You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.

River ,'Objects In Space'


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Lyra Jane - Sep 09, 2005 7:16:26 am PDT #7258 of 10002
Up with the sun

The professor, a tiny woman was also my Japanese instructor, believed that Jim Morrison was the closest thing to a shaman modern white culture had to offer.

... and that would be the day I dropped the class and stormed out.

I have this huge blinding Jim Morrisson hatred, the kind of thing most people direct at poor Britney Spears.


Hayden - Sep 09, 2005 7:16:26 am PDT #7259 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Uh, Timothy Leary, maybe? Allen Ginsberg? Heck, I think even W could be a shaman by that description, what with the drug use and crazy visions.

Anyway, I'm glad you dug Dead Man, Raq. I love the hell out of that movie. Neil Young's soundtrack is extraordinary, too. It's one of the few soundtracks I listen to on a regular basis.


Scrappy - Sep 09, 2005 7:36:16 am PDT #7260 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Ah, Corwood, at last a Western we agree on! Dead Man is dear to my heart.


Hayden - Sep 09, 2005 7:37:25 am PDT #7261 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Ah, Corwood, at last a Western we agree on!

How sweet it is!


Calli - Sep 09, 2005 7:37:59 am PDT #7262 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I have this huge blinding Jim Morrisson hatred, the kind of thing most people direct at poor Britney Spears.

Funny, I have the same thing for Oliver Stone movies.


P.M. Marc - Sep 09, 2005 8:09:44 am PDT #7263 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Uh, Timothy Leary, maybe? Allen Ginsberg? Heck, I think even W could be a shaman by that description, what with the drug use and crazy visions.

Hunter S. Thompson.


tommyrot - Sep 09, 2005 8:18:48 am PDT #7264 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

William S Burroughs.


erikaj - Sep 09, 2005 8:53:07 am PDT #7265 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

Elvis? John Lennon during the granny glasses period, more popular than Jesus.


Sean K - Sep 09, 2005 9:05:51 am PDT #7266 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Robert Anton Wilson is probably something of a minor American shaman.

However, the descriptions of his style make me want to run away.

ita, I think you might like Mystery Train. Don't know about Down By Law or Night on Earth.

I loved all three of those movies. Haven't seen Dead Man yet. I'm very excited about Broken Flowers.

her premise was that shamans were cultural leaders, and directed the cultural memes and mores of a society. NSM with the helping.

Also, drug use and visions.

If I didn't already have a Raq tag, I think I would tag this.


Volans - Sep 09, 2005 10:12:59 am PDT #7267 of 10002
move out and draw fire

Ah, Corwood, at last a Western we agree on!

Does Dead Man really count as a Western? For all that it's set in the place and time, I'm not sure it does.

But, you know, I don't want to destroy the moment for Robin and Corwood.

I have to admit a complete unfamiliarity with Jim Morrison prior to taking this class. I think I'd heard a couple Doors songs, but not really registered them. As a result, I did not storm out, but I also have thought ever since that Jim Morrison was doing a really remarkable Val Kilmer impression.