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Ken McMullen

- Ghost Dance

1983

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Ghost Dance (Ken McMullen, 1983)

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Magazine Highlights: Asimov's SF Jan-Feb 24

i have impulsively begun digital subscriptions to a few spec fiction magazines, and though i find starting new routines difficult, i'm trying to set aside a few hours every week to read at least some of each issue and highlight the works i particularly love!

so, from Asimov's Science Fiction, January/February 2024 issue:

"Similar Songs" - Ken Poyner - poetry

premise: robot singers are valued by audiences for their perfect performances, but is perfection everything?

gut reaction: love me a short poem that gets right to the business of kicking me in the chest. the line "When the robots sing / To themselves, it is sedition" really got me.

"To Eat Your Own Head" - Nkone Chaka - short story

premise: a conservation researcher struggles to retain her funding and contain her rage, and her robotic assistant knows her better than she thinks.

gut reaction: metaphor at its best, in the form of a two-headed snake that consumes itself when in distress. this was a big mood in a small package, a really nuanced take on anger and violence, especially women's anger and violence.

"After the Winter Solstice" - Sean McMullen - novelette

premise: a research party in a wintry kingdom make a dangerous journey to take celestial measurements from a distant castle while the rest of their world is "in hiber" to prepare for the deepest unsurvivable winter months. part physics, part camaraderie and interpersonal drama, part murder mystery!

gut reaction: this one was a tough read for me just because the astronomy talk was over my head, but it was fascinating! it has an old-fashioned feel, i think, and the central character was very lovable.

"Augher, Clogher, Fivemiletown" - Ian McDonald - short story

premise: the rise and fall of an acting school dropout-turned-influencer with a special (perhaps magical) talent.

gut reaction: this story was so SATISFYING to me! just the tiniest bit of speculative premise to spice up the otherwise prosaic plot, very subtly done. the real shining gem was the narrative voice, specific and funny and believable.

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'When Adam returns to his deceased parents' house, he finds them as he left them before their accident. An exhilarating journey by Andrew Haigh.

“I always had you on my mind, you never left my mind,” chants Neil Tennant, half of the Pet Shop Boys, in Always on My Mind, an Elvis cover that we hear several times in the new film by Andrew Haigh. At the heart of this 1987 hit and this 2024 film, there is the crystallization of the idea that we never really separate from the people we have loved, an idea mixed with mourning, regret and an attempt to repair. Adam (Andrew Scott, the hot priest from Fleabag ) is stretching out his solitude on the top floors of a London City tower when Harry (Paul Mescal, the sexy dad from Aftersun ) knocks on his door, with a bottle of whiskey in his hand. hand and an imperative desire for contact.

From the doorstep to the sofa, their love story unfolds mirroring the visits Adam makes for a novel project to the suburban house where he grew up until his parents died in a car accident. car. Visits, or rather travels in time, since Adam finds mother and father there, played by Claire Foy, first Queen of The Crown, and Jamie Bell, star kid of Billy Elliot, in a frozen state which shortly precedes the catastrophe .

Inspired by the book Presences of a Summer by Taichi Yamada and with a truly brilliant cast, Without Ever Knowing Us is therefore a film about ghosts and a return to the construction site of childhood, a bit like an improbable cross between Sixième Sens by Shyamalan and Peggy Sue Got Married by Coppola.

And if these ghostly encounters are an opportunity for repair, even emancipation (the possibility of saying a coming out never spoken, the excuses of a father who is too brutal), they inhabit the film on an even deeper level. , which touches as much on the very intimate way in which Andrew Haigh seems to revisit his own childhood (in addition to the Pet Shop Boys, the film's soundtrack, woven with the story, is populated with other new wave titles that he probably listened to as a teenager , like The Power of Love by Frankie Goes to Hollywood) than has an ontological relationship to cinema.

“Cinema is a ghostachia, an art of letting ghosts return,” says Jacques Derrida to Pascale Ogier in the film Ghost Dance (Ken McMullen, 1983). Andrew Haigh brings this idea to the fore with a production that subtly plays on illusion and the fantastic, multiplying the diffractions of the image through windows, mirrors or plays of light. There is in the film a sublime utopia, that of cinema as a whole, of making us meet dead people who come back, alive, before our eyes, of being able to hug them and experience with them the love that we have always wanted to have.

Without ever knowing us is a cruise on the Styx. In this mental space, however, floats more of an exhilarating perfume than an odor of decomposition. And if the main character seems struck by the curse of only loving specters, he also seems more alive than ever, because freed from the ravages of time. “It was a long time ago,” Adam explains. “It doesn't matter,” Harry retorts.

Without Ever Knowing Us by Andrew Haigh, with Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy, Jamie Bell (UK, 2024, 1 h 45). In theaters February 14.'

#All of Us Strangers #Taichi Yamada #Strangers #Andrew Haigh #Always on My Mind #Neil Tennant #Pet Shop Boys #Andrew Scott #Fleabag #Paul Mescal #Aftersun #The Crown #Billy Elliot #Claire Foy #Jamie Bell #Frankie Goes to Hollywood #The Power of Love

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THE 100 GREATEST DIRECTORS IN THE HISTORY OF WORLD CINEMA! (@INDIES)

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.John Huston

.Billy Wilder

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Routine Moments - Phil Garner Has A Chance To Win The Game, Then Doesn’t

The worn-out cliché tells us that baseball is a game full of quirks. There are the baseball parks of varying and inconsistent sizes, not to mention the necessity to have special rules for each ballpark for events that had nothing to do with baseball but more with shoddy architecture.

When the Twins moved to Target Field, they left behind not only one of the worst stadiums in baseball history, but they also left behind a large number of speakers hanging down from the roof that required a separate set of by-laws to deal with every conceivable eventuality. 

There’s the seventh inning stretch of course and don't forget the lack of any clock to keep to. The game goes on for nine innings, however long that takes, and if the game goes into extra innings, you could be in for a long, long night. Just ask fans of the Sox and the Brewers who, in 1984, a season where both teams just stank had to sit through 8 hours and twenty-five innings of turgid baseball.

The misery only ended when Brewers pitcher Chuck Porter took one for the team and the crowd and served up a ball that Harold Baines hit over the fences to record another ‘W’ in the win/loss column for the White Sox.

Anyway, it's 1976 and we're three hours into the game at the Oakland. The A’s with new manager Chuck Tanner in charge are 19 games into the season that, apart from three consecutive walk-off wins against the Orioles and Tigers, had been pretty uneventful. So, when the Indians came to town for the first of three games on Monday May 3rd, it was the start of just another series in just another season.

Oakland fell quickly behind in the first inning when Dick Bosman gave up three runs following two singles that allowed the runners on third to score, and an error allowed Indians first baseman John Lowenstein to move the score to 0-3. But the home team got the scoring started in the third inning when Joe Rudi homered off Dennis Eckersley with two men on. Cesar Tovar edged the A’s ahead in the bottom of the 5th, but a single from Duane Kuiper that allowed Alan Ashby to score in the top of the ninth pushed the game, for the third time this season, into extra innings.  Incidentally, the man who blew the save that evening was Rollie Fingers, who also blew the save in the bottom of the ninth in that long, long game we were talking about earlier …

So, with the A's behind 4-5 following George Hendricks 10th inning solo home run, Indians pitcher Tom Buskey walked Joe Rudi, then hit Cesar Tovar to fill first and second, prompting Frank Robinson to call for Dave LaRoche to shore things up. But things didn’t exactly go to plan. With no outs, next man up Sal Bando sac bunts, designated hitter Ken McMullen is walked, and Bert Campaneris flies out to Rick Manning in centre field.

With three men on base and two outs on the board second baseman Phil Garner settles over the plate, stares down at Dave LaRoche just over 60ft away and thinks about sending the first ball somewhere over in far-away right field and pinch hitter Larry Lintz poised at third base, home for the win. Grip the bat tight, he’s saying to himself, adjust the stance, wait for the wind-up and delivery and above all, above all else, don't swing at junk you can't hit.

The box score for the game doesn't record whether LaRoche thought about throwing Garner something different, something he's been working on in the bullpen when no one was watching. Something slower perhaps, something quirky to just end this game. What it does record, is that three swings later Phil Garner goes down on strikes and the Indians win, regardless.  

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Les résidents de Yellowknife, la capitale des Territoires du Nord-Ouest du Canada, se sont précipités pour battre une date limite vendredi midi pour évacuer leurs maisons bien que l'un des centaines d'incendies de forêt qui faisaient rage dans les territoires se rapprochait de la ville de 20 000 habitants.Des milliers de personnes ont fui, parcourant des centaines de kilomètres pour se mettre en sécurité ou attendant dans de longues files d'attente pour des vols d'urgence, car la pire saison des incendies jamais enregistrée au Canada n'a montré aucun signe d'apaisement.L'incendie se trouvait à moins de 16 kilomètres de le seuil nord de Yellowknife jeudi, et les responsables craignaient que de forts vents du nord ne poussent les flammes vers la seule autoroute qui s'éloigne de l'incendie, qui était étouffée par des voitures.Alignement de véhicules pour le carburant à Fort Providence, dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, sur la seule route au sud de Yellowknife, le jeudi 17 août 2023. (Jeff McIntosh/La Presse canadienne via AP) (AP)Pourtant, il restait beaucoup de temps pour partir par la route ou par avion, a affirmé Shane Thompson, un ministre du gouvernement des Territoires, lors d'un entretien avec les médias. l'homme a affirmé que sans pluie, le feu pourrait atteindre la périphérie de la ville d'ici le week-end."Nous en avons tous assez du mot sans précédent, mais il n'y a pas d'autre façon de décrire cette situation dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest", a affirmé la première ministre Caroline Cochrane sur Twitter.Le Canada a connu un nombre record d'incendies de forêt cette année - contribuant à étouffer la fumée dans certaines parties des États-Unis - avec plus de 5700 incendies brûlant plus de 137 000 kilomètres carrés d'un bout à l'autre du Canada, a rapporté le Centre interservices des feux de forêt du Canada.Jeudi soir, plus de 1 000 incendies de forêt brûlaient à travers le pays, dont plus de la moitié étaient incontrôlables. À des centaines de kilomètres au sud de Yellowknife, des centaines de propriétés ont reçu l'ordre d'évacuer grâce à la menace d'un incendie de forêt près de West Kelowna, en Colombie-Britannique.Un feu de forêt à combustion rapide menaçant West Kelowna, en Colombie-Britannique, met les équipes de pompiers au défi alors qu'elles se préparent à ce que le directeur des opérations du BC Wildfire Service a prédit comme les jours les plus difficiles de la saison jusqu'à dernièrement. (Joe O'Connal/La Presse Canadienne via AP) (AP)Le déplacement de Yellowknife a été de loin la plus importante cette année, a affirmé Ken McMullen, président de l'Association canadienne des chefs de pompiers et chef des pompiers de Red Deer, en Alberta."C'est l'un de ces événements où vous devez faire sortir les gens le plus tôt possible", car le feu pourrait bloquer la seule voie d'évacuation avant même d'atteindre la communauté.Dix avions ont quitté Yellowknife avec 1500 passagers jeudi, a affirmé Jennifer Young, directrice des affaires générales du ministère des Affaires municipales et communautaires des Territoires du Nord-Ouest, ajoutant que l'agence espère que 22 vols partiront vendredi avec 1800 passagers supplémentaires.La mairesse de Yellowknife, Rebecca Alty, a affirmé que l'incendie n'était pas la seule préoccupation."Avec l'épaisse fumée qui approche, nous encourageons tous les résidents à évacuer le plus tôt possible", a-t-elle déclaré.Alty a affirmé que la bonne nouvelle était que l'incendie n'avait pas progressé aussi loin que prévu initialement jeudi, les équipes travaillant dur pour mettre en place des pare-feu. Mais "il arrive toujours", a-t-elle déclaré.Tandis que les gens fuyaient, le premier ministre Justin Trudeau a rencontré son groupe d'intervention en cas d'incident. Il a demandé aux ministres de veiller à ce que les services de communication restent disponibles et a affirmé qu'il n'y aurait aucune tolérance pour les prix abusifs sur les vols ou les biens essentiels.À la station-service de Big River,

à environ 300 kilomètres au sud de Yellowknife, la file de véhicules en attente de carburant était «phénoménale», a affirmé l'employée Linda Croft. "Vous ne pouvez pas en voir la fin."La résidente Angela Canning a emballé son camping-car avec des documents importants, des souvenirs familiaux et des produits de première nécessité alors qu'elle se préparait à partir avec ses deux chiens, tandis que son mari restait en qualité de travailleur essentiel."Je suis vraiment anxieuse et j'ai peur. Je suis émotive... Je suis sous le choc", a-t-elle déclaré. "Je ne sais pas pourquoi je rentre à la maison ou si je rentre à la maison. Il y a tellement de choses inconnues ici."Des véhicules font la queue pour le carburant à Fort Providence, dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, sur la seule route au sud de Yellowknife, le jeudi 17 août 2023. (Jeff McIntosh/La Presse canadienne via AP) (AP)Environ 6800 personnes dans huit autres communautés du territoire ont déjà été contraintes d'évacuer leurs maisons, dont la petite communauté d'Enterprise, qui a été en grande partie détruite. Les responsables ont affirmé que tout le monde s'en était sorti vivant.Une femme dont la famille a évacué la ville de Hay River dimanche a affirmé à CBC que leur véhicule avait commencé à fondre alors qu'ils roulaient à travers les braises, la vitre avant s'est fissurée et le véhicule s'est rempli de fumée qui rendait compliqué de voir la route devant."J'avais évidemment peur que le pneu se brise, que notre voiture prenne feu et qu'elle passe de braises à pleine fumée", a affirmé Lisa Mundy, qui voyageait avec son mari et leur enfant de 6 ans et Enfants de 18 mois. Elle a dit qu'ils avaient appelé le 9-1-1 après avoir conduit dans le fossé à quelques reprises.Elle a dit que son fils n'arrêtait pas de dire : "Je ne veux pas mourir, maman."Un zoo grec sert des repas surgelés aux animaux pour les aider à combattre la chaleurLes autorités ont affirmé que l'unité de soins intensifs d'un hôpital de Yellowknife fermerait vendredi et que les unités d'hospitalisation de l'hôpital territorial de Stanton devraien être déplacées dans les prochains jours. Les nombreux patients en soins de longue durée ont été transférés dans des établissements du sud, a indiqué la Health and Social Services Authority sur son site Web.L'ordre d'évacuation émis mercredi soir s'applique à Yellowknife et aux communautés autochtones voisines de Ndilo et Dettah.Les communautés autochtones ont été durement touchées par les incendies de forêt, qui menacent d'importantes activités culturelles telles que la chasse, la pêche et la cueillette de plantes indigènes.Le hameau incendié d'Enterprise, dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, jeudi. (Jeff McIntosh/La Presse Canadienne via AP)Amy Cardinal Christianson, spécialiste autochtone des incendies à Parcs Canada, a affirmé que les incendies de forêt "sont si dangereux et si rapides" que des évacuations sont de plus en plus nécessaires, ce qui pose un défi dans les communautés éloignées où il peut y avoir une route ou pas de route du tout. .Alice Liske a quitté Yellowknife par la route avec ses six enfants plus tôt cette semaine car la qualité de l'air était si mauvaise.Elle s'inquiétait du nombre de personnes qui fuiraient la ville en si peu de temps."Non seulement ça," dit-elle, "mais quand nous rentrerons, qu'y aura-t-il pour nous?"

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Ken McMullen

- Ghost Dance

1983

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