Disco Stu

This is why we depend on JWFan as a throwback to the old internet when people yelled at each other for less socially divisive reasons

I still mostly just want to know the story on the boat flashback cue instead of just making educated guesses. If it was created after the initial dub, how? from what? by whom?

But just as annoying to me is the equal and opposite reaction from the other direction: that just kinda liking a thing makes you a corporate shill or mindless content drone. Both mindsets treat these things as way more important than they deserve.

I actually have both as three disc albums. For convenience and weird nostalgia for a collection of digital files, I kept my digital copies of the OSTs and made them the third discs for both. So the album tag is just "Jurassic Park" which has a third disc that contains a rip of the original soundtrack album.

In addition to her involvement with Twin Peaks, I also know Julee Cruise because I'm a huge B-52's fan and she was Cindy Wilson's replacement on tours throughout most of the 90s. Check out her dance moves here (she's the one on the right), she fit right in with the vibe of the band

My problem is not that awful people exist in a fandom community (unavoidable) but, as the article I linked to above is all about, there's like an entire media subindustry that only exists to elevate the pathetic randos. Sort of a pop culture media equivalent of the old "if it bleeds, it leads" adage. The cycle: - Randos post heinous crap 99% of people would never see or hear about - "Journalists" that look for randos posting crap start writing breathless righteous articles about them that get lots of clicks/impressions - People who are on social media too much can get the good feels by denouncing it and creating a self-image of being a bastion of upright moral thinking - Celebrities can gain clout by issuing statements of denunciation/support - The corporation that owns the IP just sees free marketing $$ (aka "earned media")

RIP Julee Cruise https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/10/julee-cruise-singer-david-lynch-collaborator-dies-aged-65-b52s

At the risk of overstepping the forum rules line, this is a very good opinion article about the ugly circular/symbiotic relationship between "toxic fandom" and online media, both feeding the other. https://unherd.com/2022/06/the-media-is-run-by-trolls/

Always interesting to see what they do with the saxophone section. Sometimes the altos and tenors will play viola/cello parts or they'll double horn parts, while the bari saxes often double with the low brass (I love the specific timbre of bari sax with tuba/trombone)

If, like me, you're interested in the wind band arrangements of Williams music, this video was put out just 2 weeks ago. It's a university band so the performance isn't as professional as the Marine Band would be but this is the first time I've heard the wind band arrangement of "Adventures of Han"

LOOK UPON ME! I'LL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND!

One of John Goodman's very best screen performances, and that's saying something!

10 Cloverfield Lane is still one of Bear's best film scores. It'd be nice if (a) Trachtenberg gets to make a lot more movies and (b) this was Bear's first notable long-term director-composer relationship.

I'd be more excited if Popeye was getting a Powell only score

I have a very general understanding of the early history of scores that were actually synchronized to on-screen action, but I'd love to know more. Doug Adams should finally release his book about scores of the silent era.

I mean, if it makes a shitload of money the executives won't care if it got bad reviews.

A personal favorite early Ellington single release from 1930 Side A: Old Man Blues Side B: Jungle Nights in Harlem Both are masterpieces of their kind. https://archive.org/details/78_old-man-blues_duke-ellington-and-his-cotton-club-orchestra-ellington_gbia0249520a https://archive.org/details/78_jungle-nights-in-harlem_duke-ellington-and-his-cotton-club-orchestra-ellington_gbia0249520b

Boris

I would have guessed Bear, but I think he’s pretty busy with an Amazon series right now….

A reference to this article that Babbitt wrote and the reason he will live on in infamy as the emblem of Cold War music academia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Cares_if_You_Listen Some people say the headline (chosen by the magazine editor) is unfair, but IMO the actual article is way more damning than the headline.

Oh I've never once entertained the notion that this movie will be good.

You didn't answer his question. My guess is the movie will emphasize the complicated family dynamic that Jamie Bernstein wrote a memoir about. https://www.amazon.com/Famous-Father-Girl-Growing-Bernstein/dp/0062641352

It's ok Bruce, he doesn't care if you listen.

RICHIE RICH (not a joke)

I was under the impression this was produced by Powell/5 Cats, and Varese is just manufacturer/distributor. Should the issues not be raised with Powell & co. rather than Varese?