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What happened to all of the discussions about music?
Pinball Nirvana once had almost as much conversation about classic rock music as pinball. So if any of you old rock n' rollers (like me) are still out there, I thought you might find this documentary interesting. Laurel Canyon was just a couple of miles, and a whole other world, from where Arne lived. He would have approved.
Official trailer for "Echo in the Canyon"
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I think most of the conversation on that the last 5-10 years was between Arne and Bill, so that's pretty much how that worked. I would occasionally join in, but my music interests had already changed a lot by that point, and there wasn't much interest in stuff I now listen to, like world folk, indy pop, lounge-ambient, old-timey / Appalachian, renaissance / medieval, etc.
Anyway yeah, Bill and Gregg would probably be happy to talk about this stuff, if they happened by at the right time.
In terms of classic rock, I'd be mostly interested in talking about singing technique, since I've been regularly doing karaoke at the local bar / restaurant.
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I love world folk and indie pop too. Arne introduced me to the Hawaiian duo Hapa, and I really enjoy them. I love Ladysmith Black Mambazo from South Africa. Amanda Martinez is great, she's from Canada but she blends her Mexican/South African roots to make some interesting music. R Carlos Nakai is a Navajo/Ute musician who is really good if you enjoy Native American music.
Which world music artists do you enjoy Nic?
Thanks! I'll check that stuff out.
For world folk, I tend to be mindful of genres, not individual artists. Stuff like Andean Huayno, traditional Greek, the Caribbean's multiple genres, Gypsy, Irish / Celtic (and modern arrangements, such as by The Pogues), African, and Indian. Or I'll just hit the Shoutcast network and randomly cruise world folk streamers, like Rumanian, Russian, Belgian, etc.
One of those situations where I'm so easily pleased that I don't mind being sloppy / Catholic in my tastes. :P
OTOH, Indy Pop is a genre where I'm building a much more tightly controlled playlist. I could share that if that's of interest.
Btw, almost ten years ago I made a slideshow / video of one of Arne's favorite Hapa songs that he turned me on to. It's coming up on two million views now, so I'm pleased that lots of people have enjoyed it.
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Arne really was the driving force in so many of the musical discussions here... oftentimes in the movie discussions, as well. I could always join in because I was so steeped in classic rock for so long, but my current interests have moved beyond that. A huge part of what I listen to now is soul music. I'm especially fond of the subgenre known as Northern Soul. It seems that, for decades, residents of Northern England have been unearthing some fantastic American soul records from the '60s and '70s that we were never smart enough to listen to ourselves. Like this song. It's a shame Lou Pride didn't have the Motown Machine working behind him. This song deserves to be a timeless classic like "Papa Was a Rolling Stone."
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Cool beans. I think I've heard that song before. Maybe in a TV show or movie.
I enjoyed that, Bill! I'm always open to different musical genres. I listen to Frankie Beverly sometimes. I think he's considered Northern Soul. (?) Do you have anymore recommendations.
Oooh, Frankie Beverly and Maze! I used to dig listening to them back in the day!
A few years back, I caught an English movie called Northern Soul, a nifty little coming-of-age movie about two teens raised in 1970s Northern England, but it was the soundtrack that really got me going. That's where I discovered that Lou Pride song. I'm going to see if I can attach the whole soundtrack here it. Well, it looks like the PN attachments page doesn't want to play nice, so let's try it this way: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ut...YTtPIpG3zoLjAK Click on the link, hit download, open the rar file and shake your rump to the funk!
Many moons ago, Ike introduced me to Soma.FM, a very eclectic collection of commercial-free internet stations and that's where I found my all-time favorite internet radio station called 7-Inch Soul, all of it music recorded from the original 45s and all of it truly groovy. There's a lot of fine stations there, like Underground '80s, when I feel the urge to relive my college-radio days, Illinois Street Lounge for when it's Mad Men martini hour and, if I feel the rare urge to hear what kind of music the kids are making today, there's Indie Pop Rocks and its hillbilly cousin Boot Liquor, for some great alt-country and Americana tunes.
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- LBM is a band Paul Simon first introduced me to back in the 80's, college years! Always loved their stuff, altho in truth I haven't heard them in a while.
- Amanda Martinez seemed nice from the handful of songs I checked out, altho in general I prefer more traditional stuff than the modern, crowd-friendly arrangements. I want to hear the soul of the olde culture, I guess you could say. Speaking as a pretentious twit, of course.
- R Carlos Nakai seems nice and peaceful from what I'm hearing. I can see myself meditating to this or unwinding in a hot oatmeal bath.
Warning warning, Nic ramblation alert: Carlos' stuff in particular also reminds me-- one thing I think I've underestimated in the past is how useful complementary / synchronous music can be for wonderfully augmenting sports, meditation and certain other tasks, such as studying. A lot of the time I find non-vocal music to work best, such that the mind gets more freed up to concentrate on immediate tasks, yet there's a useful background effect going on with the instrumental, leading to certain brain regions getting stimulated, so to speak.
Btw: SomaFM, whoa... hey Bill, I'm glad you found some stuff you liked... completely unlike whatever I might have recommended at the time! Also a nice reminder to keep checking out their diverse playlists, because they've probably doubled or tripled across the years, amirite?
As Ike's tastes are catholic, mine are pretty damn parochial! My music library rarely strays outside the borders of America, with a healthy dose of rockin' Brits. I guess that makes my tastes pretty Anglo-Saxon, while ranging pretty far and wide within those borders: jazz, country, '50s R&B, '80s Alternative Rock, a very, very heavy dose of everything '70s... grandpa even has a couple of rap songs stuck in there. My library is currently sitting at 49 days' worth of music, so if I'm ever stuck on an Arc for 40 days and nights of flooding, I'll have some bitchin' tunes for my animal passengers!
I do have a few exceptions in my "Made In America" library. I've got a pretty hefty dose of Django Reinhardt, because nobody plays guitar like Django!
I also have a small collection of classic Tejano music, but what it lacks in quantity it makes up for in quality. On the plus side, thanks to my two years of high school Spanish, I understand about every fifth word!
I'm pretty fond of background music when I'm reading and, for that, I turn to my guiltiest of guilty pleasures, "beautiful music" aka "elevator music!" I love me a good beautiful music station! My current favorite is Beautiful Music 101, because they play the "beautiful" versions of the music I grew up with; Elton John, The Beatles, they even break into the MTV years with Dexy's Midnight Runners' "Come On, Eileen" and I swear I heard them play a "beautiful music" version of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia!"
Yeah, Soma.FM has grown quite a bit over the years. They're my favorite spot to hit at Xmas time, because they host some fantastic soul and lounge Xmas music stations.
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Dang... I'm interested in hearing that Tejano collection, but it keeps saying "video unavailable." A ripping attempt with 3rd party site also failed.
Btw I'd love to hear the muzak version of "Come on, Eileen." I searched around a bit, but couldn't find it. Interestingly, I see Dexys reformed in 2003 and released two more albums the last few years.
Soma.FM really has been great for building my Xmas song collection. I peeked at my "Merry Mixmas" folder just now and it's up to 54 songs, with more waiting to be ripped later.
It's really kind of amazing how many neat Xmas songs exist if you only take a look. Not just stuff you'll find in their streams, but also many others, like this little XTC gem:
Soma-FM also has a pretty interesting, one might say "ominous," licensing fees situation going on. Seems like they've gotten pinched so thin through the years that they've had to give up playing a number of classics that used to be in heavy rotation, and are instead forced to look for quality content in other places. That's not necessarily bad in terms of forcing them to stay creative, but it also seems to imply that if one of their featured songs / bands becomes more popular outside the site, there's a distinct chance that it'll have to vanish from the playlists due to the jump in licensing costs.
That Rusty guy's done some yeoman's work, but I do kind of keep expecting the site to suddenly disappear.
One Tejano Classics... commmminnng up! https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SS...EBPg2MuIHXcLTk
Ah, good ol' XTC! The wife is a huge XTC nerd. And I thought I had listened to them a lot before I met her!
I've gotten a few donation-begs from Soma in the past. Given what those emails said, I am also very surprised they manage to stay on the air. But I actually did my part. Given how much I really dig that 7-inch Soul station, I sent them some cash. It's the first time I've ever donated money to an internet-radio station. I'm sure that $10 I sent them last year is the only reason they're still broadcasting!
Given your "catholic" tastes, Ike, I thought you might appreciate this little gem. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gy...MjB9JMKOEV3A8h This is a collection of Asian groups rocking and rolling in 1960s Singapore and, let me tell you, they do a fine job! Even on the occasion or two they don't handle the English language too well. But, hey, props to them! I can't even imagine trying to speak an Oriental language, let alone sing something! What's most amazing is how well these folks were schooling the United States on their own rock'n'roll invention at the same time we were over there killing them as fast as we could. Like this group, Katherine & The Firebyrds. They were from Cambodia and I have to wonder if any of them are still alive. If they managed to survive Nixon bombing the shit out of them, I doubt they were as lucky when Pol-Pot was murdering his citizens by the millions. I discovered that this song is a cover of an obscure number by country artist Brenda Lee (of "Rocking Around the Xmas Tree" fame and here we are back at Xmas music again!). This version is absolutely haunting, with its Siren-guitar pulling its listener right into the rocky shore. Listening to it now, it's got a very strong "House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals vibe.
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Thank you!
Hey, this Tex-Mex, Tejano music is pretty interesting.
Another thing I like about this stuff is that the castellano is so basic. A nice way for me to work on my comprehension, since I left my mother country at such a young age, never coming close to finishing my skills.
And... stoopid bluetooth earbuds run out of juice, right on cue.
More later.
Btw, there's a "Name that Tune" app I sometimes play while killing time, when there's wifi nearby. It's this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....quiz&hl=en_US
It's not bad, not great. Disregarding the contemporary crap, it has some fun music categories, like:
Rock / 60's / 70's / 80's / Musicals / Alternative / Gospel
So far I haven't really found a better one for Android. The best one I ever played was "Name that Tune" for MAME, which was last updated in... early 1986. Hehe.
Bill - I checked out Soma.FM. There are a lot of interesting stations. I was drawn to the 70's Left Coast station for memories of high school and college. I love the ambient music stations for when I'm reading, I find if there are lyrics involved I get distracted too easily. Django Reinhardt is also a favorite of mine, along with Stefan Grappelli. Love that "gypsy swing."
Nic - There is something primal about roots music that seems to immediately soothe the soul. For me this is true whether it is a Native American flute, a Peruvian charango, or a Celtic bagpipe. My background is in anthropology, and I've always been fascinated by the theory of "genetic memory." Basically, that common experiences of a species become incorporated into the genetic code. Ancestral music could potentially be part of our genetic makeup.
There really is a polka influence in that Tejano music, isn't there? It's like polka that's not boring! It was just a few years ago that the last 24-hour-a-day polka station bit the dust here in Wisconsin, but there's still plenty of polka shows for people that want to hear the same song over and over again. I'll take the Tejano, thank you very much!
I may have to try that app out! It has some very interesting categories. My brother-in-law got me an Alexa hockey puck a few years ago. About the only real use I've found for it besides the weather forecast and answering every time someone says "Alexa" on TV is playing Song Quiz. That one's divided into decades, and you play against other players' scores. It's pretty fun. In the hundreds of games I've played in '60s and '70s I've never lost one single time! I did lose at Xmas music one holiday season, because they played "new" Xmas music. Not fair!
Oh, I dig that Left Coast '70s station! I remember trying to turn Arne on to that in one of my posts... I don't know if he ever got around to listening to it. When I get the "classic rock" urge, I always head to Acid Flashback Radio. They really go out of their way to do something interesting with what can be a predictable format. One time they were playing a Pink Floyd chestnut from the Wish You Were Here album... I think it was the song "Welcome to the Machine"... but instead of playing the same ol' number, they played a version with Stefan Grappelli on violin! I had no idea such a thing existed!
I've taken a rather surprising interest in archaeology in the last few years. I've managed to find some Great Courses recordings and have listened to quite a few lectures presented by Dr. Brian Fagan. That dude knows his stuff! One book I've read that is sort of in the archaeology bailiwick that I can't recommend highly enough is
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Now, based on WP, flutes in particular evidently date back 40ky. I'm thinking even that short stretch (assuming constant reinforcement, which of course we don't know) might be enough time to make a genetic impression. What think?
Of course, banging objects together for sonic / sonal purposes (as well as singing, which birds and arguably guinea pigs do) undoubtedly dates back much further, so we're likely looking at human-made music dating back far, far longer than a mere 40ky.
Btw, note-- I happened to attend the same HS as Todd Rundgren (and Jim Croce & Tina Fey, if it matters). Like, we kids certainly bang on a drum!
@Bill (or LVC if you prefer),
Just finished downloading the Singapore collection, thank you! Btw, have you listened to Soma's cover stream / collection? I find it rather unpredictably wonderful, or wonderfully unpredictable, either way. :P
Btw, I just randomly heard a beaut of a Christian song cover, which I'm thinking I should duly post on my FB wall. (like, when a Buddhist-type mofo posts a Christian song, you just know something's up!)
EDIT: In terms of anthropology and Jungian memory (etc), the 50ky - 200ky range seems especially interesting in that such is approximately the timeline / separation point in which modern humans emerged, i.e. H.s.s.
In particular, that subspecies breakthrough represents a significant change / development in certain brain regions from what I understand, such as the prefrontal cortex IIRC.
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Bill: Arne used to talk about an internet radio station that he enjoyed listening to, so I'm certain it was because of your recommendation.
I've read some of Fagan's "Ancient Civilizations" book. "The Ends of the World" book sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out.
My husband is a geologist, so I've spent many an afternoon parked near a highway road cut checking out the fossils beds. My favorite fossils are the trilobites (an extinct marine arthropod that would roll into a ball, like a pill bug, for self-defense) and the archimedes bryozoan (that resembles a corkscrew).
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Nic: I've always felt that modern man has underestimated the intelligence of our predecessors. Our ancestors began making stone tools (hammers and crude stone knives) 2.5 million years ago. There is evidence that Neanderthals, 60,000 years ago, buried their dead in caves, and although it has been disputed, they may have even placed flowers or other ornate ornaments on the graves.
There are many amazing archaeological sites around the world that boggle our minds. How did ancient Egyptians build the pyramids? How could the Incas fit those stones in Machu Picchu so precisely? How did the Druids place those stones in Stonehenge? We assume that we are more evolved and superior, and yet we cannot explain how these sites were constructed.
Regarding genetic memory... There may be a gene for perfect pitch. Many Asian languages rely on pitch for subtle nuances in phrasing. I don't think that it is a coincidence that perfect pitch has also been found to be more prevalent in Asian populations. I think that is fascinating.
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Anyway, yeah! That Firebyrds song is lovely, and I do enjoy an echoey steel-guitar sound... bonus pts for the backing organ accompaniment. Kind of an iconic 60's sound, not terribly far from Surf Music, I'm thinking. (I wonder if there's a name for this style?)
Also, so far I'm through the first Singapore disc (now listening to the second), and it's really nice, indeed. TBH I'd undoubtedly have been completely useless at guessing this was 60's Asia, wow. To me it sort of sounds eveeerr so slightly garage-bandish, and charmingly so. Really sweet find, sir!
But yeah, I could see myself enjoying a string of movies like What's up, Tiger Lily?, with this kind of music subbed in for the Lovin' Spoonful's stuff.
EDIT: Really nice playlist, too. Lots of excellent B-siders there, many arguably right up there with plenty of overplayed A-side hits IMO.
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Re: archaeology,
I found a digital version of "Ends of the World"... will add it to my reading list. Note that it will likely jump right past the two Star Trek 25yr anniversary books in front of it. (despite their high reputations, the first one at least started out as a crashing bore)
Trilobites could roll up like isopods? That's really cool, makes a lot of sense, and I'd never heard that before. Neat!
Animals like crows and elephants (etc) can hold funerals, too, and IIRC Neanderthals were estimated to have larger cranial space than us, and to be of roughly equal intelligence!
Personally I've concluded that tribal life was humanity's healthiest, most mutualistic and most appropriate form of living, and that our industrial / high tech civilisation is something which has only existed for a brief moment in history, and will soon enough be blown away like a leaf in the wind via natural processes. But... maybe I digress. :P
re: Egypt,
IIRC massive pyramid stones were likely transported by sleds (some found en situ in modern times) with the sand in front of them being systematically wetted so as to provide a nice gliding effect. Some of the other theories on that, such as groups of rolling logs underneath, have fallen out of favor it seems. In terms of the pyramids, I believe there's a well-developed and tested theory that proposes a massive spiral work ramp was likely constructed around the building, used to transport materials and for temporary stability, then removed once the... marble(?) tiles were plated around the pyramid as the final touch, long ago.
re: Incas,
My understanding is that the classic, painstakingly-carved stones in earthquake-resistant walls are not in fact all that deep along the Z-axis, and are actually a kind of facade. The interiors of the walls are filled with rubble, apparently. IIRC the really elaborate ones actually predate the Incas, and the art was already lost by that time, circa 1500 or so. The Incas stonesmiths would patch the walls sometimes, but the work is typically easier to identify because it's much rougher in nature. In many other cases of Incan architecture, evidently the walls were much simpler, simply because there was no good reason to spend massive amounts of time on them.
In any case, yeah-- certainly agree about how amazing the earlier works of man are. For me that would include places like Lascaux, impressive not so much for architectural reasons, but for what an enormous impression it can make on the psyche, i.e. descending in pitch darkness in to the deep, dark womb of the earth, then seeing those tableaus illuminated by flickering firelight, and perhaps even having a mystical sort of experience. That sort of thing.
Btw, the higher prevalence of perfect pitch in Asians makes a lot of sense to me given how important it is to pronounce things so exactingly in several (most?) of their languages. Maybe that also relates to how I find Asians to be good karaoke singers on average.
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Holy crap, that trilobite is awesomely terrifying! Terrifyingly awesome!
I recently read a Star Trek 50th Anniversary Oral History by Gross and Altman. I wanted to mention it specifically, because it was kinda sucky. It seems that very few actors were involved in the project, so it becomes the same writers and producers saying things that get less interesting as they go on. So... Beware!
Here's the thing that freaks me out about the Neanderthals. They were responsible for a lot of things that we often credit our Sapien founders for. That includes cave artwork, some of which seems to imply they were worshipping a god. Something about that absolutely stunned me. There's a lot of things the Neanderthals did that we've evolved beyond. We don't spend hours honing a piece of rock into a knife. We don't gather with our buddies down the street and throw spears at a herd of animals so our families can eat. But we sure as hell believe that there's an invisible man in the sky ready to grant us wishes. Of all the weird baggage to carry with us for the last 50,000 years, that one's the nuttiest.
What I really dig about that Singapore set is that how rock'n'roll is supposed to sound: young and raw with some talent mixed in there somewhere. That, and the fact that a bunch of Asians picked up on it so well that I'd put some of those recordings against America's garage bands at the time. There's also the fact that it's being strained through another culture, hearing what they think rock'n'roll should sound like. And, I gotta say... I like what they think!
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Yeah, Gross & Altman's first 25yrs was the one I started on. It began with pages and pages of fairly random snippets from various and sundry. I could see that kind of thing working in certain contexts, but it just got real annoying, real fast in this case.
Honestly, I'm not sure what else of real interest there is to learn about TOS & TNG at this point. Memory-Alpha does such a superb job dishing the dirt on individual episodes, after all. It draws from all available sources and is meticulously organised, so... yeah. Maybe in the mirror universe I'll finish those books.
I love the famous Neanderthal hand stencil piece. The other stuff I've seen from that period looks literally sketchy. No idea about any deity worship going on there.
It's definitely fascinating to think about how similar their brains were in certain respects. For example-- did they suffer from the same kind of existential angst that we did, thereby craving deep answers and closure? I'm asking my own 2% Neanderthal DNA content, but I'm not hearing much reply. :/
Hi guys.
There is an interesting number of bands covering most rock genres in this Russian site http://progrockworld.ru/ .... yes it may be Russian but its a good source of obscure European bands.
Not sure if you've tries Clannad at all Nic ... Irish Celtic and many songs sung in Gaelic.
Another useful source of radio stations on the internet is: https://radio.garden/listen/nonstopoldies/4ILPZYEx .... this is work a few hours playing about with
Take what you can ...... give nothing back
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I should have added that just about every genre from Italy is pure unadulterated rubbish ... but music is subjective and you may find otherwise.
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Challenge accepted, Elton!
Italy, huh? Well, I liked those Sergio Leone soundtracks, to start with. I also have a special appreciation for Adriano Celentano's hilarious nonsense-word parody of American pop music, i.e. the song "Prisencolinensinainciusol."
Rolls right off the tongue, amirite? Here's two different video versions. I find both pretty amusing / interesting:
Haven't really thought in terms of genres, but let me see what I can come up with. Also, thanks for the recommends. I know Clannad, but will check out that other stuff...
Neanderthals and Modern Humans share a gene that is responsible for complex language skills. So it is possible that the communication among Neanderthals was far more advanced than previously thought. This FOXP2 gene may have been inherited from a common ancestor.
Some of the genes that modern humans inherited from our Neanderthal ancestors are beneficial to us. For example, our immune systems were strengthened by the incursion of Neanderthal DNA, but some of the DNA that we inherited from our Neanderthal ancestors have been detrimental. The gene that we acquired for blood clotting was important during hunter/gatherer times, when our ancestors were often seriously hurt during the hunt, and the ability for blood to coagulate quickly meant the difference between life and death. This quickly coagulating blood creates problems for modern man whose lifespan is much greater than Neanderthals, causing dangerous blood clots in later life.
Some scientists believe that the genes responsible for depression and other neurological problems also come from our Neanderthal relatives. They postulate that these genes are triggered by disruptions in our circadian rhythms due to the artificial manipulation of our environment. Neanderthals did not experience disruptions of their natural sleep cycles (unless, of course a Cave Bear stumbled into their camp at night.) So, the depression gene response may not have been triggered in Neanderthals.
I would love to see the Lascaux cave paintings, but unfortunately it was closed to the public and now you can only visit a replica of the site. When I see pictures of cave paintings, I always wonder about the artists. Who were they? Were they painting pictures of the animals that they hoped to kill during their hunt, as supplication to their gods? Were they recording the success of their hunts? What about the hand stencil painting from the El Castillo Cave in Spain that you referenced, Nic? Was it a way to show solidarity among the tribe or a vow to fight together like a blood oath? Maybe it was simply Neanderthal mothers recording their children's hands for posterity, like the turkey drawings kindergarten children make for their parents at Thanksgiving.
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Guided Gorge Walks
Our daily activities are decided on based on the weather and tides, so we often suggest hikes and walks in the National Park first thing in the morning, or later in the afternoon to avoid the hot sun. Our guides will take you out into the National Park to explore these beautiful, ancient gorges and ranges.
Mandu Mandu Gorge
Mandu Mandu Gorge is located 2km behind camp and is a step back in geological history with fossil bearing limestone formations and spectacular views back to the coast and over the Ningaloo Reef. The history of 30,000 years of human habitation in this area is slowly unfolding from studies of artefacts, middens and rock shelters found among the Acacia trees, spinifex, kurrajong and rock fig.
Records have been found of two, possibly three Aboriginal groups occupying the Ningaloo Coast, with the Jinigudira people thought to have inhabited the areas along and adjacent to the northern end of Cape. Evidence of the historical Aboriginal occupation is found throughout the Cape Range, with over 100 sites being identified and the Baiyungu people still have a strong presence in the area today.
Walking through the gorge provides an to spot the black-footed rock wallaby – these timid creatures tend to seek shelter on ledges along the gorge walls resting during daylight hours and coming out to feed later, in the cool of the night.
Yardie Creek Gorge
Walk along the top of the spectacular multi-coloured Yardie Creek Gorge, looking out for black-footed rock wallabies, honeyeaters and emus while learning about the formation of the range and the adaptations the flora and fauna have made in order to survive in such an arid environment. At the top of the Gorge are some great photo opportunities with breath-taking views of the creek and out to the ocean.
This interesting ecosystem supports sturt desert pea, succulents and lemongrass as well as sturt mangrove areas that provide roosting sites for pied cormorants, eastern reef egrets, crested pigeon and gallahs, while the sheltered waters are a sanctuary for many marine animals like shovelnose rays and turtles.


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Thursday, December 11, 2014
Sweetie Pie!
I haven't been blogging but I've been sewing. One of the things I did was the little hand sewn felt
Pie Pin Cushions above. Hee hee!
Right up my alley, pin cushion/whimsy/colorful
The one on the left is red sparkles with hand dyed thread embroidery. It's sort of an outline stitch with french knots and lazy daisies.
(sewmamasew) and it's easy to make.
I'm in love with the whipped cream!
Drawing for the winner will be this weekend, which gives my followers time to find out!
**UPDATE** A winner was chosen at random and it's Sylvia! Congrats Sylvia, I am making your chocolate pie now! Send your address. For the rest of you, there will be another drawing on a new present this week. Y'all come back again!LeeAnna
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Delicious this pastry. Fun to make. I like to bake pies!!!! I will try this with my daughter. We will have a nice afternoon together. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Cute as can be...I love Blueberry pie best!!ReplyDelete
Those are so sweet and the crust is my favorite! My favorite is Boysenberry which is a cross of raspberry and blackberry.ReplyDelete
Thanks for making them in funny colors and shapes so no one gets confused... not something you would ever want to bite into, amirite? Lovely crafts! *wags* - Gilligan from wagsahoy.comReplyDelete
Red is my favorite color, and cherry pie the fav. Your pin cushions are darling.ReplyDelete
I'm craving a slice of your fabulous looking pie! My favorite amongst many is key lime.ReplyDelete
Those whipped creams are amazing!! Nice work!ReplyDelete
LeAnna,these slices of pie are heavenly! And such lovely fabrics. I working on a project and have the tiniest bit of good felt left. I had to buy some seriously substandard stuff to finish. Must keep looking!ReplyDelete
Too cute! My favorite pie is Strawberry Rhubarb and my favorite color is hot pink... like you didn't already know...ReplyDelete
Pugs and kisses,
Mmmm. Pie. These are adorable, and I bet they're fun to make! It's not so much a filling, as there is no top crust, but my husband makes an amazing Kentucky Fudge Pie. Only makes it twice a year, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I love it with a dollop of whipped cream.ReplyDelete
I love your pastries pincushions..... tooooooooo sweet!ReplyDelete
How cute are these pincushions!!ReplyDelete
These are the cutest! And so you. Key lime pie baby ;-)ReplyDelete
So cute! I love chocolate cream pie.ReplyDelete
Those are so cute! Cherry is my favourite. :)ReplyDelete
These are sooo cute! Hard to pick a favorite pie, but probably pumpkin.ReplyDelete
What a fun, whimsical, colorful idea. So very you! Pecan wins as a favorite pie, but if I should be lucky enough to get a pincushion, grasshopper pie wins the color combo.ReplyDelete
Hope you're feeling better now. You are definitely the queen of pincushions, LeeAnna! You guys in the US have loads of pies I've never tried, looking at the comments, but I'd still have to go apple.ReplyDelete
Hi LeeAnna!ReplyDelete
Great to see that you have had so many reactions!
These pincushions look so good!
What fun!
Take care,
Have you seen the cake made out of sponges? looks real enough to eat!ReplyDelete
Green apples in apple pie - of course. What other color combination could be so yummy? These are so cute! So sweet of you to share.ReplyDelete
Cute cute! With a dolllop of whip cream to boot!ReplyDelete


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Last night as we got into bed:
Me: "I've been reading a couple of pregnancy books, and a lot of them talk about women crying over diaper commercials, and not being able to think about anything but the baby, and totally freaking out right around this stage about whether or not they'll be a good mother."
Mike: "Are you worried about that?"
Me: "No! I mean, the baby's six months away. That's ages. Why would I worry about that now? I have too much other stuff to do. Who has time to worry about the baby six months before it's due?"
Mike (carefully): "Well, past experience suggests that you're not always the world's fastest processor. So I'm just saying that if you start to worry about that next week, or next month, that's OK. I'll tell you now that you're absolutely not going to be a terrible mother."
This morning, after Mike had delivered tea and fruit to me in bed, and was getting dressed for work:
Me: "I had a dream last night that we had the baby, and then I went out to dinner with my parents. And my Dad asked halfway through dinner where the baby was, and I'd forgotten and left it at home. I also hadn't fed it all day, because it never cried and reminded me."
Mike: "What happened then?"
Me: "Dad sighed and rolled his eyes and picked up his mobile and said he'd call Michelle (because the baby was sleeping in her room anyway, not ours)…"
Mike: "Of course it was."
Me: "… and Michelle would take care of it."
Mike: "Did she?"
Me: "I don't know. Because I got lost driving home, and then I woke up."
Mike: "Where was I?"
Me: "Oh, you weren't there."
Mike: "Don't worry, you're not going to forget our baby."
Me: "It would be sort of nice if I could – I mean, if it never cried and it was actually possible to forget about the baby for an entire day. That would be fine with me."
Mike (laughing): "I take it back. You are going to be a terrible mother."


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Today, I'm participating in a panel on "What Does a 21st Century Dissertation Look Like?" in the University of Maryland English Department; we'll explore various ways of conceiving a humanities dissertation other than the traditional monograph format. I've captured some notes from my talk here, as well as some related tweets and reading on the subject of non-monograph dissertations.
My focus is on digital dissertations that aren't auxiliary to or duplicated by a monograph, especially those where design and building are the main scholarly methodologies. Note that there are other examples out there of non-digital yet non-monograph humanities dissertations, such as Nick Sousanis' comic-form dissertation, and a number of dissertations that combine a monograph with a digital component (such as Tanya Clement's digital editing and visualizations, or Lisa Rhody's topic modeling).
A digital dissertation like mine is one of many equally valid options for dissertations; it's a useful thought exercise for any dissertator to argue for the rightness of their chosen dissertational platform, regardless of which format they choose. I'm going to talk about the format that was right for my scholarly project, but my specific format is right for a specific intellectual query.
I've met surprisingly little resistance to choosing a unique format, more curiosity and willingness to understand. Most people are happy to support a project where you've obviously thought hard about how best to make your dissertation a contribution to scholarship. I think a lot of the misunderstanding around "whether" digital work can be scholarly stems from the different types of digital work out there (Also, from Wordles. Wordles!): sometimes you build a digital tool that requires further (often written) analysis to produce the intended knowledge, and sometimes, as when the intended knowledge deals with the use and effects of digital interfaces, the digital object itself can embody the argument. One study requires a written narrative; the other embeds its narrative.
My primary field of interest is textual studies, a sub-field within literary studies that concerns itself with the scholarly acts of editing and edition-making, as well as preserving literary texts; more specifically, I'm interested in digital editing, which migrates these traditional scholarly practices to the online world, opening up possibilities for new ways of reading and studying literary texts. Much of the recent activity in textual studies as a discipline has followed this path, as an examination of the program for the annual Society for Textual Scholarship conference would confirm.
The most productive and efficacious (in terms of scholarly impact) way to push the current research, reading, and teaching capabilities of the digital edition further is to actually demonstrate them in practice, through the hands-on work of designing, building, and testing a digital platform for new editing practices. In many respects, my project is not much different from the previously accepted practice of producing a scholarly edition, complete with commentary and editorial apparatus, as a dissertation.
My Infinite Ulysses participatory digital edition pursues a speculative experiment: what if we build an edition and everyone shows up and adds their annotations (interpretations, questions, contextualizations) to the text? Combining an unusually complex text (James Joyce's Ulysses) with an approach imagining thousands of site users and annotations allows for the exploration of questions from overlapping fields:
You can read more about Infinite Ulysses here, starting with this post about my overall dissertational agenda and this post outlining what Infinite Ulysses will actually look like and do.
The deliverables I'm preparing:
The article will include a scholarly introduction and conclusion to the entire body of dissertation research, a log of critical questions and challenges that arose during the design and coding processes, quantitative and qualitative analysis of user testing of the digital edition, and a theoretical discussion situating my work as developing a long tradition of editing and literary theory.
I've written posts on getting started on a digital dissertation (e.g. what should you do before submitting your prospectus?) and keeping up with your digital dissertation work. Once you're convinced the format you've chosen is the best way to convey your dissertational argument, you'll want to draft short explanations (about a paragraph each) of what the format you wish to use is (defining any technical terms) and why you need to use it. Then, identify the parties from whom you need buy-in to make the dissertation work (both in terms of getting it officially accepted by the school, and to make sure your advisers are fully behind your decision) and share these drafts with them.
At my university, I spoke with my advisor, dissertation committee, and department before submitting my prospectus; I also met with the person in charge of ingesting dissertations at the university library and the dean of the humanities school. Whenever possible, keep a written record of your statement of what your dissertation will consist of as well as these interested parties' agreements to that vision. I'm lucky in encountering thorough support from the people I spoke to, but I've heard of other students having trouble late in the process when different parties expected different amounts of work to be produced for the degree.
1. Justifying the format of your work is a useful thought exercise. Choose how you best think through and convey your critical thinking so that you end up with the best possible support for your scholarly argument (e.g. I've always left seminar discussions with ideas for small digital tools that could answer a question I'm wondering about, so exploring a digital dissertation was obvious for me.)
2. Your dissertation isn't just a piece of scholarly work; it's also a representation to your future coworkers and collaborators of who you are and what you can do. Use the dissertation to prepare for the job you want:
1. You could end up doubling your labor and time to degree, if any of the various parties in the path to a degree (committee, department, grad school...) will only let you pursue a digital component in addition to a monograph, or if you don't clearly set (in writing if possible) the size and scope of your deliverables early in the dissertation process.
2. If you're going to learn new skills as part of the dissertation, make sure your goals are reachable without much outside support. The best skills to work on are self-teachable and proximal to current abilities; for example, I'm already a professional web developer with PHP experience, but I'm using the dissertation to try some advanced things with the language.
3. Mentors might not be able to assist or review different forms as they can with a written chapter; it's more likely your advisors will be able to evaluate your end product, but not comment on the cleanliness, security, or critical thinking behind the lines of code (or comparable facets of other dissertational approaches).
4. Does the job you want/places you're interested in working value the methodologies/forms you're using if you aren't working on the traditional monograph? Some won't, and the economic reality is that you're probably okay with taking a job at one of these places.
5. Dissertating can be lonely: you've reached the point of expertise where there are few people to talk to on your specific topic, and you're done with regular classes. Not sharing a common format with other students amplifies that loneliness and makes benefiting from the assistance that is available (such as writing groups) difficult.
"DH [digital humanities] arguments are encoded in code. I disagree with the notion that those arguments must be translated / re-encoded in text."
— Tom Scheinfeldt (@foundhistory) November 10, 2011
Uncouple form from content in student work. If what we value most is evidentiary reasoning, writing is but one way to proceed.— Your Friend Mark (@samplereality) December 14, 2013
@samplereality Not to mention that other forms of knowledge beyond evidentiary reasoning are valuable but underserved by academia.— Jason Mittell (@jmittell) December 14, 2013
"Those outside DH often underestimate the theoretical sophistication of many in computing, who deal every day, for example, with gaps between complex datamining algorithms and the practical sources of those data, or with the production of multiple, sometimes contradictory, visualizations from the same dataset. They know better than many of their humanist critics that their science is provisional and contingent, and that the results of research require interpretive acts."
- Jones, Steven E. The Emergence of the Digital Humanities. 10-11. New York: Routledge, 2013. (HT Whitney Trettien)
"Once I was presenting The Early American Foreign Service Database and got the question "So where is the theory in all of this?" Before I could answer with my standard, diplomatic but hopefully thought-provoking, response a longtime digital humanist called out "The database is the theory! This is real theoretical work!" I could have hugged her.[9] When we create these systems we bring our theoretical understandings to bear on our digital projects including (but not limited to) decisions about: controlled vocabulary (or the lack thereof), search algorithms, interface design, color palettes, and data structure. Is every digital humanities project a perfect gem of theoretically rigorous investigation? Of course not. Is every monograph? Don't make me laugh."
- Bauer, Jean. "Who You Calling Untheoretical?" Journal of Digital Humanities 1.1 (Winter 2011).
I successfully defended my digital humanities doctoral dissertation in Spring 2015. The now-available Infinite Ulysses social+digital reading platform is part of that project; come read with us!


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I started decorating cakes in Oct 2008. Was good at baking but couldn't ice a cake to save my life. Took the Wilton course one that Oct and made a poinsettia cake for a pot luck at work. This year I made a tiered cake for the pot luck.
Definately need more practice to refine things but I feel really good about how far I've come.
Cake Central has been a huge help. Thanks to everyone who posts and responds to posts.
Your cake looks great! Keep up the good work!
great job!!!!! for some one who cant ice a cake!!! lol just find reasons to make cakes and in no time youll be a pro!!!
I know what you mean...I keep a picture of the Lego man cake I made for my son one year ago last week to help me not get discouraged. I've never had a course but I've spent plenty of time here on CC and I've scoured utube for free lessons! Keep up the good work!
I still can't ice a cake but thanks to the melvira method and the viva method I can pull off the illusion


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Andrew Cuomo Won't Run If Hillary Does
Andrew Cuomo's name has been mentioned as a Presidential candidate since he took office as Governor of New York after the 2010 elections, but he's apparently made clear that he would stay out of the race if Hillary Clinton decided to run:
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) won't run for president in 2016 if former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton runs, sources have told the New York Post.
A "Cuomo administration insider with direct knowledge of the situation" told the Post that Cuomo believes if Clinton runs, she'll receive strong support, leaving him no path to the Democratic nomination.
"The governor has told people in recent weeks that there's not a chance for him to run if Hillary gets in the race because she'll easily wrap up the Democratic nomination," the insider said.
"He knows that and he accepts that, and so he won't even be thinking at all in those terms — unless Hillary decides not to run, which seems unlikely," the insider added
I suspect that Cuomo isn't the only potential Democratic candidate thinking this. While I agree that her nomination would not be inevitable, Hillary Clinton would enter the 2016 field as the near-prohibitive favorite and there would be significant pressure put on other potential candidates to either step aside or not run a serious campaign. In the end, 2016's Democratic nomination fight could end up looking a lot like 1992 when the field consisted of Bill Clinton and a field of lightweights like Jerry Brown, Tom Harkin, and Paul Tsongas. Of course, it was 1992 when Andrew Cuomo's father famously dithered over whether or not to run for President at a time when large numbers of Democrats were virtually begging him to. One doubts that the son will be as indecisive as the father.


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One of the first things we notice about someone when we meet them is their eyes.
One of the first things we notice about someone when we meet them is their eyes.
It doesn't take much to irritate the surface of our eyes.
With summer almost here, many of us are looking forward to spending a lot of time outdoors.
There is so much more going on with our eyes than we often realize.
Exercising for good health is a top priority for many people.
Tears play a vital role in the health and function of our eyes. That's what makes dry eye such a serious problem.
Men and women have plenty of differences, but did you know that some of them have to do with eyesight and vision health?
Most people who start needing glasses or contacts while they're young have at least one of three common vision problems: myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.
Over the last couple of decades, the internet has changed just about every aspect of our lives.
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Once Upon A Time
This story appears in the February 2000 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
Recently, alumni of The Walt Disney Company who've hurdled to Internet success--like Edward "Toby" Lenk, founder of eToys, and David Hodess, founder of Cooking.com--have made the entrepreneurial world wonder what Disney's putting in its water cooler. Start-up fever hasn't quite reached epidemic proportions, but the number of Disney innovators forfeiting their posts to launch solo careers is on the rise.
Jake Winebaum, former president of Walt Disney Magazine Publishing, founder of Disney Online and chairman of Disney's Buena Vista Internet Group, started and ran Disney.com, ABCNews.com, ESPN.com and Go.com for the media giant. Although already an old hand at start-ups pre-Disney (he founded FamilyFun and FamilyPC magazines and sold them to Disney in 1992), Winebaum, 40, says the company's entrepreneurial vibe reinforced his love for building companies from scratch. "The process of launching businesses within Disney is not dissimilar to the process you go through when you try to get funding on the outside," he says. From pitching an idea to influential executives to getting financial support from Disney's strategic planning group, the mechanics closely parallel creating a business plan and finding angel or venture capital.
Now Winebaum's incorporating his Disney skills and fondness of everything high-tech to help young Internet companies soar. Winebaum's start-up for start-ups: eCompanies LLC, a Santa Monica, California, incubator that offers finance, recruiting, technology, business development and marketing assistance; and eCompanies Venture Group, a $130-million fund that invests in both incubated and nonincubated companies. Winebaum and partner Sky Dayton, the 28-year-old founder of EarthLink, call the 7-month-old for-profit venture an "entrepreneur's dream come true." Their goal is to get businesses from concepts to full-blown companies with world-class Web sites and management teams within 90 to 180 days. These start-ups will have the expertise of the founders and about 50 industry veterans at their disposal.
Thanks to Disney, Winebaum can better determine what makes or breaks an Internet venture. "Disney goes about entering new businesses in a very disciplined way," he says. "`What's the brand going to mean? How will it be communicated and grown?' [That philosophy] is useful when you're looking at Internet companies at hyper-speed, because you can't throw caution to the wind. You need to analyze the opportunity a lot faster."
Although Disney has fostered countless brands, customer satisfaction has allowed all of them to thrive. That's what Laurie McCartney, 32, kept at the heart of her business plan when she resigned from Disney's strategic planning group after four years to start eStyle Inc., the Los Angeles parent company of flagship site babystyle.com.
Pregnant with her son, Jack, McCartney had no problem securing funding after expressing her oneness with the $13.5 billion maternity and baby market. Using input gathered by eStyle "ambassadors" who questioned friends in Lamaze and Mommy and Me classes, she signed up more than 300 vendors offering stylish maternity and infant wear, baby gear and nursery furnishings, and hired customer service representatives who are also moms. Since its launch last summer, babystyle.com has even added interviews with celebrity moms and advice from new parent Cindy Crawford. In short, Disney taught McCartney and her management team (some of whom are also Disney alums) how to give the people what they want.
"We learned how to build a powerful, high-quality brand that speaks to our consumers and grows with them through various stages of their lives," says McCartney. "And that everything within the organization needs to reflect the brand." With eStyle established as a multimillion-dollar company in its first year, Disney 101 seems to have served its purpose.
So how does Disney attract such minds? Says Winebaum, "Disney has historically recruited very well. That's another lesson we've applied [at eCompanies]." And when valued employees can venture off into the expanse of multimillion-dollar opportunities, it only means the company has done its job.
"Disney prides itself on training and developing its employees," says McCartney. "They build really entrepreneurial people who sometimes go and do other things. At the end of the day, it's really about building the best possible work force."
But is the post-Disney success rate due to its nurturing, creative environment, or are they slippin' employees Mickeys? You be the judge.
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All these tech start-ups have lured executives to their employee roster--not under-21 whiz kids, but experienced, respected corporate officers who were willing to jump the Fortune 500 ship. It's not a full-scale bail, but these and many other execs are starting to think small, all for the promise of stock options and the opportunity to be on the cutting edge.
Viant is a prime example. Its COO, Ben Levitan, left his position as CEO of global services firm james martin + co to join the company. "I was attracted by the opportunity to work for a company that's committed to innovation, as well as to building the premium brand in the industry," Levitan explains.
Another particularly noteworthy transfer occurred late last year when George Shaheen, who was then CEO of Andersen Consulting, jumped from that company to head up Webvan.com, after spending nearly 30 years at Andersen.
This sort of company-hopping is good news for small tech businesses, which, armed with the powerful lures of potential and innovation, suddenly find themselves able to compete with Fortune 500 conglomerates in the hiring arena.


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Density of color here is impressive. This has a fruity, wild berry nose, bright and fresh with light mineral and black cherry skin aromas. On entry this is a little pasty on the palate, somewhat extracted but very fresh, and that theme continues on the mid-palate which is a little thick if very fresh, with lots of dark berry fruit supported by a nice edge of tannins, and good acid. There's lots of blackberry fruit with a blood orange note on the moderately long finish. Certainly well made and impressive, this is a bit heavy and intense for me. 89pts
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Re-invention of Hiking panel at the 9th World Congress Snow & Mountain Tourism.
Recently, I gave the opening speech and then chaired the Re-invention of Hiking panel at the 9th World Congress Snow & Mountain Tourism, held in my home country of Andorra. Below you will find the video of my speech and the full slide-deck of the presentation.
In summary, I concluded that short-term trends are favouring the hiking industry, but long-terms trends are not.
The outdoor market is growing rapidly and hiking is both a gateway to more extreme sports, and the activity people return to with age. Research tells us hiking is good for physical and mental health. The core of the market is white, wealthy and older, and that demographic is growing.
However, the outdoor market is changing and the ways the industry markets itself needs to change as well. Traditional websites and outdoor media have less impact than before. Social media is on the rise, particularly outdoors stars on Instagram. Hiking clients want connectivity to share their experiences and they want enhances products, customised to niche interests.
Long-term trends are troubling. Urban living is relentlessly on the rise. Most outdoor lovers take to the activity when young and children now spend less and less time outdoors. Dogs get walked in the park more often than children do. Virtual reality has just begun to recreate the outdoors, providing the drama without the effort. Media portrays popular tourist areas as badly overcrowded – from Everest to Machu Picchu, and the real growth in numbers is doing environmental damage.
So how can the market effectively be expanded? At its heart the commericial hiking clientele are white and middle class. Language and cultural barriers lead to providers concentrating on the core market. Innovative initiatives are needed to break through those barriers. Demographics that are traditionally dismissed as 'uninterested' in hiking need to be included, primarily by finding ambassadors within those groups.
The hiking industry has huge potential for growth but it lacks a united vision and a customer focus. The industry needs to do more to promote their cause with a unified voice and to reach out to new demographics.
Much of the key research referenced in the speech came from a fascinating report produced by Sport England and the Outdoor Industries Association, exploring the outdoors sport, activity and recreation market in England.


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Story Notes for I Am Legend
Weeknights during prime time on AMC, you can catch Story Notes — real time trivia and facts about your favorite movies! Below is the online version of the Story Notes for I Am Legend.
Awards Note
I Am Legend won a 2008 Screen Actor's Guild Award for Best Stunt Ensemble.
Will Smith (Robert Neville) won an MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance for I Am Legend (2007).
Backstory Notes
All the artwork in Robert Neville's house has been "rescued" from NYC's various museums. They used replicas of famous paintings for the movie.
The "Darkseekers" have semi-transparent bodies because their high metabolisms burn up all their fat.
Biographical Notes
This was director Francis Lawrence's second movie. His first, Constantine (2005), was also produced by Akiva Goldsman. Lawrence is an award-winning music video director. He's worked with Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga.
Will Smith got his first Oscar nomination for Ali (2001).
Cinematographer Andrew Lesnie won an Oscar for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
Smith is one of four kids and shared a bed growing up, so he isn't used to being alone.
Alice Braga (Anna) grew up around film sets. Her mother was an actress and assistant director. Her aunt is Golden Globe-nominated actress Sonia Braga, who starred in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985).
Smith's daughter Willow is named after him. His son Jaden is named after his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
In 2013, Francis Lawrence directed an adaptation of another novel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Also in 2013, Alice Braga starred in another sci-fi movie, Elysium, with Matt Damon, and Charlie Tahan (Ethan) was in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.
Casting Notes
Will Smith had just gotten his second Oscar nomination for The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). He chose to do this next because it had "horror, science fiction, and [was a] wonderful character piece."
Salli Richardson (Robert's wife) was starring on Eureka (2006-2012) when this came out.
Will Smith's real-life daughter, Willow, plays his character's daughter. This is her first movie role. She wanted to be in a movie after her brother Jaden was in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) with their dad.
Darrell Foster (The Military Escort) is Will Smith's trainer. He's in a lot of Smith's movies.
Dash Mihok (the actor behind the Alpha Male CGI) was in The Day After Tomorrow (2004).
Alice Braga (pronounced Aaa-lee-cee) also stars in the award-winning Brazilian movie, City of God (2002). The producers thought casting someone with an accent made it seem like the virus had spanned the globe.
Nine-year-old Charlie Tahan had never been in a movie before 2007 — but by the end of that year, he'd done three.
Crew Notes
Production designer Naomi Shohan worked with director Francis Lawrence on Constantine.
Creature designer Patrick Tatopoulos also created the aliens for Smith's Independence Day (1996). His studio made 3-D sculptures of the designs, which were used as a reference for computer animation.
The creature animation was overseen by Janek Sirrs, who won an Oscar for The Matrix (1999).
Finance Note
I Am Legend made $77 million during its December 2007 opening weekend — Smith's biggest to date. That same year, Newsweek called Will Smith "The Most Powerful Actor on the Planet."
Health Note
Being alone too long can cause mental instability and trouble re-integrating into society.
Historical Note
Before it was a park, Washington Square was a site for public executions and a mass grave. There are 20,000 yellow fever victims buried under the park.
Location Note
Washington Square Park, the "heart of Greenwich Village," became a park in 1827.
Music Notes
Songs in the movie include "Three Little Birds" (1977) and "Stir It Up" (1973) by Bob Marley and The Wailers. Bob Marley's greatest hits album "Legend" (1984) is Will Smith's real-life favorite record.
Most of the movie has no underlying score. The score, by James Newton Howard (The Fugitive), was used minimally to highlight Neville's solitude.
Plot Note
The Krippin virus is named after Alice Krippin, Emma Thompson's character from the opening interview.
Pop-Culture Notes
The movie features a real Today show broadcast from February 13th, 2006.
This same year, Smith was No. 5 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the "50 Smartest People in Hollywood."
New York has been destroyed in movies many times. It was demolished in Smith's Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1998), Deep Impact (1998), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Cloverfield (2008), and more.
George Romero said that his Night of the Living Dead (1968) was an homage to the novel I Am Legend.
Stephen King said that without the novel there would also be no 28 Days Later or The Walking Dead.
Press Notes
The New York Times called Smith "graceful and effortless… [He] demonstrates what it is to be a movie star."
The NY Observer called Abbey the dog "one of the best animal actors since Lassie, Flicka, and Flipper."
Production Notes
Filmmakers couldn't close all these streets at once, so each weekend they'd film Will Smith driving on a different corner. People on the street hid and took cellphone videos of Smith as he drove by.
Before they started filming, Smith went on "dates" with Abbey (the dog who plays Sam) so he could get to know her better.
Smith talked to former prisoners to get an understanding of what it's like to be totally alone. The prisoners told Smith the key to surviving solitary confinement is creating a rigid schedule.
Smith met with scientists from the Centers for Disease Control to learn how to use all the equipment properly.
The first draft of I Am Legend was written in 1996. Many different stars had considered making it. At one point, Ridley Scott was signed up to direct, with Arnold Schwarzenegger as Robert Neville.
The movie's animal trainer found Abbey in a kennel. She had the right look but had never been trained. He only had a few weeks to get her up to speed.
Singer Mike Patton from Faith No More did all the screeching for the "Darkseekers."
Will Smith liked Abbey so much that he tried to adopt her, but the trainer didn't want to give her up.
The movie's infected dogs were based on Mexican hairless dogs (known as Xolos) that the trainer owned.
Anna was written to be American, but Alice Braga was the only person producers wanted for the role.
When he had a new baby, director Francis Lawrence watched The Piano (1993) with the sound off. That inspired him to make this movie so quiet.
Smith called the head of DreamWorks, the studio that made Shrek (2001), to ask to use it in the movie.
Quotation Notes
Director Francis Lawrence said, "There is… an AIDS metaphor here… in terms of dealing with the infected. They're not dead… they're not vampires… they have a chronic disease."
Smith said that closing NYC streets to film meant he got a lot of "middle fingers."
After Men in Black 3 (2012), Smith said he was going to do fewer stunts. "I am 42. It takes longer to heal."
Script Notes
The book takes place in L.A., but this version is set in New York. They shot almost all of it on location. The filmmakers thought it would be shocking to see the biggest city in the U.S. empty.
The script was co-written by Mark Protosevich (The Cell) and producer Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind). It was based on both the 1954 novel and the 1971 movie version, The Omega Man.
I Am Legend originally had a completely different ending, but it didn't test well. In the original ending, Neville realized that to the infected people, he was the monster.
Set Notes
It was too difficult to shut down Times Square, so they shot the hunting scene on a soundstage.
Sam (the dog) was mainly played by a three-year-old German Shepherd named Abbey. There were two back-up dogs, Kona and Sammy.
The exterior of Robert Neville's townhouse was shot on location in Washington Square, but the interior of this townhouse was filmed on a set in Brooklyn.
Some of the mannequins in the video store were played by real people. If you look closely in the scene, you can see them move.
While shooting under the Brooklyn Bridge at the end of January, it got as cold as 7 °F. To boost everyone's spirits one night, Smith came out and sang his hit song "Summertime" (1991).
The trainer put a piece of tape on Abbey's paw to make her limp.
Steven Spielberg visited the set the day on day. It made everyone very nervous. Spielberg's first movie, Duel (1971), was written by Richard Matheson, the author of I Am Legend.
Air cannons and hydraulic rigs were used to make Neville's house shake during the explosions.
Source Notes
I Am Legend (2007) is based on the groundbreaking 1954 sci-fi novel by Richard Matheson. It was the third movie adaptation of the book. The first was The Last Man on Earth (1964). Then came the cult classic The Omega Man (1971), which starred Charlton Heston.
I Am Legend author Richard Matheson wrote some of the most famous episodes of The Twilight Zone, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," about a man who sees a gremlin on the wing of a plane.
The diseased creatures vary in the different versions of I Am Legend. They're vampires in the 1954 book. In The Omega Man (1971), they are cultish albino mutants who call themselves "The Family." In this version, they're infected but alive. They are called "Darkseekers."
In the novel I Am Legend (1954), Neville befriends a stray dog that quickly becomes infected.
Author Richard Matheson got the idea for I Am Legend (1954) while watching Dracula (1931). Matheson: "I thought, 'If one vampire is scary, what if the whole world is full of vampires?'"
In the novel, Neville was the only survivor. In the 1971 movie version, The Omega Man, he found others.
Symbolism Note
Co-screenwriter Akiva Goldsman used butterflies as a symbol of faith.
Tech Notes
All of the animals in the movie (except for Sam) were computer-generated.
The "Darkseekers" were created using animation with actors in motion capture suits. They tried live actors, but producer Akiva Goldsman said it looked "like Attack of the Angry Mimes."
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The Butler baseball team broke out the long ball to power its way to a doubleheader sweep of Barton on Saturday at McDonald Stadium.
The Grizzlies hit seven homers and got two strong starting pitching performances as Butler won the first game 7-5 and then run-ruled the Cougars 11-1 in seven innings in the second game.
With the wins, Butler is now 28-17. The Grizzlies are 14-10 in the Jayhawk West Conference, which has them tied for third place, just two games behind Hutchinson and Colby, who are tied for first.
Game 1 - Butler 7, Barton 5
The Grizzlies set the tone early, loading the bases with just one out. Colby Standard delivered with a grand slam home run to left center, driving in Patrick Bethea, Javier Pena and Parker Base to put Butler up 4-0.
Austin Portner was the next batter up and he hit a solo shot out to right, giving the Grizzlies back-to-back homers.
Butler led 5-0 after one inning and added a run in the second inning on a pure hustle play by Joshua Cox. He beat out a potential double play ball to reach on a fielder's choice. He then stole second and when the throw from the catcher went into center, he came all the way around to score just ahead of the tag at the plate. The 6-0 lead was the biggest of the game for Butler.
Butler starter Dillan Janak gave up two runs in the third, but the Grizzlies answers with a run in the bottom of the inning on yet another homer, this one a solo shot to lead off the inning by Parker Base.
At that point, Butler led 7-2. Janak threw a scoreless fourth inning, but got into trouble in the fifth and gave up three runs.
Bennett Scherer came on in relief and got the final out of the fifth, then threw scoreless innings in the sixth and seventh to notch his eighth save of the season.
Janak earned the win, improving to 6-1 on the year.
Game 2 - Butler 11, Barton 1 (7 innings)
Butler recorded its first Jayhawk Conference run rule of the season. It is the first time Butler has run-ruled a conference opponent since beating Hutchinson 20-8 on March 24, 2017.
David Henderson (4-3) got the win, throwing all seven innings for a complete-game victory. Henderson allowed just one run on five hits with no walks and three strikeouts while tossing his second complete game of the season.
Offensively, Butler hit four more home runs, with two coming off the bat of Javier Pena. He had a solo shot in the first inning and a two-run homer in the sixth. He also had an RBI double in the third inning, giving him four RBI in the game.
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