored in the Smithsonian Folkway's CD Here I Stand: Elders' Wisdom, Children's Song that records the voices of rural Alabama and the songs the children have written based on what they've heard. While the adults talk about being a coal miner or their first radio, the children sing of religion and slavery. Recorded in 1995, it's one of the last chances to get impressions of the Great Depression and to hear how those lives get passed down to the children. It comes with a nice booklet with all the words.
"People are like flowers. It's been a priviledge pollinating here in your garden." -- Lord Buckley (as quoted by Robin Williams)
Baron Dave Romm is a conceptual artist and a noble of Ladonia with a radio show, a very weird CD collection and an ever growing list of political links. He reviews things at random for obscure web sites. You can read all his music recommendations from Bartcop-E here.
He's Been Busy, Again!
the worried shrimp
home boy...
(Thanks, Marc!)
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Well, got no comments on the clock, so it'll be discontinued....but, damn, wasn't that some fine coding?
Played in the garden....seems we have 'vericullum wilt'....major bummer.
Did the grill in the yard thing again tonight, but cow was on the grill this time.
Watched some PBS this afternoon. KOCE, PBS for behind the Orange Curtain, was featuring Sid Ceasar. Skits were a lot longer
back in those days. At least it wasn't a John Tesh concert!
Tonight, Monday, CBS has reruns of 'King of Queens', 'Yes, Dear', 'Raymond', and 'Becker'. They are followed by '48 Hours'.
On a rerun Dave, the scheduled guests are Sarah Jessica Parker and Etta James.
Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers are Paul Rudd, Jamie Bergman, and Riddlin' Kids.
NBC starts the night with a rerun 'Fear Factor' and then follows with a fresh 'Dog Eat Dog' and a fresh 'Meet My Folks'.
Scheduled on a fresh Jay are Seann William Scott, Moby, and David Bowie.
If it's Monday, Conan is a rerun, and scheduled tonight are John Leguizamo, Christina Applegate, and Regena Thomashauer.
Scheduled on a fresh Carson Daly are Joe Buck and Breeders.
ABC has the rerun of 'David Blaine Frozen In Time: Blaine's Cut', and then part 2 of the movie 'The Wedding'.
The WB has reruns of '7th Heaven' and 'Smallville'.
Faux has a rerun 'Boston Public', then a fresh 'Titus' followed by a rerun 'Titus'.
UPN has reruns of 'The Parkers', 'One On One', 'Girlfriends', and another 'One On One'.
TCM pays tribute to action films of the 1930's (all of which feature what was then considered scantily clad hotties). Starting the night off is
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), starring the best Tarzan of all,
Johnny Weissmuller.
Next up is King Kong (1933), and then
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), starring
Errol Flynn - and with an incredible cast, too.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Golden Boot Awards
Stuart & Peter
Actors and honorees Stuart Whitman (L) and Peter Fonda arrive at the Golden Boot Awards August 10, 2002 in Beverly Hills, California. The awards were established to recognize performances
that have furthered the tradition of the Western in film and television.
Photo by Robert Galbraith
The HisTory of Michael Jackson's face
Hacked By Downing Street?
The BBC
The government dismissed as "utter drivel" a claim by top journalist John Simpson that officials might have hacked into the computers of the BBC to spy on reports before they were aired.
Simpson, world affairs editor of the BBC, said in a book excerpted in The Sunday Telegraph that the BBC had investigated whether Blair's Downing Street office was peeking into its computers.
Simpson wrote that officials had surprised journalists by phoning in to argue points made in reports before they were aired, apparently aware of what reporters were planning to say.
The Telegraph said two other senior BBC journalists had confirmed that the broadcaster had probed possible computer security breaches after the 1997 general election. The probes focused on
former employees who had entered government service and may have still had BBC computer passwords, the paper said.
A Downing Street spokeswoman called the allegations "complete rubbish and utter drivel".
The BBC would not comment on whether it had made such investigations.
"We don't discuss issues of security. However, we continually review the security of all our systems, and always aim to maintain complete impartiality in our political journalism," a spokesman said.
The BBC
Fans Sold Fake Tickets
Bruce Springsteen
They thought they had the hottest ticket in town — but dozens of Bruce Springsteen fans were disappointed Saturday night.
At least 100 people were turned away from the show at Washington's MCI Center because the tickets they bought from scalpers were fake.
Many of the people with the worthless tickets had traveled hundreds of miles to see "The Boss" on his U.S. tour.
Police arrested a few suspected scalpers.
The 10-member band features crowd-favorite saxophonist Clarence Clemons, Springsteen's wife Patti Scialfa and Steven Van Zandt — who also appears on HBO's "The Sopranos."
Bruce Springsteen
Golden Boot Awards
Harry Morgan
Actor Harry Morgan arrives for the Golden Boot Awards August 10, 2002 in Beverly Hills, California. The awards were established to recognize performances that have furthered the tradition
of the Western in film and television.
Photo by Robert Galbraith
Snarky Gossip
Gwyneth On J. Lo
Gwyneth Paltrow never liked Jennifer Lopez in the first place. But now that J. Lo has landed the love of her life, Ben Affleck, Gwyneth is seething. "She still hasn't forgiven Lopez for unkind comments she made back in 1998
to Movieline magazine," an insider told Msnbc.com's Jeannette Walls. In the interview Lopez blasted Paltrow's acting ability, saying "I don't remember anything she [Paltrow] was in. Some people get hot by association. I heard
more about her and [former flame] Brad Pitt than I ever heard about her work." But the ill-will goes deeper than that, sources who know Paltrow say. "Gwyn is a woman of great taste and class, and she just doesn't respect
Jennifer," says one. "She's sort of appalled . . . Gwyneth once said it didn't work out between them because Ben wanted a woman who would wear bikinis while she brought him beers. Need I say more?" When asked about Affleck's
new romance on "Access Hollywood," Paltrow broke into uneasy laughter and said, "I just don't think I should say anything."
Gwyneth On J. Lo
Kentucky Speedway Crash
Jason Priestley
Actor Jason Priestley's race car crashed head-on into a wall at nearly 180 mph Sunday at the Kentucky Speedway, breaking his back and leaving him in serious condition with a concussion and other injuries.
The former "Beverly Hills 90210" television star was flown to the University of Kentucky Medical Center with a spinal fracture in the middle of his back and a closed head injury, as well as broken bones
in both feet, Indy Racing League medical director Henry Bock said.
Priestley was on a respirator to keep him sedated, but he was breathing on his own and was alert, Bock said.
Bock said there was no sign of paralysis and that tests on Priestley would continue probably through the night. He would not speculate on how long his recovery would take.
Priestley, 32, crashed coming out of the second turn in the final practice for the Kentucky 100, an Infiniti Pro Series race.
After a strong qualifying run on Saturday in which he came in second, Priestley had said that confidence was a key to racing.
Jason Priestley
Gets Honorary Degree
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney has an Oscar, an Emmy — and now an honorary degree in fine arts.
Rooney, 82, was awarded the honorary doctorate during commencement Saturday at the University of South Carolina.
Rooney, whose movie career began in the 1920s and includes appearances in some 300 films, graduated from Los Angeles' Fairfax High School and attended the University of Southern California.
Mickey Rooney
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Radio City Music Hall Tries To Bust Union
Rockettes
A dancers union says the current roster of Rockettes shouldn't be kicked out of Radio City Music Hall.
The corporate owner of the landmark concert venue wants to replace the standing roster of Rockettes with a system of open auditions. The dancers with the trademark high-leg kicks have been
working without a contract since February.
Cablevision Systems Corp. has offered buyouts to dancers on Radio City's roster of 41 Rockettes. New productions would use open auditions, with at least half the slots filled by dancers from the previous year's show.
Cablevision declined to comment on the contract talks. The debt-laden cable conglomerate said Thursday it is slowing spending on its cable systems, cutting staff and plans to close some
Wiz electronics stores.
Rockettes
Hollywood Stars' Celebrity Baseball Game
Gene & Ashley
Singer Gene Simmons, left, jokes with actress Ashley Drane of NBC's "Rerun Show," before the Hollywood Stars' Celebrity Baseball Game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002.
Photo by E.J. Flynn)
Snarky Gossip
Britney Spears
Poor Britney Spears - even the bandmates of her ex-boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, are getting in on the Britney-bashing action. At a fundraiser in Orlando the
other night, NSYNC's Joey Fatone showed up with a custom-made T-shirt poking fun at the beleaguered pop tart. According to US Weekly, the T-shirt, a take-off on the Mastercard commercials, read:
"Carton of eggs . . . $3.
Ski mask . . . $16.
Tickets to a Britney Spears concert . . . $54.
Egging the [bleep] out of America's pop princess . . . Priceless."
Britney Spears
When Osama Bin Ladin Was Tim Osman
Launching Fashion Label
Prince Charles
Britain's Prince Charles, lover of all things natural, will launch his own range of country clothing to help revive the rural economy, the Sunday Times reported.
The royal fashion label will only use wool supplied by British sheep farmers and the products will be made in rural workshops, the paper said.
It quoted an informed source as saying the project had been motivated by Charles's "deep sense of obligation" to tackle the crisis in agriculture.
Britain's agricultural industry was ravaged by last year's foot and mouth epidemic.
Charles also plans to market a new line of garden furniture made from oak bought from British farmers, the paper said.
The launch of the new products has been set provisionally for next year, according to a spokesman for Duchy Originals, but it was unclear exactly what would be on offer.
Prince Charles
BartCop TV!
Entrants Warned
Miss World
Nigeria, host of this year's Miss World pageant, has warned the contest's beauty queens to avoid parts of the country where Shariah, or Islamic law, is enforced, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Culture and Tourism Minister Boma Bromillow-Jack said organizers were warned to stay away from the dozen Nigerian states that have adopted Shariah after Muslim groups threatened to disrupt the pageant.
The pageant is scheduled for Nov. 30 in the capital, Abuja, which is not under Islamic law.
Muslim groups in Nigeria have denounced the pageant as immoral and said they will prevent it from taking place, but have not threatened any specific action. They are particularly
incensed by the swimsuit competition.
Nigeria applied to host the pageant after a Nigerian, Agbani Darego, was crowned Miss World last year.
Miss World
Long Beach, CA
'United in Memory'
Volunteers work on what will be more than 3,000 quilts for the unfinished United in Memory quilt project at the World Trade Center in Long Beach, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002,
honoring the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. Quilts from all over the world have been sent in from volunteers for the project. Each quilt represents one of the victims.
Photo by Steven Georges
Snarky Gossip
Heather Mills
Is Heather Mills becoming Col. Tom Parker to Paul McCartney's Elvis?
That's what writer Andrew Goldman charges in this week's New York magazine. He suggests the 34-year-old Beatle bride may just be a "shameless self-promoter who turned
the accident in which she lost a leg into a business opportunity." And, he asks: "is [her] charity work ... a canny marketing device?"
Goldman reports that Mills did not register her land-mines-victim charity, the Heather Mills Health Trust, with the British government until 2000, six years after she
began collecting money. Mills says she doesn't have accounts for those first six years. And royalties from the McCartneys' 1999 dance single "Voice," which were supposed
to go to the charity, don't appear anywhere in the trust's accounts, the writer claims.
Mills rebuts the allegations, and says she's "totally honest and trustworthy." What's more, she attributes any bad press to "jealousy" on the part of female journalists
old enough to have had a crush on McCartney when he was a Beatle.
The former swimsuit model also denies that McCartney's children - particularly daughter Stella - can't stand her.
"Stella and I get on brilliantly," Mills said, adding that the designer issued a press release, before the wedding, proclaiming her love for Mills.
But Stella's stepmom might want to recheck her facts. According to spokesman Mesh Chibber, the designer is not given to releasing statements about her personal life: "Never happened."
Heather Mills
"The Guns of Dallas", by L. Fletcher Prouty
Adapts to 9/11
'Sex and the City'
It had already been a lousy day for "Sex and the City" columnist Carrie Bradshaw when she tried to get on the subway. The entrance was roped off — another terrorist alert
in an already skittish city had shut it down.
Recognize that scene from the HBO comedy's season-opener last month? No?
That's because it was filmed and discarded, deemed heavy-handed and untrue to what the city is experiencing in the summer of 2002.
"Sex and the City" producers faced a delicate balancing act this season. Not only did they have to craft compelling stories for the show's four women, they had to be true to
dramatic changes in the fifth character: the city of New York.
It was an awkward time in the "Sex and the City" filming schedule. A short season of new episodes had already been filmed to air in January, and would contain no references to what happened.
Quite by chance, the mood of those episodes seemed in line with the city's. The final scene of Carrie, fresh from another missed connection with Mr. Big, walking down a
city street as a leaf fluttered toward her captured an autumnal feeling.
King convened his writers in December to begin thinking about the new season, knowing part of their job was to anticipate how the city would seem months later.
For more details, 'Sex and the City'
In Memory
Michael "Mikey" Houser
Michael "Mikey" Houser, guitarist and singer for the rock band Widespread Panic, died Saturday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 40.
Houser released a statement last month explaining his illness and saying he would not participate in its summer tour. His death was reported in The Athens Banner-Herald and on the band's Web site Sunday.
Houser began playing in 1982 with the band's vocalist, John Bell, while both were attending the University of Georgia. The band formed three years later with bass player Dave Schools, percussionist Domingo Ortiz and keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann.
Widespread Panic, which developed a large, faithful following, is known for its blues-based music with long, improvisational passages and progressive percussions that attracted fans of "jam" bands like the Grateful Dead and Phish.
In a prepared statement released Sunday by Paula Donner, Houser's spokeswoman, the family is encouraging people to make contributions to the Michael Houser Music Fund, a program at Athens Academy.
Michael "Mikey" Houser
Widespread Panic
A self-made plane of the Hen team is being pushed to fly during the first "Flying Parade" held on Lake Velence, in Velence, some 50 kms southwest of Budapest Sunday, Aug. 11, 2002. The extreme air parade
got its name after Italian renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. At least 45 particular machines nose-dived into the water from a 6 meters ramp.
Photo by Attila Kovacs
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