Here's a related (at least in my mind) treat. It's a marvelously creative animated open letter to J. J. Abrams telling him how not to screw up the future movies in the "Star Wars" franchise the way he and others have screwed them up in the past. And the "rules" these fans propose are both brilliant and right on. "Star Wars" is a Western, and it's about outlaws just gettin' by out on the frontier. Mess that up, and you mess up the whole concept.
<http://io9.com/a-beautifully-animated-open-letter-to-j-j-abrams-about-1\ 397273170> <http://io9.com/a-beautifully-animated-open-letter-to-j-j-abrams-about-1\ 397273170> http://io9.com/a-beautifully-animated-open-letter-to-j-j-abrams-about-13\ 97273170 <http://io9.com/a-beautifully-animated-open-letter-to-j-j-abrams-about-1\ 397273170> Following these simple rules is what made "Star Wars" work originally, and it's what made "Firefly" work. Heck, these rules were even what made the original Japanese film that "Star Wars" ripped off ("The Hidden Fortress") work; that was an outlaw story, too. Mess with outlaws at your peril... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > > > that's excellent tho I prefer the Willie Nelson version > > Willie actually got the song from Emmylou, not from Townes > Van Zandt directly, and then recorded it in a very popular > version with Merle Haggard. He tells the story of that discovery > (and performs the song with Emmylou) here. Their version was > excellent, partly because both Willie and Merle are such > outlaws themselves. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uIUe8iQPM0 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uIUe8iQPM0> > > > > ________________________________ > > From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 2:31 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Cafe Nostalgia > > > > It was probably the use of Marty Robbins' "El Paso" in the final > episode of "Breaking Bad" that got me thinking about it, but ever since > I've been on kind of a music kick, finding and listening to classic > outlaw songs. "El Paso" is obviously one of the greats in that category, > but it's another old outlaw song that's stuck in my head tonight, and > it's even brought back some pleasant memories about my time in the TM > movement, so I'll share them with you. > > > > Back in early 1977, when I first heard the song, I was living at the > TM National Headquarters at the end of Sunset Blvd. I was working there > as personnel director for a few months before my Sidhis course, and > lived on the premises in one of the rooms (it was formerly a motel, for > those of you who never went there). It was a cool place to live -- a > block from the beach, next door to the Yogananda Lake Shrine -- and even > though I was making shit money I was earning precious (at the time) > course credits, so I made the best of living there. > > > > It was there I first heard Emmylou Harris' version of a great Townes > Van Sandt outlaw song called "Pancho and Lefty." I remember listening to > it one night with my girlfriend, who I had had to sneak into my room, > the both of us feeling very much like outlaws ourselves for having sex > there in the TM National Headquarters. :-) > > > > Anyway, it's a great song, and listening to it again in a Paris cafe > -- all these years later -- I still love it. I also love -- all these > years later -- still feeling like an outlaw. > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3LQeRqTBK4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3LQeRqTBK4> >
