Warriors of OZ

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After almost whole First Season (8 episodes)
of OZ
[Oswald Maximum Security Prison]

where darkened souls makes even more devils of each other,
except those who dares fighting for human trust...





Characters I feel most SYMPATHY for
=their tendencies so far


Warden Tim McManus

Officer Diane Whittlesey

Prisoner Jefferson Keane

Prisoner Kareem Said

Storyteller Augustus Hill

Prisoner Bob Rebadow

Sister Marie Reimondo

Prisoner Miguel Alvarez





Characters whose tendencies I feel most CONTEMPT for
=their tendencies so far


Governor James Devlin

Officer Mike Healy

Prisoner Simon Adebisi

Prisoner Kenny Wangler

Prisoner Jackson Vahue

Prisoner Vern Schillinger

Prisoner Ryan O'Reily

Prisoner Scott Ross





Characters whose tendencies I feel most INTEREST in
=their tendencies so far


Prisoner Kareem Said

Prisoner Nino Schibetta

Prisoner Ryan O'Reily

Prisoner Tobias Beecher

Prisoner Vern Schillinger

Prisoner Huseini Mershah

Warden Leo Glynn

Warden Tim McManus







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Triangle Drama # 6

a musical college series (from now about now)
a musical college movie (from -82 about -61)
a swedish punk portrait (from -05 about -82)





GLEE
season 1
first 6 episodes

with Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison and many more

created by Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy
USA -09


+3 Acting
+2 Scenography

+1 Thrill
+2 Humour

-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality

+3 Whole Composition

= +12






GOD SAVE THE KING [TJENARE KUNGEN]
with Josefin Neldén and others

by Ulf Malmros
Sweden -05


+1 Acting
+2 Scenography

0 Thrill
+1 Humour

-1 Fantasy
+1 Reality

+2 Whole Composition

= +6






GREASE part 2
with Maxwell Caulfield & Michelle Pfeiffer

by Patricia Birch
USA -82


-1 Acting
+1 Scenography

-3 Thrill
-2 Humour

-2 Fantasy
-1 Reality

0 Whole Composition

= -8






I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics






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Even More Glee

Watching first season of GLEE, the great drama-comedy about a musical/sports school.

I give the characters - some of them caricatures, others more complex - different plus or minus points for each episode where they play a part. (Mention them with their main occupation as it seems to be). To better see the process, how they're developing or not...

So far, after 8 seen episodes, their attractiveness + human goodness turns out like this to me:



+39
Rachel Berry (musical singer)

+35
Will Schuester (teacher responsible for school's music club)

+35
Emma Pillsbury (student's advicer)


+24
Principal Figgins (headmaster)

+20
Mercedes Jones (R'n'B singer)

+15
Sandy Ryerson (teacher not allowed to teach)

+13
Brittany Pierce (cheerleader)

+12
April Rhodes (old pupil)

+10
Finn Hudson (musical singer and boyfriend)

+8
Burt Hummel (daddy)

+5
Kurt Hummel (dancer)

+4
Tina Cohen-Chang (singer or something)

+2
Noah "Puck" Puckerman (fotball-player)

+2
Artie Abrams (wheel-chair performer)

0p
Jacob Ben Israel (blogger)

-1
Santana Lopez (cheerleader)

-2
Quinn Fabray (cheerleader stripped of her leading role)

-3
Dr Wu (doctor)

-5
Rod Remington (TV producer)

-8
Howard Bamboo (employed)

-14
Kendra Giardi (sister of Terri)


-28
Ken Tanaka (sports teacher)

-42
Sue Sylvester (sports teacher and enemy to school's music club)

-60
Terri Schuester (not pregnant wife)






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Octopus's Pieces of Star

during this October
while Octopus is transforming into Scorpio


THE BIGGEST OCTOPUS
8 pieces I began to love some years before, and much more now



1

FLIGHT (...The White Cave...)
with Peter Hammill

by Peter Hammill
from A Black Box -80


2

REFUGEES
with Van Der Graaf Generator

by Peter Hammill

from The Least We Can Do is Wave To Each Other -70
[also discovered the single version]


3

UNFINISHED SWEET
with Alice Cooper

by Bruce, Smith & Cooper
from Billion Dollar Babies -73


4

ROLL AWAY THE STONE
with Mott The Hoople

by Ian Hunter
from The Hoople -74


5

STAR
with David Bowie or Ziggy Stardust

by David Bowie
from (The Rise And Fall of) Ziggy Stardust -72


6

DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
new cover with Cory Monteith, Lea Michele and more

by Journey [Jonathan Cain, Neil Schon, Steve Perry]

from first season of the very good tv-series GLEE -09


7

SING THIS ALL TOGETHER (SEE WHAT HAPPENS)
= the long session

with Rolling Stones
by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

from Their Satanic Majesties Request -67


8

(I GOT YOU LIKE A HAMMER IN A) BED OF NAILS
with Alice Cooper

by Diane Warren, Alice Cooper, Desmond Child
from Trash -89








the smaller octopus
10 pieces that seems really worth the struggling to get a grip by
= never really heard until now



9

DOPO... NIENTE E' PIU' LO STESSO
[Tomorrow... Nothing's More The Same]

with Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

by Nocenzi & Di Giacomo
from Io Sono Nato Libero -73


10

(NO MORE) THE SUBMARINER
with Peter Hammill

by Peter Hammill
from In Camera -74


11

LAST FRAME
with Van Der Graaf Generator

by Peter Hammill
version from Vital : Van Der Graaf LIVE -78


12

PEEL THE PAINT
with Gentle Giant

by Shulman, Minnear, Shulman & Shulman
from Three Friends -73


13

A COMMOTION
with Feist

by Leslie Feist
from Metals -11


14

THE MILK MAN'S MATINÉE
with Edythe Wright singin' and Tommy Dorsey on trombone

by Rafaz, Davis, Denniker
from Music Maestro Please!, Tommy Dorsey vol 1 (1935-39)


15

THE LADY IS A TRAMP
with Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett

by Rodgers & Hart
from Duets part II -11


16

HALL OF DANCE (second movement)
with John Wilson & London Classical Orchestra

by Paul McCartney
from Paul McCartney's Ocean's Kingdom -11


17

ROCK & ROLL
with Velvet Underground

by Lou Reed
from Loaded -70


18

I TURNED INTO A MARTIAN
with Misfits

by Glenn Danzig
from Walk Among Us -82







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BILBAO built by Guggenheim

from my french-spanish trip som months ago...

my House by the Hat

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For the sorting hat to put you into one of the four Hogwart's Houses (from Harry Potter's school), this is a surprisingly complex test.

http://www.personalitylab.org/tests/ccq_hogwarts.htm

With 9 X 122 possibilities to make your personal patterns tailormade, it also seems to serve as a ground for psychological research. A test trying to cover more than it can?


My answers where interpreted by this sorting hat as :

73 p for Ravenclaw (air)
70 p for Slytherin (water)
52 p for Gryffindor (fire)
47 p for Hufflepuff (earth)


To be honest, I got even the highest sum for Slytherin at first, since I possess a strongly non-social side among my more human sides (and also a deeply conservative side among my more liberal sides).

But soon I changed some answers to fit better with the smart, spiritual Ravenclaw, which many people (including I) would think suits me best. I already have had an affair with Luna Lovegood ;-)




Then in another, shorter test, though with more moral questions

http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Reviews/HarryPotter/Docs/Quiz-House.html

I still got Ravenclaw (12 p, closely followed by 10 p each for Gryffindor, Slytherin and Hufflepuff, so my morality seems extremely balanced :-))

Which Hogwarts house will you be sorted into?

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Triangle Drama # 10

First Episode of series I've never seen before

about discovering Space or the mythology behind






beginning of COSMOS

"The Shores of The Cosmic Ocean"
presented by Carl Sagan

created by Steven Soter, Ann Druyan and Carl Sagan -80

phenomenon most fantastic : Alexandria Library


+2 Acting
+3 Scenography

+2 Thrill
-2 Humour

+1 Fantasy
+3 Reality

+3 Whole Composition

= +12






beginning of STARGATE ATLANTIS

created by Brad Wright and Robert C Cooper -04

character most captured by : Teyla Emmagan, ancient


0 Acting
+3 Scenography

+1 Thrill
-1 Humour

+2 Fantasy
0 Reality

+2 Whole Composition

= +7






EMPIRE OF DREAMS : THE STORY OF THE STAR WARS TRILOGY

documentary, more of a movie
seen all three "episodes"

created by Ed Singer -04

character most captured by : C-3PO


0 Acting
+3 Scenography

+1 Thrill
0 Humour

-2 Fantasy
+3 Reality

0 Whole Composition

= +5






I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a series worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics



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Triangle Drama # 11

three classic Sci-Fi master pieces
not movies this time, but in written form
two short stories and one novel



A SOUND OF THUNDER
by Ray Bradbury
USA 1952
translated to swedish (in nova science fiction magazine)


+2 Language
0 Characters

+2 Thrill
+2 Humour

+3 Fantasy
+1 Reality

+2 Whole Composition

= +12






THE WORLD WELL LOST
by Theodore Sturgeon
USA 1953
translated to swedish (in nova science fiction magazine)


+2 Language
+3 Characters

0 Thrill
+2 Humour

+2 Fantasy
-1 Reality

+2 Whole Composition

= +10






THE TIME MACHINE
by H.G. Wells
England 1895
read and listened to in original language


+1 Language
-2 Characters

-1 Thrill
-2 Humour

+1 Fantasy
+2 Reality

0 Whole Composition

= -1






I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a novel worth reading
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics



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Triangle Drama # 9

First Episode of series I've never seen before
about big ethic problems

At least OZ (the predecessor to Wire) I'm gonna continue watching




beginning of OZ
[Oswald Maximum Security Prison]

created by Tom Fontana -97

characters most captured by : Kareem Said and Nino Schibetta


+2 Acting
0 Scenography

+3 Thrill
-2 Humour

-1 Fantasy
+3 Reality

+1 Whole Composition

= +6






beginning of THE GOOD WIFE

created by Robert King -09

character most captured by : Richard Cuesta, Judge


+2 Acting
0 Scenography

+2 Thrill
+1 Humour

-2 Fantasy
+2 Reality

0 Whole Composition

= +5






beginning of ROOTS

created by William Blinn -77
on book by Alex Haley

character most captured by : Kailuba


+1 Acting
+3 Scenography

-1 Thrill
-2 Humour

-3 Fantasy
+2 Reality

-2 Whole Composition

= -2






I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a series worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics



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Triangle Drama # 8

Three Films about and behind the ART OF FIGHTING




THE WRESTLER

with Mickey Rourke & Marisa Tomei
USA /France -08
by Darren Aronofsky


+3 Acting
+1 Scenography

+3 Thrill
0 Humour

-1 Fantasy
+3 Reality

-1 Whole Composition

= +8






KARATE KID part II

with Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio & Tamlyn Tomita
USA /Japan -86
by John G Avildsen on Robert Mark Kamen


+2 Acting
+2 Scenography

+2 Thrill
0 Humour

0 Fantasy
+1 Reality

+1 Whole Composition

= +8






YOJIMBO [Bodyguard]

with Toshiro Mifune
Japan -61
by Akira Kurosawa


+2 Acting
+2 Scenography

0 Thrill
+1 Humour

+1 Fantasy
0 Reality

+2 Whole Composition

= +8







I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics



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Triangle Drama # 5

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Three Sci-Fi films
of an ordinary life sort
but in which people has become dumber than kinda apes
or kinda apes has become smarter than people


...seen for the third time this time...




FAHRENHEIT 451
with Oskar Werner, Julie Christie & Julie Christie

by Francois Truffaut & Jean-Louis Richard
UK /France -66

based on the novel by Ray Bradbury


+2 Acting
+3 Scenography

+1 Thrill
+1 Humour

+3 Fantasy
+1 Reality

+3 Whole Composition

= +14






DARK STAR
with Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich, Dan O'Bannon

by John Carpenter
UK -74


-2 Acting
+3 Scenography

-2 Thrill
+3 Humour

+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality

0 Whole Composition

= +5






PLANET OF THE APES (part 1)
with Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter and more

by Franklin J. Schaffner
USA -68


-2 Acting
+2 Scenography

-1 Thrill
-1 Humour

+1 Fantasy
+1 Reality

-1 Whole Composition

= -1







I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics






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MasterPieces by Peter Hammill

my favourites among his compositions
(so far, some left to listen to)
many of them performed with Van Der Graaf Generator
made between 1969 to 1980



1

MAN ERG
from Pawn Hearts

2

MIRROR IMAGES
from pH7

3

THE UNDERCOVER MAN
from Godbluff



4

EMPEROR IN HIS WAR ROOM
from H to He Who Am The Only One

5

REFUGEES
from The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other

6

MY ROOM (WAITING FOR WONDERLAND)
from Still Life



7

(THIS SIDE OF) THE LOOKING GLASS
from Over

8

HOUSE WITH NO DOOR
[Octopus in]
from H to He Who Am The Only One

9

PEOPLE YOU WERE GOING TO
from Nadir's Big Chance



10

FACULTY X
from pH7

11

PALINURUS
from The Future Now

12

A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
from Pawn Hearts



13

THE LIE [Bernini's SAINT THERESA]
from The Silent Corner and The Empty Stage

14

PILGRIMS
from Still Life

15

LIZARD PLAY
from The Quiet Zone /The Pleasure Dome



16

SUMMER SONG (IN THE AUTUMN)
from Fool's Mate

17

THE FUTURE NOW
from The Future Now

18

DOOR
from Vital : Vad Der Graaf Live



19

OPEN YOUR EYES
from Nadir's Big Chance

20

OUT OF MY BOOK
from The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other

21

WONDERING
from World Record



22

W
bonus track from Pawn Hearts

23

THE WAVE
from The Quiet Zone /The Pleasure Dome

24

LOSING FAITH IN WORDS
from A Black Box



25

LOST AND FOUND
from Over

26

THE SLEEPWALKERS
from Godbluff

27

AQUARIAN (we move to the Sun in every direction)
from Aerosol Grey Machine



28

GIANT SQUID / OCTOPUS
from H to He Who Am The Only One and/or Aerosol Grey Machine

29

THE MOUSETRAP (CAUGHT IN)
from The Future Now

30

(NO MORE) THE SUBMARINER
from In Camera



31

VISION
from Fool's Mate

32

WILHELMINA
from The Silent Corner and The Empty Stage

33

LAST FRAME
from The Quiet Zone /The Pleasure Dome







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Seven Special Songs in my Horse Race

while Octopus still got only seven limbs



Two Top Runners
seems already perfectly strong songs, but do they really last...?



MOONBEAMS
with Michael B Tretow (incl some ABBA-singers)

by Michael B Tretow
from Let's Boogie -76



HAZY DAYS
with Mick Ronson

by Mick Ronson
from Play Don't Worry -75






Three in Progress
comes closer every time...



A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
with Van Der Graaf Generator

by Peter Hammill
from Pawn Hearts -71



KNOTS
with Gentle Giant

by Minnear, Shulman, Shulman & Shulman
from Octopus -72



THE DEVIL CAME FROM KANSAS
with Procol Harum

by Gary Brooker & Keith Reid
from A Salty Dog -69






Two Cool Spurters
doesn't seem so good at first, but possesses enormous potential...?



BY-TOR AND THE SNOW DOG
with Rush

by Lee, Lifeson, Peart
from Fly By Night -75



BACK BEAT BOOGIE
with Harry James

by Harry James
from Concerto for Trumpet (original recordings 1939-41)







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