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Somebody Feed Phil Season 7

In this episode we share our love of the documentary, Somebody Feed Phil season 7. There is so much about this show that we adore and look forward to. There is only one problem - now we have to wait until season 8 for more food and adventures with Phil Rosenthal. Listen in to hear our highlights as Phil shares his experiences in Mumbai, Washington D.C., Kyoto, Dubai, Orlando, Iceland, Taipei, and Scotland. Do you watch Phil? Did you catch any of season 7? What was your best highlight? And really - is Ethiopian food still a 'thing' in Washington D.C.? We want to know your take! And really, as Phil would say, "Come on!" "Just try it!"

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[msclaritea]

BREAKING: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just apologized after Israel bombed an American citizen to death in Gaza while delivering food to starving civilians in a “deconflicted zone.”

NOTE: Netanyahu said the airstrike was “unintentional.”

NOTE: In all, Israel killed a dual US-Canada national, as well as people from Australia, Poland, the United Kingdom, and a Palestinian, World Central Kitchen CEO Erin Gore said in a statement.

NOTE: Gore said, “The love they had for feeding people, the determination they embodied to show that humanity rises above all, and the impact they made in countless lives will forever be remembered and cherished.”

NOTE: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it is “conducting a thorough review at the highest levels to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident.”

Zomi was one of the earliest employees at World Central Kitchen. She first showed up to volunteer at our WCK kitchen in Guatemala after the Fuego volcano eruption—and became like family. Zomi was effervescent, her spirit of service embodied the greatest aspects of humanity. Anyone who meets Zomi never forgets her huge smile and warm laugh. When others were facing the darkest of moments, Zomi was a shining light of comfort, and the world is a dimmer place without her. 💔 Mook, Twitter

This is Dayman Sobol, a Polish citizen, who works at @WCKitchen World Central Kitchen. He travelled between Arab and foreign countries to provide humanitarian aids. During this war, he decided to travel to the Gaza Strip to help the displaced there, but today Israel took his life.

Dayman worked as the logistics coordinator for the organization The Israeli army killed him inside the jeep, although the jeep had the logo of the international organization. Today's crime is a message to the world that the Israeli army does not discriminate against anyone.

H/t @lifepeptides

[spacelazarwolf]

in honor of that anon who said jews have done nothing for the world, here’s a non exhaustive list of things we’ve done for the world:

arts, fashion, and lifestyle:

jeans - levi strauss

modern bras - ida rosenthal

sewing machines - isaac merritt singer

modern film industry - carl laemmle (universal pictures), adolph zukor (paramount pictures), william fox (fox film forporation), louis b. mayer (mgm - metro-goldwyn-mayer), harry, sam, albert, and jack warners (warner bros.), steven spielberg, mel brooks, marx brothers

operetta - jacques offenbach

comic books - stan lee

graphic novels - will eisner

teddy bears - morris and rose michtom

influential musicians - irving berlin, stephen sondheim, benny goodman, george gershwin, paul simon, itzhak perlman, leonard bernstein, bob dylan, leonard cohen

artists - mark rothko

actors - elizabeth taylor, jerry lewis, barbara streisand

comedians - lenny bruce, joan rivers, jerry seinfeld

authors - judy blume, tony kushner, allen ginsberg, walter mosley

culture:

esperanto - ludwik lazar zamenhof

feminism - betty friedan, gloria steinem, ruth bader ginsberg

queer and trans rights - larry kramer, harvey milk, leslie feinberg, abby stein, kate bornstein, frank kameny, judith butler

international women's day - clara zetkin

principles of journalizm, statue of liberty, and pulitzer prize - joseph pulitzer

"the new colossus" - emma lazarus

universal declaration of human rights - rene samuel cassin

holocaust remembrance and human rights activism - elie wiesel

workers rights - louis brandeis, rose schneiderman

public health care, women's rights, and children's rights - lillian wald

racial equity - rabbi abraham joshua heschel, julius rosenwald, andrew goodman, michael schwerner

political theory - hannah arendt

disability rights - judith heumann

black lives matter slogan and movement - alicia garza

#metoo movement - jodi kantor

institute of sexology - magnus hirschfeld

technology:

word processing computers - evelyn berezin

facebook - mark zuckerberg

console video game system - ralph henry baer

cell phones - amos edward joel jr., martin cooper

3d - leonard lipton

telephone - philipp reis

fax machines - arthur korn

microphone - emile berliner

gramophone - emile berliner

television - boris rosing

barcodes - norman joseph woodland and bernard silver

secret communication system, which is the foundation of the technology used for wifi - hedy lamarr

three laws of robotics - isaac asimov

cybernetics - norbert wiener

helicopters - emile berliner

BASIC (programming language) - john george kemeny

google - sergey mikhaylovich brin and larry page

VCR - jerome lemelson

fax machine - jerome lemelson

telegraph - samuel finley breese morse

morse code - samuel finley breese morse

bulletproof glass - edouard benedictus

electric motor and electroplating - boris semyonovich jacobi

nuclear powered submarine - hyman george rickover

the internet - paul baran

icq instant messenger - arik vardi, yair goldfinger,, sefi vigiser, amnon amir

color photography - leopold godowsky and leopold mannes

world's first computer - herman goldstine

modern computer architecture - john von neumann

bittorrent - bram cohen

voip internet telephony - alon cohen

data archiving - phil katz, eugene roshal, abraham lempel, jacob ziv

nemeth code - abraham nemeth

holography - dennis gabor

laser - theodor maiman

instant photo sharing online - philippe kahn

first automobile - siegfried samuel marcus

electrical maglev road - boris petrovich weinberg

drip irrigation - simcha blass

ballpoint pen and automatic gearbox - laszlo biro

photo booth - anatol marco josepho

medicine:

pacemakers and defibrillators - louise robinovitch

defibrillators - bernard lown

anti-plague and anti-cholera vaccines - vladimir aronovich khavkin

polio vaccine - jonas salk

test for diagnosis of syphilis - august paul von wasserman

test for typhoid fever - ferdinand widal

penicillin - ernst boris chain

pregnancy test - barnhard zondek

antiretroviral drug to treat aids and fight rejection in organ transplants - gertrude elion

discovery of hepatitis c virus - harvey alter

chemotherapy - paul ehrlich

discovery of prions - stanley prusiner

psychoanalysis - sigmund freud

rubber condoms - julius fromm

birth control pill - gregory goodwin pincus

asorbic acid (vitamin c) - tadeusz reichstein

blood groups and rh blood factor - karl landsteiner

acyclovir (treatment for infections caused by herpes virus) - gertrude elion

vitamins - caismir funk

technique for measuring blood insulin levils - rosalyn sussman yalow

antigen for hepatitus - baruch samuel blumberg

a bone fusion technique - gavriil abramovich ilizarov

homeopathy - christian friedrich samuel hahnemann

aspirin - arthur ernst eichengrun

science:

theory of relativity - albert einstein

theory of the electromagnetic field - james maxwell

quantum mechanics - max born, gustav ludwig hertz

quantum theory of gravity - matvei bronstein

microbiology - ferdinand julius cohn

neuropsychology - alexander romanovich luria

counters for x-rays and gamma rays - robert hofstadter

genetic engineering - paul berg

discovery of the antiproton - emilio gino segre

discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation - arno allan penzias

discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe - adam riess and saul merlmutter

discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity - roger penrose

discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of the milky way - andrea ghez

modern cosmology and the big bang theory - alexander alexandrovich friedmann

stainless steel - hans goldschmidt

gas powered vehicles

interferometer - albert abraham michelson

discovery of the source of energy production in stars - hans albrecht bethe

proved poincare conjecture - grigori yakovlevich perelman

biochemistry - otto fritz meyerhof

electron-positron collider - bruno touschek

[twwpress]

Weekly Press Briefing #18 - October 23rd to October 29th

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from October 23 – October 29, 2022. Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing!

Challenges/Prompts:

The following is a roundup of open challenges/prompts. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

Trope Soup: A Josh/Donna Tropes Fest is open for prompt submissions and claims. Fics were revealed on Saturday, October 22. The collection remains open to submissions. Learn more here.

The October 20 prompts in 20 days are up on Tumblr.

Big Block of Cheese Day is celebrating its one year anniversary with October’s prompts. 

 Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from October 23 - October 29.

Bradley Whitford posted a photo of his problem solving method while directing an episode of The Handmaid’s Tale.

Bradley Whitford posted a photo of himself directing, with fellow The Handmaid’s Tale co-stars Elisabeth Moss and O-T Fagbenle kissing him on the cheek.

Bradley Whitford tweeted a photo of himself in Wisconsin with a 95-year-old WisDems volunteer.

Allison Janney posted a video of herself dancing with Phil and Lily Rosenthal. 

Marlee Matlin posted photos of herself and her family at her daughter’s university for Family Weekend. 

Marlee Matlin posted photos of herself with various celebrities at the NYWICI Matrix Awards.

Richard Schiff posted a photo of himself and his wife Sheila Kelley at the premiere of Wakanda Forever.

Elisabeth Moss posted some photos from The Handmaid’s Tale.

Donna Moss Daily: October 23 | October 24 | October 25 | October 26 | October 27 | October 28 | October 29

Daily Josh Lyman: October 23 | October 24 | October 25 | October 26 | October 27 | October 28 | October 29

No Context BWhit: October 23 | October 23 (2) | October 24 | October 24 (2) | October 25 | October 25 (2) | October 26 | October 26 (2) | October 27 | October 27 (2) | October 28 | October 28 (2) | October 29 | October 29 (2)

@JanelMilfoney: October 24 | October 25 | October 27 | October 27 (2) | October 28 | October 28 (2) | October 29

@down_brad_: October 23 | October 24 | October 25 | October 26 | October 28 | October 29

@JessBakesCakes: October 26

 Edits/Artwork:

#JOSHDONNA: my hand was the one you reached for by joshlymoss [VIDEO EDIT]

#JOSHDONNA: this scene feels like what i once saw on a screen by jcshualyman [VIDEO EDIT]

#JOSHDONNA: cause we were somewhere else by xstauren [VIDEO EDIT]

#THEWESTWING: I love you all very much. I don’t say that often enough. by jenniferjoiie [VIDEO EDIT]

Creator Spotlight:

Each week, we will talk to a fandom creator and interview them about their work and their process. We’ll also give you the opportunity to ask them questions, too! Want to be a featured creator? Find us via one of the methods listed at the end of the briefing!

This week’s creator is joshlymoss on twitter/hufflepuffhermione on ao3. You can find the spotlight on tumblr or on twitter.

 This Week in Canon:

Welcome to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.

Season 2, Episode 4: In This White House aired on October 25, 2000.

Season 3, Episode 3: Ways and Means aired on October 24, 2001.

Season 5, Episode 5: Constituency of One aired on October 29, 2003. (This episode marks Josh’s birthday in canon, Scorpio Josh nation rise!)

Season 6, Episode 2: The Birnam Wood aired on October 27, 2004.

Season 7, Episode 5: Here Today aired on October 23, 2005.

Editor’s Choice: This is Halloween!

The veil between the worlds is at its thinnest, so we’ve summoned forth from the eerie mists of time some of our favorite Halloween fics from previous years! They range from sweet as a pillowcase full of candy to Sexy Halloween, and everything in between. Be sure to also check out all the great new Halloween fics that have come out this month too, and feel free to share any of your faves from the past that we missed. 

Treats by spinning infinity | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Josh and Donna get a night off. Trouble is, it coincides with a night full of non-work-related interruptions. “The first knock comes halfway through the movie, right at a really good bit.” love bites by sam_writes_fics | Rated M  | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | “Isn’t that annoying?” Lou asks her a half hour later when he does it again.

“Oh, it’s incredibly annoying,” Donna answers, taking another sip of her drink.

“And you’re just… letting it happen?” Lou raises one eyebrow.

Donna smirks at her over the rim of her glass. “I didn’t say that.”

// a halloween fic set post-canon

[previous titled bloodlust]

Spiritual Assistance by ETraytin | Rated T | Zoey Bartlet/Charlie Young | Complete | "On Carol's birthday, did you happen to attend a seance where they tried to contact Margaret's grandmother? No, right?" -Toby, H.Con-172

Charlie goes to a party.

 all together ooky by JediAnnieScrambler | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler | Complete | After a day at the movies, the twins come up with a family Halloween costume idea. CJ is no help.

I Don’t Believe in Cheese Nips by westwingfanfictioncentral_archivist | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete | “Josh. Seriously. I don’t believe in ghosts. *You* don’t believe in ghosts. We’ll be fine.”

A Script Written By Committee, Drunk by amathela | Rated T | Sam Seaborn/Ginger (West Wing) | Complete | "You can have the party here."

Let's give 'em pumpkin to talk about by thotsandfeelings | Rated E  | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | “Come on, Josh. It’ll be fun. I wanna see you in those baseball pants.” She slides her hands around him and into his back pockets before squeezing his ass playfully. “And I know for a fact that you’ve fantasized about me as a Rockford Peach.”

A Night Of Mischief And Magic by orphan_account | Rated G  | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | A fairytale Halloween for Josh and Donna, with a little help from the Bartlets, and several dozen hyperactive children.

Fics:

Presenting your weekly roundup of fics posted in the tag for The West Wing on Archive of Our Own. If you are so inclined, please be sure to leave the authors some love in the form of kudos or comments. Be mindful of posted warnings/tags for each story.

Josh/Donna

what the head makes cloudy, the heart makes very clear by phos3 for JessBakesCakes | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

Say It, Mean It by GoneScribbling | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

meet me at midnight by hanyolo | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

The Phone Call by autumnalequinox | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

it might not even come true but in my mind i'm having a pretty good time with you by emilybrontay | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

How Will He Find Me by Shinyrosa | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

your hand was the one i reached for (all throughout the great war) by joshatella (shuuuliet) | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

Let’s Go Home by Shinyrosa | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

How Will He Find Me by Shinyrosa | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

the kinktober drabbles by flowersinapril, hanyolo | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Are You Dating Your Assistant? by autumnalequinox | Not Rated | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

all you ever wanted from me (was sweet nothin’) by joshatella (shuuuliet) | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

darling, so it goes (some things are meant to be) by mikaylawrites | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Jed/Abbey

Miracle by imperfectirises | Rated M | Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet | In Progress

the moon in the arms of the sky by andsocanshe | Not Rated  | Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet | Complete

Other Pairings/Gen Fic

belong to the living by jazzjo | Rated G | C.J. Cregg/Andrea Wyatt | Complete

devotion by jazzjo | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Carol Fitzpatrick | Complete

"That's it," Josh said by Idontevenknowwhyimscreaming | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Toby Ziegler | Complete

"Who said this is a good idea?" by msmarycrawley | Rated G | Jed Bartlet, Donna Moss, Sam Seaborn, Josh Lyman, Leo McGarry, Dolores Landingham, Charlie Young | Complete

douglas firs by jazzjo | Rated G | Will Bailey/Kate Harper | Complete

northern downpour sends its love by rearviewmirror for crossingdelancey | Rated T | Jed Bartlet/Leo McGarry | Complete

heat of the moment by rearviewmirror | Rated M | Abbey Bartlet/Leo McGarry | Complete

Figures of Speech by Darsynia Rated T | Toby Ziegler/Original Female Character | In progress 

Makan Almawt by Megpryor | Rated M | Jed Bartlet, Leo McGarry, Miles Hutchinson, Charlie Young, Abbey Bartlet, Nancy McNally, Admiral Fitzwallace (no pairings listed) | In Progress

Multiple Pairings

three by jazzjo | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler, C. J. Cregg/Andrea Wyatt, Andrea Wyatt/Toby Ziegler, C. J. Cregg/Andrea Wyatt/Toby Ziegler | Complete

Not Quite the Parent Trap by eowyn_of_rohan | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn | In Progress

Game On by mlea7675, Spybaby47  (Gilmore Girls crossover) | Rated T | Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet, Helen Santos/Matt Santos, Logan Huntzberger/Alexandra Bartlet | Complete

The Times They Are A-Changin' by mlea7675 | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn, . J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler, Zoey Bartlet/Charlie Young, Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet, Leo McGarry/Annabeth Schott, Helen Santos/Matt Santos | In Progress

Red, White, and Boo by fleurfemme (Scream crossover) | Rated M |  C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler, Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Dewey Riley/Gale Weathers, Ellie Bartlet/Sidney Prescott | In Progress

Paradise City by casliyn | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Josh Lyman & Donna Moss, Amy Gardner/Josh Lyman | In Progress

And the Pursuit of Happiness by welcometoyourworld | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn, Ainsley Hayes/Donna Moss | In Progress

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[theladyyavilee]

post/702363765380874240 omg that playlist sounds amazing specially knowing how much i love your fic , would you think of sharing it ?

aaah I don't really share my spotify stuff in fandom circles because the account is attached to my family 🙈 but I am gonna put all the songs on the playlist under a cut here so you can recreate the playlist if you want to <3 (not all of the songs are angsty tbf xD there’s also the ones for the happier scenes mixed into it, but I have an extra playlist with exclusively the sad and slow ones for writing the really somber scenes and I will bolden those songs! also I am very happy to hear that you love the fic, thank youuu 💕💕 also kalsdfkjsd I am sorry it took me a while to answer this, I was mostly away from tumblr for the last week or so <3)

Message To Bears - You are a Memory

Michael Schulte - Falling Apart

The Fray - Look After You

Plumb - I Want You Here

Journey, Steve Perry - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

Sleeping At Last - Chasing Cars

Tommee Profit, Sam Tinnesz - With You Til The End

Bear’s Den - Red Earth & Pouring Rain

Ludovico Einaudi - Nuvole Bianche

Hans Zimmer - Time

5 Seconds of Summer - Ghost Of You

Sigur Rós - Dauðalogn

Novo Amor - Repeat Until Death

Mattia Cupelli - Love Lost

Sinéad O’Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

Rosenstolz - Wir Sind Am Leben

Landon Pigg - The Way It Ends

Heather Nova - Like Lovers Do

Lily Kershaw - Ashes Like Snow

Roxette - Spending My Time

Simple Plan - Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)

Secession Studios - Isn’t It Beautiful

Mattia Cupelli - Without

Sleeping At Last - Saturn

Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard - A Dark Knight

Mattia Cupelli - Cerulean

Taylor Swift - cardigan

Zack Hemsey - The Way

Lifehouse - Aftermath

RAIGN - Don’t Let Me Go

Tom Rosenthal - It’s Okay (Acoustic)

Ólafur Arnalds - Happiness Does Not Wait

Ólafur Arnalds, Arnór Dan - So Far

Message To Bears - I Know You Love To Fall

Karen O - I Shall Rise

Chip Taylor - On The Radio (Music From The Netflix Original Series Sex Education)

Natalie Taylor - Surrender

Erik Jonasson - Like a Funeral

Sleeping Wolf - The Wreck of Our Hearts

Lifehouse - All In

Lifehouse - First Time

Jean-Pierre Taïeb - Theme from “The Divide“

Alexander Rosskopf - Jiraiya’s Death

Ragnar Seaholm - Steady The Ship

The xx - Angels

Snow Patrol - Don’t Give In

Leona Lewis - Run

Counting Crows - Possibility Days

James Gillespie - Beyond Today

Oh Wonder - White Blood

Trading Yesterday - Shattered

Snow Patrol - The Lightning Strike

Nick Cave, Warren Ellis - Song for Bob

James Newton Howard - Rue’s Farewell

Max Richter - On The Nature Of Daylight

M83 - I’m Sending You Away

The Hope Arsenal - Wake Your Soul

Michael Schulte - You Said You’d Grow Old With Me

Williamette Stone - Heart Like Yours

SYML -The War

Lifehouse - Breathing

Forest Blakk - If You Love Her

Hills x Hills - You Feel Like Home

Robot Koch, Julien Marchal - Care

Keaton Henson - You

Wolf Larsen - If I Be Wrong

K. S. Rhoads - Our Corner Of The Universe

Forest Blakk - Tread Lightly

 MIKA, Jack Savoretti - Ready To Call This Love

Greg Laswell - Off I Go (2010 Mix)

Book On Tapeworm - The Brightest

Phil Wickham - It’s Always Been You

Switchfoot - This Is Home  

[ramascreen]

SOMEBODY FEED PHIL Renewed for Season 7

Netflix today announced the renewal of Somebody Feed Phil, from Emmy, James Beard Award, and Critics Choice Award-winner Phil Rosenthal.  The series, which premiered its sixth season in October 2022, will once again follow Phil on his culinary adventures as he takes in the local cuisine and cultures of cities around the world.  Somebody Feed Phil is produced by Lucky Bastards and Zero Point Zero…

[nivalvixen]

Somebody feed Phil for #moviemonday Phil Rosenthal is best known for creating the show Everybody loves Raymond. This show stars Phil (if you didn't guess that from the title), and he goes around the world meeting people, making friends, and - most importantly - eating food. Phil is such a joy to watch. The foods range from home cooked, comfort food, to the pretentious type serving on a spoon, to the weird and not exactly everyday foods you'd expect or be used to in western civilisation. Phil is always up for eating and he makes everything look like an experience - even those single mouthfuls on a spoon 😂 Meeting the chefs takes you through the work involved in creating these masterpieces, the thought, and artistry. Phil's genuine and open personality is the true star, and it's fun to see more of his family as the series progresses. 9/10 #somebodyfeedphil #tvshow #tvseries #netflix #philrosenthal #tvreview https://www.instagram.com/p/ClMtk6Myrsw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[funnygreys]

Devour food

The 10th Anniversary of the festival took place on October 20–25, 2020 in a hybrid online and in-person format. More than 80 films from around the world were screened, with a special focus on Italian cinema and Italian cuisine. Actor Joe Pantoliano, star of the film From the Vine attended on opening night along with director Sean Cisterna. Chef Lidia Bastianich was the guest curator. The 9th edition of the festival took place from October 22–27, 2019. The Festival added events in Kentville, Nova Scotia and in 2019 will add events in Windsor, Nova Scotia In 2018, 75 Films were screened, with more than 100 events in total. Sam Kass, former chef to President Barack Obama, was the opening night curator. The 8th edition of the festival occurred October 23–28, 2018. Notable Canadian Chef Michael Smith (chef) led a team of Canadian chefs for the Saturday evening Spotlight Gala that followed the World premiere of Canadian film Grand Cru with the director David Eng and star winemaker Pascal Marchand in attendance. Pepin was in attendance and provided insight into his long career. The festival also hosted a special screening of Jacques Pepin: The Art of Craft by Director Peter Stein. Pinsent curated the opening night film The Hundred Foot Journey. The 7th addition of Devour was opened by iconic Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent. In 2017 the Festival moved to a date earlier in October (25-29th). It was opened by Chef Dominique Crenn and featured a theme celebrating the Power of Women in Gastronomy The sixth edition of Devour took place November 2–6, 2016. The fifth edition of Devour! The Food Film Fest took place in November, 2015. Taking home the prestigious honour of the Gary MacDonald Culinary Ambassador of the Year Award, and were included on the Chronicle Herald's 2014 Arts & Life Honour Roll. Festival organizers were later presented with the Gary MacDonald Culinary Ambassador of the Year Award at the Taste of Nova Scotia Awards ceremony. The event was opened by Anthony Bourdain, curating his favourite food film. A number of local Acadian dishes were included. The program involved of about thirty Chefs, many visiting filmmakers and industry guests, 14 workshops, 13 tasting tours, more than a dozen dinners, parties & events and over 50 new food and wine films from around the world. 4,000 attendees took in 70 new food films from around the world, an opening night reception and gala film with special guests, a food truck rally, experiential wine and cheese tours, three five-course meals based on the films, a cocktail pop-up party, a cinematic dine-around brunch at the Wolfville Farmers Market, an awards showcase with a 15-part dessert constructed by culinary students and eight industry workshops. In 2013, the event was re-branded to Devour! The Food Film Fest. In early 2017, Canadian food writer Lucy Waverman and television food celebrity Bob Blumer also joined the Advisory Board. Film director Robert Kenner ( Food, Inc.) and Hollywood director-writer-actor Jason Priestley both participated in various capacities and now serve as Honorary Advisory Board Members. In 2011, 30 new films from around the world were screened, with ticket sales of about 2,000. The first festival took place at the Al Whittle Theatre in Wolfville, screening 11 retrospective films with tickets sales of approximately 1,000. The festival was founded in 2009 by Slow Food Nova Scotia. Festival Dates for 2021 (an expanded hybrid festival) are October 19–24, 2021. Opening night celebrity host was "Phil Rosenthal" from the "Netflix" hit "Somebody Feed Phil". Attendance was 1800 in person and 1600 virtual guests. In 2020 organizers mounted a hybrid in-person and streamed festival due to Covid-19. The five-day festival takes place annually in late fall in the Wolfville, Kings County, Nova Scotia. Devour! The Food Film Fest (formerly the Slow Motion Food Film Fest) is a Canadian Film festival dedicated to films about food and wine culture.

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10 Documentary Series for the Wanderluster

If you’re sick of being stuck indoors and isolated from the rest of the world, you might find yourself binge watching travel documentaries just like me.

I’ve always loved traveling. I’ve been to a handful of places, but there’s so much more out there. These docu-series will make you want to get off your butt and hop on a plane ASAP. Of course, that’s not really an option in this pandemic, but these shows can offer a nice dose of escapism right in your living room.

These are just a few available to stream that I really loved. (Btw, most of these are about food. Because I love food.)

1. Somebody Feed Phil

I love this show. Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal travels to some of the most beautiful locations around the world to try the best foods. He meets with locals, expats, and world renown chefs who show him the best local dishes and their culture. Phil isn’t the best food critic. Most of his commentary consists of, “Mmm, that’s good!” But his cheery, friendly demeanor makes for easy watching as he casually befriends locals in every international city he visits. Oh, and the theme song is killer.

Watch it on: Netflix

2. Street Food: Asia & Latin America

Get ready to be hungry! Made from the same people behind Chef’s Table, this series takes you to a different country in each episode. Street Food: Asia and Street Food: Latin America are actually listed separately on Netflix. But they are essentially two different seasons of the same show. You’ll meet local street chefs who’ve made their living cooking and selling their best comfort foods on the street. They share their stories of hardship, determination, sacrifice, joys, and successes. Each episode has close ups of every dish that will have you salivating.

Watch it on: Netflix

3. Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted

Season One of this National Geographic series is currently available on Disney Plus. We see chef Gordon Ramsay travel to some remote locations, where he not only learns about their local ingredients, but has to forage and hunt them himself. At the end of each episode, we see him face off with a famous chef from each region. It’s beautifully shot with some really breathtaking views of these amazing landscapes. We see the vast Sacred Valley of Peru, majestic glaciers of New Zealand, and tropical blue waters of Hawaii. Now, if only Disney Plus would release the second season.

Watch it on: Disney Plus

4. Down to Earth with Zac Efron

Down to Earth with Zac Efron is not just a feast for the eyes, but a series that will make you think. Zac Efron travels with his friend, Darin Olien, to learn about various methods of sustainable living. We learn about sustainable energy in Iceland, fresh water in France, and blue zone diets in Italy. They also take the time to explore and enjoy the best leisure activities and cuisine in each country.

Watch it on: Netflix

5. Conan Without Borders

Conan Without Borders is a segment of his talk show that is now available on Netflix (but only the first season). Of course, you can still watch more on YouTube, but those videos are cut into shorter segments. Conan’s buffoonery is put to good use as he travels to learn about other people and their countries. His shtick is the clueless, ignorant American abroad. It’s an honesty that’s rewarding, as he shows these countries in a light few Americans get to see. He’s hilarious in each episode as he accidentally (or not so accidentally) offends, but also learns from the locals in each country.

Watch it on: Netflix, YouTube

6. Travel Man: 48 Hours In...

Travel Man has had 10 seasons, and 7 (ish) of them are on Hulu. It’s a recent discovery for me, so I’m still making my way through the episodes. Richard Ayoade travels to a different city with a different celebrity for 48 hours. They do a lot of the typical things the average tourist would do. It features transportation, checking into a hotel (usually on the higher end), seeing the sites, and exploring different foods. Most of the celebrities who join him are British, so I’m not too familiar with them. It probably works better if you know who they are, but it doesn’t matter. Richard Ayoade’s dry humor makes each trip amusing regardless.

Watch it on: Hulu

7. Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father

British comedian Jack Whitehall takes a belated gap year trip with his 70-something year old father. The stark contrast between their personalities make for a very interesting vacation. We go on a real ride with the two as we get to know them and as they grow from the experience. Jack is full of energy and definitely more open minded of the two, but we can also see why his father gets annoyed with him. He’s a big kid and, at times, spoiled. At first Jack’s father comes across as snobby and ignorant, but we learn to laugh at his biting humor and his efforts to connect with Jack. We also get a bit of a different view of each location. We visit eccentric temples in Thailand, watch trained rats search for mines in Cambodia, check out motocross skiing in Germany, and more.

Watch it on: Netflix

8. Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

Seasons 7 and 8 of the late Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations can currently be viewed on Hulu. If you’re a humanitarian at heart, this one is for you. Anthony Bourdain is after truth. He’s not interested in commercialized tourist traps or filtered Instagram photo ops. He’s after the real place, the real people, and the real history. He visits disadvantaged populations around the world. He meets with locals, journalists, and humanitarians in each country. Their conversations are often about poverty, political corruption, and marginalization. But he also has some lighter missions as well. A trip to Naples in search of the real Italian food experience. A discovery of Croatian culinary greatness. A cook off in Tokyo between the world’s greatest chefs. What we see is not always pretty. Sometimes it’s truly upsetting. But sometimes it’s great too. Either way, it’s the truth. What Anthony Bourdain ultimately does is capture the heart of the people, something traveling tourists often overlook.

Watch it on: Hulu

9. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

I’m not a huge David Chang fan. I’ve only made it through one episode of Ugly Delicious. (It was the curry episode, because I love Indian food.) But I found Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner a much easier watch. It’s a lot more chill. There are only four episodes. (That helps.) He and a celebrity friend tour a different city, try the food, and just chat it up. This series focuses more on location and culture, rather than just the food itself. The personalities of his celebrity guests help provide color and humor to each episode. Kate McKinnon, as always, is a delight.

Watch it on: Netflix

10. Tales By Light

Tales By Light follows photographers around the world as they capture stunning works of art. This is a must see if you love art, especially photography. Watch humpback whales dance under water in Tonga, the colorful Festival of Holi in India, abandoned desert ghost towns of Namibia, and indigenous cultures of Australia. Season 3 is especially sobering. Photographer Simon Lister and UNICEF ambassador Orlando Bloom travel to Bangladesh to capture portraits of children in need. You’ll marvel at the beauty, but also cry for the less fortunate.

Watch it on: Netflix

[justforbooks]

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War. The photograph, taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press on February 23, 1945, was first published in Sunday newspapers two days later and reprinted in thousands of publications. It was the only photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in the same year as its publication, and was later used for the construction of the Marine Corps War Memorial in 1954, which was dedicated to honor all Marines who died in service since 1775. The memorial, sculpted by Felix de Weldon, is located in Arlington Ridge Park, near the Ord-Weitzel Gate to Arlington National Cemetery and the Netherlands Carillon. The photograph has come to be regarded in the United States as one of the most significant and recognizable images of World War II.

The flag raising occurred in the early afternoon, after the mountaintop was captured and a smaller flag was raised on top that morning. Three of the six Marines in the photograph—Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, and Private First Class Franklin Sousley—were killed in action during the battle; Block was identified as Sergeant Hank Hansen until January 1947 and Sousley was identified as PhM2c. John Bradley, USN, until June 2016. The other three Marines in the photograph were Corporals (then Privates First Class) Ira Hayes, Harold Schultz, and Harold Keller; Schultz was identified as Sousley until June 2016 and Keller was identified as Rene Gagnon until October 2019. All of the men served in the 5th Marine Division on Iwo Jima.

The Associated Press has relinquished its copyright to the photograph, placing it in the public domain.

There were two American flags raised on top of Mount Suribachi, on February 23, 1945. The photograph Rosenthal took was actually of the second flag-raising, in which a larger replacement flag was raised by different Marines than those who raised the first flag.

Photographs of the first flag flown on Mount Suribachi were taken by Staff Sergeant Louis R. Lowery of Leatherneck magazine, who accompanied the patrol up the mountain, and other photographers afterwards.

Raising the First Flag on Iwo Jima by SSgt. Louis R. Lowery, USMC, is the most widely circulated photograph of the first flag flown on Mt. Suribachi. Left to right: 1st Lt. Harold Schrier (kneeling behind radioman's legs), Pfc. Raymond Jacobs (radioman reassigned from F Company), Sgt. Henry "Hank" Hansen wearing cap, holding flagstaff with left hand), Platoon Sgt. Ernest "Boots" Thomas (seated), Pvt. Phil Ward (holding lower flagstaff with his right hand), PhM2c. John Bradley, USN (holding flagstaff with both hands, his right hand above Ward's right hand and his left hand below.), Pfc. James Michels (holding M1 Carbine), and Cpl. Charles W. Lindberg (standing above Michels).

Rosenthal's photograph was used as the basis for C. C. Beall's poster Now... All Together for the Seventh War Loan Drive (14 May - 30 June 1945).

Rosenthal's photograph won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Photography, the only photograph to win the prize in the same year it was taken.

News pros were not the only ones greatly impressed by the photo. Navy Captain T.B. Clark was on duty at Patuxent Air Station in Maryland that Saturday when it came humming off the wire in 1945. He studied it for a minute, and then thrust it under the gaze of Navy Petty Officer Felix de Weldon. De Weldon was an Austrian immigrant schooled in European painting and sculpture. De Weldon could not take his eyes off the photo. In its classic triangular lines he recognized similarities with the ancient statues he had studied. He reflexively reached for some sculptor's clay and tools. With the photograph before him he labored through the night. Within 72 hours of the photo's release, he had replicated the six boys pushing a pole, raising a flag. Upon seeing the finished model, the Marine Corps commandant had de Weldon assigned to the Marine Corps until de Weldon was discharged from the navy after the war was over.

Starting in 1951, de Weldon was commissioned to design a memorial to the Marine Corps. It took de Weldon and hundreds of his assistants three years to finish it. Hayes, Gagnon, and Bradley, posed for de Weldon, who used their faces as a model. The three Marine flag raisers who did not survive the battle were sculpted from photographs.

The flag-raising Rosenthal (and Genaust) photographed was the replacement flag/flagstaff for the first flag/flagstaff that was raised on Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945. There was some resentment from former Marines of the original 40-man patrol that went up Mount Suribachi including by those involved with the first flag-raising, that they did not receive the recognition they deserved. These included Staff Sgt. Lou Lowery, who took the first photos of the first flag flying over Mt. Suribachi; Charles W. Lindberg, who helped tie the first American flag to the first flagpole on Mount Suribachi (and who was, until his death in June 2007, one of the last living persons depicted in either flag-flying scene), who complained for several years that he helped to raise the flag and "was called a liar and everything else. It was terrible" (because of all the recognition and publicity over and directed to the replacement flag-raisers and that flag-raising); and Raymond Jacobs, photographed with the patrol commander around the base of the first flag flying over Mt. Suribachi, who complained until he died in 2008 that he was still not recognized by the Marine Corps by name as being the radioman in the photo.

The original Rosenthal photograph is currently in the possession of Roy H. Williams, who bought it from the estate of John Faber, the official historian for the National Press Photographers Association, who had received it from Rosenthal. Both flags (from the first and second flag-raisings) are now located in the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia.

Ira Hayes, following the war, was plagued with depression brought on by survivor guilt and became an alcoholic. His tragic life, and death in 1955 at the age of 32, were memorialized in the 1961 motion picture The Outsider, starring Tony Curtis as Hayes, and the folk song "The Ballad of Ira Hayes", written by Peter LaFarge and recorded by Johnny Cash in 1964. Bob Dylan later covered the song, as did Kinky Friedman. According to the song, after the war:

Then Ira started drinkin' hard Jail was often his home They'd let him raise the flag and lower it Like you'd throw a dog a bone! He died drunk early one mornin' Alone in the land he fought to save Two inches of water in a lonely ditch Was a grave for Ira Hayes.

Rene Gagnon, his wife, and his son visited Tokyo and Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima during the 20th anniversary of the battle of Iwo Jima in 1965. After the war, he worked at Delta Air Lines as a ticket agent, opened his own travel agency, and was a maintenance director of an apartment complex in Manchester, New Hampshire. He died while at work in 1979, age 54.

Rosenthal's photograph has been reproduced in a number of other formats. It appeared on 3.5 million posters for the seventh war bond drive. It has also been reproduced with many unconventional media such as Lego bricks, butter, ice, Etch A Sketch and corn mazes.

The Iwo Jima flag-raising has been depicted in other films including 1949's Sands of Iwo Jima (in which the three surviving flag raisers make a cameo appearance at the end of the film) and 1961's The Outsider, a biography of Ira Hayes starring Tony Curtis.

In July 1945, the United States Postal Service released a postage stamp bearing the image. The U.S. issued another stamp in 1995 showing the flag-raising as part of its 10-stamp series marking the 50th anniversary of World War II. In 2005, the United States Mint released a commemorative silver dollar bearing the image.

A similar photograph was taken by Thomas E. Franklin of the Bergen Record in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Officially known as Ground Zero Spirit, the photograph is perhaps better known as Raising the Flag at Ground Zero, and shows three firefighters raising a U.S. flag in the ruins of the World Trade Center shortly after 5 pm. Painter Jamie Wyeth also painted a related image entitled September 11th based on this scene. It illustrates rescue workers raising a flag at Ground Zero. Other iconic photographs frequently compared include V–J day in Times Square, Into the Jaws of Death, Raising a flag over the Reichstag, and the Raising of the Ink Flag.

The highly recognizable image is one of the most parodied photographs in history. Anti-war activists in the 1960s altered the flag to bear a peace symbol, as well as several anti-establishment artworks. Edward Kienholz's Portable War Memorial in 1968 depicted faceless Marines raising the flag on an outdoor picnic table in a typical American consumerist environment of the 1960s. It was parodied again during the Iran hostage crisis of 1979 to depict the flag being planted into Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's behind. In the early 2000s, to represent gay pride, photographer Ed Freeman shot a photograph for the cover of an issue of Frontiers magazine, reenacting the scene with a rainbow flag instead of an American flag.Time magazine came under fire in 2008 after altering the image for use on its cover, replacing the American flag with a tree for an issue focused on global warming. The British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association likewise came under criticism in 2010 for a poster depicting employees raising a flag marked "BASSA" at the edge of a runway.

Daily inspiration. Discover more photos at http://justforbooks.tumblr.com

[thoughtsaboutsnape]

Because life isn’t very fun at the moment, I’ve been spending a lot of time in the world of the Discworld. I adore the Discworld. If you haven’t read any Discworld, I highly, highly recommend you do (but don’t start with ‘The Colour of Magic’...it’s not bad but it’s just not the best introduction).

I’d start with the second Watch book ‘Men at Arms’. It introduces some wonderful characters who become very important in later books (like Angua & Detritus). That or one of the more ‘stand alone’ ones like ‘Small Gods’, ‘Soul Music’ or ‘Monstrous Regiment’. 

Anyway...

I’ve been thinking about casting a live action series. Sky did brilliantly, I thought and I wish they’d carried on. 

So some casting thoughts...

Vetinari - Charles Dance or Mark Gatiss Charles Dance was perfect as Vetinari in the Sky adaptation. Mark Gatiss would be equally awesome...or as Mr Bent. 

Drumknott - Steve Pemberton Steve Pemberton was awesome as Drumknott. I honestly can’t think of anyone who would be more perfect. 

C.M.O.T Dibbler - Reece Shearsmith Keeping a little with the League of Gentlemen theme, Reece Shearsmith would either be perfect as Dibbler or as a one-off character like Mr Pin. 

Lady Sybil - Philippa Haywood  Lady Sybil is a tricky cast. Gwendolyn Christie would be perfect if she was 20yrs older, Miranda Hart is an option but I still think she’s too young. Philippa Haywood is too slim, but I can absolutely picture her with a dragon under each arm.

Sam Vimes - Peter Capaldi Vimes is also a tricky cast. Pete Postlethwaite was perfectly cast as Vimes in the radio series so you need someone like him...and Capaldi is such a phenomenal actor it would be awesome.

Carrot - Matthew Lewis He might not have red hair but think about it. 

Colon - Paul Ritter or Phil Davis Either would be brilliantly, more Paul Ritter I think but I could definitely see him as Colon.

Nobby - Ryan Sampson Nobby is so bloody hard but Ryan Sampson played Grumio in ‘Plebs’ so think of his performance in that + make up. 

William de Worde - Eddie Redmayne I wondered if he’d make a better Moist but then I thought about William de Worde. Seriously, think about it.

Sacharissa Cripslock - Charlotte Ritchie Tricky again (all the female characters are tricky, tbh) but Charlotte Ritchie is a brilliant comic actress. 

Otto - Mackenzie Crook or Chris Addison More Chris Addison really, but Mackenzie Crook has the physicality which would make him a perfect vampire. 

Moist - Tom Rosenthal It’s easy to forget that Moist is fairy young and is supposed to be a little bit non-descriptive. Tom Rosenthal is a fantastic comic actor.

Adorabella Dearheart - Michaela Coel I really struggled here. Michaela Coel is such an amazing actress and how utterly amazing would she be as Adorabella? 

Mr Bent - Mark Gatiss or Mark Heap Either would be perfect, Mark Heap is a natural clown so it might give it away but if Mark Gatiss isn’t going to be Vetinari then he would be perfect as Mr Bent. 

All Golems with voices - Roger Allam (yes, this includes Gladys). I don’t think I have to say anything xD

I have no idea about Angua or Detritus. It goes without saying that Nanny Ogg is Jo Brand or Miriam Margolyes and Magrat is Jane Horrocks. Little unsure about Granny Weatherwax. 

People who should be cast include Olivia Coleman, Stephen Mangan and Geoffrey McGiven (Ridcully?) but there’s so many characters they could be it’s hard to pick. 

[palmtreepalmtree]

I was looking for something light to watch to help me sleep (what else is new) and started watching Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix. It's your basic 'white guy travels and eats' show, starring Phil Rosenthal who was one of the producers of Everybody Loves Raymond.

Overall, it's pretty light fluff, with occasionally charming moments, beautiful food, and beautiful locations. He has a very expressive face that makes me laugh when he tastes things.

It is a bit alarming to watch him so readily and regularly share plates and glasses and utensils with strangers as he eats. The post-covid perspective is really wild. And it does make me miss travel a little bit. But more, it just reminds me that there is a world to get back to at some point. And I feel like focusing ahead is a little helpful right now when I feel so trapped in the postage stamp of my life and neighborhood.

Someday soon, tumblr friends, weekend in Montreal.

Art + food + booze + friends = happiness.

[d-criss-news]

It has been pretty hard this unusual Emmy season to conduct this column as usual. It typically is made up of nifty little moments and conversations I have as I traverse industry events, Q&As, parties etc. Not this year. There haven’t been any in a year that, like just about everything else in showbiz, is virtual in every way — even the screeners, which are all online now that the Television Academy has officially banned physical DVDs (the Motion Picture Academy follows that example after next season too). Instead, we have had the daily ritual of e-mailings from the TV Academy highlighting links to the entire slates of contenders from studios and networks. In fact it never stops.

And there are soooo many outlets, more than ever, some I have never heard of, pushing Emmy slates. From my vantage point newcomers Apple TV+ and Quibi have been especially aggressive  on the campaign front, trying to use the Emmy contest as a marker of their success in the few months they have been up and running, and planting a flag in the race to signal they are in it for the long haul. Quibi has hired multiple PR vets to get the word out, filling slots in Deadline’s (Virtual) Screening Series and elsewhere with the likes of Anna Kendrick’s Dummy, the Liam Hemsworth action series Most Dangerous Game, Will Packer’s Blackballed and other examples of Jeffrey Katzenberg’s iPhone attack on anything longer than 10 minutes.

On Wednesday night, I moderated a Quibi panel on Darren Criss’ shortform musical series Royalties for the Society of Composers and Lyricists that included Criss, his partner Nick Lang, and none other than Mark Hamill, who puts on his best country crooner voice to sing “Mighty as Kong” in his guest shot. It’s a tune about the famous giant Gorilla’s, uh, shortcomings and how men should be heartened by it. It’s catchy. It is from the fourth episode of the series and runs about seven minutes but has separately spawned a full music video as well. Criss and Hamill were particularly high on the line: “I’m an American man singing an American song taking an American stand on my American dong.” This is one of the ten songs in the 10-episode series written by Criss and team that are vying for some Emmy action in the Best Song category. An album is coming. Criss, an Emmy winner two years ago for The Assassination of Gianni Versace, actually got his first Emmy nom as a songwriter for “This Time” from Glee. As I told Hamill, it is too bad this wasn’t written for a movie. I would have loved to have seen Luke Skywalker singing “Mighty as Kong” in front of a billion viewers at the Oscars.

As the pandemic gets worse by the day and questions mount if we are ever going to have enough movies to have an Oscar season quorum, the opposite is true of the Emmys. Whatever shape the actual September 20 Primetime Emmy broadcast on ABC takes, there is no question the television season has been bountiful and bigger than ever. There is every likelihood that, with so many stuck at home, actual viewership of the contending shows will eclipse that of any previous year. That could make for some surprising nominees this time around, not the same old same old.

Ballots are live now and online voting has begun and will continue until July 13. Mark those ballots and get them in on time. Nominations will be announced on July 28.

[darrencrissarmy]

On Wednesday night, I moderated a Quibi panel on Darren Criss’ shortform musical series Royalties for the Society of Composers and Lyricists that included Criss, his partner Nick Lang, and none other than Mark Hamill, who puts on his best country crooner voice to sing “Mighty as Kong” in his guest shot. It’s a tune about the famous giant Gorilla’s, uh, shortcomings and how men should be heartened by it. It’s catchy. It is from the fourth episode of the series and runs about seven minutes but has separately spawned a full music video as well. Criss and Hamill were particularly high on the line: “I’m an American man singing an American song taking an American stand on my American dong.” This is one of the ten songs in the 10-episode series written by Criss and team that are vying for some Emmy action in the Best Song category. An album is coming. Criss, an Emmy winner two years ago for The Assassination of Gianni Versace, actually got his first Emmy nom as a songwriter for “This Time” from Glee. As I told Hamill, it is too bad this wasn’t written for a movie. I would have loved to have seen Luke Skywalker singing “Mighty as Kong” in front of a billion viewers at the Oscars.

[amillionmillionvoices]

2,6,14,17,26 for the Cute Asks

2. describe your ideal/perfect day?

Rachael: Get up early to explore a new city, preferably not in the US, preferably somewhere near water, wandering around someplace old/some place with a profound history, and just wandering around. Stop whenever I feel like it - basically whatever Phil Rosenthal on Somebody Feed Phil. Food, arts, museums, music, exploring, theatre, etc. Not too hot and not too cold. All you need is a light jacket. And then when I go to sleep, thunderstorms. 

Kaz: ...we have one braincell. (Will add - meeting lots of new people/making friends, staying out all night and seeing the sun rise, learning bits of a new language, writing for an hour or two in a cute cafe, eating something I have no idea what it is, taking my dog and a friend with me.) 

6. favorite type of flowers?

Rachael: Sunflowers, crocuses, hibiscus

Kaz: Gardenias, sunflowers, corpse flowers, any flower that only blooms at night, peonies, rhododendron 

14. what is your go to snack?

Rachael: Sliced veggies or an apple if I’m feeling healthy OR popcorn or mint oreos

Kaz: Sliced veggies or fruit if I’m feeling healthy, string cheese OR pastries

17. what are your biggest dreams in life?

Rachael: feel confident with myself and at peace with my place in the world AND/OR woodland witch 

Kaz: mood 

26. favorite fruit?

Rachael: APPLES! see also: berries 

Kaz: can’t pick!! i love all fruit. i particularly love star fruit, though i rarely get it because it’s expensive. same with pomegranates. 

[ send us some cute asks! ] 

[garudabluffs]

Ohio National Guardsmen in gas masks and with rifles as they prepare to advance up Blanket Hill, through clouds of teargas, to drive back Kent State University students during an antiwar demonstration on the university's campus, Kent, Ohio, May 4, 1970

The shooting lasted a total of 13 seconds. These students lost their lives:

Jeffrey Miller - 20

Allison Krause - 19

William Knox Schroeder - 19

Sandra Lee Scheuer - 20

(and nine injured)

Kent State University’s virtual 50th Commemoration to honor and remember the events of May 4, 1970                              

READ MORE https://www.kent.edu/may4kentstate50

Celebrating Another 50th Anniversary: The Student Strike of 1970                                                                                May 1, 2020

 READ MORE https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/2020/05/01/celebrating-another-50th-anniversary-the-student-strike-of-1970/#comment-13

radio soundtrack

“Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – written by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings

“Kent” by Magpie (the duo of Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner) on their album Give Light; Terry Leonino is a survivor of the Kent State shootings

Dave Brubeck’s cantata “Truth is Fallen” was dedicated to the slain students of Kent State and Jackson State and other innocent victims

Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On?”

Steve Miller’s “Jackson-Kent Blues”

Bruce Springsteen’s “Where Was Jesus in Ohio?”

Barbara Dane’s “The Kent State Massacre”

“I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin-to-Die” by Country Joe and the Fish

“For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield

“Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival

“Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around” by Joan Baez

“The Universal Soldier” by Buffy Sainte-Marie (also a hit for Donovan)

“Bring ‘Em Home” by Pete Seeger

“Give Peace a Chance” by John Lennon

“Masters of War” and “Blowin’ in the Wind” by Bob Dylan

“War” by Edwin Starr

Books and Resources

Which Side Are You On? 20th Century American History in 100 Protest Songs by James Sullivan

33 Revolutions per Minute: A History of Protest Songs by Dorian Lynskey

Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation by Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw

Music and Social Movements: Mobilizing Traditions in the Twentieth Century by Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison

Talkinʼ Bout a Revolution: Music and Social Change in America by Dick Weissman

Playing for Change: Music and Musicians in the Service of Social Movements by Rob Rosenthal and Richard Flacks

The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music by Jonathan Friedman

The Republic of Rock: Music and Citizenship in the Sixties Counterculture by Michael J. Kramer

Politics in Music: Music and Political Transformation from Beethoven to Hip-Hop by Courtney Brown

Troubadours & Troublemakers: The Evolution of American Protest Music by Kevin Comtois

Exploring American Folk Music: Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions in the United States by Kip Lornell

Music in the Air: The Selected Writings of Ralph J. Gleason edited by Toby Gleason (Ralph was co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine)

Music: A Subversive History by Ted Gioia

American Radicals: How Nineteenth-Century Protest Shaped the Nation by Holly Jackson

Music is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change by Brad Schreiber

Sounds of Freedom: Musicians on Spirituality and Social Change by John Malkin

Curriculum materials produced by Facing History and Ourselves – “How Can Music Inspire Social Change?”

The Social Power of Music – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (4-disc box set and book)

Womenʼs Suffrage

Music in the Womenʼs Suffrage Movement – collection at Library of Congress – includes a digital collection of Womenʼs Suffrage in Sheet Music

Songs of the Suffragettes – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

“Let Us Sing As We Go: The Role of Music in the United States Suffrage Movement” by R.L. Brandes (appears to be a dissertation at the University of Maryland – may be accessible online)

The Womenʼs Suffrage Movement edited by Sally Roesch Wagner

Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote by Susan Ware

National Womenʼs History Museum (www.womenshistory.org) has materials and article by Nancy Hayward on their website has a list for further reading

The Music of the Suffrage Movement by Kate McKenzie at www.awsom.info Reviews of ʼ19: The Musical – musical last November in Washington, D.C. that was called “the Hamilton of Womenʼs History” – at National Archives

The Music of Womenʼs Suffrage – Amaranth Publishing – sheet music (this led me down an interesting path of other articles such as Women Ragtime Composers)

Earth Day and the Environment

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Earthrise Global Mobilizations – earthrise2020.org (please note this is entirely separate from the Festival’s “Earthrise” concert in 2018)

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau by Bill McKibben

Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat

Writings by John Muir

Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells

The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan

An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming and An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, both by Al Gore

It’s Getting Hot in Here: The Past, Present, and Future of Climate Change by Bridget Heos

Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World by Bill Nye

World Without Fish: How Could We Let This Happen? by Mark Kurlansky

Weather Makers by Tim Flannery

A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation by Aldo Leopold

Songs by Malvina Reynolds, Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell, John Denver, Peter, Paul & Mary, and Neil Young; music by the Paul Winter Consort and John Cage; Live Earth Concert from 2007

Student Strike of 1970 and the Antiwar Movement

Vietnam and the American Political Tradition: The Politics of Dissent by Randall B. Woods

Sitting in and Speaking Out: Student Movements in the American South, 1960-1970 by Jeffrey A. Turner

Give Peace a Chance: Exploring the Vietnam Antiwar Movement by Melvin Small; William D. Hoover

The Vietnam War on Campus: Other Voices, More Distant Drums by Marc Jason Gilbert

The Movement and the Sixties by Terry H. Anderson

The 1960s Cultural Revolution by John C. McWilliams

From Yale to Jail by Dave Dellinger

The War Within: America’s Battle over Vietnam by Tom Wells

The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

An American Ordeal: The Antiwar Movement of the Vietnam Era by Charles Chatfield

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

The Quiet American by Graham Greene

The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam

Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic

Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam by Frances FitzGerald

Vietnam: A History by Stanley Karnow

Public television’s Vietnam: A Television History and Ken Burns’ Vietnam War series

Songs by Phil Ochs, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul & Mary, Bob Dylan, Country Joe & the Fish, Barry McGuire, Tom Paxton, Arlo Guthrie, John Lennon, Edwin Starr, Barbara Dane, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, among many others.

https://woodstockfolkfestival.org/aiovg_videos/woodstock-folk-festival-9th-annual-invitational-concert/

Ohio" cover The Steppin Stones doing a great Neil Young cover at their July 4th, 2013 show in City Market in Savannah, GA.