Friday, April 6, 2007
Friday: The Casualest Casual Friday Ever
Sam's so casual today, he's strapping a heart monitor to himself to prove that even his heart rate is slowing down. As always, Sam will be taking your calls on all topics at 866-303-2270, and we'll have the SammyCam in full effect starting at 9:30 eastern. And you'll want to connect to that SammyCam, so you can feast your eyes on Janeane Garofalo, who'll come by in the third hour to hang out. Plus, the always dapper Joe Conason makes his regular Friday visit. Enjoy.
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the problem is distrobution.
i'm going back to my bed on the beach
and write love letters in the sand
dear x
do you do the coily rumpus
funk us
pull out before you spunk us
My favorite Sam thing was to jam AdamNag@NYTimes.com. Oh, the good times.""
hee! i remember!
was a goodun was'nt it?
eya Gilbert!
RePeach!
I disagree, Crank...I'm sorry...I prefer collective decision making...Hierarchies...no...not for me...
Rachel Maddow just said that Laura Flanders will be on to talk about her NEW Show. Wonder what that is about??
more fun times:
confusing Sean Hannity's wingnut poll by voting the liberal way - haven't been there since
the guessing game - Jenise won AFAIR
the baby crying always made me laugh ;-)
Of course I realize that isn't how it works in the United States & most other places...I'm just saying what I think about it...is all..
Whatever the government has supposedly done that's so great for me..isn't something that mightn't occured without rulers & governors....
I'll cop to reading nearly as much of the blog as SJ...weird...? yes...but I do... :)
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AAR just cancelled the normal streaming links!
heres the Seattle Station streaming link:
http://www.am1090seattle.com/
Not for the same reasons do I read it tho... :)
Assfault.
I hope Sam is ok financially ater this...
Did you hear him say Nikki's doc about Cuba would be on again? I think that's what he was saying..I never got to see that...
viva la differances!
so whaddya think shell?
personally i think it'll work
out fine. Sam'll have some time to think,
goof with his sweetie and dotter
and catch upon all the
projects he's
working on.
AAR just cancelled the normal streaming links!
My MP3 link is working, I just tried it now after reading you. Which links have died?
http://aarlive.voxcdn.com/live.m3u
What's normal?
been using this one since the start:
http://play.rbn.com/?url=airam/airam/live/live.rm&proto=rtsp
this one lately:
http://play.rbn.com/?url=airam/airam/live/live.rm&pro%20audio/x-pn-realaudio
99% of the time the top one would work.
i'm out,
XOX's
I think so too, SJ...I actually think it will be fun to meet on Sunday mornings or the show...or afternoons...will maybe be more focused ...look at a biger picture being weekly, not rushed...etc...
I noticed (and was surprised to see) that the embedded RealPlayer at ARR.com was using an MP3 stream rather than the RealMedia stream lately.
Rob Glaser, what is his current connection with AAR, anyway?
Oh jeez...I knew this was coming, Crank...I will read it close when I'm off work @6pm...
It happens, Crank..There are autonomous zones that work quite well without a government...or rather they have what they call Good Government Councils..Caracoles, I think is the name...all the citizens participate in all decision making..
Laura Flanders was on TRMS to talk about her New Book (Blue Grit) not New Show! I need to clean out my ears.
The early fnird
gets the wurgm!
collective decision making...
I am in favor of all cats agreeing before setting out on a direction. It doesn't happen. And then the dinosaurs (the wee-brained but big-headed and fat folks) squish you. Ew!
Sincerely, I've been involved in US green party meetings, and anarchist to-do's, and, I'm going with the Howard Dean and JIK idea that we should take the Democratic party now. YMMV
To Tonid
From Juliane Santa Fe NM
I emailed AAR, at your suggestion, about allowing online voting by listeners like we did here to determine whether Sam should stay or go.
Can you imagine how loud
dinosaur orgasms were?
horniculturist said...
Put your old nick back on and be who you are. Why not?
Sincerely, if you believe, why hide?
Crank! We just got a book in called VW Karmann Ghia Gold Portfolio...1955-1974...
fwiw... :)
Pull my finger, please!
oh & another one too..Karmann Ghia Coupe & Cabriolet...
G'night.
Sam fired? What is going on?
Long-time fan of yours, Sam. Sad day.
So we've got Thom Hartmann and Randi Rhodes left.
Peter B. Collins is on AM-540 KRXA (check his website, www.PeterBCollins.com).
Mike Malloy is on novamradio.com.
Sam, I hope you'll be back on another station, like Collins and Malloy.
Maybe NovaM is hiring?
I hope to hear from you again.
Hey, hi Sam, I hope your Sunday show has the cam. Forget about Green and Elberg. They're asses. You could probably write a screenplay with all the drama that's gone on at aar in these three years. Who would play Randi, Al, or you? Shit, the thing practically writes itself. So many egos.
ok i thought this sent before i left work...but it didn't...
ahhh...weekend time...come to Beavis....
Ok Crank & Cat..I see how you both feel, & I've stated how I feel too..I don't see where this could go from here anyhow...(except dr will come here to tell me how deluded I am too...:)
See you later on..gonna drive home now and hopefully not fall asleep from exhaustion...
(p.s. I hope you don't think the dinosaur person was me, Cat Chew...)
Bask in the artifice of the '63 coupe.
(...and yes, I considered the definition and root of "artifice" before posting.)
April 6, 2007 9:15 PM
Is that what you have? I'll check it out in the book when it's returned..someone must have requested we buy those books...so they get them first when they come in...
I'm going to watch that movie online called Begotten...looks weird...bbiab....
l�nur� gr�ine
Posted by: -B at April 29, 2005 1:42 AM
Weird thing...You know when the economy produced more millionaires per capita than any other period the top tax rate was 50%...without a bazillion tax loopholes...wonder why?...Because the money was pumped back into the bottom...Then it flowed back to the top and took people with it...
Born into money is not the same as earned money...Earned money is deserved...Born into money is a waste...
Posted by: Nobody at April 29, 2005 1:42 AM
Grian Gealach
Posted by: -B at April 29, 2005 1:43 AM
hola poo....
Posted by: 13ben at April 29, 2005 01:39 AM
Bix a belex?
Posted by: Nik E Poo at April 29, 2005 1:43 AM
~~~ No! ... fried tomatoes for god's sake! and tabasco! ~~~
I forgot the Tabasco!
Word!
Posted by: Fishgrease at April 29, 2005 1:43 AM
ooh. something to do. cool#
Posted by: Anonymous Coward at April 29, 2005 1:44 AM
Sun Moon
Posted by: -B at April 29, 2005 1:44 AM
i heard a bit from bunnypants' "conference" today where he said:
"could you imagine people having to pay 18% payroll taxes???"...
fuck you mr. bunnypants... i fucking paid 20% last year......
it must be pretty fun screwing over the planet with while your head is up your ass......some party in there, huh???...
Posted by: 13ben at April 29, 2005 1:45 AM
I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
10I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
Posted by: -B at April 29, 2005 1:46 AM
18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
Posted by: Anonymous Coward at April 29, 2005 1:46 AM
Ya you wanna eliminate welfare now?...A bunch of disabled, sick single mothers and kids tossed into the streets...Then there will be more crime and then you can pay 100x as much for police and prisons to cover em...
Half our prison population would've never been in prison at all if they'd been eligible for assistance...Do you really enjoy knowing that you're paying 20-30k a yer per inmate to house these people that could've been diverted from there for half the money?
You call me a sucker but you're a deep and undeniable fool if you buy any of these phoney assed solutions pushed by the right wing...
Posted by: Nobody at April 29, 2005 1:46 AM
Amen.
Posted by: Brian Gerlach at April 29, 2005 1:47 AM
I don't eat much of anything without Tabasco. Tonight... I got a can a albecore and some whole-wheat crackers.... and some Tabasco.
Kings don't eat any better!
Posted by: Fishgrease at April 29, 2005 1:47 AM
All men.
Posted by: -B at April 29, 2005 1:47 AM
*sips wine
Posted by: -B at April 29, 2005 1:48 AM
♥∞♥
Posted by: ♥∞♥ at April 29, 2005 1:49 AM
OMG! I just got an email from Mike Malloy! I thanked him for his spoken support for Sammy earlier in his show and he wrote back immediately and expressed his support for my feelings and for Sam. I like Mike more than ever now.-kalena
What the hell...
So the hope that the Greens would be good for AAR was a false hope... Oh well.
"Less substantive"?
What? They gonna put Jerry Springer back on?
The Greens suck.
I wish I could listen to Nova M. Stream never works.
I'm sorry but I can't stand self-aggrandizing Randi Rhoads who can't give herself enough praise -- and Hartmann who is all too generous with precious air time to right wing crank bait I have no interest in hearing him argue with (and so ineptly). And then there's the Eco Talk bullcrap that no one gives a sh!t about.
First Malloy -- now Seder -- there is no reason for Air America to exist. Put a fork in it -- it's done. Go NovaM, and go Jones!
nut-meg said...
I wish I could listen to Nova M. Stream never works.
April 6, 2007 10:03 PM
Try to copy and paste this into your Realplayer (which works for me)
mms://wm13.spacialnet.com/novamradio72251
I'm listening to it right now.
Their streams can be found here:
http://www.novamradio.com/stream.php
Alice said...
Ok Crank & Cat..I see how you both feel, & I've stated how I feel too..I don't see where this could go from here anyhow...(except dr will come here to tell me how deluded I am too...:)
April 6, 2007 9:47 PM
___________
Dredging up Beetlejuician ghosts, are you?
All right, I'll bite.
B'lieve I've made my position on anarchy (merits thereof) abundantly clear.
Just soon's anarchy reigns righteous supreme, you are the very first hottie I will drag back to my cave by the hair of your anarchy-lovin' head.
By the way (btw, for Crank, on account of I know how he absolutely adores net lingo), I should confess -- since it's variously been attributed to aka MAT and willow both:
"who knew parody was her true forte'" were mine.
The "My humps" cover by Alanis "ironic how unironic her similes are" Morisette were her best work since Dogma for all me.
Anonymous said...
I'm sorry but I can't stand self-aggrandizing Randi Rhoads who can't give herself enough praise -- and Hartmann who is all too generous with precious air time to right wing crank bait I have no interest in hearing him argue with (and so ineptly). And then there's the Eco Talk bullcrap that no one gives a sh!t about.
Randi is just a little bit insufferable ain't she? I try not to criticize anybody, especially a lefty, but
Evening all
Crank Bait said...
(Apparently I created the word "asonorous" without prior authority. Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.)
April 6, 2007 10:10 PM
_______________
To er is human.
To err, divine.
“He a very wise man and very strong -- although perhaps not so strong as his father Barbara."
Borat, on President George W. Bush
I'd Just Like To Say Hello To My Uncle!
1954 Mock-Up of 'Home Computer'
http://z.about.com/d/urbanlegends/1/0/k/4/rand_computer_sm.jpg
♥∞♥
Posted by: ♥∞♥ at April 29, 2005 1:49 AM
That was me...thanks anonymous..fun to read those..though I probably wouldn't go there by myself.. ;)
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Hi dr.. ! That Begotten movie was WEIRD...I had to forward through some of it..the whole sound of it was crickets, heart beating & a gloppy sound...
Yes, I know how you feel about it too...I understand what you guys say..it's just that I like to keep my mind on what I want..seemingly impossible or not.. :)
How are you, dr? What's new?
Crank Bait said...
I was considering doing a dr impression in text (for the umpteenth time...always more work than I am willing to undertake) when the little bugger appeared in the flesh.
April 6, 2007 10:49 PM
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'Minds me of a huntin' 'quaintance who named his dog "Herp" on account of Herp wouldn't never heal.
eya crnkr!
did i ever show you a picture of me and "Ollie" my pet logging moose?
http://tinyurl.com/3ctfoy
dearly beloved we r gathered here 2 get through this thing called sad seder being cut from air america
firing...an electric word
but eyem here 2 tell u there's another way.
let's go 2 nova m!
Hi y'all. Phoenix has a much hipper station than NYC.
PS That's a huge moose, Sunshine.
On The View
Agreement tentatively made for Steven Jones to discuss towers, WTC 7 collapse
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Physicist Professor Steven Jones has confirmed that Rosie O'Donnell's staff have contacted him regarding a potential future appearance on The View to discuss the improbable collapse of the twin towers and WTC 7.
During a debate on The View, O'Donnell promised to feature a physicist as a guest on the show to discuss the physical evidence and the impossibility of jet fuel melting steel.
"A person from Rosie's team contacted me by E mail," Professor Jones told the Alex Jones Show, "so I wrote back to them and said I would be glad to appear and I named two other physicists who I trust who could also appear."
Jones said that Rosie's representatives need to get "permission" from ABC before the segment can be scheduled so the appearance is still tentative, but it is something that we might see when O'Donnell returns from vacation in around 10 days.
There are a couple of other potential developments that will strike a blow for 9/11 truth but we cannot reveal their exact nature so as to not compromise the chance of them actually unfolding.
One thing we can say for sure is that this entire story is not going away anytime soon.
JULES NAUDET'S FIRST PLANE SHOT WAS STAGED?
A Clue to the Truth about 9/11?
http://www.spingola.com:80/JULES%20NAUDET%20Home%20Page.htm
Alice said...
Hi dr.. ! That Begotten movie was WEIRD...I had to forward through some of it..the whole sound of it was crickets, heart beating & a gloppy sound...
Yes, I know how you feel about it too...I understand what you guys say..it's just that I like to keep my mind on what I want..seemingly impossible or not.. :)
How are you, dr? What's new?
April 6, 2007 10:59 PM
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What's new? Lotta folks I know 'n care about is dyin', sad to say.
RE: "Begotten" film:
No idea what you is referrin' to.
That said. However:
What I likes about alice:
* you can disagree w/alice 'n (temper'ment depending) she ain't like to hold it ag'in you
* she gives a body the benefit of the doubt, even to assholes who prolly don't deserve it (like me, por ejemplo)
* she likes teh hot
* she's gotta open mind unafeared to see where it takes her (tho' we is like to disagree on occasion)
'n
* her kindness trumps all.
There it is.
If that's schmaltzy, sue me.
http://911proof.com/FactSheet.html
he were'nt that big,
his brother learned to fly
helicopters, once he learned he was a pain in the ass.
he'd keep stealing the turbine 800
and joy riding till he fell
out of it one night
and tangled up
in the power lines
we got em down but he
refused to fly from then on.
http://tinyurl.com/273ysb
awwww...wow...remember in the end of the Grinch Who Stole Christmas when his heart gets bigger & it glows red?
Yeah..Like that..
Thank you, dr...very sweet...not schmaltzy...:)
BREAKING: John Edwards pulls out of Fox/Congressional Black Caucus debate.
I made banana bread for a little soirree' tomorry.
(I'll make a good wife someday.)
Night, owls.
I'm sorry your friends are passing away, dr... how are you coping?
Begotten is just...well...I will get the link...
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-7973225371449473825&q=Begotten+duration%3Along
If you ever do watch it...I would LOVE to see you try to verbalize it....
Damn shame what they are doin to Sammy...
But I told em so...
Long long ago...
It was the Crazy Talk ruined Sammy..!!!
It was Janeane the lead Sam into the Crazy Talk..
Janeane and The Blog (Crazy Talk Central)..
When the boss says "less substance"..
He is sayin "Less Crazy Talk"...
Janeane was the worst...
Bad mouthin the sponsors..
Talkin about having too many commercials when AAR was losing money hand over fist..
I warned em..!!!!
Al-Jazeera TV, Al-Quds Newspaper Most Reliable News Sources - Public Poll
JERUSALEM, April 3, 2007 (WAFA) - Palestinians view Al-Jazeera TV, Al-Quds Newspaper and as the most reliable sources of news, A public opinion poll said.
A public opinion poll conducted by the Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC) during the period between 19 and 21 March 2007 asked the Palestinian public about the TV channel, newspaper and radio station they trust as the most reliable source of news.
The results of the poll conducted with a sample of 1,198 persons (757 in the West Bank and 441 in Gaza Strip) showed that 33% of the sample does not read any newspaper at all while a ratio of 29.4% said they don't listen to any radio stations. A ratio of 4.8% said they don't trust any TV station.
The JMCC media poll showed that a ratio of 48.4% of the Palestinian public who watch TV trust al-Jazeera TV as the most reliable source of news while a ratio of 52.7% of those who read newspapers classified al-Quds Newspaper as the first source of news. A ratio of 13.4% of the sample who listen to the radio trust Voice of al-Aqsa as the most reliable source of news.
A ratio of 10.4% of the respondents who watch TV (1,166 - 733 in the West Bank and 433 in Gaza Strip) said al-Arabia TV is the most reliable source of news they trust while 19.8% of those who read newspapers (803 - 548 in the West Bank and 255 in Gaza Strip) trust al-Ayyam Newspaper as their most reliable source of news. A ratio of 12.2% of those who listen to the radio (846 - 498 in the West Bank and 348 in Gaza Strip) said Voice of Palestine "the Palestinian official radio station" is their most reliable source of news.
A large ratio of the Palestinian public (33%) does not read newspapers at all and the results showed that the Palestinians in the West Bank read newspapers more than Palestinians in Gaza Strip. A ratio of 42.2% of the sample in Gaza Strip said they do not read newspapers at all compared with 27.6% in the West Bank.
But Sammy will be better off..
I know he took it hard today..
You could see that..!!
But he too close to it right now..
In a week or two he will see things in a better light..
War Dog said...
When the boss says "less substance"..
He is sayin "Less Crazy Talk"...
April 7, 2007 12:17 AM
__________________
"Less substance" is no doubt your metier, wado.
Life's too short to spend it pissin and moanin every day...
Making up stories to generate rating..
It's just not worth it..
Sammy need to try to be more Like War Day...
Get up early and watch the Sun Rise..
Get in the Hot Tub..
Eat a good breakfast..
Get some fresh air and exercise..
Before you know it Sam will get back to normal..
And the world will look fresh again...
War Dog, isn't it past yor bedtime?
Misery and Depression are the Liberal Trap...
You don't need to live that way...
Spending all day looking for negative news just reflects your life..
America is still the greatest country in the world..
Sam will See that again soon..!!!
Still early Meggie..
But I am sleepy...
I spent all night planning my Hawaii vacation..
It is a ways away but I have to figure out all the stops...
I leave for Vegas in a week..
That is what Sam needs..
A week to throw away..
Just have fun and soak up the sights and sounds...
This Sunday show thing is not going to work out..!!
That Sucks...
Stick around and work on Sunday for peanuts..???
What about the other 6 days..???
To hell with that..!!
If Sam wants to do radio, he can get a real job..
He doesn't need to jump through hops for these guys..!!!
But Sam needs to get out of radio..
Get out before he ends up stringin beads like Jeanane..
Spendin all his cash on Therapists..
Life is too short to skip the fun..
Time for Sammy to move up..!!!
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring: JS Bach by Jonn Serrie (he did some music or the What the Bl^&*p movie...
..a quote straight out of the Rush Limbaugh daily script.
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I learned that straight out of this blog and AAR..
You can't spend you life never seeing the positive side of life and expect not to be changed..
Liberals are just unhappy folks..
Read this blog...
My God... Just read it..!!!
I am a believer in Outcomes..
What you put in is what you get out..
That is why I try to live a positive life..
I want positive happy outcomes..
Mind and body...
You can not ignore either..!!!!!
You must take care of you mind..
If you wallow in the kind of Crazy Talk that is posted around here you will end up miserable..
The Crazy Talk here brings me a smile..
Every time I see another 911 story, or an Impeachment plea I just grin and shake my head...
But there are people here who really believe that nonsense..
They are living nonsensense..!!!!!
Sam will do so much better when he walks away from all of this..
He should get back into some straight comedy..
No political stuff..
Nothing that is going bring him back to where he was today..
Who needs that crap..!!!
And Sam should buy a bicycle..
Get out and ride..
Use those big legs for something..
Slow the world down a bit..
See the country side..
Have some fun again.!!!
hee! )
collapsible trolls!
collapsible trolls?
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Sunshine said...
pics with the Vox (at a gig)?""
theres a great one from when we did the 4th of july river cruise on my troller! we had a great BBQ on the docks too. i'm in my 20's and bearded with my favorite hat. the vox was perfect then. she's been through more than one storm since with me. (still sounds sweet and plays like a dream).
April 5, 2007 12:43 AM
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Sunshine Jim,
It sounds like a great pic. (I am catching up on the blog).
Photo caption:
Sunshine "Dreamboat" Jim and his sweet soundin' vox - (Fireworks on the 4th)
This is your reminder to find it and post it (as requested).
War Dog, I didn't ask you your opinion if the liberals. I could care less what your opinion is.
I asked you what kind of person gloats when a good man loses his job?
It is a never ending stream on negativity with these Liberals...
Always the dark side..
See it any way you want..
It's your life you ruin..
eya Meg!
ya click on his post and it diminishes.
It must suck to be so amoral. Poor guy. I feel sorry for you.
hi Star Vox!
i'm still trying to find the box it's in...)
Im worn out Jim. I don't think I can take much more.
More Tenn Happy thoughts..
A beautiful mind.!!
That right there is why Sam needs to move away from this..
It's like a virus passed from one Liberal to another...
A LTD...
ya meg,
a little tranquility would be nice.
i think the world of you personally, and i'm delighed that you grace the blog with yer presence.
He's like a little mosquito. Really not worth thinking about.
Besides, he's really happy Sam is out of work. So that tells us what kind of person he is. Just a jerk with nothing better to do.
There she goes again..
She thinks it...
She types it..
She posts it..
It is a steam of consciousness right from the depths of her mind..
But don't feel alone..
That kind of thinking in normal here..
Run Sam..!!!!!!!!
comes a time when you just learn to ignore assholes and if they get pushy you just slam em back.
don't pay em any attention, lately i just click and ignore.
thanks jim. I love to see you too
Oh, I read every post..
I never miss a thing..
Ha ha ha ha ha..!!!
Sure....
Pelosi's doing some pretty cool stuff, ey Jim? It's been so long since I saw diplomacy I forgot what it looked like.
Let's count the number of Negative thoughts between now and morning..
Anyone want to take a guess..!!!
Hey Jim, that's cool! Click and it just says "War Dog said..." and then nothing. Heh...
hee!
ya they ganged up on her til they realised they had a crew of their own over there...
i live for the irony.
Major Cuba Film by Nicole Cattell and Tribute to Air America's Sam Seder
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/major-cuba-film-by-nicole_b_45203.html
My significant other is brilliant, and so is Air America superstar political commentator Sam Seder's.
His is Nicole Cattell, an important documentary filmmaker whose REVOLUC!ON airs this next Tuesday night at 10 pm EST on New York's Thirteen-WNET.
The film focuses on the personal stories of five Cuban photographers -- on both sides of the political divide -- "whose lives and work span nearly five decades of revolution in Cuba."
Here is a snippet of a Q&A with Cattell that is worth reading in full:
What led you to make REVOLUC!ON: Five Visions?
I saw some photographs of Che Guevara that so perfectly captured the dream of the Cuban revolution that I was instantly captivated by them. I started to look into meeting the photographer. This is what led me to Raúl Corrales.
Then I started to get more interested in trying to find out what became of that dream so beautifully defined in a photo. So, it made sense to me to look at this question through photography, and that is how the film became about five photographers whose work spans nearly five decades of revolution in Cuba.
What did you want to achieve with your film?
I wanted to offer a multifaceted perspective of the Cuban revolution and explore the intersection of art and revolution. I have always been interested in not only how artists respond to and describe their social circumstances, but also in how they can participate in transforming them.
I wondered how artists participated in a society that was undergoing radical transformation or revolution. Initially, the film was just going to be about the photographers who were hired by Castro to document the revolution. The story became more complex when I realized that the revolution was not just one moment in time in Cuba, but that technically, the revolution is still happening on the island.
So it made sense to work with artists whose work spans that entire period. And it allowed me to discover the changing and varied perspectives on revolution.
I didn't ask Sam's permission to post this note from him to me -- and hope it's OK -- but it adds to the drama of this film and how it was made:
I think it was folks in the Ministry of Culture who tipped us off that Cuban counter intelligence was following us while we were making the film. Ultimately it was fine but i was freaking about losing the footage.
seder1.jpgIntriguing. Sam Seder and his wife shot this film in Cuba in 2002 -- and it sounds like there were evident parts of a security apparatus in plain view.
But when I was in Cuba recently, this just wasn't all that evident -- except around venues like the US Intersection (the equivalent of the US Embassy). I looked hard for people watching, following, monitoring -- and as a runner who ran several times all through Cuba -- and who met numerous people without supervision, clearance, or approval -- I just had a different experience than Sam.
But this film should be interesting for Cuba interested folks as well as artists.
Now about Sam Seder -- who has been the long term host of both Air America's Majority Report and then the Sam Seder Show. His gig on Air America ends this very week, today (I think) -- although he will do a Sunday show now from time to time.
I want to thank him on behalf of liberals, progressives, and radical centrists like me -- and even conservatives who really do depend on the sanity of people like Sam to make the world safe for a little political eccentricity -- for outstanding, humorous, penetrating, and policy-sculpting commentary and interviews these last couple of years.
I have been one of many who have benefited from semi-regular exchanges with Sam on his show and consider him one of the best out there in progressive radio.
So, watch Nicole Collett's film next Tuesday -- but say a toast to Sam Seder tonight.
-- Steve Clemons publishes the popular political blog, The Washington Note
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Sunshine said...
hi Star Vox!
i'm still trying to find the box it's in...)
April 7, 2007 1:46 AM
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Hi Sunshine Jim!
There's no deadline for posting the pic.
I mainly wanted to let you know that I read your post.
well i DO read the
"War Dog said..." part so i guess i read his posts, technically.
sure a lot more pleasant is'nt it?
http://www.marxists.de/middleast/brenner/
Ha ha ha ha...
Gotcha Jimmy....
If you didn't read em you wouldn't respond...
Nite Libbers...
Think Happy Thoughts..
The life you save may be your own...
Wado..........................
eya Voxxer!
love peeps that give ya time!
how are ya tonight? hope it's a good food and music evening for you.
Thanks for the info Alice!
Did Sam say anything about being canned on the air?
He did, Meg.. said he would say more next week..it was all on the Sammy cam during the breaks..but I guess someone did call in & mention it & Sam wasn't very happy about that..
hahaha!
WarMongrel is chatting this late?
I can just see him...typing on his labtop(sucking in his stomach to do so) on his little sofa bed in his camper trailer
bwhahahaha
-conbo
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Sunshine said...
eya Voxxer!
love peeps that give ya time!
how are ya tonight? hope it's a good food and music evening for you.
April 7, 2007 2:09 AM
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Excellent evening outside with the moon and stars. It was an artsy night out.
Alice, but I thought today was his last day?
I was being artsy tonight. But I was getting really frustrated. Working on stuff for my clay class
conbo, War Dog is really happy about Sam getting canned. He can't resist the opportunity to gloat, so I think the nurses are letting him stay up late.
It's the 13th.
:)
-conbo
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dr said...
I made banana bread for a little soirree' tomorry. (I'll make a good wife someday.)
Night, owls.
April 6, 2007 11:48 PM
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dr said...
By the way
I should confess -- since it's variously been attributed to aka MAT and willow both:
"who knew parody was her true forte'" were mine.
April 6, 2007 10:33 PM
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By the way, I would have bet some banana bread that it was a post by that owl, dr!
(Who knew banana bread was his true forte?)
Expect War Dog to do about 10,000 posts this next week. Because, even tho he insists that the other folks here are taking the end of Sam's show hard... War Dog will be handling it worst of all.
This blog has been the only chance he's had in his life to define himself. It wasn't enough that he hates liberals. He had to make them miserable. It wasn't enough that he went on vacation, which was miserable for him because his family left his depressed old ass ages ago. He had to make his vacations miserable for everyone else.
So this next week is it for War Dog. It's like he's in a room and he's running out of oxygen.
I'm talking literally thousands of War Dog posts.
I'm gonna skip it.
Too sad.
we find ourselve;s in the same old mess...
singing druken lullabies
wooooooot!
-conbo
The Larval Vogue
Yesteday wrapping conceit around your ankles. Sacral, perhaps embedded in animated holes of did not. Your singular pile of spiked flesh chastened as a hook mysteriously drifting across voided machine terrain. Yellow fans a dazzling smile with only fifteen seconds remaining in the chalice.
A gateway to another astronaut kiss, lonely because enough is never enough. Dancing to never wear the feather of disease again. Bid farewell to the love of silver rooted in representation, a dozen roses focused on the speed of light. Triumph in desecration. It was suddenly easy to rate the larval vogue, the steely grip sullying your bloodied crevice. Wounded wings...
Empty, burning allies at a cross of wrinkled onyx, psychic energies flown to drivel. A beautiful play at nothing. Fighting another location doomed to handle flaccid, exposed ribs until the dawn of the last day ingesting the best this life had to offer twice. Turning too harshly, with rogue powers destined to attempt choke-holds on blithe sentiment, inspired by a leavening curl anywhere, anytime.
When the gulf between flatness and dry resonances sense every lazy eye screaming to fly by voices automatic why at the good breathing in and out in filial spurts, a frozen dial constructed together,
a noble loft, away with the over
projecting tender architectures onto you
to unite right and wrong,
feral tendrils of aesthetics
sipping ecstatic wine.
http://peyoetryhut.blogspot.com
Screaming At the Wailing Wall-Flogging Mollies
-conbo
Good Night, Fish.. & #
xoxox
Free Palestine and the rest of us for the love of God!!!!
-conbo
wooooooot!
McDonald's I owe no alligence to you MOFO!!!!!
-conbo
Flogging Molly's...Raise What is Left OF the Flag FOr me:
His eyes they closed and his last breath spoke
he had seen all to be seen
A life once full, now an empty vase
Wilt the blossums on his early grave
Walk away me boy, walk away me boy
And by mornin' we'll be free
Wipe that golden tear from your mother dear
And raise what's left of the flag for me
Then the rosary beads count them one,
two, three
Fell apart as they hit the floor
In our garb of black we must pay respect
To the colour we're born to mourn
Walk away me boys, walk away me boys
And by morning we'll be free
Wipe that golden tear from your mother dear
And raise what's left of the flag for me
In his place there grew an angry festered wound
Filled with hatred and remorse
Where I'd pick and scratch till the blood it matched
The silent rage not that fills my lungs
For there are many ways to kill a man they say
With bayonet, axe, or sword
But son a bullet fired from a shapeless guise
Leaves but the shell of a Thompson gun
Walk away me boys, walk away me boys
And by morning we'll be free
Wipe that golden tear from your mother dear
And raise what's left of the flag for me
From the East out to the Western shore
Where many men and many more will fall
But no angel flies with me tonight
Till freedom reigns on all
And curse the name for which we slaved our days
Till every man shall his kingdom come
But sure as night turns day
Ends the passion play
Oh my god what have they done
With madman's rage, well they dug our graves
But the dead rise again you fools
Walk away me boys, walk away me boys
And by morning we'll be free
Wipe that golden tear from your mother dear
And raise what's left of the flag for me
Walk away me boys, walk away me boys
And by morning we'll be free
Wipe that golden tear from your mother dear
And raise what's left of the flag for me
-conbo
What's Left Of The Flag, Flogging Molly
Drunken Lullabies, Flogging Molly
hi WFC!
much better than you tube!
thanks!!! :)
have a blessed Jesus Weekend!
hahaha!
;)
-conbo
Irish Pub Song, Flogging Molly
The Rare Ould Times, Flogging Molly
Hi, #.
I will have a fantastic Jesus Weekend. The weather is beautiful (so far), no work, and good company.
Couldn't ask for more.
How's your weekend so far?
Also, not better than youtube. mp3's are just my "thing" here.
:)
i am too tired!!!!
have an excellent week's end!
thanks for the songs!!!!
:)
-conbo
really i am about to hit the head on desk////
No worries. Am about done in, too.
Also having too hard a time typing to stay. Fucked up my hands pretty well a couple of days ago.
Anyway, much love and many blessings.
Later
well...
beforeI really pass out
My Hump, my lumps...as done by Alanis
-conbo
nite WFC
and remember GOD LOVES YOU OR ELSE!!!!!
:)
-conbo
hahaha
now I have the giggles...
Sunny J...
What do you do with all that Junk? In your trunk?
-conbo
Sammy!
What you gonna do with all that breast....
Inside that shirt?
-conbo
Everyone buy me some icy's
the real thing
MaDonna brand y'all!!!!!
-conbo
bwhahaha
nothing like harrasing the blog in the middle of the night...
i'm wearing flies
round my head
i should clean my apartment!
get you luv drunk off my dump!
bwhahahahahaha!
-conbo
tryin to feel my lovely lady bunk!
I drive the blog crazy
I do it on the daily
all that refreshin'
got me wearin' down
fix the blog,
Sam!
-conbo
flogging Molly
Flogging Molly MySpace
new songs can be heard:
Requiem for a dying song
Whistles in the Wind
Tobbacco Island
Factory Girls
Is a government whip cracked across your back?
Well, the order of the day is, don't listen...attack!
-from Requim For A Dying Song
(p.s. I hope you don't think the dinosaur person was me, Cat Chew...)
Heck no! I think you're very bright. I disagree with you on many things, but I have a high opinion of you nonetheless.
Later :)
mornin gang!
Mornin Jimmy, Its a Happy Doggie Saturday..!!!!
Don't you just love Saturday..??
I know I do..!!!
Saturday is the traditional Freedom Day...!!!
You get to do anything you want..
Sammy is gonna be like War Dog Soon..
Everyday will be Freedom Day..!!!
Ya gottta love that..!!!
I was supposed to be Bike riding and Camping this weekend..
But it got real cold here...
We should have gone to Branson instead...
But we just didn't have the time to get ready...
The sun is shiny and day looks great but it's just not going to warm up..!!!
I bought a new bike yesterday...
We already have a screamer...
http://www.ransbikes.com/screamer%2007/7screamer.jpg
But I wanted a new Seavo as well..
http://www.ransbikes.com/Seavo%2007/8Seavo.jpg
The seavo is lighter, faster, and has disk brakes...
With the new Rv I have room to carry both...
If I were Sam, I would buy some new toys to enjoy with my new-found time...
Sam finished up pretty strong at AAR..
If it had not been for Janeane it could have been different..
But by polluting the Ad Sales waters, Janeane did Sam a favor..
She kept Sam form a long drawn out stay in a a very unhealthy atmosphere...
I am sure it is no fun going to work in that building..
Then Sam has to spend all his time working on Negative Thoughts...
Then to top it off, he must deal with a Blog full of Crazy Talkers..
Not the way life is supposed to work out..!!!!
Of course Sam dealt with the Crazy Talking Blog long ago..
That WAS one thing he could control..
He will get the same improvement in his life when he steps back from that WHOLE job..
Sam's life will come back into balance..
eya dogger,
are you thru with yer nut bag phase?
you only threw in a few of yer
pompous zingers in those
last few posts.
So you see, despite the fact that Sam was clearly upset about the change in direction..
It all works out for the best...
This job gained Sam National exposure..
Everyone knows Sam put up with the daily bombardment of Negativity for 3 years...
Sam paid his dues...
And he didn't cut-n-run as Janeane did..!!!!
New doors will swing open..
And Sam has earned the chance to march though them..!!!
I just shine the light of truth, Jimmy...
That's my job here..
I am reality..!!!!
Of course this Blog will be further cut loose and isolated..
With no physical link to an AAR show..
It will just become another Blogger Blog...
One of a million..!!!
I am reality..!!!!
Hahahahahahaha! yea Right!
It will become like an old neighborhood bar..
A place where a few locals drop in to have a cold brew and swap stories...
From the street it will look like a thousand other joints..
No one from the street will have reason to stop in..
Sam will get back into Tv and Movies...
Easier now with a kinda well-known name..
It won't always be Sam-Who now..
It will be..
"You know the Air America Guy..!!!"
Maybe Sam will get a TV pilot picked up...
That would be funny...
Or maybe he could do a movie with Janeane..
She owes him for runnin away..!!!
Does he do any other tricks besides talking out of his happy doggie ass? I do not think that is a good trick.
I smell chicken!
i can see that yer still delusional.
are you getting enough vitamins?
Sam was the only one I listened to on AAR..
I little bit goes a long way..
So I won't listen to the new show..
Air America will continue to lose money...
But when it finally goes belly-up, Sam will be long gone..
That Sunday thing will just be a burden in his new life...!!
It's not for the New Sam..!!!
I am reality..!!!!""
(just humor him)
he's on a "rightousness" binge this AM
Sammer's life?
good question, maybe he'll tune us in to his thoughts on the matter.
i think it'll work out fine and i'm willing to help him change out his transmission or loan tools.
he likes being independant like the rest of us but realises 'no man is an island'.
our ability to adapt will get a bit of a workout here soon. i'm curious to see what'll happen.
Even You Jimmy might have a chance to get back to life..
And what a blessing for poor Toni if she could find some happiness..
This negative stuff will rot your soul...
But I am like a Clown Fish swimming in an Anemone...
http://sugarmtnfarm.com/blog/uploaded_images/ClownFishAnemoneDSCF0750-752501.jpg
The poison in the place does not affect me...
I am immune to the Crazy Talk..
Sam has seen change many times before..
He is just upset because he has put so much into AAR..
It just works out that way sometimes...
As soon as Sam see the light shining though that new doorway, he will be very excited again..!!!
I am still handsome!!!
Well it's time to turn the Pub back to the locals..
I must work on reservations in Hawaii..
It's hard to plan that far in advance..
But if you don't you end up paying a fortune for everything on the Islands..
And it gives you something to look forward to...
Sam will be in that mode again soon..
Freedom... Ain't nothin like it.!!!
Wado..................................................................
silly dogger!
you can't be serious
with these hackneyed phrases.
"back to life" is as bad as "born again"...
Leonard,
are you Billy Mumphreys uncle?
No.
Don't know the fella, but one thing you can count on is that he's not as handsome as me!!!
rocky is visiting this morning,
he and Jax are doing tuggie toy with each other,
movement and growls behind my chair, lots of 'clicky' dog steps.
sorta reminds me of flamenco dancer castenets.
(umm leonard, you have a piece of spinach in your teeth)
I wish I could say I was upset over Sam's departure. Normaly I would be, but what good was he anyway when he denies the stark reality inferred by the unanswered questions of 9/11. It's hard to support someone who participates in the left wing gatekeeping. At least Mike Malloy could say he was fired for not shutting up and caving in to their pressure.
It's sad to hear Randi skirt the issue as well.
I'll support Mike Malloy for life and Alex Jones too!!!
You don't have to believe in a conspiracy to ask for an independent investigation.
http://patriotsquestion911.com/
these two are so much fun!
full of life and play.
dforty3...the truth is this....you are NEVER going to know what happened on 911.
We don't know what happened at Kent State...the Kennedy assassination....Pearl Harbor...or even the murder of Abe Lincoln.
The truth of what happened those days has long been hidden from the public.
eya dforty3
i can see why Sam
moves on to todays issues.
but personally i'm hoping the blinders
come off soon. 911 was a crime of such immensity it's literally 'unreal'.
ever study the 'big lie' as a propaganda technique? far as i can see this is the only area where the bushies actually got their shit together and accomplished something.
so far the cover up has sorta worked, but i'm hoping it will unravel this year, in a big way.
"We don't know what happened at Kent State...the Kennedy assassination....Pearl Harbor...or even the murder of Abe Lincoln."
Mornin!
actually that's inaccurate and a generalization. it might apply to most but not all. i think a real study of all the above will reveal most of what occurred during those events.
building 7 had most of the records on that 2.3 TRILLION that went "unaccountable" for example.
'who benefits' and 'follow the money' are questions well applied in that case.
the real question is when do you act when you know you're being screwed.
reality bites...
We may not know what happened but we know the official story is wrong.
I don't expect the people and organizations complicit in the activity and coverup to come clean now. But that doesn't mean we should stop speaking truth to power.
Have some pride in the US Constitution and defend it against the fascism that has taken control.
Have some pride in the US Constitution and defend it against the fascism that has taken control.""
yup.
that's what this is all about.
bloggin it is a step in the right direction at least.
Sunshine said...
(umm leonard, you have a piece of spinach in your teeth)
April 7, 2007 11:50 AM
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That's a tuft of pubic hair, Jim.
Did I not say I was handsome?
hee!
and busy it sounds like.
wish you were here. i have a great pubic hair joke but it depends on a sound effect.
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Morfternoon T!
some great articles and news at POAC. i'm just doing Sunday brunch and reading.
http://www.oldamericancentury.org/index.htm
more yardwork today, got the beehouse addition glued up and mounted.
had a red/green episode with my little chainsaw.
still have a stump to deal with too.
well, well, well,
China switches to Euros to buy Iranian oil.
http://business.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=474362007
In their role as Our Nation's protecterers, these father figures have learned that it sometimes becomes necessary to put an insolent wench across their knees and give the bitch a good paddling:
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