tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354177342024-03-07T17:22:39.392-06:00Uncle Warren's Attic<b>uwattic.com</b><br>A whimsical and eclectic journey through pop culture via the mind and aural stash of Warren BluhmWarren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.comBlogger291125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-67920850549198943782015-02-03T06:16:00.002-06:002015-02-03T06:20:35.285-06:00The most effective Super Bowl commercialsBecause I need a life, I wrote down all of the ads that ran during Sunday's Super Bowl game and took notes on my instant reaction. I came to an interesting conclusion about which ones were the most effective.<br />
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Briefly, here are my favorite ads – not necessarily the most effective.<br />
1. The lost puppy rescued from the wild by his Budweiser Clydesdale friend.<br />
2. Bryan Cranston as Breaking Bad's Walter White in a pharmacy for esurance.<br />
3. Pete Rose "in the hall" of his own home for Skechers.<br />
4. A public service announcement about what it means to do things "Like a Girl."<br />
5. Centenarians speak words of wisdom for Dodge, founded in 1914. "You learn a lot in 100 years."<br />
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But the most effective? Jeff Bridges sitting in a chair, running his finger around the edge of an earthen mug, and chanting like a Gregorian monk, with the subtitle "www.DreamingWithJeff.com."<br />
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Why is this the most effective, at least for me? Because later that night I went to <a href="http://www.dreamingwithjeff.com/">DreamingWithJeff.com</a> to find out what the heck that commercial was about. I learned about Squarespace and will consider using the product when I get around to redesigning my websites.<br />
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And that's the point of spending millions on a single television ad, right? To recoup your investment by making sales. To motivate the viewer to act.<br />
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Honorable mention: The trailers for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1964418/"><i>Tomorrowland</i></a>, an interesting-looking movie I was only dimly aware of, and for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340138/"><i>Terminator: Genisys</i></a>, which I wasn't inclined to go watch but now might.<br />
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<a href="http://wbluhm.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cross-posted to WarrenBluhm.com. </span></a><br />
<br />Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-30941511021790005132015-02-02T05:55:00.004-06:002015-02-02T05:55:44.113-06:00Super Bowl 49: Mind-boggling plays, puppies and horses, dancing sharks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Super Bowl 49 summary: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Two mind-boggling plays in the last minute. As for the second one, worst play-call ever. Ever! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I still love the puppy-Clydesdale ads. Walter White for esurance was best and funniest surprise. Pete Rose in the hall for Skechers also fun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Most visually arresting halftime show ever; will see happy sharks and beachballs in my dreams (nightmares?) for years to come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://wbluhm.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cross-posted to WarrenBluhm.com </span></a></span>Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-81068751905490913002015-01-19T08:28:00.001-06:002015-01-19T08:28:51.634-06:00Five'll get ya ten - 'Mack the Knife' by Bobby Darin<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife" is one of the most joyful big-band arrangements of all time, which is so strange given that it's basically about a serial killer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, hi. Nothing to see here, just doing a little dusting and cleaning. Come back in a few days and we'll talk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I want to tell you about what it was like the first time I heard – well, right now I really should finish cleaning. See you soon, OK?</span>Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-24271216889077958702014-06-19T06:13:00.003-05:002014-06-19T06:13:38.173-05:00You probably already figured this out ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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... but I'm not here. Uncle Warren's Attic is on hiatus. I probably will return to the world of podcasting, but I haven't yet.<br />
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Meantime you'll find my regular musings and announcements at <a href="http://WarrenBluhm.com/">WarrenBluhm.com</a>.Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-41515809462309891662013-07-05T04:00:00.000-05:002013-07-08T06:27:38.469-05:00W.B.'s Book Report: Unicorn Western<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It began as a laugh among friends. It has evolved into a nine-novella epic with the promise of two more epics to come. The story of how <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unicorn-Western-ebook/dp/B00AR7YTBM"><i>Unicorn Western</i></a> came to be is almost as much fun as the actual story.<br />
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Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant are two-thirds of a <a href="http://selfpublishingpodcast.com/">podcasting team</a> that meets weekly to talk about writing and self-publishing. One day the other third, David W. Wright, took exception to Platt’s stated desire to write a western someday. Too much trouble, too much research needed to make it authentic – for example, do you know what color was the smoke from those old six-shooters? Hilarity ensued.<br />
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The solution to Wright’s objection: Put a unicorn in the story. That way when people question what appears to be an unrealistic detail, you can respond that this isn’t the real Earth: “If we’ve filled the world with unicorns, I’d say we can do anything we want!”<br />
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A few short months later, the joke is a series of novellas available as ebooks separately or in ebook and print as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unicorn-Western-Johnny-B-Truant/dp/1484874714"><i>Unicorn Western: Full Saga</i></a> – a sprawling tale of magic and prairie justice that spans decades and pays homage to at least nine films along the way. (Because I need an occasional break from electronic screens, I opted for the 690-page book.) There are plenty of in-jokes and winks that will bring a knowing smile or a laugh-out-loud to people familiar with the films and <i>The Self-Publishing Podcast</i> – my favorites are the prophetic owls – but the story creates a mythology all its own and stands up as a rousing yarn despite its goofy origins.<br />
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This is not <i>Atlas Shrugged</i> or even <i>Lord of the Rings</i> – the main thing it has in common with those works of literature is its length – but the payoff is definitely worth the long ride; the authors entertain and make you care along the way. <i>Unicorn Western</i> is the reader’s equivalent of a summer blockbuster movie, well worth the time invested and leaving you with anticipation of the sequel(s).<br />
<br />Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-61244032646186643702013-06-28T07:22:00.000-05:002013-07-08T06:25:56.158-05:00Progress Report<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have three creative projects currently in process. The first is this blog; I aim to communicate with the outside world from this mysterious location between my ears, with a goal of sending a message daily at least weekdays.<br />
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Then there's the continuing adventures of Myke Phoenix, stalwart protector of Astor City. Conceived nearly a quarter-century ago, Myke finally was revealed to the world in 2008. I began churning out <a href="http://www.amazon.com/author/warrenbluhm">new adventures</a> early this year for Kindle, two new stories within three weeks. The next batch will probably come out in a flurry, too.<br />
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Finally, there's <a href="http://unclewarrensattic.blogspot.com/">Uncle Warren's Attic</a>, the podcast. Been 80 of 'em. I don't want to produce an 81st without plans for more beyond that. Working on that. No, really.<br />
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On the side there's the day job, and the animals, and the yard work. I can't use them as an excuse for any lack of visible progress because last summer, when we moved twice and built a house, I managed to write a <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/warren-bluhm/the-imaginary-revolution/paperback/product-20955720.html">novel</a> (also available for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Imaginary-Revolution-ebook/dp/B00AHVNEBY">Kindle</a>, by the by).<br />
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A friend of mine left a simple motivating comment not too long ago during a dry spell: "Writers write." I call myself a writer. So I'm writing. By the way, if you call yourself a writer, you should be writing, too. Today and every day. It's easy to call yourself a writer. But what have you written?
Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-31496296017879669352013-06-17T04:00:00.000-05:002013-06-17T07:09:10.332-05:00U.W. at the Movies: Oz The Great and Powerful<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you’re going to do a movie called <i>Oz The Great and Powerful</i>, you’re inviting comparisons to “the” movie about Oz, which has stood up for 74 years. This movie compares well in many ways, but in the end I’d say it takes itself a tad too seriously.<br />
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It’s new on DVD, and having missed it on the big screen, I find James Franco is a better wizard than I’d been led to believe in the various reviews I’ve encountered. He doesn’t have the flamboyance of Frank Morgan or the over-the-top showmanship of W.C. Fields, for whom the original movie character was written. What he does present is a scoundrel who somewhat regrets he’s a scoundrel and wishes to do better, and at that Franco does a nice job.<br />
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<i>Oz The Great and Powerful </i>borrows some of the familiar tropes from “the” film, including starting out in black and white and converting to color when the story flows from Kansas into Oz – with the added treat of filling out the widescreen frame. That was nicely done, and done better than the film manages other links to the original.<br />
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As in “the” film, characters from Kansas find themselves in Oz but in different form. Here’s the girl he couldn’t help, here’s the good friend he doesn’t appreciate, and here’s the good woman in his life. But at the end of “the” movie, we’re presented a logical explanation of the similarities. Here those similarities are apparently little more than a remarkable coincidence.<br />
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Don’t get me wrong, as a fan of “the” movie – it’s on my short list of all-time favorites – I really enjoyed <i>Oz The Great and Powerful</i>, much more than Disney’s previous attempt to reboot the franchise, <i>Return to Oz</i> back in 1985. But I’m also one of the precious few who kind of liked <i>Return to Oz </i>(which actually did a better job of integrating the “real” L. Frank Baum story into the film, or at least the immortal W.W. Denslow and John R. Neill imagery, than even “the” Oz movie).<br />
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It’s all effective fantasy and a smashing good story. It just doesn’t have the whimsy of “the” film. They just don’t seem to be having as much fun as the group seemed to be having back in 1939. Here, when Oz meets the munchkins, there’s much ado and the little people begin to dance and cheer and sing. The reluctant wizard makes them stop and chill. It’s a cute scene, but it exemplifies the difference: This Land of Oz needs a little more warmth, a little more whimsy, a little more joy.Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-34268257883411249792013-06-10T06:36:00.002-05:002013-06-10T06:38:45.269-05:00U.W. at the Movies: The 25 seconds that I enjoyed in 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"I'd rather not dwell on one of the longest 170-minute stretches of my
life and the likelihood that I will not hurry to watch the second and
third segments of "The Hobbit" motion picture experience. I guess I just
wasn't prepared to see what I remember as a charming and enchanting
novel converted into an action film packed with computer-generated
images of slashing, slicing and dicing, one after another after another.
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But in one of the quiet scenes I found one 25-second statement that was
worth hearing and repeating. When Gandalf the wizard is asked why hobbit
Bilbo Baggins is along for the ride, he replies, at first, "I don't
know," but adds:<br />
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Saruman believes that it is only great power that can hold evil in
check, but that is not what I've found. I've found it is the small
things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk, that keeps the darkness at bay –
simple acts of kindness and love.</blockquote>
Amen! Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-88586847770763821212013-06-02T10:25:00.000-05:002013-06-02T10:25:02.361-05:00W.B. at the movies: Star Trek Into Darkness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The first Star Trek movie in the new series established that the early death of James T. Kirk’s father (who in Shatner-Trek lived to see his son become a Starfleet officer) sent the proverbial time-space continuum off in a different direction – essentially restarting the story with Kirk in need of a father figure and Spock’s eternal struggle between Vulcan logic and human emotion complicated by his rage over a madman destroying his home planet and killing his mother along the way.<br />
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The second Star Trek movie further explores the possibilities of this alternate universe, replaying familiar scenes with roles reversed (or not) from the first go-round. For someone fortunate enough to have been sitting in front of a television set the night of Sept. 8, 1966, when “Man Trap” launched this 47-year mission to seek out strange new life, there are plenty of fun little nods to what went before as the new crew makes its own way.<br />
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Infuriatingly (although I am NOT a Trek geek) I found myself struggling to accept the very first sequence of events, which finds the starship Enterprise parked in a place where starships were just not designed to park. It says right here on Page 171 of my treasured first printing of <i>The Making of Star Trek</i> that I bought for 95 cents in 1968: “The Enterprise is not designed to enter the atmosphere of a planet and never lands on a planet surface.” When you learn how much care went into the design of these mythical space vessels, it’s kind of dumb to violate the principles behind that design. (I am NOT a Trek geek!) But once that opening sequence was over (with a hint we may revisit this planet someday), we were in for a satisfying ride.<br />
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Having encountered the “spoiler” behind the actual identity of the mysterious villain named John Harrison (I put “spoiler” in quotes because rumors this villain would appear in the second movie began flying shortly after the end of the closing credits of Pine-Trek I), I was able to watch for and enjoy the various similarities and divergences from the original Trek canon.<br />
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The torch has been passed to a new generation: The actors have done a wonderful job of inhabiting iconic characters while making their own identifiable contribution to the legend. The filmmakers have accomplished something the old crew was not able to do – created two consecutive very good Star Trek movies. <br />
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I did not walk out of <i>Star Trek</i> (2009) or <i>Star Trek Into Darkness</i> (2013) with the same OMG-that-was-great feeling that I had when I walked out of <i>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan</i> and <i>Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home</i>, but I do find myself hoping it won’t be another four years before we revisit this story. And now that we’ve really established the new cast and laid down how the new Trek is different from the old, I hope next time they really do go where no one has gone before.Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-64135867828782258102013-05-08T06:44:00.007-05:002013-05-08T06:47:29.801-05:00My multiple personalitiesI have at least three personas that I present to the world. Which one is the real me? Well, all of them, of course.<br />
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There is the mild-mannered newspaper editor, just trying to inform the community, touch its heart, and/or occasionally influence a thought or two.<br />
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There is the one author, a philosopher and pundit who believes in the power of the individual to change the world. The power of the collective? Not so much. Think <i>Refuse to be Afraid, A Scream of Consciousness</i>.<br />
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And there is the other author, a lover and student of pop culture who writes stories about superheroes and spaceships and other fantastic stuff. Think<i> The Imaginary Bomb, Firespiders</i>.<br />
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Sometimes there is a little overlap, such as in my book <i>The Imaginary Revolution</i>, which posits a real revolt that overturns a tyrannical government and then refrains from the imaginary-revolutionary tradition of replacing it with another government, which seemingly inevitably begins to repeat the sins of the old one. “Tyrannical government” – I repeat myself. <br />
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Weaving through all of these personalities is the lover of my life’s partner, known as Red on these pages, and Willow The Best Dog There Is and the cats, and the sometimes guitar strummer and writer of songs.<br />
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Each of us, I suspect, has multiple personalities at odds with each other, competing for dominance and working ever onward toward integration.Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-18385943682123361062013-05-06T07:29:00.001-05:002013-05-06T07:29:08.525-05:00Sweeping out the Attic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's time for one of my interminable efforts to find focus, as the 81st edition of Uncle Warren's Attic hangs tantalizingly in the future of the half-dozen people who may still care.<br />
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Slowly this site has evolved into a place where you may find my musings about pop culture, and an occasional podcast, while <a href="http://warrenbluhm.com/">WarrenBluhm.com</a> has become a repository for everything else.<br />
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So what will you hear in Uncle Warren's Attic #81? When will you hear it? Intriguing questions.<br />
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<br />Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-55188259798612699782013-04-15T08:37:00.001-05:002013-04-15T08:38:11.073-05:00Testing, testing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Poke - poke - poke<br />
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Scritch, scritch<br />
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Is this on?Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-59761358589790243232013-02-04T07:13:00.000-06:002013-02-04T07:13:02.926-06:00The return of 'Dylan Hears a Who'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of the great parody albums in recent memory has resurfaced, five years after it made a splash and then was squashed by lawyers. Check out <i>Dylan Hears A Who</i> online while you can.<br />
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<a href="http://www.openculture.com/2013/02/fake_bob_dylan_sings_real_dr_seuss.html">Here's a link to a brief history (without the part where the lawyers invaded), the video of the immortal "Green Eggs and Ham" by "Bob Dylan," and links to other tunes.</a><br />
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Do not delay! Who know how long it'll be out there this time?Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-21036109258589225232012-12-26T20:35:00.000-06:002012-12-27T06:32:37.048-06:00My Top 10 of 2012My friend Wally Conger used to have a “Top 10 of the Year” list. It wasn’t the Top 10 songs or the Top 10 movies, it was just the 10 top things he encountered each year. Seems like a good idea, so, in no particular order:<br />
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<a href="http://www.polyfacefarms.com/2011/07/28/folks-this-aint-normal/"><i>Folks, this ain’t normal</i></a>. Joel Salatin believes the world is turned upside down. People have lost touch with where their food comes from. Government food safety agents are the biggest barrier to safe, locally produced and healthy food. In the quest for a clean and even sterile environment, we’ve made ourselves sick. This remarkable book changed the way I think, and it’ll do the same for you if you dare.<br />
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<a href="http://disney.go.com/johncarter"><i>John Carter</i></a>. Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote a series of books 100 years ago that has influenced many many people, a number of whom went on to become scientists and science fiction creators. A century later, this film is one of the best science fiction movies ever made, and the second-best science fiction movie made in the 21st century. Watching it re-ignited my sense of wonder. <br />
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<a href="http://marvel.com/avengers_movie/"><i>Marvel’s The Avengers</i></a>. Joss Whedon, who wrote and directed the best science fiction film made in the 21st century (<a href="http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/11/09/firefly-sean-maher-wants-whedon-to-make-serenity-sequel/#/0"><i>Serenity</i></a>), this year wrote and directed the best comic-book movie ever made. Full of character, good humor and of course loud bangs and crashes, this was the most fun I’ve had in a movie theater in recent memory. (Caveat: I didn't see <i>John Carter</i> in the theater.)<br />
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<a href="http://unclewarrensattic.blogspot.com/2012/07/almost-home.html">A new home</a>. Red and I have been a team for a decade and a half, and this year our partnership led to construction of a beautiful little house not far from the shores of Green Bay. The project occupied most of the year and is not quite finished, but by August it was finished enough. Love built this home, and I love it.<br />
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<a href="http://selfpublishingpodcast.com/">The Self-Publishing Podcast</a>. This quirky weekly visit with authors Johnny B. Truant, Sean Platt and David W. Wright is irreverant, informative and a heck of a lot of fun. I’ve begun to look forward to their weekly romp through what sometimes seems to be a stream of consciousness but always leaves me knowing a little bit more about writing, innovation, design and moving forward.<br />
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<a href="http://literatureandlatte.com/">Scrivener</a>. The SPP boys kept saying this software is the best tool out there for writers, and they offer a 30-day free trial so I figured, what the heck. By the 15th day I gave in and just bought the thing. There’s a bit of a learning curve, but it’s every bit the great tool they said it is.<br />
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<a href="http://wbluhm.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-imaginary-revolution-is-here.html"><i>The Imaginary Revolution</i></a>. I lost two of my surrogate mentors this year bookending the creation of my new science-fiction novel. Ray Bradbury showed me how to write and inspired me with his enthusiasm, and when he died I realized I’d been beating around the bush too long. A few days after I completed the novel, Zig Ziglar died, the guy who taught me not to get cooked in the squat. Between the house and the novel, this has been one of the most fulfilling years of creativity I’ve ever experienced. I hope Ray and Zig would be proud.<br />
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<a href="http://www.meninblack.com/site/"><i>Men in Black 3</i></a>. I found the first two MIB films with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones immensely entertaining, but you know, I only ever watched either of them once. They entertained me but didn’t make me care enough to come back. This installment made me want to go back to the beginning and pay closer attention, and I definitely want to see this one again and again.<br />
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<a href="http://www.gocomics.com/nancy"><i>Nancy</i></a>. The comic strip that Ernie Bushmiller made famous has always been one of my guilty pleasures. It always was sweet and charming and a little goofy, but Guy Gilchrist has injected something more, by making Aunt Fritzi a music-loving child of the Sixties like, well, me. With the recent re-introduction of her old flame Phil Fumble, it looks like Gilchrist is poised to take the strip to a whole new level.<br />
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<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/thats-why-god-made-the-radio-20120605"><i>That’s Why God Made the Radio</i></a>. The Beach Boys album of new songs marking their 50th anniversary of recording is better than it has any right to be. The harmonies are as crisp and supple as ever, the tunes linger the way their best stuff always has, and the project is a fitting finish if it does, in fact, turn out to be the core group’s last effort together. An endless summer, indeed.<br />
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Bubbling under the Top 10:<br />
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<i><a href="http://anniemosesband.com/">Christmas with the Annie Moses Band</a>.</i> You have to hear this band.<br />
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<a href="http://johnnybtruant.com/how-to-be-legendary/"><i>How to Be Legendary</i></a> by Johnny B. Truant. Common sense advice about being as great as you can.<br />
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<a href="http://www.stcleve.com/"><i>Thick As A Brick 2</i></a> by Ian Anderson. My first reaction upon hearing about this release was “Oh no!” But on actually hearing it, the reaction was “Oh yes!”<br />
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<a href="http://www.fourseasonfarm.com/"><i>The Four Season Harvest</i></a> by Eliot Coleman. I asked for it for Christmas based on a brief mention in <i>Folks, this ain’t normal</i>, and after 20 pages I can’t wait to start gardening.<br />
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I know I’ll think of a half-dozen other cool things I encountered during 2012, but these are the ones that rose in my consciousness this evening. If the year ahead has half as many treasures as this year offered, it’ll be lovely indeed.<br />
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Cross-posted to <a href="http://wbluhm.blogspot.com/">WarrenBluhm.com</a>. Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-9852543015074852892012-12-15T12:38:00.003-06:002012-12-15T12:38:16.159-06:00The Imaginary Revolution is here.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Dec. 15, 1791, the folks who were in the process of establishing a new government ratified a list of prohibitions intended to prevent that government from violating the innate rights of free individuals. It was a bold experiment.<br />
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Today, Dec. 15, 2012, in honor of that bold experiment, I formally introduce <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Imaginary-Revolution-ebook/dp/B00AHVNEBY"><i>The Imaginary Revolution</i></a>, a novel about individuals and governments and violence and nonviolence.<br />
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I’m not so vain as to think this little novel about an Earth colony that throws off its shackles is as important a contribution as that list of 10 statements. No, this is just my contribution to the idea that power flows from the individual to the state, not the reverse.<br />
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It is my contention that a loving individual committed to nonviolence wields more power to change a world for the good than any state, any use of force, any expression of hatred or revenge.<br />
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All 10 tenets of the Bill of Rights are under attack in 2012. All 10 are routinely ignored by the state, and in fact most efforts by the state to restrain the individual are met with cheers and applause. Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right to be secure in one’s person, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures – read the list and you will be able to think of circumstances where the state violates these prohibitions every day.<br />
<a name='more'></a>The just completed political season was so angry, so divisive, that it wasn’t hard to imagine the losing side – either side – rioting in the streets or turning to civil war to accomplish what could not be achieved at the ballot box. The hatred was that raw sometimes – both sides screaming that the other was prepared to wage war on the middle class, on the helpless, on the elderly. And given the condition of the world today, it was easy to imagine that both sides were right.<br />
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Into this tinderbox I toss the kindling of a thought that our problems cannot be solved by choosing the right leader or passing the right law or otherwise making the state more powerful; nor can they be resolved by force. The novel begins, “I always thought war was stupid.” And so it is.<br />
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Anyone who advocates taking back our freedom by force misunderstands the nature of freedom, which we carry inside. Freedom cannot be granted by an external force like a state or a king; we are each born free. We can only surrender our freedom to a king or a state or a collective. Even the most vicious of tyrants cannot win minds and souls by force. <br />
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<i>The Imaginary Revolution</i> envisions a world guided by the principle that “no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being for any reason whatever, nor should anyone advocate the initiation of force, or delegate it to anyone else.” <br />
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Further, the world is built on three Tenets of Common Wealth:<br />
1. Love your neighbor as yourself.<br />
2. Interact with love, not force or violence.<br />
3. Give more than you receive.<br />
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Libertarians will recognize the first principle as the core of their beliefs, known as the Zero Aggression Principle. The Tenets of Common Wealth are the construct of a man named Ray Kaliber, a historian and teacher on Sirius 4 during a time of civil unrest. The story is set in the same universe as my earlier novel <i>The Imaginary Bomb</i>, but with a different tone, told in the words of Professor Kaliber.<br />
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<i>The Imaginary Revolution</i> is available as an ebook or a hardcover print edition. A paperback edition and audiobook will be available early in 2013. I offer three options:<br />
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To buy the book for Kindle at Amazon for $4.99, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Imaginary-Revolution-ebook/dp/B00AHVNEBY">click here</a>.<br />
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To buy it, also for $4.99, in the three most popular ebook formats – at least one should work for you – <a href="http://www.oronjo.com/live/next/?fi=87820">click here</a>.<br />
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To buy the handsome and durable hardcover edition for your bookshelf – price $24.98 – <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/warren-bluhm/the-imaginary-revolution/hardcover/product-20574505.html">click here</a>. <br />
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For more information, email me at <a href="mailto:warren@warrenbluhm.com">warren@warrenbluhm.com</a>. Let's have a conversation.<br />
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<br />Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-7283584317650047012012-11-30T16:42:00.003-06:002012-11-30T16:59:00.670-06:00Uncle Warren's Attic #80<div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;">
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Welcome to another tour of my mind and my stuff, starting with a modest plug for <i><a href="http://unclewarrensattic.blogspot.com/2012/11/are-you-ready-for-little-revolution.html">The Imaginary Revolution</a></i> and a nod to the late, great <a href="http://raybradbury.com/">Ray Bradbury</a>. We'll hear "Well Met Pretty Maid" by <a href="http://www.bikel.com/">Theodore Bikel</a> and <a href="http://www.cynthiagooding.com/">Cynthia Gooding</a> and reflections on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English">Middle English</a> and <a href="http://www.online-literature.com/chaucer/">Geoffrey Chaucer</a>, and then there's the classic "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime" by <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/leo-reisman-mn0000247265">Leo Reisman and his Orchestra</a>, vocal by Milton Douglas.<br />
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From there:<br />
"Tea for Two," <a href="http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/March-1965/Fred-Waring-Glory-Glory-Hallelujah/">Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians</a><br />
"Cocktails for Two," <a href="http://www.spikejones.com/">Spike Jones</a><br />
"Frenesi," <a href="http://glennmillerorchestra.com/">Glenn Miller and his Orchestra</a><br />
"Anything Goes," <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/kate-capshaw-9542150">Kate Capshaw</a><br />
A taste of <a href="http://www.megaloradio.com/skykingradioshow.html">Sky King</a> sponsored by <a href="http://www.peterpanpb.com/index.jsp">Peter Pan</a><br />
"Frankie and Johnny," <a href="http://www.mindspring.com/~cconnelly/helen.htm">Helen Morgan</a> and the <a href="http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/artists/C4042">Nat Shilkret Orchestra</a><br />
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Click on the pod icon or<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/imaginarybomb/UWAttic_80.mp3"> here</a> to download UWAttic 80. Have fun! <br />
<br />Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-24648089518991272052012-11-30T08:45:00.003-06:002012-11-30T08:45:29.278-06:00Gorram it, 1984 does not have a happy ending<blockquote class="tr_bq">
… it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.<br />
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THE END</div>
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You know about Big Brother – not the reality TV show, the world leader who infused his regime with the principles “War is peace,” “Freedom is slavery,” and “Ignorance is strength.”<br />
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In George Orwell’s prophetic novel <i>Nineteen Eighty-Four</i>, Winston Smith is a guy who works for the Ministry of Truth changing the news. If a certain public figure has fallen out of favor with The Powers That Be, Winston is one of the clerks who goes into past editions of the newspaper and changes anything that might tend to show that figure in a positive life. If he has become an “unperson,” the figure is removed from the public record entirely.<br />
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(I always thought that was a little unrealistic – surely someone, somewhere, would still have a copy of the old newspapers with the original record. Or later, surely someone, somewhere would have preserved the original record on his hard drive. But as we move our information farther and farther onto a paperless cloud, the idea of being able to manipulate all past records seems more feasible.)<br />
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Winston has a small problem of conscience: He remembers. He knows that the unpersons once existed. He recalls that even though today the government is at war with Eurasia and has always been at war with Eurasia, there was a time when we were at war with Eastasia and had always been at war with Eastasia.<br />
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He begins to notice that people are miserable, he sees that life is pretty dreary with Big Brother Watching You all the time, and he begins to believe that freedom would be better served if Big Brother is overthrown. But he also knows that citizens are being tortured and killed for believing that – or at least he is able to make a correlation between their beliefs and their eventual disappearance.<br />
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By the end of the book, Winston has come to the realization that he was wrong, that Big Brother really has a benevolent spirit and Big Brother really will take care of him for the rest of his life.<br />
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Just one tiny problem.<br />
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Winston Smith reaches this state of bliss only after having his individuality literally beaten out of him.<br />
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Torturing him into compliance did not change the facts:<br />
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A constant state of war is not the same as peace.<br />
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No matter how long you make the leash and no matter how pretty the chains, slavery is not freedom.<br />
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Individuals’ ignorance of the truth is the strength of the State.<br />
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And coming to accept and love the liars who say otherwise is not a happy ending.<br />
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I write from a conviction that an alternate ending where Big Brother is toppled by force would not be a happy ending, either. Winston Smith takes the traditional path of seeking violent revolution, but his vision is squashed by a greater violence.<br />
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In my life and throughout history, real change is accomplished when love, for lack of a better word, stands up to the violent tyrant. The unknown person who stood in front of a tank unarmed and refused to let it pass. The black men who sat down at a whites-only luncheon counter and politely asked to be served. The Indians who defied the British Empire and made salt.<br />
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Replacing a violent tyranny by force works for a while, but forcing a change only alters the external facts. The path to true revolution is not a violent path.<br />
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That’s why I wrote <a href="http://wbluhm.blogspot.com/2012/11/are-you-ready-for-little-revolution.html"><i>The Imaginary Revolution</i></a>: to consider another way past tyranny.<br />
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<br />Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-76221775552736198722012-11-25T18:28:00.000-06:002012-11-25T18:28:02.488-06:00Are you ready for a little Revolution?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you've been paying attention to the countdown in the righthand column of this blog, you know it's only a matter of days before the novel <i>The Imaginary Revolution</i> will be published. As my Cyber Monday gift to you, I have prepared a sampling of chapters from the novel to whet your appetite for the real thing.<br />
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The story of how Sirius 4 threw off its shackles will be available for public consumption starting Dec. 15, 2012 – Bill of Rights Day – in both ebook form and a handsome, hardcover print edition. This is your opportunity to get a taste of it so you can decide whether to put it on your Christmas list.<br />
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The link below (click on the colorful green button with the blue whale) will lead you to a place where you can download a .zip file containing the Imaginary Revolution sampler in .pdf, .epub and .mobi forms. Enjoy! And consider coming back on Dec. 15.<br />
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Click here to download your free sampler of chapters from the novel <span style="font-style: italic;">The Imaginary Revolution</span>, scheduled for release on Dec. 15, 2012.<br />
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No one in Washington, D.C., has done a better job than Ron Paul of defining what's wrong with the U.S. government and what needs to be done to fix it. In his "farewell speech" to Congress, he does an outstanding job of summing it all up.<br />
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<span class="userContent"> It's a long read but essential to understanding. We ignore this message at our peril.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><a href="http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul829.html">Here's a link to the transcript and video.</a> </span>Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-21458628652747611622012-11-14T06:09:00.001-06:002012-11-14T06:13:47.649-06:00The coming of The Imaginary RevolutionI posted this note this morning at <a href="http://imagrev.blogspot.com/">ImagRev: The Imaginary Revolution</a>, where since early summer I have been sharing the first draft of my upcoming novel.<br />
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<b>The End – an editors' note</b><br />
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One planet’s journey to freedom has now been told via this blog, from the perspective of Ray Kaliber, who has received much of the credit for bringing about the Commonwealth of Sirius 4. The task that remains for us is to compile these sometimes rambling thoughts into a coherent narrative for you, the reader. Our goal is to make this available for your purchase and perusal on Dec. 15, 2012.<br />
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Why that date? This is a story of liberty, and on Dec. 15, 1791, a new nation on Earth ratified a Bill of Rights, intended to affirm the rights of the individual by prohibiting the new nation’s government from violating those rights. In the centuries since, that list of 10 tenets has been the subject of much discussion.<br />
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The nation had been forged a few years earlier by violent revolution against a far-off state that had routinely trampled on the rights on the list, as states are wont to do. The Bill of Rights was championed by people not so concerned about that far-off former threat as about making sure the newly formed state never behaved as tyrannically, ensuring that the revolution did not turn out to be an imaginary one.<br />
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To release the story of The Imaginary Revolution on Dec. 15, then, is a nod to the anniversary of that revolutionary document. The extent to which Ray Kaliber’s story is relevant to the ongoing discussion is entirely up to the reader.<br />
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Watch this blog for updates about how to obtain your copy of The Imaginary Revolution.Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-17800094714695336582012-11-08T06:00:00.001-06:002012-11-08T06:00:30.175-06:00Reflecting on the electionThere are a number of folks who haven't seen much by way of choices in recent elections; it seems to be the left wing of the Big Government Party versus the right wing of the Big Government Party. Not much there for who believe we would all get along better without a Big Government. Here's <a href="http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/ClaireWolfe/2012/11/06/something-there-is-that-doesnt-love-a-government/">Claire Wolfe's perspective</a> on this week's events.<br />
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<br />Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-82317375017570649902012-11-05T06:13:00.001-06:002012-11-05T06:15:30.861-06:00Uncle Warren's Attic #79, 79, 79, 79, 79 ...<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/imaginarybomb/UW_Attic_79.mp3">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD</a>.<br />
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UW Attic #79 features:<br />
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<li>An homage to "Revolution #9"</li>
<li>"Dixie Highway" by the immortal Aileen Stanley</li>
<li>12 minutes of the 14-minute edit of "Heroes and Villains" as revealed on album rock radio the night of April 30, 1967</li>
<li>A plug for my upcoming novel The Imaginary Revolution</li>
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All packed within a mere half-hour - readily accessible by clicking the links above.Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-57393431575239400402012-10-28T21:52:00.000-05:002012-10-28T21:54:01.629-05:00Uncle Warren's Attic #78.6 - Happy Halloween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Click on the giant podcast icon to download Uncle Warren's Attic #78.6 - which is really a rerun of the now-legendary <a href="http://unclewarrensattic.blogspot.com/2006/10/uncle-warrens-attic-6.html">UWA #6</a>, my "War of the Worlds" episode from the early days of the podcast six (!) years ago.<br />
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Featured on this show (and not exactly either – you'll see) are these fine tunes:<br />
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Flying Saucer, Part 1 - <a href="http://www.madmusic.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=897">Buchanan and Goodman</a><br />
Not to Return - <a href="http://www.randybachman.com/">Randy Bachman</a><br />
Any Road - <a href="http://www.georgeharrison.com/">George Harrison</a><br />
I Don't Want to Know - <a href="http://www.thedonnas.com/">The Donnas</a><br />
Joe - <a href="http://www.tompetty.com/">Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers</a><br />
The Rollicking Man From Mars - <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/scotty-macgregor-mn0001746438">Scotty MacGregor</a><br />
Flying Saucer, Part 2 - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Goodman">Buchanan and Goodman</a><br />
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Enjoy!
Warren Bluhmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303728692605389911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35417734.post-36521349840653658352012-10-22T02:00:00.000-05:002012-10-22T02:00:18.001-05:00Uncle Warren's Attic #78<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A new era begins with the first edition of Uncle Warren's Attic from the new Attic. As promised, podcasting has resumed in the fall.<br />
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By the way, you can subscribe to the Attic via iTunes at <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=210818100">this link</a>.<br />
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Among the odds and ends this time around:<br />
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"If I Only Had a Brain" by <a href="http://www.claudiaschmidt.com/">Claudia Schmidt</a><br />
"Greensleeves" by <a href="http://www.cynthiagooding.com/">Cynthia Gooding</a><br />
"All the Cats Join In" by <a href="http://bennygoodman.com/">Benny Goodman</a><br />
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The main event is the 30th anniversary of <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/et_the_extraterrestrial/"><i>E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial</i></a>, which <a href="http://unclewarrensattic.blogspot.com/2012/10/thirty-years-of-et.html">as you know</a> contains the finest movie score of all time in my humble opinion.<br />
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But mostly, in part with the little guy who phoned home, this is my celebration of how good it is to be home again for the first time.<br />
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This episode features a vintage radio ad for Camel cigarettes, some homemade political ads, and the usual miscellaneous bits and pieces of my aural stash. Tell me what you think in the comments! <br />
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