Richard Gere Turns 60 Today

Handsome actor Richard Gere turns 60 today. He was voted the sexiest man alive in 1999. Although he is primarily identified with promoting awsocial causes today such as human rights in Tibet, he was perhaps the leading romantic lead of the 1980's.

The opening of the 1980 hit American Gigilo, with Blondie singling "call me" is one of the most memorable moments in cinema. The ethos of 30 years ago that degraded female prostitution but find the redeemable male Gigolo romantic is evident in this film.



Here he is in a hot scene from 1983's Breahtless.



Filmography:

# Henry and Me (2010) (pre-production) (voice) (rumored) .... Henry
# Amelia (2009) (completed) .... George Putnam
# The Prodigy (2009/I) (completed)
# Hachi (2009)
... aka Hachiko: A Dog's Tale (USA: new title)
# Brooklyn's Finest (2009) .... Eddie Dugan
# Nights in Rodanthe (2008) .... Dr. Paul Flanner
# I'm Not There. (2007) .... Billy
... aka I'm Not There (Germany) (USA: poster title)
# The Hunting Party (2007) .... Simon Hunt
... aka Lov u Bosni (Croatia)
# The Flock (2007) .... Erroll Babbage
# The Hoax (2006) .... Clifford Irving
# Bee Season (2005) .... Saul
# Shall We Dance (2004) .... John Clark
... aka Shall We Dance? (USA: poster title)
# "Freedom: A History of Us" .... Lloyd Staley / ... (2 episodes, 2003)
- Independence (2003) TV episode .... Patrick Henry
- Safe for Democracy (2003) TV episode .... Lloyd Staley
# Chicago (2002) .... Billy Flynn
... aka Chicago (Germany)
# Unfaithful (2002) .... Ed Sumner
... aka Infidèle (France)
... aka Untreu (Germany)
# The Mothman Prophecies (2002) .... John Klein
# Dr T and the Women (2000) .... Dr. T
... aka Dr. T and the Women (Germany) (USA: alternative spelling)
# Autumn in New York (2000) .... Will Keane
# Runaway Bride (1999) .... Ike Graham
# The Jackal (1997) .... Declan Mulqueen
... aka Der Schakal (Germany)
... aka Le chacal (France: dubbed version)
# Red Corner (1997) .... Jack Moore
# Primal Fear (1996) .... Martin Vail
# First Knight (1995) .... Lancelot
# Intersection (1994) .... Vincent Eastman
# Mr. Jones (1993) .... Mr. Jones
# And the Band Played On (1993) (TV) .... The Choreographer
# Sommersby (1993) .... John Robert 'Jack' Sommersby
... aka Sommersby (France)
# Final Analysis (1992) .... Dr. Isaac Barr
# Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku (1991) (as Richâdo Gia) .... Clark
... aka Hachigatsu no rapusodî (Japan: poster title)
... aka Rhapsody in August (International: English title)
# Pretty Woman (1990) .... Edward Lewis
# Internal Affairs (1990) .... Dennis Peck
# Miles from Home (1988) .... Frank Roberts
... aka Farm of the Year
# No Mercy (1986) .... Eddie Jillette
# Power (1986) .... Pete St. John
# King David (1985) .... David
# The Cotton Club (1984) .... Dixie Dwyer
# The Honorary Consul (1983) .... Dr. Eduardo Plarr
... aka Beyond the Limit (USA)
# Breathless (1983) .... Jesse Lujack
... aka A Bout de Souffle Made in USA
# An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) .... Zack Mayo
# American Gigolo (1980) .... Julian
# Yanks (1979) .... Matt Dyson
... aka Yanks - Gestern waren wir noch Fremde (West Germany)
# Bloodbrothers (1978) .... Thomas Stony De Coco
... aka A Father's Love (USA: TV title)
# Days of Heaven (1978) .... Bill
# Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) .... Tony Lo Port

Midcourt: Weekend Club Guide & Event Calendar

JC's weekend event guides. Make sure to leave a rude comment about his music choice on his blog when you get a chance.

Midcourt: Weekend Club Guide & Event Calendar

Steampunk Ball Saturday Night!

Red Night At Club Thunder!

Just took these pics. I love red!

Jason Priestley Turns 40 Today

Canadian actor Jason Priestley, who played blond adonis Brandon Walsh on the 90's classic teen show Beverly Hills 90210, turns 40 today. He now is macho and rather handsome but I prefer him in his ubertwink days.

I always had a thing for Jason on 90210. I remember when he was "dating" West LA Princess Andrea and thinking how lucky she was.

When I read that his member was legendary for its size in Hollywood I got all excited. Skinny blond boys can be very large.

In fact, I almost took the name Jaysin Priestley when I signed up for SL (Jason was taken of course) but Eddi Haskell was more famous a name and more fun actually.

Jason's best film was Charles Busch's campy classic Die Mommy Die. Jason plays Tony Parker, a gigolo with a large member, and a former teen series television star. . You simply MUST see this film if you have not.

Charles Busch plays Angela Arden, a former star, in drag.

YouTube: Wedding of MileHigh Maximus and Giacomo Babenco

MileHigh and Giacomo got married at a really nice wedding ceremony on Sunday August 23, and I made this video for them. Once again, my medium of choice is a photomontage set to music since I can capture subtle effects more easily.

Ted Kennedy, Gay Rights Advocate, 1932-2009

Senator Edward Kennedy, younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, died today. He was the second most senior US Senator, leader of the liberal wing of the Democratic party, and ardent supporter of gay rights.

From equailitygiving.org

Equality Hero: Senator Ted Kennedy

Senator Ted Kennedy, the second most senior member of the US Senate, is an Equality Hero for his support for equal rights for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders, and queers.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy views the struggle for LGBT equality as part of the ongoing battle for civil rights that has been waged in earnest over the last half century. The second most senior member of the US Senate, Kennedy's outspoken leadership in the civil rights arena has been recognized not only by the residents of Massachusetts, whom he has represented in the US Senate for some 43 years, but throughout the nation and the world.

In the 1960's, Senator Kennedy helped lead the fight to open the doors of polling booths to African-Americans throughout the south. In the 1970's, he fought to lower the iron curtain so that Soviet Jews could reclaim their freedom and heritage. In the 1980's he stood in the forefront of efforts to provide equal accommodations for Americans with disabilities.

In the 1990's Kennedy became the clear Senate leader in the fight to end discrimination against members of the LGBT community, and to fund programs for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. He was also one of the very few senators to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

More recently he guided the Mathew Shepard Hate Crimes Act to passage and introduced the Senate version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

Senator Kennedy continues to be a vocal proponent of same sex marriage and recently received the Gerry Studds Visibility Award from the Fenway Community Health Center in Boston, the nation's largest LGBT-focused health facility.

Photo of the Day: Andrew Wyett in Memorium

Andrew Wyett died this year. These shots of Jago and myself remind me so much of his paintings. No processing, just a sunrise setting in regular client.

A Very Romantic Video -- And Why Still Images Work

Jago and I like to explore interesting sims, and last week, he showed me an enchanted forest he found. I could rez there, and decided to rez a nice kiss animation.

Now, I am a compulsive photographer, and this video just happened. It is a collection of stills that when, in time sequence, show a story. It is not a full blown machinima effect, but does let you get much finer detail in each frame. It also seems to bring out emotions that rapid machinima do not.

I used the movie maker in Google's Picasa free web based image editor. I also use this site to store my photos, this took no time at all- all you do is make a slide and put in some music, and select some effects.

The music is Gershwin's famous Rhapsody in Blue.

Make sure to see this. I think it is one of my most romantic videos.

Congratulations! MileHigh Maximus and Giacomo Babenco

To MileHigh Maximus and Giacomo Babenco. They got married this afternoon, and I was the wedding photographer--- these guys are so much in love! A great wedding with alot of my friends here! Congrats guys!

Link for Downloading My Teahouse of the Autumn Moom Photos

Feel free to download and use them, but due to technical conditions they are far from my best work- Eddi.


http://picasaweb.google.com/avatar.eddi/TeahouseOfTheAutumnMoon?feat=directlink

New Youtube from Eddi - Second Pride's Teahouse of the August Moon

On Saturday, August 22, 2009 Second Pride had a wonderful event - the Teahouse of the August Moon. This was the first fundraiser of the season. An entire sim was transformed into a wonderful replica of Japan for an entire days of events. This photomontage was taken during the afternoon floor show. I set this to music from the from Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado. The technical performance of the sim due to the high attendance numbers resulted in slow rezzing textures and lag which hindered photographic quality, but i think the end result is worthwhile.

Weekend Event Calendar from Midcourt

My Woodstock at 40 Video is being Featured on YouTube

I've done five videos for the Woodstock at 40 event last week, and I just found out that YouTube has decided to feature this one. They don't tell you this, I just discovered this looking at my insight page (below). I've done 61 videos to date, and this is the first time it has happened, so I guess its a big deal.

Here is a link to the video if you have not seen it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aIDS6oFYMg

On Saturday, August 22, 2009 Second Pride brings you the Teahouse of the August Moon

On Saturday, August 22, 2009 Second Pride brings you the Teahouse of the August Moon, the first fundraiser of the season leading up to the Festival next year!
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The Teahouse event runs from Noon to 10PM SLT, with dance, party, and theater taking place at five different venues:

• You will not want to miss the 2 floor shows, at Noon and at 5PM where a cast of 25 transform a Japanese village into a spectacular musical production. Special viewing decks allow spectators to take in the complete panorama.

• The Temple of the Golden Pavilion extends over a wonderful lake and suggests a position between heaven and earth. The inside of the temple houses many relics, and the outside gardens become inspired dance floors at 1PM and 6PM.

• The evolution of natural scenery with the addition of carefully chosen local materials defines the Teahouse and its beautiful gardens. All are welcome at the Teahouse, the friendliest of places. Parties at 2PM, 7PM, and 9PM.

• At 3PM we have a special Kabuki play entitled Musume Dojoji performed by the Ichimura-za Kabuki group. The Kabuki Theatre is located on a high plateau, overlooking the Japanese village. Get into authentic tradition with SL Kabuki!

• The evanescent world of fleeting beauty is mixed with the mysteries of water at our Floating World venue. Dance to pulsating beats across the lily pond at 3PM and 8PM.
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The Teahouse of the August Moon is crafted for your enjoyment, but also created to to support Amnesty International and its Project Outfront. Project Outfront works to protect members of the LGBT community while striving to achieve decriminalization and marriage equality world-wide. Your donations during the event support this worthy cause.

Share your Pride on August 22nd, and mark your calendars for a thrilling introduction to an event-laden season!
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Keep your ears open for the Teahouse landmark, available a few days before the party!
Watch for more information on the Teahouse and other events
Stay in touch with Second Pride at www.secondpride.com

The official sponsor for the Teahouse event is Envision Landscaping. Please contact Tymus Tenk for your gardening and terraforming requests!

Zindra Flag Contest On Display at the SLAPT.ME mall.

The Zindra Alliance has a flag contest going on and you can check out the entries at the slapt.me mall. The Designs are excellent, and the winner will be announced this weekend. There is still time to get an entry in, this Friday is the deadline.

If you want to submit an entry come down to the slapt.me mall and look for the yellow Zindra flag contest sign. There is a prize worth $L 10,000 for the winning entry. The Deadline is midnight SL time, Friday, August 21.

On Sunday, August 23, the winner will be announced, and that white flag with the question mark will have something on it!

While you are at the mall, check out some of the cool stores.

SLURL to SLAPT: http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Churchyard/133/130/33

Look at who turns 40 this week

It is kind of cool to be born during Woodstock week actually.

So Happy 40th!

I've been busy with Woodstock, and cannot do my usual write-ups but happy birthday to these guys anyway!

Donnie Wahlberg: August 17

Christian Slater and Edward Norton: August 18

Matthew Perry August 19

Cuno Fluno's Amazing Video of Woodstock at 40

This is a great video by Cuno Fluno. It is a real video about Woodstock at 40 unlike the photomontages I posted here, which are really stills set to music.

Arlo Guthrie is singing.

And that should wrap up "Woodstock at 40" week at this blog. Back to our regularly scheduled programming

You Tube Video from Final Night. Jimi Hendrix Playing the Star Spangled Banner

Woodstock at 40 is a 4-day celebration of the original event in 1969, from August 14 - August 17 2009. Over 90% of the original music will be played in the Blue Nile region of the Virtual World of Second Life. Photographer Eddi Haskell created this photo montage of the fourth day, the final evening of the performance, combining his photography with jimi Hendrix's legendary performance of the Star Spangled Banner.
Please note: Although this is day 4 of the Festival in the Virtual World of Second Life, it corresponds to the second full day at Woodstock 1969 on Sunday

L$ 66,650 Linden Raised for Homeless at Woodstock at 40

Other pledges have been announced payable directly to www.breadandjams.org

Paypal Accepted

This will feed 300 people dinner who would otherwise go hungry.

Second Life can make a difference.

Jim1 Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner will close out Woodstock tonight.

Get ready for Jim1 Hendrix legendary performance of the Star Spangled Banner as he closes out Woodstock at 40 tonight.

More Media Coverage of Woodstock at 40

Link to article by Aldric Change on Woodstock at 40 in Mediafreaks:

Link to Second News Brazil Woodstock at 40 Coverage

You Tube from Woodstock at 40 for Sunday, August 16. Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane

for more information see www.slwoodstock.com. Woodstock at 40 is a 4-day celebration of the original event in 1969, from August 14 - August 17 2009. Over 90% of the original music will be played in the Blue Nile region of the Virtual World of Second Life. Photographer Eddi Haskell created this photo montage of the third day, combining his photography with Grace Slick singing Jefferson Airplane's classic Woodstock hit "Somebody to Love".

Please note: Although this is day 3 of the Festival in the Virtual World of Second Life, it corresponds to the second full day at Woodstock 1969 on Sunday.

www.examiner.com's Excellent Coverage of SL Woodstock

Coverage from a major national web source of Woodstock at 40

Coverage of August 15: http://www.examiner.com/x-15185-Des-Moines-Second-Life-Music-Examiner~y2009m8d16-Woodstock-in-Second-Life--day-three

Coverage of August 14: http://www.examiner.com/x-15185-Des-Moines-Second-Life-Music-Examiner~y2009m8d15-Woodstock-in-Second-Life--day-two

Woodstock at 40: Schedule for Day 3: Sunday, August 16

Country Joe McDonald



Here is the schedule of today's Woodstock at 40 performances with approximate start times:

Jefferson Airplane 10 a.m.
Joe Cocker 11:40 a.m.
Country Joe & The Fish 12:35 p.m.
Ten Years After 1:35 p.m.
The Band 2:45 p.m.
Johnny Winter 3:35 p.m.
Blood, Sweat and Tears 4:45 p.m.
Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young 5:45 p.m.
End 6:30 p.m.

SLURL to Event: http://slurl.com/secondlife/REVA%20Blue%20Nile/92/64/641


Country Joe McDonald and the Fish start with the famous F-U-C-K cheer at Woodstock in 1969

You Tube from Woodstock at 40 for Saturday, August 15-- Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin at Woodstock


Woodstock at 40 is a 4-day celebration of the original event in 1969, from August 14 - August 17 2009. Over 90% of the original music will be played in the Blue Nile region of the Virtual World of Second Life. Photographer Eddi Haskell created this photo montage of the second day, combining his photography with Janis Joplin's classic Woodstock hit "Piece of My Heart".

Please note: Although this is day 2 of the Festival in the Virtual World of Second Life, the music, together with the music played on Woodstock at 40 Day 1 corresponds together to music played on the first full day (Saturday) of the Woodstock event which began at 3:00 a.m. that day.

Midcourt: Second Life Weekend Event Guide..

Midcourt: Second Life Weekend Event Guide..

I am getting this link to the Midcourt event guide a bit late due to Woodstock at 40.

First You Tube Video of Woodstock at 40 - Friday, August 14. Melanie Safka

Woodstock at 40 continues at 1 PM SL time on Saturday August 15.

Last night was incredible. Check out my YouTube video here and see for yourself.

Go to www.slwoodstock.com for a full schedule and more information.



Woodstock at 40 is a 4-day celebration of the original event in 1969, from August 14 - August 17 2009. Over 90% of the original music will be played in the Blue Nile region of the Virtual World of Second Life. Photographer Eddi Haskell created this photo montage of the first night, combining his photography with Melanie Safka's classic Woodstock hit "Beautiful People".

Please note: Although this is the first "day" of the Festival in the Virtual World of Second Life, the music, together with the music played on Woodstock at 40 Day 1 corresponds together to music played on the first full day (Saturday) of the Woodstock event which began at 3:00 a.m. that day in 1969.

Woodstock at 40- Full Schedule for Saturday August 15

Sly and the Family Stone at Woodstock

WOODSTOCK PLAYLIST: Day Two

What you heard in the order you heard it, and what you didn't hear.

The order of performers at the original Woodstock has been well known, but not the order of songs played at the festival. There are any number of playlists floating around the Internet, but this one comes "Woodstock: 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm," a six-CD set of music released in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. Credit for researching and compiling this playlist goes to Andy Zax.

For the most part, the playlist for the Woodstock at 40 Festival follows Zax's work. However, listing to some of the of the live recordings suggested a few songs needed to be moved.

Legend

Woodstock Live: A recording from the original Woodstock

Live: From a different venue at around the time of Woodstock

Recording: Studio recording from around the time of Woodstock

Not Available: Does not exist in any acceptable format.

Day Two

Aug. 15

Start Time: 1 p.m. SLT

Running time: 9:16:25

PERFORMER SONG TITLE TIME WHAT TYPE

Quill They Live the Life 8:47 Woodstock Live

That's How I Eat 5:57 Woodstock Live

Country Joe Macdonald Janis Not Available

(Solo Performance) Donovan's Reef 4:26 Woodstock Live

Heartaches by the Number Not Available

Ring of Fire 2:31 Recording

Tennessee Stud Not Available

Rocking All Over the World Not Available

Flying All the Way 2:13 Woodstock Live

Seen a Rocket Not Available

"Fish" Cheer / Fixin'-To-Die Rag 4:26 Woodstock Live

Santana Waiting 4:49 Woodstock Live

Evil Ways 4:02 Woodstock Live

You Just Don't Care 4:47 Woodstock Live

Savor 5:53 Woodstock Live

Jingo 5:31 Woodstock Live

Persuasion 2:53 Woodstock Live

Soul Sacrifice 11:53 Woodstock Live

Fried Neck Bones and Some Home Fries 6:41 Woodstock Live

John Sebastian How Have You Been 5:35 Woodstock Live

Rainbows All Over Your Blues 4:25 Woodstock Live

I Had a Dream 3:06 Woodstock Live

Darlin' Be Home Soon 4:13 Live

Younger Generation 5:41 Woodstock Live

Keef Hartley Band Spanish Fly 6:08 Recording

She's Gone Not Available

Too Much Thinking Not Available

Believe in You Not Available

Leaving Trunk Not Available

Just To Cry 8:00 Recording

Sinnin' For You 3:39 Recording

Incredible String Band Invocation 4:47 Recording

The Letter 3:18 Woodstock Live

Gather 'Round Not Available

This Moment 6:08 Recording

Come With Me Not Available

When You Find Out Show Your Are 9:31 Woodstock Live

Canned Heat I'm Her Man 5:30 Woodstock Live

Going Up the Country 4:15 Woodstock Live

A Change is Gonna Come 7:37 Woodstock Live

Leaving This Town 7:56 Woodstock Live

I Know My Baby Not Available

On the Road Again 4:29 Woodstock Live

Woodstock Boogie 28:33 Woodstock Live

Mountain Blood of the Sun 2:49 Woodstock Live

Stormy Monday 5:16 Woodstock Live

Theme From an Imaginary Western 5:06 Woodstock Live

Long Red 5:50 Woodstock Live

What Am I But You and the Sun 3:56 Woodstock Live

Beside the Sea 3:44 Woodstock Live

For Yasgur's Farm 3:48 Woodstock Live

Waiting To Take You 4:41 Woodstock Live

Dreams of Milk and Honey 3:55 Woodstock Live

Southbound Train 6:17 Woodstock Live

Grateful Dead St. Stephen 6:32 Live

Mama Tried 2:42 Recording

Dark Star 19:12 Woodstock Live

High Time 5:12 Recording

Turn On Your Lovelight 37:43 Woodstock Live

Creedence Clearwater Revival Born on the Bayou 5:12 Woodstock Live

Commmotion 2:50 Woodstock Live

Green River 3:06 Woodstock Live

Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do) 3:41 Woodstock Live

Bootleg 3:02 Recording

Bad Moon Rising 2:13 Woodstock Live

Proud Mary 2:52 Live

I Put a Spell on You 4:34 Woodstock Live

Night TIme Is the Right TIme 3:09 Recording

Keep on Chooglin' 9:25 Woodstock Live

Susie W 11:45 Live

Janis Joplin Raise Your Hand 5:31 Woodstock Live

As Good as You've Been 6:25 Woodstock Live

To Love Somebody 5:17 Woodstock Live

Summertime 5:05 Woodstock Live

Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) 5:13 Woodstock Live

Kozmic Blues 4:57 Woodstock Live

Can't Turn You Loose 4:25 Woodstock Live

Work Me Lord 8:43 Woodstock Live

Piece of My Heart 4:57 Woodstock Live

Ball and Chain 7:42 Woodstock Live

Sly & The Family Stone M'Lady 7:46 Woodstock Live

Sing a Simple Song 5:14 Woodstock Live

Everyday People 3:16 Woodstock Live

Medley (Dance to the music /

Music Lover / I Want To Take You

Higher) 17:45 Woodstock Live

Love City 6:04 Woodstock Live

Stand 3:20 Woodstock Live

The Who Heaven & Hell 5:10 Live

I Can't Explain 2:26 Live

It's a Boy 0:31 Live

1921 2:26 Live

Amazing Journey 5:41 Woodstock Live

Sparks 3:00 Woodstock Live

Eyesight to the Blind 1:59 Live

Christmas 3:18 Live

Tommy Can You Hear Me? 0:55 Live

Acid Queen 3:35 Live

Pinball Wizard 2:57 Woodstock Live

Do You Think It's Alright 0:22 Live

Fiddle About 1:13 Live

There's a Doctor I've Found 0:23 Live

Go To the Mirror Boy 3:24 Live

Smash the Mirror 2:39 Live

Medley (We're Not Gonna Take It /

See Me, Feel Me / Listening to You) 9:07 Woodstock Live

Smmertime Blues 5:15 Woodstock Live

Shakin' All Over 4:35 Live

Naked Eye 6:22 Live

My Generation 7:36 Woodstock Live

The First Video from Woodstock at 40- From Friday Night, August 14 Melnaie Safka

for more information see www.slwoodstock.com. Woodstock at 40 is a 4-day celebration of the original event in 1969, from August 14 - August 17 2009. Over 90% of the original music will be played in the Blue Nile region of the Virtual World of Second Life. Photographer Eddi Haskell created this photo montage of the first night, combining his photography with Melanie Safka's classic Woodstock hit "Beautiful People".

Please note: Although this is the first "day" of the Festival in the Virtual World of Second Life, the music, together with the music played on Woodstock at 40 Day 1 corresponds together to music played on the first full day (Saturday) of the Woodstock event which began at 3:00 a.m. that day in 1969.

Complete Playlist for Day 1 of Woodstock at 40

Joan Baez on stage in 1969


The Complete Playist for Woodstock at 40 for Friday Night, August 14

WOODSTOCK PLAYLIST: Day One

What you heard in the order you heard it, and what you didn't hear.

The order of performers at the original Woodstock has been well known, but not the order of songs played at the festival. There are any number of playlists floating around the Internet, but this one comes "Woodstock: 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm," a six-CD set of music released in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. Credit for researching and compiling this playlist goes to Andy Zax.

For the most part, the playlist for the Woodstock at 40 Festival follows Zax's work. However, listing to some of the of the live recordings suggested a few songs needed to be moved.

Legend

Woodstock Live: A recording from the original Woodstock

Live: From a different venue at around the time of Woodstock

Recording: Studio recording from around the time of Woodstock

Not Available: Does not exist in any acceptable format.


Day One

Aug. 14

Start Time: 7 p.m. SLT

Running time: 3:26:09

PERFORMER SONG TITLE TIME WHAT TYPE

Richie Havens From the Prison 3:39 Recording

Get Together Not Available

From the Prison (Reprise) Not Available

I'm a Stranger Here Not Available

High Flyin' Bird 3:38 Recording

I Can't Make It Anymore 5:44 Recording

With a Little Help From My Friends 3:12 Recording

Handsome Johnny 5:15 Woodstock Live

Strawberry Fields Forever 3:38 Recording

Freedom (Motherless Child) 6:24 Woodstock Live

Satchidanada Introductory Speech / Invocation Not Available

Sweetwater Motherless Child 5:07 Recording

Look Out 4:27 Woodstock Live

For Pete's Sake 2:54 Recording

My Crystal Spider 3:56 Recording

Two Worlds 6:05 Woodstock Live

Why Oh Why 3:03 Recording

Let the Sunshine In Not Available

Oh Happy Day Not Available

Day Song 1:48 Recording

What's Wrong 10:42 Woodstock Live

Bert Sommer Jennifer 3:15 Woodstock Live

The Road to Travel Not Available

I Wondered Where You'd Be Not Available

She's Gone Not Available

Things Are Going My Way Not Available

And When It's Over 3:03 Woodstock Live

Jeanette Not Available

America Not Available

A Note That Read Not Available

Smile 4:12 Woodstock Live

Tim Hardin Hang on to a Dream 4:23 Woodstock Live

Susan Not Available

If I Were a Carpenter 2:53 Woodstock Live

You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie 4:18 Recording

Speak Like a Child 3:16 Recording

Snow White Lady Not Available

Blues on My Ceiling 3:57 Recording

Simple Song of Freedom 3:05 Woodstock Live

Misty Roses 2:00 Recording

Ravi Shankar Raga Puriya-Dhanashri / Gat in Sawarital 12:26 Woodstock Live

Tabla Solo in Jhaptal Not Available

Raga Manj Mmaha Not Available

Melanie Close to It All 4:25 Recording

Momma Momma 3:39 Woodstock Live

Beautiful People 4:04 Woodstock Live

Animal Crackers 2:56 Recording

Mr. Tambourine Man 4:28 Recording

Tuning My Guitar 4:14 Recording

Birthday of the Sun 3:35 Recording

Arlo Guthrie Coming Into Los Angeles 4:04 Woodstock Live

Wheel of Fortune 2:25 Woodstock Live

Walking Down the LIne 3:51 Woodstock Live

Arlo Speech: Exodus Not Available

Oh Mary, Don't You Weep Not Available

Every Hand in the Land 1:47 Woodstock Live

Amazing Grace 3:13 Recording

Joan Baez Oh Happy Day 3:27 Live

The Last Thing on My Mind 4:17 Recording

Story of David and the U.S. Marshals 1:29 Woodstock Live

Joe Hill 3:42 Woodstock Live

Sweet Sir Galahad 4:08 Woodstock Live

Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man 2:20 Woodstock Live

Hickory Wind 3:33 Woodstock Live

I Live One Day at a Time 4:17 Woodstock Live

Why Was I Tempted To Roam Not Available

Let Me Wrap You In My Warm and Tender Love 4:06 Recording

Swing Low Sweet Chariot 2:35 Woodstock Live

We Shall Overcome 3:31 Live

Schedule for Woodstock at 40 - Opens Friday Night

Friday August 14

Opening night at Woodstock at 40 gets under way at 7 p.m. SLT with a slate of eight acts performing until about 10:30 p.m. SLT:

Performer Approximate start time
Richie Haven 7 p.m.
Sweetwater 7:35 p.m.
Bert Sommer 8:15 p.m.
Tim Hardin 8:25 p.m.
Ravi Shankar 8:55 p.m.
Melanie 9:12 p.m.
Arlo Guthrie 9:40 p.m.
Joan Baez 10 p.m.

SLURL to event: http://slurl.com/secondlife/REVA%20Blue%20Nile/92/64/641



Arlo Guthrie at Woodstock in 1969

Woodstock at 40 Opens on Friday Night: Schedule of Performances

Friday August 14

Opening night at Woodstock at 40 gets under way at 7 p.m. SLT with a slate of eight acts performing until about 10:30 p.m. SLT:

Performer Approximate start time
Richie Haven 7 p.m.
Sweetwater 7:35 p.m.
Bert Sommer 8:15 p.m.
Tim Hardin 8:25 p.m.
Ravi Shankar 8:55 p.m.
Melanie 9:12 p.m.
Arlo Guthrie 9:40 p.m.
Joan Baez 10 p.m.

SLURL to event: http://slurl.com/secondlife/REVA%20Blue%20Nile/92/64/641



Arlo Guthrie at Woodstock in 1969

There will only be one Jimi Hendrix.

And you can hear him at Woodstock at 40 this weekend.

For more information on SL's Greatest Music Festival: www.slwoodstock.com

Apocalypse Now Premiered 30 Years Ago This Week

Apocalypse Now, a gruesome and gory movie about the Vietnam Nam war, but great cinema, opened 30 years ago this week on August 15, 1979.

Here is the most famous scene in the movie- the attack of the helicopters to Richard Wagner;s Flight of the Valkyries from the opera Die Walkure.

I am running this post early to make way for four days of coverage from Woodstock at 40, a Second Life major event.

On one extra note, I have decided that this scene, after looking at it this morning, makes me sick. What an abuse of power. All these poor Vietnamese being killed by American helicopters for no rational reason. No wonder 500,000 people assembled 40 years ago at Woodstock to not only listen to great music but to protest this scene that was going on at the same time.

Wizard of Oz Celebrations Continue with Special Event At Club Thunder Tonight!

The sets are a surprise but I have been told to get ready for more Oz celebrations as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the movie today!

Hours: 10 - 12 PM SL time.

DJ Jonathon Beattie will be spinning.

Here is the SLURL to Club Thunder: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Thunder%20Island/129/113/1001

Three Days to Go Before SL's Biggest Music Festival!

Woodstock 40 opens on Friday, August 14 in Second life and last for four days.

The four days will match the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, the most important music festival of all times.

Over 21 hours of music will be played. Original recordings will be played on a sim that has been built to look like the original site in New York in 1969. A live band will be on stage playing the music to give virtual replication of the original concert.

What is so interesting about this is that 296 Songs have been identified at the original four day Woodstock Festival. The founder of SL Woodstock, prominent DJ and Blue Region owner Aristippus Larsson has assembled over 165 recordings of live Woodstock performance, some of which were released this year. Another 100 songs were commercially available over the past 40 years. Aris has spent years assembling what is the most comprehensive assembly of original Woodstock music available anywhere. As far as we know, a replication event like this has never been attempted in real life, since some of the original music has just recently been released.

Playlists for each day will be given by a greeter to each person who arrives for Woodstock at 40. These will include the name of each song, where it is Live from the original Woodstock, live from other venues, or studio recording. A note will tell people songs are available as downloads from online and other sources.

Collections will be taken at the event to benefit www.breadandjams.org, a real life Homeless Shelter in the Boston, Massachusetts area.

Here are the times for the event.

August 14 Friday: 7 to 10 p.m.
August 15 Saturday: 1 to 10 p.m.
August 16 Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
August 17 Monday 7 to 10 pm

70 Years Ago Today: The Wizard of Oz!

70 years ago today, the Wizard of Oz first played at the Strand Theater in Oconomowoc, Wisconisn.

Many people, including myself, consider it the greatest film ever made. It is actually two classic films in one. The gorgeous black-and-white part filmed in the beginning is a classic slice of Americana. The color portion is unsurpassed to this day in dramatic color effects. Judy Garland's portrayal of Dorothy (as well as Margaret Hamilton's epic portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West, a part she became very sick for portraying since she had a bad reaction to the green paint used all over her and feel during a scene when she was on a platform and burned herself) remains in just about everyone's mind forever after seeing them in their roles. The Wicked Witch of the West looked exactly like Mrs.Gunther, my fourth grade teacher, but was not quite as nasty as Mrs. Gunther, the ultimate witch, was to many of her students.

The Wizard of Oz was an immediate hit, and had a more traditional opening at Graumann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood three days later.

1939 was an incredible year for classic film, according to Wikipedia. The other "greatest film of all time", Gone With The Wind, also premiered that year.

Oz's release date in the year 1939 coincided with the release of many other now classic films, according to the American Film Institute. Films that Oz competed with in 1939 were Beau Geste, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Gunga Din, The Roaring Twenties, Union Pacific, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Babes in Arms, Wuthering Heights, and of course Gone With The Wind. 1939 holds the honor of being the year that released the most number of classic films.

An overweight teenage Judy Garland (put on a destructive drug combination of amphetamines during the day and downers at night to maintain her weight loss) almost did not get the part. Shirley Temple, the 10 year old darling of America, seemed destined for the part. This video shows how Judy was selected:



Here is a very good alternative ending version of the Wizard of Oz from MadTV - the tin man is getting ready for one hell of a hand job!

Wow! This is some Wizard of Oz Party Set on Tiger Island for Tonight!

Rickie Zabaleta and Quagmire Juran outdid themselves by putting together this amazingly cool party set with one of the best Emerald City replicas I have seen!

The party begins at 8 tonight and should run until 10 pm or later SL time.

I will be there as a total Oz fan. And, tonight, is anniversary eve of the Wizard of Oz!

I want those Ruby Slippers!

I beleive there is a contest for best in green, but I need to confirm it

See you later at their party!

SLURL to the event: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tigers%20Island/242/148/37

70 Years Ago Today There Was No Wizard of Oz.

Imagine a world without the Wizard of Oz.

The movie the Wizard of Oz was just a poster in front of the Strand Theatre in Oconomowoc, a small town Wisconsin. The movie was set to open the following day. No one is sure why this small town was chosen for the honors of showing this film. Some people think it was chosen as a test site to gauge audience reaction; others think some Hollywood executives were staying nearby on summer vacation and simply wanted to see the premier of the movie before it was released in Hollywood.

It actually sneak previewed on August 11 as a theater in Kenosha, Wisconsin but the Strand theater is where it was first officially released, and gets honors as the first place it was shown. It was also shown in test to several public audiences in Los Angeles in June, 1939.

By the way, if you live near Oconomowoc, which is between Milwaukee and Madison, head on over. They are having a free screening of the movie this week and a big celebration of the event.

Cinema would be forever changed the next day. Check back here tomorrow.

Tadd's Place is Packed on Monday Night

I was kinda surprised to see Tadd Rives and Johny Alderton's club so packed on a Monday night. I have not seen crowds like this on Mondays since the old DI. This place is wall-to-wall with some very hot guys!

DJRadcliffe Faith is packing them in!

If you want to head down here is the slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chads%20Bora%20Bora/54/185/4003

Rally in Tel Aviv To Protest Shootings at Gay Club attended by over 70,000 people last night

In Tel Aviv Israel last week 2 gay teenagers were killed, and many injured, in a gay club attended by young Israelis, many of them teens. Israel has a small but vibrant gay community, and in general, has some of the best gay rights laws in the world; gay marriage is recognized (but must be performed in another country).

Last night, In a record crowd turnout for any gay rights rally outside of the major cities of the United States and Europe, over 70,000 people turned out for a rally in support of gay rights and in protest of the killings including the President of Israel himself, noble prize winner Shimon Peres.

This was not just a Jewish rally, Palestinian gay activists (there are some) also turned out at the rally.

70,000 turnout is remarkable for a country that has 7 million people, in a city of three million.

A nice evening with Jago

After a hard day on SL, and a lot of publishing stress, Jago took me to an amazing place with fields of flowers and wonderful music- I will try to get the url for your with my next post. We danced, and flew around, and rode a nice ride-- and I think I fell in love with Jago all over again! I do it at least twice a week!

so here is the photo of the day!

August issue of VR Style is out

I am the Creative Director of this fine publication.

I am also doing my modeling debut in the publication starting on pages 111 and 136.

I did photography for many of the articles including the cover, so please enjoy.

Eddi


Link to embed publication and for other options: VR Style

Steampunk Festival Starts This Weekend

Sponsored by VR Style Magazine. For more information see:

http://voyagesofdrfabre.blogspot.com/2009/08/steampunk-events-08-09-august-2009.html

Midcourt: Second Life Weekend Event Guide

Everything you want to know about the gay club scene this weekend and more!

Thank you Jordyn JC Crnell and Willicous Georgette for posting this!

Midcourt: Second Life Weekend Event Guide..

Photo of the Day: Jago and I at the Hanging Gardens of Apollo

I took this this evening. What a perfect way to begin a weekend!

Club T-Bone

I logged on late last night (actually Friday morning) and wanted somewhere to go- and got this message from Club Thunder owner Vanyel Gazov that DJ Jonathon Beattie was playing at Tom06 Castro's T-Bone and headed over.

I have never been to T-Bone but it is really fun club! It was uniform night, so I put on my Marine Dress uniform which made me look like a Halloween trick-or-treater but who cares! Just wish I could be a bit taller at times. Here I am dancing with two month straight Just Beautiful Men contest winner Willicous who is dressed as an Italian lifeguard in a tiny speedo.


Eddi Haskell and Willicous Georgette

Club T-Bone is fun, and the late night party is going on now so come down if you get this in time

SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/TBONE%20ISLAND/195/231/24

Happy 200th Birthday Alfred Lord Tennyson!

Who is this guy?





Well, he wrote this famous poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade!
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Half a league, half a league,
  Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
  Rode the six hundred.
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns' he said:
Into the valley of Death
  Rode the six hundred.

'Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldiers knew
  Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
  Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
  Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
  Rode the six hundred.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turned in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army while
  All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre-stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
  Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
  Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
  All the world wonder'd.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
  Noble six hundred!