#Brian Postman

[makeminebronze]

The Angel pt 2

[browsethestacks]

Spider-Woman (1983)

Art by Brian Postman And Sam de la Rosa / Bob Larkin And Elliot Brown (Photography)

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

[longliverockback]

The Beatles 1964 US Albums in Mono [Box Set] 2024 Apple ——————————————————————— Tracks LP One: Meet the Beatles! 01. I Want to Hold Your Hand 02. I Saw Her Standing There 03. This Boy 04. It Won’t Be Long 05. All I’ve Got to Do 06. All My Loving 07. Don’t Bother Me 08. Little Child 09. Till There Was You 10. Hold Me Tight 11. I Wanna Be Your Man 12. Not a Second Time

Tracks LP Two: The Beatles’ Second Album 01. Roll over Beethoven 02. Thank You Girl 03. You Really Got a Hold on Me 04. Devil in Her Heart 05. Money (That’s What I Want) 06. You Can’t Do That 07. Long Tall Sally 08. I Call Your Name 09. Please Mr. Postman 10. I’ll Get You 11. She Loves You

Tracks LP Three: A Hard Day’s Night 01. A Hard Day’s Night 02. Tell Me Why 03. I’ll Cry Instead 04. I Should Have Known Better [instrumental] 05. I’m Happy Just to Dance with You 06. And I Love Her  [instrumental] 07. I Should Have Known Better 08. If I Fell 09. And I Love Her 10. This Boy (Ringo’s Theme) [instrumental] 11. Can’t Buy Me Love 12. A Hard Day’s Night [instrumental]

Tracks LP Four: Something New 01. I’ll Cry Instead 02. Things We Said Today 03. Any Time at All 04. When I Get Home 05. Slow Down 06. Matchbox 07. Tell Me Why 08. And I Love Her 09. I’m Happy Just to Dance with You 10. If I Fell 11. Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand

Tracks LP Five: Beatles′65 01. No Reply 02. I’m a Loser 03. Baby’s in Black 04. Rock and Roll Music 05. I’ll Follow the Sun 06. Mr. Moonlight 07. Honey Don’t 08. I’ll Be Back 09. She’s a Woman 10. I Feel Fine 11. Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby

Tracks LP Six: The Early Beatles 01. Love Me Do 02. Twist and Shout 03. Anna (Go to Him) 04. Chains 05. Boys 06. Ask Me Why 07. Please Please Me 08. P.S. I Love You 09. Baby It’s You 10. A Taste of Honey 11. Do You Want to Know a Secret

Tracks LP Seven: The Beatles’ Story 01. On stage with the Beatles 02. How Beatlemania began 03. Beatlemania in action 04. Man behind the Beatles - Brian Epstein 05. John Lennon 06. Who’s a millionaire? 07. Beatles will be Beatles 08. Man behind the music - George Martin 09. George Harrison 10. A Hard Day’s Night - Their First Movie 11. Paul McCartney 12. Sneaky haircuts and more about Paul 13. The Beatles look at life 14. Victims of Beatlemania 15. Beatle medley 16. Ringo Starr 17. Liverpool and all the world ———————————————————————

* Long Live Rock Archive

[estavionpira]

Worm character Stand names

Yes, this post exists because I can't stop myself from attaching songs to fictional characters.

The Undersiders as a whole get [Cops and Robbers]

Taylor Hebert - [Control] - Yeah yeah, we've all watched the AMV.

Lisa Wilbourn - [Do I Wanna Know?]

Brian Laborn - [Fuegos Artificiales]

Alec Vasil - [Moves Like Jagger]

Rachel Lindt - [Walk the Dinosaur]

Aisha Laborn - [Teenagers]

Sabah - [Eleanor Rigby]

Lily - [Six Shooter]

Rest under cut.

The Slaughterhouse 9 as a whole get [Sirens]

Jack Slash - [No One Lives Forever] - Watch the AMV, etcetera, etcetera.

Bonesaw - [Rät Act 1]

Riley Grace Davis - [Rät Act 2]

Siberian - [Animal Skin] - Such a good song. Listen to it. Now.

Shatterbird - [Empires]

Crawler - [Stronger]

Cherish - [Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)]

Cauldron as a whole gets [Impress Your Creators]

Doctor Mother - [Turn the Lights Off]

Contessa - [You're Gonna Go Far, Kid]

Numbers Man - [We Didn't Start the Fire]

Legend - [Rocket Man]

Alexandria - [Unstoppable]

Eidolon - [Ruler of Everything]

The Endbringers as a whole get [Annihilate]

Behemoth - [Uranium Fever]

Leviathan - [Ocean Man]

Simurgh - [99 Luftballoons]

Khonsu - [Centuries]

Tohu - [COPYCAT]

Bohu - [Paint it, Black]

Ok these are gonna be less organized because I can't bring myself to care about Marissa or Luke.

Krouse - [Please Mister Postman] - Just a great song. Krouseposting on main.

Noelle - [Girl Anachronism] - Hey you all should watch the AMV for this too.

Armsmaster - [Technologic Act 1]

Defiant - [Technologic Act 2]

Coil - [Wires]

Heartbreaker - [Runaway Baby]

Canary - [Copacabana]

Butcher - [Venom]

Bakuda - [Bodies]

[krispyweiss]

Pete Best Band with the Cyrkle at Valley Dale Ballroom, Columbus, Ohio, July 28, 2024

Pete Best says his four-show American swing is designed to take audiences “back to the days I played with four guys named John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Stuart Sutcliffe.”

That it did. Though the crystal chandeliers that hung from the ceiling of Columbus, Ohio’s 1920s-era Valley Dale Ballroom likely didn’t remind Best of the dingy U.K. and European clubs in which he put the backbeat in the Beatles from 1960-’62.

Best made the comment after his eponymous Band’s opening salvo of “Rock and Roll Music,” “What I’d Say,” “One after 909” and “Chains,” which were played on a stage bookended by screens that showed images of the Best-era Beatles together on- and off-stage.

It was the one time on July 28 the 82-year-old, black-clad Best would emerge from behind his white Gretsch drum set, from which he, alongside brother Roag on an adjacent kit, drove the all-Liverpudlian quintet though 23 songs and 90 minutes of authentically rendered, pre-Fab Beatles music.

Recreating Beatles tracks is a ridiculously difficult proposition, as Best’s tour mates, the Cyrkle, demonstrated during their hourlong opening set. The Brian Epstein-managed group, which has two members remaining from the lineup that played on the Fabs’ ’66 tour, offered such selections as “If I Needed Someone,” “Eight Days a Week” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps;” numbers by the Ides of March (“Vehicle”) and Ohio Express (“Chewy Chewy”); and its own two hits, “Turn Down Day” and “Red Rubber Ball.” The musicianship was shaky; the set list often beyond the Cyrkle’s grasp, particularly on the Beatles songs and McCartney’s “Maybe I’m Amazed.”

But where the Cyrkle stumbled, the PBB soared, reigniting a 60-plus-year-old jumble of energy on Beatles numbers both mostly forgotten (the Lennon-Harrison instrumental “Cry for a Shadow,” Lennon-McCartney’s “Hello Little Girl”) and still-beloved as with “P.S. I Love You” and “I Saw Her Standing There.”

Best’s wisdom lay in his sticking with his era and avoiding songs with which he wasn’t involved. Tony Flynn, who proved his Britishness by praising the virtues of Olive Garden’s Italian food, was particularly adept on throat-shredding numbers such as “Please Mr. Postman” and “Mr. Moonlight,” yet softer fare, including “Besame Mucho,” “Till There was You” and “Like Dreamers Do” fared just as well, sounding right at home in America in 2024.

And by the time the Pete Best Band said cheerio with the pairing of “Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey,” fans could only be grateful Best returned to music in the 1980s and continues to share the fruits of his truncated career with Beatlemaniacs who are better off for his musical generosity.

Sound Bites still isn’t sure what he expected from Best. But it surely wasn’t an exceptional gig such as this.

Pete Best Band setlist: “Rock and Roll Music;” “What I’d Say;” “One after 909;” “Chains;” “Please Mr. Postman;” “Hello Little Girl;” “Mr. Moonlight;” “P.S. I Love You;” “Roll over Beethoven;” “Besame Mucho;” “Cry for a Shadow;” “Till there Was You;” “Slow Down;” “Money (That’s What I Want);” “Like Dreamers Do;” “Ain’t She Sweet;” “My Bonnie;” “Lucille;” “Memphis, Tennessee;” “Some other Guy;” “I Saw Her Standing There;” “Twist and Shout;” “Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey”

Grade card: Pete Best Band with the Cyrkle at Valley Dale Ballroom - 7/28/24 - A/C-

7/29/24

[marivoid]

Entry 35

Day 228

After I spent a few hours walking the streets of the revived city, my attention had been drawn to an odd store.

"Pearl's Emperium Of Endless Knick-Knacks"

I like knick-knacks. And I was sure at the time Brian would like something shiny as well. (Birds do like shiny things after all with how often they crash into glass to get said shiny thing.) So I went inside!

And oh. Oh my goodness. The way I could write a whole novel about this place. It's just... Breathtaking. Walls that seem to never end, filled with all sorts of items that one couldn't find just wandering about. No, these items had to be discovered through intensive searching and scavenging. Hell, there was a whole section dedicated to books BEFORE the Crash!

(Even as I'm making this entry it still shocks me. How did they even manage to save those books?? From what the G.U.I.D.Es had to say, most were destroyed from the Meteor!)

Brian and I spent a decent hour just getting lost in the place. Could you blame us? The place was never ending! I even snagged a few items for myself (and Brian, by demand of loud caws and angry pokes.)

It was right around there when an arm threw itself around my shoulder and yanked me down.

"Jimmy! You shoulda told me you were comin' early! I would've been down here a lot sooner! Goodness you've gone and grown a couple inches! And befriending Brian, that's one skilled move right there-"

"Uhm... I'm not. I'm not Jimmy."

That poor woman jumped away from me like she had just touched acid. And I had gotten a look at her. She was... Definitely something I'd yet to see (Not all that shocking these days. May as well see somebody new every other day!)

The entire left side of her face was covered by a large, moon-shaped panel that had a bright red eye. The other side of her face was more human, tanned skin with freckles and a natural blue eye. Something odd yet... Not the oddest I've seen. Her outfit was also something nostalgic. An old postman's shirt, dirt stained overalls (-At least I hoped it was dirt as of writing this. Maybe not-) covered in hand-stitched sunflowers and a hooded cloak that seemed to be made up of a few different fabrics. Definitely... Odd. But somewhat refreshing to see.

"Sorry! You look a lot like my friend! Really sorry about that!" Her face was a comical shade of red when she extended her arm out to me. "Let's try this again, shall we mate? I'm Pearl! Pearlescent Moon! Proud owner of this Imperium you see before your very eyes! I hope you're enjoyin' it!"

She was a very cheerful spirit. And even I can admit now that her smile was infectious. "67." Her hand was rather cold when I shook it. "I'm enjoying it." A peck. "We. We are enjoying it. Lots of stuff to be found in such a huge place like this. I mean, three floors of just different items? Goodness!"

"Well isn't that an odd name for yourself? 67? Naming yourself after a number. New one on me... But yes! Either that or the CPCs bring all sorts of goodies for me to stock the shelves with!"

Another term I was rather unfamiliar with. "CPC?"

"Canaries, Parrots and Crows! You really do know nothing about the Crashlands do ya?"

"I-I would beg to differ." Did I stick out like a sore thumb back then? Yes. Do I still stick out like a sore thumb as of now? Yep. But to admit that in front of this Pearl woman? Nope. Not gonna happen.

"Uh huh. Anyways, I should get going and leave you be! I have a friend I'm waiting on!"

"Jimmy, I assume?"

Another nod tossed my way. "Jimmy. He's the Canary of the CPC. Lives here a lot with his body guard!"

That caught my interest back then. I look back at it now and wish I'd never even asked. "Who's his bodyguard? Are they hiring, perhaps?"

"Well his body guard is unofficial- We just call-"

"PEAAARL!"

A flash of yellow feathers and blue cloth whizzed past me. It tackled Pearl into the ground and only then did it click. "Ohhh. That's Jimmy."

"Yep-"

"You two were talking about me?!" His voice was much higher pitched than my own (I can still hear it now, screaming in my ears.) as he ranted on about how "I've told you that I've been busy..." Or something along those lines. I was a bit too busy staring at the person standing in the midst of the chaos.

Somebody I thought was dead.

The same man that I shared my first kiss with.

The same, freckled faced, blue haired male that used to make a fuss over my hair looking somewhat decent in the morning.

Scott.

[tapingthedative]

DROP OFF THE ENVELOPES, STILL PLAYING POSTMAN

or, the Jan 03, 2025 list updates post. Happy New Year.

We have 18 new updates this week.

2014-04-19 Laurie's Planet of Sound Chicago, IL (Ghost Cave Incubation Chamber Solo Non-Tour Tour 2014)

2014-04-19 Old Town School of Folk Music (Ghost Cave Incubation Chamber Solo Non-Tour Tour 2014) 2014-04-20 Old Town School of Folk Music (Ghost Cave Incubation Chamber Solo Non-Tour Tour 2014)

updated to be complete 1995-04-22 Fast Forward Festival - Doornoosje Club Nijmegen, The Netherlands (european tour 1995)

show previously not on the list 1997-07-16 Capitol Theater Olympia, WA

noted a mislabelling in other downloads regarding 2001-05-04

fixed date for 2004-04-02 XFM Session - London, England

1997-06-12 University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI (Ornery As Pigs Tour 1997)

1996-11-07 VPRO Radio -Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Second European Tour 1996)

1996-11-02 Gothenburg Radio - Gothenburg, Sweden (Second European Tour 1996)

2003-03-14 The Hideout - Austin, TX (Extra Glenns show)

2022-09-11 The Hall - Little Rock, AR (Fall Tour 2022)

2023-10-27 Cactus Theater - Lubbock, TX (Spectral Tide Texas Tour 2023)

2023-10-29 The Heights Theater - Houston, TX (Spectral Tide Texas Tour 2023) (this completes the Specral Tide Texas Tour 2023

2023-11-27 Rialto Theatre Raleigh, NC

2017-10-11 O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire - London, England (European Tour 2017)

2012-10-18 Daytrotter Session - Echo Mountain Recording Studio Asheville, NC

created youtube playlist for 5 shows 2007-03-29, 2007-03-31, 2007-06-20, 2007-07-22, 2007-09-22

Those are all the updates for now. I intend to release these update lists the first Friday after I reach 10 updates.

thank you to all the folks who have uploaded files.

on the audio side of the uploads, I'd like to thank:

annotatedtmg notasfarwest kidoftheblackhole TheAmazombie BenJR Vermin L ezralite23 rationalfish jamienova

and on the video side of the uploads, I'd like to thank

mnsc mugabe23 katten lycopersicon iskeith3 Ashley Shotwell Brian Howard

Thank you all for preserving chunks of this band's work.

and, I'd like to thank the folks who informed me of updates to make. This week, I was helped out by @jennyfromthebes who sent me messages on discord providing a whopping 13 updates. it was a big help, I really appreciate it.

If any of you folks know of any tapings not on the list (which you can find in my pinned) please send me an ask here on Tumblr, or if you happen to know my normal username a message on discord or Reddit works too.

If you are one of these uploaders I mentioned and you have a tumblr, please let me know and I will edit the post to @ you.

[consanguinitatum]

David Tennant's Early Work: the short film 'Bite'

My normal David Tennant thread heads in a new direction: to one of his rare first performances on film as opposed to TV and theatre: the short film Bite. I've got personal history with this short, so it's dear to my heart.

Bite is one of DT's long-lost gems. Most of his fans know it exists, but few have seen it. It was produced by Su Bainbridge and written by Andrea Gibb, who DT fans may recognize as the author of the brilliant DT audio Sunburst Finish. Paddy Cunneen, who also wrote the music for The Pillowman, was its musical composer. Directed by Brian Ross and with a running time of 6:58, Bite was produced on 16mm film and screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 1997. It was broadcast in Nov 1997 as part of an STV arts program called Don’t Look Down.

But what is Bite about? "Bite is a film about Alistair Galbraith, a passive postman who tires of being a spectator in his own life and decides to take control. When Alistair’s wife, Alison, commits adultery on their wedding day and shortly afterwards he is savaged by a ferocious dog, Alistair hits rock bottom, unable to cope with even the most undemanding of life’s tasks. From the depths of despair, he is galvanized into action and in true anti-hero style sets out to take revenge on those who have wronged him. Through taking this action, he is re-born."

David played Alastair Galbraith and his wife, Alison, was played by Sharon Small, who recently reunited with David onstage in the play, Good.

At this juncture everyone usually asks, "Can I see it?" Yep! You can reserve a viewing time if you're close to the Moving Image Archive in Glasgow, as a copy is held for private and research viewing only. And I'm pretty sure it's available, either directly or indirectly, because of me!

But before I get into that (it's the personal aspect I talked about earlier) here’s a bit of Bite you can see. The film's editor, Gary Scott, has a :44 extract of the film online right here!

ALSO - SPOILER ALERT - If you're interested in a blow-by-blow spoilery summation of 'Bite' because you can't visit Glasgow to see the short, here's a detailed plot summation.

And now: how I wheedled it so Bite became available to view.

When I discovered back in 2014 that a copy of Bite was archived at the Scottish Screen Archive (now the Moving Image Archive) but not available - while his earlier short film SPACES was? - it made me wonder why, so I made inquiries at the archive to see why. It turned out SPACES had a viewable copy, but the copy of Bite in the archive was still on 16mm.

Now, this would've stopped any ordinary human being.

I am not an ordinary human being.

I was not a professional archivist then but I am now. The decision to become one this late in my life is partially due to my love of knowledge, organization and research, but also to my experiences since becoming - basically - an archivist and researcher with regards to DT's body of work. These things combined makes me rather dogged when there’s something I wish to attain.

I learned Bite was on 16mm and they couldn't make a viewing copy. Why? Because it was in copyright. And even funnier? They didn't know who held the rights! But I thought it should be available, so - even though I'm in the US and everyone else was in the UK - I decided to try and make that happen.

Archive personnel suggested I ask Creative Scotland about the rights, who suggested I ask the film’s production company. I was told it was rumored they had a VHS/beta copy of the film. I contacted each and every one of them to find out if this was true.

After months of back-and-forth emailing with the production company and soldiering on even through staffing rotations and I had to retell my entire story of the hunt again and again, I was still in a state of limbo. Finally the production company said they for sure did not have a copy of it but they could begin to negotiate with the National Library of Scotland for one. A few months later they learned they'd be able to procure a copy, but it would cost them X amount for a post-production company to digitize the 16mm, etc., etc.

Progress, right? Frankly, it felt like a scene in a comedy, as each thread in this chain of people needed to make their own copy in this format by this company for this archive or that person or...you get the gist. And no one could tell me if it would actually get done. So I kept reaching out. To make a ridiculously long story short, one full YEAR afterwards, the archive finally managed to obtain a copy that was viewable for others to view onsite!

That was a reward in and of itself. An obscure piece of David's body of work had been pulled from its original 16mm - where it might have languished forever - and preserved on a format available to us today. But I got a few tangible rewards, too. One, an email from the production company's owner that made me laugh harder than I'd laughed for a while: "Feck my old tin boots! I’ve just looked at who we cast in that film!"

Yes, sir. You DID cast David Tennant! Indeed you did!

And two, my very own copy of Bite (which, of course, I had to sign my life away for!) I got permission to release some screen shots, but that was it. And while it felt like an acknowledgement, I'm really just pleased we rescued it.

I took my copy to a convention DT was attending, and when I laid it down, he immediately looked up at me. "How - and where - did you get THAT?"

I laughed. "Persistence?"

He laughed and shook his head. "I hadn't thought of that one in a while. I remember that dog."

"You were a great postman."

And he was.

Lastly, I thought I should post some new screenshots. Sorry they're not great quality, but neither is my copy.

[hellomystraightlacedfriend]

Spider-Woman (1978) #50

Ann Nocenti/Brian Postman

[starman-waiting-in-the-sky07]

characters im considering for the hunger games simulator, got any more?

Goku Vegeta Frieza Piccilo Ikuro Hashizawa Usagi Tsukino Yami Yugi Blue Eyes White Dragon Monkey D. Luffy Naruto Jonathon Joestar Robert E.O Speedwagon Dio Brando (part 1) Joseph Joestar Caesar Zeppeli Rudol Von Strohiem Kars Jotaro Kujo Old Joseph Noriaki Kakyoin Muhammed Avdol Jean Pierre Polnareff DIO Josuke Higashkita Okuyasu Nijimura Rohan Kishibe Yoshikage Kira Giorno Giovanna Narancia Ghirga Diavalo Joylne Cujoh Foo Fighters Enrico Pucci Johnny Joestar Gyro Zeppeli Funny Valentine Scott Pilgrim Laios Marcille Senshi Izutsumi Mickey Mouse Donald Duck Goofy Pluto Minnie Mouse Daisy Duck Max Goof Pete Chip 'n' Dale Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Tazmanian Devil Roadrunner Wile E. Coyote Elmer Fudd Tom And Jerry Scooby Doo Shaggy Velma Fred Daphne Winnie Tigger Eeyore Popeye Olive Oyl Bluto Papa Smurf Smurfette Clumsy Smurf Vanity Smurf Gargamel Danger Mouse Penfold Colonel K Baron Greenback He-Man Skeletor Thomas The Tank Engine Fat Conductor Optimus Prime Postman Pat Fireman Sam Leonardo Shredder Homer Simpson Marge Simpson Bart Simpson Lisa Simpson Maggie Simpson Moe Syslak Krusty The Clown Clancy Wiggum Fat Tony Mr. Burns Smithers Lenny and Carl Seymour Skinner Sherri and Terri Dr. Frink Sideshow Bob Milhouse Ned Flanders Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Grampa Bob The Builder Jimmy Neutron Peter Griffin Lois Griffin Meg Griffin Stewie Griffin Brian Griffin Fry Leela Bender Prof. Farnsworth Amy Wong Hermes Conrad Dr. Zoidberg Nibbler Richard Nixon's Head In A Jar Scruffy Spongebob Squarepants Patrick Star Squidward Tentacles Mr. Krabs Sandy Cheeks Plankton Zim Samuri Jack Kim Possible Wallace Gromit Aang Toph Prince Zuko Phineas Ferb Baljeet Buford Isabelle Candace Perry The Platypus Dr. Doofenshmirtz Finn The Human Jake The Dog Princess Bubblegum Ice Wizard Mordecai Rigby Twilight Sparkle Bob Belcher Linda Belcher Tina Belcher Gene Belcher Louise Belcher Teddy Mr. Frond Jimmy Pesto Gumball Watterson Darwin Watterson Dipper Pines Mabel Pines Grunkle Stan Soos Wendy Old Man McGucket Lil' Gideon Pacifica Northwest Bill Cipher Templeton Steven Universe Garnet Rick Morty Star Butterfly Marco Tom Kelly Ludo Avarius Toffee Milo Murphy Scrooge McDuck Huey, Dewey And Louie Webby Vanderquack Launchpad Della Duck Lena Ma Beagle Flintheart Glomgold Magica DeSpell Adora Catra Glimmer Hordak Cricket Tilly Gramma Anne Boonchuy Sasha Waybright Marcy Wu Hop Pop Sprig Plantar Polly Plantar Maddie Ivy Sundew Leopold Loggle Grime Lady Olivia King Andrias The Core Mr And Mrs Boonchuy Luz Noceda Camila Noceda Eda Clawthorne King Clawthorne Vee Willow Park Gus Porter Amity Blight Hunter Raine Whispers Lilith Clawthorne Hooty Boscha Kikimora Belos The Collector Molly McGee Scratch Libby Andrea Courtney Pim Charlie Mr. Boss Mr. Frog Homestar Runner Strong Bad Salad Fingers Charlie The Unicorn Double King Skidd And Pumpy Runmo The Meatball Man The Bonekeeper Uzi N V J Tessa The Absolute Solver Big D Rocky Rickaby Pomni Caine Jax Gangle Kinger Skibidi Toilet Kid Vampire Bubby Tina Nabiu King Kong The Seven Dwarfs Snow White Godzilla Mothra Bilbo Baggins Frodo Baggins Aragorn Legolas Gimli Gandalf Gollum Sauron Mary Poppins Gomez Adams Luke Skywalker Darth Vader Jar Jar Binks Indiana Jones James Bond E.T Terminator Aladdin Genie Jafar Jack Skellington Woody Buzz Lightyear Jessie Emperor Zurg Harry Potter Ron Weasley Hermione Granger Dumbledore Voldemort Neo Iron Giant Ginger Mrs. Tweedy Shrek Donkey Fiona Puss In Boots Fairy Godmother Lord Farquaad Coraline Other Mother Wall-E Eve Gru Margo Edith Agnes Dr. Nefario Mr. Incredible Katniss Peeta Fred Flintstone Barney Rubble The Doctor Rose Tyler Ruby Sunday Amy Pond River Song Captain Jack Harkniss Kate Lethbridge-Stewart Weeping Angel Cyberman Dalek Sek Davros The Master Tinky Winky Dipsy Laa-Laa Po Red Ranger Count Olaf Arthur Dent Ford Prefect Zaphod Beeblebrox Slartibartfast Marvin The Robot Walter White Jesse Pinkman Saul Goodman Alison Cooper Mike Thomas Julian Pat Captain Omniman Mr. Strong

[browsethestacks]

Spider-Woman (1982-1983)

Art by Brian Postman And Joe Rubinstein / Brian Postman And Brett Breeding

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Paul Badura-Skoda, singer-songwriter Bruce Barr, composer-guitarist Glenn Branca, William Butler (Arcade Fire), Roseanne Cash’s 2009 album THE LIST, Le Corbusier, Kevin Cronin, Britt Ekland, my cousin Daniel Ertel, The Fisk Jubilee Singers (1871), Ioan Gruffudd, Fannie Lou Hamer, Thor Heyerdahl, David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), the 1929 film THE JAZZ SINGER (the first major “talkie”), Mylon LeFevre, “Swedish Nightingale” Jenny Lind (she filled concert halls before microphones were invented), Carole Lombard, Thomas McClary (Commodores), The Monkees 1969 appearance on the LAUGH-IN TV show, Meg Myers, producer Jim Pierson, Shostakovich’s 6th Iron Quartet (1956), Fay Spain, Millie Small, Matthew Sweet, Karol Szymanowski, George Westinghouse, and the 1965 single by The Supremes, “I Hear a Symphony.” The song is a romantic idyll for the wonders of a lover, and it was the 6th #1 hit single for The Supremes. It was composed by the incomparable Motown Records songwriting team of Brian Holland, his brother Eddie, and Lamont Dozier. They’d been writing since they were teenagers and wrote hits for The 4 Tops, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves, and others. Dozier said, “We were keeping up not only with what was going on at Motown, but in the world, meaning The Beatles, The Beach Boys…There was definitely a standard…Everything that came out had a signature as well as it had to sound like a hit.” Dozier said they’d regularly go to chamber, opera, and symphony concerts “for song concepts.” Baroque, electronic, ethnic, and orchestral influences became part of “the Motown sound.”

“I Hear a Symphony” was a turning point. Early Motown hits like “Money” and “Please Mr. Postman” were rooted in r’n’b, rock’n’roll, and gospel, and they sold mostly to teens, but Motown President Berry Gordy envisioned a broader audience. Ray Charles had already merged “strings with soul,” but his audience was older. The Beach Boys, Phil Spector, The Beatles, and other British Invasion pop acts cherry-picked ideas from musicals, classical, and the avant-garde (perhaps prophesying the “progressive rock era” when Keith Emerson would do Bartok, Bernstein, and boogie-woogie in one flash). By comparison, Motown was even more pro-active about marrying classical, jazz, and pop/rock to “soul music.” Motown arrangers (Paul Riser, etc.), were inspired by Broadway and the jazz orchestrations of Duke Ellington and George Gershwin. They hired musicians from the Detroit Symphony to connect elegance with The Funk Brothers, the Motown house band. “I Hear a Symphony” features the muscular drumming of Benny Benjamin and the distinctive baritone sax solo of Mike Terry. 

Singing it demanded an exuberance that stretched the vocal abilities of then-22 year old Diana Ross. She still claims it’s one of her favorite Supremes songs to do, and it’s on my list of 12 pieces of music that changed my life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpL1TTxffO0

#birthday #dianaross #supremes #symphony #motion

[tonto-splace]

18.02.2024 | 16:04

I've started to work on a backend project which was actually a home task for .NET Backend Dev position with aim of developing REST API. Also started to read 'An Introduction to APIs' by Brian Cooksey'(I wish I discovered this while I was still studying, clear explanation for absolute beginners) because I figured that my C# and web skills got rusty a bit since I was using Python for a long time for both Flask projects and autonomous robot development. Application works fine right now, I tested via Postman but wanna try testing via Swagger one more time to learn what it is because the company I applied was using that. I am also planning to apply JWT authentication today and we will see how it will go.

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“Mark Gruenwald, Brian Postman, and Joe Rubinstein Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #2 Circus of Crime Illustration Original Art (Marvel, 1983). Although obviously inspired by the art of Steve Ditko (and even credited to him in the published issue), this piece was actually created after editor Mark Gruenwald rejected the piece that Steve Ditko turned in. Gruenwald then used the image of some of the characters from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2 (by Steve Ditko) to create the linework for this piece. Brian Postman added some figures, and then Joe Rubinstein inked the Ditko-Homage.”

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Question:

Who owns the copyright to the film The Postman (1997), and is it based on a book? If so, who authored the book?

Here are the Wikipedia links for The Postman:

Film: The Postman (1997) - Wikipedia - (click on the blue link)

Book: The Postman by David Brin - Amazon - (click on the blue link)

ChatGPT Answer:

The Postman (1997) is owned by Warner Bros. Pictures, which holds the copyright for the film. The movie is indeed based on a book: it is an adaptation of the 1985 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel of the same name by David Brin.

Key Details:

Author of the Novel: David Brin

Director and Star of the Film: Kevin Costner

Film Production Company: Tig Productions (Costner's production company) and Warner Bros.

While the movie deviates from the book in some aspects, both explore themes of hope, community, and the power of symbols in rebuilding society. The novel won several awards, including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1986.

Here’s a comprehensive overview of The Postman (1997):

General Information

Title: The Postman

Release Date: December 25, 1997

Director: Kevin Costner

Producers:

Kevin Costner

Steve Tisch

Jim Wilson

Screenwriters:

Eric Roth

Brian Helgeland

Based on the novel The Postman by David Brin.

Cinematography: Stephen F. Windon

Music: James Newton Howard

Production Companies:

Tig Productions (Kevin Costner’s company)

Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

Runtime: 177 minutes

Language: English

Rating: PG-13

Plot Summary

Set in a post-apocalyptic 2013, the world is in ruins after a devastating war and environmental collapse. Civilization has crumbled, and isolated communities struggle to survive under the shadow of the tyrannical Holnists, a militaristic group led by General Bethlehem.

A wandering drifter (Kevin Costner) stumbles upon the remnants of a U.S. Postal Service uniform and a bag of undelivered mail. He adopts the persona of a "postman" and travels between communities, delivering letters and spreading the hopeful message that the U.S. government is being restored. This act of hope sparks resistance against the Holnists, culminating in a showdown between the ideals of hope and tyranny.

Cast

Kevin Costner as The Postman (Gordon Krantz)

Will Patton as General Bethlehem, the ruthless leader of the Holnists.

Olivia Williams as Abby, a woman who believes in the Postman’s cause.

Larenz Tate as Ford Lincoln Mercury, a young man inspired by the Postman to take up the cause.

Tom Petty as Bridge City Mayor (a cameo role as himself in a post-apocalyptic context).

James Russo as Idaho, one of Bethlehem's enforcers.

Daniel von Bargen as Pineview Sheriff Briscoe.

Giovanni Ribisi as Bandit 20, a member of Bethlehem's militia.

Production

Filming Locations: Various locations in the western United States, including Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, and Washington. The landscapes were chosen to reflect the barren and rugged terrain of a post-apocalyptic world.

Filming Period: Began in 1996 and concluded in early 1997.

Budget and Box Office

Budget: Estimated at $80 million.

Box Office:

Domestic: $17.6 million

International: Minimal overseas release, making it one of Kevin Costner’s notable box office failures.

Critical Reception

Rotten Tomatoes: 8% approval rating from critics, with an average rating of 3.9/10.

Metacritic: Score of 29/100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews."

Audience Reception: Some audiences appreciated the film’s earnest themes and ambition, though many criticized its length, pacing, and perceived self-indulgence.

Criticism Highlights:

Overly long runtime (nearly three hours).

Heavy-handed direction and sentimentality.

Costner was criticized for taking himself too seriously in the role and the film.

Themes and Legacy

Despite its failure at the box office and with critics, The Postman has a cult following among fans who appreciate its themes of hope, rebuilding civilization, and the power of symbols to inspire unity and resistance. The film remains a polarizing work in Kevin Costner’s career.