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<title><![CDATA[Vertigo &amp; North by Northwest: Bitches Don't Know 'Bout My Hitchcock]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John Mora</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s with some film grump shame that I admit my experience with Alfred Hitchcock is limited. M]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's with some film grump shame that I admit my experience with Alfred Hitchcock is limited. My early exposure to film was basically limited to what my dad thought was good and entertaining, thus my history with all manners of sci-fi, from <em>2001: A Space Odyssey</em> to <em>Deep Star Six</em>. Once I became independent enough to pursue my own interests (Netflix lol) I began to culture myself in the filmmakers I wanted to see/thought I should see. Hitchcock wasn't far from the top of the list. I'd only ever seen one of his films before, <em>Rebecca</em>, with Film Walrus and had a blast. It was an excellent movie with far-reaching influence, a fantastically twisted and layered story and even better acting. So I was definitely stoked to dive into the presumably warm waters of Hitchcock's other work.</p>
<p>But was that really the case?</p>
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<p>I started with <em>Vertigo</em>, since aside from <em>Psycho</em> it was the film I most associated with the director. It started with an <a title="SPIRALS" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz46qS38OgM" target="_blank">incredibly cool title sequence with trippy visuals </a>and a fantastic overture by Bernard Herrmann. I was SO fucking pumped to be wowed by the movie. But I ended up being underwhelmed by it after having to stretch out watching it over two nights because of how sleepy it made me.</p>
<p><em>Vertigo</em> is about a former police detective (James Stewart) who left the force after his partner fell to his death while chasing a criminal over rooftops. During that incident he discovers he's afflicted with vertigo, which the movie seems to define as a fear of heights. (Let's not even get into the technicalities of this, shall we?) After that, he's hired by an old friend from school to trail his wife, whom has been behaving very oddly as of late. She's been acting as if possessed, disappearing with her car for hours on end with no memory of where she's been and what she's done. Skeptical, Stewart reluctantly agrees to follow her. During this period of observation, he sees her obsessed with a painting of her great-grandmother that hangs in a museum and witnesses her jump off a cliff into the San Francisco Bay. He jumps after her and saves her, beginning their attraction towards each other that ends in tragedy.</p>
<p>That's all I can describe without spoiling the plot twists, which might be the only reason to see the movie. The rest of it is so fucking dull. Most of the first half is taken up by quiet passages of Stewart tailing the dame in his car or on foot with nothing but the Herrmann score to carry it. The plot tries to build up a sense of mystery, but it just never becomes dense enough to lift up the bloated running time. Did this movie REALLY need to be over two hours long?</p>
<p>A lot of this movie hinges on the central romance between Stewart and his love interest, the "possessed" wife. And I can't enjoy the movie very much when I don't enjoy that. I just found their relationship tiresome at first. Kim Novak, the actress playing the love interest, is sort of pretty in that generic Old Hollywood actress way, but doesn't bring a whole lot of personality and charisma to her role. She seems like a zombie for most of the first half. And Stewart... I'm not used to seeing him look so old. Apparently, Hitchcock blamed Stewart's age for the critical and commercial failure of the film and stopped working with him. A bit harsh, but I see where he was coming from. It doesn't help that their romance just takes on an unnerving and disgusting tone in the second half that barely makes me want to call it a romance at all. I realize that's what Hitchcock was going for, but it was just really unpalatable to me. What was much more interesting to me was the tension between Stewart and his "Girl Friday," Midge, whom he shares a few scenes with. They had a shared romantic past that had some interesting stuff going on with it, but as Stewart becomes more obsessed with Novak, she sort of gets put to the side and forgotten about. Tsk.</p>
<p>I suppose my problem with <em>Vertigo</em> is that it hardly ever comes alive. Its whole "thing" is a sort of detached, eerie, haunting quietness with lots of repetition that isn't a good vehicle for 2+ hours sitting in front of a TV waiting for something extraordinary to happen. Which isn't to say it never does. The famous staircase scene with the now legendary "contra-zoom" vertigo effect was a welcome breath of, I dunno, TENSION. There's also a splendidly spooky (I'd almost say Lynch-esque if it wasn't decades before him) nightmare sequence about two-thirds of the way into the film that rekindled my interest, however briefly. I mean, I guess for a suspense movie it did keep me on the edge of my seat... waiting for something to happen. :&#124;</p>
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<p>So it was with trepidation I approached the next film on my queue, <em>North by Northwest</em>. I knew pretty much nothing about it aside from the fact it was another famous Hitchcock film. But now that didn't mean much to me. If <em>Vertigo</em> was so lauded, I couldn't trust anyone on him anymore. Eventually, after a few weeks of dawdling, I buckled down and sat down determined to give <em>North by Northwest</em> a fair shot. And once again the movie entranced me with its <a title="ANGLES" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIlqatMQSgI" target="_blank">incredibly cool title sequence and amazing theme song</a>, again by Herrmann. I was so pumped up to see the movie by the end of it that I nearly missed poor Mr. Hitchcock being denied his bus. {:3</p>
<p><em>North by Northwest</em> is about an ad exec (Cary Grant) who, while out minding his own business, gets kidnapped by some thugs. Apparently he's been confused with some sort of spy, and his captors assume all his attempts at denying this are part of his game. After a failed attempt at killing him (but ruining his reputation), Grant is put on the run trying to clear his name from being implicated in an assassination of a U.N. worker. While slipping aboard a train, he meets the lovely Eva Marie Saint, whom he immediately charms into <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">bed</span> helping him slip by police and track down the actual spy he's supposedly being confused with. His enemies are hot on his tail, however, and he must outmaneuver their attempts at killing him before he can uncover the truth.</p>
<p>Holy fuck, if ever there was an opposite to the banality of <em>Vertigo</em>, it's this. The premise simultaneously sends up Cold War espionage flicks while at the same time one-upping them in terms of twists and set pieces. Grant is an inimitable leading man, and his generous charisma oozes off of the screen at all times. It makes total sense that Eva Marie Saint is in the palm of his hand (or is it vice-versa?) within minutes of meeting each other. Or it might just have to do with the fact that the movie is packed with crackling, pithy dialogue that no real person is ever witty enough to think up or well-timed enough to deliver. I also found a certain satisfaction in seeing Grant blunder his way out of sticky situations, especially since basically everything he thought of was something I would also resort to doing if I were in the same circumstance. (Great minds think alike!)</p>
<p>The action set pieces are also brilliant. The really famous sequence, the crop duster attack, works even if it's been spoiled for you. Hell, ESPECIALLY if you know it's coming. The movie plops Grant in the middle of barren corn fields with no one around for miles, waiting for a contact that the viewer knows will never arrive. Cars whiz by until another man walks up. Grant strikes up a conversation, hoping it's the guy he's waiting for, but it isn't. They talk innocuously until the man notes that it's odd that there's a crop duster in the background... considering there's no crops to dust. The man goes on his way and Grant continues standing there like a fool. The crop duster starts flying towards him and it isn't until it's nearly upon him that he realizes, "Fuck, it's trying to kill me" and flings himself to the ground to try to save his life. MMMMFFF, that's good. I can't even do it proper justice in words. Same goes for the thrilling climax at Mt. Rushmore.</p>
<p>The cinematography deserves special mention. I wish I'd taken screenshots before returning it because there's some really striking shots in this movie. There seemed to be a sort of modern art feel that Hitchcock was going for, and there are a few instances where he transforms the shots themselves into pieces of art that the characters run around in.</p>
<p>Of course Cary Grant is superb in this movie and Eva Marie Saint is both beautiful and talented in her role, unlike Kim Novak in <em>Vertigo</em>. Their pairing makes total sense and the screen lights up with the sparks that fly when they're together. Also deserving of kudos are James Mason and a shockingly youthful Martin Landau as the villains. Seriously, I just could not get over how young he looked. There are certain actors you are just always used to seeing as haggard, melting old men. Like Maggie Gyllenhaal.</p>
<p>The worst thing I could say about this movie is that it seemed to have some sort of allergic reaction to filming on location. They'll be filming in a train station or whatever and then the camera will cut and we'll see the actors walking in front of one of those screens they used in old movies for driving scenes. They do this multiple times whenever there's an outdoor shot in the movie and it slightly cheapens the production. There's also the personal pet peeve of filming scenes during the day and trying to make it look like night. Like, I get really annoyed when movies have things "movie dark" instead of how things would actually look in reality if things were dark. The next time you watch a movie, you'll notice it when they cheat and make things incredibly light so the viewer can see things.</p>
<p>Also I think Hitchcock was allergic to falling action or something. Both movies end, like, mere seconds after the climax. It's just "LOL THE MOVIE'S OVER GO HOME NOW." Let a brotha down more gently, Hitchcock.</p>
<p>I really don't think I could have two more opposite reactions to movies. Especially when these movies were produced only a year apart. <em>Vertigo</em> would have been more honestly titled <em>Narcolepsy</em> for how drowsy it made me. On the other hand, <em>North by Northwest</em> was purely invigorating. In all honesty, though, I must say that even though I disliked <em>Vertigo</em>, it certainly did stay in my mind after I saw it, albeit against my wishes. It leaves an impression, even if it's not a particularly fond one. Any Hitchcock buffs out there want to enlighten me on what I was supposed to take away from <em>Vertigo</em>? Or how <em>North by Northwest</em> is populist trash that pales in comparison to <em>Vertigo</em>'s perfection? Leave me a message at the top of the stairs.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Left Handed Gun (1958) Arthur Penn]]></title>
<link>http://twentyfourframes.wordpress.com/?p=489</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John Greco</dc:creator>
<guid>http://twentyfourframes.bg.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/the-left-handed-gun-1958-arthur-penn/</guid>
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Arthur Penn’s “The Left Handed Gun” is a James Dean film without James Dean. The angst, torme]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Arthur Penn’s “The Left Handed Gun” is a James Dean film without James Dean. The angst, tormented, misunderstood youth Dean portrayed in “Rebel without a Cause” and “East of Eden” is all here.<span>  </span>This role was originally scheduled for James Dean who died in the well-documented car crash on September 11, 1955. Paul Newman who at this point in his career was looked at as a Marlon Brando/James Dean wanna be was selected to replace Dean as his previously did in “Somebody up There Likes Me”.<span>  </span>Based on a television play by Gore Vidal, Newman play’s Billy the Kid as a tormented misunderstood, inarticulate, hot headed, and resentful youth whose one father figure, the English cattleman John Tunstall, was gun-down in cold blood by a crooked sheriff and his deputies. This was the start of the famed Lincoln County war. <span> </span>While based on fact this is a highly fictionalized version of the conflict, one example is Tunstall who is portrayed as an older man so he could represent a father figure to Billy was less than a month shy of twenty-five when he was killed. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>    </span>Billy is hell bent on revenge, one by one taking the life of each of the four men who killed John Tunstall in cold blood. Along the way, he meets Pat Garrett (John Dehner) who befriends Billy but warns him against seeking revenge against the killers especially after an amnesty was issued by the governor for all the killing during the Lincoln County War. However, Billy has a narrow vision and even after promising Pat Garrett that he would not cause any trouble on his Wedding day, guns down the last of Tunstall’s killers.<span>  <a href="http://twentyfourframes.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/left_handed_gun_28195829.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-491" title="left_handed_gun_28195829" src="http://twentyfourframes.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/left_handed_gun_28195829.jpg" alt="" width="284" height="427" /></a></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>    </span>Penn already displays some of the themes that would be prevalent in his later work, the outlaw as a sympathetic anti-authority figure, the breakdown of myths and sudden unexpected violence breaking out causing pandemonium. Also, notable is the use of actor Denver Pyle who portrayed Texas Ranger Frank Hamer in “Bonnie &#38; Clyde” and here plays a deputy sheriff, who kills one of Billy’s gang (James Best) before being shot gunned to death himself by Billy.<span>  </span>Penn loves outsiders and continued to portray them throughout his career in films<span>  </span>like “Bonnie and Clyde“, “Alice’s Restaurant” and “Little Big Man .” He has also taken film genres and given them a revisionist look , The P.I. in “Night Moves”, the gangster film in “Bonnie and Clyde” and of course the western in “Little Big Man”, “The Missouri Breaks” and “The Left Handed Gun.”<span>    </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>    </span><span> </span>Paul Newman’s portrays Billy as inarticulate, uneducated with a boyish charm (Newman charm to be more accurate). He is sometime over the top and actually gave a better performance as the inarticulate, uneducated with boyish charm, Rocky Graziano in the 1956 film “Somebody up There Likes Me.” Newman was just becoming a major star at this time and would go on to become an even bigger star and a better actor as his career progressed. <span> </span>John Dehner is okay as Pat Garrett, though I did find both James Best and James Congdon as Billy’s two gang members unconvincing.<span>   </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span>    </span>“The Left Handed Gun” is a flawed film that is more interesting than most successful works, unique in its vision in a decade known for its bland conformity. </span></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[A Primeira Sessão de Estado da Abertura do Parlamento Britânico vista na TV]]></title>
<link>http://pdr21.wordpress.com/?p=122</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>David  Garcia</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Algumas imagens e uma carta sobre Paul Newman]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME (1956)

THE LEFT-HANDED GUN (1958)

THE HUSTLER (1961)

SOMETIMES A GREA]]></description>
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<p><strong><em>SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME</em></strong> (1956)</p>
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<p><strong><em>THE LEFT-HANDED GUN</em></strong> (1958)</p>
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<p><strong><em>THE HUSTLER</em></strong> (1961)</p>
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<p><strong><em>SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION</em></strong> (1971)</p>
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<p><strong><em>BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS</em></strong> (1976)</p>
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<p><strong><em>MR. AND MRS. BRIDGE</em></strong> (1990)</p>
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<p><strong><em>EMPIRE FALLS</em></strong> (2005)</p>
<p><strong>Carta das filhas de Paul Newman</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>"<em>Paul Newman desempenhou muitos papéis inesquecíveis. Mas aqueles que davam a ele mais orgulho nunca foram campeões no faturamento de bilheterias: um marido dedicado, um pai carinhoso, um avô adorável e um filantropo dedicado.</em></p>
<p><em>Nosso pai era um raro símbolo de humildade, o último a reconhecer o que ele fazia de especial. Intensamente reservado, ele conseguiu, calmamente, provocar grande impacto nas vidas dos outros com sua generosidade. </em></p>
<p><em>Sempre e até o fim de sua vida, papai foi incrivelmente grato por sua sorte. Em suas próprias palavras: "era um privilégio estar aqui". Ele será profundamente lembrado por aqueles a quem ele tocou, mas ele nos deixa uma extraordinária inspiração para seguir.</em></p>
<p><em> Durante esse período difícil, pedimos privacidade para nossa família."</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Doo-Wop!]]></title>
<link>http://notasdelpasado.wordpress.com/?p=251</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>CatsLock</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Book of Love, un gran tema de 1958 a cargo de la agrupación norteamericana The Monotones. Con u]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><em><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">The Book of Love</span></em><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">, un gran tema de 1958 a cargo de la agrupación norteamericana <strong>The Monotones</strong>. Con un agradable estilo <strong><em>Doo-Wop</em></strong>, el conjunto formado en la ciudad de Newark logró un éxito notable gracias a esta canción… aunque no consiguieron producir algún otro hit posteriormente :( (es por ello que se les considera un grupo de “One-Hit Wonder”).</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/sPhxdZW-wWo'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/sPhxdZW-wWo&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">En México (al menos en el norte del país) se escuchó bastante la versión de <strong>Los Reno</strong>. La adaptación grabada por la banda regiomontana lleva por nombre <em>Libro de Amor</em>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">…Y, bueno, ya que hablamos de grupos <strong><em>Doo-Wop</em></strong>, y para no quedarnos con las ganas de escuchar algo más de música, incluyamos también al tema <em>Tears On My Pillow</em>. Original de<strong> Little Anthony &#38; The Imperials</strong>, se dio a conocer en el mismo año de 1958, siendo compuesta por <strong>Sylvester Bradford </strong>y<strong> Al Lewis</strong> (¡nada que ver con <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0506891/" target="_blank">el actor del mismo nombre</a>!). </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/2fVU9PpEHPw'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/2fVU9PpEHPw&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><em><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">Tears On My Pillow</span></em><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;"> ha tenido una generosa variedad de covers: ha sido interpretada por <strong>Neil Sedaka</strong>,<strong> Bobby Vinton</strong>,<strong> Lou Christie</strong>,<strong> Johnny Tillotson</strong>, entre otros. La versión más exitosa ha sido la de la cantante <strong>Kylie Minogue </strong>(1989), la cual llegó hasta el primer lugar en las listas de popularidad del Reino Unido. <span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">Fuentes/Referencias</span></strong><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">: <a href="http://www.oldies.com">http://<span style="color:#0000ff;">www.oldies.com</span></a> ; <a href="http://www.littleanthonyandtheimperials.net/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">http://www.littleanthonyandtheimperials.net/</span></a> ; <a href="http://www.tsimon.com">http://<span style="color:#0000ff;">www.tsimon.com</span></a> ; <a href="http://www.songfacts.com/">http://www.songfacts.com</a> ; <a href="http://www.secondhandsongs.com/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">http://www.secondhandsongs.com</span></a> </span></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Atomium]]></title>
<link>http://jmanu.wordpress.com/?p=358</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jmanu</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[El Atomium sigue impresionando 50 años después de su construcción.
Es un átomo de hierro en su]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>El Atomium sigue impresionando 50 años después de su construcción.</strong></p>
<p>Es un <strong>átomo de hierro</strong> en su estructura cristalina, <strong>ampliado 165.000 millones de veces</strong>, lo que lo convierte en una estructura de 102 metros de altura  con 9 esferas de acero y aluminio de 18 metros de diámetro separadas entre sí 29 metros.</p>
<p>Se construyó para la <strong>Exposición Mundial de Bruselas de 1958</strong> y su grandeza y originalidad han marcado a Bruselas y a sus habitántes, de tal forma que se ha convertido en el símbolo de la ciudad y atracción para numerosas ferias y congresos internacionales.</p>
<p>La estructura, diseñada por el arquitecto André Waterkeyn, fue planeada para permanecer seis meses, pero se le concedió el indulto por la expectación que creó y rápidamente se convirtió en una atracción turística.</p>
<p>He tenido la suerte de comer hoy en el <strong>restaurante</strong> que está en la esfera más alta, a 100 metros de altura, después de subir en el ascensor que los alcanza en 20 segundos. En 1958 era el más rápido del mundo, a 5 m/seg.</p>
<p>Desde allí, las <strong>vistas de Bruselas</strong> y del recinto EXPO a sus pies son espectaculares. Pero veréis en las fotos que el Atomium no sólo resplandece de día sino también de noche, con la espectacular iluminación azul que serpentea las esferas.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Nel 1954 nasce la televisione.
Tre anni dopo va in onda il primo Carosello: soluzione italiana per i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Nel 1954 nasce la televisione.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Tre anni dopo va in onda il primo <strong>Carosello</strong>: soluzione italiana per inserire la pubblicità in un mezzo per il quale viene pagato il canone. Spettacolo di tre minuti programmato alla fine del telegiornale serale, che non doveva assolutamente esibire il prodotto pubblicizzato, ma solo presentarsi come sketch divertente e di fantasia (solo gli ultimi 15 secondi venivano concessi alla sponsorizzazione).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/3juKGTemVdQ'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/3juKGTemVdQ&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<h5 style="text-align:justify;">Titolo: Le avventure del signor Veneranda<br />
Prodotto: Brandy Stock 84<br />
Agenzia: ----<br />
Produzione: Cinetelevisione<br />
Anno: 1957<br />
Autori: Eros Macchi (regista); Carlo Manzoni (sceneggiatore, soggettista, autore del personaggio); Pino Peserico (produttore)<br />
Attori: Macario, Giulio Marchetti<br />
Note: è il primo Carosello trasmesso in assoluto; andato in onda nel 1957.</h5>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Si diffonde la conoscenza delle teorie sulla pubblicità, dei suoi padri fondatori, la terminologia tecnica della comunicazione. L’<em>UPA</em> dà l’avvio alla creazione dello <strong>IAD</strong> (Istituto per l’Accertamento della Diffusione di quotidiani).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nel 1958 esce in Italia il libro di <strong>V. Packard</strong> “<em>I persuasori occulti</em>”, nel quale si contesta la pubblicità, considerata come “matrice di tutti i mali della società”.</p>
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Conway Twitty

&#8220;Its Only Make Believe&#8221;

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<strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R0F5pwib7CI/AAAAAAAAER4/LOSlu_CI37A/s1600-h/USA+3.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R0F5pwib7CI/AAAAAAAAER4/LOSlu_CI37A/s200/USA+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="63" height="35" /></a>Number 536</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;">Conway Twitty</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;">"Its Only Make Believe"</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;">(1958) </span></strong><br />
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<div><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#ff9900;">Genre</span>:<span style="color:#3366ff;">Rock n Roll</span></span></strong></div>
<div style="text-align:right;"><a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Foo%20Fighters%20535"><img style="cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SCK-poylQwI/AAAAAAAAFgY/GQcYJmCzOc4/s200/previous.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Eric%20Clapton"><img style="cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SCK-j4ylQvI/AAAAAAAAFgQ/BVsO2iFH-vU/s200/next.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a></div>
<p><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffff00;">Pic by </span><a class="u" href="http://lizbraun.deviantart.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffff00;">lizbraun</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffff00;"> (buy it!)</span></p>
<div><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R0Fp1wib69I/AAAAAAAAERQ/QyoDWJaques/s1600-h/1950s_by_lizbraun.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R0Fp1wib69I/AAAAAAAAERQ/QyoDWJaques/s200/1950s_by_lizbraun.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></span></strong></div>
<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So, your in the <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">1950'</span></strong>s and your name is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_Twitty"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Conway Twitty</span></a>? Well, you wouldn't want to rock up to your first day at college with a name like that would you? So it would be quite surprising if you knew he changed his name to <em>that,</em> from Harold Jenkins? Ah the good ole 50's i tell you. So <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">fess</span></strong> up ..... How many of you have had a <a href="http://www.rockabillyhairstyle.com/men.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">pompadour</span></a> hmmm? Last living person i knew who had a head of hair like that was the lead singer out of <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Dread%20Zeppelin"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Dread Zepplin</span></a> (and <em>I'm</em> sure that's just a stage act ~ <span style="font-size:85%;">i hope</span>)</span></p>
<div style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ffff00;">What a sezzy Pompadour</span> </span><span style="font-size:78%;">not</span></div>
<div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R0FuZgib6_I/AAAAAAAAERg/7YpByJcnBjs/s1600-h/Pompadour.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R0FuZgib6_I/AAAAAAAAERg/7YpByJcnBjs/s200/Pompadour.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">must</span></strong> admit i do like the music from this time period. It reminds me of, say, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Christine</span></a>" the movie about a homicidal spiteful evil car (written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Stephen King</span></a>, i would <em>love</em> to see Christine kill the VW "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Herbie</span></a>" take <em>that</em> Disney!) Also this music reminds me of the soundtrack "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41_Original_Hits_from_the_Soundtrack_of_American_Graffiti"><span style="color:#ff0000;">American Graffiti</span></a>" and <em>that</em> album from 1973 was a <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">huge</span></strong> influence to me back then, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platters"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Platters</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Crests"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Crests</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Del%20Shannon"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Del Shannon</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T._Jones"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Booker T</span></a>, <em>etc,</em> to be honest, is just tremendous music. Its like a time capsule in a two LP format! Damn, i wish i still had a phonograph. OK that's me, I'm off to Ebay for a sniff ... maybe even a wig and leather jacket! Heyyyyyyy, <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Suzi%20Quatro%20977"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Fonizie</span></a> ... wasssssssup.</span></div>
<p><span style="font-size:85%;">Conway Twitty 1958</span></p>
<div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R0F3Kgib7AI/AAAAAAAAERo/k-g_gtjtnEA/s1600-h/Conway_Twitty.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R0F3Kgib7AI/AAAAAAAAERo/k-g_gtjtnEA/s200/Conway_Twitty.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></span></div>
<div><span style="color:#33cc00;font-family:arial;">When <strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_Twitty"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Conway</span><span style="color:#cc33cc;"> Twitty</span></a></span></strong> died unexpectedly from an abdominal aneurysm just short of his 60th birthday in 1993, many of the testimonials and eulogies that followed noted that in country music circles he'd long been reverently known as "The best friend a song ever had." In part, it was a nod towards the deep-voiced singer's uncanny ability to reach, and then convey, the emotions at the heart of any composition, be it his own or another songwriter's. But it was also a nod to some stunning commercial facts: at the time of his passing, Twitty had racked up a remarkable forty #1 Country hits-a total that, over a decade later, was still standing as the all-time record. It's a daunting legacy, and an instructive one-testament to one artist's hard-fought belief in, and understanding of, himself, his music and his audience.</span></div>
<div style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Lonely Blue Boy</span></div>
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<p> <span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Born</span></strong> in Friars Point, Mississippi and raised there and in Helena, Arkansas as Harold Jenkins (his stage name was appropriated from the towns of Conway, Arkansas and Twitty, Texas), </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_Twitty"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Conway Twitty</span></a><span style="color:#33cc00;"> had spent nearly ten years on the roller coaster ride of fame and fortune as a rock and roll and pop singer when, with his career appearing well on the down side of standstill, he was signed by producer </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Bradley"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Owen Bradley</span></a><span style="color:#33cc00;"> to the Nashville-based country division of Decca Records in 1965. Emerging from the Army after serving his country during the Korean War, Twitty had made his recording debut like many a southern singer in the mid-1950s-as a ducktail-coiffed, hip-shaking rockabilly cat inspired by and modelled after </span><a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Elvis%20Presley%20840"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Elvis Presley</span></a><span style="color:#33cc00;">. And, befitting a background in which popularity had come relatively easily-as a teen, he performed on local radio, and was enough of a standout high school athlete to be scouted by the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team-Twitty's notion of what it would take to be a star in the music business was as boldly brash as it was blissfully innocent.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:85%;">Circa 70's</span><br />
<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R0F61gib7DI/AAAAAAAAESA/mtWJh80BO7w/s1600-h/Conway+Twitty+4.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R0F61gib7DI/AAAAAAAAESA/mtWJh80BO7w/s200/Conway+Twitty+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#33cc00;">"I thought I'd be as big as </span><a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Elvis%20Presley%20840"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;"><strong>Elvis</strong></span></a><span style="color:#33cc00;"> in two or three weeks," he confessed years later. "I thought that was all it took-put a record out." As it turned out, after one false start (some 1956 recordings for Presley's alma mater, Sun, which went unreleased), and one fitful start (a few little heard 1957 singles for Mercury), Twitty joined MGM Records in 1958 and did become as big as Elvis-if only for two to three weeks. His feverish, Presley-channeling original "It's Only Make Believe" became a #1 pop hit that fall, and for a brief spell it made him something of a household name: he registered a handful of follow-up pop hits, appeared in several MGM-produced teen exploitation films, and it was his stage moniker that was parodied for the Elvis-like title character Conrad Birdie in the Broadway hit, Bye Bye Birdie.</span></span></p>
<div style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:85%;">01.09.33 to 05.06.93</span></div>
<div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R0F8NAib7EI/AAAAAAAAESI/2cS9SZURGSI/s1600-h/Conway+Twitty+5.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/R0F8NAib7EI/AAAAAAAAESI/2cS9SZURGSI/s200/Conway+Twitty+5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#33cc00;">By <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">1965</span></strong>, though, artists of Twitty's generation and background had all but disappeared from the pop charts. Let go by MGM, Twitty recorded a few unsuccessful singles for ABC before the aforementioned Bradley decided to take a chance on the faded rockabilly star-and primarly on the strength of the fact that </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Price_%28musician%29"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Ray Price</span></a><span style="color:#33cc00;"> had recently scored a Top 10 country hit with a tune Twitty had written called "Walk Me To The Door." Success was not immediate: it took until 1968-just about a full ten years after "It's Only Make Believe"-for Conway Twitty to again claim a #1 slot on a music chart. But once he landed on the top branch of the country tree for the first time with the plaintive "Next In Line" (featuring one of the all-time great barroom-themed opening lines: "See her there at the table/Watch her tear at the label/From the bottle that she just drank dry"), Twitty stayed just about glued to that lofty perch, as he went on to become one of the genre's most popular and beloved performers for the remainder of his life. His influence cannot be underestimated, either: While he started out, as many an Elvis follower, by moving from the country music he grew up with to the blues-infused rockabilly pioneered by Presley in Memphis, Twitty's triumphant return to country made him, in turn, a pioneer to a significant number of aging rockabilly-ers-Elvis included-who were able to resurrect their careers as country artists.</span></span> ~ [Artistdirect.com]</div>
<p>For Dread Zeppelin see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Dread%20Zeppelin"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 935</span></a><br />
For Crests see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Crests"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 540</span></a></p>
<div>For Del Shannon see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Del%20Shannon"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 813</span></a></p>
<div>For Elvis Presley see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Elvis%20Presley%20840"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 840</span></a></div>
<div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Rolling Stone have no view on Conway Twitty</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Name:<span style="color:#33ccff;">Conway Twitty</span><span style="color:#000000;">................</span>Related to<span style="color:#33ff33;">³</span>:<span style="color:#33ccff;">No-one</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;font-family:courier new;">Yrs Active:<span style="color:#33ccff;">1955 to 1993</span><span style="color:#000000;">...........</span>Site:</span><a href="http://www.conwaytwitty.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;font-family:courier new;">www.conwaytwitty.com</span></a></div>
<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Best Song<span style="color:#33ff33;">¹</span>:<span style="color:#cc33cc;"><span style="color:#33ccff;">Its Only Make Believe</span></span><span style="color:#000000;">..</span>#1fan:<span style="color:#33ccff;">none</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Best Album<span style="color:#33ff33;">²</span>:<span style="color:#33ccff;">Linda on my Mind</span><span style="color:#000000;">......</span>Grammy Awards:<span style="color:#33ccff;">0</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;font-family:courier new;">Albums Sold:<span style="color:#33ccff;">50 Million +</span><span style="color:#000000;">..........</span>Next best thing:<a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/George%20Jones"><span style="color:#ff6600;">George Jones</span></a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;font-family:Courier New;"><span style="color:#33ff33;">¹</span><span style="font-size:78%;">Number of downloads WINMX </span><span style="color:#33ff33;">²</span><span style="font-size:78%;">Artistdirect choice</span> <span style="color:#33cc00;">³</span><span style="font-size:78%;">Associated acts or collaborations</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number</span> (You know our view on Country music) <span style="color:#3366ff;">and the Album ranked at Number</span> (It just aint Rock n Roll)</span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;">This song has a crowbarred rating of 74.2 out of 108 pts</span></strong></div>
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Number 540

The Crests

&#8220;16 Candles&#8221;

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<strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/RzA2aYf7UAI/AAAAAAAAENs/5Ez6NCXNHjc/s1600-h/USA+3.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/RzA2aYf7UAI/AAAAAAAAENs/5Ez6NCXNHjc/s200/USA+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="73" height="41" /></a>Number 540</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;">The Crests</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;">"16 Candles"</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Arial;">(1958)</span></strong><br />
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</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Genre</span>:<span style="color:#3366ff;">Doo Wop</span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/RzA56Yf7UBI/AAAAAAAAEN0/CJPReSPx4Rk/s1600-h/music__by_ponyhofmassacre.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/RzA56Yf7UBI/AAAAAAAAEN0/CJPReSPx4Rk/s200/music__by_ponyhofmassacre.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>So</span></strong>, your all hanging out for the <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Led%20Zeppelin%20577"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Led Zeppelin</strong></span></a> concert huh? All got your tickets? No? Or are you one of the lucky 0.00054644 % of the worlds population that has a ticket? C'mon, <em>you can tell me</em> ...... you won it on a radio station competition didn't you? Well for the fortunate ones who do <em>have</em> a ticket, i hope its all that you want it to be, and hey, don't sweat it, I'm sure <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Page"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Jimmy Page</span></a>'s broken finger will recover for that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairway_to_heaven"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Stairway to Heaven</span></a> solo. Me, I'll just wait for the DVD.<br />
<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Tell you what i am curious about is ........ who on earth do you get to open for <em>Led Zeppelin</em> when they do play? Could you imagine (whatever the band it is) how they would feel "on the night"? Who would you have opening for Led Zeppelin come December 10th? I bet you this, it ain't Scissor Sisters !~ Crowbarred. (Velvet Revolver?)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:85%;color:#ffff00;">Your right its not Led Zep</span><br />
<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/RzA_lof7UCI/AAAAAAAAEN8/Jqh_OS6aXSM/s1600-h/The+Crests+1.bmp"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/RzA_lof7UCI/AAAAAAAAEN8/Jqh_OS6aXSM/s200/The+Crests+1.bmp" border="0" alt="" /></a></span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">One</span></strong> of the most successful <span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>integrated doo wop</strong> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">groups, the Crests waxed the classic ballad "16 Candles" in 1959. Formed in 1956, they began recording the next year for Joyce, where they inched onto the pop lists with "Sweetest One." Moving to the brand-new Coed logo, </span></span></span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,461998,00.html"><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;">Johnny Maestro</span></a><span style="color:#ffcc00;font-family:arial;">'s (b. May 7, 1939) warm tenor made "16 Candles" a national smash, and pop/R&#38;B hybrids like "The Angels Listened In" and "Step by Step" also did well. </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,461998,00.html"><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;">Maestro</span></a><span style="color:#ffcc00;font-family:arial;"> went solo in 1960, scoring the next year with "Model Girl" on Coed, while the Crests attempted to survive on their own. </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,461998,00.html"><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;">Maestro</span></a><span style="color:#ffcc00;font-family:arial;"> eventually reclaimed stardom as leader of </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,407980,00.html"><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;">Brooklyn Bridge</span></a><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-family:arial;">, an 11-piece aggregation that hit with "Worst That Could Happen" in 1968</span>.</span> ~ [Bill Dahl, All Music Guide]</span></p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:180%;font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Wikipedia say</span> .........</strong></span></div>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/RzBDdIf7UDI/AAAAAAAAEOE/bkCzN0DFbqY/s1600-h/Crests-2.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/RzBDdIf7UDI/AAAAAAAAEOE/bkCzN0DFbqY/s200/Crests-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>The Crests</span></strong> were a popular </span></span><a title="New York City" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City"><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;">New York</span></a><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;"> </span><a title="Rhythm and blues" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues"><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;">R&#38;B</span></a><span style="color:#ffcc00;font-family:arial;"> musical </span><span style="color:#ffcc00;font-family:arial;">group</span><span style="color:#ffcc00;font-family:arial;"> of the late </span><a title="1950s" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s"><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;">1950s</span></a><span style="color:#ffcc00;font-family:arial;">, often thought to be another all-black teenage-sound band, they were in fact about as integrated as a group could get, with four men (two of them </span><a title="Black people" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_people"><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;">black</span></a><span style="color:#ffcc00;font-family:arial;">, one </span><a title="Puerto Rica" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rica"><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;">Puerto Rican</span></a><span style="color:#ffcc00;font-family:arial;"> and one </span><a title="Italy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy"><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;">Italian</span></a><span style="color:#ffcc00;font-family:arial;">) and one black female. Johnny Maestro left for a solo career in 1960. He would later join </span><a title="The Del Satins" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Del_Satins"><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;">The Del Satins</span></a><span style="color:#ffcc00;font-family:arial;">, which would become </span><a title="Johnny Maestro &#38; The Brooklyn Bridge" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Maestro_%26_The_Brooklyn_Bridge"><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;">Brooklyn Bridge</span></a><span style="color:#ffcc00;font-family:arial;">. They had a Top 40 hit with "The Worst That Could Happen" in 1968. His place was taken by new lead James Ancrum. The group recorded a new single, "Little Miracles." It was the first single not to chart in the top 100. Gough quit the group after the single, and was replaced by Gary Lewis (not the same as </span><a title="Gary Lewis &#38; the Playboys" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lewis_%26_the_Playboys"><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;">Gary Lewis &#38; the Playboys</span></a><span style="color:#ffcc00;font-family:arial;">). The group failed to find success throughout the decade. Their most popular song was "Sixteen Candles" which rose to number 2 on the </span><a title="Billboard Hot 100" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100"><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;">Billboard Hot 100</span></a><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;"> </span><a title="Record chart" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_chart"><span style="color:#ff6600;font-family:arial;">chart</span></a><span style="color:#ffcc00;font-family:arial;"> in 1958.</span> ~ [Source:Wikipedia]<br />
<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Jimmy Page</span></strong>'s finger is not "healed" in time, may i suggest Chris aka <span style="font-size:180%;">"<strong>White Heat"</strong></span> Blakey cover for him, he can shred Black Dog like no other. In this video below here is his roadies talking about "<strong>White Heat</strong>" Be amazed.</span></p>
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<div style="text-align:center;">White Heat</div>
<div>For Led Zeppelin see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Led%20Zeppelin%20957"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 957</span></a> &#38; <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Led%20Zeppelin%20577"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 577</span></a></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Name:<span style="color:#33ccff;">The Crests</span><span style="color:#000000;">...................</span>Related to<span style="color:#33ff33;">³</span>:<span style="color:#33ccff;">The Brooklyn Bridge</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;font-family:courier new;">Yrs Active:<span style="color:#33ccff;">1956 to now</span><span style="color:#000000;">............</span>Site:</span><a href="http://www.thecrests.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;font-family:courier new;">www.thecrests.com</span></a></div>
<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Best Song<span style="color:#33ff33;">¹</span>:<span style="color:#cc33cc;"><span style="color:#33ccff;">Sixteen Candles</span></span><span style="color:#000000;">.</span><span style="color:#000000;">.......</span>#1fan:<span style="color:#33ccff;">none</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Best Album<span style="color:#33ff33;">²</span>:<span style="color:#33ccff;">Crests sing Biggies</span><span style="color:#000000;">...</span>Grammy Awards:<span style="color:#33ccff;">0</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;font-family:courier new;">Albums Sold:<span style="color:#33ccff;">Unknown</span><span style="color:#000000;">...............</span>Next best thing:<a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Danny%20and%20The%20Juniors"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Danny &#38; The Juniors</span></a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:85%;font-family:Courier New;"><span style="color:#33ff33;">¹</span><span style="font-size:78%;">Number of downloads WINMX </span><span style="color:#33ff33;">²</span><span style="font-size:78%;">Artistdirect choice</span> <span style="color:#33cc00;">³</span><span style="font-size:78%;">Associated acts or collaborations</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number</span> (Way before our time) <span style="color:#33cc00;">and the Album ranked at Number</span> (Hey, whos White Heat??)</span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;font-family:arial;"><strong>This song has a crowbarred rating of 73.9 out of 108 pts</strong></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#00cccc;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.links2love.com/love_lyrics_16.htm" target="_blank"><img style="cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SAq6kszh4iI/AAAAAAAAFQY/T8BbvBaAJl0/s200/objects_084.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://www.links2love.com/love_lyrics_16.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#33ccff;">Lyrics to the song</span></a> </span><a href="http://www.links2love.com/love_lyrics_16.htm" target="_blank"><img style="cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SAq4i8zh4hI/AAAAAAAAFQQ/R8g4RSIm3oU/s200/objects_004.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;font-family:arial;"><a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Queen%20539"></a><a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Queen%20539"><img style="cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SAqWfszh4fI/AAAAAAAAFQA/zczk-GjCoC8/s200/GrabItDd0.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Queen%20539"><span style="color:#ffff33;">Previous Song 539</span></a> ..... </span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;font-family:arial;"><a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Turtles"><span style="color:#00cccc;">Next Song 541</span></a></span></strong> <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Turtles"><img style="cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SAqWoMzh4gI/AAAAAAAAFQI/0dqjqLXFNGM/s200/GrabItDe0.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a></div>
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</span>Tags: <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Mellow+Mix+Volume+1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:100%;">Mellow Mix Volume 1</span></a></span>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Mellow+Mix+Volume+2" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Mellow Mix Volume 2</span></a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Mellow+Mix+Volume+3" target="_blank">Mellow Mix Volume 3</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Mellow+Mix+Volume+4" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Mellow Mix Volume 4</span></a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Mellow+Mix+Volume+5" target="_blank">Mellow Mix Volume 5</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Mellow+Mix+Volume+6" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Mellow Mix Volume 6</span></a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Mellow+Mix+Volume+7" target="_blank">Mellow Mix Volume 7</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Mellow+Mix+Volume+8" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Mellow Mix Volume 9</span></a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Mellow+Mix+Volume+10" target="_blank">Mellow Mix Volume 10</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Mellow+Mix+Volume+11" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Mellow Mix Volume 11</span></a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Mellow+Mix+Volume+12" target="_blank">Mellow Mix Volume 12</a></p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php"></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">Search Artist here:</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">1-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/2"><span style="color:#ff0000;">2</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-<a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/3"><span style="color:#ff0000;">3</span></a>-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/A"><span style="color:#ff0000;">A</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/B"><span style="color:#ff0000;">B</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/C"><span style="color:#ff0000;">C</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/D"><span style="color:#ff0000;">D</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/E"><span style="color:#ff0000;">E</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/F"><span style="color:#ff0000;">F</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/G"><span style="color:#ff0000;">G</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/H"><span style="color:#ff0000;">H</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/I"><span style="color:#ff0000;">I</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/J"><span style="color:#ff0000;">J</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/K"><span style="color:#ff0000;">K</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/L"><span style="color:#ff0000;">L</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/M"><span style="color:#ff0000;">M</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/N"><span style="color:#ff0000;">N</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/O"><span style="color:#ff0000;">O</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/P"><span style="color:#ff0000;">P</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/Q"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Q</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/R"><span style="color:#ff0000;">R</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/S"><span style="color:#ff0000;">S</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/T"><span style="color:#ff0000;">T</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/U"><span style="color:#ff0000;">U</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/V"><span style="color:#ff0000;">V</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/W"><span style="color:#ff0000;">W</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/X"><span style="color:#ff0000;">X</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/Y"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Y</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">-</span><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/Z"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Z</span></a></strong></span></div>
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<div><a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1955">1955</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1956">1956</a>, 1957, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1958">1958</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1959">1959</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1960"><span style="color:#ff0000;">1960</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1961">1961</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1962">1962</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1963">1963</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1964">1964</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1965">1965</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1966">1966</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1967">1967</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1968">1968</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1969">1969</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1970"><span style="color:#ff0000;">1970</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1971">1971</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1972">1972</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1973">1973</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1974">1974</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1975">1975</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1976">1976</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1977">1977</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1978">1978</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1979">1979</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1980"><span style="color:#ff0000;">1980</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1981">1981</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1982">1982</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1983">1983</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1984">1984</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1985">1985</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1986">1986</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1987">1987</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1988">1988</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1989">1989</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1990"><span style="color:#ff0000;">1990</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1991">1991</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1992">1992</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1993">1993</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1994">1994</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1995">1995</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1996">1996</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1997">1997</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1998">1998</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1999">1999</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/2000"><span style="color:#ff0000;">2000</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/2001">2001</a>, 2002, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/2003">2003</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/2004">2004</a>, <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/2005">2005</a></div>
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<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m off to Chattanooga, TN tomorrow morning&#8230;.at 3:30am. WHAT! I know. It&#8217;s ridi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I'm off to Chattanooga, TN tomorrow morning....at 3:30am. WHAT! I know. It's ridiculous....but totally worth what we're going for! It's Nana &#38; Granpa's 50th wedding anniversary! (ben's grandparents!) They're having a 50's themed party (1958 specifically, I'm told...) and it's just a really special time so we decided to fly up for the weekend. I put together a totally fab outfit between my closet, goodwill, and target...don't worry, I'm photographing the event so there will be PLENTY of black mail images of me channeling I Love Lucy with red lips and all. YIKES! I'm so excited!</p>
<p>Congratulations to Nana &#38; Granpa! 50 years may seem like a long time....but I'm sure it feels like just yesterday when they met. They have the coolest story. One day when I get all my facts right, I'll tell you all about it. Basically all you need to know is that I thank God for them everyday, seeing as I no longer have any grandparents. They replaced them for me....and are more amazing than I can attempt to explain. Love you guys!</p>
<p>So I will be out of commission until Monday, September 15th! I'll return all emails and calls at that time. Some posts to look foward to! Brian Headshots, Goodrich Day After Shoot, Voelker Day After Shoot, Aram Headshots, Hailey &#38; John Year After Shoot, Erica &#38; Joe, <a title="FTS w/ David Jay" href="http://getit.davidjay.com/index.php?main_page=index&#38;cPath=8&#38;zenid=2515c381cff84a6d099c1e368b93e07a" target="_blank">FREE TO SUCCEED w/ David Jay</a> (totally inspiring!) and some personal posts from my 50's weekend, along with a very shoe inspired post...sounds ridiculous but ladies we all know how a great pair of pumps can change your life. Really.</p>
<p>Have a great weekend everyone! For now, here are some teasers of Aram and Hailey &#38; John!</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://kallimaphotography.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/jump-shot-aram.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1934" title="jump-shot-aram" src="http://kallimaphotography.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/jump-shot-aram.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="587" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">I just adore this shot of them.....doesnt it make you feel something?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Swinging over to Ray's Corner]]></title>
<link>http://amthenfm.wordpress.com/?p=1067</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>evandad</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[We are back at Ray&#8217;s Corner, but doing it a little differently tonight.
We usually dig through]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are back at Ray's Corner, but doing it a little differently tonight.</p>
<p>We usually dig through tunes from my dad's collection, but tonight's tune -- one of mine -- popped up on shuffle play and struck me instantly as one he probably digs.</p>
<p>As our regular readers know, Ray's Corner is the apartment with the loud music, and the place where the martinis are made of gin with the vermouth bottle held about a foot away.</p>
<p>Tonight's loud music comes from sax great King Curtis, blasting away on a swinging instrumental of a tune done first in 1951 by Frank Sinatra and the Harry James Orchestra.</p>
<p>"Castle Rock" was written by Ervin Drake, Al Sears and Jimmy Shirl. <a href="http://www.ervindrake.com/" target="_blank">Drake's web site</a> insists it's the first rock 'n' roll song, with its lyric "I held her tight and rocked around the clock" coming three years before "Rock Around the Clock." (Good story if true. Most lyric transcriptions say "I held her tight and danced around the clock.")</p>
<p>Ain't no lyrics on this version, though.</p>
<p><a href="http://amthenfm.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/atlantichonkerslp.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1068" title="atlantichonkerslp" src="http://amthenfm.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/atlantichonkerslp.jpg" alt="" height="193" width="200"></a></p>
<p><strike>"Castle Rock,"</strike> King Curtis, 1958, from "Atlantic Honkers," a 1986 compilation that's out of print. This two-record set also features Joe Morris, Tiny Grimes, Frank Culley, Willis Jackson, Jesse Stone and Arnett Cobb. Everyone shares an LP side except for the King, who gets one to himself.</p>
<p>The liner notes don't say who's bashing those mad drums midway through the song. We know only that the King recorded this one in New York on Dec. 3, 1958.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pink Cadillac]]></title>
<link>http://samzodiac2.wordpress.com/?p=2057</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sam Zodiac</dc:creator>
<guid>http://samzodiac2.bg.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/pink-cadillac/</guid>
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En rosa Cadillac med tillverkningsåret 1958 kryssade härom veckan runt på parkeringen vid COOP i]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">En rosa <a title="caddy" href="http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac" target="_blank">Cadillac</a> med tillverkningsåret 1958 kryssade härom veckan runt på parkeringen vid COOP i Visby. På soffan i framsätet satt två stolta unga killar som visade upp sin relik för turister och öbor.</p>
<p>Läs även andra bloggares åsikter om <a rel="tag" href="http://bloggar.se/om/Amerikanare">Amerikanare</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://bloggar.se/om/Visby">Visby</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://bloggar.se/om/1958">1958</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://bloggar.se/om/Cadillac">Cadillac</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://bloggar.se/om/Mobilbilder">Mobilbilder</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://bloggar.se/om/Foto">Foto</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://bloggar.se/om/Bilar">Bilar</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://bloggar.se/om/Veteranbilar">Veteranbilar</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://bloggar.se/om/J%E4nkare">Jänkare</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[O58 In het spoor van de toekomst]]></title>
<link>http://wieland.wordpress.com/?p=409</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>wielanddehoon</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wieland.bg.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/o58-in-het-spoor-van-de-toekomst/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Eén van mijn leukere projecten dit jaar was de eindredactie van het boek &#8216;In het spoor van de]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eén van mijn leukere projecten dit jaar was de eindredactie van het boek 'In het spoor van de toekomst', een ontdekkingsparcours van <a href="http://www.citylabo.be">CityLabo</a> over (meestal) modernistische fiftiesarchitectuur in Antwerpen: <em>O58  Een multidisciplinair project waarbij erfgoed (Expo 58) als rode draad naar de toekomst (2058) kronkelt. C</em>harmant verval verdient altijd aandacht: hier enkele impressies van het parcours.</p>
<p><a href="http://wieland.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/arenahal.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-410" title="arenahal" src="http://wieland.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/arenahal.jpg?w=500" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Arenahal, Deurne</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://wieland.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/arenawijk.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-411" title="arenawijk" src="http://wieland.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/arenawijk.jpg?w=500" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Arenawijk, Deurne</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://wieland.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/deurne.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-412" title="deurne" src="http://wieland.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/deurne.jpg?w=500" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Districtshuis, Deurne</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://wieland.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/deshop.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-413" title="deshop" src="http://wieland.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/deshop.jpg?w=500" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p><strong>De 'shop', Het Eilandje</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kenapa Mesti 16 September?  ]]></title>
<link>http://ibrahimbaba.wordpress.com/?p=256</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ibrahimbaba</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ibrahimbaba.bg.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/kenapa-mesti-16-september/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Kenapa perlu kita tukar kepada tarikh baru untuk meraikan kemerdekaan? Apa sial dan dosanya tarikh 3]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV">Kenapa perlu kita tukar kepada tarikh baru untuk meraikan kemerdekaan? Apa sial dan dosanya tarikh 31 Ogos yang telah diterima pakai dan disambut segenap lapisan rakyat serta diiktiraf secara rasminya sebagai tarikh Tanah Air kita merdeka dari jajahan British. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV">Benarlah bahawa pada 16 September 1963, Sabah dan Sarawak (dan juga Singapura) bersama Persekutuan Tanah Melayu (Malaya) bersatu menjadi Malaysia. Tetapi apakah perlu kita tukar-tukarkan tarikh ini hanya kerana penambahan dua (tiga) lagi negeri menyertai kerajaan persekutuan?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte mso 9]&#62;  Normal 0   false false false        MicrosoftInternetExplorer4  &#60;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&#62;   &#60;![endif]--> <span lang="SV">Kita lihat amalan negara-negara lain. Apakah negara lain juga menukar-nukar tarikh keramat negara mereka setiap kali penambahan negeri atau wilayah dicapai? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV">Kita ambil contoh Amerika Syarikat. Tarikh 4 Julai dipilih sebagai tarikh kemerdekaannya. Walaupun pada tarikh tersebut sebenarnya meraikan tarikh pengistiharan kemerdekaan pada tahun 1776 tetapi ianya mulanya diistiharkan dua hari sebelum itu. Malah hanya pada 2 Ogos adalah tarikh sebenar kebanyakkan ahli kongress waktu itu menandatangani pengistiharan kemerdekaan. Dan lebih menghairankan lagi, pengistiharan kemerdekaan hanya diiktiraf 7 tahun selepas itu di bawah Perjanjian Paris (1783) – dan tarikh perjanjian ini tidak pula diterimapakai sebagai tarikh sebenar kemerdekaan mereka.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV">Semasa pengistiharan kemerdekaan dibuat, hanya ada 13 buah negeri sahaja yang bergabung. Satu demi satu negeri-negeri lain menyertai persekutuan Amerika Syarikat pada tarikh-tarikh yang berbeza. Namun, tarikh kemerdekaan mereka masih tetap kekal 4 July. Pada 1976, mereka menyambut secara besar-besaran ”bicentennial celebration” (200 tahun) mereka. Mereka tidak menerima pakai tahun 1959 tarikh terakhir Alaska dan Hawaii menyertai persekutuan mereka.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV">Kita ambil satu lagi contoh negera Vietnam. Tarikh 2 September diambil sebagai tarikh kemerdekaan mereka dari Jepun pada tahun 1945. Mereka tidak mengambil tarikh Amerika mengundurkan diri dari Saigon yang akhirnya menyatukan Vietnam Selatan dan Vietnam Utara.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV">Kalau hendak diambil kira tarikh 16 September sebagai tarikh kejayaan kita menyatukan Sabah, Sarawak dan Singapura bersama Malaya, maka apakah tarikh baru patut kita raikan apabila tarikh sebenar negeri-negeri dikira Malaysia kini ialah selepas Singapura keluar Malaysia. Itulah tarikh baru sepatutnya. Itulah tarikh bermulanya persekutuan 13 buah negeri yang kekal hingga kini.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV">Kalau hanya sekadar memenangkan hati dua negeri baru yang menyertai persekutuan maka kita perlu cari pengertian baru untuk kita kenangkan tarikh penjajah akhirnya menyerah kuasa kepada rakyat tempatan selepas menjajah silih berganti semenjak 1511.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV">Sekian, IB</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Imperium - Ryszard Kapuscinski]]></title>
<link>http://apienavoce.wordpress.com/?p=410</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>apienavoce</dc:creator>
<guid>http://apienavoce.bg.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/imperium-ryszard-kapuscinski/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nel marzo 2006 Kapuscinski ha ricevuto il Premio Ilaria Alpi nella Sala del Carroccio del Comune di ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color:#008000;">Nel marzo 2006 Kapuscinski ha ricevuto il Premio Ilaria Alpi nella Sala del Carroccio del Comune di Roma.<br />
Quel giorno ho stretto la mano ad uno dei più grandi autori di reportage, ottimo viaggiatore e conoscitore attento del mondo. E' morto nel gennaio dell'anno scorso a 74 anni.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000;">Ricevette il premio e fece un piccolo discorso.<br />
A fine cerimonia abbiamo insistito per una foto con lui: tutte le giovani collaboratrici della Fondazione, le meno giovani brasiliane e la Presidente, al centro Kapuscinski. Scattata la foto, ha voluto farne una seconda; una foto senza di lui che ci teneva restasse a noi. Non so perchè. Ma è andata così. Un carisma leggero possedeva, comunque contagioso. Una sorta di spirale lenta, graduale ed efficace nel suo intento vorticoso.</span></p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.ciao.com/iit/images/products/normal/010/product-276010.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="150" /></p>
<p>Insomma. Veniamo al dunque. Ha scritto molti libri che potete pregustare (e, se volete, comprare)<a href="http://www.zam.it/3.php?id_autore=368"> </a><span style="color:#333399;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.zam.it/3.php?id_autore=368">in questa bibliografia italiana sul sito di Feltrinelli.</a></strong></span></span></p>
<p>Sono abbastanza noti gli scritti <span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong><span style="color:#333399;"><em>Ebano</em></span></strong> </span>e <span style="color:#333399;"><strong><em>Sha-in-sha</em></strong> </span>e il più recente <strong><span style="color:#333399;"><em>Autoritratto di un reporter</em></span></strong>. L'ultimo lavoro invece si intitola <span style="color:#333399;"><em><strong>Ancora un giorno</strong></em></span>, scritto sull'Angola apparso postumo quest'anno.</p>
<p>Io ho scelto <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Imperium</strong></span>. Un reportage sull'Unione Sovietica e il suo crollo. Ha inizio nel 1939 a Pinsk, paese natale di Ryszard, al momento dell'ingresso dei sovietici. Segue il racconto del viaggio sulla Transiberiana, da Pechino a Mosca, datato 1958, che ho riportato quasi interamente. La parte parte più cospicua del libro riguarda il crollo del muro di Berlino e gli avvenimenti che sono seguiti. Il 1989 insomma.</p>
<p><span style="color:#008000;">Per le foto mi sono avvalsa dei miracolosi vantaggi del mondo Flickr.<br />
Per correttezza metto i link dei siti dove ho "rubato" gli scatti.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sankov/2412600027/"><br />
<span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>SANKOV</strong></span></a></span><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;"><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/martovskiy/493695762/">MARTOVSKIY</a></span> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eforennio/1499579600/"><br />
<span style="color:#0000ff;">DOG COMPANY<br />
EFORENNIO</span></a></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#008000;">Buona lettura</span></strong>.</p>
<h2>Transiberiana 1958</h2>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/2412600027_77880299a2.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="304" height="228" /></p>
<p>Luogo del mio secondo incontro con l'Impero: lontano, nelle steppe e nelle nevi dell'Asia, in zone difficilmente raggiungibili la cui geografia porta nomi barbari e strampalati. I fiumi si chiamano Argun, Unda, Cajhar; le montagne Cingan, Ilcuri, Dzagdy; le città Kilkok, Tungir e Bukacaca. Già i nomi da soli basterebbero a comporre armoniose, esotiche poesie.<br />
<strong> Il treno della Transiberiana</strong>, partito il giorno prima da Pekino e che effettua il viaggio di nove giorni per Mosca, sta arrivando da Kharbin a Zabajkalsk, stazione di confine con l'Urss.<strong> L'avvicinarsi di una frontiera aumenta sempre l'eccitazione, intensifica l'emozione.</strong> La gente non è fatta per vivere in situazioni di frontiera, cerca di sfuggire o di liberarsene prima possibile. E tuttavia non fa che imbattercisi, trovarle e sentirle ovunque. Prendiamo l'atlante universale: frontiere su frontiere. Confini determinati da oceani e continenti. Da deserti e foreste. Da precipitazioni, monsoni, tifoni, terre coltivate e incolte, terre permanentemente ghiacciate e terre acide, scisti e conglomerati. Mettiamoci anche le zone dei depositi quaternari e delle eruzioni vulcaniche, il basalto, il calcare, la trachite. Possiamo vedere anche confini tra scuso patagonico e scudo canadese, tra zone artiche e zone tropicali, tra le forme erosive del bacino dell'Adige e quelle del lago Ciad. Tra gli habitat di certi mammiferi. Di certi insetti. Di certi rettili e serpenti, tra cui il pericolissimo cobra nero e il terribile, benchè grazie al cielo pigro, anaconda.<br />
E che dire delle frontiere stabilite da monarchie e repubbliche? Da antichi regni e civiltà scomparse? Da patti, accordi, alleanze? Da razza nera a razza gialla? Dalle migrazioni dei popoli? Qui la frontiera dove arrivarono i mongoli. Qui i khazari. Qui gli unni.<br />
<img class="alignright" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/493695762_0e00dbc9e7.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="362" height="241" /><br />
Quante vittime, quanto sangue, quanto dolore legati alla questione delle frontiere! Sconfinati sono i cimiteri dei caduti in difesa delle frontiere. Altrettanto sconfinati i cimiteri degli audaci che tentarono di allargare le loro. Praticamente metà degli abitanti del nostro pianeta, morti sul campo di battaglia, hanno reso l'anima in guerre suscitate da una questione di frontiere.<br />
Questa sensibilità all'elemento frontiere, questa continua smania di delimitarle, espanderle o difenderle è una caratteristica non solo dell'uomo, ma di tutto il mondo vivente, di tutto ciò che si muove sull'orbe terracqueo e nell'aria. Molti mammiferi si fanno dilaniare a pezzi in difesa dei confini dei loro pascoli. Molti predatori alla conquista di nuovi territori di caccia azzannano a morte i loro rivali. Ma senza andare tanto lontano, ,anche il nostro mite e silenzioso micio domestico si sforza, si spreme e fatica per schizzare qualche goccia qua e là onde delimitare i confini del suo territorio.<br />
E i nostri cervelli? Non contengono forse codificata un'infinità di frontiere? Tra l'emisfero sinistro e quello destro, tra lobo frontale e lobo temporale, tra ipofisi e ipotalamo. E le divisioni tra ventricoli, meningi e circonvoluzioni? Tra midollo allungato e spinale? Osserviamo il nostro modo di pensare. Spesso ci diciamo: fin qui sì, oltre no. Oppure: attento a non spingerti troppo, potresti oltrepaasare i limiti! E per giunta tutti questi confini del nostro modo di pensare e di sentire, di ordini e di proibizioni, si spostano di continuo, si incrociano, si fondono e si sovrappongono. Nei nostri cervelli si svolge un frenetico via vai di frontiera, di pre-frontiera e di oltre-frontiera. Da cui mal di testa, emicranie e confusione di idee, ma anche qualche perla: visioni, allucinazioni, lampi mentali e, ahimè più di rado, di genio.<br />
<strong> La frontiera</strong> <strong>è stress, è paura (molto più raramente liberazione).</strong> Il concetto di frontiera può contenere un che di definitivo, di porta che si chiude alle spalle per sempre: tale è il confine tra la vita e la morte. Gli dei conoscono queste inquietudini ed è per questo cercano di conquistare fedeli promettendo loro in premio il regno di dio, che difatti è s-confinato. Il paradiso del dio cristiano, il paradiso di Jahvè e di Allah non hanno frontiere. I buddisti sanno che lo stato di nirvana è uno stato di beatitudine senza confini. Insomma la cosa che tutti vorrebbero, si aspetterebbero e auspicherebbero è precisamente questa condizionata, totale, assoluta sconfinatezza.<br />
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<p><span style="color:#993300;"><strong>Zabajkalsk-Cita<br />
</strong></span><img class="alignnone" src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><br />
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<p><strong>Reticolati</strong>. La prima cosa che si vede sono i reticolati. Spuntano fuori dalla neve, quasi ci si innalzano sopra a linee, a mucchi, a siepi. Aggrovigliati nelle combinazioni più bislacche, in nodi, in matasse, in architetture che uniscono cielo a terra, i reticolati spuntano da ogni lembo di campo gelato, sullo sfondo del paesaggio candido e dell'orizzonte glaciale. A prima vista questo sbarramento aggressivo irto di spine, disteso lungo la frontiera, suggerisce un'idea incongrua e surrealista: chi può mai voler andare oltre, se a perdita d'occhio non si vedono nè una strada  nè un'anima viva, ma solo un deserto di neve alta due metri che non ti permette di fare un passo? Eppure quei reticolati qualcosa riescono a dirtelo, ti mandano un messaggio. Dicono: "Attento, qui si oltrepassa il limite di un altro mondo. Da qui non c'è uscita, non si scappa. Sei nel mondo della serietà mortale, del comando e dell'obbedienza. Impara ad ascoltare, a essere umile, a occupare meno posto possibile con la tua persona. Fa quel che ti compete. Taci. Non porre domande."<br />
<img class="alignleft" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/33/89725126_43ce145e3f.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="277" height="370" /><br />
Così, per tutto il tempo che i vagoni rotolano verso la stazione, i reticolati ti ammaestrano, ti martellano ossessivamente nella testa tutto quel che d'ora in poi dovrai ricordare, ti imprimono nella memoria, per il tuo bene, una lunga litania di limitazioni, di proibizioni e di istruzioni.<br />
Poi vengono i <strong>cani</strong>. Cani lupo inferociti, frenetici, forsennati, che appena il treno si ferma si avventano sotto i vagoni (e poichè sto appunto guardando dal finestrino, una delle carbine è puntata precisamente addosso a me, sì, addosso a me!). D'altro canto nessun folle (o agente o sabotatore o spia) potrebbe saltar giù e lanciarsi nella distesa ghiacciata, visto che sportelli e finestrini dei vagoni sono tutti accuratamente sigillati.<br />
In una parola, quella continua linea visiva esercita lo stesso effetto dissuasivo dei fitti cumuli di reticolato poco prima: un monito silenzioso ma efficace di non farti venire strane idee per la testa.<br />
Ma non finisce qui. Appena sotto i vagoni si è sparpagliata la muta dei cani eccitati e forse anche affamati, appena i soldati si sono schierati fitti fitti lungo i binari e le sentinelle sulle torrette ci hanno puntato addosso le canne delle carabine, ecco che sui vagoni salgono le pattuglei  (in una mano la pila, nell'altra un lungo spunzone d'acciaio), e sbattono fuori nel corridoio tutti i passeggeri. Comincia la perquisizione degli scompartimenti, lo sfruconamento dei bagagliai, dei sedili, dei ripostigli, dei portacenere. Comincia il bussare contro le pareti, contro il soffitto, contro il pavimento. <strong>Il controllare, l'esaminare, il tastare, il fiutare.</strong><br />
Adesso i passeggeri raccolgono tutto quello che hanno-valigie, borse, pacchi, fagotti- e lo portano nell'edificio della stazione dove stanno alcuni lunghi tavoli rivestiti di lamiera. All'intorno è tutto pieno di striscioni rossi che ci augurano un felice benvenuto in Urss. Sotto gli striscioni, una fila di doganieri e doganiere tutti ugualmente minacciosi, severi e anche un pò seccati; sì, è evidente che ce l'hanno con noi. Cerco tra di loro una faccia dai tratti un pò bonari, più aperti e distesi, perchè comincio a provare un gran bisogno di rilassarmi, di scordare per un attimo che sono circondato da fili spinati, torrette, cani furiosi e sentinelle impietrite. Ho voglia di stabilire un contatto, di scambiare una cortesia, di chiacchierare con qualcuno: ne ho sempre avuto bisogno.<br />
"Che hai da ridere tu?" chiede a muso duro il doganiere, sospettoso.<br />
Mi sento gelare. <strong>Il potere è serietà</strong>: quando si tratta con il potere sorridere è un'indelicatezza, dimostra mancanza di rispetto. Come pure non bisogna mai fissare troppo a lungo chiunque detenga il potere. Ma questo lo avevo già imparato durante il servizio militare.[...]<br />
Ci siamo. Rieccoci con l'aprire, sganciare, tirar fuori, sventrare. Questo cos'è? E quello? A che serve questo qui? E qua, e là, e su, e giù, e perchè, percome, per dove, per quanto? Peggio di tutto sono i libri. Portarsi i libri in viaggio è una sciagura. <strong>Da queste parti, se uno si porta dietro una valigia piena di cocaina </strong>con sopra un libro, la cocaina non la guarda nessuno ma sul libro ci si avventano tutti come iene. Se poi, dio ne guardi, il libro è in onglese, allora sì che comincia l'andirivieni, l'esaminare, lo sfogliare, il leggere e rileggere.<br />
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Ma, pur avendo con me alcuni libri in inglese (si tratta perlopiù di manuali di lingua cinese e giapponese), stavolta il peggior reprobo non sono io. I peggiori sono stai messi ad un tavolo a parte, un tavolo, diciamo così, di serie B. Sono abitanti del posto, cittadini dell'Unione Sovietica, gente magra e minuta in palandrane lacere e stivali sfondati: buriati, camcadali, tungusi e ainu, orocani e coriati dalla pelle olivastra e gli occhi a mandorla. Come abbiano fatto a ottenere un permesso di andare in Cina, non so. Fatto sta che ora ritornano, e tornando si portano dietro del cibo. Vedo con la coda dell'occhio che sono carichi di sacchetti di grano saraceno.[...]<br />
Tornammo ai vagoni a notte fatta. Nevicava, il ghiaccio scricchiolava sotto le scarpe. A Zabajkalsk avevo ricevuto un'ulteriore lezione sul fatto che <strong>qui la frontiera non è un punto sulla carta, ma una <em>scuola</em></strong>. Gli allievi che ne escono si dividono in tre gruppi. Il primo, quello degli agitati da una collera sorda. I più infelici, perchè tutto all'intorno provocherà loro uno stress, li porterà ad uno stato di furia, di follia. Li innervosirà, li irriterà, li torturerà. Prima ancora di rendersi conto di non poter cambiare correggere nulla della realtà circostante, saranno travolti da un infarto o da un ictus.<br />
Secondo gruppo: costoro osserveranno i cittadini sovietici i miteranno il loro modo di pensare e di agire. La loro caratteristica fondamentale sarà l'accettazione della realtà esistente e persino la capacità di trarne una certa soddisfazione. In questo caso risulterà di grande aiuto il detto che conviene ripetere a sè e agli altri ogni sera, per quanto infame possa essere stata la giornata appena finita: "Rallegrati di questo giorno, perchè uno così bello non torna più!"<br />
E infine il terzo gruppo, quello di coloro per i quali tutto è interessante, insolito, inverosimile, coloro che vogliono conoscere, verificare, approfondire questo mondo così diverso e finora sconosciuto. Proprio costoro saranno capaci di armarsi di pazienza e mantenere il distacco (non la superiorità!) e uno sguardo calmo, attento, lucido.<br />
Sono i tre atteggiamenti caratteristici degli stranieri capitati nell'Impero.</p>
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<p><span style="color:#800000;">Ulan Ude - Krasnojarsk</span></p>
<p>Sognavo di vedere il Bajkal, ma era notte: una macchia nera nel riquadro ghiacciato del finestrino. Solo al mattino vidi le gole e i dirupi. Tutto sotto la neve.<br />
Neve, neve.<br />
Siamo in gennaio, cuore dell'inverno siberiano. Fuori del finestrino tutto appare irrigidito dal freddo: persino <strong>larici, pini e abeti sembrano gradi ghiaccioli impietriti, stalagmiti verde scuro sporgenti dalla neve.</strong><br />
L'immobilità, l'assoluta immobilità di questo paesaggio come se il treno non si muovesse ma fosse anche lui una parte integrante e immota della regione.<br />
E poi il biancore. un biancore onnipresente, accecante, insondabile, assoluto. <strong>Un biancore seducente</strong>, ma se uno se ne lascia attrarre, se cade in trappola e continua a spingersi sempre più avanti, perisce. Il biancore distrugge chi tenta di avvicinarglisi, di svelare il suo mistero. Lo scaraventa giù dalla cima dei monti, lo scaglia congelato nelle pianure nevose. I buriati siberiani considerano sacri tutti gli animali bianchi, sanno che ucciderli significa commettere un peccato e attirarsi la morte. <strong>Guardano la candida Siberia come un tempio dove abita dio</strong>. Si inchinano alle sue pianure, rendono omaggio ai suoi paesaggi, sempre con la paura che da lì, dai suoi bianchi recessi, giunga la morte.<br />
Il bianco si associa spesso alla definitività, al limite, alla morte. Nelle culture dove la gente vive con la paura della morte, chi è colpito da un lutto si veste di bianco e di bianco veste anche il morto: lì il bianco è il colore dell'accettazione, del consenso, della rassegnazione al destino.<br />
In questo paesaggio siberiano di gennaio c'è qualcosa che disarma, opprime, paralizza. Anzitutto <strong>l'immensità, la sconfinatezza, l'oceanica illimitatezza</strong>. Qui la terra non ha fine, il mondo non ha fine. Luomo non è fatto per una simile dismisura. La misura giusta, congrua e adattata pr l'uomo è quella del suo villaggio, dei suoi campi, della casa. In mare la misura sarà quella del ponte della nave. <strong>L'uomo è creato per uno spazio che si può attravesare in un sol tratto, d'un fiato.</strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#800000;">Krasnojarsk - Novosibirsk</span></p>
<p>[...] <strong>Parigi</strong> è il centro del mondo, in quanto punto di riferimento. Come si fa a misurare l'<em>impressione</em> di lontananza, di sistanza? da che cosa, da quale posto si è lontani? Dov'è il punto del nostro pianeta allontanandosi dal quale uno può provare la sensazione di avvicinarsi sempre di più alla fine del mondo? E' un punto dotato di significato puramente emotivo (la mia casa come il centro del mondo)? Oppure culturale (per esempio, la civiltà greca)? Oppure religioso (per esempio, la Mecca)? La maggior parte delle persone, alla domanda se consideri centro del mondo Parigi o Città del Messico, risponde: Parigi. Perchè? Città del Messico è più grande di Parigi, possiede anch'essa il metrò, magnifici monumenti, grande pittura e ottimi scrittori. Eppure tutti dicono: Parigi. Provate a dichiarare che per voi il centro del mondo è il Cairo. E' più grande di Parigi, ha monumenti, università, pittori e tutto il resto. Eppure ne troverete pochi d'accordo con voi. Dunque non resta che Parigi. Resta l'Europa. La civiltà europea è la sola che abbia coltivato e (in parte) realizzato le sue ambizioni mondiali. Le altre civiltà, o non hanno potuto realizzarle per motivi tecnici (vedi i Maya), o non nutrivano interessi del genre (vedi la Cina), convinte com'erano di essere loro a occupare tutto il mondo.<br />
Solo la civiltà europea si è dimostrata capace di spezzare il suo etnocentrismo. Nel suo ambito sono anate la voglia di conoscere le altre civiltà e la teoria (formulata da Bronislaw Malinowski) che la cultura mondiale sia composta da una costellazione di varie culture, tutte di pari livello.</p>
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<p><span style="color:#800000;">Celjabinsk - Kazan</span></p>
<p>Sempre più vicino al cuore della vecchia Russia, anche se a Mosca manca ancora un bel pezzo di mondo.<br />
Quando ero studente lessi un vecchio libro di Berdjaev sul tema dell'influsso esercitato dai grandi spazi dell'Impero sull'anima russa. In effetti, a cosa pensa un russo che viva sulle rive sperdute dello Jenisei o in fondo alla tajgà dell'Amur? Qualunque strada imbocchi, sarà interminabile. Potrà seguirla per giorni e per mesi, e intorno a lui ci sarà sempre la Russia. <strong>Le pianure non finiscono mai, nè i boschi, nè i fiumi.</strong> Per regnare su spazi così sconfinati, dice Bardjaev, si è dovuto creare uno spazio sconfinato. Questo ho sprofondato i russi in una contraddizione. Per mantenere i grandi spazi il russo deve mantenere un grande stato, e per mantenerlo spende tutta la sua energia, che poi non gli basta più per il resto: organizzazione, economia ecc, ecc. Spreme tutte le sue energie per lo stato, che lo schiavizza e lo opprime.<br />
Secondo Bardjaev questa immensità e incommensurabilità della Russia esercitano un influsso negativo sulla mentalità dei suoi abitanti. Da essi, infatti, non si reclamano raccoglimento, tensione, concentrazione, energia, dinamismo, acculturamento intensivo. Tutto si spappola, si diluisce e affonda in quell'incommensurabilità senza forma. La Russia  è, sì, uno spazio vasto e sconfinato, ma questa sua grandezza risulta così schiacciante da mozzare il fiato e impedire il respiro.</p>
<p><span style="color:#800000;">Kazan - Mosca</span></p>
<p>Una stanchezza sempre più fastidiosa e opprimente, una fatica sonnolenta, torpida, appiccicosa. Nei rari sprazzi di energia, una tentazione irresistibile di saltar giù da questa gabbia sconquassata e traballante. Mia ammirazione per la resistenza di Kopec e delle migliaia di suoi simili, mio omaggio alla loro sofferenza, alla loro tortura.</p>
<p>Dapprima un susseguirsi monotono di boschi verdi e innevati. Poi boschi e casette. Poi sempre più casette. Poi casette e casamenti. Infine, nient'altro che casamenti, sempre più alti. Il conduttore ritira dallo scompartimento lenzuolo, cuscino, due coperte e il bicchiere di tè.<br />
Il corridoio si popola di gente.<br />
<strong>Mosca</strong>.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Nawab Mohammad Akbar Khan Bugti
By Malik Siraj Akbar
Balochistan is marking the second death anniver]]></description>
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<p>By Malik Siraj Akbar</p>
<p>Balochistan is marking the second death anniversary of its former chief minister and governor, Nawab Mohammad Akbar Khan Bugti, today (Tuesday). </p>
<p>The actual causes of the death of the 79-year-old Baloch tribal elder are still shrouded in mystery but its relations between the Centre and the country's largest province continue to degenerate. The late Nawab, who also headed the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), a purely political organisation that had representation in the provincial legislature, the National Assembly and the Senate of Pakistan, was forced by security forces to take shelter in the mountains of Balochistan. Until his last breath, Bugti insisted that neither he nor his tribe had waged war against the State but had been merely defending themselves against a powerful army. </p>
<p>What is known is that Bugti was killed in the midst of intense clashes between security forces and the Bugti tribesmen. Though the government announced on television that Bugti had been killed in an open battle, it continued to change its version of the events. Initially, it was said that his death took place in an open battle between the security forces and tribesmen but later on they said he died when a cave collapsed. What was unexplained, however, was how his watch, sunglasses and ring remained intact in the collapse. As if to make matters worse, the government refused to hand over his body to his family. It is perhaps not surprising then that the already angry people in the province were incensed and separatist thought became more popular among the younger generation of the Baloch. </p>
<p>Bugti, born on July 12, 1927 in Barkhan, dominated the political scene in Balochistan for nearly six decades. He was educated at Oxford University UK and succeeded his father Nawab Mehrab Khan Bugti as the chief of the Bugti tribe. He was a staunch sub-nationalist who challenged the rule of Generals Ayub Khan and Pervez Musharraf. He was a member of the Shahi Jirga that voted for the accession of British Balochistan to the newly formed Pakistan in 1947. He was a member of the AGG Council for many years as well. </p>
<p>During the 1950s, Bugti lost against Dr Khan Sahib, the elder brother of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan in the Constituent Assembly polls. He later joined the Republican Party and worked with Prime Minister Feroz Khan Noon as his minister of state for defence from September 20, 1958 until Ayub's coup in 1958. During the same period, he played a key role in the Pakistani government by securing the return of Gwadar from Oman on September 8, 1958. </p>
<p>Following the imposition of martial law in 1958, a military tribunal convicted Bugti of murdering his uncle, Haybat Khan, in 1960. He was disqualified from holding public office and was sent to Mach jail. His death sentence was, however, revoked in the coming days but despite this, he could not participate in the 1970 polls. </p>
<p>Bugti did not see eye-to-eye with Sardar Attaullah Mengal, the first-ever elected chief minister of Balochistan and a candidate of the National Awami Party (NAP). As the rift between Bugti and Mengal grew, Bugti went into self-exile to London until Mengal's dismissal from office on February 14, 1973. At this point, Bugti joined Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government as the governor of Balochistan on February 15, 1973. He remained in office until January 1, 1974 when he resigned because of differences with Bhutto on the PM's Balochistan policies. But the nationalists led by Mengal and Khair Bux Marri never forgave him for siding with Bhutto even briefly. </p>
<p>In 1985, Bugti boycotted the Urdu language and only spoke Pakistan's regional languages and English. In the meantime, his son Saleem Akbar Bugti and son-in-law Mir Humayun Marri participated in the non-party based elections of 1988 and won. After these elections, Bugti was inducted as the chief minister of Balochistan on February 4, 1989. He was a candidate of the Balochistan National Alliance (BNA) and remained CM until August 6, 1990 when the provincial assembly was dissolved. At this point, he formed his own political party, the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), and in 1993, was elected to the National Assembly. </p>
<p>In the last years of his life, Bugti stopped participating in active politics and retreated to his tribal abode in Dera Bugti. However, he resurfaced in January 2005 when Bugti tribesmen fired several hundred rockets on gas installations, following the alleged gang rape of a Pakistan Petroleum Limited doctor, Shazia Khalid, by a captain of the Defence Security Guards (DSG). </p>
<p>With tensions mounting in Dera Bugti, the government deployed troops in his native area. The turning point came on March 17, 2005, when a clash between troops and Bugti tribesmen resulted in the death of 77 civilians, mostly Hindus. Since then, Bugti tribesmen have engaged in a guerrilla war with the security forces. The mistrust between the government and the Nawab also hindered the progress of the Parliamentary Committee, headed by Mushahid Hussain Syed, that was atte