Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2008-01-02 Thread KeithBJohnson
I think every major city has a V-this, or a Zoo-that or something... -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] You have a V-103 in Atlanta too? Kewl! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you know V-103 (the main urban station here in Atlanta, for those who don't

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2008-01-02 Thread Martin
Yet *another* reason for my dial to avoid that station... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you know V-103 (the main urban station here in Atlanta, for those who don't know) threw him a big-A birthday bash just a few weeks ago? Again, i don't subscribe to the witch hunt

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2008-01-02 Thread Martin
I've lived in five different cities that had a Star94 FM. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think every major city has a V-this, or a Zoo-that or something... -- Original message -- From: Astromancer You have a V-103 in Atlanta too? Kewl! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you know

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2008-01-02 Thread Bosco Bosco
That's likely to increase with the recent deregulation. The days of independent radio and television are nearly at a complete end in the United States. Bosco --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think every major city has a V-this, or a Zoo-that or something... -- Original message

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2008-01-02 Thread Daryle
I wouldn¹t say at an END...I¹d just say that the days of BROADCASTING indie TV and radio are done. Internet distribution is not only A way to go, it is THE way to go. More music is discovered online than on the radio, and it¹s been that way for years. Pirate radio will take over in this country

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2008-01-02 Thread KeithBJohnson
hope you're right, i really do -- Original message -- From: Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wouldn¹t say at an END...I¹d just say that the days of BROADCASTING indie TV and radio are done. Internet distribution is not only A way to go, it is THE way to go. More music is

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2008-01-02 Thread KeithBJohnson
yeah, and that irritates me no end. I spend a lot of time trying to find independent sources for news, music, and entertainment because of this homogenized media. -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's likely to increase with the recent

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2008-01-02 Thread Astromancer
I think he is...I wish I had the resources to exploit the area... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hope you're right, i really do -- Original message -- From: Daryle I wouldn¹t say at an END...I¹d just say that the days of BROADCASTING indie TV and radio are done. Internet

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2008-01-02 Thread Mike Street
yeah I agree I've discovered way more new music online then via the radio. Urban radio is the worst. You hear the same 20 songs over and over again On Jan 2, 2008 2:57 PM, Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wouldn¹t say at an END...I¹d just say that the days of BROADCASTING indie TV and

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2008-01-01 Thread Martin
Both men have, at one time or another, made statements that weren't entirely flattering toward women. Havign been raised primarily by women, I didn't appreciate the sentiments. If I can find the actual words, I'll post them. RaAyyMOND C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What did Lou Rawls, and

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2008-01-01 Thread Martin
Hmmm... Fire ants. Wonder if I could write a script that gets Tommy-Boy lying in a bed of one... Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I lost the ability to stomache him when he began spouting his knowledge of pharmacueticals, psychiatry and post partum depression. That's when I

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2008-01-01 Thread Martin
Woody Allen is someone I've *never* been a fan of, which drives some of my close friends to distraction, since they adore his stuff. His Youth Movement sealed the deal on him for me. As for that pedo rapper- let us never speak of him again. Unless it's the day he's going into Joliet for the

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2008-01-01 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
They are really bad. Plus, Snipes caused Halley Berry to lose hearing in one ear by beating abusing her, and arrange. additionally, a friend of mine who use to work for Miles Davis, had to take someone I use to model with to the hospital after she was assaulted by some guys arranged by

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2008-01-01 Thread Martin
I'd forgotten all about that attack on Halle. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are really bad. Plus, Snipes caused Halley Berry to lose hearing in one ear by beating abusing her, and arrange. additionally, a friend of mine who use to work for Miles

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2008-01-01 Thread KeithBJohnson
you know V-103 (the main urban station here in Atlanta, for those who don't know) threw him a big-A birthday bash just a few weeks ago? Again, i don't subscribe to the witch hunt mentality of judging people before conviction, but this is a little beyond that... -- Original message

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-31 Thread Martin
Tracey, I usually can't make that distinction. If someone famous does something egregious, that's it for me, with regards to them. Wesley Snipes is a prime example, for the reported way he regards women. Same with Lou Rawls. I used to love his music until I learned of his barely-disguised

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-31 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Lou Rawls was on my list too. I think he still is. got no desire to see or hear him. I think over the past few years, there has been an increase in the number of entertainers whose lives and opinions we have been exposed to. Afterward we are bombarded with these views. So, I get

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-31 Thread Martin
Ditto that on Tommy-Boy. Can't stand the man, from a personality standpoint and that Scientology thing (a dear friend of mine had a run-in with that bunch, and it left her scarred emotionally), but I have forced myself to watch a few of his movies (Far and Away this weekend, Days of Thunder the

Can you Stand Cruise? Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-31 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Cruise is a conundrum.I used to like his work back in the day. Knew he was a nut, but most of his antics were kept under raps, so I could ignore the noise of the real him. Then, he got rid of his long-time handlers and let the world see the real him, and now its like I have to get

Re: Can you Stand Cruise? Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-31 Thread Mike Street
I think people don't like Tom Cruise cause he is a Scientolgist and doesn't promote Christianity left and right. So the media does as much possible to make him look like he's crazy and is evil. Fact of the matter is that he had 5 back to back to back movies that grossed over $100 mil. and not

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-31 Thread Bosco Bosco
I lost the ability to stomache him when he began spouting his knowledge of pharmacueticals, psychiatry and post partum depression. That's when I relaized he was the typical ignorant white male blowhard who thinks he's qualified to tell all other people how to live. It sickened me to the point that

Re: Can you Stand Cruise? Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-31 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I do not think people begrudge him his accomplishments - at least not simply because they do not like his religion.. I used to be a fan - even when I knew he was scientologist. John Travolta, Chick Corea, Kirstie Alley and many others are scientologists and people do not seem to have a

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-31 Thread KeithBJohnson
Cruise's shennanigans didn't bother me. I just figure he's kinda nuts and went on about my business. When actors or actresses act up like that, or get drunk or something I tend to try to separate it from their acting. par for the course too often. Now, when they engage in a great deal of

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn/Charleston Heston

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
You know, i've always liked Heston. Yeah, he's a conservative, and his NRA rhetoric got on my nerves. But he is one of those old-school actors who always said what he felt. He didn't dissemble or demure for fear of damaging his career and rep: he told it like it was. Heston did a wide range of

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-30 Thread Martin
/ _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bosco Bosco Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 4:01 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn Rent Bowling For Columbine and you might have a different perspective

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn/Charleston Heston

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
That explains a lot. I remember thinking he was liberal while growing up. No body was hiring us in Hollywood, yet he always did, with meaty, meaningful roles. So when he became a right wing nut, I was shocked. I really tried to hate him, but after years of being a fan, it was difficult. I

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-30 Thread Astromancer
I don't know...I do know he's dead now... Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hasn't he retired from public life as a result of Alzheimer's? Astromancer wrote: NRA... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no, refresh my memory on that one... --

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-30 Thread Bosco Bosco
Not necessarily, According to the IMDB. He's still alive: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm032/bio and Wikipedia as well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleton_Heston --- Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He's dead? I had know idea Astromancer wrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-30 Thread Astromancer
I stand corrected. He's not dead...yet. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know...I do know he's dead now... Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hasn't he retired from public life as a result of Alzheimer's? Astromancer wrote: NRA...

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
That's what I read, but I did not know whether it had been updated. Since reading the Wikipedia profile, at least I understand why I have liked him and why it is so hard to let go. The man was a card carrying,outspoken liberal for years. It also shed like on another star I've admired who

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-30 Thread KeithBJohnson
the problem comes in when good hearted people with good intentions do horrible things--which i think is probably the greater problem in humanity than that caused by truly evil men doing evil things. I really don't believe the likes of Heston or Stewart hate people; at least, not in the way a

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-30 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I was thinking about Uncle Jed today. When I heard that, I was crushed. Same thing with him, try as I might, I can not hate him [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the problem comes in when good hearted people with good intentions do horrible things--which i think is probably the greater problem in

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-29 Thread Astromancer
NRA... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no, refresh my memory on that one... -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pondering on this, Keith, I'm reminded that, in a sense, Heston has taken this into real life. From my cold dead fingers. Ring a bell?

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-29 Thread Martin
When Heston was president of the NRA, he gave a now-famous/infamous speech with regard to his right to keep and bear arms. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NRA... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no, refresh my memory on that one... --

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-29 Thread KeithBJohnson
now i remember! -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] When Heston was president of the NRA, he gave a now-famous/infamous speech with regard to his right to keep and bear arms. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NRA... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no,

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-29 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Hasn't he retired from public life as a result of Alzheimer's? Astromancer wrote: NRA... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no, refresh my memory on that one... -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pondering on this, Keith, I'm reminded that, in a

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-29 Thread Martin
Yes, Tracey, he has. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hasn't he retired from public life as a result of Alzheimer's? Astromancer wrote: NRA... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no, refresh my memory on that one... -- Original message

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-29 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Sad :( Martin wrote: Yes, Tracey, he has. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hasn't he retired from public life as a result of Alzheimer's? Astromancer wrote: NRA... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: no, refresh my memory on that one...

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-29 Thread Bosco Bosco
Rent Bowling For Columbine and you might have a different perspective on 100% Total Scumbag that goes by the name Charleton Heston. Bosco --- Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sad :( Martin wrote: Yes, Tracey, he has. Tracey de Morsella (formerly

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-29 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
I can not stand him. I can not stand guns or right-wing load mouths like him. Played with a gun at age five - thought it was a surprise gift (no one was hurt) But their are so many creepy performers out their whose work I like, that I have learned to try to separate them from their craft.

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-29 Thread Martin
Bosco, don't need to go that far for proof. Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rent Bowling For Columbine and you might have a different perspective on 100% Total Scumbag that goes by the name Charleton Heston. Bosco --- Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-29 Thread Reece Jennings
Bosco Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 4:01 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn Rent Bowling For Columbine and you might have a different perspective on 100% Total Scumbag that goes by the name Charleton Heston. Bosco --- Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
i've only seen The Omega Man on network TV, so that scene was cut. I remember liking the movie, and shaking my head at the ending. You ever notice how many times in movies Heston died at the end, but in a noble, martyr-like way? In Omega man, he looks like nothing so much as Christ on the Cross

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-28 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Me too. I love both the film and Rosalind Cash. However, her weight is fine with me.. (smirk) ravenadal wrote: I am a big fan of Omega Man. The late, great Rosalind Cash plays the sassy black girl. Although she remains too thin for my taste, in 1971, when I was fifteen years old, her

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-28 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
That is true about Heston specializing in Martyrdom. At least the end was true to the book [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've only seen The Omega Man on network TV, so that scene was cut. I remember liking the movie, and shaking my head at the ending. You ever notice how many times in movies

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-28 Thread Martin
Pondering on this, Keith, I'm reminded that, in a sense, Heston has taken this into real life. From my cold dead fingers. Ring a bell? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've only seen The Omega Man on network TV, so that scene was cut. I remember liking the movie, and

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Omega MAn

2007-12-28 Thread KeithBJohnson
no, refresh my memory on that one... -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pondering on this, Keith, I'm reminded that, in a sense, Heston has taken this into real life. From my cold dead fingers. Ring a bell? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've only seen