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Light and Shadow:
Quint on Twilight Zones 1.10-1.12!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with the next Light and Shadow, my systematic and possibly suicidal attempt at going episode by episode through one of the best scripted shows to ever be beamed to idiot boxes, THE TWILIGHT ZONE. Sorry for the quite large absence of this column. There are a lot of factors that played into the delay, but the largest was that I lost the damn Season One set. I'm a giant geek, I have stacks of DVDs and Blu-Rays waiting for more shelving and somehow this set got lost in the shuffle. It took me just spending an afternoon going through all my junk for me to find it in a corner, obviously knocked off of the arm of the couch at some point. But all that drama is over and the show goes on! In the previous entries I've tried to steer away big spoilers, but there have been many requests to go more in-depth with the twists as those are what readers who watched as youngsters remember the most. So, you'll notice this one gets a little more spoilery, but I'm trying to keep the twist reveals until the end of each review. This installment features episodes 1.10 ("Judgment Night" starring Nehemiah Persoff), 1.11 ("And When The Sky Was Opened" starring Rod Taylor) and 1.12 ("What You Need" starring Steve Cochran). Enjoy!
1.10 – "Judgment Night"
Directed by John Brahm
Written by Rod Serling
Original Airdate: December 4th, 1959
This tale of paranoia centers on a confused amnesiac who finds himself on a British boat traveling the dangerous, U-Boat infested waters between London and America. Well, amnesiac doesn't exactly describe Carl Lanser (Nehemiah Persoff). He knows his name, knows where he was born and is filled with a sense of dreadful déjà vu.
How did this German born man get on the ship? Why does he foggily remember this night? Why does 1:15am fill him with panic?
Persoff acts his ass off here, playing confused with complete conviction, brow furrowed and eyes darting back and forth so that we can almost see his mind grasping at memory's tail as it skirts just out of his reach.
He gets to know the crew and the civilian passengers on the ship in a few short scenes. Naturally every American and British person onboard is absolutely kind, generous and trusting. Not one person seriously questions an obvious and admitted German on their boat, even one who claims to have no memory on how he arrived there and for some odd reason has a U-boat commander's hat in his cabin.
I don't think the secret of the episode is exactly difficult to figure out. The joy, however, can be found in the atmosphere created by director John Brahm and the escalating paranoia, which is absolutely palpable.
This is the first Zone to feature an afterlife storyline. In this case, we discover Lanser was a U-Boat commander when Lanser sees himself off the bow of the British ship, dead in the water due to engine repair, standing proudly on the deck of an enemy submarine, enjoying the mayhem caused by her guns as women, children, men and Lanser himself die with the ship.
After Lanser finally goes under, still panicking and maybe even a little mad at the realization that he just watched himself kill… well, himself, we join the Nazi Lanser content in his cabin, discussing the victory with a fellow crew member not so thrilled that they just murdered civilians. This young man worries they've damned themselves to a special level of hell and postulates that while their victims only died once they could find themselves dying over and over again for all eternity.
Lanser laughs at this and then we snap to Lanser on the boat again, just as he was in the very first shot, confusion on his face, his own laughter ringing in his head, doomed to repeat that night.
If this episode were created today we wouldn't get an ending that has one character just magically spelling out the whole conceit of the episode. That said, I thought the moment really put a nice punctuation on the story.
This is a really sharp episode, technically. The black and white contrast is fantastic, the atmosphere and tension both thick. Persoff is great, as are the rest of the passengers, who in a few short moments have to really make us feel a loss when the big attack comes.
Keep an eye out for one Patrick Macnee as the First Officer. He only has a couple lines here, but in a few years time would find fame as John Steed in THE AVENGERS and later to horror fans in THE HOWLING.
Her name is the S.S. Queen of Glasgow. Her registry: British. Gross tonnage: Five thousand. Age: Indeterminate. At this moment she's one day out of Liverpool, her destination New York. Duly recorded on this ship's log is the sailing time, course to destination, weather conditions, temperature, longitude and latitude. But what is never recorded in a log is the fear that washes over a deck like fog and ocean spray. Fear like the throbbing strokes of engine pistons, each like a heartbeat, parceling out every hour into breathless minutes of watching, waiting and dreading. For the year is 1942, and this particular ship has lost its convoy. It travels alone like an aged blind thing groping through the unfriendly dark, stalked by unseen periscopes of steel killers. Yes, the Queen of Glasgow is a frightened ship, and she carries with her a premonition of death.
Her name is the S.S. Queen of Glasgow. Her registry: British. Gross tonnage: Five thousand. Age: Indeterminate. At this moment she's one day out of Liverpool, her destination New York. Duly recorded on this ship's log is the sailing time, course to destination, weather conditions, temperature, longitude and latitude. But what is never recorded in a log is the fear that washes over a deck like fog and ocean spray. Fear like the throbbing strokes of engine pistons, each like a heartbeat, parceling out every hour into breathless minutes of watching, waiting and dreading. For the year is 1942, and this particular ship has lost its convoy. It travels alone like an aged blind thing groping through the unfriendly dark, stalked by unseen periscopes of steel killers. Yes, the Queen of Glasgow is a frightened ship, and she carries with her a premonition of death.
1.11 – "And When The Sky Was Opened"
Directed by Douglas Heyes
Written by Rod Serling, based on the short story by Richard Matheson
Original Airdate: December 11th, 1959
If you're in a Twilight Zone episode and you've been to outer space, even for a few moments, you're fucked. Sorry, Charlie, but I knew from the opening narration from the man-god Rod Serling that things weren't going to go right for the survivors of an experimental flight's crash landing.
Here you have one of my favorite under-appreciated actors from this time period, Mr. Rod Taylor, Charles Aidman and Jim Hutton as a trio of pilots newly returned from an almost disastrous test flight of an orbital craft. They return as American heroes, but something's off.
When the episode opens Rod Taylor's going off his rocker. Nobody seems to remember Aidman's Col. Ed Harrington, even Hutton. Is Taylor going crazy or is something bigger afoot?
The episode delves into a flashback where we see there were indeed three men who survived the flight, but when the newly discharged Harrington and Taylor's Col. Clegg Forbes go out for drinks Harrington feels kinda strange. He feels wrong, like he doesn't belong there.
Harrington calls his parents, who don't remember him and before Taylor knows it all traces of Harrington ever having existed are gone. Harrington is nowhere to be found, there's no evidence he ever existed outside of Taylor's memory.
The bulk of the episode focuses on Taylor trying to find anybody who remembers the man in a last, half-crazed attempt to prove his own sanity to himself.
The last person he tries to convince is Jim Hutton's Major William Gart, but when he realizes even Hutton has no idea who Harrington is Taylor finally cracks… or finds enlightenment. It's hard to tell. Perhaps it's both, but whatever it is Taylor gets his first real grasp on what's going on.
None of them should have survived that flight. Someone or something messed up and now it's correcting the mistake.
On the surface this sounds exactly like a Final Destination movie, but it's more than that. It's more than death trying to collect on outstanding debts. Whatever forces are at work here don't just kill these men, they erase them from existence.
How fucking horrible of a concept is that? Everything you ever were, everything you ever meant, good or ill, to your friends, colleagues and family just wiped clean? Shit, even if you're killed in a horrible, complicated Rube Goldbergian ways you'd still leave a mark, a memory, a feeling for somebody somewhere.
The great Richard Matheson wrote the original short story this episode is based upon, his first credited work in the series and you can feel his imprint on the story. Matheson and Serling together are kind of a dream team and they have a lot of talent to bring their collaboration to life.
I found this to be one of the bleaker episodes. There's a feeling of hopelessness at a certain point here, where you just know there is no way out for these guys. It's a credit to the actors that you WANT them to find a way out, but there's no shrouded figure to appeal to or to challenge to a game of chess. There's no formula to solve and outsmart.
Instead we get a snapshot of men who will have never existed… I had the nagging feeling during this episode that either this particular Matheson story or episode of TZ inspired Robert Zemeckis a bit with the fading photograph of Marty McFly's siblings. I found that concept to be pretty disturbing and whether directly or indirectly I bet its roots can be traced back to this particular 20-odd minutes of television.
If you have the DVDs, make sure to listen to the great '70s Rod Serling lecture where he and a bunch of writing students deconstruct this episode. Fascinating stuff.
Her name: X-20. Her type: an experimental interceptor. Recent history: A crash landing in the Mojave Desert after a thirty-one hour flight nine hundred miles into space. Incidental data: The ship, with the men who flew her, disappeared from the radar screen for twenty-four hours. The shrouds that cover mysteries are not always made out of tarpaulin, as this man will soon find out on the other side of a hospital door.
Her name: X-20. Her type: an experimental interceptor. Recent history: A crash landing in the Mojave Desert after a thirty-one hour flight nine hundred miles into space. Incidental data: The ship, with the men who flew her, disappeared from the radar screen for twenty-four hours. The shrouds that cover mysteries are not always made out of tarpaulin, as this man will soon find out on the other side of a hospital door.
1.12 – "What You Need"
Directed by Alvin Ganzer
Written by Rod Serling, based on a short story by Lewis Padgett
Original Airdate: December 25th, 1959
Originally airing Christmas Day, this episode is all about gift giving. In fact it's about a magical old man with an even more magical case filled with knickknacks. He's a kind old man, offering up items people need.
Not what they want, mind you, but what they need. The opening scenes follow him around a bar as he gives away seemingly pedestrian items to the down and outs… a bottle of spot remover to a lovely lady, a bus ticket to a burnt out ex-sports star, etc. Of course, all those come into play… the bus ticket to Scranton just before the jock gets a coaching job offer phone call in Scranton. His coat is dirty and in comes the lady with the spot remover and bam, instant sweethearts.
All this is noticed by a particularly lowly low life played by Steve Cochran (WHITE HEAT), in a rare leading role. Cochran's Fred Renard comes on strong, desperate even, but is given what he needs. In this case it's a pair of scissors that come in handy when his scarf gets caught in the lift to his apartment.
Being the greedy scumbag that he is, Renard harasses the kindly magical old man (Ernest Truex) for more and more. Truex plays his character, Pedott, with a touch of whimsy and grandfatherly kindness, but he's put off by Renard who gets more and more desperate the more the old man gives him what he needs.
As you can probably tell, there comes a point where what Renard wants and what he needs are diametrically opposed and Pedott takes on a little more of a mischievous, impish air. Ultimately, what Pedott needs is more important than what Renard wants and one of Pedott's "gifts" frees him of Renard once and for all.
I quite like these little fantasy tales of magical men living among us. I like the idea of someday encountering my own Pedott or Mr. Destiny or John Coffey. All these characters are fantasy creatures in a real, recognizable world, so on that base level I appreciated this episode.
The performances are there as well, but the story is pretty light stuff. There's no real rug-pulling moment or emotionally resonating scene for me to really sink my teeth into as a viewer here, but not every episode has to be a gut-punch. Sometimes they can be just like this one… light, breezy and charming.
That about wraps up this installment of Light and Shadow, which marks the 1/3rd mark of Season One! I'll keep better tabs on my DVDs from now on. I have a ton of travel lined up over the next two weeks, so I can't guarantee when the next journey into the Twilight Zone will hit the site, but it rest assured it will arrive.
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You're looking at Mr. Fred Renard, who carries on his shoulder a chip the size of the national debt. This is a sour man, a friendless man, a lonely man, a grasping, compulsive, nervous man. This is a man who has lived 36 undistinguished, meaningless, pointless, failure-laden years and who at this moment looks for an escape, any escape, any way, anything, anybody, to get out of the rut. And this little old man is just what Mr. Renard is waiting for.
You're looking at Mr. Fred Renard, who carries on his shoulder a chip the size of the national debt. This is a sour man, a friendless man, a lonely man, a grasping, compulsive, nervous man. This is a man who has lived 36 undistinguished, meaningless, pointless, failure-laden years and who at this moment looks for an escape, any escape, any way, anything, anybody, to get out of the rut. And this little old man is just what Mr. Renard is waiting for.
Previous Twilight Zone Articles:
Episodes 1.1-1.3
Episodes 1.4-1.6
Episodes 1.7-1.9
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May 31, 2010, 10:59 a.m. CST
Welcome back Quint...
by carlotta_valdes
...I always loved how there was never necessarily a need to explain what was going on (like in the case of "And when the sky was opened"). It was left to the viewer to either accept the fantastic events or not, allowing viewers to speculate based on what they as individuals bring to the table...much like another popular show that owes much to TZ which ended last week.
May 31, 2010, 11:24 a.m. CST
I just read the original Matheson short story recently
by Tacom
It didn't involve space flight. Just an ordinary guy who starts to realize he and everyone he knows are slowly being erased from existence, without explanation. Pretty freaky.
May 31, 2010, 11:51 a.m. CST
What you need
by Powerring
Was a pretty cool episode, it was on syfy a couple weeks ago. Precursor to "Needful things?"
May 31, 2010, 12:06 p.m. CST
Thank You
by greatoz
Thank you for recognizing that this show is and will always be in some minds( like mine), a true integral piece of the history of science fiction/science fantasy. Although most shows were thinly vieled commentaries on what was going on in the sixties( war fear, sexism, racism and paranoia)Serling was a true master of the gift of storytelling. Not only entertaining but educating. If You havent read Serlings biography by Arlen Sumner titled "SERLING", then please,"I submit it for your approval".
May 31, 2010, 12:22 p.m. CST
Couldn't have been written in the last 20 years
by ME_M
"... who carries on his shoulder a chip the size of the national debt." He'd be a greasy smear on the sidewalk, if that was written in recent years.
May 31, 2010, 12:32 p.m. CST
Thanks, Quint
by g0dai
Please keep this up. It's become my favorite section on AICN.
May 31, 2010, 12:33 p.m. CST
hey hey!
by Dollar Bird
JettL's back!
May 31, 2010, 12:47 p.m. CST
by Human_Bean_Juice_
And when the sky was opened is my favourate of all time. Watched it over and over. "Ed? please come back Ed." Just love it
May 31, 2010, 1:21 p.m. CST
Love this. Thanks Quint.
by BurnedNotice_Dude
The Twilight Zone rules.
May 31, 2010, 1:44 p.m. CST
The Greatest Show on TV Ever,Period.
by Redfive!
The imagination,writing,even the hokey acting sometimes is pure genius.The best part of the series is the moral of the stories.
May 31, 2010, 2:19 p.m. CST
Agreed, it's the greatest
by lock67ca
The only other show that even comes close to the greatness of the original Twilight Zone, IMHO, is The Prisoner. I'd rank Them #1 and 2 all time. Even the worst of the TZ episodes is better than 99% of the crap that passes for TV these days.
May 31, 2010, 2:28 p.m. CST
what i need
by bluetoes
thanks for the reviews, but i wanted to disagree. "what you need" is one of my favorite TZ eps. pedott's ending monologue, and why he did what he had to do, i found really resonating. it turned into a matter of survival. and there are some great lines: "you want a tip? don't eat lead!" "Are you giving me the business?!" its the kind of dialogue that can't be done anymore. looking forward to your future entries.
May 31, 2010, 2:33 p.m. CST
Matheson is legend. Twilight Zone > LOST
by CRISPIN_GLOVERS_ACID_FLASHBACK
Demon Rip-u-off and Charlatan Ruse.
May 31, 2010, 2:52 p.m. CST
Best show ever. Lost has nothing on it.
by DrPain
Mr. Serling and Mr. Matheson, tv and the world needs geniuses like these men again.
May 31, 2010, 3:01 p.m. CST
So, Quint, what would you do?
by puto tenax
Go ahead and buy the standard dvds avail now or wait for the blu rays? If so, how long of a wait and how much?
May 31, 2010, 3:59 p.m. CST
STAR TREK TNG and DOCTOR WHO also borrowed from ...
by berserkrl
... "When The Sky Was Opened." Both ST:TNG's "Remember Me" and the recent DR. WHO episode "Flesh and Stone" involve people on a spaceship progressively disappearing and almost everyone forgetting they were ever there (except, in both cases, a redheaded woman). Effectively creepy in both cases.
May 31, 2010, 4:01 p.m. CST
by whitsbrain
Of these three episodes, I enjoy "What You Need" the most. I like the steps Pedott takes to assure his survival. He seems so docile but what he does to Renard is vicious. Quint, this is an absolutely great column. I have posted links to this column to a couple of forums that I belong to because you are doing some terrific write-ups.
May 31, 2010, 4:14 p.m. CST
Lessons learned after the "Lost" debacle
by brokemart
The "Lost" finale was such a disaster. People continue to devour shows with long story-arcs just to find in every case, the writers can't end them. "Battlestar Galatica", "The Sopranos", "The X-Files", "Heroes", and on and on and on. Stories are supposed to have a beginning, middle and end. Because TV shows are ad-revenue driven, they end up being stretched out and open-ended in every instance. I say BRING BACK THE ANTHOLOGY!!! Although nothing will ever again match the original Twilight Zone!
May 31, 2010, 4:50 p.m. CST
by Quint
It's a tough call. It took me years to pick up the SD DVDs because they were wildly too expensive. It ended up being a Gold Box sale at Amazon where I got the whole set at a significant discount.

Much of this photography would look great in 1080p and I'm sure we're looking at a ton of new bonus features, but along with that I'd imagine a ridiculous price tag. It's a tough call. Unless you a have a few hundred bucks to drop on Blu-Rays of TZ, you're going to have to wait a year or two after their release for a decent sale.

I'm sure the Blu set will be the superior set, but it's gonna cost ya'. Maybe see how much the Definitive SDs go for when the Blus are released and make the judgment call then?
May 31, 2010, 5:07 p.m. CST
Really Drives Home the Failure of Lost
by OutsideChance
...to read these reviews, especially the first one, and see how one of the true masters of television sci-fi/fantasy could accomplish in thirty minutes what the producers of Lost failed to do in six years. Not to mention how, in the end, Lost was nothing but a rip off of superior shows (TZ, Life on Mars, etc.)
May 31, 2010, 5:23 p.m. CST
I'll just keep my DVDs thank you very much
by lock67ca
They look great (better than they ever have) and the features are good. I can't imagine them looking much better. There would have to be something extremely special on the Blu Rays before I'll drop any more money on them.
May 31, 2010, 5:54 p.m. CST
Great reviews Quint!!
by echobase
The second episode, about the 3 man who should have not come back has always been one of my favourite. I've always thought about the similarities with back to the future. Glad somebody else mentioned it.
May 31, 2010, 5:55 p.m. CST
So, Quint LOST his stack o' DVDs. Hmmm.
by ToMonicker
So, far in these retrospectives, I've seen everyone of them. Spoilers don't bother me none. I'm not in the position to sink any money into physical media for awhile, but I would suspect that SD Dvds would be fine enough for me.
 These episodes were okay, but not especially high in my mind.
May 31, 2010, 5:55 p.m. CST
Rod Serling Is My Hero
by Media Messiah
He taught me how to write from afar. This (The Twilight Zone) is simply the best series of all time, genre, or none genre.
May 31, 2010, 6:01 p.m. CST
Thanks, Quint
by puto tenax
Appreciate the feedback. Serling is top notch. There's one particular episode of Night Gallery with the freakin' dolls that, to this day, I still will not watch.
May 31, 2010, 6:10 p.m. CST
"And When The Sky Was Opened" = Fucked up!
by Greggers
Sometimes the Twilight Zone strikes down judgment with the hand of righteousness. Bad things end up happening to bad people because they deserve it.
 But sometimes, The Twilight Zone just messes people up for no reason. Case-in-point: "And When The Sky Was Opened." Those poor astronauts did *nothing* to deserve being wiped from existence. +Palpably* wiped from existence, I might add. None of them seemed to be inordinately greedy or filled with hubris. Like Quint said, they just made the mistake of happening to go up into space in a Twilight Zone episode. And that's not fair.
I cry foul, Twilight Zone!
May 31, 2010, 6:50 p.m. CST
Love my boxed set. Just wish for "Play All Episodes" option...
by Flip63Hole
Other than that, these babies are on constant rotation...
May 31, 2010, 6:54 p.m. CST
What astronauts, Greggers?
by BurnedNotice_Dude
Never heard of them.
May 31, 2010, 7:31 p.m. CST
puto tenax...
by carlotta_valdes
...not to sidetrack, but since we don't (yet) have a Night Gallery talk back, I gotta know which one your talking about. There's one simply called "The Doll" involving a cursed British Colonel, another voodoo themed one called "Logoda's Heads" and one where a wife's trying to do away with her husband called "I'll never leave you ever". Any of these ring a bell?
May 31, 2010, 8 p.m. CST
...just wrapped a SCI-FI THRILLER
by moviemo
that could easily be an episode of Twilight Zone... check out the teaser for my independent short: http://tiny.cc/2eow1
May 31, 2010, 11:28 p.m. CST
"...Sky Was Opened" is a benchmark of telefantasy
by Carl's hat
and has to be in my top 10 of Zone episodes. Rod Taylor is a living legend, and poor old Jim Hutton was always entertaining. No need to make up some bullshit reason for these guys blinking out, just the sheer terror of impending complete oblivion. Matheson, Serling..take a bow guys.
May 31, 2010, 11:35 p.m. CST
but Puto, beware..
by Carl's hat
As a huge fan of the Zone, I bought each of the definitive collection seasons as they came out at 90 something dollars a pop. Talk about burnt. There's no way I'll get the blue-rays now; pick up a cheap complete set now or wait a long while to get the blue-rays. I'm waiting now for "One Step Beyond" to have all 3 seasons released together before I buy any of them.
May 31, 2010, 11:41 p.m. CST
Publish your commentary this time, Quint!
by GoDFaDDa42
Your AMAD column deserved to find its way into Barnes and Nobles. Your Twilight Zone column is already good enough to buy - write a bit more on each episode, and cover the whole set.
June 1, 2010, 9:22 a.m. CST
by God's Brother
June 1, 2010, 9:23 a.m. CST
Can't see where BluRay is worth it for TZ
by Sonny_Williams
Hell, even the lowly DVD is of such higher quality than the original media that a BluRay release just smacks of a cash grab. The DVDs have great extras and commentaries; no need for gilding this lily.
June 1, 2010, 10:37 a.m. CST
Keep 'em coming, Quint!
by HorrorFan81
I know the Talkbacks here aren't seeing much action, but I'm loving these articles.
June 1, 2010, 11:04 a.m. CST
Yes, Greggers...TZ does mess people up for no reason
by whitsbrain
Yes, sometimes the Twilight Zone messes people up for no reason. Are you criticizing TZ for not being "fair" to undeserving people? That's what is so unique about TZ and it's what gives it a lot of its 'punch you in the gut' moments. It allows the show to be unpredictable, to surprise. "And When The Sky Was Opened" is not alone in characters getting unfair treatment. I don't get why bad things can only happen in TV and the movies if you deserve punishment for something wrong you did. Something that ends up being "fair" should have nothing to do with a good story well told. There are other examples in the series that subject characters to 'unfair' fates. A massive example is the one Quint reviewed in his last column, "Time Enough At Last". The punishment of Henry Bemis is probably the cruellest thing ever done to a character in the history of TV and the movies. In fact, Henry himself says "that's not fair, that's not fair at all". Wow! Just thinking about that ending make me realize how gutless today's TV and movies are. Today, that ending would be totally changed to some sort of softball tribute to Henry and other 'socially-challenged' people like him. Other examples just from Season One are "Perchance To Dream", "The Hitch-Hiker", "Mirror Image", "A World of Difference", and "The After Hours". Note that this isn't some mean streak exclusive to Serling. One of these episodes was penned by Richard Matheson and one by Charles Beaumont.
June 1, 2010, 11:13 a.m. CST
The cost of the upcoming Blu-Rays
by whitsbrain
I bought the Definitive Edition Twilight Zone DVDs as each season was released. Each season cost me about $80. It's probably the best $400 I ever spent. If you wait for a deal on everything, you end up missing out on a lot of enjoyment. I say bring on the Blu-Rays. I'm saving up for them now.
June 1, 2010, 1:30 p.m. CST
Third From the Sun
by RedAntBoy
One of my all time favorites is coming up in the next batch. Must've watched this episode a few dozen times over the years. Edward Andrews is really freaky as Carling and the whole episode has an other worldly feel to it. Great twist ending and the musical score is really creepy.
June 1, 2010, 5:16 p.m. CST
another anthology coming in August.......
by rben
according to the new releases column. It's "Thriller" ('62) hosted by Karloff. Although it looks like i saw only the entire series advertised, not split up. i'm assuming since it's 60 some odd episodes, that it was a two season series as they used to have more to a season than the paltry 20 or 22 a season we have now. I think Amazon is asking bout a $100 which is a little pricey for 60 episodes. When i got a used complete series set of Man From UNCLE for $120, we are talking 105 episodes and 10 hours of extras (or so they say; haven't watched the extras yet) to say nothing of the fact that UNCLE is 50 min verses 22 (like Thriller), unless Thriller is an hour show. Does any one know? And does anyone know if the series is any good?
June 1, 2010, 5:29 p.m. CST
Re: Thriller
by lock67ca
Ran for 2 seasons on NBC. 67 episodes at 49 mins. Stephen King called it the best show of its kind that has ever run on American television. Source: Wikipedia.
June 2, 2010, 11:33 a.m. CST
one last question Puto...
by carlotta_valdes
...was the blooding mouthed doll a white faced china doll or voodoo shrunken head? We're closing in on which episode it is. 'The Doll' was probably the most upsetting visual image in Night Gallery's 3 year history. It left me a little scarred as well. The slow physical transition from fractured and old child plaything to purely evil grinning creature. Also, the way it was filmed...you never saw the doll move. You just saw the ramifications of it's actions, which made it that much scarier. Again, apologies for the sidetrack to Serling's other show.
June 2, 2010, 6:14 p.m. CST
carlotta_valdes White Face, Weird Eyes
by puto tenax
That's the one. Now I won't sleep right for a week.
June 2, 2010, 9:47 p.m. CST
Twilight Zone vs Lost = WTF
by A G
I own every single episode of Twilight Zone but it is patently absurd to suggest that the Twilight Zone is somehow "better" than Lost. Lost, for a variety of reasons, is vastly superior in all respects. The ending to Lost was very Twilight Zone, with its moral sensibilities and everyday acceptance of the spiritual and impossible. The performances in Lost also vastly outdo those from the Twilight Zone. Criticising Lost may be the in-thing at the moment and God knows people love to complain on this board but it is simply wrong to consider Lost an inferior product to TZ. I should stress again that I own every episode of TZ and I think that it's truly brilliant but Lost is still better. For those of you complaining about the finale, every answer in Lost can be inferred without much effort. Twilight Zone almost always ends with a predictable and impossible ending that comes out of left field, yet you don't complain.
June 2, 2010, 9:53 p.m. CST
by carlotta_valdes
...always happy to help. Sleep well!
June 3, 2010, 2:10 p.m. CST
Lost vs. TZ. take out the verses.....
by rben
pitting shows against each other is pointless. TZ was an anthology, LOST is a continuing character, story-arc show. apples and oranges. both good, both different. similiar weirdness.
June 3, 2010, 2:14 p.m. CST
also wiki was off as far as the stephen king
by rben
quote. he was referring to the original outer limits series "as the finest program of its type to ever run on american television", not thriller. the quote is on the OL dvd box. although king may like thriller too. i don't know. that's why wiki makes me crazy sometimes. unverifiable information.
June 7, 2010, 12:23 p.m. CST
Thriller and Outer Limits quotes
by brokemart
King did state that the original Outer Limits was "the best program of it's type ever to run on television". In his book 'Danse Macabre', King wrote that Thiller was "the best horror series ever put on TV".
June 7, 2010, 12:32 p.m. CST
Lost and the Twilight Zone
by brokemart
I've seen every episode of each and you really can't compare the two. Lost is a long story-arc, while the Twilight Zone is an anthology. I stated in an earlier post that I found TZ superior to Lost. I happen to prefer anthologies, which means TZ is better to me. I thought Lost got, well, lost along the way. The first season was as good as I can ever remember a TV show being. But after that, it was a tangled, indecipherable mess. I still stuck with it, but after its terrible finale, I wish I hadn't.
June 7, 2010, 12:36 p.m. CST
Excellent, Greggers
by whitsbrain
Quoting you: "So when Mr. Bemis breaks his glasses, it's not necessarily irony for the sake of irony, or narrative cruelty. Bemis was, in some ways, a misanthrope. He had checked out on humanity before the bomb ever dropped. His delight in the extermination of the human race was not an admirable thing, and the circumstances before he broke his glasses even created a certain hubris. And then the glasses broke, and the horror of the situation, albeit indirectly was finally (and perhaps justly; at least understandably) visited upon him." This is a great point that I'd not thought of before. Thanks for the fresh perspective.
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I am Linda G. Doyle Bow Ash from Metcalfe County Kentucky. I live in Louisville, Kentucky. I have one son living and one that's deceased at age 34 years. I have one grandson. I love getting the information and putting it on Find a Grave.My son is buried at Brookland Gardens . I am putting all of Brookland Gardens Cemetery, Bullitt Co. Ky. on here as it will be my final resting place someday.I'm also taking photos of all graves there and adding them.Plus I'm adding other graves as I get pictures of them. I'm also adding all pictures of grave sites in Pine Grove United Baptist Church Cem. In Edmonson County, Kentucky. I will try to update these pictures of these 2 cemeteries listed each year.
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As we had often heard that the natives could hold musical dialogs even at great distances by means of little gourd flutes, we prevailed on them to separate, while by an interpreter one of them was desired to convey certain sentences to those at a distance. To our surprise, we found on cross-examination that everything had been perfectly understood. They said they could communicate with one another, even at the distance of some miles, where the locality was favorable to the resonance of the sounds. That the Cameroons people have also tutored their hearing with a similar result, we had an instance in the pilot Glasgow. He was in Captain Allen's cabin one day, answering some queries relating to the river; suddenly he became totally abstracted and remained for a while in the attitude of listening. On being taxed with inattention, he said, "You no hear my son speak?" As we had heard no voice, he was asked how he knew it. He said, "Drum speak me, tell me come up deck." This seemed to be very singular, so Captain Allen desired him to remain below, and privately sent several messages to the performer in the boat alongside, who executed them by a variety of taps on his wooden drum; and these Glasgow interpreted in a way that left no doubt of his having understood perfectly all that the "drum spoke." He also said they could communicate by this means at very great distances by the "war drum," which is kept in every village to give and repeat these signals so that there is intimation of danger long before the enemy can attack them. We are often surprised to find the sound of the trumpet so well understood in our military evolutions, but how far short that falls of the result arrived at by those untutored savages.
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Longview—The city of Longview is making changes to their hiring process for management level positions. The city is looking to become more diverse in their leadership positions while at the same time ensuring the candidate is the best person for the job. Candidates for these positions will now have to go through numerous tests including a personality test before they are hired. "When you're hiring somebody you really don't know, an outside person you know, it helps to know their personality and how they fit and interact with other people because that's such an important part of being a manager," said Longview City Manager David Willard,. The city also plans to hold diversity training for current city leaders.


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Creatures from El by Ellen Jewett
Ellen's fantastical creatures reside in the outer realms of imagination, given wings of metal, clay, and acrylic paint though their gorgeous if slightly grotesque forms look just as real as the animals they were conjured from. All her sculptures are available at her etsy, though you can commission your own mythical or real beast.
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The white Leica M9-P is a very limited edition of the digital rangefinder.
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Distracted Driving
Kelly Gagné
The Pioneer
March 12, 2012
With students out on their March break, local OPP officers will be focusing on catching speeders and distracted drivers to help keep roads safe.
"Operation Safe Break" began on March 10 and will run until March 18. Officers will have zero tolerance for those who drive distracted, aggressively or speed during the break. The aim of the operation is to help reduce injuries and deaths on the roads, trails and waterways.
Quinte Region Traffic Coalition (QRTC) is a partnership of the Hastings & Prince Edward Counties Health Unit, Belleville Police Service, Stirling-Rawdon Police Service and the OPP detachments serving Central Hastings, Quinte West, Prince Edward County and Bancroft. With this coalition, officers will be out monitoring local roads and reducing the risk of dangerous drivers according to the QRTC.
Distracted driving has been a problem in Ontario for the last few years. Cellphones and GPS units have become one of the biggest distractions for drivers young and old.
The ban on handheld devices has been in effect since Oct. 26, 2009, making it illegal for drivers to talk, text, type, dial or e-mail using handheld communications, with the exception of emergency calls.
According to the Ministry of Transportation, studies have shown that a driver using a cellphone is four times more likely to be in a collision than a driver focused on the road.
Kaytee Townson, 25, of Trenton, was convicted of distracted driving late last year, when she was caught with her phone in hand while driving near her town home.
"I was looking for my phone because I dropped it in my car. I didn't even see the officer parked over by a stop sign, and when I found my phone, it was in my hand and then the cop was pulling me over a minute later," said Townson.
"I was distracted because I was bent over looking for my phone when I should have been watching the road. I will definitely pay more attention now after paying the $155 fine."
Officers don't need to be parked to catch people for distracted driving. Officers on duty will also catch people when they are stopped at a stoplight, or in parking lots.
"Distracted driving charges are solely based on observation. We have to see it happening. It can be tricky, but as trained police officers, keen observation is a skill of ours," said Const. Dave Snider of Quinte West OPP.
Provincial Constable Dan Wilton has been a traffic management officer for Quinte West for 31 years, and says that with the new laser radar technology, catching people with distracted driving is becoming easier.
"With the new radars we've gotten, we can catch speeding motorists from over 300 metres away, and with the zoom on the scope, we can see into their vehicles and see people eating, or talking on cellphones," said Wilton.
Cell phones and GPS units aren't the only causes of distracted driving.
Women who apply makeup while driving, those who adjust the radio or play with CDs, eat or drink, even chat with passengers in their vehicle are distractions. Anything that takes your eyes off the road, or your hands off of the wheel, are distractions and can lead to being charged.
Wilton's partner, Ray Lalonde, described some stories of his experience of pulling people over who were speeding and eating, applying makeup, and he even pulled over one man who was driving and doing about 115 km/h while reading a cookbook.
"It was probably one of the most bizarre scenarios I've ever seen. It was extremely dangerous for him to be driving at that speed and to not have his full attention on the road." said Lalonde.
"A lot of the time, the people charged with distracted driving aren't paying enough attention to even realize that the officer on duty is watching them commit the offence. It just proves how dangerous distracted driving can be, and how much of your attention is taken away from the road when you're on your phone," said Snider.
Published March 14th online at Qnetnews.ca and in print for the Pioneer Paper.
Article & Photo by Kelly Michelle Gagné
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Instagram has brought the nostalgia of old Polaroid prints back to modern day. Each Instaprint box is set with its location or a specific hashtag. Any Instagram tagged with that location or hashtag will pop out of the Instaprint box, giving you a modern day photo booth.
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My studio shoot with my good friend Amanda Harland! Vote for her in the Garage Model Search contest! She was great to work with, I learned a lot more with working with lighting in the studio, as well as some new cool photoshop tricks. Great shoot!
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Photographer Lee Jeffries worked as a sports photographer before having a chance encounter one day with a young homeless girl on a London street. After stealthily photographing the girl huddled in her sleeping bag, Jeffries decided to approach and talk with her rather than disappear with the photograph. That day changed his perception about the homeless, and he then decided to make them the subject of his photography. Jeffries makes portraits of homeless people he meets in Europe and in the US, and makes it a point to get to know them before asking to create the portraits. His photographs are gritty, honest, and haunting.
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A man has been charged with arson in connection with a fire Friday at a Bayside business.
Quinte West OPP have charged the man with arson by negligence and production of a controlled substance
The Quinte West Fire Department was alerted to a fire at Runway Sports at the corner of Aikins Road and Old Highway 2 at 6 a.m.
Firefighters acted quickly at the scene and were able to have the fire doused within 20 minutes. There were no injuries reported at the scene.
"There were extensive damages to the interior of the building," said Deputy Fire Chief Roger Fournier.
This has not been the only fire for Runway Sports recently.
"The first fire occurred over on Whites Road, Trenton, at their first store location sometime last year," said Greg King, Quinte West's fire prevention officer. The cause of the first fire on Whites Road was undetermined.
Runway Sports owner Terry Belch could not be reached by press at this time. Charged is Kerry Brewitt, 21, of Quinte West. He will appear in court March 1.
© Photograph and Article by Kelly Michelle Gagné
Article was published through Qnetnews.ca February 8, 2012.
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The room is small, with a low ceiling and a yellow light hangs above a table cluttered with tools, fabrics, moccasins and dolls. The walls are all shelved, with piles of neatly folded and colourfully arranged patterned fabrics and other crafts supplies stored side by side. The room has a fuzzy feeling to it, with the scent of leather and cats.
Seated in her chair that she spends hours working in, is Narda Kathaleen Iulg. Her face is rounded with a beaming smile, and Gui Henri her "sucky-poo" of a cat, is rubbing up against her leg for affection. Iulg is a successful entrepreneur based out of her own home in Tyendinaga, where she has been making authentic native wear since 1993.
Lying on the table in front of Iulg, is her published book that she wrote called, Are you ready to mind your own Business? The book is Iulg's guide to helping those interested in starting their own businesses, and though it was originally meant to help those interested in the aboriginal community, the book is full of information and tips that can work for anyone interested in starting an entrepreneurial business.
"Before the book was published, I actually used my ideas to teach workshops around the province for about three or four years, and then one day, one of the girls in my workshop said, 'Narda, why don't you turn this into a book? It's really good.' And I thought to myself, 'You know, maybe I should.' So, it took me a few months, and then I converted the workshop into what the book is now," says Iulg.
Reaching across the table after giving Gui a nice scratch, Iulg begins to speak about her doll collections that she crafts and sells. The first collection is called "Standing Proud" a series of dolls, a grandmother and her six granddaughters, each with its own name and story, all dressed in their own unique, traditional Iroquois outfits. The second collection is called "Wrapped in Love" which has six individual dolls, each with a different name and story, all Indian baby dolls.
"It was actually a dear friend of mine, Jim, who nagged at me and nagged at me to get into doll making, until about four years ago when I actually tried to make one. I just copied a model of one that my mother had made, but instead dressed mine in traditional Mohawk clothing, and kept her face blank, like the dolls we had when I grew up, leaving it up to a child's imagination for the faces," says Iulg.
Setting down the "Seesfar" doll, Iulg gets up and walks over to the beautiful light brown patterned jacket hanging on the shelf, it's the jacket she made herself years ago and it still looks as if it's brand new.
"This is my jacket." Iulg says with pride. "It's gotten a lot of attention over the years, and it has definitely helped me get business just by having random people stop to ask me where I got it. They are always so surprised when I tell them I made it myself," chuckles Iulg.
Iulg has been making jackets, ribbon shirts, casual men's and women's clothing and you name it, for years. Every piece of clothing that is requested online, Iulg likes to add the pieces own personal touch too, to add a one of a kind feel to it.
"I can never not add something different to a piece I craft. If someone says they want this or that from the websites pictures, I always craft exactly what they want, but add a little something extra to it, just to give it the one of a kind authenticity," says Iulg.
Everything that Iulg crafts can be ordered and seen online on her website, www.nkjnativeoriginals.com. Iulg has had great success with the website, with customers ordering authentic native pieces from all across Europe, Canada, the States, and even a customer in Africa.
"Entrepreneurship for native people is almost an engrained skill, because we had too many years before where we sustained ourselves from the land. It almost seems to flow naturally into the fact, that if we have something that we can do, even in modern times we can turn it into some kind of a business. It's when we have to learn how we're going to go about offering and selling our business or services, that the stumbling blocks occur." Says Iulg.
Gui Henri and Sir Giles Mudmore are weaving around her legs, both looking for attention as Iulg clears the table of the doll parts and clothing she has under way for a doll she is currently making. She sits up, and walks back over to the wall to hang up her favorite jacket smiling.
Article was published through www.Qnetnews.ca and The Pioneer in Print.
© Article and Photograph by: Kelly Michelle Gagné
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Two Loyalist College students say the campus's new residence buildings should have units that are accessible to disabled students.
Loyalist College students Samantha Hobbs and Leah Bunnett, who both have cerebral palsy and need wheelchairs for mobility, said they wish they could have moved into "New Res" but can't because it's inaccessible. The new units designed as townhouse residences, opened last fall.
Hobbs, 25, has been taking classes at Loyalist College for thelast five years, and has lived in the older campus residence for four years inan accessible unit. She has also been a part of the Loyalist accessibility sub-committee for the last three years.
Bunnett, 21, is currently taking early childhood education at Loyalist and said she was disappointed that she could not live in the new residence.
"There was talk about the New Res buildings at the (accessibility) committee meetings and that they were going to be townhouses.They never mentioned they weren't going to be accessible. We just assumed that they would be," said Hobbs.
Both students said they feel they don't have the same options as the other students.
"It's because of all of this, why I decided to live off of campus this year. I don't have the same rights as the other returning students,"said Hobbs.
Bill Walsh, vice-president of enrolment management and student services at Loyalist, said the college considered whether to make the new residence buildings accessible.
"We obviously had to take into consideration of whether to make the buildings accessible or not, but it would have completely changed the layout and design of these buildings, as they are just not designed to be accessible," said Walsh.
"The college already had 20 residence rooms that were accessible and they were hardly ever all filled in a year," he said. "We feel like we have provided a nice variety of living spaces for the students, and we do plan on refurbishing the older residences in the next few years to keep them up to date as well."
The residence buildings are privately owned and rented out by Campus Living Centres. The college only helps the students apply to move into the buildings, and organizes living conditions for the students.
The new residence buildings are exempt from the Ontario Building Code because they are owned by a private company, not the college. According to the code, private residences are exempt from the barrier-free/accessibility requirements including all single-detached, semi-detached, duplex, triplex, row and townhouses up to three storeys in height.
Bunnett's parents live in Belleville, but she is currently living in an older residence building on campus during the week because of the difficulty she has commuting by bus. Bunnett said she lives on campus so that she can attend classes and complete her placement on campus while living independently.
"I have friends that live in New Res and whenever we want to hang out, we either have to meet somewhere that is accessible, or they have to come over to my place," said Bunnett.
Bunnett's friend, Caitlin Mortorino, 19, lives in one of the new residence buildings on campus. Mortorino lived in the older residence last year as well, but was happy that in her returning year to Loyalist, she qualified to live in the new residence.
"I like New Res. It's a good layout and it's spacious. However,it's really bugged me that ever since I've moved in, I haven't been able to have my one friend over who is in a wheelchair. It takes a lot of planning to have her come back to my place, and unless we have people that are strong enough to lift her and her chair up the stairs, it's impossible to get her inside," said Mortorino.
Discloser: Leah Bunnett is a former roommate of Kelly Michelle Gagné.
Article & Photograph were published Thursday February 9, 2012 in print with the Pioneer paper and online, at Qnetnews.ca
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The last days of Dragon Lady Comics
Wednesday is the biggest day of the week for comic book shops. New issues arrive. Regular customers flood in for their four-colour fix. This particular Wednesday — the last one in January — was also the next-to-last one ever for Dragon Lady Comics. After 33 years, the venerable College Street shop is closing its doors. Manager Joe Kilmartin broke the news on his Facebook page earlier in the month and from there, word spread faster than a speeding bullet.
"It's been a lot like a funeral. Everyone's coming by to pay their respects," says Kilmartin, explaining that the $5,200 monthly rent, despite concessions from a co-operative landlord, was too much for the shop to bear. "People who haven't been here in 12 years or 15 years are dropping in to see the store one last time." (Photos: Tyler Anderson/National Post)
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December 20, 2014 – March 8, 2015
In December of 2014 the Museum will present an exhibition of fifteen of the eighteen tapestries commissioned by Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Modeled after Pablo Picasso's most important paintings. They include Girl with Mandolin, Interior with Girl Drawing, Night Fishing at Antibes, and Three Musicians. Commissioned between 1958 and 1975, the tapestries were woven entirely by hand by Madame J. de la Baume Dürrbach in Southern France. The Guernica tapestry (which was on loan from the Rockefeller family to the San Antonio Museum of Art in 2012) was the first of these to be made.
Enormous in scale, these woven works of art took many months to complete. They reflect Rockefeller's interest in the medieval tradition of tapestry and his love of modern art, while appealing to his egalitarian spirit. Much more durable than paintings, these tapestry "copies" of great works by Picasso can be viewed by a much larger audience. Picasso collaborated with the weaver on the color choices of many of them and kept up a lively exchange of letters with Rockefeller until his own death in 1973. Sadly, the great patron and artist never met, but we can see the fruits of their collaboration in the exhibition, Nelson Rockefeller's Picassos: Tapestries Commissioned for Kykuit.


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Biodynamic and Natural Wines in LA
Hi -
I am visiting from NYC. There are many wine merchants there who sell biodynamic and natural wines.
Does anyone in LA sell such wines? If so, where?
E.g., of a vintner sold in major nyc wine stores: Thierry Puzelat.
Nothing here in LA, so far.
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You nailed it. Thank you!!
I just did a search on Wine-Searcher.com Pro and there is not a single retailer in California, much less in Los Angeles, selling Thierry Puzelat. Bio and natural wines have not made the splash here that they have made in NYC. California wines are much more popular here, although bigger retailers like K&L will usually have a couple of imported natural wines in their inventory.
P.S. I order almost all of my wine from NYC and have it shipped here. I like Uva in Brooklyn, PJ in Washington Heights and Astor and Chambers Street. We just don't have merchants like that here.
By the way, Thierry Puzelat. is imported by Louis/Dressner Selections in NYC - :212.334.8191, one of my favorite importers. You can call them and see if they have any distribution of Thierry Puzelat.in Los Angeles, but I doubt it if it is not showing up on Wine-Searcher.com Pro. Unfortunately, Louis/Dressner wines are hard to find in this town. The late Joe Dressner was a huge cheerleader for bio wines.
P.S.S. I recently bought a bottle of biodynamic wine, ordered from NYC, to dinner and my dining companion, who is a big lover of California wines, took a couple of sips and then refused to drink it, saying it must have been damaged during the shipping from NYC. He refused to believe me when I told him it tasted exactly like it was supposed to taste. He may be the typical Los Angeles wine drinker, which may explain why it is not easy to find biodynamic wines in Los Angeles. People here seem to love highly manipulated wines.
re: omotosando
I know the Louis/Dressner folks well. They supply my friend's restaurants.
I am in LA looking for exactly that, and having difficulty finding it. BUT....
THANK YOU THANK YOU to the folks who recommended Silverlake Wines. Excellent call!
Silverlake Wine
2395 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
re: omotosando
louis/dressner are folks i know. they supply my friend's restaurants... and i shop at astor and uva.
just looking for something here in la.
re: mns1172
For the most part, you are probably better off in a restaurant. Osteria Mozza has biodynamic Italian wines on their list, including those of Arianna Occhipinti, who is represented by Louis/Dressner. http://www.findeatdrink.com/Index/Dri... Arianna says that Thierry Puzelat is one of her favorite winemakers.
Osteria Mozza
6602 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
re: omotosando
"Unfortunately, Louis/Dressner wines are hard to find in this town." You're not looking very hard. They're all over the place. Too bad you haven't bothered to seek out LDM wines in Los Angeles and pay shipping from NYC. I buy a lot of them, including Puzelat.
re: choucroutegarni
Not sure who all these "secret" merchants are who carry Louis/Dressner wines and who don't list their inventory on http://www.wine-searcher.com/ Pro, even though there is no charge for a merchant to list on the Pro version.
Would love to find Olga Raffault Les Picasses (a Louis/Dressner wine) on the West Coast, much less in Los Angeles, but it's just not available to my knowledge.
If a merchant isn't on Wine-Searcher.com Pro, they are not equipped for e-commerce and, if they are not equipped for e-commerce (unless they happen to be in my immediate neighborhood), I'm really not interested in doing business with them because driving 30 or 40 minutes in traffic just to browse at a wine store is not how I do my shopping. (Nor do I like to spend time on the telephone with clerks in retail stores asking them to recite their current inventory to me).
At least with a place like K&L, which is not conveniently located to me, I can see online what they have in stock and then decide if I want to drive across town to pick it up. And, as someone mentioned, K&L will ship free to its Hollywood store from its Northern California locations.
Palate in Glendale may have some things. At the least, they have definitely been carrying Jenny & François's "From The Tank" (box wine). Agree with the suggestion to visit K&L; also, their website lets you filter for organic / biodynamic wines, and they can ship stuff down from the Bay area (for free) for will-call if you order online.
For drinking rather than buying, check out Lou wine bar - they have an interesting selection, and tend to have a lot of natural wines on their list.
There are definitely California producers who produce wines using some of these techniques (Coturri, for example, whatever you think of the wines or their rabid anti-added-sulfites stance). The style of the wines they make may not please terroirists like Alice Feiring, but there are definitely producers who are at least adopting certain farming and winemaking practices. I think as far as imported stuff, the importers tend to be different here, and many of the importers who are bringing in interesting natural wines seem to be based on the east coast (I've even done mail-order from shops there). I think the relative lack of recognizable importers who attach a label to the wine (like Louis Dressner, Jenny & François, etc.) makes it harder to find these wines here even when they're out there, so asking around at the shop is another approach to take. I have heard good things about Kermit Lynch, a Bay-area based importer, but I don't think they feature exclusively natural wines.
Some of it probably is just LA's culture; I think there is a little bit of a shift towards natural wines, lower alcohol, less oak, but not to the degree that there is in New York or even San Francisco.
I have been to Silver Lake Wine a few times, but haven't really been able to get into it for some reason.
Demetria Estates up in the Santa Ynez Valley practices biodynamic farming for some of their wines. You may be able to find it at some wine shops in the area, and Westside Tavern serves the Pantheon. I believe that is one of the biodynamically produced blends.
Westside Tavern
10850 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
We have a steadily growing support for natural wines in LA. Top retail shops to find a good natural wine selection are: Domaine LA, Buzz Wines, Palate, Colorado Wine, Wine House, K&L. Many restaurants/wine bars are offering natural wines as well: Lou, Axe, Mignon, Bar Covell, Lukshon, Night Market, Salts Cure, and many more that always have a couple natural wines on their list if you ask.
It's a shame that some of the commenters who live in LA are not supporting the shops and distributors who have brought these wines to CA. Almost all of the major natural wine importers that are well known in NY are represented here (Savio Soares Selections, Louis Dressner, Jenny & Francois).
Phillip Mary: 805-305-9497
Call Phillip or Mary to find out where their wine is sold in LA, their wine is biodynamic and amazing, I am part of their case autoship every 6 months
re: oxygenozone
Wine Searcher Pro is not showing any retail distribution anywhere. Perhaps they only sell at the winery and to restaurants.
re: foodiemahoodie
I'm curious about the sparkler and the taste profile. The only U.S. availability that is showing up for the sparkler is Blanc & Rouge in New York.
Other than that, Wine House has their Riesling, Pinot Blanc and Muscat, Wally's has a 2007 muscat and their only other Los Angeles distribution seems to be Woodland Hills Wine which has a number of whites and a Pinot Noir (I actually didn't know they did Pinot in Alsace).
re: omotosando
At WHWC, I can recommend the Allimant-Laugner Cremant Rose, while not realy a natural wine, it is quite tastey. For natural sparkling consider Sparkling Loires (usually from Vovray) from Pinon, Chidaine or Huet. These wines should be readily availabe in the LA market. If you want to up the ante and go to Champagnes, consider Larmandier-Bernier, Cedric Bouchard, Francis Boulard, Georges Laval or Franck Pascal. Again, with the right search you can find these wines usually in the LA/OC area.
re: Grog
Thanks for the champagne recommendations. The Larmandier-Bernier is showing availability in LA/OC at Wine Exchange in Orange and Wine House in West L.A. and the only availability for the Cedric Bouchard is the 2005 rose at Hi-Time Cellars in Costa Mesa.
The Francis Boulard is only showing availability in the U.S. in New York. Franck Pascal has no West Coast availability except at one store in Washington state and one store in Northern California (too bad I got this recommendation too late, as yesterday I ordered olive oil from the Northern California store and they could have shipped the Pascal with it). Georges Laval is only showing availability in New York, Florida and Washington state. (The description of the 2004 vintage Georges Laval makes me want to order a bottle, but it is quite pricey so I restrained myself).
Some discussion of the terms natural, organic and biodynamic have been moved over to our General Topics board, since they're of interest to more than LA posters: http://www.chow.com/topics/826544
Since this thread has been bumped up -- Lou Amdur is the man to see for this now. http://louprovisions.com/, 720 N Virgil Ave.
re: Papuli
Definitely, and I hear he's opening a new place as well.
re: Papuli
Lou is an outstanding source, yet Silver Lake Wines also provides many, many examples of wines for your tasting pleasure, 2.5 years later from the original post.
Hilary - are you at WFM?
Excellent thread. I'm also curious about natural wine sources around LA, particularly restos and wine bars, as I plan to head there end of this month. Places I've heard: Domaine LA, Silver Lake, Bar and Garden, Barsha, Les Marchands in SB. And for resto Salts Cure.
disclosure: I own Vineyard Gate a wine shop in Millbrae, CA in SF Bay Area, which has a focus on natural wines.
re: AlexBernardo
Definitely check out Lou's also
He has interesting and unusual selections, and is also super nice to chat with.
My favorite little shop: Bar Garden in Culver City hold all of their labels to the highest standard...
Sotto has a fantastic selection of natural/biodynamic wines.
My favorite is the Ippolito 1845 Calabrise.


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Rails 3 scopes with chaining
Here's a quick gotcha you should be aware of when using the fantastic new scope facility in Rails 3 (formerly named_scope).
Here's a snippet that demonstrates how to chain scopes, allowing you to call
Post.recent to get posts that have been published, ordered by date.
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
scope :published, lambda { where('published_at IS NOT NULL AND published_at <= ?', Time.zone.now) }
scope :recent, published.order(:published_at)
However it contains a subtle bug; when chaining a lambda scope you must also wrap it with a lambda or else you will end up with the wrong result. The correct example is as follows.
class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
scope :published, lambda { where('published_at IS NOT NULL AND published_at <= ?', Time.zone.now) }
scope :recent, lambda { published.order(:published_at) }
José Valim explains the reason in the Rails ticket #4960.
class Auction < ActiveRecord::Base scope :started, lambda { where("starting_at <= ?", Time.now) } scope :unfinished, lambda { where("ending_at > ?", Time.now) } scope :active, started.unfinished end
You can chain scopes, but they will be evaluated at the moment you call them.
That said, when you call started, it will execute the lambda, so it will have a frozen Time.now. In other words, chaining lambda scopes will likely give you the wrong result.
You need to wrap the scope :active in a lambda as well.
scope :active, lambda { started.unfinished }
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If you're looking to break into the business world (particularly the world of startups) and are having a hard time finding an internship, I suggest you stop looking. In fact, even if you think you have one lined up but haven't committed yet, consider changing your plans. Start a business instead.
A traditional internship certainly has upside. You learn skills specific to a given career and get to execute them on a small scale. You get a foot in the door and hopefully impress your boss enough to want to hire you down the road. All good things.
But I'd argue a typical internship doesn't give you the same value for your time as venturing out on your own. The amount of learning and growth you experience in your own company is orders of magnitude higher.
In particular, I think there are three critical skills you'll pick up – skills that can be broadly applied to anything you decide to pursue next:
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- You'll learn how to create value for others
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Name of the csv file(s) already saved in a table myFileList.
myFileList Table contains values like crashData_MMYYYY_vN.csv, vehecleData_MMYYYY_vN.csv, casualtyData_MMYYYY_vN.csv etc with different versions and MMYYYY values.
Example: For January month, MM should be 01. For October, it should be 10.
For Base version value of 'N' should be 1 and can be incremental for the next versions, viz., v2, v3 etc.
The first version of a crash file loading for Jan 2013 should be named 'crashData_012013_v1'.
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if(filename==x) call procedure1 else if (filename==y) call procedure2 else call procedure3Note :filename is stored in a table. How to do this?
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Moving to a New Apartment: Pre-Move Checklist
This weekend, I will receive keys for our new apartment! We'll be measuring, planning and making a list of what we'll need to do before we make our big move later next week. This rental is in amazing condition for NYC and we can't wait to call it home.
Conveniently, this new apartment is only a few blocks away from our current digs. Though we've hired movers for the big stuff, the proximity should make it fairly painless.
• bring over basic cleaning supplies (baking soda, glass cleaner, dish soap, paper towels, rags)
• measure the space and record all measurements (if we're feeling especially geeky, we may even transfer this information to an Illustrator document and combine it with the floorplan)
• assess what needs to be painted and priortize painting projects
• begin to make change of address notifications
Some of our favorite and most useful furniture pieces will have to find a new place — and in some cases, a new purpose. In our current apartment, we don't have much storage, and we've supplemented the space with lots of storage furniture. But as you can see, the new kitchen is AMAZING for Manhattan and is filled with storage, so a lot of shelves and cabinets may find themselves on the Apartment Therapy classifieds in the coming weeks. I can't wait to unpack and set up a new kitchen — it's my favorite part of moving!
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That layout sucks.
That place is amazing for New York! The balconey makes me swoon.
Also, please tell us how you like your washer/dryer combo. Its such a great option for a small space, but I've heard mixed reviews.
* Make a list of what you want fixed/cleaned by the property owner! Even though it seems you're moving into recent construction/renovation, some previous tenants just don't take care of things. Or clean.
* Pack early! If you're not going to need it for the next week or so, pack and label now! It's less agonizing when it's all spread out.
* If possible, start moving small items prior to "the big day". Some silverware, dishes, towels, clothes. Things that can be moved in your car (or someone else's) that makes the big day easier since you can take a break to shower or eat without having to dig it all out of a box.
* Prune! A box you haven't opened since your last move? It might just not contain anything useful. Old books you don't need? Sell, give away or toss -- they're heavy!
* Retrieve your spare keys from who you gave them to.
* Order new checks.
i was about to say the opposite.. that layout is awesome! congratulations!
For some real fun, put your floorplan and furniture measurements into Google Sketch-up (a free program from Google) and create a 3D model of your new place.
I'm moving in a month and have the whole thing already laid out and know in advance which furniture will fit/look good and which will not.
Hey Aaron, congrats! Let me know if there is anything I can do!
I love google sketchup. I made my apartment and you can download a lot of 3d models of the actual furniture you have.
how do you get at the books in the bedroom if they're so high up? (yes, I know, that's really besides the point but it perplexes me)
Nice place and wonderful natural light congrats! Long room and always a challenge to keep everything off the wall.
I don't know what the adjoining room is but taking off the french doors might give you more space, even though they are nice I had to do this in my last place.
"begin to make change of address notifications"
Nowadays, you can most of this online.
Your Bank, Brokerage and Credit Card companies, your Cellphone and Cable providers, your Frequent-Flier mileage programs as well as your Employer's HR and Employer-sponsored healthcare plans and most online/mail-order retailers will all let you change your address online.
Sorry, this post is not very helpful at all. MrFoof and bepsf gave more info in their comments than the author did.
All that light... <3
How timely. I will receive the keys of my new apartment this Friday!...
one more items to bring along with cleaning supplies - a roll of toilet paper.
nothing worse than making do without or holding it until you can find the box with the TP in it!
maybe this says something about my priorities in life... but i always make sure the internet is going to be hooked up/turned on the day i arrive! don't want to be stuck in a new place without the infinite knowledgebase of the Internet!
good luck, Aaron!
bring a "welcome" box (pack it in your car- not the moving van) containing TP, soap, a few towels, a couple glasses and some granola bars. At very least you have you 1st morning all set to go without a big trip to the store.
Where is that red chair from? What is it?
the red chair is the current tenant's and i believe it is from CB2 (now discontinued) - The Hippie Chair?
I agree. More useful info was found in the comments.
I found it odd the author's first thing to do was 'bring over cleaning supplies'--is his current apartment next door?
Hey, outsidethebox--
"Conveniently, this new apartment is only a few blocks away from our current digs." So, yes.
re: "begin to make change of address notifications"
Aaron didn't say to do it old school, like you imply.
I'm moving this weekend too! I receive the keys to my new apartment friday afternoon. I am currently surrounded by boxes and bags in my old apartment ...
holy moly those french doors are gorgeous. congrats on the new place! wowzers
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Looked at that apartment online but never went. Thought it looked like a rendering. Found a place with a big patio on C. Anyway I'm dreading the move in 2 weeks.
Year old Room and Board couch isn't going to get through the door, if I can't get it up onto the patio from the side street it's for sale.
I would add to this a "punch list." I want my land lord to know of any scratches in the hardwoods, nicks in the wall, etc that were already present when I moved in. You'd be surprised at how many land lords are completely unaware of such things. Most of the time the land lord will want any repairs made asap because it's an investment for them. A punch list is also great because it helps me to prioritize any minor changes I would like to make (like you said - paint).
And definitely embrace your geekiness. Illustrator - if you're adept at it - is a terrific tool for helping to plan spaces (convert to pdf and spend your days in the office emailing your significant other back and forth until you get it right). A pencil, a straight edge, some graph paper, and some measuring tape will also do the trick.
wow, people- leave the negative at home. It's friday, for godssakes. Move it along.
Congrats Aaron! A new apartment is always fun.
Remember to take pictures of the apartment completely empty so the landlord doesn't try to get you to pay for things that were already damaged/spotty when you moved in. Save yourself some deposit money.
Congrats on your new move! I would include in my welcoming box rubber gloves, a new toilet seat (using an old toilet seat is gross) and a shower curtain liner, in case I'm too tired to unpack the bathroom stuff right away.
christyyjoy: I always make sure the internet is hooked up too! it is probably the single most important aspect of moving for me.
How will i know how to find the nearest decent restaurant or 24 hr store to buy the toilet paper I forgot about without web access?


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NEW YORK (AP) - Alibaba debuted as a publicly traded company Friday and swiftly climbed more than 40 percent in a mammoth IPO that offered eager investors seemingly unlimited potential for growth and a way to tap into the burgeoning Chinese middle class.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The 3-D printing boom is about to invade space.
The recent spate of high-profile domestic violence cases involving Ray Rice and other NFL players prompted Major League Baseball and the players' union to open talks about the way that sport should deal with such episodes.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A battle over massive systems that use cameras to monitor license plates and track drivers' comings and goings across the country has raised the ire of those who are being rebuffed in their attempts to find out how the information is being used.
NEW YORK (AP) - Roger Goodell will make his first public statements in more than a week about the rash of NFL players involved in domestic violence when he holds a news conference Friday.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's unemployment rate is unchanged for a third month, holding at 7.4 percent in August.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The University of California's board of regents is boosting the six-figure salaries of its chancellors by as much as 20 percent.
Cooler weather Thursday allowed firefighters to make good progress on several fronts including in the containment of the Dog Bar Fire, which had been burning since Saturday in Nevada County. Today over 7,600 firefighters continue to battle 9 major wildfires burning in California. Unfortunately, the cooler weather was a short reprieve, as a warming trend is likely today and through the weekend.
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Thousands of health workers began knocking on doors across Sierra Leone on Friday in search of hidden Ebola cases as the entire West African nation was locked down in their homes in an unprecedented effort to combat the deadly disease.
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) - Scotland's pro-independence leader Alex Salmond resigned as first minister and leader of his political party Friday, hours after Scots voted to remain in the United Kingdom.
LONDON (AP) - Voters in Scotland have rejected independence, but leaders of Britain's three largest parties have promised Scots more autonomy than they have won so far. Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday he also wants to give England, Wales and Northern Ireland greater independence from central government. Here's a look at how things might change.
Florida felon kills his 6 grandchildren