Ah, Corwood, at last a Western we agree on!
How sweet it is!
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
Dawn ,'Beneath You'
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Hayden - Sep 09, 2005 7:37:25 am PDT #7261 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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.
Scrappy - Sep 09, 2005 10:20:17 am PDT #7268 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Sure it's a Western--It has cowboys and whores and steam trains and saloons and sheriffs and Indian guides and guns and brocade vests and trading posts--the whole nine yards. It just does different stuff with them.
erikaj - Sep 09, 2005 10:26:06 am PDT #7269 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
(boggles at Morrison unfamiliarity) Your mom must have a different Secret Celebrity Boyfriend, then.
Volans - Sep 09, 2005 10:37:05 am PDT #7270 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Your mom must have a different Secret Celebrity Boyfriend, then.
My mom was way too old for Morrison. She watched Lawrence Welk religiously. My sister probably listened to The Doors, dunno...if she did, it didn't stick.
I got to college knowing nothing about popular music, American or otherwise, between the years 1940-1980. Well, that's not entirely true; I was introduced to the Beatles senior year in high school.
Becoming a pop culture ho was my teen rebellion.
Edit: Oh wait! I came back to post my one wish for a difference in Dead Man. It has to do with the resolution/ending...should I white-font?