tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post5045097189794672044..comments2024-03-19T15:24:48.864-07:00Comments on Green Eagle: Notes from a Dying NationGreen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-46952643431774692232017-03-08T01:22:56.028-08:002017-03-08T01:22:56.028-08:00I loved The Rocketeer.
As I recall the villain w...I loved The Rocketeer. <br /><br />As I recall the villain was a glib fascist arsehole who rises in the entertainment industry and sells his country out to a hostile foreign power.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423673258718941141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-6328490451985591342017-03-07T22:52:32.937-08:002017-03-07T22:52:32.937-08:00Okay, just wondered. I worked on Always, Arachnop...Okay, just wondered. I worked on Always, Arachnophobia and The Rocketeer with Jim, but I haven't talked to him in a long time. Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-85671040588676581182017-03-07T18:09:53.186-08:002017-03-07T18:09:53.186-08:00Only in the sense that all humans have a common MR...Only in the sense that all humans have a common <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_recent_common_ancestor" rel="nofollow">MRCA</a>.Hugh Jim Bissellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-43520764945806430452017-03-07T14:29:33.880-08:002017-03-07T14:29:33.880-08:00Excuse me for asking, but are you any relation to ...Excuse me for asking, but are you any relation to Jim Bissell, the production designer? I worked on three shows with him a number of years ago.Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-79276734605058136242017-03-07T11:38:40.888-08:002017-03-07T11:38:40.888-08:00There is a concert of John Cage's Organ 2/ASLS...There is a concert of John Cage's <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/worlds-longest-concert-will-last-639-years/2011/11/21/gIQAWrdXiN_blog.html?utm_term=.cf6254218a9d" rel="nofollow">Organ 2/ASLSP</a> in Halberstadt, Germany, going on now. It started on September 5, 2001, and is scheduled to be completed sometime in the year 2640. The last note change was in <a href="http://johncagetrust.blogspot.com/search/label/Organ2%2FASLSP" rel="nofollow"> 2013</a>, and the next change will occur during the next decade.<br /><br />Compared to that, ten to fifteen years is speedy.<br /><br />[For something shorter: construction on New York's Second Avenue Subway began in 1929. The first section opened on January 1, 2017.]Hugh Jim Bissellnoreply@blogger.com