Speaking of LOTR. I met a lovely woman today whose actual, given name is Lothorian. I spent an unseemly amount of time praising her parents' coolness.
Shouldn't it be "Lothlorien"? Or is there something else in the Silmarillion I don't know about?
Just tryin' a little spicy talk.
Tara ,'Get It Done'
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DavidS - Aug 25, 2010 6:26:46 pm PDT #10983 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Frankenbuddha - Aug 25, 2010 6:34:58 pm PDT #10984 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'd put Silent Running up there
I loved it when I saw it back in the early 80s (at a revival house), but dear lord I know the Joan Baez songs would make me want to plunge ice picks in my ears now.
Typo Boy - Aug 25, 2010 6:39:35 pm PDT #10985 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Nothing wrong with good folk music. And Joan Baez in her prime had one of the great voices of the age. (She still has a first rate voice, but at the time she had a once-in-a-generation instrument.)
Kathy A - Aug 25, 2010 7:28:43 pm PDT #10986 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Hell, yeah. Her singing "Amazing Grace" acapella is incredible. Actually, her singing anything acapella is incredible.
Typo Boy - Aug 25, 2010 7:40:46 pm PDT #10987 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Baez could have moved an audience to tears singing the phone book.
Sean K - Aug 25, 2010 8:31:33 pm PDT #10988 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I have seen 23. I haven't seen Primer or Eternal Sunshine.
DavidS - Aug 25, 2010 9:06:08 pm PDT #10989 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Actually, her singing anything acapella is incredible.
Clearly you've never watched The T.A.M.I. Show where her version of "You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling" is unbelievably stiff and lacking in any R&B feel. She needs to stick to "Joe Hill."
Tom Scola - Aug 26, 2010 3:33:17 am PDT #10990 of 30000
hwæt
beekaytee - Aug 26, 2010 6:16:36 am PDT #10991 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Shouldn't it be "Lothlorien"?
Why, yes it should.
le nubian - Aug 26, 2010 5:10:53 pm PDT #10992 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
So you may have heard about the Chilean miners who are stuck .5 mile underground perhaps for 4 months. NYT has an article about how psychologists are concerned for their welfare and the kind of media they may watch:
“Movies are possible,” said Ximena Matas, a local city councilwoman. “But the psychologists will decide what movies they will see. It’s up to them if something like ‘Avatar’ would be too upsetting.”
I am above ground and I haven't seen Avatar, judging it too upsetting (but perhaps for different reasons that Matas might fear).