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theladyroseFood for thought: according to our elders, the Class of 2010 apparently lives and thinks like this.
Members of the class of 2010, entering college this fall, were mostly born in 1988. For them: Billy Carter, Lucille Ball, Gilda Radner, Billy Martin, Andy Gibb, and Secretariat have always been dead.
1. The Soviet Union has never existed and therefore is about as scary as the student union.
2. They have known only two presidents.
3. For most of their lives, major U.S. airlines have been bankrupt.
4. Manuel Noriega has always been in jail in the U.S.
5. They have grown up getting lost in "big boxes."
6. There has always been only one Germany.
7. They have never heard anyone actually "ring it up" on a cash register.
8. They are wireless, yet always connected.
9. A stained blue dress is as famous to their generation as a third-rate burglary was to their parents'.
10. Thanks to pervasive headphones in the back seat, parents have always been able to speak freely in the front.
11. A coffee has always taken longer to make than a milkshake.
12. Smoking has never been permitted on U.S. airlines.
13. Faux fur has always been a necessary element of style.
14. The Moral Majority has never needed an organization.
15. They have never had to distinguish between the St. Louis Cardinals baseball and football teams.
16. DNA fingerprinting has always been admissible evidence in court.
17. They grew up pushing their own miniature shopping carts in the supermarket.
18. They grew up with and have outgrown faxing as a means of communication.
19. "Google" has always been a verb.
20. Text messaging is their email.
21. Milli Vanilli has never had anything to say.
22. Mr. Rogers, not Walter Cronkite, has always been the most trusted man in America.
23. Bar codes have always been on everything, from library cards and snail mail to retail items.
24. Madden has always been a game, not a Superbowl-winning coach.
25. Phantom of the Opera has always been on Broadway.
26. "Boogers" candy has always been a favorite for grossing out parents.
27. There has never been a "skyhook" in the NBA.
28. Carbon copies are oddities found in their grandparents' attics.
29. Computerized player pianos have always been tinkling in the lobby.
30. Non-denominational mega-churches have always been the fastest growing religious organizations in the U.S.
31. They grew up in mini-vans.
32. Reality shows have always been on television.
33. They have no idea why we needed to ask "...can we all get along?"
34. They have always known that "In the criminal justice system the people have been represented by two separate yet equally important groups."
35. Young women's fashions have never been concerned with where the waist is.
36. They have rarely mailed anything using a stamp.
37. Brides have always worn white for a first, second, or third wedding.
38. Being techno-savvy has always been inversely proportional to age.
39. "So" as in "Sooooo New York," has always been a drawn-out adjective modifying a proper noun, which in turn modifies something else
40. Affluent troubled teens in Southern California have always been the subjects of television series.
41. They have always been able to watch wars and revolutions live on television.
42. Ken Burns has always been producing very long documentaries on PBS.
43. They are not aware that "flock of seagulls hair" has nothing to do with birds flying into it.
44. Retin-A has always made America look less wrinkled.
45. Green tea has always been marketed for health purposes.
46. Public school officials have always had the right to censor school newspapers.
47. Small white holiday lights have always been in style.
48. Most of them never had the chance to eat bad airline food.
49. They have always been searching for "Waldo."
50. The really rich have regularly expressed exuberance with outlandish birthday parties.
51. Michael Moore has always been showing up uninvited.
52. They never played the game of state license plates in the car.
53. They have always preferred going out in groups as opposed to dating.
54. There have always been live organ donors.
55. They have always had access to their own credit cards.
56. They have never put their money in a "Savings & Loan."
57. Sara Lee has always made underwear.
58. Bad behavior has always been getting captured on amateur videos.
59. Disneyland has always been in Europe and Asia.
60. They never saw Bernard Shaw on CNN.
61. Beach volleyball has always been a recognized sport.
62. Acura, Lexus, and Infiniti have always been luxury cars of choice.
63. Television stations have never concluded the broadcast day with the national anthem.
64. LoJack transmitters have always been finding lost cars.
65. Diane Sawyer has always been live in Prime Time.
66. Dolphin-free canned tuna has always been on sale.
67. Disposable contact lenses have always been available.
68. "Outing" has always been a threat.
69. Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss has always been the perfect graduation gift.
70. They have always "dissed" what they don't like.
71. The U.S. has always been studying global warming to confirm its existence.
72. Richard M. Daley has always been the Mayor of Chicago.
73. They grew up with virtual pets to feed, water, and play games with, lest they die.
74. Ringo Starr has always been clean and sober.
75. Professional athletes have always competed in the Olympics.
I'm supposed to be working on a paper right now, or otherwise I'd be writing a response to the above. I start copy-editing at the Daily Trojan tomorrow afternoon, so I should be getting more work out of the way but I keep getting distracted by more interesting things like my psychology textbook.
I finally summoned up the nerve to e-mail Jon Burlingame in hopes that I'll have the chance to talk about film music and particularly the Man from UNCLE soundtracks over lunch sometime; we'll see how that goes.
Members of the class of 2010, entering college this fall, were mostly born in 1988. For them: Billy Carter, Lucille Ball, Gilda Radner, Billy Martin, Andy Gibb, and Secretariat have always been dead.
1. The Soviet Union has never existed and therefore is about as scary as the student union.
2. They have known only two presidents.
3. For most of their lives, major U.S. airlines have been bankrupt.
4. Manuel Noriega has always been in jail in the U.S.
5. They have grown up getting lost in "big boxes."
6. There has always been only one Germany.
7. They have never heard anyone actually "ring it up" on a cash register.
8. They are wireless, yet always connected.
9. A stained blue dress is as famous to their generation as a third-rate burglary was to their parents'.
10. Thanks to pervasive headphones in the back seat, parents have always been able to speak freely in the front.
11. A coffee has always taken longer to make than a milkshake.
12. Smoking has never been permitted on U.S. airlines.
13. Faux fur has always been a necessary element of style.
14. The Moral Majority has never needed an organization.
15. They have never had to distinguish between the St. Louis Cardinals baseball and football teams.
16. DNA fingerprinting has always been admissible evidence in court.
17. They grew up pushing their own miniature shopping carts in the supermarket.
18. They grew up with and have outgrown faxing as a means of communication.
19. "Google" has always been a verb.
20. Text messaging is their email.
21. Milli Vanilli has never had anything to say.
22. Mr. Rogers, not Walter Cronkite, has always been the most trusted man in America.
23. Bar codes have always been on everything, from library cards and snail mail to retail items.
24. Madden has always been a game, not a Superbowl-winning coach.
25. Phantom of the Opera has always been on Broadway.
26. "Boogers" candy has always been a favorite for grossing out parents.
27. There has never been a "skyhook" in the NBA.
28. Carbon copies are oddities found in their grandparents' attics.
29. Computerized player pianos have always been tinkling in the lobby.
30. Non-denominational mega-churches have always been the fastest growing religious organizations in the U.S.
31. They grew up in mini-vans.
32. Reality shows have always been on television.
33. They have no idea why we needed to ask "...can we all get along?"
34. They have always known that "In the criminal justice system the people have been represented by two separate yet equally important groups."
35. Young women's fashions have never been concerned with where the waist is.
36. They have rarely mailed anything using a stamp.
37. Brides have always worn white for a first, second, or third wedding.
38. Being techno-savvy has always been inversely proportional to age.
39. "So" as in "Sooooo New York," has always been a drawn-out adjective modifying a proper noun, which in turn modifies something else
40. Affluent troubled teens in Southern California have always been the subjects of television series.
41. They have always been able to watch wars and revolutions live on television.
42. Ken Burns has always been producing very long documentaries on PBS.
43. They are not aware that "flock of seagulls hair" has nothing to do with birds flying into it.
44. Retin-A has always made America look less wrinkled.
45. Green tea has always been marketed for health purposes.
46. Public school officials have always had the right to censor school newspapers.
47. Small white holiday lights have always been in style.
48. Most of them never had the chance to eat bad airline food.
49. They have always been searching for "Waldo."
50. The really rich have regularly expressed exuberance with outlandish birthday parties.
51. Michael Moore has always been showing up uninvited.
52. They never played the game of state license plates in the car.
53. They have always preferred going out in groups as opposed to dating.
54. There have always been live organ donors.
55. They have always had access to their own credit cards.
56. They have never put their money in a "Savings & Loan."
57. Sara Lee has always made underwear.
58. Bad behavior has always been getting captured on amateur videos.
59. Disneyland has always been in Europe and Asia.
60. They never saw Bernard Shaw on CNN.
61. Beach volleyball has always been a recognized sport.
62. Acura, Lexus, and Infiniti have always been luxury cars of choice.
63. Television stations have never concluded the broadcast day with the national anthem.
64. LoJack transmitters have always been finding lost cars.
65. Diane Sawyer has always been live in Prime Time.
66. Dolphin-free canned tuna has always been on sale.
67. Disposable contact lenses have always been available.
68. "Outing" has always been a threat.
69. Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss has always been the perfect graduation gift.
70. They have always "dissed" what they don't like.
71. The U.S. has always been studying global warming to confirm its existence.
72. Richard M. Daley has always been the Mayor of Chicago.
73. They grew up with virtual pets to feed, water, and play games with, lest they die.
74. Ringo Starr has always been clean and sober.
75. Professional athletes have always competed in the Olympics.
I'm supposed to be working on a paper right now, or otherwise I'd be writing a response to the above. I start copy-editing at the Daily Trojan tomorrow afternoon, so I should be getting more work out of the way but I keep getting distracted by more interesting things like my psychology textbook.
I finally summoned up the nerve to e-mail Jon Burlingame in hopes that I'll have the chance to talk about film music and particularly the Man from UNCLE soundtracks over lunch sometime; we'll see how that goes.
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Date: 2006-08-28 10:07 pm (UTC)You'll have to let me know how the stuff with Jon Burlingame goes as I'm interested in what he'd have to say.
Oh, and I kind of love doing copy editing, marking up papers and fixing things and all.
By the way, I finally got the Bernard Herrmann score to The Ghost and Mrs. Muir from the library and I'm uploading it for a film scores community (you should join, by the way! My computer's full of great scores thanks to them)--do you want the link when it's finished? Rather a good score, I think.
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Date: 2006-08-30 08:32 am (UTC)There's something terribly soothing about copyediting, at least for me. I don't have anything against writing solid features, but there's a pretentious appeal in smoothing over the general style of a publication. It's helped me hone in on the details on all sorts of other things visually and analytically.
I'll be meeting with Burlingame sometime late September *fingers crossed* so I'll definitely keep you posted about that.
Herrmann's Ghost and Mrs. Muir is really lovely; alas, I've left most of my soundtracks at home. The link would be greatly appreciated; I'd love to upload the "desert island" soundtracks I have here :)
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Date: 2006-09-12 03:24 am (UTC)Yes, exactly! It's kind of demeaning. Plus, I actually know a little about history, and so do lots of other people, so some of those don't apply at all. Those things just make me mad.
OK, I'm not going to paste in your comments about copy editing because I totally agree with everything you said. I just love sitting down with a red pen and marking up someone's paper/article/whatever. I don't know why, but I do enjoy it.
The community I mentioned is
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Date: 2006-09-12 08:19 am (UTC)Herrmann seems to like scoring movies involving the supernatural and/or Wagnerian overtones-the Joel McNeely rerecording of Vertigo makes a rather nice companion soundtrack to The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. Which version do you have-is it conducted by Herrmann himself or Elmer Bernstein or some other conductor?
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Date: 2006-09-15 04:30 am (UTC)I have this version of the Ghost and Mrs. Muir score. I think it's the original score from the film. I'd like to hear the Bernstein one, though.
Your comment about the score to Vertigo inspired me to listen to it a lot these past few days--a few of the files, though, skip. I guess I hadn't listened to the MP3s when I ripped it. Maybe I will request it from the community. My CD was just a copy from someone and I don't think it's the Joel McNeely recording.
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Date: 2006-09-15 05:27 am (UTC)I'm afraid I've never heard of the Illusionist, although now that you've recommended it I'd be interested in listening to it.
Would you consider a trade, the rerelease of Vertigo for Somewhere in Time and Lawrence of Arabia? The Joel McNeely recording of Vertigo is absolutely unbelievable; you can almost hear Bernard Herrmann conducting it himself. Herrmann didn't really like the original Muir Matheson recording used in the film as Matheson, who was the conductor instead of Herrmann as a musician's strike prohibited an American from taking up the baton, ignored many of Herrmann's dynamic markings.
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Date: 2006-09-18 05:24 pm (UTC)I'm going to request that Bernstein compilation through inter-library loan. I found another version of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir in the catalog, but I'm not sure which it is, so I'll request it and find out.
I uploaded The Illusionist a little while ago, so I'll look around for the link. Although, I just realized, there are some spoilery things in the track titles. I liked the movie, so I'd hate to ruin it for you. Maybe I could rename the track titles to just numbers or something?
I'll upload Somewhere in Time and Lawrence of Arabia now :) Feel free to request anything else, by the way; I wouldn't mind uploading other stuff. And I'd love to hear that Vertigo recording. I'm really impressed with your knowledge of these things!
Have you heard any of Herrmann's work on The Twilight Zone, by the way? It's very good stuff, I think. But I love The Twilight Zone so I've seen most of it that work with the episodes. There's quite a range, too. Some of it is terrifying, but one episode had my mother and I in tears, in large part because of the score, I think.