A documentary about what became the cornerstone of Eva Cassidy's discography: Live at the Blues Alley. The musicians that were backing her up talk about her and the music those nights

 

On 11/29/2020 at 6:14 PM, Dusty Chalk said:

Any recommendations on how to watch The Mandalorian?  It’s not on Netflix nor Amazon Prime.

I'm a couple of weeks into a month-ish sub for Disney+ (just the Disney $7 part).

I wasn't exactly crazy about the first couple of episodes of Mandalorian but by the end of the 2-8 episode seasons, I was sold!

Very true to the Star Wars world and lots of great guest actors and fx.

The episodes are uneven so there are a few that I wasn't that crazy about but there were 4 directors so I wasn't that surprised.

There were a few that really made me sit back and grin.

If you're a Star Wars diehard like me, The Clone Wars cgi series is great for back stories.

They can be very uneven too but as the series goes along (there are 123, 30 minute episodes) the animation gets to a very high standard for a commercial show (if you can excuse the "will cgi ever make hair not look like a helmet" problem).

 

Anywho, I've always appreciated your music recommendations so I thought I'd give you my 2 cents on Disney+.

Thank you for that, especially that last comment.  🤩

I haven’t been watching much lately, but do still intend to try-before-I-buy Disney+, but honestly, I’m going through a not-watching-much phase, so will hold out until this phase ends.

🙏

For those really long hikes:

 

I ended up watching both parts of The Comey Rule last night.  It was really quite good. Jeff Daniels is an amazing actor, but he's about a foot too short to accurate represent James Comey.

Brendan Gleeson is lowkey terrifying as Trump. 

Ice Cold Murders (sorry, couldn't find a clip).

Great Italian detective series that's free with Prime till Feb 1.

There are 2 -12 episode series and I haven't watched anything else since I stumbled across this (almost done with season 1).

I'm a big fan of "who done its"  so take that into account.

I believe there are more seasons and I guess they are waiting for them to appear on Starz (Amazon says Masterpiece).

Anywho, I love-love-love this one so give it a try while it's free.

Cobra Kai, so well done. I thought about writing more, but it would take too many words. 

 

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Also, this: https://decider.com/2020/12/06/great-british-baking-show-derry-girls-2020-episode/

The Leftovers

More than a little contrived, melodramatic, nihilistic, preachy, and silly(!) – just my cup of tea. Some odd parallels with the pandemic situation, so somewhat prescient.

Edited February 7, 20215 yr by HiWire

Star Trek: Discovery (standard CBS) - excellent homage to the classic franchise, with a fresh take (it's a prequel). Not sure if it's enough to make me subscribe to CBS All-Access for the rest though (maybe binge S2 & 3 using a free trial?)

Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece (PBS) - we are both liking this show. Easy watch. Recommended.

My friend Mark got to interview Anneke today, in anticipation of her upcoming album:

He mentions some bad news about Delain in the process:

https://www.loudersound.com/news/delain-splinter-as-four-band-members-depart

 

Last week he interviewed Emma from Sirenia, I'm pretty excited about this one, too:

 

 

Live simulation of todays Mars mission. 

Don't forget to hit the "Live" button or if you missed it, "Replay".

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/mars2020/#/home?id=cruise_stage_separation&time=2021-02-18T11:17:32.914-08:00

We've been re-watching The West Wing. I'd forgotten how really, really good that series was. Tightly scripted, excellent cast of superb actors, and fine storyline.

Currently half way though series 2

Looks like they stuck the landing! Thank goodness because there was some serious tension in that room.

 

The nervousness was easily apparent even with masks on. 

Four part HBO doc. So much to talk about, including different POVs, one of which is seeing in the shadow of Trump. 

 

I thought I seen Tkam's kat through the chip tunes!

Watching Chris Elliott impersonate people a long time ago 

 

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3 hours ago, blessingx said:

Watching Chris Elliott impersonate people a long time ago

Worth your time if you are a fan

1 hour ago, dsavitsk said:

Worth your time if you are a fan

Thanks much! Also it’s a reminder to watch Cabin Boy again. 

What kids won't be watching is a raft of Disney movies

https://filmdaily.co/news/disney-plus-pulling-movies/

Didn't know exactly where to post this...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-12/hollywood-drone-video-minnesota-bowling-alley/13241718?fbclid=IwAR26zvLu1SM0Hn0zsCuGlDjWEtZU-QmigKyp8_X475rpHgNykEpDkA3sKSE

14 hours ago, Wmcmanus said:

Didn't know exactly where to post this...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-12/hollywood-drone-video-minnesota-bowling-alley/13241718?fbclid=IwAR26zvLu1SM0Hn0zsCuGlDjWEtZU-QmigKyp8_X475rpHgNykEpDkA3sKSE

I saw that too and meant to post it here.

Pretty cool no matter how it was filmed!

I stayed up waaay to late last night and watched season 1 of Shetland.  (It's only two episodes.)

Shetland is a fascinating part of the world for me.  It's halfway between Scotland and the Nordic countries geographically and culturally.  The accents are as thick as a pony's mane, so all praise to subtitles.  The end of season 1 kind of fell apart (as many made for TV tales have a tendency to do) but I quite liked everything leading up to it.

Plowed through the seven fun episodes