From michael at intrafi.com  Wed Sep  1 13:54:15 2004
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Wed Sep  1 14:11:53 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] NYTimes.com Article: It&#39;
	s 1968 in Kentucky: Two Days of Political Theater in the
	Original Settings 
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The article below from NYTimes.com 
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It&#39;s 1968 in Kentucky: Two Days of Political Theater in the Original Settings

September 1, 2004
 By JAMES DAO 



 

WHITESBURG, Ky. - When John Malpede, a performance artist
from Los Angeles, asked a small-town Kentucky lawyer named
Jack Faust to play the lead role in his latest project,
"RFK in EKY," Mr. Faust was flattered but perplexed. 

There was, first off, the matter of his appearance. Mr.
Faust, an amiable 55-year-old with silvery hair and a
paunch, looks nothing like the man he was to play: the
fiery, athletically trim, 43-year-old Robert F. Kennedy of
1968. 

"I told him I thought I could play Teddy Kennedy," Mr.
Faust said. 

More significantly, Mr. Faust was struggling to understand
"RFK in EKY," Mr. Malpede's attempt to recreate Kennedy's
two-day War on Poverty tour of eastern Kentucky in February
1968, just a month before he declared his candidacy for
president and four months before he was assassinated. 

If it was drama, it seemed nothing like the roles that Mr.
Faust had performed in community theater in nearby Hazard.
But Mr. Malpede liked Mr. Faust's style and encouraged him
to read transcripts of Mr. Kennedy's speeches and hearings
from 36 years ago. As he did, Mr. Faust experienced a
breakthrough: the issues that people worried about in 1968
- war, poverty and the environment - still weigh heavily on
peoples' minds today. 

"There were so many parallels between what was going on in
Vietnam and Iraq today, it was almost eerie," Mr. Faust
said. 

Mr. Malpede could not have summed up the purpose of his
project any better. From its beginnings three years ago,
Mr. Malpede, whose work often focuses on the poor, wanted
to encourage local people to think about their
socioeconomic conditions, and ways they could improve them.
Recreating Mr. Kennedy's trip, which many people remember
fondly, seemed an ideal way to stimulate that kind of
discussion, Mr. Malpede said. 

"Kennedy's visit provided a platform for local people to
talk about issues like poverty and economic development,"
Mr. Malpede, 59, said. "Our program has provided a trigger
for people to express what that moment means to them. It
has engendered conversations without our having to pull
teeth." 

He offers this example: A woman was rehearsing a scene in
which she plays a nurse concerned about hunger when she
suddenly exclaimed, "But this still goes on today!" 

Though the presidential campaign might make his project
seem more topical, Mr. Malpede said he did not plan it that
way. He conceived the re-enactment before the invasion of
Iraq. But the parallels that the actors are drawing between
Kennedy's Vietnam context and today's fighting have added a
rich new vein of historical relevance to the performance,
he said. 

"Reality has been accommodating to us," Mr. Malpede said.


He is producing the project with his wife, Henriette
Brouwers, in conjunction with Appalshop, an arts and media
organization here in Whitesburg, a town of 1,600 in the
heart of the eastern Kentucky coal country. It will be
staged from Sept. 8 to 11 at locations from Vortex to
Prestonsburg. A schedule events is available on the group's
Web site, www.appalshop.org. 

Mr. Kennedy, then a Democratic senator from New York and
chairman of a subcommittee with jurisdiction over
employment and poverty programs, had come to eastern
Kentucky to study how President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on
Poverty was faring. 

But in his two field hearings, in Vortex and Neon,
witnesses veered off into an array of regional problems,
from environmental degradation to unsafe working conditions
to inadequate schools. Between hearings, Kennedy stopped at
a one-room schoolhouse, spoke to college students, visited
a strip mine and chatted with clumps of people on street
corners. 

All the way, he was trailed by a caravan of news reporters
who saw the trip as a prelude to a presidential campaign.
They captured Kennedy's encounters with regular Kentuckians
and, almost inadvertently, gave national voice to
Appalachia's woes. 

Mr. Malpede has tried to exploit the cache of historical
material from Kennedy's tour - photographs, news articles,
oral histories, letters and hearing transcripts - in a
variety of ways. First, he is restaging several of the
stops, including two hearings, a speech at Alice Lloyd
College and visits to a schoolhouse and a strip mine. 

There were will also be a film presentation, an exhibition
of Kennedy memorabilia and talks on Kennedy and the War on
Poverty by Loyal Jones, the former director of the
Appalachian Center at Berea College, and Peter Edelman, a
former Kennedy aide who is now a law professor at
Georgetown University. 

Portions of the four-day event will also be broadcast on
Appalshop's FM radio station, which is available on the
Internet at www.appalshop.org, will be featuring period
music to help set the atmosphere. Mr. Malpede also plans to
archive much of the memorabilia on his Web site. 

This is not, Mr. Malpede is the first to acknowledge, a
big-budget re-enactment with details honed to every narrow
tie and beehive bouffant. (It will cost about $300,000,
raised by Mr. Malpede and Michael Hunt, formerly of
Appalshop, from foundations.) The actors are amateurs, and
some have never performed before. The costumes come from
churches, rummage sales and attics. A few 1968-vintage cars
may be provided by participants in a classic car show.
Daily pancake breakfasts will serve as makeup and coiffure
calls. 

One intriguing question is just who will be in the
audience. Mr. Malpede says he expects several dozen people,
including some former Kennedy aides, to fly into Kentucky
to see the production. There will also be crowds of
students at the college and high school where scenes will
be re-enacted. 

But will people come off the street to hear Kennedy's
speech at the Floyd County courthouse in Prestonsburg? And
will anyone actually drive to the ridgetop where performers
will tour an active strip mine? 

Mr. Malpede does not really know, since he is not selling
tickets. (All the events are free.) But if the performances
turn into a chaotic jumble, with cars chasing the
performers down narrow mountain roads, that would at least
be historically accurate. 

In 1968, "it never occurred to us that there would be that
many reporters," said Mr. Edelman, who helped plan
Kennedy's trip. "We had a caravan of what seemed like 50
cars that was following us through rural roads snaking
through the hills." 

Almost as intriguing are the diverse motives of the actors
who are devoting so many hours to this extravaganza, all
for no pay. 

Samuel P. Chandler, a 53-year-old lawyer from Jenkins, was
attracted to the project because he vividly remembers
skipping school - and being suspended for it - to see
Kennedy. He was moved by the testimony he heard that day in
Neon, and now will read the part of Judge George Wooton,
who gave an impassioned speech about the paradox of poverty
in the coal-rich region. 

John Childers, a 17-year-old high school senior, was
captivated by the testimony of a student named Tommy Duff,
whom he will play on Sept. 10. 

Mr. Duff had been expelled for documenting decrepit high
school conditions in his muckraking school newsletter. "If
I do continue to fight for better education," Mr. Duff told
Kennedy, "will you fight with me?" 

"He was a very powerful figure," Mr. Childers said after a
recent rehearsal. "His anger just seeped into the crowd." 

Roy Crawford, 52, whose family owns a mineral holding
company, is no great fan of Kennedy-style liberalism. But
he wanted to play the part of David A. Zegeer, a mine
superintendent who testified about the good things that
mining companies had done, from opening hospitals to
financing pension plans. 

"I thought no one else would do justice to the part," said
Mr. Crawford, who like Mr. Faust performs in local
community theater. "Zegeer told a part of the story that
was being forgotten." 

Mr. Malpede said he was thrilled by the mixed motivations.
Though he said he tried not to impose his political
leanings on his performers, his views seem clear from his
choices of materials. 

He founded the Los Angeles Poverty Department, a
performance group that mainly features homeless people. Its
current production is "Agents and Assets," based on
Congressional hearings into assertions, later discredited,
that the C.I.A. had helped take crack to Southern
California. 

"This is one of the few re-enactments I know of that does
not involve war or conflict," Mr. Malpede said of "RFK in
EKY." "That is the conventional notion of theater. This is
about ideas. It is like putting worms in your garden so it
can breathe." 

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From jcmccleary at comcast.net  Wed Sep  1 22:03:37 2004
From: jcmccleary at comcast.net (John McCleary)
Date: Thu Sep  2 05:41:11 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] The Hippie Dictionary
In-Reply-To: <200406251900.i5PJ04Do030371@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <BD5BF7B9.1605%jcmccleary@comcast.net>


 
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From barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net  Thu Sep  2 08:27:59 2004
From: barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Thu Sep  2 08:28:04 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] The Hippie Dictionary
In-Reply-To: John McCleary <jcmccleary@comcast.net>'s message of Wed, 01
	Sep 2004 22:03:37 -0700
Message-ID: <20088-41373BFF-2550@storefull-3214.bay.webtv.net>

I enjoyed Irwin Kleins pictures of The New Settlers of New Mexico 67 -
71....Thank you so much for putting this on line for us to check out and
for the chance to purchase The Hippie Dictionary.

peace,
barbara

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From myelvis4u at flash.net  Fri Sep  3 15:37:53 2004
From: myelvis4u at flash.net (myelvis4u@flash.net)
Date: Fri Sep  3 15:38:09 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] RE:  New Hair Production in Los Angeles (Silver Lake)
Message-ID: <310790-22004953223753220@M2W093.mail2web.com>



Hi Raymond,
 how is the the show going? how was the party?
Are there photos to see somewhere??
 Dagmar

Original Message:
-----------------
From: Jonathon Johnson goodhairdays@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 18:29:29 -0700 (PDT)
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com, peace@uversa.net, tilvenelf@yahoo.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] New Hair Production in Los Angeles (Silver Lake)


Hello Tribe,
 
Here's our chance for a small Southern California Be-In. There's a new Hair
tribe in 
the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles that could use our love and support! A
super 
review is pasted below for you which includes information on reserving
tickets.
 
On Saturday August 14th the Associate Producer is arranging a "Hair Party"
night. 
There will be a reserved section for Hair Alumni and depending on how many
people 
reserve, there will be some sort of discount. For more information, call
1-323-667-
0955 and say you want to reserve tickets for the 8/14/04 evening
performance as part 
of the "Hair Party."
 
I will be out of town until August 11th but if you have any questions in
the meantime, 
please email Raymond Donahey the Associate Producer of the production at; 
tilvenelf@yahoo.com. 

 
Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon
 
 
HAIR
  With no end in sight to the U.S. conflict in Iraq, James Rado and Gerome
Ragni's 
1967 anti-war, anti-establishment rock musical resonates loudly once again.
In large 
part, that's due to the first-rate songs, with catchy melodies by Galt
MacDermot and 
playful/pensive lyrics by Rado and Ragni. The script, marginally updated by
Rado, is 
a time capsule of those radically exciting times when American youth was
first 
exposed to psychedelic drugs, acid rock, Eastern religion, sexual freedom
and 
alternative lifestyles. Ragni and Rado's hairy tribe hang out in a park in
Greenwich 
Village staging love-ins and taking drugs that George Berger (a magnetic
Jonathan 
Zenz) dispenses from his pouch. While the others burn their draft cards at
a be-in, 
restless dreamer Claude (Ren? Guerrero) vacillates over whether or not to
show up 
for service, but longs for something more than the life of a dropout.
Director Peter 
Finlayson captures both the comedy and tragedy of Claude's dilemma in a
solid
 production brimming with strong singers, notably Sarah Marina Ali and Ana
Ortiz. 
The cast mostly looks and dresses the part, however some of the men's wigs, 
including a couple of mullets, don't fit the era. Actor-choreographer
Atticus Batacan 
makes the most of the cramped space in fluid dance numbers involving the
entire 20-
member cast. Knightsbridge Theater, 1944 Riverside Dr., Silver Lake; Sat.,
8 p.m.; 
Sun., 3 p.m.; thru Sept. 18. (323) 667-0955. Written 08/05/2004 (Miriam
Jacobson)

 


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From ace at aceross.com  Fri Sep  3 16:19:03 2004
From: ace at aceross.com (ace)
Date: Fri Sep  3 16:19:22 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] RE:  New Hair Production in Los Angeles (Silver Lake)
In-Reply-To: <310790-22004953223753220@M2W093.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <20040903231740.6D6AC38B4B9@gw01-bur.mroute.net>

Hi:)

I played Berger on the 25th anniversary tour and would love to play any role
in the Los Angeles tribe....

www.aceross.com

The website has my picture....can someone point me in the direction?

I would be very grateful :)

Ace Ross



-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of myelvis4u@flash.net
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 3:38 PM
To: tilvenelf@yahoo.com
Cc: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] RE: New Hair Production in Los Angeles (Silver Lake)



Hi Raymond,
 how is the the show going? how was the party?
Are there photos to see somewhere??
 Dagmar

Original Message:
-----------------
From: Jonathon Johnson goodhairdays@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 18:29:29 -0700 (PDT)
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com, peace@uversa.net, tilvenelf@yahoo.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] New Hair Production in Los Angeles (Silver Lake)


Hello Tribe,
 
Here's our chance for a small Southern California Be-In. There's a new Hair
tribe in 
the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles that could use our love and support! A
super 
review is pasted below for you which includes information on reserving
tickets.
 
On Saturday August 14th the Associate Producer is arranging a "Hair Party"
night. 
There will be a reserved section for Hair Alumni and depending on how many
people 
reserve, there will be some sort of discount. For more information, call
1-323-667-
0955 and say you want to reserve tickets for the 8/14/04 evening
performance as part 
of the "Hair Party."
 
I will be out of town until August 11th but if you have any questions in
the meantime, 
please email Raymond Donahey the Associate Producer of the production at; 
tilvenelf@yahoo.com. 

 
Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon
 
 
HAIR
  With no end in sight to the U.S. conflict in Iraq, James Rado and Gerome
Ragni's 
1967 anti-war, anti-establishment rock musical resonates loudly once again.
In large 
part, that's due to the first-rate songs, with catchy melodies by Galt
MacDermot and 
playful/pensive lyrics by Rado and Ragni. The script, marginally updated by
Rado, is 
a time capsule of those radically exciting times when American youth was
first 
exposed to psychedelic drugs, acid rock, Eastern religion, sexual freedom
and 
alternative lifestyles. Ragni and Rado's hairy tribe hang out in a park in
Greenwich 
Village staging love-ins and taking drugs that George Berger (a magnetic
Jonathan 
Zenz) dispenses from his pouch. While the others burn their draft cards at
a be-in, 
restless dreamer Claude (Ren? Guerrero) vacillates over whether or not to
show up 
for service, but longs for something more than the life of a dropout.
Director Peter 
Finlayson captures both the comedy and tragedy of Claude's dilemma in a
solid
 production brimming with strong singers, notably Sarah Marina Ali and Ana
Ortiz. 
The cast mostly looks and dresses the part, however some of the men's wigs, 
including a couple of mullets, don't fit the era. Actor-choreographer
Atticus Batacan 
makes the most of the cramped space in fluid dance numbers involving the
entire 20-
member cast. Knightsbridge Theater, 1944 Riverside Dr., Silver Lake; Sat.,
8 p.m.; 
Sun., 3 p.m.; thru Sept. 18. (323) 667-0955. Written 08/05/2004 (Miriam
Jacobson)

 


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From VinUschi at t-online.de  Sun Sep  5 03:08:50 2004
From: VinUschi at t-online.de (Vincent Edwards)
Date: Sun Sep  5 10:03:16 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] the hurricane
Message-ID: <413AE5B2.B33A5223@t-online.de>

hi brothers and sisters its so sad to see cnn late edition make
political points for bush in florida while the hurricane is going on
love and peace  vincent

From barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net  Sun Sep  5 10:48:57 2004
From: barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Sun Sep  5 10:49:11 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] the hurricane
In-Reply-To: VinUschi@t-online.de (Vincent Edwards)'s message of Sun, 05
	Sep 2004 18:08:50 +0800
Message-ID: <22531-413B5189-870@storefull-3217.bay.webtv.net>

Another right on observation...

peace,
barbara
>Date: Sun, Sep 5, 2004, 6:08pm (EDT+12) 
>From: VinUschi@t-online.de (Vincent Edwards)
>Skalla/Edwards Music
 
hi brothers and sisters its so sad to see cnn late edition make
political points for bush in florida while the hurricane is going on
love and peace vincent

From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sun Sep  5 15:00:18 2004
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sun Sep  5 15:00:25 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Stange Hurricanes
Message-ID: <001201c49393$bbb95f20$d0022341@YOUR5F5932F0DA>


Hey folks

So far things are ok in Tampa Bay area (where I live ), winds I think bounce in & out of the 50-70mph range & they say tonight that when it goes out into the Gulf it could intensify even stonger around here , I fear we will lose the power soon they are losing it all around us. I am concerned for Sally Shafer over in Co Co Beach I have e-mailed her & not heard back. First Charlie, now Francis & they are saying that "Ivan" could be stonger than all of them. This whole hurricane thing is just to wierd. "The God Show don't mess around"

Love forever 
Robin
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From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Sun Sep  5 15:19:13 2004
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Sun Sep  5 15:19:20 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Stange Hurricanes
In-Reply-To: <001201c49393$bbb95f20$d0022341@YOUR5F5932F0DA>
Message-ID: <20040905221913.70393.qmail@web53409.mail.yahoo.com>

Hello Robin,
 
I am concerned about Sally too as I emailed her and it was bounced back to me. 
Hang in there bro ..... literally.
 
Love ~ Jonathon

Robin McNamara <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
 
Hey folks
 
So far things are ok in Tampa Bay area (where I live ), winds I think bounce in & out of the 50-70mph range & they say tonight that when it goes out into the Gulf it could intensify even stonger around here , I fear we will lose the power soon they are losing it all around us. I am concerned for Sally Shafer over in Co Co Beach I have e-mailed her & not heard back. First Charlie, now Francis & they are saying that "Ivan" could be stonger than all of them. This whole hurricane thing is just to wierd. "The God Show don't mess around"
 
Love forever 
Robin
 

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From barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net  Sun Sep  5 16:14:10 2004
From: barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Sun Sep  5 16:14:14 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Strange Hurricanes
In-Reply-To: Jonathon Johnson <goodhairdays@yahoo.com>'s message of Sun, 5
	Sep 2004 15:19:13 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <29823-413B9DC2-432@storefull-3218.bay.webtv.net>

Robin and Jonathon,

Depending on when you e-mailed Sally might have something to do with it,
I hope I hope that is all it might be. The e-mail address is a work
address so she only gets them while at her work place. When did you
e-mail guys?

peace,
barbara
ps: She has a trunk she keeps handy for evacuations since she has been
through this before and her trunk has HAiR memorabilia in it...
priorities priorities. :-)

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From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Sun Sep  5 16:44:08 2004
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Sun Sep  5 16:44:25 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Strange Hurricanes
In-Reply-To: <29823-413B9DC2-432@storefull-3218.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <20040905234408.40410.qmail@web53404.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi barbara,
 
I emailed her at noon on Friday.
 
Love ~ Jonathon

Barbara Siomos <barbarasiomos38@webtv.net> wrote:
Robin and Jonathon,

Depending on when you e-mailed Sally might have something to do with it,
I hope I hope that is all it might be. The e-mail address is a work
address so she only gets them while at her work place. When did you
e-mail guys?

peace,
barbara
ps: She has a trunk she keeps handy for evacuations since she has been
through this before and her trunk has HAiR memorabilia in it...
priorities priorities. :-)

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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Sun Sep  5 19:20:05 2004
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Sun Sep  5 19:20:11 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Strange Hurricanes
Message-ID: <BAY9-F11ruBmrRSJ4E80008276f@hotmail.com>

I too haven't heard back from Sally yet, but have been assuming it is 
because it is a work address. Hopefully Tuesday morning she will surface. 
Glad to hear you are OK, Robin. Sending love and thoughts your way. Keep us 
posted as you can.

Love,
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>From: barbarasiomos38@webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
>Reply-To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>To: mb-hair@islandlists.com, hairtribes@yahoo.com, olhippie@tampabay.rr.com
>Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Strange Hurricanes
>Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 19:14:10 -0400
>
>Robin and Jonathon,
>
>Depending on when you e-mailed Sally might have something to do with it,
>I hope I hope that is all it might be. The e-mail address is a work
>address so she only gets them while at her work place. When did you
>e-mail guys?
>
>peace,
>barbara
>ps: She has a trunk she keeps handy for evacuations since she has been
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From mygal514 at msn.com  Mon Sep  6 11:10:56 2004
From: mygal514 at msn.com (glenn lucas)
Date: Mon Sep  6 11:11:11 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] storm
Message-ID: <BAY5-F18fFwVO1vcCdg00092acd@hotmail.com>

i've decided to try & summon the power of the hair spirit, to aid an unknown 
tribe member.
brenda and i were married during my tour..and michael, then 3, was the 
littlest tribe member.

bren and my daughter, michelle, have been trapped by francis in port st 
lucie, fl since saturday.
the good news is, there is virtually no communication within the city, as 
most of cell towers were lost and gen. phone out since sat...

i am asking that on this holiday, if you see this em, send your spirit to 
them...
i know the power of that spirit and have known of it strength since the 1st 
time i saw the show...
even in the best of conditions, they need strength right now...

my Heart is in that spirit for brenda and shell and all of the victoms,
mygal

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep  6 11:28:03 2004
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep  6 11:27:11 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] storm
In-Reply-To: <BAY5-F18fFwVO1vcCdg00092acd@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <BD61FA43.191AD%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Thanks for the opportunity to send peace and love
Michael

> i've decided to try & summon the power of the hair spirit, to aid an unknown
> tribe member.
> brenda and i were married during my tour..and michael, then 3, was the
> littlest tribe member.
> 
> bren and my daughter, michelle, have been trapped by francis in port st
> lucie, fl since saturday.
> the good news is, there is virtually no communication within the city, as
> most of cell towers were lost and gen. phone out since sat...
> 
> i am asking that on this holiday, if you see this em, send your spirit to
> them...
> i know the power of that spirit and have known of it strength since the 1st
> time i saw the show...
> even in the best of conditions, they need strength right now...
> 
> my Heart is in that spirit for brenda and shell and all of the victoms,
> mygal
> 
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From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Mon Sep  6 15:29:14 2004
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Mon Sep  6 15:29:20 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] storm
In-Reply-To: <BAY5-F18fFwVO1vcCdg00092acd@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <20040906222914.75748.qmail@web53407.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Glenn,
 
I'm sending all my love and prayers.
 
Love ~ Jonathon

glenn lucas <mygal514@msn.com> wrote:
i've decided to try & summon the power of the hair spirit, to aid an unknown 
tribe member.
brenda and i were married during my tour..and michael, then 3, was the 
littlest tribe member.

bren and my daughter, michelle, have been trapped by francis in port st 
lucie, fl since saturday.
the good news is, there is virtually no communication within the city, as 
most of cell towers were lost and gen. phone out since sat...

i am asking that on this holiday, if you see this em, send your spirit to 
them...
i know the power of that spirit and have known of it strength since the 1st 
time i saw the show...
even in the best of conditions, they need strength right now...

my Heart is in that spirit for brenda and shell and all of the victoms,
mygal

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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Mon Sep  6 17:34:46 2004
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Mon Sep  6 17:35:00 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] storm
Message-ID: <BAY9-F37RB6tWfgglyT0000bfb6@hotmail.com>

Dear Glenn,

Sending all love and thoughts to you, and to Brenda and Michelle.

Love,
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>From: "glenn lucas" <mygal514@msn.com>
>Reply-To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>To: mb-hair@islandemail.com
>Subject: [Mb-hair] storm
>Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 14:10:56 -0400
>
>i've decided to try & summon the power of the hair spirit, to aid an 
>unknown tribe member.
>brenda and i were married during my tour..and michael, then 3, was the 
>littlest tribe member.
>
>bren and my daughter, michelle, have been trapped by francis in port st 
>lucie, fl since saturday.
>the good news is, there is virtually no communication within the city, as 
>most of cell towers were lost and gen. phone out since sat...
>
>i am asking that on this holiday, if you see this em, send your spirit to 
>them...
>i know the power of that spirit and have known of it strength since the 1st 
>time i saw the show...
>even in the best of conditions, they need strength right now...
>
>my Heart is in that spirit for brenda and shell and all of the victoms,
>mygal
>
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From barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net  Mon Sep  6 20:21:50 2004
From: barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Mon Sep  6 20:21:58 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] storm
In-Reply-To: "Little Birdie" <lbirdie@hotmail.com>'s message of Tue,
	07 Sep 2004 00:34:46 +0000
Message-ID: <7809-413D294E-3721@storefull-3212.bay.webtv.net>

Dear Glenn....

All Love and Peace to everyone in your area... I still am trying to find
my friend Sally Shafer in Satellite Beach her phone says "we are sorry
connections are not yet serviced in that area".... tried again, and now
says...."we are sorry to delay your call, someone will be with you in a
moment" then disconnect.

Prayers to all.

IF anyone hears from Sally PLEASE let me know, and I will do the same.

From paul at paulkorda.com  Tue Sep  7 00:01:26 2004
From: paul at paulkorda.com (Paul Korda)
Date: Mon Sep  6 23:58:38 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] (no subject)
Message-ID: <000e01c494a8$7f535200$549cfea9@pkorda>

Dear Members of the Tribe,
I'm sorry to have not been in touch, but I would like to make contact
regarding my friend and fellow London original cast member, Cookie Eaton
and his bereavement in losing his wife Linda. I hope we can all pray for
his strength and courage in facing such a loss. They were together since
the show began in 1968 and have two daughters.
Love and peace to you all
Paul Korda
http://www.PaulKorda.com <http://www.paulkorda.com/> 
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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Tue Sep  7 04:44:46 2004
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Tue Sep  7 04:44:45 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Strange Hurricanes
References: <200409061900.i86J05q0017950@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <001001c494d0$12fe9880$6401a8c0@f1n9i3>

Hopefully, on this Tuesday morning, Robin, Sally, Brenda, Michelle and many
others impacted by Francis are all safe & sound and the lines of
communications can be restored.
Please keep us posted in the aftermath.

PEACE,
Leo

> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 18:00:18 -0400
> From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Stange Hurricanes
"
>
>
> Hey folks
>
> So far things are ok in Tampa Bay area (where I live ), winds I think
bounce in & out of the 50-70mph range & they say tonight that when it goes
out into the Gulf it could intensify even stonger around here , I fear we
will lose the power soon they are losing it all around us. I am concerned
for Sally Shafer over in Co Co Beach I have e-mailed her & not heard back.
First Charlie, now Francis & they are saying that "Ivan" could be stonger
than all of them. This whole hurricane thing is just to wierd. "The God Show
don't mess around"
>
> Love forever
> Robin
>

From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Tue Sep  7 07:19:41 2004
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Tue Sep  7 07:19:45 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] (no subject)
In-Reply-To: <000e01c494a8$7f535200$549cfea9@pkorda>
Message-ID: <20040907141941.3652.qmail@web53405.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Paul,
 
Thanks so much for sharing. My love and prayers go out to Cookie and his family. 
 
Love, Peace and Blessings ~ Jonathon

Paul Korda <paul@paulkorda.com> wrote:
Dear Members of the Tribe,
I'm sorry to have not been in touch, but I would like to make contact regarding my friend and fellow London original cast member, Cookie Eaton and his bereavement in losing his wife Linda. I hope we can all pray for his strength and courage in facing such a loss. They were together since the show began in 1968 and have two daughters.
Love and peace to you all
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Tue Sep  7 09:43:37 2004
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Tue Sep  7 09:43:44 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] (no subject)
References: <000e01c494a8$7f535200$549cfea9@pkorda>
Message-ID: <001201c494f9$d2e5a750$d0022341@YOUR5F5932F0DA>

MessagePaul

Cookie's wife is on the other side where we will all have a reunion one day :), he is in my thoughts & prayers.

Love forever 
Robin
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Korda 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 3:01 AM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] (no subject)


  Dear Members of the Tribe,
  I'm sorry to have not been in touch, but I would like to make contact regarding my friend and fellow London original cast member, Cookie Eaton and his bereavement in losing his wife Linda. I hope we can all pray for his strength and courage in facing such a loss. They were together since the show began in 1968 and have two daughters.
  Love and peace to you all
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Tue Sep  7 09:46:52 2004
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Tue Sep  7 09:47:01 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Strange Hurricanes
References: <200409061900.i86J05q0017950@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
	<001001c494d0$12fe9880$6401a8c0@f1n9i3>
Message-ID: <001c01c494fa$47576060$d0022341@YOUR5F5932F0DA>

Hey Leo & all

Back online, we survived it all but now they are talking about "Ivan" 
possibly coming into Forida next Sun. or Mon.also my e-mail bounced back 
from Sally, still have heard nothing.

Love forever
Robin



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leo" <peacefreak@metrocast.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 7:44 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Strange Hurricanes


> Hopefully, on this Tuesday morning, Robin, Sally, Brenda, Michelle and 
> many
> others impacted by Francis are all safe & sound and the lines of
> communications can be restored.
> Please keep us posted in the aftermath.
>
> PEACE,
> Leo
>
>> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 18:00:18 -0400
>> From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
>> Subject: [Mb-hair] Stange Hurricanes
> "
>>
>>
>> Hey folks
>>
>> So far things are ok in Tampa Bay area (where I live ), winds I think
> bounce in & out of the 50-70mph range & they say tonight that when it goes
> out into the Gulf it could intensify even stonger around here , I fear we
> will lose the power soon they are losing it all around us. I am concerned
> for Sally Shafer over in Co Co Beach I have e-mailed her & not heard back.
> First Charlie, now Francis & they are saying that "Ivan" could be stonger
> than all of them. This whole hurricane thing is just to wierd. "The God 
> Show
> don't mess around"
>>
>> Love forever
>> Robin
>>
>
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Tue Sep  7 09:48:26 2004
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Tue Sep  7 09:48:47 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] storm
References: <20040906222914.75748.qmail@web53407.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <002b01c494fa$7f3178e0$d0022341@YOUR5F5932F0DA>

Glenn

Also in my thoughts & prayers :)

Love forever
Robin
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jonathon Johnson 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 6:29 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] storm


  Dear Glenn,

  I'm sending all my love and prayers.

  Love ~ Jonathon

  glenn lucas <mygal514@msn.com> wrote:
    i've decided to try & summon the power of the hair spirit, to aid an unknown 
    tribe member.
    brenda and i were married during my tour..and michael, then 3, was the 
    littlest tribe member.

    bren and my daughter, michelle, have been trapped by francis in port st 
    lucie, fl since saturday.
    the good news is, there is virtually no communication within the city, as 
    most of cell towers were lost and gen. phone out since sat...

    i am asking that on this holiday, if you see this em, send your spirit to 
    them...
    i know the power of that spirit and have known of it strength since the 1st 
    time i saw the show...
    even in the best of conditions, they need strength right now...

    my Heart is in that spirit for brenda and shell and all of the victoms,
    mygal

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Sep  7 11:18:45 2004
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue Sep  7 11:17:53 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] (no subject)
In-Reply-To: <000e01c494a8$7f535200$549cfea9@pkorda>
Message-ID: <BD634995.19221%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Paul,
Please pass my love to Cookie.
Irie,
Michael

> Dear Members of the Tribe,
> I'm sorry to have not been in touch, but I would like to make contact
> regarding my friend and fellow London original cast member, Cookie Eaton
> and his bereavement in losing his wife Linda. I hope we can all pray for
> his strength and courage in facing such a loss. They were together since
> the show began in 1968 and have two daughters.
> Love and peace to you all
> Paul Korda
> http://www.PaulKorda.com <http://www.paulkorda.com/>
> 
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From mygal514 at msn.com  Tue Sep  7 13:12:08 2004
From: mygal514 at msn.com (glenn lucas)
Date: Tue Sep  7 13:12:22 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] thank you
Message-ID: <BAY5-F17pSWerOc0Ne00006a6b7@hotmail.com>

well, it must have worked, as i've made contact w/ bren & shell since the 
note.
they survived in tact, as did property & pets...

also glad to hear others in the storm fared well, too!

Love is all you need,
mygal

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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Tue Sep  7 13:32:19 2004
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Tue Sep  7 13:32:33 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Strange Hurricanes
Message-ID: <BAY9-F27MGz0tWqhUYL0002167c@hotmail.com>

My email to Sally did not bounce back, but the list had a bounce from her 
account. Whoever hears first let us all know.

Glad you made it thought safe and sound Robin.

Love,
Nina



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>From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
>Reply-To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: Strange Hurricanes
>Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 12:46:52 -0400
>
>Hey Leo & all
>
>Back online, we survived it all but now they are talking about "Ivan" 
>possibly coming into Forida next Sun. or Mon.also my e-mail bounced back 
>from Sally, still have heard nothing.
>
>Love forever
>Robin
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Leo" <peacefreak@metrocast.net>
>To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 7:44 AM
>Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Strange Hurricanes
>
>
>>Hopefully, on this Tuesday morning, Robin, Sally, Brenda, Michelle and 
>>many
>>others impacted by Francis are all safe & sound and the lines of
>>communications can be restored.
>>Please keep us posted in the aftermath.
>>
>>PEACE,
>>Leo
>>
>>>Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 18:00:18 -0400
>>>From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
>>>Subject: [Mb-hair] Stange Hurricanes
>>"
>>>
>>>
>>>Hey folks
>>>
>>>So far things are ok in Tampa Bay area (where I live ), winds I think
>>bounce in & out of the 50-70mph range & they say tonight that when it goes
>>out into the Gulf it could intensify even stonger around here , I fear we
>>will lose the power soon they are losing it all around us. I am concerned
>>for Sally Shafer over in Co Co Beach I have e-mailed her & not heard back.
>>First Charlie, now Francis & they are saying that "Ivan" could be stonger
>>than all of them. This whole hurricane thing is just to wierd. "The God 
>>Show
>>don't mess around"
>>>
>>>Love forever
>>>Robin
>>>
>>
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Tue Sep  7 13:34:01 2004
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Tue Sep  7 13:34:15 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] thank you
Message-ID: <BAY9-F50DpdIx1l26LU0000c191@hotmail.com>

Wonderful news Glenn! Thanks for letting us know.
Love,
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>From: "glenn lucas" <mygal514@msn.com>
>Reply-To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>To: mb-hair@islandemail.com
>Subject: [Mb-hair] thank you
>Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 16:12:08 -0400
>
>well, it must have worked, as i've made contact w/ bren & shell since the 
>note.
>they survived in tact, as did property & pets...
>
>also glad to hear others in the storm fared well, too!
>
>Love is all you need,
>mygal
>
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From VinUschi at t-online.de  Tue Sep  7 18:44:01 2004
From: VinUschi at t-online.de (Vincent Edwards)
Date: Wed Sep  8 01:38:26 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] re kookie
Message-ID: <413E63E1.70EAF6AC@t-online.de>

thanks paul and brothers and sisters of hair for your thoughts and
prayes for kookie and linda  i know he has gained strength from your
love peace vincent

From LilacAmy11 at aol.com  Wed Sep  8 15:47:34 2004
From: LilacAmy11 at aol.com (LilacAmy11@aol.com)
Date: Wed Sep  8 15:47:55 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
Message-ID: <1a6.289ffcd0.2e70e606@aol.com>

I just wanted to say sorry that I've been kinda quiet on the list lately..... 
I have been super busy - a quick update of my life:

The new school year has started for me as a teacher and a student. I have a 
good class of kids this year, so far and I think it'll be a good year. My two 
classes this semester seem challenging, but like classes I can learn a lot 
from.

This summer was great - I subletted an apartment in Wrigleyville and had such 
a great time. I was a few blocks away from Seth (my boyfriend) and close a 
bunch of friends. I had 9 semester hours this summer, which was kind of heavy 
but I didn't do anything else. I got to be just a student again and it was 
great! I really needed the break, because I was so busy and stressed by the 
beginning of June. I enjoyed biking and reading by the lake, hanging out with 
friends, and just generally relaxing. 

I also got to go to Showtunes Monday every week.  Showtunes Monday is at a 
gay bar in Chicago and from 8 til closing they play videos of showtunes on TVs 
throughout the bar. Everyone sings an it's such fun (they play things from HAIR 
a lot!) If anyone is in Chicago over a Sunday, let me know cuz they do 
showtunes then too!

Other than that, things are about the same. Seth and I are good and I'm 
hoping within the next few months, there will be a ring:) My family is good - my 
grandfather passed away in March (I think I mentioned that), so that's been 
tough. And my dog Toby is great. He had a ruptured disc in his neck in April and 
he was in pain and had a lot of problems moving around for a few months. But he 
actually had accupuncture, which really helped and he's doing just 
wonderfully now!:)



- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. 
cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the 
musical)
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From barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net  Wed Sep  8 20:20:03 2004
From: barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Wed Sep  8 20:20:18 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
In-Reply-To: LilacAmy11@aol.com's message of Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:47:34 EDT
Message-ID: <15995-413FCBE3-500@storefull-3215.bay.webtv.net>

Amy, nice to hear everything is well with you and your life, seems like
you have it together... :-)

Many years ago when I used to dance (in a line in clubs) we used to
gather round and sing show tunes as well (like where you go to the gay
bar), it is so much fun.. wish I lived closer.

peace,
barbara
>From: LilacAmy11@aol.com 
>Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2004, 6:47pm 
>To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
 
I just wanted to say sorry that I've been kinda quiet on the list
lately..... I have been super busy - a quick update of my life:

The new school year has started for me as a teacher and a student. I
have a good class of kids this year, so far and I think it'll be a good
year. My two classes this semester seem challenging, but like classes I
can learn a lot from.

This summer was great - I subletted an apartment in Wrigleyville and had
such a great time. I was a few blocks away from Seth (my boyfriend) and
close a bunch of friends. I had 9 semester hours this summer, which was
kind of heavy but I didn't do anything else. I got to be just a student
again and it was great! I really needed the break, because I was so busy
and stressed by the beginning of June. I enjoyed biking and reading by
the lake, hanging out with friends, and just generally relaxing. 
I also got to go to Showtunes Monday every week.? Showtunes Monday is
at a gay bar in Chicago and from 8 til closing they play videos of
showtunes on TVs throughout the bar. Everyone sings an it's such fun
(they play things from HAIR a lot!) If anyone is in Chicago over a
Sunday, let me know cuz they do showtunes then too!

Other than that, things are about the same. Seth and I are good and I'm
hoping within the next few months, there will be a ring:) My family is
good - my grandfather passed away in March (I think I mentioned that),
so that's been tough. And my dog Toby is great. He had a ruptured disc
in his neck in April and he was in pain and had a lot of problems moving
around for a few months. But he actually had accupuncture, which really
helped and he's doing just wonderfully now!:)

- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
musical) 

From LilacAmy11 at aol.com  Wed Sep  8 20:26:36 2004
From: LilacAmy11 at aol.com (LilacAmy11@aol.com)
Date: Wed Sep  8 20:26:47 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
Message-ID: <156.3eb6bc1f.2e71276c@aol.com>

In a message dated 9/8/2004 10:20:29 PM Central Standard Time, 
barbarasiomos38@webtv.net writes:

> Many years ago when I used to dance (in a line in clubs) we used to
> gather round and sing show tunes as well (like where you go to the gay
> bar), it is so much fun.. wish I lived closer.
> 

It is such fun:) Especially because the whole night is just all about 
Showtunes and everyone is there for showtunes:) Like I said, they play HAIR things 
from the movie a lot - I've seen Aquarius, Hair, I've Got Life, and Black 
Boys/White Boys (a popular one because of the setting:)

- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. 
cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the 
musical)
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From LilacAmy11 at aol.com  Thu Sep  9 10:40:30 2004
From: LilacAmy11 at aol.com (LilacAmy11@aol.com)
Date: Thu Sep  9 10:40:49 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
Message-ID: <7EC05229.7B473B5F.0BE84C0A@aol.com>

I thought you would all enjoy this paragraph from a student in my class  (they were supposed to write what their dream is)

"I dream that the war will stop in Iraq and Afganistan. Too many people are dying and missing their families. People fight over silly stuff. If it does stop, think of it being so quiet and peaceful and smiles on every face. The kids over there won't have to go out with guns in their hands. And all the people who are fighting can spend time with their families and celebrate the holidays with them. I hope the war will stop."

-- 
- Amy

"Life is around you and in you... Let the Sunshine In!"
- from HAIR (the musical)

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" ?- e.e. cummings

From barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net  Thu Sep  9 10:59:23 2004
From: barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Thu Sep  9 10:59:27 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
In-Reply-To: LilacAmy11@aol.com's message of Thu, 09 Sep 2004 13:40:30 -0400
Message-ID: <23122-414099FB-2237@storefull-3213.bay.webtv.net>

Amy thank you for sharing this.... what beautiful thoughts from your
student and a privilege for you to teach. :-) If only all of the world
thought this way.

peace,
barbara
>Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2004, 1:40pm 
>From: LilacAmy11@aol.com 
>To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
>Subject: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts 

I thought you would all enjoy this paragraph from a student in my class
(they were supposed to write what their dream is)
 
"I dream that the war will stop in Iraq and Afganistan. Too many people
are dying and missing their families. People fight over silly stuff. If
it does stop, think of it being so quiet and peaceful and smiles on
every face. The kids over there won't have to go out with guns in their
hands. And all the people who are fighting can spend time with their
families and celebrate the holidays with them. I hope the war will
stop." 
-- 
- Amy 
"Life is around you and in you... Let the Sunshine In!" 
- from HAIR (the musical) 
"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" ?-
e.e. cummings

From VinUschi at t-online.de  Thu Sep  9 05:42:22 2004
From: VinUschi at t-online.de (Vincent Edwards)
Date: Thu Sep  9 12:36:59 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 3, Issue 7
References: <200409091900.i89J04sG027286@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <41404FAE.1593B51C@t-online.de>



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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:47:34 EDT
> From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Message-ID: <1a6.289ffcd0.2e70e606@aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> I just wanted to say sorry that I've been kinda quiet on the list lately.....
> I have been super busy - a quick update of my life:
>
> The new school year has started for me as a teacher and a student. I have a
> good class of kids this year, so far and I think it'll be a good year. My two
> classes this semester seem challenging, but like classes I can learn a lot
> from.
>
> This summer was great - I subletted an apartment in Wrigleyville and had such
> a great time. I was a few blocks away from Seth (my boyfriend) and close a
> bunch of friends. I had 9 semester hours this summer, which was kind of heavy
> but I didn't do anything else. I got to be just a student again and it was
> great! I really needed the break, because I was so busy and stressed by the
> beginning of June. I enjoyed biking and reading by the lake, hanging out with
> friends, and just generally relaxing.
>
> I also got to go to Showtunes Monday every week.  Showtunes Monday is at a
> gay bar in Chicago and from 8 til closing they play videos of showtunes on TVs
> throughout the bar. Everyone sings an it's such fun (they play things from HAIR
> a lot!) If anyone is in Chicago over a Sunday, let me know cuz they do
> showtunes then too!
>
> Other than that, things are about the same. Seth and I are good and I'm
> hoping within the next few months, there will be a ring:) My family is good - my
> grandfather passed away in March (I think I mentioned that), so that's been
> tough. And my dog Toby is great. He had a ruptured disc in his neck in April and
> he was in pain and had a lot of problems moving around for a few months. But he
> actually had accupuncture, which really helped and he's doing just
> wonderfully now!:)
>
> - Amy
>
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
> cummings
>
> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
> musical)
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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:20:03 -0400
> From: barbarasiomos38@webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Message-ID: <15995-413FCBE3-500@storefull-3215.bay.webtv.net>
> Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Amy, nice to hear everything is well with you and your life, seems like
> you have it together... :-)
>
> Many years ago when I used to dance (in a line in clubs) we used to
> gather round and sing show tunes as well (like where you go to the gay
> bar), it is so much fun.. wish I lived closer.
>
> peace,
> barbara
> >From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
> >Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2004, 6:47pm
> >To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>
> I just wanted to say sorry that I've been kinda quiet on the list
> lately..... I have been super busy - a quick update of my life:
>
> The new school year has started for me as a teacher and a student. I
> have a good class of kids this year, so far and I think it'll be a good
> year. My two classes this semester seem challenging, but like classes I
> can learn a lot from.
>
> This summer was great - I subletted an apartment in Wrigleyville and had
> such a great time. I was a few blocks away from Seth (my boyfriend) and
> close a bunch of friends. I had 9 semester hours this summer, which was
> kind of heavy but I didn't do anything else. I got to be just a student
> again and it was great! I really needed the break, because I was so busy
> and stressed by the beginning of June. I enjoyed biking and reading by
> the lake, hanging out with friends, and just generally relaxing.
> I also got to go to Showtunes Monday every week.? Showtunes Monday is
> at a gay bar in Chicago and from 8 til closing they play videos of
> showtunes on TVs throughout the bar. Everyone sings an it's such fun
> (they play things from HAIR a lot!) If anyone is in Chicago over a
> Sunday, let me know cuz they do showtunes then too!
>
> Other than that, things are about the same. Seth and I are good and I'm
> hoping within the next few months, there will be a ring:) My family is
> good - my grandfather passed away in March (I think I mentioned that),
> so that's been tough. And my dog Toby is great. He had a ruptured disc
> in his neck in April and he was in pain and had a lot of problems moving
> around for a few months. But he actually had accupuncture, which really
> helped and he's doing just wonderfully now!:)
>
> - Amy
>
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
> cummings
>
> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
> musical)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:26:36 EDT
> From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Message-ID: <156.3eb6bc1f.2e71276c@aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> In a message dated 9/8/2004 10:20:29 PM Central Standard Time,
> barbarasiomos38@webtv.net writes:
>
> > Many years ago when I used to dance (in a line in clubs) we used to
> > gather round and sing show tunes as well (like where you go to the gay
> > bar), it is so much fun.. wish I lived closer.
>
> It is such fun:) Especially because the whole night is just all about
> Showtunes and everyone is there for showtunes:) Like I said, they play HAIR things
> from the movie a lot - I've seen Aquarius, Hair, I've Got Life, and Black
> Boys/White Boys (a popular one because of the setting:)
>
> - Amy
>
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
> cummings
>
> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
> musical)
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 13:40:30 -0400
> From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Cc: devo_spice@hotmail.com, Goodcs99@aol.com,
>         jocelynprince@hotmail.com
> Message-ID: <7EC05229.7B473B5F.0BE84C0A@aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
> I thought you would all enjoy this paragraph from a student in my class  (they were supposed to write what their dream is)
>
> "I dream that the war will stop in Iraq and Afganistan. Too many people are dying and missing their families. People fight over silly stuff. If it does stop, think of it being so quiet and peaceful and smiles on every face. The kids over there won't have to go out with guns in their hands. And all the people who are fighting can spend time with their families and celebrate the holidays with them. I hope the war will stop."
>
> --
> - Amy
>
> "Life is around you and in you... Let the Sunshine In!"
> - from HAIR (the musical)
>
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" ?- e.e. cummings
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:59:23 -0400
> From: barbarasiomos38@webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Message-ID: <23122-414099FB-2237@storefull-3213.bay.webtv.net>
> Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Amy thank you for sharing this.... what beautiful thoughts from your
> student and a privilege for you to teach. :-) If only all of the world
> thought this way.
>
> peace,
> barbara
> >Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2004, 1:40pm
> >From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
> >To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> >Subject: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
>
> I thought you would all enjoy this paragraph from a student in my class
> (they were supposed to write what their dream is)
>
> "I dream that the war will stop in Iraq and Afganistan. Too many people
> are dying and missing their families. People fight over silly stuff. If
> it does stop, think of it being so quiet and peaceful and smiles on
> every face. The kids over there won't have to go out with guns in their
> hands. And all the people who are fighting can spend time with their
> families and celebrate the holidays with them. I hope the war will
> stop."
> --
> - Amy
> "Life is around you and in you... Let the Sunshine In!"
> - from HAIR (the musical)
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" ?-
> e.e. cummings
>
> ------------------------------
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:47:34 EDT
> From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Message-ID: <1a6.289ffcd0.2e70e606@aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> I just wanted to say sorry that I've been kinda quiet on the list lately.....
> I have been super busy - a quick update of my life:
>
> The new school year has started for me as a teacher and a student. I have a
> good class of kids this year, so far and I think it'll be a good year. My two
> classes this semester seem challenging, but like classes I can learn a lot
> from.
>
> This summer was great - I subletted an apartment in Wrigleyville and had such
> a great time. I was a few blocks away from Seth (my boyfriend) and close a
> bunch of friends. I had 9 semester hours this summer, which was kind of heavy
> but I didn't do anything else. I got to be just a student again and it was
> great! I really needed the break, because I was so busy and stressed by the
> beginning of June. I enjoyed biking and reading by the lake, hanging out with
> friends, and just generally relaxing.
>
> I also got to go to Showtunes Monday every week.  Showtunes Monday is at a
> gay bar in Chicago and from 8 til closing they play videos of showtunes on TVs
> throughout the bar. Everyone sings an it's such fun (they play things from HAIR
> a lot!) If anyone is in Chicago over a Sunday, let me know cuz they do
> showtunes then too!
>
> Other than that, things are about the same. Seth and I are good and I'm
> hoping within the next few months, there will be a ring:) My family is good - my
> grandfather passed away in March (I think I mentioned that), so that's been
> tough. And my dog Toby is great. He had a ruptured disc in his neck in April and
> he was in pain and had a lot of problems moving around for a few months. But he
> actually had accupuncture, which really helped and he's doing just
> wonderfully now!:)
>
> - Amy
>
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
> cummings
>
> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
> musical)
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:20:03 -0400
> From: barbarasiomos38@webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Message-ID: <15995-413FCBE3-500@storefull-3215.bay.webtv.net>
> Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Amy, nice to hear everything is well with you and your life, seems like
> you have it together... :-)
>
> Many years ago when I used to dance (in a line in clubs) we used to
> gather round and sing show tunes as well (like where you go to the gay
> bar), it is so much fun.. wish I lived closer.
>
> peace,
> barbara
> >From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
> >Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2004, 6:47pm
> >To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>
> I just wanted to say sorry that I've been kinda quiet on the list
> lately..... I have been super busy - a quick update of my life:
>
> The new school year has started for me as a teacher and a student. I
> have a good class of kids this year, so far and I think it'll be a good
> year. My two classes this semester seem challenging, but like classes I
> can learn a lot from.
>
> This summer was great - I subletted an apartment in Wrigleyville and had
> such a great time. I was a few blocks away from Seth (my boyfriend) and
> close a bunch of friends. I had 9 semester hours this summer, which was
> kind of heavy but I didn't do anything else. I got to be just a student
> again and it was great! I really needed the break, because I was so busy
> and stressed by the beginning of June. I enjoyed biking and reading by
> the lake, hanging out with friends, and just generally relaxing.
> I also got to go to Showtunes Monday every week.? Showtunes Monday is
> at a gay bar in Chicago and from 8 til closing they play videos of
> showtunes on TVs throughout the bar. Everyone sings an it's such fun
> (they play things from HAIR a lot!) If anyone is in Chicago over a
> Sunday, let me know cuz they do showtunes then too!
>
> Other than that, things are about the same. Seth and I are good and I'm
> hoping within the next few months, there will be a ring:) My family is
> good - my grandfather passed away in March (I think I mentioned that),
> so that's been tough. And my dog Toby is great. He had a ruptured disc
> in his neck in April and he was in pain and had a lot of problems moving
> around for a few months. But he actually had accupuncture, which really
> helped and he's doing just wonderfully now!:)
>
> - Amy
>
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
> cummings
>
> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
> musical)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:26:36 EDT
> From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Message-ID: <156.3eb6bc1f.2e71276c@aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> In a message dated 9/8/2004 10:20:29 PM Central Standard Time,
> barbarasiomos38@webtv.net writes:
>
> > Many years ago when I used to dance (in a line in clubs) we used to
> > gather round and sing show tunes as well (like where you go to the gay
> > bar), it is so much fun.. wish I lived closer.
> >
>
> It is such fun:) Especially because the whole night is just all about
> Showtunes and everyone is there for showtunes:) Like I said, they play HAIR things
> from the movie a lot - I've seen Aquarius, Hair, I've Got Life, and Black
> Boys/White Boys (a popular one because of the setting:)
>
> - Amy
>
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
> cummings
>
> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
> musical)
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 13:40:30 -0400
> From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Cc: devo_spice@hotmail.com, Goodcs99@aol.com,
>         jocelynprince@hotmail.com
> Message-ID: <7EC05229.7B473B5F.0BE84C0A@aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
> I thought you would all enjoy this paragraph from a student in my class  (they were supposed to write what their dream is)
>
> "I dream that the war will stop in Iraq and Afganistan. Too many people are dying and missing their families. People fight over silly stuff. If it does stop, think of it being so quiet and peaceful and smiles on every face. The kids over there won't have to go out with guns in their hands. And all the people who are fighting can spend time with their families and celebrate the holidays with them. I hope the war will stop."
>
> --
> - Amy
>
> "Life is around you and in you... Let the Sunshine In!"
> - from HAIR (the musical)
>
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" ?- e.e. cummings
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:59:23 -0400
> From: barbarasiomos38@webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Message-ID: <23122-414099FB-2237@storefull-3213.bay.webtv.net>
> Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Amy thank you for sharing this.... what beautiful thoughts from your
> student and a privilege for you to teach. :-) If only all of the world
> thought this way.
>
> peace,
> barbara
> >Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2004, 1:40pm
> >From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
> >To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> >Subject: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
>
> I thought you would all enjoy this paragraph from a student in my class
> (they were supposed to write what their dream is)
>
> "I dream that the war will stop in Iraq and Afganistan. Too many people
> are dying and missing their families. People fight over silly stuff. If
> it does stop, think of it being so quiet and peaceful and smiles on
> every face. The kids over there won't have to go out with guns in their
> hands. And all the people who are fighting can spend time with their
> families and celebrate the holidays with them. I hope the war will
> stop."
> --
> - Amy
> "Life is around you and in you... Let the Sunshine In!"
> - from HAIR (the musical)
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" ?-
> e.e. cummings
>
> ------------------------------
>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:47:34 EDT
>> From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
>> Subject: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
>> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
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>>
>> I just wanted to say sorry that I've been kinda quiet on the list lately.....
>> I have been super busy - a quick update of my life:
>>
>> The new school year has started for me as a teacher and a student. I have a
>> good class of kids this year, so far and I think it'll be a good year. My two
>> classes this semester seem challenging, but like classes I can learn a lot
>> from.
>>
>> This summer was great - I subletted an apartment in Wrigleyville and had such
>> a great time. I was a few blocks away from Seth (my boyfriend) and close a
>> bunch of friends. I had 9 semester hours this summer, which was kind of heavy
>> but I didn't do anything else. I got to be just a student again and it was
>> great! I really needed the break, because I was so busy and stressed by the
>> beginning of June. I enjoyed biking and reading by the lake, hanging out with
>> friends, and just generally relaxing.
>>
>> I also got to go to Showtunes Monday every week.  Showtunes Monday is at a
>> gay bar in Chicago and from 8 til closing they play videos of showtunes on TVs
>> throughout the bar. Everyone sings an it's such fun (they play things from HAIR
>> a lot!) If anyone is in Chicago over a Sunday, let me know cuz they do
>> showtunes then too!
>>
>> Other than that, things are about the same. Seth and I are good and I'm
>> hoping within the next few months, there will be a ring:) My family is good - my
>> grandfather passed away in March (I think I mentioned that), so that's been
>> tough. And my dog Toby is great. He had a ruptured disc in his neck in April and
>> he was in pain and had a lot of problems moving around for a few months. But he
>> actually had accupuncture, which really helped and he's doing just
>> wonderfully now!:)
>>
>> - Amy
>>
>> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
>> cummings
>>
>> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
>> musical)
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>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:20:03 -0400
>> From: barbarasiomos38@webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
>> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
>> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> Message-ID: <15995-413FCBE3-500@storefull-3215.bay.webtv.net>
>> Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>> Amy, nice to hear everything is well with you and your life, seems like
>> you have it together... :-)
>>
>> Many years ago when I used to dance (in a line in clubs) we used to
>> gather round and sing show tunes as well (like where you go to the gay
>> bar), it is so much fun.. wish I lived closer.
>>
>> peace,
>> barbara
>> >From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
>> >Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2004, 6:47pm
>> >To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>>
>> I just wanted to say sorry that I've been kinda quiet on the list
>> lately..... I have been super busy - a quick update of my life:
>>
>> The new school year has started for me as a teacher and a student. I
>> have a good class of kids this year, so far and I think it'll be a good
>> year. My two classes this semester seem challenging, but like classes I
>> can learn a lot from.
>>
>> This summer was great - I subletted an apartment in Wrigleyville and had
>> such a great time. I was a few blocks away from Seth (my boyfriend) and
>> close a bunch of friends. I had 9 semester hours this summer, which was
>> kind of heavy but I didn't do anything else. I got to be just a student
>> again and it was great! I really needed the break, because I was so busy
>> and stressed by the beginning of June. I enjoyed biking and reading by
>> the lake, hanging out with friends, and just generally relaxing.
>> I also got to go to Showtunes Monday every week.? Showtunes Monday is
>> at a gay bar in Chicago and from 8 til closing they play videos of
>> showtunes on TVs throughout the bar. Everyone sings an it's such fun
>> (they play things from HAIR a lot!) If anyone is in Chicago over a
>> Sunday, let me know cuz they do showtunes then too!
>>
>> Other than that, things are about the same. Seth and I are good and I'm
>> hoping within the next few months, there will be a ring:) My family is
>> good - my grandfather passed away in March (I think I mentioned that),
>> so that's been tough. And my dog Toby is great. He had a ruptured disc
>> in his neck in April and he was in pain and had a lot of problems moving
>> around for a few months. But he actually had accupuncture, which really
>> helped and he's doing just wonderfully now!:)
>>
>> - Amy
>>
>> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
>> cummings
>>
>> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
>> musical)
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:26:36 EDT
>> From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
>> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
>> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> Message-ID: <156.3eb6bc1f.2e71276c@aol.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> In a message dated 9/8/2004 10:20:29 PM Central Standard Time,
>> barbarasiomos38@webtv.net writes:
>>
>> > Many years ago when I used to dance (in a line in clubs) we used to
>> > gather round and sing show tunes as well (like where you go to the gay
>> > bar), it is so much fun.. wish I lived closer.
>> >
>>
>> It is such fun:) Especially because the whole night is just all about
>> Showtunes and everyone is there for showtunes:) Like I said, they play HAIR things
>> from the movie a lot - I've seen Aquarius, Hair, I've Got Life, and Black
>> Boys/White Boys (a popular one because of the setting:)
>>
>> - Amy
>>
>> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
>> cummings
>>
>> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
>> musical)
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>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 13:40:30 -0400
>> From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
>> Subject: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
>> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> Cc: devo_spice@hotmail.com, Goodcs99@aol.com,
>>         jocelynprince@hotmail.com
>> Message-ID: <7EC05229.7B473B5F.0BE84C0A@aol.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>>
>> I thought you would all enjoy this paragraph from a student in my class  (they were supposed to write what their dream is)
>>
>> "I dream that the war will stop in Iraq and Afganistan. Too many people are dying and missing their families. People fight over silly stuff. If it does stop, think of it being so quiet and peaceful and smiles on every face. The kids over there won't have to go out with guns in their hands. And all the people who are fighting can spend time with their families and celebrate the holidays with them. I hope the war will
>> stop."
>>
>> --
>> - Amy
>>
>> "Life is around you and in you... Let the Sunshine In!"
>> - from HAIR (the musical)
>>
>> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" ?- e.e. cummings
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:59:23 -0400
>> From: barbarasiomos38@webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
>> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
>> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> Message-ID: <23122-414099FB-2237@storefull-3213.bay.webtv.net>
>> Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>> Amy thank you for sharing this.... what beautiful thoughts from your
>> student and a privilege for you to teach. :-) If only all of the world
>> thought this way.
>>
>> peace,
>> barbara
>> >Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2004, 1:40pm
>> >From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
>> >To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> >Subject: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
>>
>> I thought you would all enjoy this paragraph from a student in my class
>> (they were supposed to write what their dream is)
>>
>> "I dream that the war will stop in Iraq and Afganistan. Too many people
>> are dying and missing their families. People fight over silly stuff. If
>> it does stop, think of it being so quiet and peaceful and smiles on
>> every face. The kids over there won't have to go out with guns in their
>> hands. And all the people who are fighting can spend time with their
>> families and celebrate the holidays with them. I hope the war will
>> stop."
>> --
>> - Amy
>> "Life is around you and in you... Let the Sunshine In!"
>> - from HAIR (the musical)
>> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" ?-
>> e.e. cummings
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
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>> >    1. Hello:) A quick update..... (LilacAmy11@aol.com)
>> >    2. Re: Hello:) A quick update..... (Barbara Siomos)
>> >    3. Re: Hello:) A quick update..... (LilacAmy11@aol.com)
>> >    4. Peace Thoughts (LilacAmy11@aol.com)
>> >    5. Re: Peace Thoughts (Barbara Siomos)
>> >
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > Message: 1
>> > Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:47:34 EDT
>> > From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
>> > Subject: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
>> > To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> > Message-ID: <1a6.289ffcd0.2e70e606@aol.com>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>> >
>> > I just wanted to say sorry that I've been kinda quiet on the list lately.....
>> > I have been super busy - a quick update of my life:
>> >
>> > The new school year has started for me as a teacher and a student. I have a
>> > good class of kids this year, so far and I think it'll be a good year. My two
>> > classes this semester seem challenging, but like classes I can learn a lot
>> > from.
>> >
>> > This summer was great - I subletted an apartment in Wrigleyville and had such
>> > a great time. I was a few blocks away from Seth (my boyfriend) and close a
>> > bunch of friends. I had 9 semester hours this summer, which was kind of heavy
>> > but I didn't do anything else. I got to be just a student again and it was
>> > great! I really needed the break, because I was so busy and stressed by the
>> > beginning of June. I enjoyed biking and reading by the lake, hanging out with
>> > friends, and just generally relaxing.
>> >
>> > I also got to go to Showtunes Monday every week.  Showtunes Monday is at a
>> > gay bar in Chicago and from 8 til closing they play videos of showtunes on TVs
>> > throughout the bar. Everyone sings an it's such fun (they play things from HAIR
>> > a lot!) If anyone is in Chicago over a Sunday, let me know cuz they do
>> > showtunes then too!
>> >
>> > Other than that, things are about the same. Seth and I are good and I'm
>> > hoping within the next few months, there will be a ring:) My family is good - my
>> > grandfather passed away in March (I think I mentioned that), so that's been
>> > tough. And my dog Toby is great. He had a ruptured disc in his neck in April and
>> > he was in pain and had a lot of problems moving around for a few months. But he
>> > actually had accupuncture, which really helped and he's doing just
>> > wonderfully now!:)
>> >
>> > - Amy
>> >
>> > "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
>> > cummings
>> >
>> > "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
>> > musical)
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>> > An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>> > URL: http://www.islandlists.com/pipermail/mb-hair/attachments/20040908/06ba70d4/attachment.html
>> >
>> > ------------------------------
>> >
>> > Message: 2
>> > Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:20:03 -0400
>> > From: barbarasiomos38@webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
>> > Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
>> > To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> > Message-ID: <15995-413FCBE3-500@storefull-3215.bay.webtv.net>
>> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1
>> >
>> > Amy, nice to hear everything is well with you and your life, seems like
>> > you have it together... :-)
>> >
>> > Many years ago when I used to dance (in a line in clubs) we used to
>> > gather round and sing show tunes as well (like where you go to the gay
>> > bar), it is so much fun.. wish I lived closer.
>> >
>> > peace,
>> > barbara
>> > >From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
>> > >Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2004, 6:47pm
>> > >To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> >
>> > I just wanted to say sorry that I've been kinda quiet on the list
>> > lately..... I have been super busy - a quick update of my life:
>> >
>> > The new school year has started for me as a teacher and a student. I
>> > have a good class of kids this year, so far and I think it'll be a good
>> > year. My two classes this semester seem challenging, but like classes I
>> > can learn a lot from.
>> >
>> > This summer was great - I subletted an apartment in Wrigleyville and had
>> > such a great time. I was a few blocks away from Seth (my boyfriend) and
>> > close a bunch of friends. I had 9 semester hours this summer, which was
>> > kind of heavy but I didn't do anything else. I got to be just a student
>> > again and it was great! I really needed the break, because I was so busy
>> > and stressed by the beginning of June. I enjoyed biking and reading by
>> > the lake, hanging out with friends, and just generally relaxing.
>> > I also got to go to Showtunes Monday every week.? Showtunes Monday is
>> > at a gay bar in Chicago and from 8 til closing they play videos of
>> > showtunes on TVs throughout the bar. Everyone sings an it's such fun
>> > (they play things from HAIR a lot!) If anyone is in Chicago over a
>> > Sunday, let me know cuz they do showtunes then too!
>> >
>> > Other than that, things are about the same. Seth and I are good and I'm
>> > hoping within the next few months, there will be a ring:) My family is
>> > good - my grandfather passed away in March (I think I mentioned that),
>> > so that's been tough. And my dog Toby is great. He had a ruptured disc
>> > in his neck in April and he was in pain and had a lot of problems moving
>> > around for a few months. But he actually had accupuncture, which really
>> > helped and he's doing just wonderfully now!:)
>> >
>> > - Amy
>> >
>> > "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
>> > cummings
>> >
>> > "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
>> > musical)
>> >
>> > ------------------------------
>> >
>> > Message: 3
>> > Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:26:36 EDT
>> > From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
>> > Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
>> > To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> > Message-ID: <156.3eb6bc1f.2e71276c@aol.com>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>> >
>> > In a message dated 9/8/2004 10:20:29 PM Central Standard Time,
>> > barbarasiomos38@webtv.net writes:
>> >
>> > > Many years ago when I used to dance (in a line in clubs) we used to
>> > > gather round and sing show tunes as well (like where you go to the gay
>> > > bar), it is so much fun.. wish I lived closer.
>> > >
>> >
>> > It is such fun:) Especially because the whole night is just all about
>> > Showtunes and everyone is there for showtunes:) Like I said, they play HAIR things
>> > from the movie a lot - I've seen Aquarius, Hair, I've Got Life, and Black
>> > Boys/White Boys (a popular one because of the setting:)
>> >
>> > - Amy
>> >
>> > "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
>> > cummings
>> >
>> > "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
>> > musical)
>> > -------------- next part --------------
>> > An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>> > URL: http://www.islandlists.com/pipermail/mb-hair/attachments/20040908/bfeb3263/attachment.html
>> >
>> > ------------------------------
>> >
>> > Message: 4
>> > Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 13:40:30 -0400
>> > From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
>> > Subject: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
>> > To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> > Cc: devo_spice@hotmail.com, Goodcs99@aol.com,
>> >         jocelynprince@hotmail.com
>> > Message-ID: <7EC05229.7B473B5F.0BE84C0A@aol.com>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>> >
>> > I thought you would all enjoy this paragraph from a student in my class  (they were supposed to write what their dream is)
>> >
>> > "I dream that the war will stop in Iraq and Afganistan. Too many people are dying and missing their families. People fight over silly stuff. If it does stop, think of it being so quiet and peaceful and smiles on every face. The kids over there won't have to go out with guns in their hands. And all the people who are fighting can spend time with their families and celebrate the holidays with them. I hope the war will
>> > stop."
>> >
>> > --
>> > - Amy
>> >
>> > "Life is around you and in you... Let the Sunshine In!"
>> > - from HAIR (the musical)
>> >
>> > "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" ?- e.e. cummings
>> >
>> > ------------------------------
>> >
>> > Message: 5
>> > Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:59:23 -0400
>> > From: barbarasiomos38@webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
>> > Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
>> > To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> > Message-ID: <23122-414099FB-2237@storefull-3213.bay.webtv.net>
>> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1
>> >
>> > Amy thank you for sharing this.... what beautiful thoughts from your
>> > student and a privilege for you to teach. :-) If only all of the world
>> > thought this way.
>> >
>> > peace,
>> > barbara
>> > >Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2004, 1:40pm
>> > >From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
>> > >To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> > >Subject: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
>> >
>> > I thought you would all enjoy this paragraph from a student in my class
>> > (they were supposed to write what their dream is)
>> >
>> > "I dream that the war will stop in Iraq and Afganistan. Too many people
>> > are dying and missing their families. People fight over silly stuff. If
>> > it does stop, think of it being so quiet and peaceful and smiles on
>> > every face. The kids over there won't have to go out with guns in their
>> > hands. And all the people who are fighting can spend time with their
>> > families and celebrate the holidays with them. I hope the war will
>> > stop."
>> > --
>> > - Amy
>> > "Life is around you and in you... Let the Sunshine In!"
>> > - from HAIR (the musical)
>> > "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" ?-
>> > e.e. cummings
>> >
>> > ------------------------------
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Mb-hair mailing list
>> > Mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> > http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
>> >
>> > End of Mb-hair Digest, Vol 3, Issue 7
>> > *************************************
>>
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>    2. Re: Hello:) A quick update..... (Barbara Siomos)
>    3. Re: Hello:) A quick update..... (LilacAmy11@aol.com)
>    4. Peace Thoughts (LilacAmy11@aol.com)
>    5. Re: Peace Thoughts (Barbara Siomos)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:47:34 EDT
> From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Message-ID: <1a6.289ffcd0.2e70e606@aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> I just wanted to say sorry that I've been kinda quiet on the list lately.....
> I have been super busy - a quick update of my life:
>
> The new school year has started for me as a teacher and a student. I have a
> good class of kids this year, so far and I think it'll be a good year. My two
> classes this semester seem challenging, but like classes I can learn a lot
> from.
>
> This summer was great - I subletted an apartment in Wrigleyville and had such
> a great time. I was a few blocks away from Seth (my boyfriend) and close a
> bunch of friends. I had 9 semester hours this summer, which was kind of heavy
> but I didn't do anything else. I got to be just a student again and it was
> great! I really needed the break, because I was so busy and stressed by the
> beginning of June. I enjoyed biking and reading by the lake, hanging out with
> friends, and just generally relaxing.
>
> I also got to go to Showtunes Monday every week.  Showtunes Monday is at a
> gay bar in Chicago and from 8 til closing they play videos of showtunes on TVs
> throughout the bar. Everyone sings an it's such fun (they play things from HAIR
> a lot!) If anyone is in Chicago over a Sunday, let me know cuz they do
> showtunes then too!
>
> Other than that, things are about the same. Seth and I are good and I'm
> hoping within the next few months, there will be a ring:) My family is good - my
> grandfather passed away in March (I think I mentioned that), so that's been
> tough. And my dog Toby is great. He had a ruptured disc in his neck in April and
> he was in pain and had a lot of problems moving around for a few months. But he
> actually had accupuncture, which really helped and he's doing just
> wonderfully now!:)
>
> - Amy
>
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
> cummings
>
> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
> musical)
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:20:03 -0400
> From: barbarasiomos38@webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Message-ID: <15995-413FCBE3-500@storefull-3215.bay.webtv.net>
> Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Amy, nice to hear everything is well with you and your life, seems like
> you have it together... :-)
>
> Many years ago when I used to dance (in a line in clubs) we used to
> gather round and sing show tunes as well (like where you go to the gay
> bar), it is so much fun.. wish I lived closer.
>
> peace,
> barbara
> >From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
> >Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2004, 6:47pm
> >To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>
> I just wanted to say sorry that I've been kinda quiet on the list
> lately..... I have been super busy - a quick update of my life:
>
> The new school year has started for me as a teacher and a student. I
> have a good class of kids this year, so far and I think it'll be a good
> year. My two classes this semester seem challenging, but like classes I
> can learn a lot from.
>
> This summer was great - I subletted an apartment in Wrigleyville and had
> such a great time. I was a few blocks away from Seth (my boyfriend) and
> close a bunch of friends. I had 9 semester hours this summer, which was
> kind of heavy but I didn't do anything else. I got to be just a student
> again and it was great! I really needed the break, because I was so busy
> and stressed by the beginning of June. I enjoyed biking and reading by
> the lake, hanging out with friends, and just generally relaxing.
> I also got to go to Showtunes Monday every week.? Showtunes Monday is
> at a gay bar in Chicago and from 8 til closing they play videos of
> showtunes on TVs throughout the bar. Everyone sings an it's such fun
> (they play things from HAIR a lot!) If anyone is in Chicago over a
> Sunday, let me know cuz they do showtunes then too!
>
> Other than that, things are about the same. Seth and I are good and I'm
> hoping within the next few months, there will be a ring:) My family is
> good - my grandfather passed away in March (I think I mentioned that),
> so that's been tough. And my dog Toby is great. He had a ruptured disc
> in his neck in April and he was in pain and had a lot of problems moving
> around for a few months. But he actually had accupuncture, which really
> helped and he's doing just wonderfully now!:)
>
> - Amy
>
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
> cummings
>
> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
> musical)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:26:36 EDT
> From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hello:) A quick update.....
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Message-ID: <156.3eb6bc1f.2e71276c@aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> In a message dated 9/8/2004 10:20:29 PM Central Standard Time,
> barbarasiomos38@webtv.net writes:
>
> > Many years ago when I used to dance (in a line in clubs) we used to
> > gather round and sing show tunes as well (like where you go to the gay
> > bar), it is so much fun.. wish I lived closer.
>
> It is such fun:) Especially because the whole night is just all about
> Showtunes and everyone is there for showtunes:) Like I said, they play HAIR things
> from the movie a lot - I've seen Aquarius, Hair, I've Got Life, and Black
> Boys/White Boys (a popular one because of the setting:)
>
> - Amy
>
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
> cummings
>
> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
> musical)
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 13:40:30 -0400
> From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Cc: devo_spice@hotmail.com, Goodcs99@aol.com,
>         jocelynprince@hotmail.com
> Message-ID: <7EC05229.7B473B5F.0BE84C0A@aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
> I thought you would all enjoy this paragraph from a student in my class  (they were supposed to write what their dream is)
>
> "I dream that the war will stop in Iraq and Afganistan. Too many people are dying and missing their families. People fight over silly stuff. If it does stop, think of it being so quiet and peaceful and smiles on every face. The kids over there won't have to go out with guns in their hands. And all the people who are fighting can spend time with their families and celebrate the holidays with them. I hope the war will stop."
>
> --
> - Amy
>
> "Life is around you and in you... Let the Sunshine In!"
> - from HAIR (the musical)
>
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" ?- e.e. cummings
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:59:23 -0400
> From: barbarasiomos38@webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Message-ID: <23122-414099FB-2237@storefull-3213.bay.webtv.net>
> Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Amy thank you for sharing this.... what beautiful thoughts from your
> student and a privilege for you to teach. :-) If only all of the world
> thought this way.
>
> peace,
> barbara
> >Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2004, 1:40pm
> >From: LilacAmy11@aol.com
> >To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> >Subject: [Mb-hair] Peace Thoughts
>
> I thought you would all enjoy this paragraph from a student in my class
> (they were supposed to write what their dream is)
>
> "I dream that the war will stop in Iraq and Afganistan. Too many people
> are dying and missing their families. People fight over silly stuff. If
> it does stop, think of it being so quiet and peaceful and smiles on
> every face. The kids over there won't have to go out with guns in their
> hands. And all the people who are fighting can spend time with their
> families and celebrate the holidays with them. I hope the war will
> stop."
> --
> - Amy
> "Life is around you and in you... Let the Sunshine In!"
> - from HAIR (the musical)
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" ?-
> e.e. cummings
>
> ------------------------------
>
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From michael at intrafi.com  Sun Sep 12 09:32:06 2004
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Sun Sep 12 09:32:11 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] NYTimes.com Article: Coming Soon: Kerry&#39; s &#39;
	Apocalypse Now&#39; 
Message-ID: <20040912163206.4946835051@web38t.prvt.nytimes.com>

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Both presidential candidates would like the Vietnam issue to
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The Making of a President

September 12, 2004
 By JOSEPH WEISBERG 



Greg Berlanti, the executive producer of "Everwood" and the
new "Jack and Bobby," has a gift for a certain kind of
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	Spreads in Iraq 
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Scores Are Dead After Violence Spreads in Iraq

September 13, 2004
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The attacks, the most widespread in months, seemed to
demonstrate the growing power of the insurgency across the
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	Governor&#39; s Dismissal 
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September 13, 2004
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Violent demonstrators ransacked and burned at least four
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From vinuschi at t-online.de  Tue Sep 14 02:55:31 2004
From: vinuschi at t-online.de (vinuschi@t-online.de)
Date: Tue Sep 14 02:55:37 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Guardian Unlimited: 'He's just sleeping,
	I kept telling myself'
Message-ID: <20040914095531.6BD30E39@mullet.gul3.gnl>

vincent edwards spotted this on the Guardian Unlimited site and thought you should see it.

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just in case you dont read it in us newspapers love and peace  vincent
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'He's just sleeping, I kept telling myself'
On Sunday, 13 Iraqis were killed and dozens injured in Baghdad when US helicopters fired on a crowd of unarmed civilians. G2 columnist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, who was injured in the attack, describes the scene of carnage - and reveals just how lucky he was to walk away
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
Tuesday September 14 2004
The Guardian


It started with a phone call early on Sunday morning: "Big pile of smoke over Haifa Street." Still half asleep I put on my jeans, cursing those insurgents who do their stuff in the early morning. What if I just go back to bed, I thought - by the time I will be there it will be over. In the car park it struck me that I didn't have my flak jacket in the car, but figured it was most probably just an IED (improvised explosive device) under a Humvee and I would be back soon.

On the way to Haifa Street I was half praying that everything would be over or that the Americans would seal off the area. I haven't recovered from Najaf yet.  

Haifa Street was built by Saddam in the early 80s, part of a scheme that was supposed to give Baghdad a modern look. A long, wide boulevard with huge Soviet high-rise buildings on both sides, it acts like a curtain, screening off the network of impoverished alleyways that are inhabited by Baghdad's poorest and toughest people, many of whom are from the heart of the Sunni triangle.  

When I arrived there I saw hundreds of kids and young men heading towards the smoke. "Run fast, it's been burning for a long time!" someone shouted as I grabbed my cameras and started to run.  

When I was 50m away I heard a couple of explosions and another cloud of dust rose across the street from where the first column of smoke was still climbing. People started running towards me in waves. A man wearing an orange overall was sweeping the street while others were running. A couple of helicopters in the sky overhead turned away. I jumped into a yard in front of a shop that was set slightly back from the street, 10 of us with our heads behind the yard wall. "It's a sound bomb," said a man who had his face close to mine.  

A few seconds later, I heard people screaming and shouting - something must have happened - and I headed towards the sounds, still crouching behind a wall. Two newswire photographers were running in the opposite direction and we exchanged eye contact.  

About 20m ahead of me, I could see the American Bradley armoured vehicle, a huge monster with fire rising from within. It stood alone, its doors open, burning. I stopped, took a couple of photos and crossed the street towards a bunch of people. Some were lying in the street, others stood around them. The helicopters were still buzzing, but further off now.  

I felt uneasy and exposed in the middle of the street, but lots of civilians were around me. A dozen men formed a circle around five injured people, all of whom were screaming and wailing. One guy looked at one of the injured men and beat his head and chest: "Is that you, my brother? Is that you?" He didn't try to reach for him, he just stood there looking at the bloodied face of his brother.  

A man sat alone covered with blood and looked around, amazed at the scene. His T-shirt was torn and blood ran from his back. Two men were dragging away an unconscious boy who had lost the lower half of one leg. A pool of blood and a creamy liquid formed beneath the stump on the pavement. His other leg was badly gashed.  

I had been standing there taking pictures for two or three minutes when we heard the helicopters coming back. Everyone started running, and I didn't look back to see what was happening to the injured men. We were all rushing towards the same place: a fence, a block of buildings and a prefab concrete cube used as a cigarette stall.  

I had just reached the corner of the cube when I heard two explosions, I felt hot air blast my face and something burning on my head. I crawled to the cube and hid behind it. Six of us were squeezed into a space less than two metres wide. Blood started dripping on my camera but all that I could think about was how to keep the lens clean. A man in his 40s next to me was crying. He wasn't injured, he was just crying. I was so scared I just wanted to squeeze myself against the wall. The helicopters wheeled overhead, and I realised that they were firing directly at us. I wanted to be invisible, I wanted to hide under the others.

As the helicopters moved a little further off, two of the men ran away to a nearby building. I stayed where I was with a young man, maybe in his early 20s, who was wearing a pair of leather boots and a tracksuit. He was sitting on the ground, his legs stretched in front of him but with his knee joint bent outwards unnaturally. Blood ran on to the dirt beneath him as he peered round the corner. I started taking pictures of him. He looked at me and turned his head back towards the street as if he was looking for something. His eyes were wide open and kept looking.  

There in the street, the injured were all left alone: a young man with blood all over his face sat in the middle of the cloud of dust, then fell on to his face.  

Behind the cube, the other two men knew each other.  

"How are you?" asked the man closer to me. He was lying against the cube's wall and trying to pull out his cellphone.  

"I am not good," said the other, a young man in a blue T-shirt, resting against a fence. He was holding his arm, a chunk of which was missing, exposing the bone.  

"Bring a car and come here please, we are injured," his friend was saying into his cellphone.  

The man with his knee twisted out, meanwhile, was making only a faint sound. I was so scared I didn't want to touch him. I kept telling myself he was OK, he wasn't screaming.   

I decided to help the guy with the phone who was screaming. I ripped his T-shirt off and told him to squeeze it against the gash on his head. But I was scared; I wanted to do something, but I couldn't. I tried to remember the first-aid training I had had in the past, but all I was doing was taking pictures.  

I turned back to the man with the twisted knee. His head was on the curb now, his eyes were open but he just kept making the faint sound. I started talking to him, saying, "Don't worry, you'll be OK, you'll be fine." From behind him I looked at the middle of the street, where five injured men were still lying. Three of them were piled almost on top of each other; a boy wearing a white dishdasha lay a few metres away.  

One of the three men piled together raised his head and looked around the empty streets with a look of astonishment on his face. He then looked at the boy in front of him, turned to the back and looked at the horizon again. Then he slowly started moving his head to the ground, rested his head on his arms and stretched his hands towards something that he could see. It was the guy who had been beating his chest earlier, trying to help his brother. He wanted help but no one helped. He was just there dying in front of me. Time didn't exist. The streets were empty and silent and the men lay there dying together. He slid down to the ground, and after five minutes was flat on the street.  

I moved, crouching, towards where they were. They were like sleeping men with their   arms wrapped around each other in the middle of the empty street. I went to photograph the boy with the dishdasha. He's just sleeping, I kept telling myself. I didn't want to wake him. The boy with the amputated leg was there too, left there by the people who were pulling him earlier. The vehicle was still burning.  

More kids ventured into the street, looking with curiosity at the dead and injured. Then someone shouted "Helicopters!" and we ran. I turned and saw two small helicopters, black and evil. Frightened, I ran back to my shelter where I heard two more big explosions. At the end of the street the man in the orange overall was still sweeping the street.  

The man with the bent knee was unconscious now, his face flat on the curb. Some kids came and said, "He is dead." I screamed at them. "Don't say that! He is still alive! Don't scare him." I asked him if he was OK, but he didn't reply.  

We left the kids behind the bent-knee guy, the cellphone guy and the blue V-neck T-shirt guy; they were all unconscious now. We left them to die there alone. I didn't even try to move any with me. I just ran selfishly away. I reached a building entrance when someone grabbed my arm and took me inside. "There's an injured man. Take pictures - show the world the American democracy," he said. A man was lying in the corridor in total darkness as someone bandaged him.  

Some others told me there was another journalist in the building. They took me to a stairwell leading to the basement, where a Reuters cameraman, a cheerful chubby guy, was lying holding his camera next to his head. He wasn't screaming but he had a look of pain in his eyes.  

I tried to remember his name to call his office, but I couldn't. He was a friend, we had worked together for months. I have seen him in every press conference, but I couldn't remember his name.  

In time, an ambulance came. I ran to the street as others emerged from their hiding places, all trying to carry injured civilians to the ambulance.  

"No, this one is dead," said the driver. "Get someone else."  

The ambulance drove away and we all scattered, thinking to ourselves: the Americans won't fire at an ambulance but they will at us. This scene was repeated a couple of times: each time we heard an ambulance we would emerge into the streets, running for cover again as it left.  

Yesterday, sitting in the office, another photographer who was looking at my pictures exclaimed: "So the Arabiya journalist was alive when you were taking pictures!"  

"I didn't see the Arabiya journalist."  

He pointed at the picture of the guy with V-neck T-shirt. It was him. He was dead. All the people I had shared my shelter with were dead. 

Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited
From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Sep 14 10:30:47 2004
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue Sep 14 10:29:33 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Guardian Unlimited: 'He's just sleeping, I kept
	telling myself'
In-Reply-To: <20040914095531.6BD30E39@mullet.gul3.gnl>
Message-ID: <BD6C78D7.1965A%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Thanks,
Sending on
Michael
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> vincent edwards spotted this on the Guardian Unlimited site and thought you
> should see it.
> 
> -------
> Note from vincent edwards:
> 
> just in case you dont read it in us newspapers love and peace  vincent
> -------
> 
> To see this story with its related links on the Guardian Unlimited site, go to
> http://www.guardian.co.uk
> 
> 'He's just sleeping, I kept telling myself'
> On Sunday, 13 Iraqis were killed and dozens injured in Baghdad when US
> helicopters fired on a crowd of unarmed civilians. G2 columnist Ghaith
> Abdul-Ahad, who was injured in the attack, describes the scene of carnage -
> and reveals just how lucky he was to walk away
> Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
> Tuesday September 14 2004
> The Guardian
> 
> 
> It started with a phone call early on Sunday morning: "Big pile of smoke over
> Haifa Street." Still half asleep I put on my jeans, cursing those insurgents
> who do their stuff in the early morning. What if I just go back to bed, I
> thought - by the time I will be there it will be over. In the car park it
> struck me that I didn't have my flak jacket in the car, but figured it was
> most probably just an IED (improvised explosive device) under a Humvee and I
> would be back soon.
> 
> On the way to Haifa Street I was half praying that everything would be over or
> that the Americans would seal off the area. I haven't recovered from Najaf
> yet.  
> 
> Haifa Street was built by Saddam in the early 80s, part of a scheme that was
> supposed to give Baghdad a modern look. A long, wide boulevard with huge
> Soviet high-rise buildings on both sides, it acts like a curtain, screening
> off the network of impoverished alleyways that are inhabited by Baghdad's
> poorest and toughest people, many of whom are from the heart of the Sunni
> triangle.  
> 
> When I arrived there I saw hundreds of kids and young men heading towards the
> smoke. "Run fast, it's been burning for a long time!" someone shouted as I
> grabbed my cameras and started to run.
> 
> When I was 50m away I heard a couple of explosions and another cloud of dust
> rose across the street from where the first column of smoke was still
> climbing. People started running towards me in waves. A man wearing an orange
> overall was sweeping the street while others were running. A couple of
> helicopters in the sky overhead turned away. I jumped into a yard in front of
> a shop that was set slightly back from the street, 10 of us with our heads
> behind the yard wall. "It's a sound bomb," said a man who had his face close
> to mine.  
> 
> A few seconds later, I heard people screaming and shouting - something must
> have happened - and I headed towards the sounds, still crouching behind a
> wall. Two newswire photographers were running in the opposite direction and we
> exchanged eye contact.
> 
> About 20m ahead of me, I could see the American Bradley armoured vehicle, a
> huge monster with fire rising from within. It stood alone, its doors open,
> burning. I stopped, took a couple of photos and crossed the street towards a
> bunch of people. Some were lying in the street, others stood around them. The
> helicopters were still buzzing, but further off now.
> 
> I felt uneasy and exposed in the middle of the street, but lots of civilians
> were around me. A dozen men formed a circle around five injured people, all of
> whom were screaming and wailing. One guy looked at one of the injured men and
> beat his head and chest: "Is that you, my brother? Is that you?" He didn't try
> to reach for him, he just stood there looking at the bloodied face of his
> brother.  
> 
> A man sat alone covered with blood and looked around, amazed at the scene. His
> T-shirt was torn and blood ran from his back. Two men were dragging away an
> unconscious boy who had lost the lower half of one leg. A pool of blood and a
> creamy liquid formed beneath the stump on the pavement. His other leg was
> badly gashed.  
> 
> I had been standing there taking pictures for two or three minutes when we
> heard the helicopters coming back. Everyone started running, and I didn't look
> back to see what was happening to the injured men. We were all rushing towards
> the same place: a fence, a block of buildings and a prefab concrete cube used
> as a cigarette stall.
> 
> I had just reached the corner of the cube when I heard two explosions, I felt
> hot air blast my face and something burning on my head. I crawled to the cube
> and hid behind it. Six of us were squeezed into a space less than two metres
> wide. Blood started dripping on my camera but all that I could think about was
> how to keep the lens clean. A man in his 40s next to me was crying. He wasn't
> injured, he was just crying. I was so scared I just wanted to squeeze myself
> against the wall. The helicopters wheeled overhead, and I realised that they
> were firing directly at us. I wanted to be invisible, I wanted to hide under
> the others.
> 
> As the helicopters moved a little further off, two of the men ran away to a
> nearby building. I stayed where I was with a young man, maybe in his early
> 20s, who was wearing a pair of leather boots and a tracksuit. He was sitting
> on the ground, his legs stretched in front of him but with his knee joint bent
> outwards unnaturally. Blood ran on to the dirt beneath him as he peered round
> the corner. I started taking pictures of him. He looked at me and turned his
> head back towards the street as if he was looking for something. His eyes were
> wide open and kept looking.
> 
> There in the street, the injured were all left alone: a young man with blood
> all over his face sat in the middle of the cloud of dust, then fell on to his
> face.  
> 
> Behind the cube, the other two men knew each other.
> 
> "How are you?" asked the man closer to me. He was lying against the cube's
> wall and trying to pull out his cellphone.
> 
> "I am not good," said the other, a young man in a blue T-shirt, resting
> against a fence. He was holding his arm, a chunk of which was missing,
> exposing the bone.
> 
> "Bring a car and come here please, we are injured," his friend was saying into
> his cellphone.  
> 
> The man with his knee twisted out, meanwhile, was making only a faint sound. I
> was so scared I didn't want to touch him. I kept telling myself he was OK, he
> wasn't screaming.
> 
> I decided to help the guy with the phone who was screaming. I ripped his
> T-shirt off and told him to squeeze it against the gash on his head. But I was
> scared; I wanted to do something, but I couldn't. I tried to remember the
> first-aid training I had had in the past, but all I was doing was taking
> pictures.  
> 
> I turned back to the man with the twisted knee. His head was on the curb now,
> his eyes were open but he just kept making the faint sound. I started talking
> to him, saying, "Don't worry, you'll be OK, you'll be fine." From behind him I
> looked at the middle of the street, where five injured men were still lying.
> Three of them were piled almost on top of each other; a boy wearing a white
> dishdasha lay a few metres away.
> 
> One of the three men piled together raised his head and looked around the
> empty streets with a look of astonishment on his face. He then looked at the
> boy in front of him, turned to the back and looked at the horizon again. Then
> he slowly started moving his head to the ground, rested his head on his arms
> and stretched his hands towards something that he could see. It was the guy
> who had been beating his chest earlier, trying to help his brother. He wanted
> help but no one helped. He was just there dying in front of me. Time didn't
> exist. The streets were empty and silent and the men lay there dying together.
> He slid down to the ground, and after five minutes was flat on the street.
> 
> I moved, crouching, towards where they were. They were like sleeping men with
> their   arms wrapped around each other in the middle of the empty street. I
> went to photograph the boy with the dishdasha. He's just sleeping, I kept
> telling myself. I didn't want to wake him. The boy with the amputated leg was
> there too, left there by the people who were pulling him earlier. The vehicle
> was still burning.
> 
> More kids ventured into the street, looking with curiosity at the dead and
> injured. Then someone shouted "Helicopters!" and we ran. I turned and saw two
> small helicopters, black and evil. Frightened, I ran back to my shelter where
> I heard two more big explosions. At the end of the street the man in the
> orange overall was still sweeping the street.
> 
> The man with the bent knee was unconscious now, his face flat on the curb.
> Some kids came and said, "He is dead." I screamed at them. "Don't say that! He
> is still alive! Don't scare him." I asked him if he was OK, but he didn't
> reply.  
> 
> We left the kids behind the bent-knee guy, the cellphone guy and the blue
> V-neck T-shirt guy; they were all unconscious now. We left them to die there
> alone. I didn't even try to move any with me. I just ran selfishly away. I
> reached a building entrance when someone grabbed my arm and took me inside.
> "There's an injured man. Take pictures - show the world the American
> democracy," he said. A man was lying in the corridor in total darkness as
> someone bandaged him.
> 
> Some others told me there was another journalist in the building. They took me
> to a stairwell leading to the basement, where a Reuters cameraman, a cheerful
> chubby guy, was lying holding his camera next to his head. He wasn't screaming
> but he had a look of pain in his eyes.
> 
> I tried to remember his name to call his office, but I couldn't. He was a
> friend, we had worked together for months. I have seen him in every press
> conference, but I couldn't remember his name.
> 
> In time, an ambulance came. I ran to the street as others emerged from their
> hiding places, all trying to carry injured civilians to the ambulance.
> 
> "No, this one is dead," said the driver. "Get someone else."
> 
> The ambulance drove away and we all scattered, thinking to ourselves: the
> Americans won't fire at an ambulance but they will at us. This scene was
> repeated a couple of times: each time we heard an ambulance we would emerge
> into the streets, running for cover again as it left.
> 
> Yesterday, sitting in the office, another photographer who was looking at my
> pictures exclaimed: "So the Arabiya journalist was alive when you were taking
> pictures!"  
> 
> "I didn't see the Arabiya journalist."
> 
> He pointed at the picture of the guy with V-neck T-shirt. It was him. He was
> dead. All the people I had shared my shelter with were dead.
> 
> Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Wed Sep 15 10:03:13 2004
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Wed Sep 15 10:01:59 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] The MGM story takes another turn  Economist 
Message-ID: <BD6DC3E1.196D2%michael@michaelbutler.com>




 
 


The MGM story takes another turn

Sep 14th 2004 
>From The Economist Global Agenda


A consortium led by Sony has agreed to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Hollywood?s
last remaining independent movie studio of any size. What does this say
about where the industry is headed?




METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER (MGM) has made a fortune several times over for Kirk
Kerkorian, its octagenarian owner, who has bought and sold it three times
over the past three decades?but this time the Hollywood studio is likely to
stay put. A consortium led by Sony, a Japanese consumer-electronics giant,
agreed on Monday September 13th to buy it for close to $5 billion in debt
and equity. Sony, which owns a big Hollywood studio of its own (see chart),
had just previously done a deal with Comcast, America?s biggest cable
telephone and television provider, to sell its old movies through Comcast?s
network. That tie-up encouraged Sony to raise its offer for MGM and snatch
it from under the nose of Time Warner.

MGM has Hollywood?s biggest movie library, with some 8,000 titles, though
Sony intends to close the company?s ongoing studio operations, with the
exception of the James Bond and Pink Panther franchises. The new, combined
group will own half of the colour movies ever made.

Sony, which is struggling with low margins in its core consumer-electronics
division, is also trying to amass content that it hopes will drive sales of
its electronic goods. Sony Music recently merged with Bertelsmann Music
Group, another big record label. It hopes this enlarged catalogue of songs
will help it sell music to buyers of its new, portable digital music player,
which rivals Apple?s hugely successful iPod.

Comcast is fresh from a defeat in its audacious bid to acquire Disney (and
its Buena Vista studio) earlier this year. In addition to its distribution
deal with Sony, it is also understood to have an option to acquire 20% of
MGM for $300m. Both agreements underline the belief that drove the Disney
bid: that owning content is essential to Comcast?s target of reaching 40m
customers by 2006. Indeed, Comcast?s involvement is symptomatic of a broader
trend in America?s media business: consolidation between those who make
music, movies and television programmes, and those who distribute them,
whether via broadcast networks or, increasingly, via cable, satellite and
the internet.

These new channels of distribution are changing the way movie studios make
their money. In the early days of cinema, studios made almost all of their
money from box-office takings. Then the advent of television gave them
earnings from selling old movies, especially family classics like ?Gone With
The Wind?, to broadcasting networks. The video recorder brought two new
streams of income: from renting and selling video cassettes. And the
industry got a big lift from the invention of the DVD.

New digital technology brings new opportunities as well as the threat of
online piracy. Five studios already offer customers a chance to download
movies directly through a service called Movielink. However, few customers
have the technology to make this anything other than a clunky and
time-consuming exercise.

Movies have also become the latest weapon in the battle between cable
companies and fixed-line phone companies. The cable companies? superior
technology allows them to offer interactive content and video-on-demand as
well as a regular phone service and high-speed internet access. Comcast
already offers more than 1,300 hours of progammes free, on demand. The Sony
deal will bring hundreds more movies every month. Fixed-line phone companies
are trying to emulate this sort of deal. SBC Communications, a regional
phone company, and EchoStar Communications, a satellite television company,
have agreed to develop a set-top box that would allow users to play movies
virtually on demand.

While the vision of a world in which every movie ever made is available at
the press of a button is an enticing one for consumers, some worry that it
spells disaster for independent movie studios. Ironically, Ted Turner, who
founded CNN, a cable news network, and avidly pushed consolidation of the
film and TV industries, is now one of the loudest protesters. In particular,
he has bemoaned the recent loosening of America?s so-called ?fin-syn? rules,
which had been put in place to limit the power of a handful of companies (at
the time, broadcast networks) to control America?s media.




  Copyright ? 2004 The Economist Newspaper and The Economist Group. All
rights reserved.



      

From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Thu Sep 16 04:49:31 2004
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Thu Sep 16 04:48:49 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Any info?
References: <200409151900.i8FJ03ek010032@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <001e01c49be3$3a976ba0$6401a8c0@f1n9i3>

Does anyone know A) If there are tickets left for this event and B) How much
are they and where in the world can you get them? I have a friend in NY
who's asking. Thanks.

PEACE,
Leo

The 4th Annual Actor's Fund Benefit Concert
> HAIR
>
> Book & Lyrics by Gerome Ragni & James Rado
> Music by Galt MacDermot
> Produced on the Broadway stage by Michael Butler
> Originally produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival
>
> Live in concert at the New Amsterdam Theatre, NYC, Monday,
September
> 20, 2004, 7:30 PM
>
> The concert is presented by arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music
> Library, Inc., 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022
>
> Scenic Designer: Paul Weimer
> Lighting Designer: Jeff Croiter
> Costume Coordinator: Michael Growler
>
> Press Representatives: John Barlow & Jeremy Shaffer - Barlow/Hartman
> Advertising Agency: SpotCo
> Event Marketing: Hugh Hysel Communications/Adam Jay
>
> Executive Producer: Catherine Cooke
> Coordinating Producer: Malcolm Kruse
> Artistic Producer/Musical Director: Seth Rudetsky
>
> Concert Adaptation: Tim Pinckney
> Directed and Choreographed by Christopher Gattelli and Devanand
Janki
>
> CAST:
> Kathy Brier, Gavin Creel, Darius deHaas, Harvey Fierstein, Hunter
> Foster, Ann Harada, Norm Lewis, Idina Menzel, Julia Murney, Adam
> Pascal, Billy Porter, RuPaul, Jai Rodriguez, Lillias White, Anika
> Larsen, Paul Castree, Stephen Bienskie, Kate Chapman, Harris Doran,
> Mary Faber, Trent Armand Kendall, Darius Nicols, Amanda Ryan Paige,
> Jason Little, Audrey Klinger, Aisha deHaas, Nell Snaidas, Ledisi,
> Julie Garnye, Mary Ann Hu, Chris Zelno, Brian M. Golub, Eliseo
Roman,
> Jason Little, Trent Armand, Bobby Daye and more...




From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Thu Sep 16 05:24:17 2004
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Thu Sep 16 05:43:12 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Any info?
Message-ID: <BAY9-F35Lkjat4b6Eyh0006cadc@hotmail.com>

Hi Leo,

All the info your friend needs is here:

http://www.actorsfund.org/tickets/HAIR.html

Love,
Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html





>From: "Leo" <peacefreak@metrocast.net>
>Reply-To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>Subject: [Mb-hair] Any info?
>Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 07:49:31 -0400
>
>Does anyone know A) If there are tickets left for this event and B) How 
>much
>are they and where in the world can you get them? I have a friend in NY
>who's asking. Thanks.
>
>PEACE,
>Leo

_________________________________________________________________
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get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement

From LilacAmy11 at aol.com  Thu Sep 16 10:38:14 2004
From: LilacAmy11 at aol.com (LilacAmy11@aol.com)
Date: Thu Sep 16 10:38:40 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Any info?
Message-ID: <66119175.39CD76BB.0BE84C0A@aol.com>

What a cast!!!! I wish I could go....... :(

-- 
- Amy

"Life is around you and in you... Let the Sunshine In!"
- from HAIR (the musical)

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" ?- e.e. cummings

From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Thu Sep 16 14:07:33 2004
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Thu Sep 16 14:07:39 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Any info?
In-Reply-To: <001e01c49be3$3a976ba0$6401a8c0@f1n9i3>
References: <200409151900.i8FJ03ek010032@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
	<001e01c49be3$3a976ba0$6401a8c0@f1n9i3>
Message-ID: <1095368853.414a009542cef@208.179.130.60>

Quoting Leo <peacefreak@metrocast.net>:

> Does anyone know A) If there are tickets left for this event and B) How much
> are they and where in the world can you get them? I have a friend in NY
> who's asking. Thanks.

My wife heard about this a few months ago; apparently there was a rumor that
Clay Aiken would be one of the performers or something...

Ticket prices = $expensive; I believe it's a charity thingie.
From venuetheatre at juno.com  Thu Sep 16 14:15:31 2004
From: venuetheatre at juno.com (Corinne Broskette)
Date: Thu Sep 16 14:17:52 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re:Any Info?
Message-ID: <20040916.171531.388.13.venuetheatre@juno.com>

I hope they video tape it... will it be broadcast?  
Corinne

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Venue Theatre, 5124 Ninth Avenue N, St Petersburg, FL 33710
727-321-6531  cell  727-656-8525
From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Thu Sep 16 19:18:40 2004
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Thu Sep 16 19:18:15 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Any info?
References: <200409161900.i8GJ03pm012614@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <011601c49c5c$a6053560$6401a8c0@f1n9i3>

Thank you Nina!! I should known you'd have all the info!

PEACE,
Leo

> From: "Little Birdie" <lbirdie@hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Any info?
> 
> Hi Leo,
> 
> All the info your friend needs is here:
> 
> http://www.actorsfund.org/tickets/HAIR.html
> 
> Love,
> Nina
>
From barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net  Fri Sep 17 08:37:00 2004
From: barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Fri Sep 17 08:37:39 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Concert for Leonard Peltier in England ~ Please Print and
	Post...
Message-ID: <13013-414B049C-104@storefull-3215.bay.webtv.net>

I am sending this for those of you who are in England.... Please print
and post this for Leonards benefit... Thanx, barbara

http://users.skynet.be/kola/harrogat.jpg

From barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net  Fri Sep 17 09:16:26 2004
From: barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Fri Sep 17 09:16:46 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Curriculum Vitae G.W. Bush
Message-ID: <13010-414B0DDA-456@storefull-3215.bay.webtv.net>

Curriculum Vitae 
GEORGE W. BUSH 
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue 
Washington, DC? 20520 
? 
? 
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE 
? 
Law Enforcement: 
? 
I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for
driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty,
paid a fine, and had my driver's license suspended
for 30 days.
 
My Texas driving record has been "lost" and is not
available.
 
Military:
 
I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a
drug test or answer any
questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas
Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty
in Vietnam.
 
College:
 
I graduated from Yale University with a low C average.
 
I was a cheerleader.

 
PAST WORK EXPERIENCE

I ran for U.S. Congress and lost.
 
I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas in 1975. I
bought an oil company, but couldn't; find any oil in Texas. The company
went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
 
With the help of my father and our friends in the oil
industry (including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.

 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
 
I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and
oil companies, making Texas the most polluted
state in the Union. During my tenure, Houston
replaced LosAngeles as the most smog-ridden city in America.
 
I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the
tune of billions in borrowed money.
 
I set the record for the most executions by any
governor in American history.
 
With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida,
and my father's appointments to the Supreme Court,
I became President after losing by over 500,000
votes.

 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT
 
I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office
with a criminal record.
 
I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of *over one
billion dollars per week*.
 
I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted
the U.S. Treasury.
 
I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit
in U.S. history.
 
I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any
12-month period.
 
I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.
 
I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the
history of the U.S. stock market.
 
In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and
that trend continues every month.
 
I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the
richest of any administration in U.S. history. My *poorest millionaire,*
Condoleeza Rice, has a
Chevron oil tanker named after her.
 
I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S.
President.
 
I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for
receiving the most corporate campaign donations.
 
One of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate
bankruptcy fraud in U.S. History, Enron.
 
My political party used Enron's private jets and
corporate attorneys to assure my success with the
U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision.
 
I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton
against investigation or prosecution. More time and
money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky
affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate
rip-offs in history;
 
I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S.
history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil
industry was revealed.
 
I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S.
history.
 
I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted
criminals to be awarded government contracts.
 
I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any
President in U.S. history.
 
I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in
the history of the United
States government.
 
I've broken more international treaties than any
President in U.S. history.
 
I am the first President in U.S. history to have the
United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human
Rights Commission.
 
I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.
 
I refused to allow inspector's access to U.S. *prisoners of war*
detainees and thereby have
refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.
 
I am the first President in history to refuse United
Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election).

I set the record for fewest numbers of press
conferences of any President since the advent of
television.
 
I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in
any one-year period. After taking off the entire month of August, I
presided over the worst security
failure in U.S. history.
 
I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the
World Trade Center attacks and less than a year
later made the U.S. the most hated country in the
world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.
 
I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to
simultaneously protest me in public
venues (15 million people), shattering the record for
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Sep 19 12:27:16 2004
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MOVIES

The Worth of 'A Nation'

D.W. Griffith's epic has seared emotions for almost 90 years. A pioneering
work of filmmaking? A shameful racist diatribe? In many ways, it has
relevance for 2004.
 By Greg Braxton
 Times Staff Writer

 Sep 19 2004

 On Aug. 9, a rare public showing of D.W. Griffith's 1915 Civil War epic,
"The Birth of a Nation," was abruptly canceled. The owner of the Silent
Movie Theatre had received threats of arson and worse in anonymous phone
messages, and activists and community groups, including the National Assn.
for the Advancement of Colored People, had called for protests.



 Two weeks later, in an attempt to comprehend the continuing controversy
surrounding the film, the Los Angeles Times held a screening and subsequent
round-table discussion. Invited to participate were film scholar and
historian David Shepard, who helped produce the film's release on DVD and
had been scheduled to introduce the screening at the Silent Movie Theatre;
community activist and KPFK-FM radio host Earl Ofari Hutchinson, who held a
news conference outside the theater that night; UCLA history professor Ellen
Dubois; and Aaron McGruder, creator of the acerbic comic strip "The
Boondocks" and coauthor with filmmaker Reginald Hudlin of a graphic novel
titled, coincidentally, "Birth of a Nation." Times staff writer Greg Braxton
moderated.

 The screening of Shepard's own print of the film, with live accompaniment
by musician Rick Friend, lasted more than three hours. It was uncomfortable,
and not only because of the hard Times auditorium chairs. Among the images
in the film:


    ?     A scene set in the black-majority South Carolina House of
Representatives of 1871, in which barefooted legislators swig from pint
bottles and eat fried chicken.


    ?     A young white woman leaping from a cliff to her death rather than
be touched by a black soldier who has pursued her.


    ?     An extended close-up of "America's Sweetheart" Lillian Gish bound
and gagged, a threatening black fist near her face.


    ?     Hooded Ku Klux Klan members riding to the rescue of a white family
and, in another scene, with guns drawn, preventing black voters from going
to the polls.

 And yet the filmmaking craft is undeniable. There are moments of great
emotional tenderness as well as masterfully choreographed battle scenes and
thrilling action editing.

 The discussion that followed was heated. Accusations of disrespect and
long-windedness flew across the table. Two participants threatened to leave.
There were tangential skirmishes on issues from media ownership to the
presidential campaign to ignorant audiences. But ultimately, there was
agreement ? that 90 years later, "The Birth of a Nation" still has the power
to stun, and that the legacy of slavery in this country has yet to be
resolved.




FRONT ROW SEATS
 UCLA history professor Ellen Dubois, left, "Boondocks" creator Aaron
McGruder, activist Earl Ofari Hutchinson and film preservationist David
Shepard discussed the film.

 An abridged transcript:


Can you briefly sum up your assessment, your personal assessment of the
value of this film?

Shepard: I think the film is a pioneering work historically. I think the
film sums up the level of motion picture art as of 1915. I think the film is
a political film, which makes a statement that people listened to, probably
for the first time in the history of motion pictures. There it is in three
sentences.



 Earl, you say you've seen this film several times.

Hutchinson: Probably one of the best assessments I ever heard, someone said
to me one time about "Birth of a Nation," and this is a film
historian/filmmaker, "Why in God's name did one of the great cinematic gems,
in terms of innovative techniques, in terms of editing, in terms of
influence, from an artistic standpoint" ? we'll get to the political in a
minute ? "why did it have to be, also, one of the most racist films, if not
the most racist film, ever made?"

 If this had been a third-rate film, a 10th-rate film, a lousy film, we
wouldn't be sitting here now talking about it. It would have long since been
buried, it would have long since been forgotten. But because it did break
such new ground, and because it had such an overwhelming impact politically,
in terms of the racial mores of the time, that just drove it. As a matter of
fact, I would even take it a step further. Probably the two greatest films
in American cinematic history are also two of the most racist, racially
stereotypical and loaded films. "Birth of a Nation" obviously is one. The
other one, "Gone With the Wind." Basically, where you see the Southern view
of America, the Southern view of race, the Southern view of the Civil War.

 I think the other thing that gives ["The Birth of a Nation"] a lot of power
and resonance is the stereotypes that are propagated. We see some of those
same stereotypes that are still having a life of their own, 90 years later.
African Americans are portrayed as clowns and buffoons ? we still see a lot
of that today in certain areas of art and certainly we see that in some
sitcoms and movies. The criminality ? we see that. The dysfunctionality ? we
see that. The ignorance ? we see that. The sexual degeneracy of African
Americans. Those things are very aptly depicted by Griffith, and guess what?
They still have a life of their own today.



 Ellen, have you ever seen this film before?

Dubois: No.



 So what was your reaction?

 Dubois: Incredibly interesting. I absolutely agree with Earl, which is, one
of my reactions is to the power of the film ? which, by the way, I don't
think is an argument not to see it. To me, the equivalent is, we do see
[Leni Riefenstahl's 1934 Nazi propaganda film] "Triumph of the Will,"
because it helps us to understand anti-Semitism. And conversely, in 50 years
we're going to want people to look at Fox [News] so that they understand how
the world we are in got to be.

 Now, the big point I want to make is, I don't see this film as a film
historian, so my case is not the same as David's. It's not that it's
important for the history of film. I think it's important for the history of
the United States, and I think it's important to understand that it doesn't
tell us about the Civil War era. It tells us about the early 20th century,
and a period that is crucial in translating the heritage of slavery and
Reconstruction into something that lives in modern post-slavery America.

 So this also connects with what you're saying, [Earl]. I felt that the
movie really tells us, you should pardon the expression, how far we've come.
We cannot see "Birth of a Nation" without seeing it as a racial film.
There's a lot of ways in which I think the people who [first] saw it, saw it
as a film about war and bloodshed, and the racial framework of the film is
so unquestioned ? for instance, that intermarriage is disgusting. It's just
there, as if people who intermarry produce monster mulattoes. I'm a
historian of women, actually, and one of the things that was interesting to
me is how much race and sex are interrelated here. The roles that women
take, that way that race takes on a sexual form, and sex as a racial
expression ? I would just adore showing this film to students and teaching
them to see what's in it.



Aaron, have you ever seen this film before?

McGruder: I've seen the highlights. We studied "Birth of a Nation" at the
University of Maryland ? we didn't watch the whole film, but we certainly
discussed it, read about it and saw clips. So part of why I'm a little bit
lukewarm to this whole discussion is because in 2004, we're going to sit
around and we're all going to say stuff probably that has already been said
and written a million times, and we're just going to keep repeating it over
and over again. We're going to talk about the film's significance with
regard to Hollywood, and then we'll talk about how it's not historically
accurate, but, and we'll delve into how the stereotypes continually exist.
So I'm like, what next?

 What strikes me about watching the film is that I actually thought it
showed how far we haven't come, given that the right wing still uses the
exact same tactics to win its case. They still pretend like everything they
did to blacks, blacks somehow are doing to them ? that they are embattled,
that they are struggling against some kind of unfairness, that God is on
their side. But the thing that really strikes me about this and "Gone With
the Wind," and this is the part that I don't hear people talking about, is
that, way beyond the degradation of black people, what this film also
pioneered, and I think we continue to see to this day as well, is the
delusions of grandeur that the white man has. It's not just about how he
tears down the black man, it's how he builds himself up. Both depictions,
black and white, are equally unrealistic.

 Now, here's the problem with the idea that this film creates an opportunity
for discussion: Americans are predominately ignorant. We don't read. We
don't really have any knowledge of history. And so there is not going to be
any intelligent discussion, on the whole, outside of this room.



 Well, I don't think it's the film that we discuss so much as the reaction
to this film.

McGruder: Whenever I hear "Why are we watching it? Why are we still talking
about it?" it's always, "Well, it's going to be a great discussion." And I
say, to hell with the discussion. Because people liked Archie Bunker ? not
because they understood that it was an attack on racism, they liked him
because he was a racist. That's how America is. It's still like this to this
day. People don't listen to Rush Limbaugh to have an intelligent discussion
on race. They listen to Rush Limbaugh because they hate black people and
they find some entertainment that supports that.



 But people didn't find Archie Bunker dangerous. The reason the screening
didn't take place at the Silent Movie Theatre is because there was such an
overwhelming protest against it.

McGruder: Nobody has a right to do that.



Do you feel that this film should be seen in a public place?

McGruder: No, not if the people don't want to! Somehow, we keep acting like
there's something called free speech in this country. It doesn't exist.
Stuff gets censored by communities and private corporations all the time. It
happens every other week in my strip.

Dubois: And we defend and promote it?

McGruder: I say that we can't be hypocritical and act like we have to show
this because America shows everything, because we never hide anything, we
never destroy things that we find offensive and we never bury the truth.

[? after some skirmishing on censorship and Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit
9/11" ?]



 Let me take it over to David for a minute. How often is this film seen at
all? How often is it seen publicly? What happens when it's exhibited in a
public forum?

Shepard: Well, I've not for many years heard of a situation in which it was
not exhibited because of prior restraint. When it is exhibited, it's usually
seen, I think, as a historical curiosity, but it's widely available on video
and DVD. The film is out of copyright. I produced a DVD edition of it, which
has been among the most commercially successful things that we ever did, and
I actually had to be talked into doing it. I did it along with a half-hour
documentary that I think presents the film in a very balanced way, but I'm
surprised how many copies it sold. There's no way, of course, to know how
many people have seen it, have rented it, have copied it, have passed it on
to other people, but it certainly does seem to still have a life, at least
on the margins.

McGruder: And I would venture to say that all these people are not going out
and buying this film for the sake of academic discussion. This is a film
that ultimately makes white people feel good about being white, and that
type of thing always sells.

[? after more skirmishing over lengthy answers, and a threat of leaving the
table ?]



Hutchinson: I think the censorship issue is a big issue, and has to be
addressed.

Let me ask this, then: Do you feel that this is a dangerous film and there
are circumstances in which it should not be seen?

Hutchinson: Yes, films can be dangerous. They pluck on emotional chords.
They can infuriate. They can make political statements, and they in fact can
do great damage. "Birth of a Nation," when it did come out, and I'm sure
you're aware of this, the NAACP mounted massive protests against this film.
By the way, not in New York, but here. The first protest was not in New York
or Boston, but in Los Angeles. The second thing is, about the film, it was a
recruiting tool for the Ku Klux Klan. We saw an explosion after that of not
only Klan violence ? lynchings, beatings and so forth ? but also the
expansion of the Klan.

McGruder: People died because of this film.

Hutchinson: You're absolutely right about that, Aaron. And also, [as] you
mentioned about Southerners, the Klan, white men, it did consciously and
deliberately put them on a pedestal, elevate their politics, stature, their
image. Griffith was very clever. He knew what he was doing.

 I want to come back to this, though. Are there any circumstances ever that
this film shouldn't be shown? I would say no. And from Day One, our position
[on the Silent Movie Theatre screening] was: If you're going to show the
film, it should be done under certain circumstances, where you're there, a
professor, historian, to actually give it the balance and put it in
perspective. Yes, it could have educational value, as a testament of what
went on then, a look at America, but also, as Aaron is saying, what we can
still see 90 years later in America.

Let me ask Aaron this: You were visibly reacting to the film while it was
going on.

McGruder: Yeah.



Don't you think that white audiences and black audiences could view this
film and see some of the attitudes and the politics being presented as so
over the top and so grossly exaggerated that it wouldn't carry any power?

McGruder: I know very personally the power of fiction. If you understand the
psychology of your audience, you can sell them anything. I sell angry black
politics to 20 million white people a day. The problem is that once
something becomes real, meaning you put it in print, you shoot it out to the
world ? once it's real and in your head, you go, "Well, some part of it has
to be true. I mean, they can't just make it all up, right?" It's an old
black-and-white [film], it's about history, and so it ingrains notions in
your head. You go, "Well, I'm sure somebody kicked their shoes up in the
Legislature and took a sip of alcohol," or "Maybe the slaves were kind of
happy, because they seemed to be dancing."

 And that's why I think it's a lot more dangerous than we are giving it
credit for. A lot of people got killed because of this movie. My gut
reaction, when I see people defending it and wanting to talk about it in a
certain context and all, is it just reinforces to me that our lives and our
history and everything that we are about just has very little value in this
country. Because I could very easily pick up a camera and make the
equivalent of this movie in reverse, and I would like to see if everyone was
talking about how there should be no censorship. America has a very
interesting way of censoring ideas, and that is to prevent them from ever
getting made and distributed in the first place.



 [? after further skirmishing over monopolization of the discussion, and a
counter charge of impatient "huffing and puffing," and another motion to
leave the table ?]



Ellen, what do you think about the sophistication of today's young people or
today's audiences in terms of whether Hollywood ?

 Dubois: I know how uneducated people are, and their ability to read media
and see what they see. [To McGruder:] Maybe the difference is you're a
cartoonist and I'm an educator. I do believe that people should learn how to
develop skills to be able to see things more deeply and more clearly. I
really hate the idea that it's all lies and we just get to pick the lies
that we like better ? I feel particularly terrified of that approach to
reality in August of 2004.

 I actually think about how this film can be seen by ignorant, uneducated
white people, which is, you try to describe what the history of racism was
in this country and they don't really believe you. And perhaps you're going
to find what I say really untenable, but the historical nature of the racism
in this film is such that I do think when regular, not academically
sophisticated people, both black and white, see it, they'll be horrified by
it. And I think that's helpful, because it teaches them. It's one of the
reasons that I think people need to learn about slavery over and over and
over again, freshly and with power.

McGruder: In the abstract, I agree. I guess the problem is, having attended
a variety of schools since I was born, some largely black, most
predominantly white, some public, some private, I don't see where slavery is
being taught properly. I don't see where America is exploring the horrors of
slavery. And again, a lot of this, in terms of the psychology of slavery and
the psychology of white America today, it's not just about trying to
convince the world that we are not animals, it's about also trying to
convince the world that the white man is not God. And it's not just about
bringing us up ? somebody has to take the white American down a notch or
two.

 Now, if we actually taught what racism and slavery were really like in this
country when kids are young, instead of I have to specialize in
Afro-American studies and then at 19 or 20 somebody will tell me what really
went down, then I would say this argument is correct, that we can see this
film, and we're an intelligent, literate society. But we don't have that
education. You have to go out of your way to find it. We don't equip
Americans to intelligently analyze anything, anything at all!

Dubois: How will we do that?

McGruder: I think what we do is, we take a hard look at the news media, and
the corporations behind it, and the money that is behind the information we
receive. I think we take a hard look at the educational system in this
country and then, in 20 years, you might be able to show this movie and have
an intelligent discussion about it.

Dubois: Twenty years?

McGruder: The point is, without that, showing the movie is only going to
breed hate.

David, when you have seen this screened, or seen it in any sort of form,
what is the reaction?

Shepard: As far as I know, it's only run in, essentially, museums and
semiacademic kinds of settings. In fact, to me, the protest that precluded
the screening at the Silent Movie Theatre was a huge backfire ? 220 people
would have seen it, at a place which is dedicated to the presentation of
silent movies. I was told that there were long waiting lists to get copies
from Blockbuster. It made an event which would not otherwise have occurred.

McGruder: When you say that somebody is going to stand up when you screen
this film and put it in the proper historical context, I'm wondering who
that is and what their proper historical context is, because my historical
context could be slightly different. If you start by saying this movie got a
lot of innocent people killed ?

Shepard: How do you know that?

McGruder: Well, there's a great book called "Without Sanctuary" [by James
Allen et al]. I don't know if you've seen it, but it's a photo documentary
of lynching in this country. [People] were being lynched because of this
idea of the black male rapist, a very commonly used justification for
killing innocent people. This image of the white woman throwing herself off
the cliff to save herself from this crazy black Kobe Bryant type was
ingrained in society at the time, and became a justification for the
slaughtering of innocent human beings. Now, that's the historical context I
would put it in.



Earl, what do you want to say about censorship?

Hutchinson: I think censorship is inherently dangerous. I think it is a
slippery slope. We protested some of the slapstick, insulting sitcoms,
insulting films made by African American writers, directors, producers, and
of course Hollywood, that also are loaded with the same kind of stereotypes
? so we are equal opportunity, looking at stereotypes and calling it as we
see it. But one thing we've always been careful of, and I wish everyone to
be careful about "Birth of a Nation": If you go out there and say don't go
see it, don't show it, I can tell you what's going to happen, right away.

Dubois: It's like telling a kid not to see something.

Hutchinson [to Shepard]: You said 220 people wanted to get into that theater
and see it. Let me tell you, we were out there that night, and I can't tell
you the venom from people that came up and said, "How dare you, how dare you
stop us," not knowing that we weren't stopping them from going in to see it,
just simply saying, "If you go in to see it, be informed about what you're
seeing." I'm sure that you would have brought another perspective and
balance.

Dubois: I want to respond to something Aaron said: the idea that the two
points of view are that this has to be defended because it's a great moment
in movie history and this can't be seen because it represents historical
racism. I don't think those are the two positions. I think this movie should
be seen because it represents the history of racism, not because it
represents film.

McGruder: And what I'm saying is, I just don't care if it's not shown or
not. I'm not saying ban it. I'm just saying I'm not going to fight to defend
it, because I know so many things are never shown to the American people.



 In terms of its continuing power and impact on society, what is the place
of "Birth of a Nation" in the future?

Shepard: Let me answer this indirectly. When I was teaching, I used to ask
large classes, hundreds of people, "How many people have read Sinclair
Lewis? How many people have read Booth Tarkington?" Sinclair Lewis was the
first American to win a Nobel Prize. These were major artists in their day.
And essentially nobody has read them. You can ask a class of 300 people,
"What is the significance of Dunkirk?" and if they're teenagers, nobody
knows. So "The Birth of a Nation" is part of a tremendous accumulation of
historical artifacts which by and large don't interest people today. And
yet, like Booth Tarkington or Scott Fitzgerald, it has a place for those who
are interested, and those who are interested probably have the critical
skills to assess it.

Hutchinson: As long as we have a racial dynamic that's unresolved in this
country, I think there will always be a place for "Birth of a Nation." And
also "Gone With the Wind." I think they will always be seen, certainly by
film buffs, critics, historians, sociologists, those that specialize in race
relations, as the films, the cr?me de la cr?me of films that really show
America, the racial face of America. How it's seen and interpreted, I don't
know. It's going to be filtered through the eyes, the experiences, the
brain, the life forces of the person that views it.

Shepard: Ninety years later.

Hutchinson: Ninety years later. Frankly, I think it's a shame that this kind
of film is there. Not that it should be banned, not that it didn't make a
statement, only in a sense it's still held up as the American icon. I would
really like to have seen "The Godfather" being held up, but then of course,
Italian Americans might have a dispute about that in terms of stereotypes.

Dubois: You can see that on HBO.

 Just an aside, you know what I think would have been great? I think that
instead of doing something that could be misrepresented as censorship, what
should have happened is that the NAACP in L.A. use this as an opportunity to
instruct people about the history of the NAACP, about the length of the
battle against "Birth of a Nation." People don't know that battles against
lynching are over a hundred years old. That could have flipped the whole
experience.

 Having said that, to answer your question, every college U.S. history
textbook mentions "The Birth of a Nation." It has to. It's an event. I can't
believe anybody here doesn't think that it needs to be there for people who
are serious about learning about history. Now, the question is, where do you
draw the line? Do I get to study it because I have a PhD, but it's so
dangerous, like pornography, that somebody who doesn't have the credentials
is not allowed?

Aaron, you get the final word.

McGruder: If this was 1915, and I had some position of authority, I would
have stopped the movie from being seen. I'd have dragged all the filmmakers
out in the street and shot them. That's me. But today, I think it's almost a
moot point. In the same way that you see "Star Wars" in about every major
blockbuster movie that comes out, I think both from a filmmaking perspective
and from a racial perspective you see "Birth of a Nation" in everything. It
has transcended movies and shaped the way America sees itself, its history
and its black people, and irreversibly so.

 

 


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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep 20 15:14:57 2004
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep 20 14:13:40 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Kevin Mason's Beautiful Photos of Japan
Message-ID: <BD74A471.198F0%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Hi,
Knock out photos of their recent trip.
Peace and Love
Michael
http://visual-reality.org/japanwebgallery1

From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep 20 15:42:50 2004
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep 20 14:41:36 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Kerry Speaks Out - Worth Reading
Message-ID: <BD74AAFB.198FC%michael@michaelbutler.com>


????John Kerry | "The World is a More Dangerous Place"
????t r u t h o u t | Speech
????Delivered at New York University

 ????Monday 20 September 2004

 ????New York, NY - I am honored to be here at New York University - one of
the great urban universities, not just in New York, but in the world. You
have set a high standard for global dialogue and I hope to live up to that
tradition today.

 ????This election is about choices. The most important choices a President
makes are about protecting America? at home and around the world. A
president?s first obligation is to make America safer, stronger and truer to
our ideals.

 ????Only a few blocks from here, three years ago, the events of September
11 reminded every American of that obligation. That day brought to our
shores the defining struggle of our times: the struggle between freedom and
radical fundamentalism. And it made clear that our most important task is to
fight? and to win? the war on terrorism.

 ????With us today is a remarkable group of women who lost loved ones on
September 11th ? and whose support I am honored to have. Not only did they
suffer an unbearable loss ? they helped us learn the lessons of that
terrible time by insisting on the creation of the 9/11 Commission. I ask
them to stand. And I thank them on behalf of our country - and I pledge to
them and to you that I will implement the 9-11 recommendations.

 ????In fighting the war on terrorism, my principles are straight forward.
The terrorists are beyond reason. We must destroy them. As president, I will
do whatever it takes, as long as it takes, to defeat our enemies. But
billions of people around the world yearning for a better life are open to
America?s ideals. We must reach them.

 ????To win, America must be strong. And America must be smart. The greatest
threat we face is the possibility Al Qaeda or other terrorists will get
their hands on a nuclear weapon.

 ????To prevent that from happening, we must call on the totality of
America?s strength. Strong alliances, to help us stop the world?s most
lethal weapons from falling into the most dangerous hands. A powerful
military, transformed to meet the new threats of terrorism and the spread of
weapons of mass destruction. And all of America?s power ? our diplomacy, our
intelligence system, our economic power, the appeal of our values ? each of
which is critical to making America more secure and preventing a new
generation of terrorists from emerging.

 ????National security is a central issue in this campaign. We owe it to the
American people to have a real debate about the choices President Bush has
made? and the choices I would make? to fight and win the war on terror.

 ????That means we must have a great honest national debate on Iraq. The
President claims it is the centerpiece of his war on terror. In fact, Iraq
was a profound diversion from that war and the battle against our greatest
enemy, Osama bin Laden and the terrorists. Invading Iraq has created a
crisis of historic proportions and, if we do not change course, there is the
prospect of a war with no end in sight.

 ????This month, we passed a cruel milestone: more than 1,000 Americans lost
in Iraq. Their sacrifice reminds us that Iraq remains, overwhelmingly, an
American burden. Nearly 90 percent of the troops ? and nearly 90 percent of
the casualties ? are American. Despite the President?s claims, this is not a
grand coalition.

 ????Our troops have served with extraordinary bravery, skill and resolve.
Their service humbles all of us. When I speak to them? when I look into the
eyes of their families, I know this: we owe them the truth about what we
have asked them to do? and what is still to be done.

 ????In June, the President declared, ?The Iraqi people have their country
back.? Just last week, he told us: ?This country is headed toward democracy?
Freedom is on the march.?

 ????But the administration?s own official intelligence estimate, given to
the President last July, tells a very different story.

 ????According to press reports, the intelligence estimate totally
contradicts what the President is saying to the American people.

 ????So do the facts on the ground.

 ????Security is deteriorating, for us and for the Iraqis.

 ????42 Americans died in Iraq in June - the month before the handover. But
54 died in July?66 in August? and already 54 halfway through September.

 ????And more than 1,100 Americans were wounded in August ? more than in any
other month since the invasion.

 ????We are fighting a growing insurgency in an ever widening war-zone. In
March, insurgents attacked our forces 700 times. In August, they attacked
2,700 times ? a 400% increase.

 ????Falluja?Ramadi? Samarra ? even parts of Baghdad ? are now ?no go
zones?? breeding grounds for terrorists who are free to plot and launch
attacks against our soldiers. The radical Shi?a cleric, Moktada al-Sadr,
who?s accused of complicity in the murder of Americans, holds more sway in
the suburbs of Baghdad.

 ????Violence against Iraqis? from bombings to kidnappings to intimidation ?
is on the rise.

 ????Basic living conditions are also deteriorating.

 ????Residents of Baghdad are suffering electricity blackouts lasting up to
14 hours a day.

 ????Raw sewage fills the streets, rising above the hubcaps of our Humvees.
Children wade through garbage on their way to school.

 ????Unemployment is over 50 percent. Insurgents are able to find plenty of
people willing to take $150 for tossing grenades at passing U.S. convoys.

 ????Yes, there has been some progress, thanks to the extraordinary efforts
of our soldiers and civilians in Iraq. Schools, shops and hospitals have
been opened. In parts of Iraq, normalcy actually prevails.

 ????But most Iraqis have lost faith in our ability to deliver meaningful
improvements to their lives. So they?re sitting on the fence? instead of
siding with us against the insurgents.

 ????That is the truth. The truth that the Commander in Chief owes to our
troops and the American people.

 ????It is never easy to discuss what has gone wrong while our troops are in
constant danger. But it?s essential if we want to correct our course and do
what?s right for our troops instead of repeating the same mistakes over and
over again.

 ????I know this dilemma first-hand. After serving in war, I returned home
to offer my own personal voice of dissent. I did so because I believed
strongly that we owed it those risking their lives to speak truth to power.
We still do.

 ????Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator who deserves his own special place
in hell. But that was not, in itself, a reason to go to war. The
satisfaction we take in his downfall does not hide this fact: we have traded
a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure.

 ????The President has said that he ?miscalculated? in Iraq and that it was
a ?catastrophic success.? In fact, the President has made a series of
catastrophic decisions ? from the beginning ? in Iraq. At every fork in the
road, he has taken the wrong turn and led us in the wrong direction.

 ????The first and most fundamental mistake was the President?s failure to
tell the truth to the American people.

 ????He failed to tell the truth about the rationale for going to war. And
he failed to tell the truth about the burden this war would impose on our
soldiers and our citizens.

 ????By one count, the President offered 23 different rationales for this
war. If his purpose was to confuse and mislead the American people, he
succeeded.

 ????His two main rationales ? weapons of mass destruction and the Al
Qaeda/September 11 connection ? have been proved false? by the President?s
own weapons inspectors? and by the 9/11 Commission. Just last week,
Secretary of State Powell acknowledged the facts. Only Vice President Cheney
still insists that the earth is flat.

 ????The President also failed to level with the American people about what
it would take to prevail in Iraq.

 ????He didn?t tell us that well over 100,000 troops would be needed, for
years, not months. He didn?t tell us that he wouldn?t take the time to
assemble a broad and strong coalition of allies. He didn?t tell us that the
cost would exceed $200 billion. He didn?t tell us that even after paying
such a heavy price, success was far from assured.

 ????And America will pay an even heavier price for the President?s lack of
candor.

 ????At home, the American people are less likely to trust this
administration if it needs to summon their support to meet real and pressing
threats to our security.

 ????Abroad, other countries will be reluctant to follow America when we
seek to rally them against a common menace - as they are today. Our
credibility in the world has plummeted.

 ????In the dark days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy sent
former Secretary of State Dean Acheson to Europe to build support. Acheson
explained the situation to French President de Gaulle. Then he offered to
show him highly classified satellite photos, as proof. De Gaulle waved the
photos away, saying: ?The word of the President of the United States is good
enough for me.?

 ????How many world leaders have that same trust in America?s president,
today?

 ????This President?s failure to tell the truth to us before the war has
been exceeded by fundamental errors of judgment during and after the war.

 ????The President now admits to ?miscalculations? in Iraq.

 ????That is one of the greatest understatements in recent American history.
His were not the equivalent of accounting errors. They were colossal
failures of judgment ? and judgment is what we look for in a president.

 ????This is all the more stunning because we?re not talking about 20/20
hindsight. Before the war, before he chose to go to war, bi-partisan
Congressional hearings? major outside studies? and even some in the
administration itself? predicted virtually every problem we now face in
Iraq.

 ????This President was in denial. He hitched his wagon to the ideologues
who surround him, filtering out those who disagreed, including leaders of
his own party and the uniformed military. The result is a long litany of
misjudgments with terrible consequences.

 ????The administration told us we?d be greeted as liberators. They were
wrong.

 ????They told us not to worry about looting or the sorry state of Iraq?s
infrastructure. They were wrong.

 ????They told us we had enough troops to provide security and stability,
defeat the insurgents, guard the borders and secure the arms depots. They
were wrong.

 ????They told us we could rely on exiles like Ahmed Chalabi to build
political legitimacy. They were wrong.

 ????They told us we would quickly restore an Iraqi civil service to run the
country and a police force and army to secure it. They were wrong.

 ????In Iraq, this administration has consistently over-promised and
under-performed. This policy has been plagued by a lack of planning, an
absence of candor, arrogance and outright incompetence. And the President
has held no one accountable, including himself.

 ????In fact, the only officials who lost their jobs over Iraq were the ones
who told the truth.

 ????General Shinseki said it would take several hundred thousand troops to
secure Iraq. He was retired. Economic adviser Larry Lindsey said that Iraq
would cost as much as $200 billion. He was fired. After the successful entry
into Baghdad, George Bush was offered help from the UN - and he rejected it.
He even prohibited any nation from participating in reconstruction efforts
that wasn?t part of the original coalition ? pushing reluctant countries
even farther away. As we continue to fight this war almost alone, it is hard
to estimate how costly that arrogant decision was. Can anyone seriously say
this President has handled Iraq in a way that makes us stronger in the war
on terrorism?

 ????By any measure, the answer is no. Nuclear dangers have mounted across
the globe. The international terrorist club has expanded. Radicalism in the
Middle East is on the rise. We have divided our friends and united our
enemies. And our standing in the world is at an all time low.

 ????Think about it for a minute. Consider where we were? and where we are.
After the events of September 11, we had an opportunity to bring our country
and the world together in the struggle against the terrorists. On September
12th, headlines in newspapers abroad declared ?we are all Americans now.?
But through his policy in Iraq, the President squandered that moment and
rather than isolating the terrorists, left America isolated from the world.

 ????We now know that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction and posed no
imminent threat to our security. It had not, as the Vice President claimed,
?reconstituted nuclear weapons.?

 ????The President?s policy in Iraq took our attention and resources away
from other, more serious threats to America.

 ????Threats like North Korea, which actually has weapons of mass
destruction, including a nuclear arsenal, and is building more under this
President?s watch?

 ????? The emerging nuclear danger from Iran?

 ????? The tons and kilotons of unsecured chemical and nuclear weapons in
Russia?

 ????? And the increasing instability in Afghanistan.

 ????Today, warlords again control much of that country, the Taliban is
regrouping, opium production is at an all time high and the Al Qaeda
leadership still plots and plans, not only there but in 60 other nations.
Instead of using U.S. forces, we relied on the warlords to capture Osama bin
Laden when he was cornered in the mountains. He slipped away. We then
diverted our focus and forces from the hunt for those responsible for
September 11th in order invade Iraq.

 ????We know Iraq played no part in September 11 and had no operational ties
to Al Qaeda.

 ????The President?s policy in Iraq precipitated the very problem he said he
was trying to prevent. Secretary of State Powell admits that Iraq was not a
magnet for international terrorists before the war. Now it is, and they are
operating against our troops. Iraq is becoming a sanctuary for a new
generation of terrorists who someday could hit the United States.

 ????We know that while Iraq was a source of friction, it was not previously
a source of serious disagreement with our allies in Europe and countries in
the Muslim world.

 ????The President?s policy in Iraq divided our oldest alliance and sent our
standing in the Muslim world into free fall. Three years after 9/11, even in
many moderate Muslim countries like Jordan, Morocco and Turkey, Osama bin
Laden is more popular than the United States of America.

 ????Let me put it plainly: The President?s policy in Iraq has not
strengthened our national security. It has weakened it.

 ????Two years ago, Congress was right to give the President the authority
to use force to hold Saddam Hussein accountable. This President? any
President? would have needed the threat of force to act effectively. This
President misused that authority.

 ????The power entrusted to the President gave him a strong hand to play in
the international community. The idea was simple. We would get the weapons
inspectors back in to verify whether or not Iraq had weapons of mass
destruction. And we would convince the world to speak with one voice to
Saddam: disarm or be disarmed.

 ????A month before the war, President Bush told the nation: ?If we have to
act, we will take every precaution that is possible. We will plan carefully.
We will act with the full power of the United States military. We will act
with allies at our side and we will prevail.? He said that military action
wasn?t ?unavoidable.?

 ????Instead, the President rushed to war without letting the weapons
inspectors finish their work. He went without a broad and deep coalition of
allies. He acted without making sure our troops had enough body armor. And
he plunged ahead without understanding or preparing for the consequences of
the post-war. None of which I would have done.

 ????Yet today, President Bush tells us that he would do everything all over
again, the same way. How can he possibly be serious? Is he really saying
that if we knew there were no imminent threat, no weapons of mass
destruction, no ties to Al Qaeda, the United States should have invaded
Iraq? My answer is no ? because a Commander-in-Chief?s first responsibility
is to make a wise and responsible decision to keep America safe.

 ????Now the president, in looking for a new reason, tries to hang his hat
on the ?capability? to acquire weapons. But that was not the reason given to
the nation; it was not the reason Congress voted on; it?s not a reason, it?s
an excuse. Thirty-five to forty countries have greater capability to build a
nuclear bomb than Iraq did in 2003. Is President Bush saying we should
invade them?

 ????I would have concentrated our power and resources on defeating global
terrorism and capturing or killing Osama bin Laden. I would have tightened
the noose and continued to pressure and isolate Saddam Hussein ? who was
weak and getting weaker - so that he would pose no threat to the region or
America.

 ????The President?s insistence that he would do the same thing all over
again in Iraq is a clear warning for the future. And it makes the choice in
this election clear: more of the same with President Bush or a new direction
that makes our troops and America safer. It is time, at long last, to ask
the questions and insist on the answers from the Commander-in-Chief about
his serious misjudgments and what they tell us about his administration and
the President himself. If George W. Bush is re-elected, he will cling to the
same failed policies in Iraq - and he will repeat, somewhere else, the same
reckless mistakes that have made America less secure than we can or should
be.

 ????In Iraq, we have a mess on our hands. But we cannot throw up our hands.
We cannot afford to see Iraq become a permanent source of terror that will
endanger America?s security for years to come.

 ????All across this country people ask me what we should do now. Every step
of the way, from the time I first spoke about this in the Senate, I have set
out specific recommendations about how we should and should not proceed. But
over and over, when this administration has been presented with a reasonable
alternative, they have rejected it and gone their own way. This is stubborn
incompetence.

 ????Five months ago, in Fulton, Missouri, I said that the President was
close to his last chance to get it right. Every day, this President makes it
more difficult to deal with Iraq ? harder than it was five months ago,
harder than it was a year ago. It is time to recognize what is ? and what is
not ? happening in Iraq today. And we must act with urgency.

 ????Just this weekend, a leading Republican, Chuck Hagel, said we?re ?in
deep trouble in Iraq ? it doesn?t add up ? to a pretty picture [and] ? we?re
going to have to look at a recalibration of our policy.? Republican leaders
like Dick Lugar and John McCain have offered similar assessments.

 ????We need to turn the page and make a fresh start in Iraq.

 ????First, the President has to get the promised international support so
our men and women in uniform don?t have to go it alone. It is late; the
President must respond by moving this week to gain and regain international
support.

 ????Last spring, after too many months of resistance and delay, the
President finally went back to the U.N. which passed Resolution 1546. It was
the right thing to do ? but it was late.

 ????That resolution calls on U.N. members to help in Iraq by providing
troops? trainers for Iraq?s security forces? a special brigade to protect
the U.N. mission? more financial assistance? and real debt relief.

 ????Three months later, not a single country has answered that call. And
the president acts as if it doesn?t matter.

 ????And of the $13 billion previously pledged to Iraq by other countries,
only $1.2 billion has been delivered.

 ????The President should convene a summit meeting of the world?s major
powers and Iraq?s neighbors, this week, in New York, where many leaders will
attend the U.N. General Assembly. He should insist that they make good on
that U.N. resolution. He should offer potential troop contributors specific,
but critical roles, in training Iraqi security personnel and securing Iraq?s
borders. He should give other countries a stake in Iraq?s future by
encouraging them to help develop Iraq?s oil resources and by letting them
bid on contracts instead of locking them out of the reconstruction process.

 ????This will be difficult. I and others have repeatedly recommended this
from the very beginning. Delay has made only made it harder. After insulting
allies and shredding alliances, this President may not have the trust and
confidence to bring others to our side in Iraq. But we cannot hope to
succeed unless we rebuild and lead strong alliances so that other nations
share the burden with us. That is the only way to succeed.

 ????Second, the President must get serious about training Iraqi security
forces.

 ????Last February, Secretary Rumsfeld claimed that more than 210,000 Iraqis
were in uniform. Two weeks ago, he admitted that claim was exaggerated by
more than 50 percent. Iraq, he said, now has 95,000 trained security forces.

 ????But guess what? Neither number bears any relationship to the truth. For
example, just 5,000 Iraqi soldiers have been fully trained, by the
administration?s own minimal standards. And of the 35,000 police now in
uniform, not one has completed a 24-week field-training program. Is it any
wonder that Iraqi security forces can?t stop the insurgency or provide basic
law and order?

 ????The President should urgently expand the security forces training
program inside and outside Iraq. He should strengthen the vetting of
recruits, double classroom training time, and require follow-on field
training. He should recruit thousands of qualified trainers from our allies,
especially those who have no troops in Iraq. He should press our NATO allies
to open training centers in their countries. And he should stop misleading
the American people with phony, inflated numbers.

 ????Third, the President must carry out a reconstruction plan that finally
brings tangible benefits to the Iraqi people.

 ????Last week, the administration admitted that its plan was a failure when
it asked Congress for permission to radically revise spending priorities in
Iraq. It took 17 months for them to understand that security is a priority ?
17 months to figure out that boosting oil production is critical ? 17 months
to conclude that an Iraqi with a job is less likely to shoot at our
soldiers.

 ????One year ago, the administration asked for and received $18 billion to
help the Iraqis and relieve the conditions that contribute to the
insurgency. Today, less than a $1 billion of those funds have actually been
spent. I said at the time that we had to rethink our policies and set
standards of accountability. Now we?re paying the price.

 ????Now, the President should look at the whole reconstruction package?draw
up a list of high visibility, quick impact projects? and cut through the red
tape. He should use more Iraqi contractors and workers, instead of big
corporations like Halliburton. He should stop paying companies under
investigation for fraud or corruption. And he should fire the civilians in
the Pentagon responsible for mismanaging the reconstruction effort.

 ????Fourth, the President must take immediate, urgent, essential steps to
guarantee the promised elections can be held next year.

 ????Credible elections are key to producing an Iraqi government that enjoys
the support of the Iraqi people and an assembly to write a Constitution that
yields a viable power sharing arrangement.

 ????Because Iraqis have no experience holding free and fair elections, the
President agreed six months ago that the U.N. must play a central role. Yet
today, just four months before Iraqis are supposed to go to the polls, the
U.N. Secretary General and administration officials themselves say the
elections are in grave doubt. Because the security situation is so bad? and
because not a single country has offered troops to protect the U.N.
elections mission? the U.N. has less than 25 percent of the staff it needs
in Iraq to get the job done.

 ????The President should recruit troops from our friends and allies for a
U.N. protection force. This won?t be easy. But even countries that refused
to put boots on the ground in Iraq should still help protect the U.N. We
should also intensify the training of Iraqis to manage and guard the polling
places that need to be opened. Otherwise, U.S forces would end up bearing
those burdens alone.

 ????If the President would move in this direction ? if he would bring in
more help from other countries to provide resources and forces ? train the
Iraqis to provide their own security ?develop a reconstruction plan that
brings real benefits to the Iraqi people ? and take the steps necessary to
hold credible elections next year ? we could begin to withdraw U.S. forces
starting next summer and realistically aim to bring all our troops home
within the next four years.

 ????This is what has to be done. This is what I would do as President
today. But we cannot afford to wait until January. President Bush owes it to
the American people to tell the truth and put Iraq on the right track. Even
more, he owes it to our troops and their families, whose sacrifice is a
testament to the best of America.

 ????The principles that should guide American policy in Iraq now and in the
future are clear: We must make Iraq the world?s responsibility, because the
world has a stake in the outcome and others should share the burden. We must
effectively train Iraqis, because they should be responsible for their own
security. We must move forward with reconstruction, because that?s essential
to stop the spread of terror. And we must help Iraqis achieve a viable
government, because it?s up to them to run their own country. That?s the
right way to get the job done and bring our troops home.

 ????On May 1 of last year, President Bush stood in front of a now infamous
banner that read ?Mission Accomplished.? He declared to the American people:
?In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.? In
fact, the worst part of the war was just beginning, with the greatest number
of American casualties still to come. The president misled, miscalculated,
and mismanaged every aspect of this undertaking and he has made the
achievement of our objective ? a stable Iraq, secure within its borders,
with a representative government, harder to achieve.

 ????In Iraq, this administration?s record is filled with bad predictions,
inaccurate cost estimates, deceptive statements and errors of judgment of
historic proportions.

 ????At every critical juncture in Iraq, and in the war on terrorism, the
President has made the wrong choice. I have a plan to make America stronger.

 ????The President often says that in a post 9-11 world, we can?t hesitate
to act. I agree. But we should not act just for the sake of acting. I
believe we have to act wisely and responsibly.

 ????George Bush has no strategy for Iraq. I do.

 ????George Bush has not told the truth to the American people about why we
went to war and how the war is going. I have and I will continue to do so.

 ????I believe the invasion of Iraq has made us less secure and weaker in
the war against terrorism. I have a plan to fight a smarter, more effective
war on terror ? and make us safer.

 ????Today, because of George Bush?s policy in Iraq, the world is a more
dangerous place for America and Americans.

 ????If you share my conviction that we can not go on as we are ?that we can
make America stronger and safer than it is? then November 2 is your chance
to speak... and to be heard. It is not a question of staying the course, but
of changing the course.

 ????I?m convinced that with the right leadership, we can create a fresh
start and move more effectively to accomplish our goals. Our troops have
served with extraordinary courage and commitment. For their sake, and
America?s sake, we must get this right. We must do everything in our power
to complete the mission and make America stronger at home and respected
again in the world.

 ????Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Sep 21 09:20:05 2004
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue Sep 21 08:18:46 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Kevin Mason's Gallery 2
Message-ID: <BD75A2C5.1993E%michael@michaelbutler.com>

More great Japan photos from Kevin

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Date: Tue Sep 21 10:27:47 2004
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    FOR THE THOUSANDS of American Indians who will march in procession to the beautiful new museum on the  Mall today, this is in part a homecoming. Centuries before there was a capital or a nation, a Congress or a Constitution, human society thrived here. There is evidence of numerous quarries for tools and hunting implements in the area where Piney Branch Road now meets 16th Street in Northwest, and of more of them near the site where the Tenleytown Metro station was dug; of villages densely clustered along the path of the Southeast Freeway as well as on the banks of the Potomac River where the C&#38;O Canal towpath and the Capital Crescent Trail now run. Indeed, "the evidence from the surrounding region strongly suggests that this area has been occupied by human groups ever since the end of the Pleistocene era, 10,000 to 20,000 years ago," wrote Robert L. Humphrey and Mary Elizabeth Chambers in  the George Washington University monograph  "Ancient Washington." One archeological dig has been done practically in the center of the Mall.
 
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From LilacAmy11 at aol.com  Tue Sep 21 18:10:42 2004
From: LilacAmy11 at aol.com (LilacAmy11@aol.com)
Date: Tue Sep 21 18:11:20 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] American Musical thing on PBS!
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Hooray! On PBS from 10/19 - 10/21 (not sure of the times exactly) they're 
having a series called "Broadway: The American Musical"!!! It should be really 
good and I'm very excited for it!:)

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From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Wed Sep 22 05:44:12 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] American Musical thing on PBS!
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Yes, it should be good, and there is a short segment on Hair included in it. 
Here is how they described it to me in an email last year:

"Broadway: The American Musical has been in production at WNET/Channel 13 in 
New York for almost two years.  It is a six-episode documentary series on 
the history of the Broadway musical, beginning with the Ziegfeld Follies and 
ending with the opening night of Wicked on October 31st.  It is conceived, 
directed and produced by Michael Kantor and co-produced by Sally Rosenthal 
and Jeff Dupre.  Within the fifth episode, there is about a 5-7 minute 
segment on the musical Hair.  We use footage from the Ed Sullivan show and 
have some wonderful images from Getty and the NYPL, etc.  However, we are 
looking to replace some commercial footage with something a bit more 
professional."

What I'm also really looking forward to is a documentary about Joseph Papp 
currently almost finished with production that contains brief footage (be 
still, my archivist's heart!) of the Off-Broadway production of Hair!

Nina

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>Hooray! On PBS from 10/19 - 10/21 (not sure of the times exactly) they're
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From dkevinm at comcast.net  Mon Sep 20 19:15:20 2004
From: dkevinm at comcast.net (Kevin Mason)
Date: Wed Sep 22 08:22:26 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Japan gallery 3
Message-ID: <200409221522.i8MFMIhl027146@dune.islandtechnologies.net>

Michael,  Here are more Japan photos if you are still up for it. Many of
these images were taken in the world headquarters of Zen Buddhism in Fukui
Japan. It is a magnificent temple 700plus years old. It looks as good as
new. We took our shoes off at the beginning of the day (no shoes allowed
anywhere on the grounds) and at the end of the day my white socks were still
white. 
http://visual-reality.org/japanwebgallery3/
 
Peace and Love,
Kevin & Mitsue 
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From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Thu Sep 23 09:02:10 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] NYTimes.com Article: Accusations on Detention of
	Ex-Singer 
Message-ID: <20040923160205.7B2C035040@web38t.prvt.nytimes.com>

The article below from NYTimes.com 
has been sent to you by michael@intrafi.com.


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From michael at intrafi.com  Thu Sep 23 09:30:33 2004
From: michael at intrafi.com (Michael)
Date: Thu Sep 23 09:31:45 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] BBC E-mail: Cat Stevens 'shock' at US refusal
Message-ID: <20040923_163130_045363.michael@intrafi.com>

Michael saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you
should see it.



** Cat Stevens 'shock' at US refusal **
Singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, says he is "shocked" at being refused entry to the US.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/3682434.stm >


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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Fri Sep 24 04:49:29 2004
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Fri Sep 24 04:51:16 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR at New Amsterdam
References: <200409231900.i8NJ03Zl030451@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <001d01c4a22c$8ce9a680$6401a8c0@f1n9i3>

I was wondering if anyone had any info on how the HAIR concert style
performance went at the New Amsterdam Theatre? There seemed to be
substantial hype but I've heard no feedback one way or the other. Anyone
hear anything?

PEACE,
Leo

From nycrjmac at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 24 08:44:54 2004
From: nycrjmac at yahoo.com (RJ Mac)
Date: Fri Sep 24 08:44:59 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR at New Amsterdam
In-Reply-To: <001d01c4a22c$8ce9a680$6401a8c0@f1n9i3>
Message-ID: <20040924154454.23874.qmail@web21121.mail.yahoo.com>

cut-and-psted from Playbill Online:

HAIR
Seth Rudetsky is four for four. After spearheading the
all-star concerts of Dreamgirls, Funny Girl and Chess,
Rudetsky put together a star-studded concert of the
famed sixties musical Hair, which was presented Monday
night at the New Amsterdam Theatre. The Sept. 20
evening began with remarks by Actors' Fund Executive
Director Joseph Benincasa and new Actors' Fund
President Brian Stokes Mitchell. Tony winner Mitchell
joked to the sold-out crowd, "We all know why we're
here tonight — to see naked people onstage! And to
help the Actors' Fund," he continued, "and to see
Hair." Mitchell also acknowledged some of Hair's
original Broadway and film cast members, who were in
attendance.

The curtain then rose on the likeable Harris Doran (as
Claude), standing centerstage clad in white T-shirt
and jeans. While he burned his draft card, the stage
also revealed the small onstage orchestra, which was
divided into sections by three staircases. As Lillias
White, decked out in a large afro and sixties-era
attire, began belting out "Aquarius," members of the
chorus — standing on chairs in the audience — rushed
to the stage in a burst of energy. Two large screens
were also part of the stage design and projected
various timely images throughout the concert.

Lea DeLaria, who bemoaned having to follow the vocals
of White, offered a few off-the-cuff remarks to the
audience before launching into "Donna." "Queer Eye"
co-star Jai Rodriguez, sporting a long wig, sang about
the pleasures of "Sodomy" and was followed by Taboo's
Euan Morton, who delivered a somewhat lyrically
revised "Manchester, England." Chuck Cooper's "Colored
Spade" preceded Ana Gasteyer's belty "Dead End," one
of the many highlights of the first half of the
evening. Other Act I high points included Harvey
Fierstein, who drew cheers with his raspy-voiced
version of "Air"; Laura Benanti, who morphed from a
prim-and-proper teacher into an LSD induced free
spirit while she wrapped her glorious soprano around
"Initials"; John Tartaglia and Christopher Sieber, who
had some fun with an American flag and "Don't Put It
Down"; Adam Pascal, who sported a shirtless open vest
and let his rock-flavored tenor soar on "I Got Life";
Raul Esparza, who scored with the title tune; former
"American Idol" contestant Jennifer Hudson, who raised
the roof with a thrilling "Easy to Be Hard"; and Julia
Murney, who managed to dazzle even with a cold, as she
brought down the first-act curtain with "Where Do I
Go," which began with a touching sincerity and
climaxed in a Janis Joplin-style crescendo.

The second half of the concert got off to a rousing
start with Toxic Audio's solo on "Electric Blues."
That was followed by the exciting pairing of "Black
Boys" — featuring belters Kathy Brier, Orfeh and Ann
Harada — and "White Boys," with the equally belty
Ledisi, Brandi Chavonne Massey and Shayna Steele.
Annie Golden charmed with the gentle ballad "Frank
Mills," and members of the chorus bared all during
"Walking in Space." Other second-act notables: Billy
Porter's gospel-tinged "Four Score"; Darius de Haas
and Paul Castree, whose pure tenors blended
beautifully on "What a Piece of Work Is Man"; Liz
Callaway, who added class and simple, gorgeous tones
on "Good Morning Starshine"; and Norm Lewis, whose
rich, vibrato-filled voice echoed throughout the
theatre on "The Flesh Failure," which segued into the
wonderful finale, "Let the Sun Shine In."
###
--- Leo <peacefreak@metrocast.net> wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone had any info on how the
> HAIR concert style
> performance went at the New Amsterdam Theatre? There
> seemed to be
> substantial hype but I've heard no feedback one way
> or the other. Anyone
> hear anything?
> 
> PEACE,
> Leo
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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Fri Sep 24 14:05:01 2004
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Fri Sep 24 14:06:58 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: HAIR at New Amsterdam
References: <200409241900.i8OJ04H9000794@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <001f01c4a27a$280f07c0$6401a8c0@f1n9i3>

Thanks Ross for passing that along. I wonder who the "original Broadway and
film cast members" were?

PEACE,
Leo

> From: RJ Mac <nycrjmac@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] HAIR at New Amsterdam
>
> cut-and-psted from Playbill Online:
>
> HAIR
> Seth Rudetsky is four for four. After spearheading the
> all-star concerts of Dreamgirls, Funny Girl and Chess,
> Rudetsky put together a star-studded concert of the
> famed sixties musical Hair, which was presented Monday
> night at the New Amsterdam Theatre. The Sept. 20
> evening began with remarks by Actors' Fund Executive
> Director Joseph Benincasa and new Actors' Fund
> President Brian Stokes Mitchell. Tony winner Mitchell
> joked to the sold-out crowd, "We all know why we're
> here tonight - to see naked people onstage! And to
> help the Actors' Fund," he continued, "and to see
> Hair." Mitchell also acknowledged some of Hair's
> original Broadway and film cast members, who were in
> attendance.
>
> The curtain then rose on the likeable Harris Doran (as
> Claude), standing centerstage clad in white T-shirt
> and jeans. While he burned his draft card, the stage
> also revealed the small onstage orchestra, which was
> divided into sections by three staircases. As Lillias
> White, decked out in a large afro and sixties-era
> attire, began belting out "Aquarius," members of the
> chorus - standing on chairs in the audience - rushed
> to the stage in a burst of energy. Two large screens
> were also part of the stage design and projected
> various timely images throughout the concert.
>
> Lea DeLaria, who bemoaned having to follow the vocals
> of White, offered a few off-the-cuff remarks to the
> audience before launching into "Donna." "Queer Eye"
> co-star Jai Rodriguez, sporting a long wig, sang about
> the pleasures of "Sodomy" and was followed by Taboo's
> Euan Morton, who delivered a somewhat lyrically
> revised "Manchester, England." Chuck Cooper's "Colored
> Spade" preceded Ana Gasteyer's belty "Dead End," one
> of the many highlights of the first half of the
> evening. Other Act I high points included Harvey
> Fierstein, who drew cheers with his raspy-voiced
> version of "Air"; Laura Benanti, who morphed from a
> prim-and-proper teacher into an LSD induced free
> spirit while she wrapped her glorious soprano around
> "Initials"; John Tartaglia and Christopher Sieber, who
> had some fun with an American flag and "Don't Put It
> Down"; Adam Pascal, who sported a shirtless open vest
> and let his rock-flavored tenor soar on "I Got Life";
> Raul Esparza, who scored with the title tune; former
> "American Idol" contestant Jennifer Hudson, who raised
> the roof with a thrilling "Easy to Be Hard"; and Julia
> Murney, who managed to dazzle even with a cold, as she
> brought down the first-act curtain with "Where Do I
> Go," which began with a touching sincerity and
> climaxed in a Janis Joplin-style crescendo.
>
> The second half of the concert got off to a rousing
> start with Toxic Audio's solo on "Electric Blues."
> That was followed by the exciting pairing of "Black
> Boys" - featuring belters Kathy Brier, Orfeh and Ann
> Harada - and "White Boys," with the equally belty
> Ledisi, Brandi Chavonne Massey and Shayna Steele.
> Annie Golden charmed with the gentle ballad "Frank
> Mills," and members of the chorus bared all during
> "Walking in Space." Other second-act notables: Billy
> Porter's gospel-tinged "Four Score"; Darius de Haas
> and Paul Castree, whose pure tenors blended
> beautifully on "What a Piece of Work Is Man"; Liz
> Callaway, who added class and simple, gorgeous tones
> on "Good Morning Starshine"; and Norm Lewis, whose
> rich, vibrato-filled voice echoed throughout the
> theatre on "The Flesh Failure," which segued into the
> wonderful finale, "Let the Sun Shine In."

From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 24 14:24:35 2004
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Fri Sep 24 14:24:41 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: HAIR at New Amsterdam
In-Reply-To: <001f01c4a27a$280f07c0$6401a8c0@f1n9i3>
Message-ID: <20040924212435.21956.qmail@web53405.mail.yahoo.com>

Someone told me Galt and Jim were asked up. Tom O'horgan was there but wasn't included .....
 
Peace and blessings ~ Jonathon

Leo <peacefreak@metrocast.net> wrote:
Thanks Ross for passing that along. I wonder who the "original Broadway and
film cast members" were?

PEACE,
Leo

> From: RJ Mac 
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] HAIR at New Amsterdam
>
> cut-and-psted from Playbill Online:
>
> HAIR
> Seth Rudetsky is four for four. After spearheading the
> all-star concerts of Dreamgirls, Funny Girl and Chess,
> Rudetsky put together a star-studded concert of the
> famed sixties musical Hair, which was presented Monday
> night at the New Amsterdam Theatre. The Sept. 20
> evening began with remarks by Actors' Fund Executive
> Director Joseph Benincasa and new Actors' Fund
> President Brian Stokes Mitchell. Tony winner Mitchell
> joked to the sold-out crowd, "We all know why we're
> here tonight - to see naked people onstage! And to
> help the Actors' Fund," he continued, "and to see
> Hair." Mitchell also acknowledged some of Hair's
> original Broadway and film cast members, who were in
> attendance.
>
> The curtain then rose on the likeable Harris Doran (as
> Claude), standing centerstage clad in white T-shirt
> and jeans. While he burned his draft card, the stage
> also revealed the small onstage orchestra, which was
> divided into sections by three staircases. As Lillias
> White, decked out in a large afro and sixties-era
> attire, began belting out "Aquarius," members of the
> chorus - standing on chairs in the audience - rushed
> to the stage in a burst of energy. Two large screens
> were also part of the stage design and projected
> various timely images throughout the concert.
>
> Lea DeLaria, who bemoaned having to follow the vocals
> of White, offered a few off-the-cuff remarks to the
> audience before launching into "Donna." "Queer Eye"
> co-star Jai Rodriguez, sporting a long wig, sang about
> the pleasures of "Sodomy" and was followed by Taboo's
> Euan Morton, who delivered a somewhat lyrically
> revised "Manchester, England." Chuck Cooper's "Colored
> Spade" preceded Ana Gasteyer's belty "Dead End," one
> of the many highlights of the first half of the
> evening. Other Act I high points included Harvey
> Fierstein, who drew cheers with his raspy-voiced
> version of "Air"; Laura Benanti, who morphed from a
> prim-and-proper teacher into an LSD induced free
> spirit while she wrapped her glorious soprano around
> "Initials"; John Tartaglia and Christopher Sieber, who
> had some fun with an American flag and "Don't Put It
> Down"; Adam Pascal, who sported a shirtless open vest
> and let his rock-flavored tenor soar on "I Got Life";
> Raul Esparza, who scored with the title tune; former
> "American Idol" contestant Jennifer Hudson, who raised
> the roof with a thrilling "Easy to Be Hard"; and Julia
> Murney, who managed to dazzle even with a cold, as she
> brought down the first-act curtain with "Where Do I
> Go," which began with a touching sincerity and
> climaxed in a Janis Joplin-style crescendo.
>
> The second half of the concert got off to a rousing
> start with Toxic Audio's solo on "Electric Blues."
> That was followed by the exciting pairing of "Black
> Boys" - featuring belters Kathy Brier, Orfeh and Ann
> Harada - and "White Boys," with the equally belty
> Ledisi, Brandi Chavonne Massey and Shayna Steele.
> Annie Golden charmed with the gentle ballad "Frank
> Mills," and members of the chorus bared all during
> "Walking in Space." Other second-act notables: Billy
> Porter's gospel-tinged "Four Score"; Darius de Haas
> and Paul Castree, whose pure tenors blended
> beautifully on "What a Piece of Work Is Man"; Liz
> Callaway, who added class and simple, gorgeous tones
> on "Good Morning Starshine"; and Norm Lewis, whose
> rich, vibrato-filled voice echoed throughout the
> theatre on "The Flesh Failure," which segued into the
> wonderful finale, "Let the Sun Shine In."

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From venuetheatre at juno.com  Fri Sep 24 22:59:48 2004
From: venuetheatre at juno.com (Corinne Broskette)
Date: Fri Sep 24 23:14:59 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Thanks for the review Leo
Message-ID: <20040925.021328.3472.19.venuetheatre@juno.com>

Boy I wish I could have been there.   Even with the minimal staging, I
bet it was wonderful.  did they record it in any way?

Corinne

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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Sat Sep 25 14:35:37 2004
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Sat Sep 25 14:37:52 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Recorded Actors Fund Benefit?
References: <200409251900.i8PJ03XC003547@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <001a01c4a347$997f9fa0$6401a8c0@f1n9i3>


Actually I have heard that they're going into a recording studio this coming
Friday for a CD release of this Actors Fund Benefit.

PEACE,
Leo

> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Message-ID: <20040925.021328.3472.19.venuetheatre@juno.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Boy I wish I could have been there.   Even with the minimal staging, I
> bet it was wonderful.  did they record it in any way?
>
> Corinne

From LilacAmy11 at aol.com  Sat Sep 25 14:43:57 2004
From: LilacAmy11 at aol.com (LilacAmy11@aol.com)
Date: Sat Sep 25 14:45:02 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Recorded Actors Fund Benefit?
Message-ID: <60.4487fc89.2e87409d@aol.com>

Wow! Exciting!:) Let us know when that comes out, I'll definitely be picking 
that up!

-amy
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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Sat Sep 25 14:45:02 2004
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Sat Sep 25 14:47:26 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Pics from Actors Benefit Fund
References: <200409171900.i8HJ03gY015195@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <004c01c4a348$ea2ce4c0$6401a8c0@f1n9i3>

If anyone's interested here's a link to some HAIR pictures taken at the
Actors Benefit Fund held at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm?int_news_id=5147

PEACE,
Leo

From wmichaelharris at earthlink.net  Sun Sep 26 07:49:19 2004
From: wmichaelharris at earthlink.net (Walter Michael Harris)
Date: Sun Sep 26 07:49:25 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 3, Issue 19
References: <200409251900.i8PJ03XC003547@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <4156D6EF.5050902@earthlink.net>


http://ibs.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm?int_news_id=5147

I'm glad the proceeds went to The Actors Fund.

WMH

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>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 17:05:01 -0400
>From: "Leo" <peacefreak@metrocast.net>
>Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: HAIR at New Amsterdam
>To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
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>
>Thanks Ross for passing that along. I wonder who the "original Broadway and
>film cast members" were?
>
>PEACE,
>Leo
>
>  
>
>>From: RJ Mac <nycrjmac@yahoo.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] HAIR at New Amsterdam
>>
>>cut-and-psted from Playbill Online:
>>
>>HAIR
>>Seth Rudetsky is four for four. After spearheading the
>>all-star concerts of Dreamgirls, Funny Girl and Chess,
>>Rudetsky put together a star-studded concert of the
>>famed sixties musical Hair, which was presented Monday
>>night at the New Amsterdam Theatre. The Sept. 20
>>evening began with remarks by Actors' Fund Executive
>>Director Joseph Benincasa and new Actors' Fund
>>President Brian Stokes Mitchell. Tony winner Mitchell
>>joked to the sold-out crowd, "We all know why we're
>>here tonight - to see naked people onstage! And to
>>help the Actors' Fund," he continued, "and to see
>>Hair." Mitchell also acknowledged some of Hair's
>>original Broadway and film cast members, who were in
>>attendance.
>>
>>The curtain then rose on the likeable Harris Doran (as
>>Claude), standing centerstage clad in white T-shirt
>>and jeans. While he burned his draft card, the stage
>>also revealed the small onstage orchestra, which was
>>divided into sections by three staircases. As Lillias
>>White, decked out in a large afro and sixties-era
>>attire, began belting out "Aquarius," members of the
>>chorus - standing on chairs in the audience - rushed
>>to the stage in a burst of energy. Two large screens
>>were also part of the stage design and projected
>>various timely images throughout the concert.
>>
>>Lea DeLaria, who bemoaned having to follow the vocals
>>of White, offered a few off-the-cuff remarks to the
>>audience before launching into "Donna." "Queer Eye"
>>co-star Jai Rodriguez, sporting a long wig, sang about
>>the pleasures of "Sodomy" and was followed by Taboo's
>>Euan Morton, who delivered a somewhat lyrically
>>revised "Manchester, England." Chuck Cooper's "Colored
>>Spade" preceded Ana Gasteyer's belty "Dead End," one
>>of the many highlights of the first half of the
>>evening. Other Act I high points included Harvey
>>Fierstein, who drew cheers with his raspy-voiced
>>version of "Air"; Laura Benanti, who morphed from a
>>prim-and-proper teacher into an LSD induced free
>>spirit while she wrapped her glorious soprano around
>>"Initials"; John Tartaglia and Christopher Sieber, who
>>had some fun with an American flag and "Don't Put It
>>Down"; Adam Pascal, who sported a shirtless open vest
>>and let his rock-flavored tenor soar on "I Got Life";
>>Raul Esparza, who scored with the title tune; former
>>"American Idol" contestant Jennifer Hudson, who raised
>>the roof with a thrilling "Easy to Be Hard"; and Julia
>>Murney, who managed to dazzle even with a cold, as she
>>brought down the first-act curtain with "Where Do I
>>Go," which began with a touching sincerity and
>>climaxed in a Janis Joplin-style crescendo.
>>
>>The second half of the concert got off to a rousing
>>start with Toxic Audio's solo on "Electric Blues."
>>That was followed by the exciting pairing of "Black
>>Boys" - featuring belters Kathy Brier, Orfeh and Ann
>>Harada - and "White Boys," with the equally belty
>>Ledisi, Brandi Chavonne Massey and Shayna Steele.
>>Annie Golden charmed with the gentle ballad "Frank
>>Mills," and members of the chorus bared all during
>>"Walking in Space." Other second-act notables: Billy
>>Porter's gospel-tinged "Four Score"; Darius de Haas
>>and Paul Castree, whose pure tenors blended
>>beautifully on "What a Piece of Work Is Man"; Liz
>>Callaway, who added class and simple, gorgeous tones
>>on "Good Morning Starshine"; and Norm Lewis, whose
>>rich, vibrato-filled voice echoed throughout the
>>theatre on "The Flesh Failure," which segued into the
>>wonderful finale, "Let the Sun Shine In."
>>    
>>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 2
>Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:24:35 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Jonathon Johnson <goodhairdays@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: HAIR at New Amsterdam
>To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
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>Someone told me Galt and Jim were asked up. Tom O'horgan was there but wasn't included .....
> 
>Peace and blessings ~ Jonathon
>
>Leo <peacefreak@metrocast.net> wrote:
>Thanks Ross for passing that along. I wonder who the "original Broadway and
>film cast members" were?
>
>PEACE,
>Leo
>
>  
>
>>From: RJ Mac 
>>Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] HAIR at New Amsterdam
>>
>>cut-and-psted from Playbill Online:
>>
>>HAIR
>>Seth Rudetsky is four for four. After spearheading the
>>all-star concerts of Dreamgirls, Funny Girl and Chess,
>>Rudetsky put together a star-studded concert of the
>>famed sixties musical Hair, which was presented Monday
>>night at the New Amsterdam Theatre. The Sept. 20
>>evening began with remarks by Actors' Fund Executive
>>Director Joseph Benincasa and new Actors' Fund
>>President Brian Stokes Mitchell. Tony winner Mitchell
>>joked to the sold-out crowd, "We all know why we're
>>here tonight - to see naked people onstage! And to
>>help the Actors' Fund," he continued, "and to see
>>Hair." Mitchell also acknowledged some of Hair's
>>original Broadway and film cast members, who were in
>>attendance.
>>
>>The curtain then rose on the likeable Harris Doran (as
>>Claude), standing centerstage clad in white T-shirt
>>and jeans. While he burned his draft card, the stage
>>also revealed the small onstage orchestra, which was
>>divided into sections by three staircases. As Lillias
>>White, decked out in a large afro and sixties-era
>>attire, began belting out "Aquarius," members of the
>>chorus - standing on chairs in the audience - rushed
>>to the stage in a burst of energy. Two large screens
>>were also part of the stage design and projected
>>various timely images throughout the concert.
>>
>>Lea DeLaria, who bemoaned having to follow the vocals
>>of White, offered a few off-the-cuff remarks to the
>>audience before launching into "Donna." "Queer Eye"
>>co-star Jai Rodriguez, sporting a long wig, sang about
>>the pleasures of "Sodomy" and was followed by Taboo's
>>Euan Morton, who delivered a somewhat lyrically
>>revised "Manchester, England." Chuck Cooper's "Colored
>>Spade" preceded Ana Gasteyer's belty "Dead End," one
>>of the many highlights of the first half of the
>>evening. Other Act I high points included Harvey
>>Fierstein, who drew cheers with his raspy-voiced
>>version of "Air"; Laura Benanti, who morphed from a
>>prim-and-proper teacher into an LSD induced free
>>spirit while she wrapped her glorious soprano around
>>"Initials"; John Tartaglia and Christopher Sieber, who
>>had some fun with an American flag and "Don't Put It
>>Down"; Adam Pascal, who sported a shirtless open vest
>>and let his rock-flavored tenor soar on "I Got Life";
>>Raul Esparza, who scored with the title tune; former
>>"American Idol" contestant Jennifer Hudson, who raised
>>the roof with a thrilling "Easy to Be Hard"; and Julia
>>Murney, who managed to dazzle even with a cold, as she
>>brought down the first-act curtain with "Where Do I
>>Go," which began with a touching sincerity and
>>climaxed in a Janis Joplin-style crescendo.
>>
>>The second half of the concert got off to a rousing
>>start with Toxic Audio's solo on "Electric Blues."
>>That was followed by the exciting pairing of "Black
>>Boys" - featuring belters Kathy Brier, Orfeh and Ann
>>Harada - and "White Boys," with the equally belty
>>Ledisi, Brandi Chavonne Massey and Shayna Steele.
>>Annie Golden charmed with the gentle ballad "Frank
>>Mills," and members of the chorus bared all during
>>"Walking in Space." Other second-act notables: Billy
>>Porter's gospel-tinged "Four Score"; Darius de Haas
>>and Paul Castree, whose pure tenors blended
>>beautifully on "What a Piece of Work Is Man"; Liz
>>Callaway, who added class and simple, gorgeous tones
>>on "Good Morning Starshine"; and Norm Lewis, whose
>>rich, vibrato-filled voice echoed throughout the
>>theatre on "The Flesh Failure," which segued into the
>>wonderful finale, "Let the Sun Shine In."
>>    
>>
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>Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 01:59:48 -0400
>From: Corinne Broskette <venuetheatre@juno.com>
>Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Thanks for the review Leo
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>Boy I wish I could have been there.   Even with the minimal staging, I
>bet it was wonderful.  did they record it in any way?
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Sep 26 14:37:59 2004
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sun Sep 26 14:36:35 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gallery 3
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Kevin,

Thanks for these wonderful photos. What a trip!
I have pinched a photo of you and Mitsue and the one of 1000 cranes.

Blessings,
Michael
-- The Battle
"There are two great powers and they've been fighting since time began.
Every advance in human life, every scrap of knowledge and wisdom and decency
we have has been torn by one side from the teeth of the other. Every little
increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who
want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to
obey and be humble and submit"
 "The Subtle Knife"  by Philip Pullman



From barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net  Sun Sep 26 16:30:44 2004
From: barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Sun Sep 26 16:31:00 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Motorcycle Diaries re: Che
Message-ID: <14264-41575124-545@storefull-3214.bay.webtv.net>

The New York Times 
September 24, 2004
MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES' 
On the Road With Young Che
By A. O. SCOTT 

In the spring of 1952, two young men set out by motorcycle on an
ambitious, footloose journey that they hoped would carry them from
Buenos Aires up the spine of Chile, across the Andes and into the
Peruvian Amazon. (They made it, a little behind schedule, though the
unfortunate motorcycle did not.) Their road trip, however inspired and
audacious it might have been, could have faded into personal memory and
family lore, even though both travelers produced written accounts of
their adventures.
 
The older, a 29-year-old biochemist named Alberto Granado, is still
alive and appears at the very end 
of "The Motorcycle Diaries," Walter Salles's stirring and warm-hearted
reconstruction of that long-ago voyage. Granado's companion was a
23-year-old medical student named Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, whose
subsequent career as a political idol, revolutionary martyr and T-shirt
icon ? Che! ? reflects a charismatic, mysterious glow onto his early
life.
 
"Is it possible to be nostalgic for a world you never knew?" Ernesto
wonders as he contemplates Inca ruins in the Peruvian highlands. Mr.
Salles's film, as ardent and serious a quest as Ernesto's turned out to
be, poses a similar question. In making their movie, the cast and crew
retraced the route of 
Granado and Guevara three times, trying to connect not only with the
varied, rugged landscape of South 
America but also with the hopes and confusions of an earlier time: an
era before the Cuban revolution, 
before the military coups and dirty wars of the 1960's and 70's, before
the democratic resurgence 
and economic catastrophes that followed.
 
The filmmakers are not so na?ve as to suppose that
the old days were simpler or more innocent than the
present. The movie's feeling of freshness and possibility comes from the
wide-eyed intelligence of 
its heroes. But one reason to explore the past is to try to rediscover
an elusive sense of forgotten possibility, and in Mr. Salles's hands
what might 
have been a schematic story of political awakening becomes a lyrical
exploration of the sensations and perceptions from which a political
understanding of the world emerges. 

What "The Motorcycle Diaries" captures, with startling clarity and
delicacy, is the quickening of Ernesto's youthful idealism, and the
gradual turning of his passionate, literary nature toward an as yet
unspecified form of radical commitment.
 
In declining to follow the subsequent course of that passion ? into
the Sierra Maestre, the Congo and 
the mountains of Bolivia, where Guevara met his bloody end ? Mr.
Salles risks being accused of idealizing his subject. It's a fair
charge, but one that misses the director's fidelity to his literary
sources. Guevara's diaries, discovered in a knapsack long 
after his death, were published in 1993, and much of their appeal lies
in the sense of immediacy they convey. Their author did not know who he
would become, even as the notebooks themselves dramatize a crucial stage
in his development.
 
At the beginning, at home with his bourgeois Buenos Aires family,
Ernesto (Gael Garc?a Bernal) 
is not Che, but "Fuser" ? sensitive, asthmatic and perhaps a bit of a
dilettante. Alberto (Rodrigo de la Serna), lecherous, plump and
gregarious, full of good-natured, blustery trash talk, is Falstaff to
Fuser's Prince Hal. While there is a worthy goal at the end of their
journey ? they intend to work in a leper colony in Peru ? the main
purpose is tourism, both high minded and low. They want to see as much
of Latin America as they can ? more than 8,000 kilometers (about 5,000
miles) in just a few months ? and also bed as many Latin American
beauties as will fall for their ridiculous pick-up lines.

Alberto may be the self-declared ladies' man, but Mr. Bernal, with his
smoldering eyes and equine features, is the movie's heartthrob. Though
the film does, by the end, view Ernesto as a quasi-holy figure, turning
away from the corruptions of the world toward a higher purpose, he is
also portrayed as a mischievous, eager boy. Early in the film, the
travelers stop in the seaside town of Miramar to visit Ernesto's
girlfriend, Chichina (M?a Maestro), whose wealthy parents clearly
disapprove of him, to say nothing of the uncouth Alberto (who promptly
seduces the family's maid). The scenes between Ernesto and Chichina have
the delicious ache of late-adolescent longing, a feeling that suffuses
the film even as it turns its attention to graver matters. 

At times, "The Motorcycle Diaries," which opens today in New York and
Los Angeles, bounces along
like a conventional buddy picture, animated by Ernesto and Alberto's
mechanical mishaps and good-natured squabbles. But the film, written by 
Jos? Rivera, is really a love story in the form of a travelogue. The
love it chronicles is no less profound ? and no less stirring to the
senses ? for 
taking place not between two people but between a person and a
continent. Mr. Bernal's soulful, magnetic performance notwithstanding,
the real star of the film is South America itself, revealed in the
cinematographer Eric Gautier's misty green images as a land of jarring
and enigmatic beauty.
 
At the end of the film, after his sojourn at the leper colony has
confirmed his nascent egalitarian, anti-authority impulses, Ernesto
makes a birthday toast, which is also his first political speech. In it
he evokes a pan-Latin American identity that transcends the arbitrary
boundaries of nation and 
race.
 
"The Motorcycle Diaries," combining the talents of a Brazilian director
and leading actors from Mexico (Mr. Bernal) and Argentina (Mr. de la
Serna), pays heartfelt tribute to this idea. In an age of mass tourism,
it also unabashedly revives the venerable, romantic notion that travel
can enlarge the soul, and even change the world.
 
??"The Motorcycle Diaries" is rated R (Under 17 requires
accompanying parent or adult guardian) for strong language and sexual
references.
 
??THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
 
Directed by Walter Salles; written (in Spanish, with English subtitles)
by Jos? Rivera, based on "The Motorcycle Diaries" by Ernesto Che
Guevara and "With Che Through Latin America" by Alberto Granado;
director of photography, Eric Gautier; 
edited by Daniel Rezende; music by Gustavo Santaolalla; production
designer, Carlos Conti; produced by Michael Nozik, Edgard Tenembaum 
and Karen Tenkhoff; released by Focus Features. Running time: 126
minutes. This film is rated R. 
WITH: Gael Garc?a Bernal (Ernesto Guevara de la 
Serna), Rodrigo de la Serna (Alberto Granado) and M?a Maestro
(Chichina Ferreyra).
 
Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company

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Date: Sun Sep 26 16:38:58 2004
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More on the actor in the role of "Che".

peace,
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From venuetheatre at juno.com  Sun Sep 26 12:30:57 2004
From: venuetheatre at juno.com (Corinne Broskette)
Date: Sun Sep 26 18:23:49 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Concert
Message-ID: <20040926.212130.1532.0.venuetheatre@juno.com>

ohmygod.....mini skirts and high heels?  Who was the stylist.  Bet the
music was fantastic.  Now, Lillias White held aloft and Harris Doran as
Claude  had a bit more sense of what was up.

As I went through the photos it brought tears to my eyes.  Interesting
concept....

Where is the music?

Corinne

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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Mon Sep 27 05:49:22 2004
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Mon Sep 27 05:50:08 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] UK tour/Colin Forster Question
Message-ID: <BAY9-F29nUKBJt7281g0001860d@hotmail.com>

A woman has written to the Archives looking for information on Colin 
Forster, who was in the original UK tour in 1970/71 ish. He played General 
Grant. She would like any information anyone can give her, especially 
personal recollections, and would love to see any photos of the tour that 
were known to include him (so would I, so if you're scanning them for her be 
sure and send on to me as well!)

You can contact her directly:

Maggi Le Morvan <sales@bigfishdiscounts.com>

Thanks,
Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html


From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep 27 11:46:14 2004
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep 27 11:44:57 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Motorcycle Diaries re: Che
In-Reply-To: <14264-41575124-545@storefull-3214.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <BD7DAE06.19C6A%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Barbara,
Thanks I am sure going to see this film.
XO Michael

-- "The past is never dead", William Faulkner said, "It isn't ever past"



> The New York Times
> September 24, 2004
> MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES'
> On the Road With Young Che
> By A. O. SCOTT
> 
> In the spring of 1952, two young men set out by motorcycle on an
> ambitious, footloose journey that they hoped would carry them from
> Buenos Aires up the spine of Chile, across the Andes and into the
> Peruvian Amazon. (They made it, a little behind schedule, though the
> unfortunate motorcycle did not.) Their road trip, however inspired and
> audacious it might have been, could have faded into personal memory and
> family lore, even though both travelers produced written accounts of
> their adventures.
> 
> The older, a 29-year-old biochemist named Alberto Granado, is still
> alive and appears at the very end
> of "The Motorcycle Diaries," Walter Salles's stirring and warm-hearted
> reconstruction of that long-ago voyage. Granado's companion was a
> 23-year-old medical student named Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, whose
> subsequent career as a political idol, revolutionary martyr and T-shirt
> icon ? Che! ? reflects a charismatic, mysterious glow onto his early
> life.
> 
> "Is it possible to be nostalgic for a world you never knew?" Ernesto
> wonders as he contemplates Inca ruins in the Peruvian highlands. Mr.
> Salles's film, as ardent and serious a quest as Ernesto's turned out to
> be, poses a similar question. In making their movie, the cast and crew
> retraced the route of
> Granado and Guevara three times, trying to connect not only with the
> varied, rugged landscape of South
> America but also with the hopes and confusions of an earlier time: an
> era before the Cuban revolution,
> before the military coups and dirty wars of the 1960's and 70's, before
> the democratic resurgence
> and economic catastrophes that followed.
> 
> The filmmakers are not so na?ve as to suppose that
> the old days were simpler or more innocent than the
> present. The movie's feeling of freshness and possibility comes from the
> wide-eyed intelligence of
> its heroes. But one reason to explore the past is to try to rediscover
> an elusive sense of forgotten possibility, and in Mr. Salles's hands
> what might
> have been a schematic story of political awakening becomes a lyrical
> exploration of the sensations and perceptions from which a political
> understanding of the world emerges.
> 
> What "The Motorcycle Diaries" captures, with startling clarity and
> delicacy, is the quickening of Ernesto's youthful idealism, and the
> gradual turning of his passionate, literary nature toward an as yet
> unspecified form of radical commitment.
> 
> In declining to follow the subsequent course of that passion ? into
> the Sierra Maestre, the Congo and
> the mountains of Bolivia, where Guevara met his bloody end ? Mr.
> Salles risks being accused of idealizing his subject. It's a fair
> charge, but one that misses the director's fidelity to his literary
> sources. Guevara's diaries, discovered in a knapsack long
> after his death, were published in 1993, and much of their appeal lies
> in the sense of immediacy they convey. Their author did not know who he
> would become, even as the notebooks themselves dramatize a crucial stage
> in his development.
> 
> At the beginning, at home with his bourgeois Buenos Aires family,
> Ernesto (Gael Garc?a Bernal)
> is not Che, but "Fuser" ? sensitive, asthmatic and perhaps a bit of a
> dilettante. Alberto (Rodrigo de la Serna), lecherous, plump and
> gregarious, full of good-natured, blustery trash talk, is Falstaff to
> Fuser's Prince Hal. While there is a worthy goal at the end of their
> journey ? they intend to work in a leper colony in Peru ? the main
> purpose is tourism, both high minded and low. They want to see as much
> of Latin America as they can ? more than 8,000 kilometers (about 5,000
> miles) in just a few months ? and also bed as many Latin American
> beauties as will fall for their ridiculous pick-up lines.
> 
> Alberto may be the self-declared ladies' man, but Mr. Bernal, with his
> smoldering eyes and equine features, is the movie's heartthrob. Though
> the film does, by the end, view Ernesto as a quasi-holy figure, turning
> away from the corruptions of the world toward a higher purpose, he is
> also portrayed as a mischievous, eager boy. Early in the film, the
> travelers stop in the seaside town of Miramar to visit Ernesto's
> girlfriend, Chichina (M?a Maestro), whose wealthy parents clearly
> disapprove of him, to say nothing of the uncouth Alberto (who promptly
> seduces the family's maid). The scenes between Ernesto and Chichina have
> the delicious ache of late-adolescent longing, a feeling that suffuses
> the film even as it turns its attention to graver matters.
> 
> At times, "The Motorcycle Diaries," which opens today in New York and
> Los Angeles, bounces along
> like a conventional buddy picture, animated by Ernesto and Alberto's
> mechanical mishaps and good-natured squabbles. But the film, written by
> Jos? Rivera, is really a love story in the form of a travelogue. The
> love it chronicles is no less profound ? and no less stirring to the
> senses ? for
> taking place not between two people but between a person and a
> continent. Mr. Bernal's soulful, magnetic performance notwithstanding,
> the real star of the film is South America itself, revealed in the
> cinematographer Eric Gautier's misty green images as a land of jarring
> and enigmatic beauty.
> 
> At the end of the film, after his sojourn at the leper colony has
> confirmed his nascent egalitarian, anti-authority impulses, Ernesto
> makes a birthday toast, which is also his first political speech. In it
> he evokes a pan-Latin American identity that transcends the arbitrary
> boundaries of nation and
> race.
> 
> "The Motorcycle Diaries," combining the talents of a Brazilian director
> and leading actors from Mexico (Mr. Bernal) and Argentina (Mr. de la
> Serna), pays heartfelt tribute to this idea. In an age of mass tourism,
> it also unabashedly revives the venerable, romantic notion that travel
> can enlarge the soul, and even change the world.
> 
> ??"The Motorcycle Diaries" is rated R (Under 17 requires
> accompanying parent or adult guardian) for strong language and sexual
> references.
> 
> ??THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
> 
> Directed by Walter Salles; written (in Spanish, with English subtitles)
> by Jos? Rivera, based on "The Motorcycle Diaries" by Ernesto Che
> Guevara and "With Che Through Latin America" by Alberto Granado;
> director of photography, Eric Gautier;
> edited by Daniel Rezende; music by Gustavo Santaolalla; production
> designer, Carlos Conti; produced by Michael Nozik, Edgard Tenembaum
> and Karen Tenkhoff; released by Focus Features. Running time: 126
> minutes. This film is rated R.
> WITH: Gael Garc?a Bernal (Ernesto Guevara de la
> Serna), Rodrigo de la Serna (Alberto Granado) and M?a Maestro
> (Chichina Ferreyra).
> 
> Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company
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From barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net  Wed Sep 29 08:00:17 2004
From: barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Wed Sep 29 09:00:34 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Another G-r-e-a-t Review of "Motorcyle Diaries"
Message-ID: <25442-415ADC11-302@storefull-3215.bay.webtv.net>

RE: ? ? Review of Motorcycle Diaries 
With respect to Compuserve where I found this review. 
****** 
The Motorcycle Diaries
Reviewed by: Edward Douglas 
Rating: 10 out of 10
 
Cast:
 
Gael Garc?a Bernal as Ernesto 'Che' Guevara de la Serna Rodrigo De la
Serna as Alberto Granado 
M?a Maestro as Chichina Ferreyra
Mercedes Mor?n as Celia de la Serna
Jorge Chiarella as Dr. Bresciani 

Story:
 
In January 1952, two friends left Buenos Aires for a trip across South
America which would take them 8,000 kilometers in four months. The trip
starts out as a fun adventure to see the continent with the help of only
a motorcycle, but what they discover is something that will forever
alter their view of the world. The elder of the two, 29-year-old
biochemist Alberto Granado would go on to become a leader in medicine,
while he younger of the two, Ernesto Guevara, would later become a South
American figurehead for revolution.
 
Analysis:
 
Once in a very long time, a movie comes along that alters your
perception or opinion on a subject matter by showing you something you
never thought possible. Few may go into The Motorcycle Diaries knowing
much about South America or the legacy of Che Guevara, but most should
come away from it rather enlightened about a continent that has been
mainly steeped in mystery to Northerners. Adapted from the respective
journals of the two men-Guevara's The Motorcycle Diaries and Granado's
Traveling with Che Guevara-this beautifully realized film turns what
might have been a simple road movie into a stunning and thought
provoking experience.
 
The road trip starts off with the two guys preparing for the trip with
very little fanfare and no nothing to up the characters or their
backgrounds, most of which we learn over the course of the journey.
Since the two guys are so different, it's surprising that they decided
to make the trip together. Alberto is so much older and more experienced
than Ernesto, and while they're both clearly idealists when they start
the trip, Ernesto is innocent and honest to a fault while Alberto is a
bit more of a player, especially towards women. Using a combination of
bargaining and bullsh*t, they find ways to survive on the road with no
money. The big sticking point between the friends is fifteen American
dollars given to Ernest by his girlfriend to buy her a bathing suit if
they make it to America, which Ernesto refuses to spend on important
things like food or shelter or medicine.
 
At first, the trip is a bit of a lark to see the countryside, but as
they progress deeper into the continent, they discover another side of
the world that they didn't know existed, where the indigent natives of
the continent suffer in poverty, working dangerous and menial jobs for
little pay. To say that discovering the true poverty of the country is a
life changing experience would be an understatement, but they certainly
get more than they bargained for. For the first time in their lives,
they experience the indigents of the country that they never had seen in
the European influenced Buenos Aires. When they finally reach the San
Pablo leper colony, they're shocked by the conditions, and it brings the
two men together to try to make a difference.
 
The quality of the filmmaking is the least one might expect from a
master filmmaker like Brazil's Walter Salles, who takes a daring step
forward from his earlier films, Central Station and Behind the Sun. For
The Motorcycle Diaries, Salles met a number of challenges, the greatest
one being the decision to tell a story about the formative years in the
life of a South American icon. Shooting the film outside of his native
country in a language not his own, Salles decided to use many
inexperienced locals for the film, and with a melting pot of a crew with
different South American backgrounds, Salles effectively erases the
invisible boundaries that separate the continent's individual countries
as easily as the two friends travel across them. 

Although this is a terrific story in itself, it wouldn't have been
nearly as effective if not for the amazing performances by two young
actors who have incredible chemistry on screen. Gael Garcia Bernal
continues his run as one of Mexico's best actors, creating a memorable
performance as the young Guevara. He brings suitable innocence and
naivety to Ernesto as he heads out on the road, as well as an empathy to
the indigent people of the country that would certainly help him as a
leader later in life, as well as showing a terrific bedside manner as a
doctor to the afflicted of the leper colony. Guevara also struggled with
asthma early in life, something that may not have been known, but Bernal
effectively shows another side to the legendary figure as well as a
believable evolution over the course of the film.
 
Lesser-known Argentine actor Rodrigo De La Serna-no, the last name isn't
a coincidence; he is a second cousin to the real Ernesto-gives an
equally impressive portrayal of Granado. He turns what would be a fairly
dimensionless character into the perfect counterpart to Bernal's
Ernesto.
 
The amazing script by Jose Rivera is what drives the film and makes both
these characters work with dialogue that quickly makes you forget that
you're reading subtitles. The patter between the two men is consistently
great, but some of the best writing comes from Guevara himself as
beautiful passages from letters to his mother are used as narrative to
the film. 

The Motorcycle Diaries is also special because it shows off the
beautiful South American landscape, including many places that few will
have had a chance to see in the past. This greatly adds to the tale,
although it will also add to the comparisons to Bernal's breakout hit Y
Tu Mama Tambien. While that coming of age story was also groundbreaking,
there's a lot more depth to The Motorcycle Diaries on a social and
political level.
 
The Bottom Line:
 
Walter Salles has done it again. Working with two fine actors and a rich
and unmatchable South American setting, Salles has created a wonderful,
charming and deeply moving rites of passage film that runs the gamut of
themes from friendship and tolerance to the division between the rich
and the poor. One of the best films of the year so far.

From michael at intrafi.com  Thu Sep 30 10:11:39 2004
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Thu Sep 30 10:11:42 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] NYTimes.com Article: Now on DVD: The Passion of the Bush 
Message-ID: <20040930171139.7BB3184CF@web39t.prvt.nytimes.com>

The article below from NYTimes.com 
has been sent to you by michael@intrafi.com.



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 Schwartzman, Lily Tomlin, Mark Wahlberg and Naomi Watts.
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Sep 30 11:05:02 2004
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu Sep 30 11:06:27 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] MESSAGE FROM MICHAEL
Message-ID: <BD8198DE.19DEA%michael@michaelbutler.com>

If can don't miss seeing on Monday night 4 October on PBS a special on RFK,
Robert F. Kennedy.
Peace and Love,
Michael

From barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net  Thu Sep 30 11:21:42 2004
From: barbarasiomos38 at webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Thu Sep 30 11:22:05 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] White Buffalo
Message-ID: <28648-415C4EB6-1536@storefull-3218.bay.webtv.net>

By Catherine W. Idzerda/Gazette Staff

Miracle is gone.

Miracle the buffalo, the symbol of peace, died at 11:07 p.m. Sunday on
the Dave and Valerie Heider
farm in Janesville. "She became sick on Friday,"
Dave Heider said. "She was off her feed and  became lethargic." The vet
was with Miracle for
much of last weekend but couldn't save her. "We
don't believe she was suffering," Heider said Friday
afternoon. "It looked like she was resting peacefully."

The vet and Valerie Heider were with Miracle when
she died. It is not known why Miracle died, and the
Heiders thought it would be inappropriate to do an
autopsy. "I really don't know what happened; she's
always been small," Dave Heider said. Miracle was
buried in an unmarked grave. The Heiders may plan
a memorial service at a later date and haven't decided on a grave
marker. 

Miracle was born on Aug. 20, 1994. She was the
first all-white buffalo born since 1933. A white
buffalo is a sacred figure to some American Indians.
According to a Lakota Sioux legend, the return of
the female white buffalo calf heralded an era of
peace and understanding among the people of the
Earth. 

Her appearance caused an influx of visitors from all
over the world to the 45-acre farm at 2739 S. River
Road. People tramped up and down the farm lane
at all hours of the night. The phone rang constantly.
The Heiders had to set aside part of their land for
parking.
 
The attention was exhausting. In an 1999 interview,
Heider talked about the days after Miracle's birth:
"We figured after three months it would all dry up
and go away. Now, we know better. Sometimes, I
regret it." But his attitude changed, and he came to
feel blessed by Miracle's presence. "We met people
from all over the world," Heider said. "We had
opportunities that we never would have had before."

The Heiders have played host to 300 tribes from all
over the world including the Masai of Africa, the Aztecs of Mexico and
aborigines from Australia. The
Sioux, the Cree and the Ho Chunk are just a few
of the tribes that have been to their home.

Over the years, Miracle turned black, red and yellow. Part of the legend
said that the white
buffalo would turn different colors to reflect all
human races. Miracle had three calves, Millennium,
Lady Miracle, Mitakuye Oyasin- which means "We
Are All Related in the Sacred Hoop of Life" in the
Nakota Sioux language.
 
In August, about 300 people visited the Heider farm
for her 10th birthday. Many visitors said Miracle
represented hope in time of war. "The legend
doesn't say anything about Miracle dying," Heider
said. "Buffalos can live to be 25 to 30 years old."
Heider delayed releasing the news for the better 
part of a week because he and his wife had to go on a business trip and
they were still adjusting to
their own shock and sadness.

"I really don't know how you can love an animal that
much that you couldn't touch. She wasn't tame, you
know, she was basically a wild animal," Heider said.
"It's hard to put into words; I don't know how to
explain it. It's like losing a close friend or relative."

From mromanek at oakwood.com  Thu Sep 30 13:20:39 2004
From: mromanek at oakwood.com (Mary Romanek)
Date: Thu Sep 30 13:20:54 2004
Subject: [Mb-hair] Miracle RIP
Message-ID: <4F75774679138B43AFEC7ABC46CD56A10F3FD140@OAKWOOD6012S.corp.oakwood.com>

That' so sad about Miracle- I still have photos of her as a baby on my
dresser mirror. Being that bison have been my favorite animal since
childhood and that I grew up going to pow wows, I was really excited
about her arrival, and had heard that she had babies herself. I'll put a
little flower up by her photos tonight....

Mary

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   3. White Buffalo (Barbara Siomos)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:11:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: michael@intrafi.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] NYTimes.com Article: Now on DVD: The Passion of the
	Bush 
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Message-ID: <20040930171139.7BB3184CF@web39t.prvt.nytimes.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 

The article below from NYTimes.com 
has been sent to you by michael@intrafi.com.



/--------- E-mail Sponsored by Fox Searchlight ------------\

 I HEART HUCKABEES - OPENING IN SELECT CITIES OCTOBER 1

 From David O. Russell, writer and director of THREE KINGS
 and FLIRTING WITH DISASTER comes an existential comedy  starring Dustin
Hoffman, Isabelle Hupert, Jude Law, Jason  Schwartzman, Lily Tomlin,
Mark Wahlberg and Naomi Watts.  Watch the trailer now at:

 http://www.foxsearchlight.com/huckabees/index_nyt.html

\----------------------------------------------------------/


Now on DVD: The Passion of the Bush

October 3, 2004
 


The DVD "George W. Bush: Faith in the White House," marketed
as a response to "Fahrenheit 9/11," portrays the president
as God&#39;s warrior.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/03/arts/03rich.html?ex=1097564299&ei=1&en
=878bc4c091bdfb8b


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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:05:02 -0700
From: Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com>
Subject: [Mb-hair] MESSAGE FROM MICHAEL
To: Family <michael@michaelbutler.com>,	"BEARS, DOVES & BEAVERS"
	<michael@michaelbutler.com>,	Civic
<mb-civic@islandlists.com>, HAIR
	List <mb-hair@islandlists.com>, 	TribalHAIR
	<michael@michaelbutler.com>
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If can don't miss seeing on Monday night 4 October on PBS a special on
RFK, Robert F. Kennedy. Peace and Love, Michael



------------------------------

Message: 3
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:21:42 -0400
From: barbarasiomos38@webtv.net (Barbara Siomos)
Subject: [Mb-hair] White Buffalo
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com, mb-civic@islandlists.com
Message-ID: <28648-415C4EB6-1536@storefull-3218.bay.webtv.net>
Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII

By Catherine W. Idzerda/Gazette Staff

Miracle is gone.

Miracle the buffalo, the symbol of peace, died at 11:07 p.m. Sunday on
the Dave and Valerie Heider farm in Janesville. "She became sick on
Friday," Dave Heider said. "She was off her feed and  became lethargic."
The vet was with Miracle for much of last weekend but couldn't save her.
"We don't believe she was suffering," Heider said Friday afternoon. "It
looked like she was resting peacefully."

The vet and Valerie Heider were with Miracle when
she died. It is not known why Miracle died, and the
Heiders thought it would be inappropriate to do an
autopsy. "I really don't know what happened; she's
always been small," Dave Heider said. Miracle was
buried in an unmarked grave. The Heiders may plan
a memorial service at a later date and haven't decided on a grave
marker. 

Miracle was born on Aug. 20, 1994. She was the
first all-white buffalo born since 1933. A white
buffalo is a sacred figure to some American Indians.
According to a Lakota Sioux legend, the return of
the female white buffalo calf heralded an era of
peace and understanding among the people of the
Earth. 

Her appearance caused an influx of visitors from all
over the world to the 45-acre farm at 2739 S. River
Road. People tramped up and down the farm lane
at all hours of the night. The phone rang constantly.
The Heiders had to set aside part of their land for
parking.
 
The attention was exhausting. In an 1999 interview,
Heider talked about the days after Miracle's birth:
"We figured after three months it would all dry up
and go away. Now, we know better. Sometimes, I
regret it." But his attitude changed, and he came to
feel blessed by Miracle's presence. "We met people
from all over the world," Heider said. "We had
opportunities that we never would have had before."

The Heiders have played host to 300 tribes from all
over the world including the Masai of Africa, the Aztecs of Mexico and
aborigines from Australia. The Sioux, the Cree and the Ho Chunk are just
a few of the tribes that have been to their home.

Over the years, Miracle turned black, red and yellow. Part of the legend
said that the white buffalo would turn different colors to reflect all
human races. Miracle had three calves, Millennium, Lady Miracle,
Mitakuye Oyasin- which means "We Are All Related in the Sacred Hoop of
Life" in the Nakota Sioux language.
 
In August, about 300 people visited the Heider farm
for her 10th birthday. Many visitors said Miracle
represented hope in time of war. "The legend
doesn't say anything about Miracle dying," Heider
said. "Buffalos can live to be 25 to 30 years old."
Heider delayed releasing the news for the better 
part of a week because he and his wife had to go on a business trip and
they were still adjusting to their own shock and sadness.

"I really don't know how you can love an animal that
much that you couldn't touch. She wasn't tame, you
know, she was basically a wild animal," Heider said.
"It's hard to put into words; I don't know how to
explain it. It's like losing a close friend or relative."



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