Archives – 2004 – September – 12  

“More or less, a prophet”
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— 12 Sep 2004 Ned Raggett Comment

“More or less, a prophet” — it’s not wrong or even weird of me to say that even though Oscar Wilde is one of my favorite writers I’m actually far more fascinated by him than his work. If I could master the paradox approa[…]

A place where nobody dares to go
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— 12 Sep 2004 Ned Raggett Comment

A place where nobody dares to go — showing The Apple to a friend the other night prompted a request to show Xanadu, and thus it was done. It has to be said that of the overblown disco movie troika (English-language, at least), consisting of sai[…]

DESTINY’S CHILD “Lose My Breath”
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— 12 Sep 2004 Ned Raggett Comment

DESTINY’S CHILD
“Lose My Breath”
I’m a bit surprised at the vehemence this song has inspired over on ILM. I’m not surprised that cosmic twin Dan Perry agrees with me, though — this is some great stuff. To be honest[…]

Up the Pacific Coast from San Diego to San Francisco by submarine
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— 12 Sep 2004 Ned Raggett Comment

Up the Pacific Coast from San Diego to San Francisco by submarine
It was travel but not one of the most scenic of routes, in that there wasn’t much to see. But back in 1979 my dad’s submarine the Pollack — as the history notes, he r[…]

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