Freon,
Are you planning on doing a fundraiser raffle at Confusion?  My friend's
neighbor had 4 old Dr. Who magazines from the early 80;s and one Fan Magazine
called Time Log #7 at her garage sale.   I'm only recently  Dr. Who fan, so I
didn't want them.  I was walking out to the car and then I thought they would
make a good raffle prize, so I bought them. If you don't want to 'raffle' them
off, I'll give them to my nephew to sell on ebay.
Bett

I just saw a promo for a segment about the movie "Avatar" on "60 Minutes" this
Sunday.  I'm looking forward to it.

~~ Mikey

Mikey Rudas (boom operator) is ill and Matt (recordist) is on family leave,
which means we will be looking for sound crew to be on hand for the rest of
our shoot schedule for Smoke House Curse.  Malcolm and Brick, could you drop
a line on Earl our head sound engineer and let him know if you are available
for fill-in duty?
586-983-3513


Our crew list is shc2009crew@..., and our public fan list is
shcfans-subscribe@yahoogroups.com


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Could this be our new robotic overlord?

"KAIST's latest humanoid robot walks, performs some tai chi, shows off its
individually-actuated fingers, swings a sword, grabs a bottle, and runs!"
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0P_Z6pFBNg>

~~ Mikey

I am moving this weekend.  I'd like to give Chris his Brust books but lack a
means to deliver 'em.  We haven't been able to hook up since I've been in MI.

If Chris or a friend of his could stop by, I'll have them on the porch in an old
Priority Mail box:  7327 Voerner Ave [zip 48015].

Box will have Chris' [former?] address taped on it.

Thanks!

Anne*---

Ray Walsh, of East Lansing's Curious Books, is once again sponsoring
Classicon this coming Saturday.  There will be thousands of collectable old pulp
magazines, digests, paperbacks, and comics
available for sale or trade, as well as original paperback artwork from the
1950s & 1960s!

* Mystery * Detective * Science Fiction * Aviation * Western * Romances *
Adventure * Characters/Heroes * Vintage Comics * Petty * Vargas * Classics from
the 20s-60s *

November 7, 2009
10 AM - 4 PM
$3.00 Admission
$25 for a Dealer Table
35 Tables of Goodies

UNIVERSITY QUALITY INN     hotel website:
< http://www.universityqualityinn.com/ >
3121 EAST GRAND RIVER
LANSING, MI
Just off US-127, Exit 78

You can find the show page here:

   < http://www.curiousbooks.com/show/class.html >

                            - Keith B. Kurek

The trailer for the film which I have been working on these past 10 months or so
is now out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8EA7EbFX4k

I was "city planner" for one of the principal locations in the film, the city of
Alamut. Some of the city's showcase shots are at 0:18-0:24, 0:51-0:53, 1:01, and
1:42-1:43 in the trailer.

If anyone can find a good link to a downloadable HD version, I would surely
appreciate it.

Cheers,
Tom

I don't wanna sound like Johnny One-Note here, but this stuff IS pretty cool:

"4-Minute Featurette on Cameron's Avatar"
<http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60460>

~~ Mikey

The new, long-form "Avatar" trailer has been officially released.  It looks
pretty impressive;  I wanna see the movie in IMAX 3D when it comes out...

<http://www.avatarmovie.com>

~~ Mikey

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This was too funny not to share...

"Toy Vault Monty Python 'Black Knight' Talking Plush"
<http://www.mysimon.com/prices/toy-vault-monty-python-black-knight-talking-plush\
>

"You'll love to torture him! Tear off one of the Black Knight's arms or legs and
you'll see a bloody stump and hear a unique quote. How's that for interactive
dismemberment fun? This plush stands 14-inches tall and comes in a collector's
edition box. Each limb features a different quote. You'll hear phrases like 'Tis
but a scratch' and 'I'll bite your legs off!'"

~~ Mikey

-----Original Message-----
From: stilyagi-bounces@...
[mailto:stilyagi-bounces@...]On Behalf Of Cindy M.
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:41 PM
To: stilyagi@...
Subject: [Stilyagi] OT--Come see my art/photography opening!


I'm having a little show of my photography at The Future Gallery in Royal
Oak on Friday, November 6th.  This is a very cool new gallery!  And even
better, our own Sharon Myers Shaw will also be showing her fantastic
paintings too!

Details: $6 fee at the door includes live music, light refreshments
The Future Gallery
210 W. 11 Mile, Royal Oak--across from the Post Office
248.565.6960  http://www.thefuturegallery.com/


--
Cindy McGee
Librarian
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Stilyagi mailing list
Post messages to: Stilyagi@...
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Subscription management:
http://lists.stilyagi.org/listinfo.cgi/stilyagi-stilyagi.org

It looks like casting for the members of the movie-version "A-Team" is firm:
"First Official Look at The A-Team! New Promo Photo Surfaces!"
<http://www.fusedfilm.com/2009/10/first-official-look-at-the-a-team-new-promo-ph\
oto-surfaces>

Interesting casting.  I'm looking forward to it.

And to think that it all started with Grant Tinker saying, "Mr. T drives the
getaway van."  That's about as high-concept as it gets...

~~ Mikey

I meant to mention this earlier, but I forgot...

Glenn Barr, a local artist with a world-wide reputation, is having an art
opening in Royal Oak tonight at 6 pm:
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/gl-barr>

Glenn's art often features SF and weird-fantasy elements.  It's GREAT stuff!

Here's a more general search:
<http://www.google.com/search?q=glenn+barr>

Two art-&-culture magazines he often appears in:
Juxtapoz: http://www.juxtapoz.com
Hi-Fructose: http://www.hifructose.com

~~ Mikey

Thank you everyone who sent me info about housing in MI.

I have found temporary sanctuary with friends in OH.  You may have heard me
bubbling at Clave:  "they have horses!"

Anyone who can help load up [Center Line MI] or unload [outside Dayton OH]...
the outbound date is 7-Nov-09 and inbound is 8-Nov-09.  Some of you already got
email; thanks for your patience with overlap.

Again... thank you!  It's sad how my birth family does not understand this, the
larger part of my extended family.  You're the best.

=hugs=

Anne*---

We will be doing a 'harem call' costume flash mob audition at Redford Grill
in Redford, Michigan to find candidates for the part of  one or two female
(sorry Greg) strip-tease dancers to appear in a horror genre video I am
involved in.  All interested parties should come out and say hi to the cast
and crew of SMOKE HOUSE CURSE, a local production which will begin shooting
the first weekend of November for three weekends. Please come dressed for
the part - within all confines of Michigan State Law.

Thankfully it's Halloween.  We can get away with this. No professional
photography will be done at the event.

Redford Grill is at 25800 5 Mile Rd, Redford, at the NW corner of
Beech-Daly.  It's the usual spot for Mofo Meetups, but this will happen on
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30. The food's cheap so no worries there. Related
discussions are on shcfans@yahoogroups.com;  That list is where we'll be
putting up status messages about this and the progress of the video, too.
shcfans-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Please arrive between 7pm and 9pm. If you need to come a little early you
can, just text ahead. 248-250-1646


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Hi all,

As has been posted, my Mom passed on Thrusday. We knew it was coming but you
just are never ready, not really.

Services for Mom will be at Kaul's at Martin and Jefferson, at 1pm, on Monday.

If anyone wishes to come, thats great, but if not, that's fine too.

Thanks,

Gail

We were just informed that Gail Goodhand's mother died last night.
The details are limited but she died of an aneurysm.

---  Greg  wrote:

> --- LadyAna5 wrote:

>> Can  anyone please tell me why and what can I do
>> to solve said issue?!  I just wanna enjoy
>> my vids on my own hard-drive!

> If you've got fairly current system, you might
> give Auto Screen Recorder a whirl.

That's a last-ditch solution; it's like swatting flies with a sledgehammer.  The
quality of videos captured that way is SERIOUSLY degraded due to being
twice-compressed.  The original compressed video is decoded/decompressed to be
viewed, then re-compressed to save as a file.  Since both compressions are
lossy, image quality goes in the dumper.  "KeepVid" is a MUCH better solution,
since many video players handle Flash video well, including "IrfanView," "VLC,"
and the "K-Lite" codec family, all free.
One of my blog articles may be useful here:
"Monsters of Media (Playing)"
<http://favesoft.blogspot.com/2008/09/monsters-of-media-playing.html>

~~ Mikey

--- On Tue, 10/20/09, LadyAna5@... <LadyAna5@...> wrote:
> Can  anyone please tell me why and what can I do to solve said issue?! 
> I just wanna' enjoy my vids own my own hard-drive!

If you've got fairly current system, you might give Auto Screen Recorder a
whirl.  It's very easy to use and will record anything that's on your screen,
including YouTube vids (and most any other video).  It even includes a simple
video editor so you can chop off the unwanted parts.  to find out more, got to:

    www.wisdom-soft.com

I am having a technical issue that is making me insane - I *loved*  being
able to download videos from youtube.  That is, until now. When i  tried to
download some recently, i was repeatedly informed I needed to install  new
software. i did that. NOW i keep getting the same blocking popup over and
over again: "Unable to download remote file, try again!" :::SCREAMS::: can
anyone please tell me why and what can I do to solve said issue?!  i just
wanna' enjoy my vids own my own hard-drive!

LadyAna


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--- On Sun, 10/18/09, Nathan Quinn <ironcoreent@...> wrote:

> From: Nathan Quinn <ironcoreent@...>
> Subject: Film tax incentive rally in Pontiac
> To:
> Date: Sunday, October 18, 2009, 11:30 AM
> Usually I wouldn't hit our
> mailing list up with these things but this should be a good
> event and Dan at the Crofoot is a great guy and a great
> host. If you're a resident of the Michigan/Detrot area
> try and make it out. Otherwise, disregard and take care. AND
> www.Facebook.com/NathanPaulQuinn
> if you want to be pals. (If you should get this letter twice
> please let me know.)
>
>  
> Hello Friends,
> The highly successful Michigan Film Tax Incentive is in
> danger of being
> reduced, capped, or altered in a way that would  destroy
> the momentum
> that has been generated over the past 18 months in the
> Michigan motion
>
> picture, television, and video game industry.
> We are working to build a coalition to rally in support of
> the Film
> Incentives. We need your help. Please pass this message
> below along to
> friends and coworkers.
> Please check www.bigscreenmichigan.com 
> for more details and news on the
>
> rally.  We will have more details in the coming days.
> Dan McGowan
> dan@...
> 734.306.1788
> BigScreenMichigan.com and The Crofoot Present:
> Rally to save Michigan Film Incentive
> Monday October 26 at the Crofoot Ballroom
> Free, 7pm
> www.thecrofoot.com
>
> Join supporters and members of Michigan's  film
> industry as they rally
> to preserve the Film Incentives.
> -Learn what you can do to help.
> -Get specific assignments to contact the legislators in
> whose hands the
>
> future of the film industry lies.
> -Network with other filmmakers,.
> -Help build a new industry here in Michigan.
> The Crofoot is located at: 1 South Saginaw St. (at the
> corner of Pike
> and Saginaw streets) in downtown Pontiac. For details
> please visit:
>
> www.BigScreenMichigan.com
> or www.thecrofoot.com
> --
> Nathan Quinn
> CEO Iron Core Media
> www.IronCoreMedia.com
> 517.862.0787
> Nathan@...
>
>
>

Host: http://idea-men.us/

Directions: http://rockthedodge.michiganfandom.org


Start Time: Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 8pm
End Time: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 1:55am
Location: Party With the DEAD at 8850 Jos Campau St, Hamtramck, MI - (313)
874-5963

Description $10 admission, Over 21 Welcome, proceeds raising funds for your
newest Made-in-Michigan Creativity Conference, SMACC 2010

COSTUMES OPTIONAL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1ZcpCY2O6k

Go see it before it's pulled down


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There's been a lot of interest lately in steampunk, including a strong showing
at Conclave--but I might have just seen the follow-on tech wave: Teslapunk. 
This particular artifact is both entertaining AND cool:
"Post-Steampunk (Teslapunk) Antique Toilet of the Future"
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-b3tHc6ldo>

~~ Mikey

This is the perfect bookend to the Star Trek/Monty Python "Camelot" mashup:
"The Knights of the Round Table, Lego Style"
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjUoaOiErFo>

~~ Mikey

--- On Thu, 10/8/09, dow_tom <dow_tom@...> wrote:
> I've got an old Amiga computer to give away to a good home. I think that
> it's a model 2000 or 2500.

Wish I could take that off your hands.  I had a 1000 and I thought it was the
coolest computer I ever worked with.

I've got an old Amiga computer to give away to a good home. I think that it's a
model 2000 or 2500. The machine comes with a SCSI CD-ROM, video digitizer
(sorry, it's not the Video Toaster) and a big box of games. It's got a 1.2 GB
SCSI hard drive. The downside is that the keyboard is a bit wonky. Some keys
fail to work quite often.

It's free, so if anyone wants to contact me to take it off my hands just do so
and it's yours.

Thanks,
Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Hill [mailto:reddawnextras@...]
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 12:46 PM
To: Ryan Hill
Subject: Red Dawn - Mature Asian Males Needed


Red Dawn needs more Asian males form their 30's to 60's to play Chinese
officers and dignitaries the week of Oct. 19.

Must be available the whole week (all day every day).  Some will be needed
as soon as tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct.6th) for wardrobe fittings.

If you or someone you know fits this description, please have them e-mail us
or call 248.649.6986 as soon as possible.

Thank you,

Ryan Hill


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