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Grex > Music3 > #106: The Continuation of the Top Of the Park item |  |
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krj
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response 41 of 77:
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Jul 6 19:10 UTC 2002 |
I've talked to a couple of people who were under the impression
that they had another week or two to make it to Top of the Park.
Oops! These are the final two days. Saturday night is three
bands I know nothing about: Kevin Meisel Band, Charlie Dentel
and the Motor City Horns, and Roots Vibrations.
Sunday night, George Bedard and the Kingpins get their traditional
closing night spot -- they are a lively rockabilly band, lots
of fun. And the final movie is "O Brother Where Art Thou,"
which the director now jokes is the music video for the
quintuple-platinum CD of the soundtrack.
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jmsaul
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response 42 of 77:
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Jul 6 19:57 UTC 2002 |
That's a great movie.
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arabella
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response 43 of 77:
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Jul 7 00:42 UTC 2002 |
Ken, you've met Charlie Dentel. I've sung with him in choirs.
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gelinas
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response 44 of 77:
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Jul 7 04:05 UTC 2002 |
I might miss George Bedard, but I expect to be at the movie, with my
entourage.
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other
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response 45 of 77:
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Jul 7 07:20 UTC 2002 |
Kevin Meisel wrote and sang probably the only country song I've ever
heard with the word "jurisprudence" in it. Interestingly also, they
covered "Sweet Jane" by Lou Reed.
Charlie Dentel is a singer/songwriter/keyboardist, with great musical
skill and very good entertainment instincts. R&B.
Roots Vibration is a calypso/reggae band. Also excellent entertainers,
and very professional, they are a class above "Nite Flight," who have
been the reggae band at TOP in recent years.
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krj
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response 46 of 77:
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Jul 7 20:03 UTC 2002 |
Catching up briefly: Thursday our dinner with the Polygon family
ran a bit late so we missed almost all the patriotic music.
The women's percussion band Repercussions, and their guest dancers,
were a lot of fun -- seems to me I remember them from previous
years. Grexers & associates spotted, besides the Polygon family,
included jmsaul & Lisa, stacie, and of course eric/other.
Saturday my other social plans were cut abruptly short, so I ended
up at TOP for Charlie Dentel's set. He's got a nice 70's R&B/soul
sound going; Charlie plays piano, and he's got a horn section
behind him. The one cover I recognized was a Stevie Wonder song,
though most of what he plays is originals.
I agree with Eric that Roots Vibration was better than the reggae
band from previous years; I stayed for about half of their set
and might have stayed longer if I'd found anyone besides Eric
who I knew.
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carson
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response 47 of 77:
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Jul 8 04:10 UTC 2002 |
(I have rather not nice things to say about "The Others", but I suppose
I should save them for another item.)
(another year, another missed TOP. maybe I'll make it next year?)
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krj
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response 48 of 77:
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Jul 8 04:29 UTC 2002 |
<krj wonders what not nice things Carson has to say.>
So the season went out in spectacular fashion tonight. George Bedard's
band added keyboard player Whit Hill for the occasion, and the
organ and piano lines were a great addition to the sound.
I resisted buying any of George Bedard's CDs, because I'm not sure
they can be anywhere close to as much fun as the band is live.
O BROTHER was even more enjoyable tonight than the first time
I saw it, because the crowd was really into the film; I previously
saw it in a mostly-empty theater.
Stucci's ran out of French Silk (chocolate) ice cream, and I never
did get that cheese pie I wanted. *sniff* Still, this was one
of the most enjoyable TOP nights I can recall, and I tossed more money
into the Obelisk and the TOP fund-raising hat than I had planned to. :)
Grexers and associates spotted: buddy, russ, aruba, Carol,
gelinas, Cindy, a number of younger Gelinases, senna,
and other.
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gelinas
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response 49 of 77:
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Jul 8 04:48 UTC 2002 |
(One of those "younger Gelinases" wasn't; he was a friend.)
I didn't see russ or other tonight. Otherwise, substitute "krj" for
"gelinas" in the list preceding. :)
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jaklumen
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response 50 of 77:
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Jul 8 06:42 UTC 2002 |
are you saying, then, Ken, that "O Brother.." is best viewed with an
audience? Quite a few of the movies I've enjoyed were in virtually
empty theatres..
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other
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response 51 of 77:
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Jul 8 07:18 UTC 2002 |
Correction: Whit Hill is Al Hill's wife, a fine musician and dancer/
choreographer in her own right -- formerly known as Whitley Setrakian.
The keyboardist sitting in with the Kingpins was Al Hill.
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brighn
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response 52 of 77:
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Jul 8 13:23 UTC 2002 |
#50> "O Brother" does strike me as the sort of movie I'd enjoy more with a
crowd. There are definitely movies where you want to see the movie, and any
interruptions from the audience are a distraction; there are other movies that
are weak on their own, and stand better as interactional experiences. I think
the latter are usually movies that don't take themselves too seriously, and
"O Brother" is definitely one of those.
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orinoco
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response 53 of 77:
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Jul 8 15:07 UTC 2002 |
The audience's reactions were interesting. The scene at the KKK rally is a
pretty minor plot point -- ho hum, yet another death-defying escape -- but
it got a much bigger round of applause than anything else. I suppose this
is Ann Arbor, after all...
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dbratman
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response 54 of 77:
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Jul 8 16:39 UTC 2002 |
I liked "O Brother" as a movie; I liked the music _in_ the movie. But
when I listened to the soundtrack album I didn't like it particularly
at all. I think the visuals were a large part of the enjoyment.
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mcnally
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response 55 of 77:
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Jul 8 17:28 UTC 2002 |
I tend to agree. I should be wild about the "O Brother" soundtrack --
I like that kind of music in general and have a number of full-length
recordings from several of the contributors that I really like. But
for whatever reason the soundtrack doesn't do much for me, except in
conjunction with the film.
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gelinas
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response 56 of 77:
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Jul 9 01:11 UTC 2002 |
I put the soundtrack on today, to listen to while tooling around town (when
not listening to the news, that is). My memory for such things isn't very
good, but I *think* it's in a slightly different order than the movie. I'm
going to have to see the movie again, just to check. (Of course, we've
already put it on the "must buy" list, just because we liked it.)
Listening to the soundtrack, I figured out why "You are my sunshine" was in
it, where it was. And "Big Rock Candy Mountains."
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carson
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response 57 of 77:
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Jul 11 21:06 UTC 2002 |
re #48: (if you look at a good majority of the shots, near the top of
the screen, boom mics are *clearly* visible. when I saw the
movie in theatres, my enjoyment came from spotting the mics.)
(simply put, the production was sloppy.)
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micklpkl
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response 58 of 77:
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Jul 12 14:29 UTC 2002 |
re resp:48 & resp:57 - I saw this, too, carson! (and I thought I was
the only one) It was very distracting --- for the first half of the movie, I
was wondering if showing the mics and booms was intentional and/or related to
the plot, at all. Finally, I had just decided that it was the sub-standard
theatre in which I had seen the movie. Very, very sloppy.
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carson
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response 59 of 77:
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Jul 12 17:30 UTC 2002 |
(I have a conspiracy theory about the whole thing: "The Others" was
executively produced by Tom Cruise, who *just* happened to be in the
midst of divorcing the movie's star, Nicole Kidman, when the movie
was released to theatres. you do the math.)
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polytarp
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response 60 of 77:
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Jul 13 22:34 UTC 2002 |
Where's a "Grexpidition" item devoted to oval and her trip?
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carson
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response 61 of 77:
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Jul 13 22:47 UTC 2002 |
("Grexpedition." the word is a contraction of "Grex" and "expedition.")
(you might ask oval, btw.)
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polytarp
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response 62 of 77:
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Jul 13 23:45 UTC 2002 |
What the hell are you talking about? Do you think I'm a total idiot? Answer
the questions, not stupid things which I'm not sure where you got them from.
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carson
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response 63 of 77:
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Jul 14 01:03 UTC 2002 |
(see first sentence. nearly. no.)
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mdw
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response 64 of 77:
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Jul 14 06:08 UTC 2002 |
I think polytarp was looking for the "grex perdition" item on oval's
travels, which might detail her experience with customs, amsterdam
police, her opinions regarding the dutch sex trade, any unsuccessful
efforts to fight off polyglot beggars, etc.
I don't know that oval's actual dutch experiences are anywhere near as
colorful or likely to be at all interesting to polytarp.
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oval
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response 65 of 77:
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Jul 14 10:13 UTC 2002 |
'anywhere near as .....?)
okay this is the second post that seems to be cut off for me, and i'm
wondering if it's this damn stoned M$ pos i'm using.
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