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May 2008


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5/31/08    Studio Theatre in DC Performing "The Internationalist"  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C., is currently performing Anne Washburn comedy "The...
5/31/08    Images of Odd Careers (one of six)  posted by tango74 (2 comments)



Occupation: Simit Vendor in Istanbul, Turkey

Pay: 75-80 cents an hour in wint...
5/30/08    Mini-Novel of the Week: The Great Gatsby  posted by tango74 (0 comments)

While I was in Wilmington, NC, two weeks ago, I stumbled upon a nifty used bookstore, which ...
5/30/08    Indy vs. Sex and the City Showdown (With Poll)  posted by tango74 (0 comments)

First of all, I want to welcome visitors from the cool blog Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly...
5/29/08    Cong. Brad Miller is My 100th Friend on Facebook  posted by tango74 (0 comments)

I want to personally thank Cong. Brad Miller (D-NC) for becoming my 100th friend on Facebook ...
5/29/08    Remembering Sydney Pollack (With One of His Quotes)  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



My good friend Jim, aka Moviezzz, gave a very moving tribute to director/producuer/ac...
5/28/08    Image Gallery_ Turkish Movie Queen Turkan Soray  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



This blog entry is the result of a mistake. I thought today was Turkish movie queen T...
5/27/08    Happy Birthday Nicole Johnston  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



I want to take this chance to wish my good friend and brilliant photographer Nicole J...
5/26/08    For Memorial Day_ Snafu and Daffy Duck  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
5/26/08    "Bull Durham"  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
The Ron Shelton baseball comedy "Bull Durham" about life in the minor leagues will be 20 years ol...
5/25/08    Images of North Carolina (10 of 10) High Point Chest of Drawers  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



We have finally come to the conclusion of our Images of North Carolina s
5/25/08    Quote of the Week- From Marcel Proust (With Video)  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
I got this from a "Zippy the Pinhead" comic strip by Bill Griffith, which originally ran on July ...
5/24/08    Mini-Novel: George Orwell's "1984" (Entry 3 of 6)  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
This is the third installment of my series devoted  to the first and last sentence of  ...
5/24/08    In-Joke of the Week.......a Ratt Video  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
5/23/08    Dumb and Dumber.....  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
..........or, why I'm a Democrat in 30 words or less!

5/22/08    Breaking News: Richard Dreyfuss to Play President..  posted by tango74 (0 comments)


...........................Dick Cheney

5/22/08    News About Hull's Drive-In in Lexington, Va  posted by tango74 (1 comments)


While we have often promoted the Eden Drive-In in Eden, NC, on this blog, we don't mentio...
5/22/08    Midnight Movie Trailers  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
5/19/08    Grandin Theatre to Show New Indy @ Midnight!!!  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
5/19/08    Wilmington (NC) Theatre Producing Mamet Play  posted by tango74 (0 comments)


The great English actor Jonathan Pryce (pictured here from a Broadway production) will not
5/18/08    Virginia Senator Jim Webb Takes to the Airwaves  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
5/18/08    Video Montage of 2008 NCAA Gymnasts  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
5/18/08    Duran Duran to Invade the East Coast  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
5/17/08    Images of North Carolina (9 of 10)_ The Coffee Cup in Charlotte  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



I must say this was perhaps the most complicated of the nine entries in this series s...
5/16/08    Quote from Cult Actress Tuesday Weld  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



Since last week's quote was from cult actress Joan Crawford, I decided to go with ano...
5/16/08    Ultra-abriged Novels_ "Naked Lunch" (entry 2 of 6)  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



I imagine only high school teachers in places like Provincetown, Mass. (supposedly th...
5/14/08    Want Ad of the Day  posted by tango74 (0 comments)


The three or four people who've been following this blog since Biblical times (this is my...
5/14/08    Discovery- Azeri Pop Singer Roya (The Caspian Madonna)  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
5/13/08    Video of the Week: Dubya_The Movie  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
5/13/08    West Virgnia Democratic Primary Day  posted by tango74 (0 comments)


For starters, let me say two things. One is that insomnia stinks, but I decided to make t...
5/12/08    Video of Turkish Dancer Zeki Maviyildiz  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
5/12/08    Images of North Carolina- (8 of 10) Historic Train Station in Fayetville  posted by tango74 (0 comments)


Since gas prices are going up and Saturday was National Train Day, I thought I'd go with ...
5/12/08    Oh, What the Heck. Here's Cathead Theatre!  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
5/11/08    Final Arts Video Entry- Herbie Hancock's "Rockit"  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
5/11/08    Entry 9- Carolina Chocolate Drops  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
5/11/08    Arts Video Entry 8 (of 10) Karagoz, Turkish Shadow Puppet Theatre  posted by tango74 (0 comments)
5/11/08    For Mother's Day: A Quote from Joan Crawford  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



Kudos to the Criterion Cinema in New Haven, Conn., for showing the 'classic' 1981 fil...
5/11/08    People Say the Stupidest Things on the Internet  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



This is a posting that I actually saw on the Internet Movies Database Message Board (...
5/10/08    My Favorite College Gymnasts of the Last Year  posted by tango74 (0 comments)

In just under an hour, CBS will broadcast the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships that took...
5/10/08    Top Ten Guests I'd LOVE to see at the Bush Wedding  posted by tango74 (0 comments)

%$$$$$$&******@@@!!!!!

Today, George W. Bush's daughter Jeanna Bush is marrying so...
5/9/08    Entry 7 (of 10) Stan Brakhage Classic "Black Ice"  posted by tango74 (0 comments)

5/9/08    Entry 6 (of 10) Laurie Anderson video  posted by tango74 (0 comments)

5/9/08    Entry 5 (of 10) Drive-By Truckers Video  posted by tango74 (0 comments)

5/9/08    Entry 4 (of 10)- Bruce Piephoff at The Coffee Break  posted by tango74 (0 comments)

5/8/08    Entry 3 (of 10)_ Christopher Knight's short film "Schrodinger's Bedroom"  posted by tango74 (0 comments)

5/8/08    Entry 2 (of 10)- No Shame Theatre's "Dinnertime"  posted by tango74 (0 comments)

5/8/08    Video Arts Fest, Entry 1- A Berlin Dance from Nejla Yatkin  posted by tango74 (0 comments)

5/7/08    Images of North Carolina- Gem Theatre in Kannapolis (7 of 10)  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



Today, we head to the southern part of North Carolina to Kannapolis for our "Images o...
5/6/08    Mother's Day, Eggplants and Hillary Clinton  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



It has been a while since I developed a blog entry with two things in mind. And, sinc...
5/5/08    Teaser.........Our Video Arts Fest is This Week!!!  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



The late, great mime Marcel Marceau (pictured here) might scare people of, but it is ...
5/5/08    Bill Clinton in North Carolina  posted by tango74 (0 comments)

5/5/08    Guiltiest of Guilty Pleasures: MTV's "The Hills"  posted by tango74 (0 comments)





5/4/08    PBS to Air Documentary on George HW Bush  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



Ironically, as I am getting ready to hear another former president speak tonight, I a...
5/4/08    Ultra-Abridged Novels_ "Wild at Heart" (Entry 1 of 6)  posted by tango74 (0 comments)

I suppose if the late Stan Brakhage could try experiments with film, it is possible for me to...
5/3/08    Today is World Nude Gardening Day!  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



On the surface this might seem like a late April Fool's prank, but today is actually ...
5/2/08    Calvin and Hobbes Quote  posted by tango74 (1 comments)



The Bill Watterson strip "Calvin and Hobbes" ran for a surprisingly short ten years (...
5/1/08    Video of the Day: Tarkan Versus the Vikings  posted by tango74 (0 comments)

5/1/08    Quote of the Day- French Filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard  posted by tango74 (0 comments)



Since today is May 1 or May Day, which is perhaps only celebrated in Cuba, I thought ...
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