Four Horsemen | documentary, Official Trailer I — Global mega-trends are converging when governments, organised religion and mainstream economists have stalled. [Excerpted from the above home page; the film hasn't been released, as noted on their site.]
this is fucking brilliant and hilarious.... about a very serious subject.... so pretty weird now that I think about it.... but watch through to the end, cuz it gets better... watch it at least twice... I haven't laughed so hard in like forever:
The people of this country who are leading happy lives in the embrace of the party and their leader are in an irrepressible excitement looking up at Kim Jong-il the guarding and symbol of the republic. The Korean people hold the republic dearer than their own lives because they must have not suffered again the lot of the real nation must not forget the bloody lesson.
This is Bud Haggart, who pioneered the "prompter ear". Talent reads copy into a recorder which is then transmitted to an earpiece. The talent then repeats their own recorded voice back with a 2 second delay. This device is still prevalent today and saves TONS of time on-set: no memorizing, no TelePrompTer.
Bud made this demo to show he could handle any bulls*&t copy thrown at him. He almost always nailed long, difficult passages in one take.
By 1964 there were 1.5 million mobile phone users in the US
The Ringing of Revolution |Phil Ochs — Looking through the Lounge's Listening Thread, I found this video posted here. Thank You, JD.
LYRICS. In a building of gold, with riches untold, lived the families on which the country was founded. And the merchants of style, with their red velvet smiles, were there, for they also were hounded. And the soft middle class crowded in to the last, for the building was fully surrounded. And the noise outside was the ringing of revolution.
Sadly they stared and sank in their chairs and searched for a comforting notion. And the rich silver walls looked ready to fall As they shook in doubtful devotion. The ice cubes would clink as they freshened their drinks, wet their minds in bitter emotion. And they talked about the ringing of revolution.
We were hardly aware of the hardships they beared, for our time was taken with treasure. Oh, life was a game, and work was a shame, And pain was prevented by pleasure. The world, cold and grey, was so far away In the distance only money could measure. But their thoughts were broken by the ringing of revolution.
The clouds filled the room in darkening doom as the crooked smoke rings were rising. How long will it take, how can we escape Someone asks, but no one's advising. And the quivering floor responds to the roar, In a shake no longer surprising. As closer and closer comes the ringing of revolution.
Softly they moan, please leave us alone As back and forth they are pacing. And they cover their ears and try not to hear With pillows of silk they're embracing. And the crackling crowd is laughing out loud, peeking in at the target they're chasing. Now trembling inside the ringing of revolution.
With compromise sway we give in half way When we saw that rebellion was growing. Now everything's lost as they kneel by the cross Where the blood of christ is still flowing. Too late for their sorrow they've reached their tomorrow and reaped the seed they were sowing. Now harvested by the ringing of revolution.
In tattered tuxedos they faced the new heroes and crawled about in confusion. And they sheepishly grinned for their memories were dim of the decades of dark execution. Hollow hands were raised; they stood there amazed in the shattering of their illusions. As the windows were smashed by the ringing of revolution.
Down on our knees we're begging you please, We're sorry for the way you were driven. There's no need to taunt just take what you want, and we'll make amends, if we're living. But away from the grounds the flames told the town that only the dead are forgiven. As they vanished inside the ringing of revolution.
Art will be the last bastion when all else fades away. ~ Timothy White (b 1952), American rock music journalist _________________
by justdrew » Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:12 am 
