#cold harbor

[scholarofgloom]

Although this photograph was taken in April, 1865, about the time of the Confederate surrender, Union victory came at a terrible cost. Above are skulls of Union soldiers, being collected nearly a year after their deaths at an 1864 Confederate victory, the Battle of Cold Harbor.

About 360,000 Union (United States of America) soldiers died in the American Civil War, considerably more than Confederate losses, many Union soldiers dying because the Confederacy had more competent military officers than did the Union, especially in the war's early phases.

[elderscrollsconceptart]

"Cold Harbor Portal Elements"

Concept art for The Elder Scrolls: Online

Art by Mathew Weathers

[grants-blue-eyed-stare]

GOT LOST IN COLD HARBOR AT NIGHT TONIGHT ON DAY OF THE DEAD WITH @woodhxll76

[the-skooma-den]

tesoctober prompt one! cold harbor!

[markredfield]

COLD HARBOR (2003)

Written and Directed by Tom Brandau

Produced by Mark Redfield.

Watch on our YouTube Channel

Starring Mark Redfield, Richard Lopez, James Caffery, and Adam Micheal Rose. With Britta Jepsen.

After the suicide of their estranged father, four very different brothers try to come to terms with their lives and with moving on.

COLD HARBOR (2003)

136 m. Color. USA

Director of Photography: Peter Mullet. Editor: Wayne Hipley. Post Production Editor: Mike Flanagan. Sound: Dwayne Dell. Music: Nalin Taneja. Song “Playing It Dead” by Mike Lane. Art Director: Mark Redfield. Production Manager: Kathi Ash. Production Coordinator: Bonnie Kingsley.

IMDb

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385605/

COLD HARBOR is the first feature-length film that I produced. It will always hold a very special place in my career, but especially in my heart.

Tom Brandau had be trying to get the film off the ground for a few years. He based the script on his experiences after his father committed suicide. He brought the script to me after we had re-connected after college, and asked me to produce and act in the film.

We worked hard, collaborating on making the script more universal for an audience, and carefully planned the production, as we used our own money to make the film.

We did everything wrong: we used our own money. Shot the picture far away from home, so we had to house and feed a cast and crew sometimes numbering 20 on an 18-day shooting schedule…

But the final film is something we both were very proud of. I’m very proud of it to this day.

I hope you enjoy it.

- Mark Redfield

November 2024

MarkRedfieldStudios.com

#IndependentFilm #IndependentFilmmaking #drama #FeatureFilm

[quotespile]

Some things you did were worth regretting; others not.

Richard Yates, Cold Spring Harbor

[fewerandbetter]

Golden hour in Gatsby Land

[quiteearlyonemorning]

got to begin again - billy joel

[bywandandsword]

Y'all I recently learned that the Gulf of Mexico used to have a native seal, but they went extinct in the the 1960s, partially due to hunting and over hunting their food sources. They were called Caribbean Monk seals and are closely related to the Hawaiian Monk seal and the Mediterranean Monk seal, both of which are endangered

(Pictured: a Hawaiian monk seal)

[crime-scene-psychic]

I've had this idea for a while so here it goes:

(also feel free to do this yourself, I'd love to see what y'all's fave songs off of each album are ❤️)

[karleenscreativeworld]

Best Billy Joel themed day I coulda had. Other than going to a concert of course.

[thebreakfastgenie]

I think the reason the song Piano Man is good is the underlying narrative tension. This arrangement is precarious. Someday the piano man will leave, off to greener pastures and fame and fortune and recording 11 studio albums, and they all know it. We’re told the piano man is the reason people come to this bar—what will happen when he’s gone? Will business dry up? Will the bar survive? To whom will John tell his dreams and despairs? They feel pride and perhaps joy because they believe he deserves it, but is there not also an undercurrent of betrayal and resentment? Why is he the only one who gets out? Why does he have to leave them there? Will he remember them once he achieves fame and fortune and records 11 studio albums? Yes, he will, because he will be singing about them for the next fifty years, but they don’t know that.

[rumble-in-the-concrete-jungle]

Views of Boston Harbor and Hull, Massachusetts, February 2022

[mayese]

You know what’s a masterpiece? Cold Spring Harbor, the album from Billy Joel. Fucking immaculate, I can hear every song of that album for years and never get tired

[heartsoulrocknroll]

Cold Spring Harbor Ranked

1) Got to Begin Again

This is one of the most beautiful melodies Billy has ever written with chord progressions and masterful uses of dynamics that reach into me and touch my very soul. The build from the soft, quiet beginning of each verse to the crescendo of two rapidly alternating minor chords is haunting. I don't have the words to describe how this song makes me lose my mind.

2) Falling of the Rain

This is an incredible piano piece with lyrics that tell a story. I feel so immersed in the world of this song every time I hear it. The rapid-fire single notes on the piano evoke images of falling rain. And as stupid as Billy may think they are, the lyrics are truly like poetry, painting a vivid image of the characters. But my god, the PIANO.

3) Everybody Loves You Now

This song contains some of Billy's greatest lyrics and one of the most iconic Billy Joel piano riffs. The album version of this is good, but the live versions with Liberty on the drums and Billy singing his ass off are where this really becomes the masterpiece that it was meant to be, and I'm giving it credit for that with this ranking.

4) Tomorrow is Today

The original album version of this song is incredible. The lyrics are so powerful and hopeless and emotional. Billy's vocal is gorgeous. The piano is absolutely haunting, and the strings on the original recording add to that haunting feeling. I love the juxtaposition of the gospel-flavored bridge with the rest of the song as well. This is truly a work of art.

5) Turn Around

This is a beautiful, simple melody with some gorgeous piano work, as well as a hint of country influence, especially in the original recording with the pedal steel guitar. Something about the simplicity of this song has always reminded me of James Taylor, even before I heard Billy say that this song was inspired by Fire and Rain.

6) She's Got a Way

This is yet another beautiful melody with beautiful chord progressions, and Billy sings it so well. I like the vocal on the album a lot, but I've heard some live versions that have brought me to the brink of tears, namely the 1977 Carnegie Hall version. I don't care what he says, that man can sing.

7) Nocturne

This is an absolutely beautiful, haunting piano piece that clearly demonstrates Billy's classical influences as well as his own brilliance as a composer. I love it so much. I don't really even feel right ranking this song among the other songs on the album. It's kind of apples and oranges.

8) You Can Make Me Free

This song is Billy doing a better Paul McCartney than Paul McCartney. It reminds me a lot of Maybe I'm Amazed. I don't think I've ever truly appreciated this song until just recently. And I don't think you can truly appreciate it without listening to the original '71 recording at the corrected speed. It's just a great rock 'n' roll song with phenomenal vocals and fantastic piano work to tie it all together.

9) Why Judy Why

This song is an interesting departure from the rest of this piano-driven album. "Haunting" seems to be an overarching theme of this album, but the acoustic guitar here continues to provide that feeling, and Billy's desperately beautiful vocal complements it so well.

10) You Look So Good to Me

This is the only song on the album that I'm not absolutely obsessed with, but it's a high bar, and I still think it's really good. You can definitely hear the McCartney influence in this one too. This song has a much lighter mood compared to the majority of the album, so it's a nice breather before going through the emotional wringer that is Tomorrow Is Today/Nocturne/Got to Begin Again.

[iamclearlyawizard]

Edward was looking at roses as they began to fade with the summer heat. “That’s genetics right? The lab in cold spring harbor is supposed to be studying that. Wonder what they’re up to.”