Brando 863 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 48 minutes ago, BB-8 said: Unexpected random encounter with John Williams Amazon.de: John Williams Mini Cardboard Cutout How did you find this??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 1728 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 6 minutes ago, Brando said: How did you find this??? I was searching for recent JW CD releases and it just showed up. Brando and Martinland 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15468 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, BB-8 said: I was searching for recent JW CD releases and it just showed up. Unexpectedly? Randomly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 1728 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Unexpectedly? Randomly? Well yes, since it's not a CD. But Amazon's algorithms are possibly non-random and targeted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 9331 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Nice find! I see there also's a life-size version. https://www.amazon.de/dp/B079HX9NSD BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpvee 542 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 WQXR (one of the biggest classical radio stations, based in NYC) just played several selections from the “John Williams Conducts the Star Wars Trilogy” release. I caught Leia’s Theme, Imperial March, Yoda’s Theme, Parade of the Ewoks, and Here They Come. Probably started with the Main Theme, too. Quite a nice surprise to tune into! Was surprised that it just kept going and going. BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 6218 Posted February 2 Popular Post Share Posted February 2 I'm watching the Punxsutawney Groundhog Day live stream for the first time (I only found out recently that Groundhog Day is on 2 February every year, and that the whole thing is streamed live). In between live music from the band, they had a segment with the US hymn (performed live by a solo singer) and then fireworks accompanied by the opening of Also sprach Zarathustra followed by (heavily edited versions of) the Star Wars main title, Imperial March, and Superman March. Brando, GerateWohl and Naïve Old Fart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BB-8 1728 Posted February 6 Popular Post Share Posted February 6 Stories • Instagram Martinland, Brando and WilliamsStarShip2282 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post D_nev 74 Posted February 6 Popular Post Share Posted February 6 I was coming home from work the other day and I heard my neighbor blaring JW's Cello Concerto, I have never met another person that enjoys listening to his concert music so it was quite a shock! Brando, Martinland and Marian Schedenig 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 9331 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Was it @mstrox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 1422 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Walking down the high street, scaffolders listening to the radio and the DJ says something like "...and later we'll come face to face with John Williams...". Slight pause and wonder if I've misheard. The radio station sounded like Radio 1 (national UK pop music station for those not in the UK) or Island FM (local radio) so not like it was Radio 3 (classical station - I'd probably need to be smelling salts/CPR to be revived from the shock of finding scaffolders listening to Radio 3). DJ continues, after surprising pause "he does... you know, the music, for films... like Star Wars, Harry Potter...". I had to hurry on so that's all I heard. I have no idea what it was all about, but yeah, random. Clearly the guy had no idea who JW was though lol. Marian Schedenig and Brando 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamsStarShip2282 259 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I've had a lot of weird encounters with his music and others.....and I find its never the hits its always something older or from the deep tracks. I was in a hotel in Chengdu, Sichuan-China and they were playing the theme to Jane Eyre in the elevator (lift), but only after 6PM, before that it was other music. Sometimes you go on rides at theme parks too that are not a JW brand and they use his music anyway- like at six flags or something or Soarin at Disney used to play the music from Hook. In Japan you hear a lot of stuff like this. I was walking past a construction site in Tokyo with a construction elevator going up and down playing the theme from The Main Street Electrical Parade, which was a Disney parks parade in the 80's. I was so thrown off I had to stop for a minute and watch it to like....register that thing existed haha. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpotTheDog 26 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I was at a used book sale at my local library, and I overheard a group of people spontaneously talking about what a legend John Williams is, continuing to score the Indiana Jones franchise. I almost dropped into the conversation, but I thought I might scare them away with my level of passion for his music. WilliamsStarShip2282 and igger6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 6218 Posted February 11 Popular Post Share Posted February 11 Welcome… to Jurassic Park… BB-8, Martinland, May the Force be with You and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igger6 761 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Last Friday, I was flipping through SiriusXM and pausing on the Symphony Hall channel when I heard the closing strains of "Amazing Stories" segueing into something else familiar. Turns out the Classics on Film show was doing a Williams special! When I checked the app to see if I could listen to the whole episode, they only listed the previous two (Jan. 27 and Feb. 3), so I figured I'd check again after the weekend to see if they updated the list. Today, the Jan. 27 show is gone, the Feb. 3 is still there, but no Feb. 10 show. It's a conspiracy, I tell ya! Maybe this means the show closed with clean recordings of the Vienna Fanfare and "Of Grit and Glory." WilliamsStarShip2282 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 5793 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Watching the world championship in biathlon this week, I hear Williams all over the place. STAR WARS, Raiders' March and the Olympic theme for the medal ceremony. Also some other film music things, like Debney's CUTTHROAT ISLAND. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1851 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 If you ever watch golf you may well hear The river, i know ive said this before. Anywhere you hear john is a wonderful thing. He is a treasure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 1960 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Unexpected random encounter with a parallel universe 😯 https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/John-Williams/ Brando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando 863 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I can finally contribute to this thread! I don’t follow this Instagram page, but it popped up because I like videos of dachshunds frequently, and this popped up just now, but please enjoy. make sure your sound is on https://www.instagram.com/reel/CloRuTPLwwg/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 80sFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 1728 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 "Reverie" from The Fabelmans was used on German TV (ZDF) in a short documentary about shelters for victims of violence against women... from 32:08 onwards... https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/zdf-mittagsmagazin/zdf-mittagsmagazin-vom-15-maerz-2023-100.html Fabulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 6218 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 https://xkcd.com/2751/ igger6 and Jay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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