Movie Collector OH
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14 hours ago, TikiSoo said:
Heh, only heard (Syracuse native) Grace Jone's version of that. I had forgotten how simple real punk rock was. (no wonder I could play/sing it)
This thing reminds me of a very small-time experimental group I read about, in the early 2000s, that attached a lapel mic to the print head of an old-style dot matrix printer. They "played" it as one of their instruments by sending different repeating patterns of text to the printer.
Like this:
https://youtu.be/A_vXA058EDY?t=34Probably too impractical, complicated, and not enough joy for punk though.
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What's up with the tinyurl links. I never saw the purpose in that, other than to obfuscate the domain name of the link until it is visited. Some people swear by it though. You probably have your reasons. I am not a "smartphone" guy though, so maybe that might explain it.
As for Firefox about:config options - I have the latest and greatest v.62, where some bulletproofing or other improvements may have been made.
dom.webnotifications.enabled
I have had this in user-defined state as disabled all along, don't remember doing it, but that hasn't had any effect on the TCM site. Perhaps it only controls the operations as per Firefox menu option: preferences/privacy & security/notifications. Opening the settings for that, it is completely empty (so no permissions for TCM notifications are being granted or revoked here for me). I will say these two items are probably correlated.
dom.push.enabled
This one has been enabled all along for me, in its default state. It's probably safe to assume this is the control for the type of notifications from TCM at the bottom of the screen. I'm not online constantly and I like those notifications, so I will be leaving it as-is.
As for "stepping away from things" a bit, I moved from Windows 7 (a few years ago already??) to Linux Mint for all my online activities. Linux Mint has been every bit as capable for mundane Internet usage and then some, without any further control issues or headaches from Microsoft. Not that I don't still use a Windows computer, but it is now a disconnected Windows 7 "appliance", no network connected, no Wifi, only used for a very specific piece of software - a video processing program. That is a whole other topic though. -
I was just going through some of my vintage keyboard stuff last week, and I meant to post this. Not Giorgio Moroder, but so what.
This should really be the TCM Underground bumper music.
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This was asked before here. It is Keith Nichols - Jelly's Blues.
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On 9/29/2018 at 3:07 AM, jakeem said:
Thanks so much! By the way, Berlin -- fronted by Nunn and featuring many of the original group members -- still tours. She sounds as good as she did in the 1980s.
I did some more digging on this. Giorgio Moroder used a Moog synthesizer in his beginning, but then moved to a Roland System 700 modular, the large black synthesizer you see behind him in the picture of him in the documentary. Also I have seen him in videos talking about the problems they had with the early Moog modular, so it is no wonder they moved on to something else.
For his movies in the mid 80s, things got so busy that he hired Arthur Barrow, a keyboardist/bassist from Frank Zappa's band to fill in on the duties. This included studio takes of different versions of certain movie soundtrack songs, and in particular the song Take My Breath Away.
Barrow went on to make records with different 80s acts and do various other things - including scoring these silent films:
Torrent (1926, starring Greta Garbo)
The Boob (1926, starring Joan Crawford)
The Cameraman (1928, starring Buster Keaton)Here he is standing around talking with a younger musician about a current project. You can see some kind of modular synthesizer behind him - it appears to be newer. Some things just don't go away, even Giorgio Moroder considers these to be antiques by now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OXU2nJiGxMFinally here are a couple clips I was able to find from silent films for which he has produced the score.
This is from Torrent (1926). Towards the end the bass line sounds fairly interesting to me, and he is first and foremost a bassist. So I'm going to say this is likely him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCcrOsjdpuQThese two links are from The Cameraman (1928). He isn't listed on IMDB for this, but I have recorded this from TCM and he is in the credits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNwGEzg2Cqkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WldQWTzC0zg
So there you have it. The guy who played synthesizer on Take My Breath Away also did the scoring for The Cameraman, which I think turned out quite good as far as silent film music goes.-
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3 hours ago, sewhite2000 said:
Well, speaking of walking out and of The White Album, Ringo famously quit the band for a week after Paul overdubbed Ringo's drum parts on "Back in the USSR" and "Dear Prudence" (and maybe more songs) with his own drumming! When he came back, Paul had strewn a garland of flowers across his drum kit, and all was apparently forgiven (although I think what you hear on those songs is still Paul's drumming).
Not that uncommon. I'm not sure whether or not this applied with them, but many bands hire staff based on good companionship and interpersonal compatibility, above musicianship or other position. They have to be able to carry out their duties, but in many cases that is not the determining factor. They will have to fit in and get along with the others on the tour bus, be buddies, look out for each other, etc. Often times bands will have members or staff around which are really "not that great" at what they are advertised to do, but are considered absolutely essential for making things go smooth in other ways. Not saying Ringo wasn't a great musician, as there are more extreme examples out there.
In any case, this was for the studio track(s) that Paul had in his mind to nail in a specific way, the one performance that would get played over and over and over again? Sure why not.
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My project updates are posted for this month, including December premieres so far.
premieres:
http://www.moviecollector.us/reports/Future_Premieres.htmmain project:
http://www.moviecollector.us/reports.htm-
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4 minutes ago, yanceycravat said:
Well it's becoming something of an issue, no pun intended. I even gave a second email address still nothing. TCM is advertising it daily so what's the point if you don't get it?
Maybe BingFan will post another one.
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On 9/20/2018 at 10:10 PM, yanceycravat said:
Thanks so much to the both of you. The links worked and I am able to stay up to date with the NPG's.
I wish I knew why there is a glitch sending these out.
Best -
Yancey
It probably has something to do with using a cut-rate third party service with a name like Spam Monkey.
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On 10/1/2018 at 2:18 PM, scsu1975 said:
Lately I have not been getting "notified" every time that I have a notification, like a "like" or "thank you," yet I see them in my posts. Anyone else experiencing this?
Just to be clear, I still get some notifications, but others seem to slip through the cracks.
Of course, I'm all for getting rid of this stuff anyway.
I could do without the five different kinds of upvotes. The other forums I am on don't even use upvotes, and somehow manage to survive. Though they are not entertainment or media-oriented.
While I am it it, now that I temporarily unblocked these annoying icons on my computer, the "Like" shouldn't be a Valentine's Day heart. That's just flat-out wrong, this isn't a dating site. It should be a "thumbs up", like this:
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Ok. I didn't see your screen capture at first (pics shut off at work). See if this works. I temporarily uploaded it to my site.
http://moviecollector.us/tmp/TCM Monthly Schedule - Turner Classic Movies.html
If not, it is probably your browser.
edit: or depending where you are, possibly a time zone issue (a different version of the page served up not working perhaps)P.S. this is what I see - from EST time zone
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7 hours ago, cmovieviewer said:
TCM has updated the schedule for October 22 - the premiere of the documentary "The Frankenstein Myth (2018)" has been changed to a premiere of the documentary "The Strange Life of Dr. Frankenstein (2018)".
- I'm not sure if this is the same documentary with a different title or a replacement.
- Neither of these titles are currently listed on IMDB.
- The list of premieres shown above has been updated with the new title.
I didn't see The Frankenstein Myth either. The Strange Life Of Dr Frankenstein at least shows up on TCM's DB.
Whatever it is, it says it is from 2018. I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it.
1930s and only 5 ratings on IMDB, I would be all over it.
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Did it not flip over to October at the time you posted? As it is now, the 1st falls on a Monday (today), legit for Oct. That part looks okay to me, though I haven't had a chance to look at it further yet myself, so maybe there is more.
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Aww, that's too bad.
I don't know if I corresponded with her either, but recognize the user name.
RIP
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On 9/29/2018 at 7:44 AM, yanceycravat said:
Oct 13 - MGM Cartoons: Screwball Squirrel (1944) was part of Cartoon Alley #46
Oct 20 - MGM Cartoons: One Droopy Knight (1957) was part of Cartoon Alley #33
I went through this thread, and so far it looks like this has mostly been happening with the MGM animated shorts (as per IMDB). So I went ahead and prefixed the titles of all the previous airings with "MGM Cartoons: " as TCM does - the less I have to pay attention to these shorts, the better. That blanks the IMDB data for those in my listings, but should fix the false premieres for those in the future, a special case just for cartoon shorts. Actually I prefer the cartoon shorts prefixed like that, as it groups them together.
If they should open up another group of cartoon shorts they might have shown in the past, then I will just do more of the same.
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On 9/27/2018 at 6:28 AM, jakeem said:
You learn something new every day.
I didn't know that Moroder had won three Oscars. In addition to the Best Song honors for "Take My Breath Away," he shared the 1983 Best Song award with Irene Cara and Keith Forsey for "Flashdance... What a Feeling" from "Flashdance."
He also received the 1978 Best Original Score award for "Midnight Express."
Here's a well put together BBC radio documentary on Giorgio Moroder, in two files.
Electric Dreams: The Giorgio Moroder Story - Episode 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19yXd9t7aO8Electric Dreams: The Giorgio Moroder Story - Episode 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2VpXyishtE
You might be interested in this part of the second clip, Tom Whitlock and Terri Nunn talk about their experiences with Moroder on the music from Top Gun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2VpXyishtE&feature=youtu.be&t=2349 -
On 9/27/2018 at 8:03 AM, Fedya said:
To me it also depends on whether you quote the relevant bits or quote the whole damn thing (including photos) to add one line.
It's like seeing an entire blog page get quoted at times, isn't it. Or maybe even random bits of a phone directory.
Sorry TL;DR couldn't make it through the rest of your second sentence.
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On 9/27/2018 at 3:27 AM, jakeem said:
Although many people believe that Summer won the Oscar for "Last Dance," the songwriter was the late Paul Jabara. The sometime actor, who appeared as a character in "Thank God, It's Friday," also co-wrote the hit 1979 duet "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" for the divas Summer and Barbra Streisand.
At the 1:03 mark in the following clip, look for Terri Nunn -- who went on to duplicate Summer's feat of performing an Academy Award-winning song. She became the lead singer for the group Berlin, which had a No. 1 hit with "Take My Breath Away." Written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock, the tune from "Top Gun" won the 1986 Oscar for Best Original Song.
This pic of Giorgio Moroder below is just one I quickly found on the Internet, but you get the idea. This is him at his recording studio, playing modular synthesizer for the keyboard parts during a tracking session. Quite possibly the same rig you are hearing on the Top Gun soundtrack. Off the top of my head he also did similar work on Flashdance: What A Feeling (Irene Cara), and the 1984 release of the movie Metropolis (Pat Benetar, Freddie Mercury, etc).
It sounds to me like the only conventional instrument used here is a gated drum kit (typical for the 80s). So this may have just been Moroder, a drummer, and Terri Nunn. Definitely not all at the same time either.
The funny thing about this scenario is that this music was not in Berlin's style. They (Terri Nunn) had to set aside their creative differences for this, but it payed off.
With some basic electronics theory and creativity, users could tweak the Moog modular to get exactly the sounds they wanted, or just be surprised. Due to its size and complexity, it was usually just used for the studio recording. The thinking back then was it was the most important performance, the one everyone would hear over and over. So it had to sound interesting. My how times have changed.
Ok you know how I am with these things. I should really stop.
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8 hours ago, Hepburn Fan said:
Okay, two things. Is September "Change Your Avatar Month?"
Also I asked Google, who knows all, and the claim is an HD/DVR from DirecTV has a way to show YouTube videos, if connected to the Internet. Seems to have been an option for years. New with my Xfinity X1. Guessing you can watch but not record. A TV should be able to upscale a video to better quality.
I too do not like watching anything but short videos on YouTube.
Did a search on JustWatch for Christmas Holiday. No results. The results are probably in real-time, so a movie won't show as coming in advance. Maybe TCM could put the movie on FilmStruck.
I don't know anything about the avatars.
As far as Directv goes, if you have a modern Directv Genie receiver, it can either be connected to a home Internet router with the Cat-5 network connector on the back, or the built-in Wifi interface. All you need to do is have the installer connect it or enable it. Our installer didn't, but I actually wouldn't have used it anyhow.
It uses the Internet connection for watching stuff that can be found online (streaming), for "rewinding" certain shows on certain networks after you tune into them (a limited scope type of streaming), and also for ordering from the video-on-demand channels.
The one-way satellite service (without Internet connection) delivers all the regular programming, the on-screen schedule grid, the firmware upgrades and software updates, and account validation. That is enough for me I think, as I like to keep things separate.
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3 hours ago, Hepburn Fan said:
Actually, TopBilled is the title of what should have been the final episode of The Dukes Of Hazard. Donald was on loan to Warner Bros. Television from Disney. Yes, that Donald. TopBilled had numerous hidden meanings.
Donald was to be involved with Daisy Duke. Donald and Daisy were suppose to roll the Jeep, you guessed it, in the hay. Disney had concerns.
Donald would end up in the hospital, due to an injury from the Jeep accident. The medicine made him sort of goofy. Take advantage of the pun if desired.
Donald became kind of clairvoyant, from his medication, and would dream he was the President Of The United States. For multiple reasons, The General Lee automobile was going to need to be destroyed. By coincidence, Donald did not wear his cap during the dream. Overall, he looked awful, orange hair and all.
The TopBilled episode was also going to require Waylon Jennings to show more than just his hands on TV, while singing the theme song for the final time.
The TopBilled episode was filmed by Lou Step Productions, but Disney and Warner Bros. Television refused to put it on air.
It sat in a vault until Nickelodeon got the rights to air it on Nick Very Late At Nite.Drawing from my saved bookmarks, here is a nice little Season 1 "then and now" travelogue put together by some fellow fans.
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9 minutes ago, hamradio said:
"Amish Wild"
Ah yes, that's the 'Amish'-sploitation junk I was thinking of above. Leave it to you to dredge that up.
edit: no, make that in a different thread.
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Hitchcock?
"Profile" was also the name of a nice little digital console for live audio production, likely used in Hollywood, but apparently now discontinued.
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The "reality series" I think you are talking about was more along the lines of what a "blaxploitation" film is to blacks. At least in the commercials.
It might be difficult to find, but look for Aaron's Way (1988). It was a TV series with Merlin Olsen. It was a drama about an Amish family done in a sober, delicate manner, apparently never to be rereleased or aired again.
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The "Secret" Hidden Celebrity Cemetery
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While you're at it, here's something I came across and started to watch a while back. A guy in Hollywood with a Youtube channel named "Daze With Jordan The Lion". Hundreds of videos. In each episode he feeds his dog, thinks up a topic interesting enough to vlog on, and then heads out to document relevant landmarks, remaining structures and markers. I've had fun watching his videos and watching someone else who is fascinated with this kind of stuff. More recently it looks like he has been getting out to see some other parts of the world too.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMC9R6OigawtoVTG_qHFMoQ/videos