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A Korean singer named Jisun, with a great voice: (Farewell without Farewell)

You're from the "holy land"? Does that mean you're from Athens, Greece? Lexington or Concord?

Incubus' song Drive is certainly a great one, and it even sounds melodious, unlike many of their songs. And the video is great, too.

It's spectacularly good. I was just wondering aloud the other day when it would finally be released on DVD, and here it is. It says "with deleted scenes." I hope they didn't put them back into the movie proper, because the deleted scenes were deleted for good reason. If they are just segregated in some bonus feature area, that would be ok. But if I remember correctly, the stuff that was deleted was collectivist and altruist garbage that was not part of the novel, obviously. Can't wait for it to come out, though. It's one of the very few VHS movies I still own.

A couple of my favorites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcN5Vaqd9sg, by The Sundays The lyrics are beautiful, and Harriet Wheeler has the voice of an angel: Do some people wind up with the one that they adore In a heart-shaped hotel room its what a heart is for The bubble floats so madly will it stay sky-high? Hello partner, kiss your name bye-bye Ooh sometimes... Romantic piscean seeks angel in disguise Chinese-speaking girlfriend big brown eyes Liverpudlian lady, sophisticated male Hello partner, tell me love cant fail & its you and me in the summertime We'll be hand in hand down in the park With a squeeze & a sigh & that twinkle in your eye & all the sunshine banishes the dark Do some people wind up with the one that they abhor In a distant hell-hole room, the third world war But all I see is films where colourless despair Meant angry young men with immaculate hair Ooh sometimes... Get up a voice inside says theres no time for looking down Only a pound a word & youre talking to the town But how do you coin the phrase though that will set your soul apart Just to touch a lonely heart & its you & me in the summertime We'll be hand down in the park With a squeeze & a sigh & that twinkle in your eye & all the sunshine banishes the dark & its you I need in the summertime As I turn my white skin red Two peas from the same pod yes we are Or have I read too much fiction? Is this how it happens? How does it happen? Is this how it happens? Now, right now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOMuK7YYxeg, by Jefferson Starship I've always thought this was a perfect song for a wedding: Precious love I'll give to you blue as the sky and deep in the eyes of a love so true beautiful face you make me feel light on the stairs and lost in the air of a love so real And you can count on me girl you can count on my love woman you can count on me baby you can count on my love to see you through Emerald eyes and china perfume caught on the wheel and lost in the feel of a love so soon ruby lips you make my song into the night and saved by the light of a love so strong CHORUS: See you thru ....oooh you can count on me girl you can count on my love

I imagine he was saying "epochal," not "epical."

I haven't received my Kindle 2 yet (it's due tomorrow), but I've been looking over the Kindle book store on Amazon. The "collected works" of various authors by Mobile Reference look like a great value, and each has a table of contents from which you can navigate to any of the works, and to any chapter in the particular novel or other type of book. For an average of under $5 each, you can get the collected works (or a reasonable facsimile thereof) of writers like Plato and Aristotle, Kipling, Stevenson, Dickens, Shakespeare, Hugo, Dumas, Voltaire, Dostoyevsky, Twain, Cicero, Tolstoy, Wilde, Scott, Goethe, and many others. Someone mentioned downloading books from the Gutenburg project onto Kindle. Do those come with a navigable table of contents?

I watch CNBC every day also, and all three of those show hosts are statists to the core, like any Republican. They simply argue about how much regulation there should be, or how much stimulus there should be. None of them are capitalists --- except Rick Santelli. He's the only one worth listening to on that network.

Ovechkin is definitely a great one. But it looks like Alexander Semin is at least as key to the success of the Capitals lately. The Wings have had some of the greatest Russians in the game - Fedorov, Konstantinov, Datsyuk, Larionov, Fetisov - but now they have nearly cornered the market on great Swedes, with Lidstrom, Holmstrom, Zetterberg, Franzen, Kronwall, and more in the pipeline. Great European scouting has kept Detroit afloat, in spite of always having to draft at the worst position -- since they are perennial President's Trophy winners. It still boggles the mind to think that Fedorov, Mogilny, and Bure were once on the same line on the Russian national team they played on. That had to be the fastest line ever.

There's never been a better stickhandler than Pavel Datsyuk:

I am a big hockey fan. And the team I follow is the Detroit Red Wings - best won-loss record, overall, for about the last 15 years. If anyone doesn't think they would like hockey, just watch Pavel Datsyuk perform his magic on the ice. It's a thing of real beauty.

Hear, hear!

That picture was clearly a casual, at home picture. If she were "out on the town," I'm sure she would have worn a stylish dress. Even Jessica Biel does not wear stylish dresses when she is just sitting at home watching television. It's a matter of context.

I said often, not always. When the Mongol conquered China, which side was more civilized? When the barbarians conquered Rome, which side was more civilized? When the Macedonians conquered Greece, which side was more civilized? As for America, how are we doing against the pathetic, rag tag Moslem bands attacking us? Civilization does not have to make a people soft, but historically, it usually does. The cure for it, obviously, is a rational philosophy. If we were an Objectivist society, we wouldn't be getting soft and afraid to fight to win.

I'm sure there are a lot of reasons. Among them, the Mongols had an extremely mobile army, compared to China or anyone else at the time. The Mongols had good generals and tactics. The Chinese were probably comparable to the Persians that the Greeks defeated, in spite of always being outnumbered. Often the most civilized nations are also the softest, militarily. The Chinese population may also have been indifferent to their rulers, and not minded a new dynasty. In other words, there may have been internal dissension in China. Perhaps Genghis Khan sat on his horse, in China, and said: "Sun Tzu, you glorious bastard, I read your book!" So to speak.

Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Kim Il Sung - they were all pro-secular also. Did that turn out well for the people they enslaved? Socialism is not dead, and it is just as deadly now as it ever was. Environmentalism may be a fad, but it is a fad that can kill millions and destroy economies, before it is replaced by another fad. The single fact of being pro-secular is not a good in itself, if it is married to a virulent anti-individual rights philosophy, and blatant anti-Americanism, as is the case with Obama and all the rest of America's liberal establishment.

Dae Jang Geum is romantic in both senses, small "r" and big "R." But, it is unavailable to rent, and expensive to buy - roughly $200 for all three box sets that comprise the 54 episodes of the story. However, it can be watched for free, in the original Korean with English subtitles, on an Asian tv website, here. It was also discussed in the Favorite TV Show thread on this page. It is worth the effort to see.

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Dae Jang Geum. No, it isn't a movie. But it is a highly Romantic story, told in 54 gripping episodes. You can read detailed reviews of it here and here.

I love that Christmas song. I think it's her best performance of all her songs. She is the first person to sing that song, so she is not consciously or subconsciously imitating anyone else when she sings it. It's one long succession of potential tongue twisters and she handles them all with ease and with amazing style. I already have her cd, and it is excellent. A Love That Will Last is another song on which she is the first to sing it, and it too is wonderful. She sounds a bit like Norah Jones on this song. Another excellent rendition is her version of Someone to Watch Over Me. By the way, I found the website of the lady who wrote Merry Christmas in Love, here: Merry Christmas in Love You can email her from that site and tell her how much you appreciate her song lyrics. The song is still not available on cd or Itunes or anywhere else, as far as I know. She is very gracious and appreciates the support.

Another shameless plug for Dae Jang Geum. A montage of scenes with a song in Korean playing over it. Hamangyeon

An excerpt from a Korean television show previously reviewed in another thread. In Korean with English subtitles. An irresistable little girl shows up about 2 an 1/2 minutes into the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0mD9zLrwUo...feature=related

Based on your recommendation, I purchased the first season of this show. I've now watched 6 episodes (in two nights). It is a wonderful story. It takes a while to get used to the Korean context, in which the whole universe revolves around pleasing the royal house. But that is just background for the life and character of Jang Geum. She makes the best of the world she is born into. I was surprised that there were fully five episodes with Jang Geum as a little girl of 10 or so. But, by the time I got to the sixth episode, I found myself wishing the whole series would be about the little girl, as she is such a winsome, sweet, and bright young lady. Nevertheless, I look forward to developing a similar regard for the adult Jang Geum. I also agree that the subtitles are not a problem at all. I like hearing the actual actors voices, as you can understad a lot just by tone of voice. Some of the translations were obviously off, as you mentioned. I saw one comment translated as "She thinks she's all that!" As if 16th century Korean girls spoke like modern American teenagers. But it is easy to ignore such anachronisms. Thank you for the recommendation.

I already had this list typed out in a saved document, fortunately. 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(Singin’ in the Rain; My Fair Lady; Gigi; The Music Man; Meet Me in St. Louis; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) Esther Williams Vol. 1 (Bathing Beauty; Easy to Wed; On an Island with You; Neptune’s Daughter; Dangerous When Wet) Marilyn Monroe Special Anniversary Collection (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Let’s Make Love; Niagara; River of No Return; The Seven Year Itch; The Final Days) Steve McQueen Collection (The Great Escape; The Magnificent Seven; Junior Bonner; The Thomas Crown Affair) The Oscar Wilde Collection (The Importance of Being Earnest; The Picture of Dorian Gray; An Ideal Husband; Lady Windermere’s Fan) The Noel Coward Collection (The Vortex; Hay Fever; Private Lives; Design for Living; Present Laughter; Suite in Two Keys; Tonight at 8:30; Star Quality; Me and the Girls; Bon Voyage; Mr. and Mr. Edgehill; Mrs. Capper's Birthday; What Mad Pursuit) The Henrik Ibsen Collection (Brand; A Doll's House; Ghosts; An Enemy of the People; The Wild Duck; Hedda Gabler;The Lady from the Sea; The Master Builder; Little Eyolf) Alfred Hitchcock The Collection 2 Vols. (The Jamaica Inn; The 39 Steps; The Manxman; The Skin Game; The Secret Agent; Number 17; The Ring; Young and Innocent; The Cheney Vase; Murder!; The Farmer’s Wife; The Lady Vanishes; Sabotage; The Lodger; Blackmail; Easy Virtue; The Man Who Knew Too Much; Rich and Strange; The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) Alfred Hitchcock The Signature Collection (Foreign Correspondent; Mr. & Mrs. Smith; Suspicion; Stage Fright; I Confess; Strangers on a Train; Dial M for Murder; The Wrong Man; North by Northwest) Alfred Hitchcock The Masterpiece Collection (Saboteur; Shadow of a Doubt; Rope; Rear Window; The Trouble with Harry; The Man Who Knew Too Much (remake); Vertigo; Psycho; The Birds; Marnie; Torn Curtain; Topaz; Frenzy; Family Plot) Alec Guinness Collection (The Captain’s Paradise; Kind Hearts and Coronets; The Lavender Hill Mob; The Ladykillers; The Man in the White Suit) Ealing Studios Comedy Collection (The Maggie; Passport to Pimlico; A Run for Your Money; Whiskey Galore!; The Titfield Thunderbolt) British War Collection (The Cruel Sea; The Ship That Died of Shame; Went the Day Well?; The Dam Busters; The Colditz Story) Ultimate Flint Collection (Our Man Flint & In Like Flint) 50 Suspense Classics; 50 Crime Classics; 50 Dark Crime Classics 50 Nightmare World Classics; 50 Action Classics; 50 Historicals; 50 Sci Fi Classics; 50 War Classics; 50 Martial Arts Classics The Ultimate Film Noir Collection (Too Late for Tears; The Man Who Cheated Himself; The Stranger; Quicksand; Strange Love of Martha Ivers; The Hitchhiker; Detour; The Scar; D.O.A.; Jigsaw; Whistle Stop; He Walked By Night; The Chase; The Big Bluff; Kansas City Confidential; Port of New York; Suddenly; Buried Alive) Film Noir Classic Collection 1 (The Asphalt Jungle; Gun Crazy; Murder, My Sweet; Out of the Past; The Set-Up) Film Noir Classic Collection 2 (Dillinger; The Narrow Margin; Crossfire; Born to Kill; Clash By Night) Film Noir Classic Collection 3 (Border Incident; His Kind of Woman; Lady in the Lake; On Dangerous Ground; The Racket) Film Noir Classic Collection 4 (Act of Violence; Mystery Street; Crime Wave; Decoy; Illegal; The Big Steal; They Live By Night; Side Street; Where Danger Lives; Tension) History at the Movies (Henry VIII and His Six Wives; Fire Over England; Sins of Rome; Eagle in a Cage; Constantine and the Cross; Lady Hamilton; Sarabande for Dead Lovers; The Iron Duke; Scott of the Antarctic) Silent Movies Die Nibelungen (Siegfried & Kriemhild’s Revenge) Metropolis The Thief of Baghdad The Indian Tomb (Mission of the Yogi & Tiger of Bengal) The Man Who Laughs The Temptress (Garbo Collection) The Mysterious Lady (Garbo Collection) Flesh and the Devil (Garbo Collection) The Ring (Hitchcock Collection) The Farmer’s Wife (Hitchcock Collection) Easy Virtue (Hitchcock Collection) The Lodger (Hitchcock Collection) The Manxman (Hitchcock Collection) Individual Titles Lives of a Bengal Lancer Gary Cooper Beau Geste Gary Cooper For Whom the Bell Tolls Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman The Fountainhead Gary Cooper High Noon Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly The Wreck of the Mary Deare Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston It Happened One Night Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert Gone With the Wind Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable The High and the Mighty, John Wayne Island in the Sky, John Wayne Big Jim McLain, John Wayne True Grit, John Wayne To Kill a Mockingbird Gregory Peck The Paradine Case Gregory Peck, Alida Valli The Guns of Navarone Gregory Peck Only the Valiant Gregory Peck (VHS) Only Angels Have Wings Cary Grant, Jean Arthur Gunga Din Cary Grant, D. 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I agree about Santelli. I always enjoy listening to him speak on CNBC. He's the only person on that network I can stand.