#bruce gowers

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The Grammy and Emmy-winning director Bruce Gowers, who has died aged 82 of an acute respiratory infection, enjoyed huge success in American television through his work on high-profile awards shows including the Emmys, the MTV awards, the Academy of Country Music awards and the Comedy awards. He also directed nine series of American Idol: The Search for a Superstar, which brought him an Emmy award in 2009. He masterminded a string of TV specials for music legends including the Rolling Stones, Prince, Fleetwood Mac and Rod Stewart, and oversaw coverage of President Bill Clinton’s inaugural concert at the Lincoln Memorial, which gathered artists from Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin to Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan and the rapper LL Cool J.

Another standout addition to his CV was Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001), a record of two concerts at Madison Square Garden, New York, peppered with guest stars including Marlon Brando, Liza Minnelli, Ray Charles and Elizabeth Taylor. He won a Grammy for the Huey Lewis long-form video The Heart of Rock’n’Roll in 1986, and a Directors Guild of America award for his work on Genius: A Night for Ray Charles (2004).

But if there was a single event that seared Gowers’ name into the history books, it was his work on Queen’s video for Bohemian Rhapsody (1975). He had already worked with the band, having directed a video of their live performance at the Rainbow theatre, London, in 1974, and they then hired him to make the promo clip for Bohemian Rhapsody to avoid them having to mime it on the BBC’s Top of the Pops. Chunks of the six-minute film show Queen performing the song with their customary flamboyance, but what makes it unforgettable are the sequences where the band’s spectrally lit faces loom against a black background as they sing the song’s multi-layered harmonies. The video took a mere four hours to shoot at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire at a cost of £4,500, but it became recognised as the moment when the pop music video arrived as an invaluable promotional tool for pop musicians, paving the way for the launch of the MTV music channel in 1981.

“At that time it was a new world, the world of videos, and I didn’t think anyone was that into it for making money,” commented Gowers. “The video was just made for Top of the Pops and I don’t think any of us thought it would go beyond that – certainly not to be used live on stage for over 40 years.” In 2018, he claimed that he had been paid a mere $590 for his work on the project, though a proposed lawsuit to reclaim royalty arrears never materialised. The clip has now been viewed more than 1.5bn times on YouTube.

He was born in West Kilbride, to Robert, a teacher, and Violet. The family later moved to Enfield in north London, and Bruce attended the Latymer school in Edmonton. After a stint at the BBC Training College he entered the industry as a cable puller, cameraman and production manager. Subsequently he worked for Rediffusion and London Weekend Television in both directing and producing capacities, involved in programmes at different times with Kenny Everett and Stanley Baxter, before moving to the US in the late 1970s.

As the music video developed into an increasingly powerful dimension of the music industry, Gowers delivered some of its most memorable specimens. His clip for Prince’s 1999 captured the louche exoticism of Prince and his band, while for the Bee Gees’ How Deep Is Your Love he relied merely on some coloured lights and closeups of the artists’ faces. Gowers matched the sheer preposterousness of Rod Stewart’s Hot Legs with a video that resembles a parody of TV show The Dukes of Hazzard, while for Van Halen’s Dance the Night Away he exploited the band’s dynamic stage presence with a punchy live-perfomance video. For Chaka Khan’s I’m Every Woman he presented viewers with multiple Khans in a contrasting array of costumes.

He proved himself flexible enough to move between a variety of genres. Much in demand for comedy spectaculars for the HBO and Showtime networks, he worked with a string of the biggest names in the business including Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld, Billy Crystal and Eddie Murphy. He directed episodes of the showbiz magicians Penn & Teller’s Sin City Spectacular, and enjoyed much success with programming for children in the form of the Teen Choice awards and the Kids’ Choice awards. With his third wife, the writer and producer Carol Rosenstein, whom he first met on the video shoot for Rod Stewart’s Tonight’s the Night in 1976, he created the long-running Kidsongs franchise, which includes a TV show, DVDs and music CDs. Gowers and Rosenstein had been resident in Malibu for 23 years.

She survives him, along with his son, Sean, his stepdaughter, Katharine, and four grandchildren.

🔔 Bruce Gowers, television director and producer, born 21 December 1940; died 15 January 2023

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Remembering Gary Smith, Bruce Gowers and Van Conner

And you thought last week was bad after Jeff Beck and Lisa Marie Presley’s passing, this week there are already three noteworthy entertainers who passed away. Here is my combined remembrance:

Remembering Gary Smith ? - 2023

Smith and Tanya Donelly

Music producer and owner of Fort Apache Studios Gary Smith has died. Fort Apache Studios was based in Boston and Cambridge, MA from 1985-2002 and then relocated to Bellows Falls, VT from 2002-2007. The music that was recorded at Fort Apache and some of which Smith produced is ground-zero for the Golden Age of Alt-rock: Smith produced The Pixies’ first album Come On Pilgrim at the first Fort Apache studio in Roxbury (read my 4.5 star review of the 2018 re-release here), as well as albums from Throwing Muses, Blake Babies, and Juliana Hatfield. Some of the artists who recorded at Fort Apache include Buffalo Tom, Dinosaur Jr. (my favorite album of Dino Jr. Green Mind), Tanya Donelly, Folk Implosion, The Lemonheads, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Mission of Burma, Morphine, Sebadoh, Elliot Smith, Treat Her Right, 10,000 Maniacs, Weezer, and Radiohead (their first album Pablo Honey). Smith was also involved in other music-related businesses such as concert promotion and music management.

The link above is the obit from BrooklynVegan.

Remembering Bruce Gowers 1940-2023

Gowers (left) and Queen (right from their iconic music video)

Music video and music TV director Bruce Gowers has died at 82. He was very much a music video pioneer directing tons of videos in the 70s pre-MTV and during MTV from The Rolling Stones, The Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, Elton John, Journey, Michael Jackson (”Rock with You” was an early classic video), John Cougar Mellencamp, Rush, Van Halen, Kiss, The Pretenders, Prince (”1999″ is legendary!), and REO Speedwagon . He worked a lot with Queen on tons of their videos including the highly influential “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Even the Muppets parodied it! In 1992, when the song was featured in Wayne’s World and it went back up the charts, the music video combined footage from the film with Gowers’ video, bringing that original video to a whole new generation. 

He also directed a lot of music TV shows like Solid Gold (a show I loved as a kid), the MTV Video Music Awards in 1989-1995 and 2000, MTV’s Knebworth special, MTV’s 1993 Inaugural Ball, the 1994 Woodstock concert special, the MTV Movie Awards in 1996-2002 and countless other music TV specials and shows. He also directed tons of stand up comedy specials notably the 1987 HBO special Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential. That was pre-Seinfeld and was his first stand-up special.

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

Remembering Van Conner 1967-2023

Van Conner interview in Hype!

Bassist Van Conner has died at 55. He, along with his brother Garry Lee Conner and Mark Lanegan co-founded WA alt-rockers Screaming Trees. This news comes less than a year after Lenegan died at 57. Screaming Trees formed in Ellensburg, WA in 1984. Like a lot of people, I discovered Screaming Trees from the Singles soundtrack, which spawned their 1992 hit “Nearly Lost You” (read my 5-star review of the 2017 re-release here). A few years later around the time their song “All I Know” was all over rock radio, I saw them on Lollapalooza ‘96. They played early in the day and flew under the radar, but good show. In 2020, Lanegan released his memoir and there were more than a few stories about Van (read my coverage of the book here). After Screaming Trees broke up, Van performed in several bands, as a session musician and reportedly was a computer programmer. It also needs to be added that Van was the bassist for the live lineup of Dinosaur Jr. from 1990-91. Van was also a featured interviewee in the 1996 Seattle music doc Hype! (read my blu-ray review here).

The link above is the obit from Spin. 

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Today - March 4th, 1977 - Queen Story!

“Tie Your Mother Down” / “You And I” released in the UK by EMI (taken from album 'A Day At The Races', 1976)

- “Tie Your Mother Down” written by Brian May

🔸"Well this one in fact is a track written by Brian actually, I dunno why. Maybe he was in one of his vicious moods. I think he’s trying to out do me after Death On Two Legs actually."

- Freddie Mercury - Interview November 1976, Kenny Everett Radio Show

- “You And I” written by John Deacon

🔸"That was a track by John Deacon, his contribution to this album. His songs are good and are getting better every time actually

- Freddie Mercury - Interview November 1976, Kenny Everett Radio Show

👉 February 19th, 1977 - Queen Story!

Queen perform at the Sportatorium, Miami, Florida, USA, during 'A Day At The Races' Tour and filming 'Tie Your Mother Down' Promo Video

👉 'Tie Your Mother Down' Promo Video directed by Bruce Gowers.

Bruce also directed promotional video 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and others

Pic: Promo Video 'Tie Your Mother Down'

📸 Photographer © Peter Hince

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june 2024 watchlist

*letterboxd rating

challengers (2024, dir. luca guadagnino)***** cure (1997, dir. kiyoshi kurosawa)***** carol (2015, dir. todd haynes)***** crash (1996, dir. david cronenberg)***** oppenheimer (2023, dir. christopher nolan)** pulse (2001, dir. kiyoshi kurosawa)***** evil does not exist (2023, dir. ryusuke hamaguchi)***** black tea (2024, dir. abderrahame sissako)** brief encounter (1945, dir. david lean)***** the night of the hunter (1955, dir. charles laughton)***** yearning (1964, dir. mikio naruse)***** safe (1995, dir. todd haynes)***** the 8-diagram pole fighter (1984, dir. lau kar-leung)**** greater tuna (1984, dir. bruce gowers & tom alderman) from the notebook of... (1972, dir. robert beavers)**** alien (1979, dir. ridley scott)***** the matrix (1999, dir. the wachowskis)**** skinamarink (2022, dir. kyle edward ball)* i saw the tv glow (2024, dir. jane schoenbrun)*** the texas chain saw massacre (1974, dir. tobe hooper)***** ganja and hess (1973, dir. bill gunn)*****

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im playing pretty fast and loose with the five-star ratings but i guess i'd rather err on the side of enthusiasm.

i know i keep ragging on past lives, but let's just say i really liked brief encounter, carol, yearning... (or even challengers...)

this version of greater tuna is not on letterboxd so im using that as an excuse to not rate it.

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Birthdays 6.22

Beer Birthdays

Michael Frenn (1958)

Jean Moeder (1977)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Paul Frees; voice actor (1920)

H. Rider Haggard; writer (1856)

Kris Kristofferson; country singer, actor (1933)

Todd Rundgren; rock singer, songwriter (1948)

Billy Wilder; film director (1906)

Famous Birthdays

Peter Asher; pop singer (1944)

Champ Bailey; Denver Broncos CB (1978)

Gary Beers; rock bassist (1957)

Bill Blass; fashion designer (1922)

Ed Bradley; television journalist (1941)

Erin Brockovich; environmental activist (1960)

Octavia E. Butler; writer (197)

Bruce Campbell; actor (1958)

Gower Champion; choreographer (1921)

Carson Daly; television broadcaster (1973)

Eumir Deodato; Brazilian pianist, composer (1943)

Katherine Dunham; dancer, choreographer (1910)

Dianne Feinstein; politician (1933)

Carl Hubbell; New York Giants P (1903)

Brit Hume; television broadcaster (1943)

Julien Huxley; English writer, biologist (1887)

Gwen John; Welsh artist (1876)

Howard Kaylan; rock musician (1947)

Cyndi Lauper; pop singer (1953)

Chris Lemmon; actor (1954)

Michael Lerner; actor (1941)

Mai Lin; porn actor (1953)

"Pistol" Pete Maravich; New Orleans Jazz G (1947)

Anne Morrow Lindbergh; aviator, writer (1906)

Giuseppe Mazzini; Genoan revolutionary (1805)

Eliades Ochoa; Cuban guitarist (1946)

Joseph Papp; theatre producer (1921)

William McGregor Paxton (1869)

Tracy Pollan; actor (1960)

Freddie Prinze; comedian, actor (1954)

Erich M. Remarque; German writer (1898)

Prunella Scales; actor (1932)

Meryl Streep; actor (1949)

Michael Todd; film producer (1909)

Wilhelm von Humboldt; German philosopher (1767)

Lindsay Wagner; actor (1949)

Kurt Warner; St. Louis Rams QB (1971)

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On 13 November 1975, the filming of the video for Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' was shot in less than four hours at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, directed by Bruce Gowers.

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Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. Our heroes – the Monster Squad are the only ones daring to stand in their way. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Sean: André Gower Patrick: Robby Kiger Del: Stephen Macht Count Dracula: Duncan Regehr Frankenstein: Tom Noonan Horace: Brent Chalem Rudy: Ryan Lambert Phoebe: Ashley Bank Eugene: Michael Faustino Emily: Mary Ellen Trainor Scary German Guy: Leonardo Cimino Desperate Man: Jon Gries Detective Sapir: Stan Shaw Patrick’s Sister: Lisa Fuller E.J.: Jason Hervey Gillman: Tom Woodruff Jr. Mummy: Michael Reid MacKay Van Helsing: Jack Gwillim Pilot: David Proval Peasant Girl: Sonia Curtis Pantry Girl / Vampire: Julie Merrill Wolfman: Carl Thibault Film Crew: Writer: Shane Black Production Design: Albert Brenner Characters: Bram Stoker Sound Effects Editor: Samuel C. Crutcher Co-Producer: Neil A. Machlis Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis Makeup Artist: Katalin Elek Assistant Art Director: David F. Klassen Executive Producer: Rob Cohen Original Music Composer: Bruce Broughton Visual Effects Supervisor: Richard Edlund Executive Producer: Keith Barish Art Direction: David M. Haber Characters: Mary Shelley ADR Editor: Eric Boyd-Perkins Makeup Artist: Zoltan Elek Executive Producer: Peter Hyams Writer: Fred Dekker Creature Design: Stan Winston Editor: James Mitchell Special Effects Coordinator: Phil Cory Special Effects Key Makeup Artist: Steve Wang Casting: Penny Perry Director of Photography: Bradford May Special Effects Key Makeup Artist: Tom Woodruff Jr. Producer: Jonathan A. Zimbert Special Effects Makeup Artist: Alec Gillis Special Effects Makeup Artist: John Rosengrant Special Effects Makeup Artist: Matt Rose Costume Supervisor: Michael W. Hoffman Foley Supervisor: Beth Sterner Sound Editor: John Shouse Costumer: Daniel Grant North Property Master: C.J. Maguire Hairstylist: Janice Alexander Supervising Sound Editor: Randle Akerson Set Designer: Roland E. Hill Jr. Visual Effects Art Director: Brent Boates Assistant Editor: Gillian L. Hutshing Visual Effects: Wayne Baker Special Effects Technician: Rocky Gehr Special Effects Key Makeup Artist: Shane Mahan Special Effects Supervisor: Ray Svedin Assistant Editor: Beverly Pinnas Visual Effects Editor: Michael Backauskas Assistant Sound Editor: Norval D. Crutcher III Visual Effects Coordinator: Lesley Mallgrave Special Effects Supervisor: Hans Metz Sound: Richard S. Church Sound Editor: Donlee Jorgensen Sound Editor: Stephen Bushelman Assistant Sound Editor: Ron Meredith Special Effects Technician: Jeff Rand Supervising Sound Editor: Norval D. Crutcher Set Designer: Harold Fuhrman Costume Supervisor: Aggie Lyon Movie Reviews:

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Lords Vote

On: Post Office (Horizon Systems) Offences Bill

Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom moved amendment 2, clause 1, page 1, line 10, to leave out paragraph (c). The Committee divided:

Ayes: 76 (53.9% LD, 17.1% Con, 17.1% XB, 7.9% Lab, 2.6% , 1.3% Green) Noes: 111 (97.3% Con, 2.7% XB) Absent: ~623

Likely Referenced Bill: Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024

Description: A Bill to provide for the quashing of convictions in England and Wales and Northern Ireland for certain offences alleged to have been committed while the Horizon system was in use by the Post Office; to make provision about the deletion of cautions given in England and Wales or Northern Ireland for such offences; and for connected purposes.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Unassigned Bill Stage: Royal Assent

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Liberal Democrat (41 votes)

Addington, L. Allan of Hallam, L. Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, B. Barker, B. Beith, L. Benjamin, B. Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, B. Bowles of Berkhamsted, B. Brinton, B. Bruce of Bennachie, L. Clement-Jones, L. Dholakia, L. Featherstone, B. Foster of Bath, L. Fox, L. Garden of Frognal, B. German, L. Goddard of Stockport, L. Hamwee, B. Harris of Richmond, B. Humphreys, B. Hussein-Ece, B. Jolly, B. Marks of Henley-on-Thames, L. McNally, L. Newby, L. Northover, B. Randerson, B. Razzall, L. Rennard, L. Russell, E. Scriven, L. Smith of Newnham, B. Stoneham of Droxford, L. Strasburger, L. Suttie, B. Taylor of Goss Moor, L. Thomas of Gresford, L. Thomas of Winchester, B. Tope, L. Walmsley, B.

Conservative (13 votes)

Altmann, B. Arbuthnot of Edrom, L. Farmer, L. Framlingham, L. Howard of Lympne, L. Lamont of Lerwick, L. McIntosh of Pickering, B. Norton of Louth, L. Polak, L. Sherbourne of Didsbury, L. Shinkwin, L. Sterling of Plaistow, L. Stowell of Beeston, B.

Crossbench (13 votes)

Aberdare, L. Boycott, B. Bull, B. Colville of Culross, V. Craig of Radley, L. Deech, B. Finlay of Llandaff, B. Hall of Birkenhead, L. Meacher, B. Russell of Liverpool, L. Somerset, D. Watkins of Tavistock, B. Wheatcroft, B.

Labour (6 votes)

Browne of Ladyton, L. Campbell-Savours, L. Chakrabarti, B. Faulkner of Worcester, L. Reid of Cardowan, L. West of Spithead, L.

Non-affiliated (2 votes)

Paddick, L. Uddin, B.

Green Party (1 vote)

Bennett of Manor Castle, B.

Noes

Conservative (108 votes)

Agnew of Oulton, L. Altrincham, L. Anelay of St Johns, B. Ashcombe, L. Ashton of Hyde, L. Attlee, E. Bailey of Paddington, L. Barran, B. Bellamy, L. Benyon, L. Berridge, B. Bethell, L. Blackwood of North Oxford, B. Borwick, L. Bottomley of Nettlestone, B. Bray of Coln, B. Brownlow of Shurlock Row, L. Callanan, L. Cameron of Lochiel, L. Camrose, V. Colgrain, L. Courtown, E. Davidson of Lundin Links, B. Davies of Gower, L. Douglas-Miller, L. Eaton, B. Effingham, E. Elliott of Mickle Fell, L. Evans of Rainow, L. Finkelstein, L. Fleet, B. Fookes, B. Fraser of Craigmaddie, B. Gascoigne, L. Godson, L. Goldsmith of Richmond Park, L. Hamilton of Epsom, L. Harding of Winscombe, B. Harlech, L. Hayward, L. Helic, B. Hodgson of Abinger, B. Horam, L. Howard of Rising, L. Howe, E. Hunt of Wirral, L. Jackson of Peterborough, L. Jenkin of Kennington, B. Johnson of Lainston, L. King of Bridgwater, L. Lawlor, B. Lea of Lymm, B. Lilley, L. Lingfield, L. Magan of Castletown, L. Manzoor, B. Markham, L. Marlesford, L. Maude of Horsham, L. McColl of Dulwich, L. McInnes of Kilwinning, L. McLoughlin, L. Meyer, B. Minto, E. Mobarik, B. Monckton of Dallington Forest, B. Morgan of Cotes, B. Mott, L. Moylan, L. Moynihan of Chelsea, L. Moynihan, L. Murray of Blidworth, L. Naseby, L. Neville-Rolfe, B. Newlove, B. Nicholson of Winterbourne, B. Offord of Garvel, L. Owen of Alderley Edge, B. Parkinson of Whitley Bay, L. Popat, L. Porter of Fulwood, B. Porter of Spalding, L. Randall of Uxbridge, L. Reay, L. Redfern, B. Robathan, L. Roborough, L. Sanderson of Welton, B. Sandhurst, L. Scott of Bybrook, B. Sewell of Sanderstead, L. Sharpe of Epsom, L. Smith of Hindhead, L. Stedman-Scott, B. Stewart of Dirleton, L. Strathcarron, L. Sugg, B. Swinburne, B. Trefgarne, L. Trenchard, V. True, L. Tugendhat, L. Udny-Lister, L. Vere of Norbiton, B. Wharton of Yarm, L. Williams of Trafford, B. Wyld, B. Young of Cookham, L.

Crossbench (3 votes)

Burnett of Maldon, L. St John of Bletso, L. Thomas of Cwmgiedd, L.

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The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan and the story with David S. Goyer. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, it is the final installment in Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy and the sequel to The Dark Knight (2008). The film stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman alongside Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Morgan Freeman. Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, the terrorist Bane forces Bruce Wayne to resume his role as Batman and save Gotham City from nuclear destruction. Christopher Nolan was hesitant about returning to the series for a third film, but agreed after developing a story with his brother and Gower that he felt would end the series on a satisfying note. Nolan took inspiration from Ben's comic book debut in the 1993 "Nightfall" storyline, the 1986 series The Dark Knight Returns, and the 1999 story "No Man's Land". Filming took place from May to November 2011 in locations including Jodhpur, London, Nottingham, Glasgow, Los Angeles, New York City, Newark and Pittsburgh. Nolan used IMAX 70mm film cameras for most of the filming, including the first six minutes of the film, to optimize image quality. A vehicular variation of the Batplane and Batcopter, the "Bat", an underground prison set and a new Batcave set were created specifically for the film. Like The Dark Knight, viral marketing campaigns began early in production. When filming ended, Warner Bros. refocused its campaign, creating a promotional website, releasing the first six minutes of the film, showing a theatrical trailer, and sending out information about the film's plot.

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The Food Crisis: The urgent, timely documentary every Kiwi voter should watch | Stuff.co.nz

I'll see if I can record this and get it off the tvr.

It's a crazy good doco.

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Today, on February 19th, 1977 - Queen Story!

Queen perform at the Sportatorium, Miami, Florida, USA, during 'A Day At The Races' Tour and filming 'Tie Your Mother Down' Promo Video

👉 'Tie Your Mother Down' Promo Video directed by Bruce Gowers. Bruce also directed promotional video 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and others

🔸FREDDIE MERCURY & KENNY EVERETT REVIEW “A DAY AT THE RACES”

Capitol Radio, London - November 1976

Intro: 'Tie Your Mother Down'

Kenny Everett: God you’re noisy, Fred!

Freddie Mercury: "That’s one of the softer tracks" (laughs)

Kenny Everett: That track’s called “Tie Your Mother Down” from the new LP called “A Day At The Races”, which is actually ‘teffifico’ and it’s just out in time for Christmas.

Freddie Mercury: "Yes, that’s right"

Kenny Everett: Why tie your mother down?

Freddie Mercury: "Well this one in fact is a track written by Brian actually, I dunno why. Maybe he was in one of his vicious moods. I think he’s trying to out do me after “Death On Two Legs” actually"

📸 Photo taken by Brian's guitar tech Brian Spencer

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TOC: English Language and Linguistics Vol. 26, No. 3 (2022)

ICYMI: Special issue on verse structure and linguistic modelling: introductory notes DONKA MINKOVA, CHRISTOPHER McCULLY 461-470 Linguistic change and metre: the demise of adjectival inflections and the scansion of ‘high’ and ‘sly’ in Chaucer, Gower and Hoccleve AD PUTTER 471-485 The coinages in Seuss BRUCE HAYES 487-511 Raiding the demotic: verse as evidence for speech prosody in Old and Middle English CHRISTOPHER McCULLY 513-532 Early metrical and lexicographical evidence for funct http://dlvr.it/Scmhdk

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28/09/22

• Reading ‘"For Rage": Rape Survival, Women's Anger, and Sisterhood in Chaucer's Legend of Philomela’ by Carissa Harris (2019)

• Reading ‘The Myth of Tereus in Ovid and Gower’ by Bruce Harbert (1972)

• Reading ‘Queerly productive: Women and collaboration’ by Lucy Allen-Goss (2018)

• Reading ‘Gower's blushing bird, Philomela's transforming face’ by Mary C. Flannery (2017)

• Reading ‘A Laboratory for Empire?: Early Modern Ireland and English Imperialism’ by Jane H. Ohlmeyer in The Oxford History of the British Empire (2005)

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 6.22

Beer Birthdays

Michael Frenn (1958)

Jean Moeder (1977)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Paul Frees; voice actor (1920)

H. Rider Haggard; writer (1856)

Kris Kristofferson; country singer, actor (1933)

Todd Rundgren; rock singer, songwriter (1948)

Billy Wilder; film director (1906)

Famous Birthdays

Peter Asher; pop singer (1944)

Champ Bailey; Denver Broncos CB (1978)

Gary Beers; rock bassist (1957)

Bill Blass; fashion designer (1922)

Ed Bradley; television journalist (1941)

Erin Brockovich; environmental activist (1960)

Octavia E. Butler; writer (197)

Bruce Campbell; actor (1958)

Gower Champion; choreographer (1921)

Carson Daly; television broadcaster (1973)

Eumir Deodato; Brazilian pianist, composer (1943)

Katherine Dunham; dancer, choreographer (1910)

Dianne Feinstein; politician (1933)

Carl Hubbell; New York Giants P (1903)

Brit Hume; television broadcaster (1943)

Julien Huxley; English writer, biologist (1887)

Gwen John; Welsh artist (1876)

Howard Kaylan; rock musician (1947)

Cyndi Lauper; pop singer (1953)

Chris Lemmon; actor (1954)

Michael Lerner; actor (1941)

Mai Lin; porn actor (1953)

"Pistol" Pete Maravich; New Orleans Jazz G (1947)

Anne Morrow Lindbergh; aviator, writer (1906)

Giuseppe Mazzini; Genoan revolutionary (1805)

Eliades Ochoa; Cuban guitarist (1946)

Joseph Papp; theatre producer (1921)

William McGregor Paxton (1869)

Tracy Pollan; actor (1960)

Freddie Prinze; comedian, actor (1954)

Erich M. Remarque; German writer (1898)

Prunella Scales; actor (1932)

Meryl Streep; actor (1949)

Michael Todd; film producer (1909)

Wilhelm von Humboldt; German philosopher (1767)

Lindsay Wagner; actor (1949)

Kurt Warner; St. Louis Rams QB (1971)