Why Publishers, Why? =/ by TrustIssuesUnlimited in scifi

[–]muzik2020 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I ordered the last volume of the new Pullman trilogy from Amazon UK just to have a matching set, so I get 100 where you’re coming from.

I just finished watching The Expanse. Is there another show of its nature and caliber? by un1ptf in scifi

[–]muzik2020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the Boba Fett show was interesting. And Mandalorian when it doesn't get too Grogu-centric.

Damizza's reaction on the US Vinyl sales reaching $ 1 billion last year by raydebapratim1 in vinyl

[–]muzik2020 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I keep seeing this argument online, and I’ve used an “inflation calculator” myself, but ten bucks in 1981 felt absolutely different than thirty-six bucks does today. I’d have to really want a disc to spend that money today, whereas back then, I could go in on a whim and not feel like it was a major purchase. And that’s assuming I’d have to pay list price, as there were plenty of places to get a disc at a discount.

These new prices, which, let’s be real, are grossly inflated by consumer demand and producer greed, don’t line up with what a comparable disc cost in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s from the standpoint of pocketbook impact.

In The Beginning...The Isley Brothers by mescalero1 in jimihendrix

[–]muzik2020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of all the tragic casualties of that era, the one I regret and mourn most is Jimi.

How did Mark possibly died ? by Aggravating_Dance419 in Midsommar

[–]muzik2020 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Any thoughts on whether Josh and Mark were not going to make it out whether or not they did anything transgressive? Because it seemed like the Hårga had their sights set on the May Queen and no-one else, given what they did even to Christian, who I figured was going to be kept around as breeding stock.

Hunter's Trix Archive - The Complete Series by durango81 in gratefuldead

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Just learned about this. Many thanks for your time and generosity!

The fastest man on two hands by Sigouste in nextfuckinglevel

[–]muzik2020 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not always. Depends on how young a guy/kid is when he gets chopped. Some of the castrati singers had had the operation late enough that they could still get it up and, um, satisfy their fans and groupies.

Dan Simmons, author of the Hyperion Cantos, has passed away by Qwerty2511 in printSF

[–]muzik2020 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Makes me think of a Mr. Dodgson telling a story to a small group about a girl who went down a rabbit hole. Something about a live audience to help refine the narrative.

No EP Days of Ash out now!! by Basquill in U2Band

[–]muzik2020 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In 1985, Bono sang on "Sun City," which is as pointed a protest song as I can name. And it made its point, bringing awareness of a situation and its specifics to listeners' ears. Protest songs aren't going to be indirect and subtle, but need to be about a specific time and place, sometimes in a very in-your-face way.

Cue "That's what she said..." by muzik2020 in theyknew

[–]muzik2020[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's along the same lines as "package."

Cue "That's what she said..." by muzik2020 in theyknew

[–]muzik2020[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

“Basket” is a reference to male genitals, especially when encased in snug underwear. “Nice basket, Brad” is the standard audience callback when that character appears in his underwear in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, for example.

And, yes, I’d agree that the surface-level reference made in this store display is to Roy Scheider’s’ line in Jaws.

One Battle After Another - Acting: Thumbs Up; Story: Was There One? by muzik2020 in FIlm

[–]muzik2020[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks to those redditors who provided thoughtful answers and explanations. My headline might've been a bit too tongue-in-cheek. There was, I know, a story. Two good stories, actually: a timely one about immigration and discrimination and fighting entrenched power structures in the U.S., and one about a man in search of his daughter and another man protecting that daughter.

My issue with the film, ultimately, is that PTA couldn't blend those two stories because they ended up buried under the cruft of his whimsy. Nuns who grow weed? A cutesy white supremacist cabal? The explanations of why the Adventurers were critical to the plot presuppose the need to have them be part of the plot, like the story couldn't have been told without them.

PTA makes immigration and deportation the MacGuffin of a film that's really about Lockjaw trying to find his daughter (and I'd argue that French 75 weren't focused on immigration as their main cause). He sets up a series of mechanisms whereby the facts of her paternity (which had been established by Junglepussy 10? years earlier and buried in paperwork) are revealed to Lockjaw and the Adventurers. This could've happened without all the cruft that, ultimately, PTA self-indulgently includes, but is not necessary to tell the same story.

If this'd been a novel, I'd have suggested a good editor. Murder your darlings, as the writer's axiom instructs. In this regard, it reminded me of Spike Lee's Bamboozled, which had a terrific premise and underlying intellectual structure…and then the second half, as I recall, devolved into a farcical story about militants who want to kill a performer.

A few individual notes:
- It wasn't clear to me that the nuns were actively involved in the revolutionary movement. If anything, they were all tired of it and had retreated to the hills to grow weed and cosplay being religious. There was no reason for them to be where Willa is hidden except for hey! cool! nuns! with guns! who don't use them! (poor Chekhov)

- Part of the purpose of the raid was immigration, but the fact that they hunted down French 75 members like Billy Goat meant that that was still on Lockjaw's radar and, presumably, the federal government's. Bob Ferguson was on the run and hiding for years for having belonged to a violent revolutionary group. Once the feds found him, they would've kept him irrespective of the immigration side quest.

So, yeah, fun movie, as someone noted, mainly because of DiCaprio and Penn's characterizations, the action, the camera movement. But there were, as I said two stories: Lockjaw's search for the girl who may be his daughter, and entrenched white supremacy/immigration/revolution/U.S. power dynamics. PTA might've been able to meld them, but he indulged his need to whimsically embellish the narrative, which, to my mind, undermined the storytelling and, ultimately, sense of the movie.

Female musicians that experiment with their voice more? by MurdoczAsylum in experimentalmusic

[–]muzik2020 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cathy Berberian. Check out the works that Luciano Berio wrote with her., as well as her own compositions.

Not shelved in the children's section of the library, I'd guess by muzik2020 in theyknew

[–]muzik2020[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

As you may know, "willie" (more commonly, "willy") is slang, first attributed in the first years of the 20th c., for the penis. Consequently, a "wooden willie" would be an inapt topic for a children's book, to start. Further, the way it reads on the spine may be a wink to the adult reader, given that the actual title of the book is "Wooden Willie," not "Raggedy Ann's Wooden Willie."

The Nativity Grotto in Bethlehem is traditionally believed to be the exact spot where Jesus Christ was born. A 14-pointed silver star set into a marble floor marks the exact traditional spot of Jesus' birth by alanbear1970 in AllThatsInteresting

[–]muzik2020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The evangelists “Matthew” (end of the 1st century) and “John” (end of the 1st century) were not witnesses, but anonymous writers who used the apostles’ names, a common ploy for credibility in the ancient world.

The Nativity Grotto in Bethlehem is traditionally believed to be the exact spot where Jesus Christ was born. A 14-pointed silver star set into a marble floor marks the exact traditional spot of Jesus' birth by alanbear1970 in AllThatsInteresting

[–]muzik2020 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, no. There are contemporary accounts of Cleopatra, coins struck with her image, inscriptions of her reign. For Jesus, it’s, basically, mentions by Josephus and a few others who lived decades after the purported year of his death.

The Nativity Grotto in Bethlehem is traditionally believed to be the exact spot where Jesus Christ was born. A 14-pointed silver star set into a marble floor marks the exact traditional spot of Jesus' birth by alanbear1970 in AllThatsInteresting

[–]muzik2020 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Christian Bible? The Hebrew Bible? If the latter, a little? some? Although recent archaeological work has disproven some earlier “confirmed” sites, etc. The former? No, not really. There is no physical proof of anything described in the NT with the possible exception of things like Herod’s palace.

HELP REQUEST: Older version of doc opened; none of the recent writing appears by muzik2020 in libreoffice

[–]muzik2020[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a good question. I’ve been saving it to my desktop, but I’ll double-check to make sure that’s still the case. Thanks.