[scifinoir2] This is cool: Infected PC? AVG Rescue CD to the Rescue!

[Mr. Worf]

This will work on a cd or you can put it on a thumb drive.

Infected PC? AVG Rescue CD to the Rescue!

By Rick Broida 

March 30th, 2010 @ 8:09 am

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If a virus or spyware infection
strikes your PC, you’ll know it right away. The telltale signs include
suddenly sluggish performance, a hijacked Web browser, and/or pop-up
warnings from sources you don’t recognize.

What you may not know is what to do about it. Trying to cure an already
infected PC is quite literally like trying to close the barn door after the
horses have run out.

Fortunately, there’s a new weapon at your disposal: AVG Rescue CD can remove
viruses, spyware, and other malware
from infected PCs. It’s a
free, effective, and potentially life-saving tool
— but there’s one catch.

The catc

Re: [scifinoir2] This is cool: Infected PC? AVG Rescue CD to the Rescue!

[Martin Baxter]

Thanks, Mr Worf! I don't use AVG, but Maternal and SisterUnits do on their
PCs, so I'll download it for them.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:33 AM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> This will work on a cd or you can put it on a thumb drive.
>
> Infected PC? AVG Rescue CD to the Rescue!
>
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>
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> CD,
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> Worms , 
> Security,
> Hardware , Rick 
> Broida
>
> If a virus or spyware infection
> strikes your PC, you’ll know it right away. The telltale signs include
> suddenly sluggish performance, a hijacked Web browser, and/or pop-up
> warnings from sources you don’t recognize.
>
> What you may not know is what to do about it. Trying to cure an already
> infected PC is quite literally like trying to close the barn door after the
> horses have run out.
>
> Fortunately, there’s a new weapon at your disposal: AVG Rescue CD can
> remove viruses, spyware, and other 
> malwarefrom infected PCs. It’s a 
> free, effective, and potentially life-saving tool
> — but there’s one catch.
>
> The catch: You need to create your rescue CD *before *your system gets
> infected. If you wait until after the fact, your system will probably be too
> choked with malware to perform the setup. So think of this as stockpiling a
> flu vaccine.
>
> As its name implies, AVG Rescue CD is a bootable CD that employs Linux for
> its operations, meaning it doesn’t boot into Windows (which is where the
> problems lie, natch). It’s also available for USB flash drives, which is my
> preferred method of deploying the tool — as long as the infected system
> supports booting from flash drives, which most modern PCs do. (The software
> itself requires only 

Re: [scifinoir2] RNC fires "bondage-gate" staffer as critics circle Steele

[Martin Baxter]

Oh, they *wish*... once you throw your dirty linens out on the lawn, the
memory of the sight can't be undone.

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:

>
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100330/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1374
>
> One thing is very clear in the controversy now swamping Republican National
> Committee Chairman Michael Steele: The RNC very much wants to stop talking
> about it.
>
> The scandal broke Monday, when conservative Web site The Daily Caller
> reviewed recent RNC filings with the Federal Elections Committee and
> discovered that the RNC had spent $1,946 on an edgy sexually themed
> Hollywood nightclub called Voyeur. The February expenditure documents also
> showed that the committee sprang for $17,000 in chartered plane fees and
> $12,000 in limousine expenses in February — and according to The Daily
> Caller, Steele had suggested that the committee bankroll a private jet for
> him.
>
> On Tuesday, the RNC announced that it had fired the staffer who'd put in
> the Voyeur expense — which was a reimbursement to a California donor named
> Erik Brown — and that Brown was returning the Voyeur-related money to the
> RNC so that, in financial terms at least, it would be as though the whole
> thing had never happened.
>
>  
>

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site

[Martin Baxter]

Excuse me... I need to go catch my flesh before it gets too far away. [?][?]

I freely admit that I'm a liberal prude. I'm willing to die to defend her
right to do that, if she so chooses. But I don't really even want to *know*
about it, much less *see* it.

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Keith Johnson
wrote:

>
>
> Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do
> think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot
> basically where JFK was killed.
>
> video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8
>
> **
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html
>
> Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination 
> Site
>
> Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video
> on her website to accompany the song "Window
> Seat." Currently #28 on Billboard's R&B/hip-hop chart, the song appears on
> the album *New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh*.
>
> In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown
> and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy.
> Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly
> removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls
> down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential
> motorcade was passing by on that fateful day.
>
> It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and
> lucky, too, in that no cops showed up.
>
> *UPDATE:* The *Dallas Morning News *reports that city officials say Badu broke
> the law
> by
> not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter
> account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against
> "groupthink," the "unwritten rule" that "i will not express my true opinion
> if it opposes those i love and fear." She adds: "i was petrified while
> shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many
> fears in that few moments." She said she was "too busy lookin for cops" to
> be embarrassed by her nudity. "i been naked all along in my words actions
> and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place."
>
> She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and
> added, "i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized."
>
> She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, "THIS IS A PUBLIC
> PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc."
>
> *UPDATE #2:* Badu has now given an interview
> to
> her local daily. Highlights:
>
> *Q:* To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the
> video for "Window Seat"?
>
> *EB:* The song "Window Seat" is about liberating yourself from layers and
> layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or
> evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to
> think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am
> from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of
> art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in
> Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've
> ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of
> liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious
> that people would want to do in some way or another.
>
> *Q:* And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to
> it?
>
> *A: *Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was
> thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental
> place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that
> assassination to the character assassination one would go through after
> showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted
> to display.
>
> *Q:* And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life
> reaction when the video was released?
>
> *A:* Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my
> mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to
> happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now.
>
>
>  
>
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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM - Still Going!

[Martin Baxter]

Same with me, Keith. I did catch Dersu
Uzala,
and I enjoyed it a lot more than I though I would. Nodded in and out of the
last two.

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Keith Johnson
wrote:

>
>
> Well, heck, i thought this ended last week. But they're showing three
> movies tonight. "Kagemusha" is on now, followed by "Ran" at 1:45 tomorrow
> morning.  The only problem I have with these marathons is that they're
> running into the wee hours!
>
>
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith
> Johnson  wrote:
> >
> > They just finished showing "Roshoman" and "Seven Samurai" is playing now,
> to be followed by "Yojimbo"
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Keith Johnson" 
> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:21:23 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> > Subject: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM Now!
> >
> >
> > To celebrate the upcoming 100th birthday of the late famed director Akira
> Kurosawa, Turner Classic Movies is running a Kurosawa marathon for the next
> three Tuesdays in March. Starting at 8 pm EST tonight, it kicks off with
> "Ikiru", the story of a bureaucrat who finally decides to try living once
> he's been diagnosed with a fatal disease. That's followed by "Throne of
> Blood", then "The Hidden Fortress" (which is said to be a major inspiration
> for "Star Wars"), and two other movies. The marathon's running for the next
> twelve hours on this first block.
> >
> > The marathon's culmination on Tuesday, March 23 is capped off by classic
> films "Rashomon", "The Seven Samurai", "Yojimbo", and "Ran". For those
> who've seen little to none of Kurosawa's work (and I'm unfortunately among
> that group), this is a golden opportunity to see one of the best and most
> influential directors in history.
> >
> > You can get the full schedule at the link below. While there, I suggest
> taking time to click on the sidebar links for each of the films, which give
> really great descriptions about each.
> >
> > http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=290045&mainArticleId=290029
> >
>
> 
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Bank's software glitch makes account holders billionaires - on paper

[Martin Baxter]

I'll have to think on that awhile, rave. [?][?]

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:

>
>
> Great minds - ? ;> (or are we just "criminally minded"?)
>
> ~rave!
>
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Martin
> Baxter  wrote:
> >
> > A VERY altruistic man, he. My first impulse after reading this, had it
> been
> > me, was to try to open a Cayman account.
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_14771140
> > >
> > > When Paul Fischer went to transfer money from one business account to
> > > another Friday night, he didn't even look at the balance on the account
> as
> > > he completed the transaction.
> > >
> > > At first.
> > >
> > > Then Fischer, chief financial officer of the Windsor Group Inc., a
> jewelry
> > > concessionaire to Central Florida theme parks, noticed his company's
> bottom
> > > line: $88,888,888,888.88 — nearly $89 billion.
> > > That's with a B.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>  
>
<<343.gif>><<347.gif>>

Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on "At the Movies"

[Martin Baxter]

Mr Worf, we had a woman here in Atlanta who used to review movies for the
AJC. Keith will probably remember her name before I will, because I couldn't
stand reading her column. It was clear that she didn't like many of the
movies she was sent to review. It felt, at times, like a Tea Party
assessment of President Obama's job performance.

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> The problem with movie critics is that you will find someone that loves
> heavy foreign dramas trying to review an action film. The person will
> probably not like 99% of action movies and pan the movie. That doesn't give
> the film justice.
>
> There was a couple of critics in San Francisco like that. One was an older
> woman that loved stuff like Fried Green Tomatoes why did they try to send
> her to review the Matrix or a Bruce Willis film?
>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Martin Baxter 
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> That in part, Mr Worf. I also see, as a problem with the show, was the
>> hosts' seeming desire to find the next "GWTW" in every movie that came
>> across their screens (a MAJOR reason why I don't like critics), whereas
>> "Rotten Tomatoes" uses regular people as reviewers, who aren't of the artsy
>> mold as critics.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten
>>> Tomatoes show on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with S&E's
>>> show is that they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as S&E to fill
>>> their shoes.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:
>>>

 http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html

 Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show
 Share |

 "At the Movies" is fading to black after 24 seasons.

 The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based
 nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its
 lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger
 Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel.

 Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled
 cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael
 Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the
 weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending.



 


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[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site

[Kelwyn]

Alanis Morissette says "Thank you."

~rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson  wrote:
>
> Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think 
> it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where 
> JFK was killed. 
> 
> video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 
> 
> ** 
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html
>  
> 
> Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site 
> 
> 
> 
> Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to accompany 
> the song "Window Seat." Currently #28 on Billboard's R&B/hip-hop chart, the 
> song appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh . 
> 
> In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown 
> and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. 
> Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes 
> articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down 
> naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential 
> motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. 
> 
> It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and 
> lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. 
> 
> UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu broke 
> the law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her 
> Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against 
> "groupthink," the "unwritten rule" that "i will not express my true opinion 
> if it opposes those i love and fear." She adds: "i was petrified while 
> shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many 
> fears in that few moments." She said she was "too busy lookin for cops" to be 
> embarrassed by her nudity. "i been naked all along in my words actions and 
> deeds. thats the real vulnerable place." 
> 
> She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, 
> "i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized." 
> 
> She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, "THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE 
> : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc." 
> 
> UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily. Highlights: 
> 
> Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video 
> for "Window Seat"? 
> 
> EB: The song "Window Seat" is about liberating yourself from layers and 
> layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or 
> evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to 
> think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am 
> from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. 
> And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times 
> Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever 
> seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of 
> liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious 
> that people would want to do in some way or another. 
> 
> Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? 
> 
> A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was 
> thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place 
> in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that 
> assassination to the character assassination one would go through after 
> showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted 
> to display. 
> 
> Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction 
> when the video was released? 
> 
> A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, 
> I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen 
> anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now.
>

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site

[Keith Johnson]

I been hearing that a lot! Jay Anthony Brown and Sybil Wilkes on the TJMS were 
commenting on that. Jay was shocked that someone that slim had so much back 
there (that's Sisters for you). Sybil had me laughing when she revealed that a 
few years back, she was at an event with Badu, walking behind her. Behind Sybil 
was a man. Sybil said she noticed all the "junk", Badu had, and stepped aside 
so the Brother could look. "this is wasted on me", she said, "but I know the 
Brother will enjoy the view". 


- Original Message - 
From: "Mr. Worf"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:26:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK 
Assassination Site 






The only thing I have to say about the video is nice booty. :) 


On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > 
wrote: 






Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think 
it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where 
JFK was killed. 

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 

** 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html
 

Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site 



Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to accompany the 
song "Window Seat." Currently #28 on Billboard's R&B/hip-hop chart, the song 
appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh . 

In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and 
site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently 
filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of 
clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the 
street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing 
by on that fateful day. 

It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and 
lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. 

UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu broke the 
law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter 
account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against "groupthink," 
the "unwritten rule" that "i will not express my true opinion if it opposes 
those i love and fear." She adds: "i was petrified while shooting this video 
... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few 
moments." She said she was "too busy lookin for cops" to be embarrassed by her 
nudity. "i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real 
vulnerable place." 

She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, 
"i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized." 

She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, "THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : 
YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc." 

UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily. Highlights: 

Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video 
for "Window Seat"? 

EB: The song "Window Seat" is about liberating yourself from layers and layers 
of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. 
I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about 
shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the 
theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw 
a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And 
I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people 
do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to 
them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do 
in some way or another. 

Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? 

A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was 
thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place 
in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination 
to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her 
self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. 

Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when 
the video was released? 

A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I 
decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen 
anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now. 






-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! 
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM - Still Going!

[Keith Johnson]

Sounds like I missed a good one... 

- Original Message - 
From: "Martin Baxter"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:35:04 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM - Still Going! 






Same with me, Keith. I did catch Dersu Uzala , and I enjoyed it a lot more than 
I though I would. Nodded in and out of the last two. 


On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > 
wrote: 









Well, heck, i thought this ended last week. But they're showing three movies 
tonight. "Kagemusha" is on now, followed by "Ran" at 1:45 tomorrow morning. The 
only problem I have with these marathons is that they're running into the wee 
hours! 















--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson  wrote: 
> 
> They just finished showing "Roshoman" and "Seven Samurai" is playing now, to 
> be followed by "Yojimbo" 
> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Keith Johnson"  
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:21:23 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
> Subject: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM Now! 
> 
> 
> To celebrate the upcoming 100th birthday of the late famed director Akira 
> Kurosawa, Turner Classic Movies is running a Kurosawa marathon for the next 
> three Tuesdays in March. Starting at 8 pm EST tonight, it kicks off with 
> "Ikiru", the story of a bureaucrat who finally decides to try living once 
> he's been diagnosed with a fatal disease. That's followed by "Throne of 
> Blood", then "The Hidden Fortress" (which is said to be a major inspiration 
> for "Star Wars"), and two other movies. The marathon's running for the next 
> twelve hours on this first block. 
> 
> The marathon's culmination on Tuesday, March 23 is capped off by classic 
> films "Rashomon", "The Seven Samurai", "Yojimbo", and "Ran". For those who've 
> seen little to none of Kurosawa's work (and I'm unfortunately among that 
> group), this is a golden opportunity to see one of the best and most 
> influential directors in history. 
> 
> You can get the full schedule at the link below. While there, I suggest 
> taking time to click on the sidebar links for each of the films, which give 
> really great descriptions about each. 
> 
> http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=290045&mainArticleId=290029 
> 

Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on "At the Movies"

[Keith Johnson]

You're talking about Eleanor Ringel-Gillespie? She was the main AJC critic for 
years. She was truly a "Southern lady" in appearance and manner. I did often 
wonder at her reviewing films like "Boyz in the Hood" and the like. 

- Original Message - 
From: "Martin Baxter"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:44:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on "At the Movies" 






Mr Worf, we had a woman here in Atlanta who used to review movies for the AJC. 
Keith will probably remember her name before I will, because I couldn't stand 
reading her column. It was clear that she didn't like many of the movies she 
was sent to review. It felt, at times, like a Tea Party assessment of President 
Obama's job performance. 


On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Mr. Worf < hellomahog...@gmail.com > wrote: 








The problem with movie critics is that you will find someone that loves heavy 
foreign dramas trying to review an action film. The person will probably not 
like 99% of action movies and pan the movie. That doesn't give the film 
justice. 

There was a couple of critics in San Francisco like that. One was an older 
woman that loved stuff like Fried Green Tomatoes why did they try to send her 
to review the Matrix or a Bruce Willis film? 





On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Martin Baxter < martinbaxt...@gmail.com > 
wrote: 





That in part, Mr Worf. I also see, as a problem with the show, was the hosts' 
seeming desire to find the next "GWTW" in every movie that came across their 
screens (a MAJOR reason why I don't like critics), whereas "Rotten Tomatoes" 
uses regular people as reviewers, who aren't of the artsy mold as critics. 





On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Mr. Worf < hellomahog...@gmail.com > wrote: 








I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten Tomatoes show 
on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with S&E's show is that 
they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as S&E to fill their shoes. 



On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn < ravena...@yahoo.com > wrote: 



http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html
 

Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show 
Share | 

"At the Movies" is fading to black after 24 seasons. 

The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based nationally 
syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its lineage to 
WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert and 
Tribune's Gene Siskel. 

Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled cut 
Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael Phillips of 
the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the weekend of Aug. 
14. It was anything but a surprise ending. 



 


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Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on "At the Movies"

[Mr. Worf]

What did she use as a ranking system? Mint Juleps?

The lady that I was talking about here used red hats as her ranking system.
Always laughable.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Keith Johnson
wrote:

>
>
> You're talking about Eleanor Ringel-Gillespie? She was the main AJC critic
> for years. She was truly a "Southern lady" in appearance and manner. I did
> often wonder at her reviewing films like "Boyz in the Hood" and the like.
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Martin Baxter" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:44:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on "At the Movies"
>
>
>
> Mr Worf, we had a woman here in Atlanta who used to review movies for the
> AJC. Keith will probably remember her name before I will, because I couldn't
> stand reading her column. It was clear that she didn't like many of the
> movies she was sent to review. It felt, at times, like a Tea Party
> assessment of President Obama's job performance.
>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> The problem with movie critics is that you will find someone that loves
>> heavy foreign dramas trying to review an action film. The person will
>> probably not like 99% of action movies and pan the movie. That doesn't give
>> the film justice.
>>
>> There was a couple of critics in San Francisco like that. One was an older
>> woman that loved stuff like Fried Green Tomatoes why did they try to send
>> her to review the Matrix or a Bruce Willis film?
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Martin Baxter 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That in part, Mr Worf. I also see, as a problem with the show, was the
>>> hosts' seeming desire to find the next "GWTW" in every movie that came
>>> across their screens (a MAJOR reason why I don't like critics), whereas
>>> "Rotten Tomatoes" uses regular people as reviewers, who aren't of the artsy
>>> mold as critics.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>>


 I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten
 Tomatoes show on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with 
 S&E's
 show is that they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as S&E to fill
 their shoes.

 On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:

>
> http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html
>
> Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show
> Share |
>
> "At the Movies" is fading to black after 24 seasons.
>
> The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based
> nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its
> lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger
> Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel.
>
> Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled
> cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael
> Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the
> weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending.
>
>
>
> 
>
>
> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at
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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site

[Keith Johnson]

Good point! 

- Original Message - 
From: "Kelwyn"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 1:55:41 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK 
Assassination Site 






Alanis Morissette says "Thank you." 

~rave! 

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson  wrote: 
> 
> Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think 
> it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where 
> JFK was killed. 
> 
> video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 
> 
> ** 
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html
>  
> 
> Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site 
> 
> 
> 
> Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to accompany 
> the song "Window Seat." Currently #28 on Billboard's R&B/hip-hop chart, the 
> song appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh . 
> 
> In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown 
> and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. 
> Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes 
> articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down 
> naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential 
> motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. 
> 
> It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and 
> lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. 
> 
> UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu broke 
> the law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her 
> Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against 
> "groupthink," the "unwritten rule" that "i will not express my true opinion 
> if it opposes those i love and fear." She adds: "i was petrified while 
> shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many 
> fears in that few moments." She said she was "too busy lookin for cops" to be 
> embarrassed by her nudity. "i been naked all along in my words actions and 
> deeds. thats the real vulnerable place." 
> 
> She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, 
> "i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized." 
> 
> She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, "THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE 
> : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc." 
> 
> UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily. Highlights: 
> 
> Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video 
> for "Window Seat"? 
> 
> EB: The song "Window Seat" is about liberating yourself from layers and 
> layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or 
> evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to 
> think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am 
> from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. 
> And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times 
> Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever 
> seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of 
> liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious 
> that people would want to do in some way or another. 
> 
> Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? 
> 
> A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was 
> thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place 
> in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that 
> assassination to the character assassination one would go through after 
> showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted 
> to display. 
> 
> Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction 
> when the video was released? 
> 
> A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, 
> I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen 
> anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now. 
> 

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site

[Mr. Worf]

She wasn't as nice to look at. :)

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Keith Johnson
wrote:

>
>
> Good point!
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Kelwyn" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 1:55:41 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK
> Assassination Site
>
>
>
> Alanis Morissette says "Thank you."
>
> ~rave!
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith
> Johnson  wrote:
> >
> > Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do
> think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot
> basically where JFK was killed.
> >
> > video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8
> >
> > **
> >
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html
> >
> > Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
> >
> >
> >
> > Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to
> accompany the song "Window Seat." Currently #28 on Billboard's R&B/hip-hop
> chart, the song appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the
> Ankh .
> >
> > In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her
> hometown and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F.
> Kennedy. Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she
> slowly removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then
> falls down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the
> presidential motorcade was passing by on that fateful day.
> >
> > It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least,
> and lucky, too, in that no cops showed up.
> >
> > UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu
> broke the law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes
> from her Twitter account, where she feeds that she was making a statement
> against "groupthink," the "unwritten rule" that "i will not express my true
> opinion if it opposes those i love and fear." She adds: "i was petrified
> while shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered
> many fears in that few moments." She said she was "too busy lookin for cops"
> to be embarrassed by her nudity. "i been naked all along in my words actions
> and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place."
> >
> > She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and
> added, "i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized."
> >
> > She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, "THIS IS A PUBLIC
> PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc."
> >
> > UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily.
> Highlights:
> >
> > Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the
> video for "Window Seat"?
> >
> > EB: The song "Window Seat" is about liberating yourself from layers and
> layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or
> evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to
> think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am
> from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of
> art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in
> Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've
> ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of
> liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious
> that people would want to do in some way or another.
> >
> > Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to
> it?
> >
> > A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was
> thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental
> place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that
> assassination to the character assassination one would go through after
> showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted
> to display.
> >
> > Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life
> reaction when the video was released?
> >
> > A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my
> mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to
> happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now.
> >
>
>
>
> 
>



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[scifinoir2] LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show

[Mr. Worf]

Fox has cut his segment from the show, but I thought that it was an
interesting story.

LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show By DAVE
ITZKOFF
[image: LL Cool J]
[image: Sarah Palin]

*Update:* Fox News
saidit
would cut an interview with LL Cool J from the debut episode of “Real
American Stories.”

If the lineup and promotion for the inaugural episode of “Real American
Stories,” a new Fox News Channel series to be hosted by Sarah
Palin,
caught you by surprise, you’re not the only one. On his Twitter
accounton Tuesday night, LL
Cool 
J,
who was announced as one of the guests for the show, wrote that Fox was
misrepresenting him.

“Real American Stories” is scheduled to have its premiere on Fox News
Channel on Thursday night. On its Web site , Fox
News said the show would profile people who have “given back, given all and
never given up.” Among the guests that Fox News is announcing in an
advertisement for the first
episodeare the country
musician Toby Keith; John F. Welch Jr., the former chairman
of General Electric; and LL Cool J, the rapper and star of “NCIS: Los
Angeles.”

But LL Cool J wrote on Twitter:
“Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else & are
misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah Palins Show. WOW.”
He then re-sent the message nearly two dozen times to various followers in a
two-hour span.

Fox News has responded
here.
Representatives for LL Cool J were not immediately available.


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[scifinoir2] First advanced prototype revealed for the Australian bionic eye

[Mr. Worf]

First advanced prototype revealed for the Australian bionic eye

By Loz Blain 

*01:13 March 31, 2010*
 [image: Bionic vision - ironically, we only have low-resolution
images.]

Bionic vision - ironically, we only have low-resolution images.
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Re: [scifinoir2] LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show

[Martin Baxter]

What to expect, from the august news body [?] that so accurately counted up
the numbers in the Tea Party protest? [?][?]

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> Fox has cut his segment from the show, but I thought that it was an
> interesting story.
>
> LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show By DAVE 
> ITZKOFF
> [image: LL Cool J]
> [image: Sarah Palin]
>
> *Update:* Fox News 
> saidit
>  would cut an interview with LL Cool J from the debut episode of “Real
> American Stories.”
>
> If the lineup and promotion for the inaugural episode of “Real American
> Stories,” a new Fox News Channel series to be hosted by Sarah 
> Palin,
> caught you by surprise, you’re not the only one. On his Twitter 
> accounton Tuesday night, LL
> Cool 
> J,
> who was announced as one of the guests for the show, wrote that Fox was
> misrepresenting him.
>
> “Real American Stories” is scheduled to have its premiere on Fox News
> Channel on Thursday night. On its Web site , Fox
> News said the show would profile people who have “given back, given all and
> never given up.” Among the guests that Fox News is announcing in an
> advertisement for the first 
> episodeare the country musician 
> Toby Keith; John F. Welch Jr., the former chairman
> of General Electric; and LL Cool J, the rapper and star of “NCIS: Los
> Angeles.”
>
> But LL Cool J wrote on Twitter:
> “Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else & are
> misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah Palins Show. WOW.”
> He then re-sent the message nearly two dozen times to various followers in a
> two-hour span.
>
> Fox News has responded 
> here.
> Representatives for LL Cool J were not immediately available.
>
>
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>  
>
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Re: [scifinoir2] LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show

[Keith Johnson]

Well, I'm sure LL didn't know it was for a Palin-hosted show. Who interviewed 
him at that time? To wrap it up under Palin--someone whose beliefs and actions 
I have to believe he probably finds objectionable--is problematic at best. The 
Fox response is typically unprofessional, in suggesting he doesn't want to 
inspire other people. 
But nothing--nothing--Fox does surprises or disappoints me anymore. When they 
cut Obama's meeting with top Republicans a few weeks ago, they had no excuse. 
It was news, it was live, and they just cut away, because he was cleaning the 
Republicans' clocks. When Fox chairman Roger Ailes was asked about it on "This 
Week", he just joked "we cut away because we're 'fair and balanced'". 
The rest of the panel, including good friend Barbara Walters, who was guest 
hosting, all laughed. I was incensed. He made a joke of a "news" channel 
flagrantly ignoring news because of personal bias. And that's okay? 

Nothing Fox does surprises me anymore... 

- Original Message - 
From: "Mr. Worf"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:43:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show 






Fox has cut his segment from the show, but I thought that it was an interesting 
story. 



LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show 
By DAVE ITZKOFF 

LL Cool J
Sarah Palin

Update: Fox News said it would cut an interview with LL Cool J from the debut 
episode of “Real American Stories.” 

If the lineup and promotion for the inaugural episode of “Real American 
Stories,” a new Fox News Channel series to be hosted by Sarah Palin , caught 
you by surprise, you’re not the only one. On his Twitter account on Tuesday 
night, LL Cool J , who was announced as one of the guests for the show, wrote 
that Fox was misrepresenting him. 

“Real American Stories” is scheduled to have its premiere on Fox News Channel 
on Thursday night. On its Web site , Fox News said the show would profile 
people who have “given back, given all and never given up.” Among the guests 
that Fox News is announcing in an advertisement for the first episode are the 
country musician Toby Keith; John F. Welch Jr., the former chairman of General 
Electric; and LL Cool J, the rapper and star of “NCIS: Los Angeles.” 

But LL Cool J wrote on Twitter : “Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to 
someone else & are misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah 
Palins Show. WOW.” He then re-sent the message nearly two dozen times to 
various followers in a two-hour span. 

Fox News has responded here . Representatives for LL Cool J were not 
immediately available. 

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Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on "At the Movies"

[Martin Baxter]

That's her, Keith, and thanks for the brain jog! [?]

Mr Worf, that red-hat rating system sounds vaguely familiar. Who does it?

Myself, I've come to rely on this group for movie reviews, first and
foremost.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> What did she use as a ranking system? Mint Juleps?
>
> The lady that I was talking about here used red hats as her ranking system.
> Always laughable.
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Keith Johnson  > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> You're talking about Eleanor Ringel-Gillespie? She was the main AJC critic
>> for years. She was truly a "Southern lady" in appearance and manner. I did
>> often wonder at her reviewing films like "Boyz in the Hood" and the like.
>>
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "Martin Baxter" 
>> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:44:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on "At the Movies"
>>
>>
>>
>> Mr Worf, we had a woman here in Atlanta who used to review movies for the
>> AJC. Keith will probably remember her name before I will, because I couldn't
>> stand reading her column. It was clear that she didn't like many of the
>> movies she was sent to review. It felt, at times, like a Tea Party
>> assessment of President Obama's job performance.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The problem with movie critics is that you will find someone that loves
>>> heavy foreign dramas trying to review an action film. The person will
>>> probably not like 99% of action movies and pan the movie. That doesn't give
>>> the film justice.
>>>
>>> There was a couple of critics in San Francisco like that. One was an
>>> older woman that loved stuff like Fried Green Tomatoes why did they try to
>>> send her to review the Matrix or a Bruce Willis film?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Martin Baxter >> > wrote:
>>>


 That in part, Mr Worf. I also see, as a problem with the show, was the
 hosts' seeming desire to find the next "GWTW" in every movie that came
 across their screens (a MAJOR reason why I don't like critics), whereas
 "Rotten Tomatoes" uses regular people as reviewers, who aren't of the artsy
 mold as critics.


 On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:

>
>
> I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten
> Tomatoes show on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with 
> S&E's
> show is that they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as S&E to 
> fill
> their shoes.
>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:
>
>>
>> http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html
>>
>> Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show
>> Share |
>>
>> "At the Movies" is fading to black after 24 seasons.
>>
>> The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based
>> nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced 
>> its
>> lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' 
>> Roger
>> Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel.
>>
>> Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally
>> yelled cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers
>> Michael Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will
>> air the weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending.
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at
>>
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo!
>> Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>




>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>>> Mahogany at:
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>  
>
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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM - Still Going!

[Martin Baxter]

If you can find it anywhere, I do recommend it.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> Sounds like I missed a good one...
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Martin Baxter" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:35:04 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM - Still
> Going!
>
>
>
> Same with me, Keith. I did catch Dersu 
> Uzala,
> and I enjoyed it a lot more than I though I would. Nodded in and out of the
> last two.
>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Keith Johnson  > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Well, heck, i thought this ended last week. But they're showing three
>> movies tonight. "Kagemusha" is on now, followed by "Ran" at 1:45 tomorrow
>> morning.  The only problem I have with these marathons is that they're
>> running into the wee hours!
>>
>>
>>
>> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith
>> Johnson  wrote:
>> >
>> > They just finished showing "Roshoman" and "Seven Samurai" is playing
>> now, to be followed by "Yojimbo"
>> >
>> > - Original Message -
>> > From: "Keith Johnson" 
>> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
>> > Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:21:23 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>> > Subject: Kurosawa Marathon Running on TCM Now!
>> >
>> >
>> > To celebrate the upcoming 100th birthday of the late famed director
>> Akira Kurosawa, Turner Classic Movies is running a Kurosawa marathon for the
>> next three Tuesdays in March. Starting at 8 pm EST tonight, it kicks off
>> with "Ikiru", the story of a bureaucrat who finally decides to try living
>> once he's been diagnosed with a fatal disease. That's followed by "Throne of
>> Blood", then "The Hidden Fortress" (which is said to be a major inspiration
>> for "Star Wars"), and two other movies. The marathon's running for the next
>> twelve hours on this first block.
>> >
>> > The marathon's culmination on Tuesday, March 23 is capped off by classic
>> films "Rashomon", "The Seven Samurai", "Yojimbo", and "Ran". For those
>> who've seen little to none of Kurosawa's work (and I'm unfortunately among
>> that group), this is a golden opportunity to see one of the best and most
>> influential directors in history.
>> >
>> > You can get the full schedule at the link below. While there, I suggest
>> taking time to click on the sidebar links for each of the films, which give
>> really great descriptions about each.
>> >
>> > http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=290045&mainArticleId=290029
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on "At the Movies"

[Mr. Worf]

I don't think that she is on tv here anymore so she may be down your way.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Martin Baxter wrote:

>
>
> That's her, Keith, and thanks for the brain jog! [?]
>
> Mr Worf, that red-hat rating system sounds vaguely familiar. Who does it?
>
> Myself, I've come to rely on this group for movie reviews, first and
> foremost.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> What did she use as a ranking system? Mint Juleps?
>>
>> The lady that I was talking about here used red hats as her ranking
>> system. Always laughable.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Keith Johnson <
>> keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You're talking about Eleanor Ringel-Gillespie? She was the main AJC
>>> critic for years. She was truly a "Southern lady" in appearance and manner.
>>> I did often wonder at her reviewing films like "Boyz in the Hood" and the
>>> like.
>>>
>>>
>>> - Original Message -
>>> From: "Martin Baxter" 
>>> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>>>  Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:44:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>>> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on "At the Movies"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mr Worf, we had a woman here in Atlanta who used to review movies for the
>>> AJC. Keith will probably remember her name before I will, because I couldn't
>>> stand reading her column. It was clear that she didn't like many of the
>>> movies she was sent to review. It felt, at times, like a Tea Party
>>> assessment of President Obama's job performance.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>>


 The problem with movie critics is that you will find someone that loves
 heavy foreign dramas trying to review an action film. The person will
 probably not like 99% of action movies and pan the movie. That doesn't give
 the film justice.

 There was a couple of critics in San Francisco like that. One was an
 older woman that loved stuff like Fried Green Tomatoes why did they try to
 send her to review the Matrix or a Bruce Willis film?

 On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Martin Baxter <
 martinbaxt...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> That in part, Mr Worf. I also see, as a problem with the show, was the
> hosts' seeming desire to find the next "GWTW" in every movie that came
> across their screens (a MAJOR reason why I don't like critics), whereas
> "Rotten Tomatoes" uses regular people as reviewers, who aren't of the 
> artsy
> mold as critics.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten
>> Tomatoes show on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with 
>> S&E's
>> show is that they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as S&E to 
>> fill
>> their shoes.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html
>>>
>>> Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show
>>> Share |
>>>
>>> "At the Movies" is fading to black after 24 seasons.
>>>
>>> The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based
>>> nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced 
>>> its
>>> lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' 
>>> Roger
>>> Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel.
>>>
>>> Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally
>>> yelled cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers
>>> Michael Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times 
>>> will
>>> air the weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at
>>>
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo!
>>> Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>> Mahogany at:
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>
>
>
>
>


 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>> Mahogany at:
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>
>
>
>
> 
>



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Re: [scifinoir2] LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show

[Mr. Worf]

I hope and believe that they will do something so stupid that whoever is the
head of the news division gets the axe.

I think they have actual journalists conducting the interviews and Palin
will do intros and wrap ups. She's too stupid to do anything else.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Keith Johnson
wrote:

>
>
> Well, I'm sure LL didn't know it was for a Palin-hosted show. Who
> interviewed him at that time? To wrap it up under Palin--someone whose
> beliefs and actions I have to believe he probably finds objectionable--is
> problematic at best. The Fox response is typically unprofessional, in
> suggesting he doesn't want to inspire other people.
> But nothing--nothing--Fox does surprises or disappoints me anymore. When
> they cut Obama's meeting with top Republicans a few weeks ago, they had no
> excuse. It was news, it was live, and they just cut away, because he was
> cleaning the Republicans' clocks. When Fox chairman Roger Ailes was asked
> about it on "This Week", he just joked "we cut away because we're 'fair and
> balanced'".
> The rest of the panel, including good friend Barbara Walters, who was guest
> hosting, all laughed. I was incensed. He made a joke of a "news" channel
> flagrantly ignoring news because of personal bias. And that's okay?
>
> Nothing Fox does surprises me anymore...
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Mr. Worf" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:43:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [scifinoir2] LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin
> Show
>
>
>
> Fox has cut his segment from the show, but I thought that it was an
> interesting story.
>
> LL Cool J Challenges Fox News on Promotion of Palin Show By DAVE 
> ITZKOFF
> [image: LL Cool J]
> [image: Sarah Palin]
>
> *Update:* Fox News 
> saidit
>  would cut an interview with LL Cool J from the debut episode of “Real
> American Stories.”
>
> If the lineup and promotion for the inaugural episode of “Real American
> Stories,” a new Fox News Channel series to be hosted by Sarah 
> Palin,
> caught you by surprise, you’re not the only one. On his Twitter 
> accounton Tuesday night, LL
> Cool 
> J,
> who was announced as one of the guests for the show, wrote that Fox was
> misrepresenting him.
>
> “Real American Stories” is scheduled to have its premiere on Fox News
> Channel on Thursday night. On its Web site , Fox
> News said the show would profile people who have “given back, given all and
> never given up.” Among the guests that Fox News is announcing in an
> advertisement for the first 
> episodeare the country musician 
> Toby Keith; John F. Welch Jr., the former chairman
> of General Electric; and LL Cool J, the rapper and star of “NCIS: Los
> Angeles.”
>
> But LL Cool J wrote on Twitter:
> “Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else & are
> misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah Palins Show. WOW.”
> He then re-sent the message nearly two dozen times to various followers in a
> two-hour span.
>
> Fox News has responded 
> here.
> Representatives for LL Cool J were not immediately available.
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>
>
>
> 
>



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[scifinoir2] David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies

[Keith Johnson]

Sad news. "Homicide" is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, 
certainly in terms of cop shows. It's the first show I can remember on TV that 
had so many blacks in non-stereotyped positions of leadership and influence. 
(Unlike, say, "NYPD Blue", which relegated the black captain to more of a guest 
star in favor of the bigoted white subordinate). 
Talent like his is rare: he will be missed 

Although, what's up with his blog "Undercover Black Man"?... 
http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/ 


*** 

David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies 
By DAVE ITZKOFF 


12:24 p.m. | Updated 
David Mills , an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer for crime dramas like 
“The Wire” on HBO and “Homicide: Life on the Streets” on NBC died on Tuesday in 
New Orleans, a press representative for HBO said. The New Orleans 
Times-Picayune reported that Mr. Mills died from a brain aneurysm. HBO is about 
to broadcast the debut of a new series, “Treme,” on which Mr. Mills worked as a 
writer and producer. 

After Mr. Mills made his television writing debut with “Homicide,” which his 
friend, David Simon, helped to create, he wrote for “NYPD Blue” and “ER.” He 
was also a co-writer and co-producer on “The Corner,” adapted from Mr. Simon’s 
book about drug abuse and poverty in Baltimore, which won three Emmys. Mr. 
Mills also created the NBC series “Kingpin,” about a Mexican drug cartel, which 
was shown in 2003. 

HBO said Wednesday in a statement: 



HBO is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend and colleague 
David Mills. He was a gracious and humble man, and will be sorely missed by 
those who knew and loved him, as well as those who were aware of his immense 
talent. David has left us too soon but his brilliant work will live on. 

Mr. Mills also chronicled his passion for music at his blog, Undercover Black 
Man . Before writing for television, he worked as a journalist and gained 
national attention for a 1992 interview with the hip-hop performer Sister 
Souljah in The Washington Post, in which she said, “If black people kill black 
people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?” When the Rainbow 
Coalition later invited Sister Souljah to speak at its convention, the group 
was criticized by Gov. Bill Clinton, then a candidate for the Democratic 
presidential nomination, who cited Mr. Mills’s interview. 

Re: [scifinoir2] David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies

[Tracy Curtis]

I'm really sorry to hear this.  He was a talented and interesting guy.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> Sad news. "Homicide" is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all time,
> certainly in terms of cop shows. It's the first show I can remember on TV
> that had so many blacks in non-stereotyped positions of leadership and
> influence. (Unlike, say, "NYPD Blue", which relegated the black captain to
> more of a guest star in favor of the bigoted white subordinate).
> Talent like his is rare: he will be missed
>
> Although, what's up with his blog "Undercover Black Man"?...
> http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/
>
>
> ***
>
> David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies By DAVE 
> ITZKOFF
>
> *12:24 p.m. | Updated *
> David 
> Mills,
> an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer for crime dramas like “The 
> Wire”on HBO 
> and “Homicide: Life on the Streets” on NBC died on Tuesday in New
> Orleans, a press representative for HBO said. The New Orleans
> Times-Picayune 
> reportedthat
>  Mr. Mills died from a brain aneurysm. HBO is about to broadcast the
> debut of a new series, 
> “Treme,”on which 
> Mr. Mills worked as a writer and producer.
>
> After Mr. Mills made his television writing debut with “Homicide,” which
> his friend, David Simon, helped to create, he wrote for “NYPD Blue” and
> “ER.” He was also a co-writer and co-producer on “The 
> Corner,”adapted 
> from Mr. Simon’s book about drug abuse and poverty in Baltimore,
> which won three Emmys. Mr. Mills also created the NBC series “Kingpin,”
> about a Mexican drug cartel, which was shown in 2003.
>
> HBO said Wednesday in a statement:
>
> HBO is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend and colleague
> David Mills. He was a gracious and humble man, and will be sorely missed by
> those who knew and loved him, as well as those who were aware of his immense
> talent. David has left us too soon but his brilliant work will live on.
>
> Mr. Mills also chronicled his passion for music at his blog, Undercover
> Black Man . Before writing for
> television, he worked as a journalist and gained national attention for a
> 1992 
> interviewwith
>  the hip-hop performer Sister Souljah in The Washington Post, in which
> she said, “If black people kill black people every day, why not have a week
> and kill white people?” When the Rainbow Coalition later invited Sister
> Souljah to speak at its convention, the group was criticized by Gov. Bill
> Clinton, then a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, who
> cited Mr. Mills’s interview.
>
>  
>

[scifinoir2] Tale of the Titans

[Kelwyn]

http://blackplush.blogspot.com/2010/03/tale-of-titans.html

[scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies

[Kelwyn]

Dang!  He was only 48!  Always sends a chill up my spine when somebody younger 
than me dies.

~(no)rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson  wrote:
>
> Sad news. "Homicide" is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, 
> certainly in terms of cop shows. It's the first show I can remember on TV 
> that had so many blacks in non-stereotyped positions of leadership and 
> influence. (Unlike, say, "NYPD Blue", which relegated the black captain to 
> more of a guest star in favor of the bigoted white subordinate). 
> Talent like his is rare: he will be missed 
> 
> Although, what's up with his blog "Undercover Black Man"?... 
> http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/ 
> 
> 
> *** 
> 
> David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies 
> By DAVE ITZKOFF 
> 
> 
> 12:24 p.m. | Updated 
> David Mills , an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer for crime dramas like 
> “The Wire” on HBO and “Homicide: Life on the Streets” on NBC died on 
> Tuesday in New Orleans, a press representative for HBO said. The New Orleans 
> Times-Picayune reported that Mr. Mills died from a brain aneurysm. HBO is 
> about to broadcast the debut of a new series, “Treme,” on which Mr. Mills 
> worked as a writer and producer. 
> 
> After Mr. Mills made his television writing debut with “Homicide,” which 
> his friend, David Simon, helped to create, he wrote for “NYPD Blue” and 
> “ER.” He was also a co-writer and co-producer on “The Corner,” 
> adapted from Mr. Simon’s book about drug abuse and poverty in Baltimore, 
> which won three Emmys. Mr. Mills also created the NBC series “Kingpin,” 
> about a Mexican drug cartel, which was shown in 2003. 
> 
> HBO said Wednesday in a statement: 
> 
> 
> 
> HBO is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend and colleague 
> David Mills. He was a gracious and humble man, and will be sorely missed by 
> those who knew and loved him, as well as those who were aware of his immense 
> talent. David has left us too soon but his brilliant work will live on. 
> 
> Mr. Mills also chronicled his passion for music at his blog, Undercover Black 
> Man . Before writing for television, he worked as a journalist and gained 
> national attention for a 1992 interview with the hip-hop performer Sister 
> Souljah in The Washington Post, in which she said, “If black people kill 
> black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?” When 
> the Rainbow Coalition later invited Sister Souljah to speak at its 
> convention, the group was criticized by Gov. Bill Clinton, then a candidate 
> for the Democratic presidential nomination, who cited Mr. Mills’s interview.
>

[scifinoir2] (unknown)

[Augustus Augustus]

[scifinoir2] Question

[Augustus Augustus]

has anyone seen the trailer for the new Predator movie "Predators" with 
Lawrence Fishburn?    It opens July 29.  The trailor looks freaking AWESOME!

Fate.



  

[scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies

[daikaiju66]

R.I.P. He will definitely be missed. I can't wait to see his take on my 
hometown in Treme.

I think the blog title was a bit tongue in cheek, but reading about him it 
seems that he looked at himself in some ways as "our" eyes and ears in the room.

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Kelwyn"  wrote:
>
> Dang!  He was only 48!  Always sends a chill up my spine when somebody 
> younger than me dies.
> 
> ~(no)rave!
> 
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson  wrote:
> >
> > Sad news. "Homicide" is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, 
> > certainly in terms of cop shows. It's the first show I can remember on TV 
> > that had so many blacks in non-stereotyped positions of leadership and 
> > influence. (Unlike, say, "NYPD Blue", which relegated the black captain to 
> > more of a guest star in favor of the bigoted white subordinate). 
> > Talent like his is rare: he will be missed 
> > 
> > Although, what's up with his blog "Undercover Black Man"?... 
> > http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/ 
> > 
> > 
> > *** 
> > 
> > David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies 
> > By DAVE ITZKOFF 
> > 
> > 
> > 12:24 p.m. | Updated 
> > David Mills , an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer for crime dramas 
> > like “The Wire” on HBO and “Homicide: Life on the Streets” on NBC 
> > died on Tuesday in New Orleans, a press representative for HBO said. The 
> > New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that Mr. Mills died from a brain 
> > aneurysm. HBO is about to broadcast the debut of a new series, “Treme,” 
> > on which Mr. Mills worked as a writer and producer. 
> > 
> > After Mr. Mills made his television writing debut with “Homicide,” 
> > which his friend, David Simon, helped to create, he wrote for “NYPD 
> > Blue” and “ER.” He was also a co-writer and co-producer on “The 
> > Corner,” adapted from Mr. Simon’s book about drug abuse and poverty in 
> > Baltimore, which won three Emmys. Mr. Mills also created the NBC series 
> > “Kingpin,” about a Mexican drug cartel, which was shown in 2003. 
> > 
> > HBO said Wednesday in a statement: 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > HBO is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend and colleague 
> > David Mills. He was a gracious and humble man, and will be sorely missed by 
> > those who knew and loved him, as well as those who were aware of his 
> > immense talent. David has left us too soon but his brilliant work will live 
> > on. 
> > 
> > Mr. Mills also chronicled his passion for music at his blog, Undercover 
> > Black Man . Before writing for television, he worked as a journalist and 
> > gained national attention for a 1992 interview with the hip-hop performer 
> > Sister Souljah in The Washington Post, in which she said, “If black 
> > people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white 
> > people?” When the Rainbow Coalition later invited Sister Souljah to speak 
> > at its convention, the group was criticized by Gov. Bill Clinton, then a 
> > candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, who cited Mr. 
> > Mills’s interview.
> >
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies

[Keith Johnson]

Older than me (not by much), but it is a bit disconcerting, especially when 
it's something like an aneurism that could come out of nowhere... 


- Original Message - 
From: "Kelwyn"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 5:16:11 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies 

  




Dang! He was only 48! Always sends a chill up my spine when somebody younger 
than me dies. 

~(no)rave! 

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson  wrote: 
> 
> Sad news. "Homicide" is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, 
> certainly in terms of cop shows. It's the first show I can remember on TV 
> that had so many blacks in non-stereotyped positions of leadership and 
> influence. (Unlike, say, "NYPD Blue", which relegated the black captain to 
> more of a guest star in favor of the bigoted white subordinate). 
> Talent like his is rare: he will be missed 
> 
> Although, what's up with his blog "Undercover Black Man"?... 
> http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/ 
> 
> 
> *** 
> 
> David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies 
> By DAVE ITZKOFF 
> 
> 
> 12:24 p.m. | Updated 
> David Mills , an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer for crime dramas like 
> “The Wire� on HBO and “Homicide: Life on the Streets� on NBC died on 
> Tuesday in New Orleans, a press representative for HBO said. The New Orleans 
> Times-Picayune reported that Mr. Mills died from a brain aneurysm. HBO is 
> about to broadcast the debut of a new series, “Treme,� on which Mr. Mills 
> worked as a writer and producer. 
> 
> After Mr. Mills made his television writing debut with “Homicide,� which 
> his friend, David Simon, helped to create, he wrote for “NYPD Blue� and 
> “ER.� He was also a co-writer and co-producer on “The Corner,� 
> adapted from Mr. Simon’s book about drug abuse and poverty in Baltimore, 
> which won three Emmys. Mr. Mills also created the NBC series “Kingpin,� 
> about a Mexican drug cartel, which was shown in 2003. 
> 
> HBO said Wednesday in a statement: 
> 
> 
> 
> HBO is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend and colleague 
> David Mills. He was a gracious and humble man, and will be sorely missed by 
> those who knew and loved him, as well as those who were aware of his immense 
> talent. David has left us too soon but his brilliant work will live on. 
> 
> Mr. Mills also chronicled his passion for music at his blog, Undercover Black 
> Man . Before writing for television, he worked as a journalist and gained 
> national attention for a 1992 interview with the hip-hop performer Sister 
> Souljah in The Washington Post, in which she said, “If black people kill 
> black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?� When 
> the Rainbow Coalition later invited Sister Souljah to speak at its 
> convention, the group was criticized by Gov. Bill Clinton, then a candidate 
> for the Democratic presidential nomination, who cited Mr. Mills’s 
> interview. 
> 

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies

[Keith Johnson]

Tell me about "Treme"? 


- Original Message - 
From: "daikaiju66"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:19:42 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies 

  




R.I.P. He will definitely be missed. I can't wait to see his take on my 
hometown in Treme. 

I think the blog title was a bit tongue in cheek, but reading about him it 
seems that he looked at himself in some ways as "our" eyes and ears in the 
room. 

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , "Kelwyn"  wrote: 
> 
> Dang! He was only 48! Always sends a chill up my spine when somebody younger 
> than me dies. 
> 
> ~(no)rave! 
> 
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson  wrote: 
> > 
> > Sad news. "Homicide" is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all time, 
> > certainly in terms of cop shows. It's the first show I can remember on TV 
> > that had so many blacks in non-stereotyped positions of leadership and 
> > influence. (Unlike, say, "NYPD Blue", which relegated the black captain to 
> > more of a guest star in favor of the bigoted white subordinate). 
> > Talent like his is rare: he will be missed 
> > 
> > Although, what's up with his blog "Undercover Black Man"?... 
> > http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/ 
> > 
> > 
> > *** 
> > 
> > David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies 
> > By DAVE ITZKOFF 
> > 
> > 
> > 12:24 p.m. | Updated 
> > David Mills , an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer for crime dramas 
> > like “The Wire� on HBO and “Homicide: Life on the Streets� on NBC 
> > died on Tuesday in New Orleans, a press representative for HBO said. The 
> > New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that Mr. Mills died from a brain 
> > aneurysm. HBO is about to broadcast the debut of a new series, “Treme,� 
> > on which Mr. Mills worked as a writer and producer. 
> > 
> > After Mr. Mills made his television writing debut with “Homicide,� 
> > which his friend, David Simon, helped to create, he wrote for “NYPD 
> > Blue� and “ER.� He was also a co-writer and co-producer on “The 
> > Corner,� adapted from Mr. Simon’s book about drug abuse and poverty in 
> > Baltimore, which won three Emmys. Mr. Mills also created the NBC series 
> > “Kingpin,� about a Mexican drug cartel, which was shown in 2003. 
> > 
> > HBO said Wednesday in a statement: 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > HBO is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend and colleague 
> > David Mills. He was a gracious and humble man, and will be sorely missed by 
> > those who knew and loved him, as well as those who were aware of his 
> > immense talent. David has left us too soon but his brilliant work will live 
> > on. 
> > 
> > Mr. Mills also chronicled his passion for music at his blog, Undercover 
> > Black Man . Before writing for television, he worked as a journalist and 
> > gained national attention for a 1992 interview with the hip-hop performer 
> > Sister Souljah in The Washington Post, in which she said, “If black 
> > people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white 
> > people?� When the Rainbow Coalition later invited Sister Souljah to speak 
> > at its convention, the group was criticized by Gov. Bill Clinton, then a 
> > candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, who cited Mr. 
> > Mills’s interview. 
> > 
> 

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site

[Rogue]

I saw the video but to be honest, I don't know how she figures this ties in to 
what she done in the video. I feel that she should have at least gotten the 
permits to let people know this was going to happen. I love the singer, still 
do,  but the video was in poor taste.
--Dax
I love mankind - it's people I can't stand!


From: Keith Johnson 
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:54 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination 
Site


  

Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think 
it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where 
JFK was killed.

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8

**
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html

Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site 


Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to accompany the 
song "Window Seat." Currently #28 on Billboard's R&B/hip-hop chart, the song 
appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh.

In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and 
site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently 
filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of 
clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the 
street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing 
by on that fateful day.

It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and 
lucky, too, in that no cops showed up.

UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu broke the 
law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter 
account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against "groupthink," 
the "unwritten rule" that "i will not express my true opinion if it opposes 
those i love and fear." She adds: "i was petrified while shooting this video 
... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few 
moments." She said she was "too busy lookin for cops" to be embarrassed by her 
nudity. "i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real 
vulnerable place."

She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, 
"i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized." 

She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, "THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : 
YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc."

UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily. Highlights:

  Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video 
for "Window Seat"? 
  EB: The song "Window Seat" is about liberating yourself from layers and 
layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or 
evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think 
about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the 
theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw 
a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And 
I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people 
do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to 
them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do 
in some way or another. 

  Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? 

  A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was 
thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place 
in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination 
to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her 
self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. 

  Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction 
when the video was released? 

  A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, 
I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen 
anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now.

Re: [scifinoir2] This is cool: Infected PC? AVG Rescue CD to the Rescue!

[Rogue]

I think this is great and something that I will look into. I personally use 
Avast which has a option to scan the boot drive. 
--Dax
I love mankind - it's people I can't stand!


From: Mr. Worf 
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 4:33 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [scifinoir2] This is cool: Infected PC? AVG Rescue CD to the Rescue!


  

This will work on a cd or you can put it on a thumb drive.



Infected PC? AVG Rescue CD to the Rescue!
By Rick Broida 

March 30th, 2010 @ 8:09 am

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Tags: PC, CD, Rescue, Cyberthreats, Desktops..., Viruses And Worms, Security, 
Hardware, Rick Broida

If a virus or spyware infection strikes your PC, you’ll know it right away. The 
telltale signs include suddenly sluggish performance, a hijacked Web browser, 
and/or pop-up warnings from sources you don’t recognize.

What you may not know is what to do about it. Trying to cure an already 
infected PC is quite literally like trying to close the barn door after the 
horses have run out.

Fortunately, there’s a new weapon at your disposal: AVG Rescue CD can remove 
viruses, spyware, and other malware from infected PCs. It’s a free, effective, 
and potentially life-saving tool — but there’s one catch.


The catch: You need to create your rescue CD before your system gets infected. 
If you wait until after the fact, your system will probably be too choked with 
malware to perform the setup. So think of this as stockpiling a flu vaccine.

As its name implies, AVG Rescue CD is a bootable CD that employs Linux for its 
operations, meaning it doesn’t boot into Windows (which is where the problems 
lie, natch). It’s also available for USB flash drives, which is my preferred 
method of deploying the tool — as long as the infected system supports booting 
from flash drives, which most modern PCs do. (The software itself requires only 
about 70MB of space, so even an old 128MB drive will suffice.)

Don’t worry about out-of-date virus definitions: The software will leverage 
your PC’s Internet connection to retrieve the latest updates.

I can’t say AVG Rescue CD is the most user-friendly tool I’ve used, so it 
behooves novice users to watch AVG’s two tutorial videos: One on creating a 
bootable CD or USB drive, the other on using Rescue CD to remove infections 
from a PC.

I also can’t promise that the software will rescue every PC from every 
infection — but it’s something every user should keep in his or her toolkit. 
AVG Rescue CD is free; it works with most versions of Windows. [via AppScout]


You can download it here:
http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd


-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! 
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

Re: [scifinoir2] First advanced prototype revealed for the Australian bionic eye

[Rogue]

This sounds fascinating. I am sure if this all works out I am sure you would 
have to pay a subscription just to get the movies from Blockbusters or Netflix.
--Dax
I love mankind - it's people I can't stand!


From: Mr. Worf 
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:45 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [scifinoir2] First advanced prototype revealed for the Australian 
bionic eye


  

First advanced prototype revealed for the Australian bionic eye
By Loz Blain

01:13 March 31, 2010

 
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version of a bionic eye implant that could be ready to start restoring 
rudimentary vision to blind people as soon as 2013. The system consists of a 
pair of glasses with a camera built in, a processor that fits in your pocket, 
and an ocular implant that sits against the retina at the back of the eye and 
electronically stimulates the retinal neurons that send visual information to 
the brain. The resulting visual picture is blocky and low-res at this point, 
but the technology is bound to improve, and even in its current form it's going 
to be a major life-changer for those with no vision at all. And the future 
potential - even for sighted people - is fascinating.

Thanks to an Australian government injection of almost $40 million in 2009, 
Bionic Vision Australia has been able to revise the timeline of its innovative 
bionic eye program from "around 2020" to as close as three years away. This 
week, researchers demonstrated a prototype of the device they hope will begin 
restoring sight to blind people as early as 2013.

How it works

The retina can be very simplistically described as a matrix of nerve cells that 
fire when they're struck by certain types and levels of light. Those neurons 
send an electrical signal back to the brain's visual cortex, where information 
about color, light intensity, edges and lots of other interesting stuff is 
reassembled and the brain can begin processing it to try to work out what's 
going on - working out what objects you're looking at, what's moving, what's 
important.

It's an incredibly complex and fascinating system, but it all starts with the 
retina, where light that comes into the eye is converted to nerve impulses. You 
could view the bionic eye implant as an aftermarket replacement for a retina 
that's no longer capable of performing this function.

BVA's bionic eye works in a similar way to the US-based Argus II system. A 
small camera is mounted on top of a pair of glasses, and the resulting images 
are sent to a small processor unit that can be kept in a patient's pocket. This 
processor sends a crunched image to a tiny 2x4mm chip that's implanted directly 
onto the retina - and the chip directly stimulates the visual neurons, sending 
a rough visual signal to the brain for processing.

The resolution challenge

The challenge in bionic eye design is not to get a signal through to the brain, 
but to improve the resolution and detail of that signal. The first version of 
the Argus system had only 16 electrodes, so it effectively sent a 16-"pixel" 
image to the brain. The next-gen Argus II carries 60 electrodes.

The prototype unveiled this week by BVA is a little more advanced, but still 
quite rudimentary in the scheme of things. It offers 100 electrodes - so the 
eventual picture will still be blocky and difficult for somebody with normal 
vision to interpret. But researchers say it will be enough to give enough 
vision to a patient to let them walk around without assistance: "Patients would 
be able to contrast light from dark and move more independently, with the 
ability to distinguish large objects and to avoid walking into them. They will 
be able to see outlines such as buildings, cars and park benches. This 
prototype should be ready for the first human implant in 2011."


The second prototype model they're working on for its first trial run in 2013 
is more exciting - with 1000-electrode resolution, the picture will become a 
lot clearer for patients who receive the implant. We're talking 20/80 vision, 
or more than enough to recognize faces, read large print and generally 
integrate much better into a visually-focused world.

Looking into the future

Beyond these two prototype stages, it should theoretically be possible to 
improve the device up to and even beyond the capability of a working human eye. 
At that stage, all sorts of things become possib

[scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies

[B Smith]

http://www.hbo.com/treme/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLd__SO5WdY&feature=player_embedded#

http://bit.ly/9fpl5W

It's about post-Katrina New Orleans and focuses on musicians and other folks 
trying to rebuild their lives. It looks incredible and early reviews are great. 
If it's half as good as The Wire I'll be overjoyed.

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> Tell me about "Treme"? 
> 
> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: "daikaiju66"  
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:19:42 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies 
> 
>   
> 
> 
> 
> 
> R.I.P. He will definitely be missed. I can't wait to see his take on my 
> hometown in Treme. 
> 
> I think the blog title was a bit tongue in cheek, but reading about him it 
> seems that he looked at himself in some ways as "our" eyes and ears in the 
> room. 
> 
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , "Kelwyn"  wrote: 
> > 
> > Dang! He was only 48! Always sends a chill up my spine when somebody 
> > younger than me dies. 
> > 
> > ~(no)rave! 
> > 
> > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson  wrote: 
> > > 
> > > Sad news. "Homicide" is easily in my top ten favorite TV shows of all 
> > > time, certainly in terms of cop shows. It's the first show I can remember 
> > > on TV that had so many blacks in non-stereotyped positions of leadership 
> > > and influence. (Unlike, say, "NYPD Blue", which relegated the black 
> > > captain to more of a guest star in favor of the bigoted white 
> > > subordinate). 
> > > Talent like his is rare: he will be missed 
> > > 
> > > Although, what's up with his blog "Undercover Black Man"?... 
> > > http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/ 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > *** 
> > > 
> > > David Mills, Television Writer and Producer, Dies 
> > > By DAVE ITZKOFF 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 12:24 p.m. | Updated 
> > > David Mills , an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer for crime dramas 
> > > like â€Å"The Wire� on HBO and â€Å"Homicide: Life on the 
> > > Streets� on NBC died on Tuesday in New Orleans, a press 
> > > representative for HBO said. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that 
> > > Mr. Mills died from a brain aneurysm. HBO is about to broadcast the debut 
> > > of a new series, â€Å"Treme,� on which Mr. Mills worked as a 
> > > writer and producer. 
> > > 
> > > After Mr. Mills made his television writing debut with 
> > > â€Å"Homicide,� which his friend, David Simon, helped to create, 
> > > he wrote for â€Å"NYPD Blue� and â€Å"ER.� He was also 
> > > a co-writer and co-producer on â€Å"The Corner,� adapted from 
> > > Mr. Simon’s book about drug abuse and poverty in Baltimore, which 
> > > won three Emmys. Mr. Mills also created the NBC series 
> > > â€Å"Kingpin,� about a Mexican drug cartel, which was shown in 
> > > 2003. 
> > > 
> > > HBO said Wednesday in a statement: 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > HBO is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our dear friend and 
> > > colleague David Mills. He was a gracious and humble man, and will be 
> > > sorely missed by those who knew and loved him, as well as those who were 
> > > aware of his immense talent. David has left us too soon but his brilliant 
> > > work will live on. 
> > > 
> > > Mr. Mills also chronicled his passion for music at his blog, Undercover 
> > > Black Man . Before writing for television, he worked as a journalist and 
> > > gained national attention for a 1992 interview with the hip-hop performer 
> > > Sister Souljah in The Washington Post, in which she said, â€Å"If black 
> > > people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white 
> > > people?� When the Rainbow Coalition later invited Sister Souljah 
> > > to speak at its convention, the group was criticized by Gov. Bill 
> > > Clinton, then a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, who 
> > > cited Mr. Mills’s interview. 
> > > 
> >
>

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site

[Keith Johnson]

I'm feeling the same, but a lot of people are calling me prudish and 
conservative. Which is funny because those are the last things i am, but I do 
think we as humans should respect places of great tragedy like this. 


- Original Message - 
From: "Rogue"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:12:43 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK 
Assassination Site 

  





I saw the video but to be honest, I don't know how she figures this ties in to 
what she done in the video. I feel that she should have at least gotten the 
permits to let people know this was going to happen. I love the singer, still 
do,  but the video was in poor taste. 
--Dax 
I love mankind - it's people I can't stand! 




From: Keith Johnson 
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:54 PM 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination 
Site 

  



Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do think 
it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot basically where 
JFK was killed. 

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 

** 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html
 

Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site 



Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video on her website to accompany the 
song "Window Seat." Currently #28 on Billboard's R&B/hip-hop chart, the song 
appears on the album New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh . 

In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown and 
site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. Apparently 
filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly removes articles of 
clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls down naked in the 
street, near the approximate spot where the presidential motorcade was passing 
by on that fateful day. 

It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and 
lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. 

UPDATE: The Dallas Morning News reports that city officials say Badu broke the 
law by not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter 
account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against "groupthink," 
the "unwritten rule" that "i will not express my true opinion if it opposes 
those i love and fear." She adds: "i was petrified while shooting this video 
... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many fears in that few 
moments." She said she was "too busy lookin for cops" to be embarrassed by her 
nudity. "i been naked all along in my words actions and deeds. thats the real 
vulnerable place." 

She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and added, 
"i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized." 

She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, "THIS IS A PUBLIC PLACE : 
YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc." 

UPDATE #2: Badu has now given an interview to her local daily. Highlights: 

Q: To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the video 
for "Window Seat"? 

EB: The song "Window Seat" is about liberating yourself from layers and layers 
of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or evolution. 
I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to think about 
shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am from the 
theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of art. And I saw 
a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in Times Square. And 
I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've ever seen two people 
do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of liberation and freedom to 
them. I hoped it would become something contagious that people would want to do 
in some way or another. 

Q: And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to it? 

A: Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was 
thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental place 
in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that assassination 
to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or her 
self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted to display. 

Q: And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life reaction when 
the video was released? 

A: Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my mind, I 
decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to happen 
anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now. 

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site

[Mr. Worf]

If you are shooting video somewhere it is cheaper to not get a permit.
(obviously) In some cities they charge a fortune to shoot simple outdoor
footage. They want you to pay for police security (not your own), file
permits for each location, a $1 million insurance policy on and on.

They recently lowered the fees in San Francisco but it still can be
expensive. (even if you are a student) There are separate permits that must
be filed for the beach or park as well. Check out here:
http://38.106.4.41/index.aspx?page=16

So its cheaper to just shoot it. Most of the time you won't get into any
trouble unless you are with a big company or a big star. Then you can pay
the fines later. If they said, "We're going to shoot a R&B video where
Kennedy was shot and I'm going to get nude and pretend that I was shot like
him then lie down on the side walk..." After the angry mob run them out of
town do you think that they would have gotten permission for that? :)

Badu's film crew was probably a camera person, makeup, and someone doing
playback of the audio. I think were some extras where she was as well.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Rogue  wrote:

>
>
> I saw the video but to be honest, I don't know how she figures this ties in
> to what she done in the video. I feel that she should have at least gotten
> the permits to let people know this was going to happen. I love the singer,
> still do,  but the video was in poor taste.
> --Dax
> I love mankind - it's people I can't stand!
>
>  *From:* Keith Johnson 
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:54 PM
> *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [scifinoir2] OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK
> Assassination Site
>
>
>
> Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do
> think it's...questionablehaving the shot fired at the same spot
> basically where JFK was killed.
>
> video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8
>
> **
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html
>
> Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination 
> Site
>
> Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video
> on her website to accompany the song "Window
> Seat." Currently #28 on Billboard's R&B/hip-hop chart, the song appears on
> the album *New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh*.
>
> In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown
> and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy.
> Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly
> removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls
> down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential
> motorcade was passing by on that fateful day.
>
> It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and
> lucky, too, in that no cops showed up.
>
> *UPDATE:* The *Dallas Morning News *reports that city officials say Badu broke
> the law
> by
> not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter
> account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against
> "groupthink," the "unwritten rule" that "i will not express my true opinion
> if it opposes those i love and fear." She adds: "i was petrified while
> shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many
> fears in that few moments." She said she was "too busy lookin for cops" to
> be embarrassed by her nudity. "i been naked all along in my words actions
> and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place."
>
> She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and
> added, "i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized."
>
> She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, "THIS IS A PUBLIC
> PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc."
>
> *UPDATE #2:* Badu has now given an interview
> to
> her local daily. Highlights:
>
> *Q:* To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the
> video for "Window Seat"?
>
> *EB:* The song "Window Seat" is about liberating yourself from layers and
> layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or
> evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to
> think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am
> from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of
> art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in
> Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've
> ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of
> liberation and freedom to the

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[Mr. Worf]

This week's show was about Troy Stroud. An African American man from
Englewood, CA that was the mastermind behind the biggest counterfeiting scam
in the country. With an inkjet printer, photoshop, and hairspray this man
produced 7 million in counterfeit $100, and $20 bills that circulated all
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Check it out on Saturday on CNBC.

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