richard gere

So Mr. Gere has silver hair, wire-rim glasses, and a beatific smile. I guess that means he meets the requirements to grace the cover of AARP and be named as one of the 10 people in the United States who made a difference in the world we live in. Excuse me? Are we talking about the same Richard Gere who glamorized male prostitution in the 1980 film "American Gigolo"? Are we talking about the same Richard Gere who portrayed a desperate gigolo willing to "do fag tricks, kink" or whatever to save his skin in the movie? Sure, it was just a movie, but was it necessary for Mr. Gere to accept such a trash role? In the interest of making money, I guess that suited his purpose.

My commentary is not about Mr. Gere's movie roles, although they reflect on his principles and motives. Mr. Gere is a Buddhist and that's okay with me. Mr. Gere is also an anti-war activist and I think his stance on war needs to be questioned. That is the subject of my commentary.

I'm all for free speech, but apparently war of any kind, for any reason, is not sanctioned by Mr. Gere. He made that abundantly clear to the dead Americans of the Civil War and WWI. He made it abundantly clear to the dead and living veterans of WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the war in Afghanistan and the current war in Iraq. At the 53rd Berlin Film Festival in 2003, Mr. Gere was quoted as follows: "America has never paid any attention to other people, so it is absurd for Bush to say that it's all in the best interests of the Iraqi people." It is certainly his right to disagree with the war in Iraq, but to remark that "America has never paid any attention to other people" is what's absurd, Mr. Gere. Does he honestly believe all the dead, living and wounded veterans never paid any attention to other people? Does he think America is nothing but a war machine determined to rule the world? "An Officer and a Gentleman"? I think not!

AARP, you screwed up! You claim to represent the interests of the retired, but I'm sure many retired veterans would drop their memberships knowing you idolize and admire such a celebrity. A celebrity that has no gratitude for the sacrifices and accomplishments America has made for the world.

Author: Eric Hartig http://www.465.com

Hollywood Cowlifornia is where American Film Idols are made. Richard Gere is the star of American Gigolo and “Pretty Woman, walking down the street, Pretty Woman, stop a while, Pretty Woman, talk a while, Pretty woman, give your smile to me, Pretty Woman, give your cheek to me.”

If you take the words Bombay and Hollywood and put them together you have the film capital of India Bollywood. Shilpa Shetty has been nominated for 4 Filmfare (Indian Oscar) Awards. The stunningly beautiful 31 year old Shilpa Shetty and her knockout actress younger sister Shamita Shetty are the Indian version of the Hilton sisters.

Richard Gere is a peace activist like Mahatma Gandhi. Richard Gere traveled to India last week to throw his fame behind AIDS Awareness and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA. Talk about preaching to the converted. In India, which has over a billion people, the Hindu people idolize the cows as sacred beings. It is illegal to kill or injure a cow. The cow is the Divine Symbol of Mother Earth giving freely milk, cheese, butter, dung for fertilizer and dung smoke a powerful anti pollutant and never asking for anything in return. How do you fit one billion people into a mental institution?

Bollywood makes more films and sells more tickets worldwide than Hollywood. Each Bollywood film is a colorful musical three hours long with an intermission for popcorn. Butter good, beef bad. The United States just sold 8 nuclear reactors to India for the purpose of making more nuclear bombs. The primary dispute between Hindu India and neighboring Muslim Pakistan is that Muslims eat beef, even though only kosher beef. A Hasidic Rabbi like the Christian and Muslim Messiah Jesus Christ must ensure that the cow is slaughtered according to the Brooklyn rules and regulations of the Kashruth Council of the United States of America.

In Afghanistan the people, including the Taliban soldiers wait in line for hours to buy tickets to the Bollywood movies. Suicide bombing the market place is allowed but bombing the cinemas is strictly verboten. “Zeig Heil!”, said Charlie Chaplin.

Richard Gere and Shilpa Shetty are standing on a stage in India last week before a cheering and adoring crowd. Richard Gere is screaming “Sex, No!”, “Condoms, Yes!” Lets see him try that in Vatican City. Shilpa Shetty does not wear a burka. Shilpa Shetty appeared in a revealing bathing suit on the cover of Cosmopolitan Magazine.

After his speech, Richard Gere walks over to Shilpa Shetty and kisses her twice on the cheek. Then he takes her in his arms like Heather Mills in a Tango, bends her back and kisses her on the cheek again. Richard then steps back to the cheering crowd, gets down on one knee like a Shakesperean actor and bows his head and flourishes his arm to his Queen, the smiling Shilpa Shetty. A week later some anal retentive nerd in Jaipur India files a complaint, alleging that Richard Gere and Shilpa Shetty committed public obscenity. Kissing is fine on the Bollywood silver screen but Judge Dinesh Gupta declared that “The Kiss” was highly sexually erotic, transgressed all limits of vulgarity, and issued a warrant for the arrest of Richard Gere and Shilpa Shetty. Everyone’s a critic. The chances of Richard Gere returning to Bombay again to face 6 years in some rat hole prison are the same as Larry Birkhead taking Dannielynn back to Nassau for the June 6th custody hearing once he has her safe and sound and under the family court jurisdiction of California and the United States of America Supreme Court. God Bless America.

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In 1976 Stephen Barlay published his novel ‘Blockbuster’. This was an excellent rip-roaring yarn about a group of terrorists who place a bomb on board a sunken ship full of explosives in the Thames Estuary and hold the country to a £1 million ransom.

But it’s a story that could happen, as Barlay’s book is based on a real shipwreck!

The ship is the ss Richard Montgomery which was one of the many Liberty ships built during the last war. Built in 1943 in Jacksonville, Florida, the ship was loaded in August 1944 with around 7,000 tons of munitions and sailed over to the UK to join a convoy for France.

On arrival in the Thames Estuary, the ship anchored off Sheerness in the Great Nore to await the formation of the convoy across the Channel. However, in a storm on the night of 20 August, she dragged her anchor and grounded on a sandbank around 250m north of the Medway Approach Channel.

Richard Montgomery grounded amidships on the crest of the sandbank and this put an immense strain on her hull. Intensive efforts began to lighten her by unloading some of the cargo but, by the next day, the hull cracked and the ship began to flood. Salvage efforts continued until, when about half the cargo had been offloaded, the ship’s back broke and she sank on 25 September.

And, still loaded with around 1,400 tons of explosives and with her hull split into two sections, that is where Richard Montgomery remains to this day with her masts clearly visible at all states of the tide.

Since the wreck lies close to the Medway Approach Channel, it has been designated a prohibited area under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, and there is a no-go exclusion zone around it which is marked by buoys (which have the effect of marking for other shipping the sandbank on which it grounded). It is an offence to interfere with the wreck in any way and any attempt to enter this zone, which is constantly monitored by radar, is followed up by swift action by the police and local maritime authorities.

While the risk of explosion is said to be remote, the government, who have decided against further and potentially highly dangerous salvage operations, prudently carry out regular surveys on the wreck and these are published so that the public can update themselves as to its state. The latest survey has yet to be published.

Nonetheless, the wreck remains a considerable worry to local residents in both Kent and Essex where it is reckoned to be a time-bomb with the potential to produce the largest non-nuclear explosion in history.* Indeed, it has been estimated that were it to suddenly explode, the resulting three-foot tidal wave would cause extensive damage in Sheerness (1.5 miles away) and in Southend opposite (5 miles away). In addition it is said that structural damage would result over a 12-mile area.

No wonder then, that the authorities keep a close eye on the wreck and its exclusion zone. And no wonder that local MPs and pressure groups continue to be concerned about the wreck.

Government surveys on the Richard Montgomery have all stated that any attempt at salvage would be highly dangerous. Various schemes to salvage the wreck, contain it within a protective barrier of London clay (to prevent munitions from spilling out to be dispersed by the tide) or even cover it over have been considered and ruled dangerous. It seems that the government experts believe the wisest course is to leave the wreck alone. Even to the non-professional observer, this may seem to be good advice.

In 1967 salvors were attempting to clear the wreck of the Kielce, a Polish ship of 1,896 gross tons with a ‘full cargo of bombs and ammunition’ and which sank in the English Channel off Folkestone in 1944 after it had been in collision with another ship. In July 1967, the salvors had fired two explosive cutting charges on the ship’s hull without serious effect, but the third charge created a large explosion, destroying the ship and its cargo, which damaged chimneys and roof slates and cracked ceilings in Folkestone. A small tidal wave, estimated at no much greater than two feet, resulted in some damage to property damage on nearby beaches. Fortunately, there was no loss of life or personal injury.

Interestingly, the explosion of the Kielce was recorded on seismographs throughout Europe and America and was given a measurement of around 4.5 (I assume on the Richter Scale). From this, it was estimated that around 2,000 tons of TNT had exploded. Whether these measurements can be applied to the Richard Montgomery is hard to say. Kielce was sitting in around ninety feet of water on a bed of silt. Richard Montgomery sits on a sandbank (and possibly on the underlying bed of London clay) in around forty feet of water and so any explosion of it may have a greater effect.

The Richard Montgomery, whose rusting masts are regularly pointed out to visitors as a curiosity, is the only designated dangerous wreck in British waters. Experts feel that, if left alone, it and what remains of its dangerous cargo, will quietly rot harmlessly away.

And those of us living in Kent and Essex sincerely hope that this is the case - and that no nutcase decides to take a hint from Stephen Barlay’s best-selling book!

* This is most unlikely as many ships carrying large cargoes of munitions must have been destroyed during the war. In any event, the explosive contents of the Kielce were estimated to have been greater than those now remaining in the Richard Montgomery.

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Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) is not only one of the most influential composers of the 19th Century but probably one, if not the, most influential artists in the history of the world. I know that that is quite a claim, but if you examine his career and how it encompassed literature, stage techniques, conducting and even architecture you will see how great his influence was. I will consider some of his works and their enormous merits.

Lohengrin was written in 1850 and is probably the best example of his early works. It is a grand opera through and through owing a lot to Meyerbeer. Despite adhering to this form it was still looking forward to the future and shows Wagner's burgeoning style. Lohengrin is rife with religious mysticism. Many operas featured religious themes but Wagner always focused on the mystery of faith- a theme that he would revisit over thirty years later while writing Parsifal.

So how did Wagner learn his style. He was not the prodigy that Mendelssohn was. He was an average student and showed only marginal promise as a musician when he was younger. A performance of Fidelio turned him onto live opera when he was young. The strong character of Leonore would serve as a model for all of his heroines whose characteristics include a strong sense of will over inexorably difficult circumstances. Elsa, the main character in Lohengrin, embodies these qualities and shows the link very well. Both roles call for a soprano with a Mozartian legato line and spinto reserves. And despite the German subject matter it is incredibly Italianate. There is an opera cd featuring the great Renata Tebaldi. She makes Wagner's music sound like Verdi.

We have talked about Wagner's composing style and a little bit about his libretti. His influence in music does not stop there. He wanted control of every aspect of his art form. He changed the shape of the tuba to fit his specifications and even went as far as to redo the design for the typical opera house. His greatest innovation was the idea of covering the orchestra pit at the Bayreuther Festspiele in Germany. The result is that the audience never sees the orchestra during the opera. Although I enjoy watching a great conductor at work, when you got to Bayreuth you realize what a diversion of your attention it is. The covered pit also benefits the sound. Everywhere in the house, the orchestra; sound is blended. Single instruments do not come through, instead they blend the sound into one living and breathing being. Lastly it mutes the massive orchestra so that it is slightly more manageable for singer's voices to ride over the orchestra. It is a pity that this innovation never caught on in other theaters.

Wagner's most innovative work by far is Tristan und Isolde. Written in 1865, it turned the musical world on its ear. In four hours Wagner manages to obscure traditional ideas about tonality. He does this primarily by delaying the resolution to the tonic almost indefinitely (there are only about five cadences in the whole work.) I do not think that Wagner set out to write this work with the intent of destroying tonality as many have accused him of doing. He wanted a tonal color to convey the longing of the two main characters. The resolution of the chord becomes a metaphor for the delayed gratification. The payoff of the Liebestod at the end then makes the ultimate resolution all the more satisfying.

Ultimately Richard Wagner will be remembered as a great composer. He was a master of almost every aspect of theater and his influence can still be felt today.

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After the personal and familial dramas in Walkure. Siegfried returns to many of the prominent themes that animated das Rheingold. The most overarching of these themes is the titanic struggles of evil vs. (compromised) good for power over the whole world. This struggle along with the enduring power of the hoard over the story's main antagonists, infiltrates and colors many of the personal relationships throughout the opera. Rather than discuss them as they appear in Siegfried, I would like to take each character in turn and discuss how this opera shows their progress and comments on their particular nature of evil.

Fafner

In Rheingold we learn that Fafner is a giant who, along with his brother Fasolt, builds Valhalla for the gods in exchange (eventually) for the Rheingold, the Ring and the Tarnhelm. When they are finally paid for their work, Fafner is the first to fulfill the curse of the Ring and murders his brother for his share. His character is an unusual one in the cycle. By himself he is not much of a villain, he is certainly down there with Hunding as being more of an obstacle than antagonist. However it was his demand for payment and aggressive negotiation that forced this conflict in the first place. He leaves Rheingold a giant but by the time Siegfried begins he has transformed himself and Mime tells us that:
Fafner the mighty dragon lies there within those woods
and protects with his monstrous bulk the Niebelung gold, guarding it well.
His transformation is meant to show how poisonous Fafner's greed is; how it has literally changed him. As a giant he was bold and industriousm now he has turned himself into an enormous slumbering beast who doesn't even have purpose for the gold and gets no joy from it. All he wishes is to horde eat and sleep. As he is on the lowest order of villains, his death comes first. Though he dies at the hands of Siegfried his murder has Mime's fingerprints all over it.

Mime

Mime is a second-tier villain: More important and compelling than Fafner, he's still held confidently in check by his brother Alberich. Mime has skill and guile but not bravery or foresight. His motivations for the hoard are more complicated than Fafner's. Mime has hatched a plan to have Siegfried kill Fafner and then in turn he will kill Siegfried and steal the hoard. He wants the gold, but also to use the Ring's power. He is not as bold nor is his ambition as dazzling as Alberich's and Wagner gives us the impression that his major goal is merely to get out from under Alberich's thumb. Before he runs into him at Neidhole, Mime's fantasizes about gaining the upper hand Alberich:
Alberich too
who made me slave
will bend his knee and beg for my grace

When he meets Alberich however, he just tries to make him go away and when he fails he tries to cut him a deal.
Give me the Tarnhelm which I have made
you keep the gold then both are paid
each of us shares in the prize

After Alberich, who knows him well, bitingly refuses, the petulant character tenor whines in the most nasal and pathetic tone:

You won't share them?
You won't Bargain?
Nothing for me all must be yours?
Not one thing will you leave me?

Richard Wagner has pulled out all the stops in showing the hysterical, unappealing and fearful nature of this character. We know from hearing him and seeing him behave that he is not a character to take seriously. When in the second act, the woodbird makes his lies transparent to Siegfried, even his death is unheroic, provoking only distant laughter from his much more capable brother.

Alberich

Alberich is the central villain, the one whose renunciation of love and stealing of the Rhine maiden's gold set the whole conflict in motion. In das Rheingold he is portrayed as scheming, greedy but gullible. Loge tricks him easily when he kidnaps him to bring him back to Walhalla. Still, Alberich weighs heavily on Wotan who talks about him several times in Walkure as he ponders his situation:

But if once the Ring returns to the Niblung
He conquers Valhall forever;

There is even mention of a character who will loom even larger than Alberich.

When the dusky foe of love gains in hatred a son
the gods will know their doom is near.

In Siegfried, Alberich has somewhat matured. Unlike any other villain so far, he is keenly aware of the situation that Wotan has put himself in. His anger at Wotan's trickery and his contempt for him has not abated but now as he surveys the totality of the conflict, he finds Wotan's hand weaker than before.

You false infamous schemer,
I'm not so stupid as once you found me when you and Loge tricked me.
and

How grand you sound
how proudly you stand there
And yet in your heart there is fear.

Alberich is relentless, and his relentlessness comes from the confidence he has that he will finally gain power over the gods. He is consistent throughout the cycle. He is an actor whose actions exert influence over everyone else. In fact, not until his last exchanges with Hagen in Gotterdammerung does Alberich ever sound a note of uncertainty. He is also one of the few "free" characters in the drama; he acts according to his own will. Because of this freedom, paid for by the renunciation of love, he enslaves, threatens, bribes and intimidates all those around him. Whether its his brother, the woman he paid to have his child or even his own son, Alberich does all he can to guide the conflict. Siegfried shows him at his most dynamic. In Rheingold he is faintly rediculous, being insulted by the rheinmaidens and then impotently blustering at Wotan, Siegfried shows him at as a villain more in control of himself and confident that he is going to eventually triumph.

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Richard Betts has been a heavy hitter in the Rock genre for quite some time now and Highway Call is an excellent illustration as to why.

Highway Call has a nicely varied, mix of 6 tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly outstanding artist. Most of the songs display a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. Clearly drawing from what I can only imagine are him own personal experiences. At different points touching on the most real emotions like love, heartbreak, pain, failed relationships and unattainable romance. They’re all here.

Highway Call is a first rate CD, delivering a little something for everyone. I give it my highest recommendation. It’s quite simply great listening. A must buy for the Rock fan.

While this entire CD is outstanding the truly standout tunes are track 3 - Highway Call, track 4 - Let Nature Sing, and track 6 - Kissimmee Kid.

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - Long Time Gone. Outstanding!

Highway Call Release Notes:

Richard Betts originally released Highway Call on May 1, 2001 on the Polydor label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Long Time Gone 2. Rain 3. Highway Call 4. Let Nature Sing 5. Handpicked 6. Kissimmee Kid

Personnel includes: Richard Betts (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, dobro, piano); Johnny Sandlin (acoustic guitar, bass, percussion); Jeff Hanna, Tommy Talton (acoustic guitar); John Hughey (steel guitar); Walter Poindexter (banjo); Frank Poindexter (dobro): Oscar Underwood (mandolin); Vassar Clements (fiddle); Chuck Leavell (piano); Stray Straton (bass, background vocals); David Walshaw (drums, percussion).

Recorded at Capricorn Sound Studios, Macon, Georgia.

Earrings

This CD will grab your attention right from the very first note with Moomba and doesn't let go until the very last note of the very last song Mikayla’s Smile, which by the way is another great track.

The nice thing about a CD like this is when the talent is this rich even if Jazz isn’t your favorite style you still can’t help but appreciate the greatness of the artist.

I’m of the opinion that Chill Factor is certainly Richard Elliot’s best work in a few years. A totally enjoyable CD and an outstanding release. What I call must have music. I give it two thumbs up because it’s a collection that even the casual Jazz fan can appreciate and enjoy.

While the entire album is really very good some of my favorites are track 4 - This Could Be Real, track 10 - Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing, and track 11 - Mikayla’s Smile

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - Moomba. What a nice track!

Chill Factor Release Notes:

Richard Elliot originally released Chill Factor on July 13, 1999 on the Blue Note Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Moomba 2. Chill Factor 3. Deep Touch 4. This Could Be Real 5. Who? 6. On The Fly 7. Adia 8. Like Butter 9. Kick It Up 10. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing 11. Mikayla's Smile

Chill Factor Album Notes Personnel: Richard Elliot (saxophone); Siedah Garrett, Robbie Nevil (vocals); Steven Dubin (various instruments, drums, programming); Rick Braun (flugelhorn); Mitch Forman, Tim Heinz, Leon Bisquera (keyboards); Peter White (acoustic guitar); Wah Wah Watson, Dwight Sills, Paul Jackson, Tony Maiden, Michael Simms (guitar); Alex Al (bass); Lil' John Roberts (drums); Lenny Castro, Luis Conte (percussion).

Engineers: Dave Rideau, Barry Rudolph, Martin Christensen.

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