Brandon Burke

63 years young. Let's hope he's doing well......

Both of these are already on DVD. A search for Wild at Heart on Amazon.com: A search for Lost Highway at Amazon.com: There is a Euro version of Lost Highway, but I live in USA. dB Well, I'l admit I was less than sure about Wild at Heart. Lost Highway, though, was entirely too recent a film not to see DVD release. Sure enough, a call to my local video store confirmed that they have it. (In stock, even.)

There was talk over on the Hoffman forum that a DVD release of season two of Twin Peaks will most likely not happen due to the poor reception (sales-wise) to season one. I was all prepared to make a wisecrack about the first season being really expensive--on top of being less than 'marketable'--but $34 on Amazon is actually pretty good. I must have been thinking of the huge VHS set from several years ago. Regardless, now I know what my next DVD purchase is gonna be......

Both of these are already on DVD.

Dunno. My thoughts are that it's either out of print or not something Netflix is particularly worried about carrying. Either way, somebody issued it as a Region 1 DVD at some point because our local video store has it. Also......check the IFC schedule. My buddy taped the entire first season off of IFC a year or so ago and, seeing as ABC is about to air the remake, they might show it again. Who knows?

Just finished the first season tonight. Good lord, man. I don't even know where to begin...... [Post-script] Just so you know, I'm telling you that this show is amazing and intense and all that but I'm not telling you go go out and rent it tonight. I don't know about you but, whenever someone tells me to go rent something that turns out to be this unsettling, my response is usually "oooooookay....buddy." So, that having been said, it's very good and I'm glad that I stuck with it but I'm certain I'll never watch it again. In fact, it'll be a while before I'm ready for the season #2.

So while watching the Sugar Bowl a couple of weeks ago we noticed a commercial for an upcoming mini-series produced by Stephen King called Kingdom Hospital. A number of us scrateched our heads and someone finally said "are they remaking the Lars Von Trier series for Amercian TV?" Most of us in the room were Von Trier fans but I had not seen the original series before. That said, I began watching the original The Kingdom on Sunday and......wow! I can't believe that this thing was EVER on network TV. I mean it's really strange. Described by AMG as a fusion of ER and Twin Peaks, though I would argue that it's much creepier than that. Anyways, have any of the rest of you seen this show?

Isn't "overly redundent"....................(and misspelled)? You sure you're not over-exaggerating?

Private press records are next to impossible for an organization like LC to keep up with.

My assumption is that they are not deaccessionaing sound recordings, at least not for a lack of space. As I type, they are packing up holdings in Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound to a new repository in Culpepper, VA. This new facility will also be home to the new A/V preservation lab.

I must say that I'm (pleasantly) surprised to see that The Third Man is such an overwhelming favorite. Helluva film. As it happens, UT has a significant portion of the David O. Selznick collection. The Communication Studies building has some great production stills from both The Third Man and Spellbound on display right now. Cool stuff.

All three Tati Criterions are being rereleased next month. Too bad for the suckers who paid $140 for them on ebay. You're right about Playtime being skipmy on the extras but Hulot's Holiday includes quite a bit (including the classic Jour de Fete short). Criterions I have actually purchased (so far...): * All three Tati titles: M. Hulot's Holiday, Mon Oncle, Playtime * Down By Law (my favorite film of all-time, actually.) * Both Sejun Suzuki titles: Tokyo Drifter, Branded to Kill * Hitchcock Spellbound * The Third Man * Rififi * Big Deal on Madonna Street * Billy Liar * Do the Right Thing (ridiculous amounts of extras here.) * Both Wes Anderson titles: Rushmore, The Royal Tennenbaums (ditto.) * Fishing with John (I revisit this one rather often.) * Carnival of Souls * I am Curious Yellow/Blue [box set] (liner notes by.....Gary Giddens?!)

Some other all-time faves: Bukka White - Legacy comp. Mississippi John Hurt - 1928 Okeh ...and virtually anything on Yazoo Records esp. the Before the Blues series.

Say.....for the record, what exactly do you have? Is it a loose sheet of paper or an entire volume? When did the damage occur? Did it affect all areas of the sheet/volume? If it is a volume, are the pages indeed stuck together? That kind of stuff......

A close friend of mine just recommended it to me the other day. It's on my list too.

Hey, I swear I'm working on this but time is tight. We have a a ton of tapes to digitize right now. I can tell you that the LAST thing you want to do is puit anything in the oven. At least as far as paper is concerned. Placing paper in an oven is a method of artificial aging so, by definition, it's not a restoration method. Roughly speaking, what you're going to want to do is remoisten the paper and press it. DO NOT proceed until you've have more concrete documentation, however. I have been unable to find treatment links online, otherwise I'd have sent you something by now. You will only want to moisten the paper enough to be cold to the touch. I mean, barely noticable. You would achieve this by placing it in a damp environment or in contact with a damp item NOT by spraying it with a spray bottle, etc. Anyways, I'm working on it. Sorry........

I can help you with this but I'm out the door to a dinner party. Gimme some time.....

Tempest....

I was telling my friend Amy all about this film the other day over email and realized that I hadn't seen it in a couple of years. Rented it the other night and can safely say I'm as impressed now as I was the first time. Highly recommended....

Looks like there's a release date now. I'm telling you, this record is fantastic. I'm excited for it to finally come out so others can enjoy it as well. AMM at the Roundhouse

Same location. Same sign. Same everything.

Good news for Austinites. The Daniel Johnston mural pictured below was in danger of being torn down since The Sound Exchange, the record store whose southern wall it consumes, closed down over the summer. The restaurant that's moving into that space was planning on tearing down that wall on Tuesday but announced Wednesday that, due to public outcry coupled with a story on the local news, it will preserve the mural and construct windows instead on either side.

You're right. Hole in the Wall closed shortly after I moved here but recently reopened and, from what I understand anywyas, it's just the same as before. That might be a good place to check out as well. Good call....

The Elephant Room would be good, and it's a nice venue for sure, but it probably depends on how "post-" you guys get. I've seen some heated bop there but nothing that ever went too far *out*. Other than that, groups who play free tend to get gigs at coffee shops and private venues here. Sound familiar....?

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