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carson
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response 75 of 226:
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Jan 7 01:34 UTC 1998 |
(this is a bit off the subject, but...)
(...an artist by the name of Charles Vess has been adapting Celtic
ballads to the sequential art form. [comics, for the uninitiated.] the
publication is _The Book of Ballads and Sagas_, and recently a paperback
collection was released, collecting the first three issues. it's pribly
available at most comic shops, and likely will soon be available at
places like Borders and Barnes & Noble.)
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anderyn
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response 76 of 226:
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Jan 7 02:19 UTC 1998 |
Great stuff. Was also published in _Sing Out_ magazine, at least three
or four of the adaptations.
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lumen
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response 77 of 226:
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Jan 7 02:28 UTC 1998 |
Sequential art form? Why not say "comics"? The former is such a
euphemism..
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mcnally
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response 78 of 226:
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Jan 7 06:57 UTC 1998 |
I agree that "sequential art form" is a bad label to adopt (mostly because
there are a *lot* of art forms that happen sequentially.. Music, theater,
etc. are also "sequential".
I can see, though, why the label "comics" might be objectionable to some
people -- it, too, is not particularly appropriate (many "comics" are very
far from comic..) and carries with it a big load of social stigma and
historical preconceptions. Still, I think the correct approach to those
problems is to educate people about the flexibility and breadth of the
"comics" medium instead of changing to an unfamiliar term anytime the old
one acquires an association with any negative stereotypes..
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carson
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response 79 of 226:
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Jan 7 17:34 UTC 1998 |
(...but that's another conference.)
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lumen
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response 80 of 226:
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Jan 8 01:40 UTC 1998 |
Agreed, Mike. Well said.
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orinoco
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response 81 of 226:
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Jan 8 03:12 UTC 1998 |
(is there any art form that _isn't_ sequential in some way?)
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mcnally
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response 82 of 226:
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Jan 8 06:00 UTC 1998 |
Most visual arts.. I don't generally think of a painting or a sculpture
as sequential (though there are counterexamples, of course..)
Anyway, I'm not a big believer in the practice of what I like to call
"word voodoo", whereby believers attempt to change the way society views
something by changing the name by which we call it or the words which we
use to describe it. IMHO all that usually accomplishes is a lot of general
confusion, a fair amount of discomfort, and the muddling of the original
meanings of a fair number of useful words or phrases.
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orinoco
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response 83 of 226:
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Jan 9 00:19 UTC 1998 |
While we're at it, is there any difference between comics and comix?
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mcnally
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response 84 of 226:
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Jan 9 00:40 UTC 1998 |
About $0.75 per issue..
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goose
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response 85 of 226:
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Jan 9 01:12 UTC 1998 |
ROTFL!
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lumen
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response 86 of 226:
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Jan 9 03:03 UTC 1998 |
hehehehe :)
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orinoco
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response 87 of 226:
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Jan 9 04:52 UTC 1998 |
(I _thought_ so...)
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maeve
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response 88 of 226:
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Jan 13 23:47 UTC 1998 |
tra la...I suppose I shall have to go out and find either a copy, or a fairly
weak person from whose fingers I can wrest a copy...but it sounds amusing..
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krj
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response 89 of 226:
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Feb 23 19:57 UTC 1998 |
While wallowing in CBC-TV's Olympic coverage, I caught an ad for an
upcoming musical special. CELTIC ELECTRIC, featuring Natalie MacMaster,
Ashley MacIsaac, and maybe Great Big Sea was on this program too?
The date I remember is 15 March; I did not catch the broadcast time.
More info as I get it. Michigan-area cable TV viewers should be able
to get this show. The little ad snippets looked like fun; I am a big
fan of Natalie MacMaster.
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orinoco
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response 90 of 226:
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Feb 24 03:27 UTC 1998 |
And I'm a big fan of Ashley MacIsaac, so we've got 'em both covered.
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krj
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response 91 of 226:
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Feb 26 18:36 UTC 1998 |
I should mention, then, a bit of Ashley-by-association: Mary Jane Lamond,
who sang on MacIsaac's "Sleepy Maggie" single and maybe a few other tracks
on that album, is appearing at the Ark in early March. She's from Cape
Breton, and her two albums are exclusively Gaelic song.
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orinoco
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response 92 of 226:
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Feb 27 03:18 UTC 1998 |
Hmm. Well, I haven't heard any of her other work besides teh 'Sleepy Maggy'
vocal, but I liked that well enough. Although I _am_ still looking for a
proper translation of the lyrics...
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krj
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response 93 of 226:
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Feb 27 20:47 UTC 1998 |
Let me see if I can do something about that.
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maeve
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response 94 of 226:
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Mar 2 17:09 UTC 1998 |
yet another show I'm not-going to..if anyone does go..tell me how it was :P
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krj
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response 95 of 226:
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Mar 4 03:14 UTC 1998 |
As life has developed, I can see that I'm not going to be able to
loan any Mary Jane Lamond tunes to orinoco before Saturday's show.
Sorry about any raised hopes there...
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orinoco
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response 96 of 226:
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Mar 5 18:54 UTC 1998 |
Aw, poop...:P
That's okay, I'll live somehow.
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krj
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response 97 of 226:
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Mar 8 05:32 UTC 1998 |
Mary Jane Lamond & her band put on a fine show at the Ark tonight.
Of course, I'm a sucker for traditional songs set to electric guitar,
and there was plenty of that. Mary Jane's band was a standard
rock trio, plus fiddler Lisa MacIsaac, who was introduced as
Ashley's baby sister. Lisa got to lead two sets of dance tunes.
Much of the material had a drum & bass style heavily influenced by
contemporary dance music. Mary Jane sang exclusively in gaelic.
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maeve
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response 98 of 226:
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Mar 11 05:55 UTC 1998 |
randomness...our jazz show on may 16 has two pieces to pieces from teh
chieftan's 'santiago' cd, and I think there's going to be a bodhran
player...and you should come to see it anyways..but there's even some celtic
music involved.. :)
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krj
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response 99 of 226:
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Mar 14 06:08 UTC 1998 |
CBC's CELTIC ELECTRIC show is on Channel 9 (cable 21 in Ann Arbor)
on Sunday at 9 pm. Ashley MacIsaac and Natalie MacMaster are to
perform. Fire up the VCRs!
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