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The Creature label features a lot of really innovative VR and MR games with rich and innovative gameplay mechanics, and they just featured three new games, a new DLC pack, and lots of updates about the games in a half-hour Creature Feature gaming showcase hosted on IGN. I had a chance to catch up with Creature CEO and Creative Director Doug North Cook to unpack all of the different announcements as well as do a bit of vibe check on the state of the VR industry (and responds a bit to Chris Pruett's GDC talk on Meta and the shifting gaming ecosystem). Announcement of Adepts Arena game Laser Dance update of entering into Early Access in Fall Thrasher is coming to Steam Deck New The Light Brigade mixed reality trailer Neat Corp recap with Budget Cuts Ultimate Neat Corp recap Garden of the Sea on Switch and Steam Deck Announcement of Crossings with a Steam Next Fest demo on June 9th Wordbound Teaser Prison Boss Prohibition launches on July 10, 2025 Compass shout out at the end of the Creature Feature of Trebuchet Announcement of Maestro DLC of Duel of the Fates from Star Wars Episode #1 New Starship Home accolades trailer Equip soundtrack for Starship Home coming to 100% Electronica label Creature Feature Bundle launches today with a 30% discount featuring Maestro, The Light Brigade, Fujii, Budget Cuts Ultimate, Garden of the Sea and Prison Boss VR Horseshoes Hotdogs and Hand Grenades developer Anton Hand says, "It's tough finishing stuff." No additional context, but could the full release of H3VR 1.0 be coming soon? And/or a future Creature collaboration? Sidequest Indie Spotlight Summer 2025 launches on YouTube We Are One shout out. Announcement of Deadly Delivery entering a closed beta period Here is the Creature Feature 2025 Summer Showcase that premiered on the IGN YouTube channel today at 9a: https://www.youtube.com/live/OEnj5u_Wht0?t=1765s This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality
Kula Shaker, the British psych-rock band renowned for their fusion of Eastern mysticism and Western rock, have been experiencing a vibrant resurgence. Following the release of their seventh studio album, Natural Magick, in 2024, the band has continued to captivate audiences with their unique soundscapes and energetic performances. Natural Magick marked a significant milestone for Kula Shaker, reuniting the original lineup—Crispian Mills, Jay Darlington, Alonza Bevan, and Paul Winter-Hart—for the first time since 1999. The album was lauded for its blend of psychedelic rock, raga influences, and pop sensibilities, earning praise from critics and fans alike. Tracks like “Gaslighting” and “Waves” exemplify the band's ability to craft infectious melodies layered with spiritual and philosophical themes. Building on this momentum, Kula Shaker released the single “Charge of the Light Brigade” in April 2025, serving as a precursor to their forthcoming eighth studio album. This track showcases the band's continued evolution, featuring a heavy sound achieved without electric guitars, relying instead on acoustic instruments and innovative production techniques. The song's thematic elements draw from historical and mythological references, adding depth to its sonic intensity. The accompanying music video for “Charge of the Light Brigade” further amplifies the song's impact, presenting a gothic-psychedelic visual narrative that complements the track's haunting atmosphere. Filmed in a church setting, the video intertwines elements of folklore and spiritual symbolism, reinforcing the band's penchant for blending music with mysticism.In support of their recent releases, Kula Shaker embarked on a UK tour in 2025, performing alongside Ocean Colour Scene. The tour, which included multiple sold-out dates, reaffirmed the band's enduring appeal and their ability to deliver electrifying live performances. Fans can anticipate further announcements regarding international tour dates and the release of their upcoming album. For those eager to experience Kula Shaker's latest work, Natural Magick is available in various formats, including vinyl and CD. The album encapsulates the band's signature sound while introducing fresh elements that reflect their artistic growth. As Kula Shaker continues to explore new musical territories, their commitment to creating immersive and thought-provoking music remains unwaveringhttps://news.kulashaker.co.uk/
Abrimos repasando algunos de los nombres importantes del Warm Up Festival 2025, como Franz Ferdinand, Zahara, Amaia, Mando Diao, shego, Sexy Zebras o Rufus T. Firefly; precisamente nos sumergimos en el nuevo álbum del grupo de Aranjuez, 'Todas las cosas buenas', para seleccionar cuatro momentos estelares. Además, te traemos las últimas novedades de Portugal. The Man, Mother Mother, Stereophonics, Sam Fender y Yungblud.Playlist:FRANZ FERDINAND - This BoyMANDO DIAO - Dance with SomebodyRUFUS T. FIREFLY - Todas las cosas buenasRUFUS T. FIREFLY - Ceci n'est pas une pipeRUFUS T. FIREFLY - El principio de todoRUFUS T. FIREFLY - LumbreZAHARA - CTRL+ZAMAIA - M.A.P.S.SHEGO - La fiestaSEXY ZEBRAS - MarisolYUNGBLUD - Lovesick LullabyLAB RAT - Rolling LoudDINOSAUR PILE-UP - My WayPORTUGAL. THE MAN - DummyPORTUGAL. THE MAN - V.I.S.MOTHER MOTHER - Love to DeathMOTHER MOTHER - The MatrixSTEREOPHONICS - DakotaSTEREOPHONICS - Eyes Too Big For My BellyKULA SHAKER - Charge of the Light BrigadeSAM FENDER - TyrantsINHALER - A Question of YouDJO - Gap Tooth SmileFINN WOLFHARD - Choose the latterCORY WONG - Starship SyncopationPARCELS - Comedown (from Hansa Studios, Berlin)PARCELS - Lightenup (from Hansa Studios, Berlin)Escuchar audio
Doble estreno hoy en Radio 3: en 180 Grados y en Turbo 3 desvelamos 'El murmullo de los perros', un derroche de creatividad y magia firmada por Los Estanques y El Canijo de Jerez; escuchamos y diseccionamos este cañonazo que formará parte del álbum que ha grabado conjuntamente, 'Lágrimas de plomo fundido'. Además, te traemos las últimas novedades de Pablo Senator, The Raveonettes, Ainda, Veintiuno, Kula Shaker y Garbage.Playlist:MELISSA AUF DER MAUR - I'll Be Anything You WantQUEENS OF STONE AGE - The Lost Art Of Keeping A SecretARCTIC MONKEYS - Potion ApproachingTHE REYTONS - World's Greatest ActorJUVENTUDE - Cassius ClayLOS ESTANQUES Y EL CANIJO DE JEREZ - El murmullo de los perrosDERBY MOTORETA'S BURRITO KACHIMBA - Las leyes de la fronteraKULA SHAKER - Charge of the Light BrigadeKULA SHAKER - WavvesOASIS - The Hindu TimesBLUR - Coffee & TVTHE RAVEONETTES - KillerGARBAGE - There's No Future In OptimismGARBAGE - I Think I'm ParanoidPABLO SENATOR - Subir a primeraPABLO SENATOR - OlvidarteLEIVA - Cortar por la línea de puntosAINDA - No es amorCONOCIENDO RUSIA - Quiero que me llamesARIEL ROT - Hasta perder a cuenta ('En vivo mucho mejor')MAXIMILIANO CALVO - De mí también me puedo salvarVEINTIUNO - La La Land (feat. Iván Ferreiro)IVÁN FERREIRO - TurnedoXOEL LÓPEZ - Elevarte caer (feat. Repion)REPION - Qué hay de ti? (feat. Cora Yako)MELIFLUO - Rosario y VarelaEscuchar audio
The much venerated charge of the light brigade at the battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War was one of the biggest military blunders of all time. The poor decisions made that day had much to do with the personalities of the British high command.Sources:Aldrete, Gregory S. History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach. The Great Courses, 2015.Figes, Orlando. Crimea. New York, Picador, 2012.
Today on another encore episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to musician Jon Klages, grandson of musician and Hi-Fi proponent and record label owner Enoch Light. Our conversation with Jon began with understanding just who his grandfather was. A classically trained musician, Enoch founded his first group, Enoch Light & His Orchestra & later Enoch Light and the Light Brigade before World War II. Wildly popular in upper class New York society, Light went on to found one of the most unique independent record labels, well, ever. Vinyl collectors today will know Light's Command Records & Project 3 firstly for its unique, minimalist artwork from renowned artist Josel Albers. From classical to pop to Space Age Bachelor Pop to popular soundtrack hits and more, Light was nothing if not proficient. From albums like Persuasive Percussion to The Private Life of a Private Eye, Lights albums were visually stunning first and foremost. But take a listen to any of his albums from composers as varied as Doc Severinson, Dick Hyman, Tommy Mottola & the landmark album from The Free Design, the albums were recorded for the best audio fidelity available. The albums sound terrific. We discuss this with Jon & loved hearing about how his own mother played a role in all these recordings too. If you love the Moog, horns, Bossa Nova and more mid-sixties exotica, you must find these albums for your collection. We also talk to Jon about his experiences in the studio with his grandfather as well as his own recordings. Part of the fabled Hoboken indie scene of the 1980s, Jon release a new album in 2021, Fabulous Twilight and has a new album coming in 2025 as well. We discuss how Jon became a singer/songwriter, how his passion for being around music led to a career in it and much more. Plus, we hear much about Jon's father, a seven-time Emmy winner for lighting design who worked with everyone from Muhammad Ali to Ernie Kovacs. This is one episode you do not want to miss and it's happening right now. Take a listen to the Rarified Heir Podcast with Jon Klages, right now.
Send us a textThe telecommunications industry faces a critical shortage of skilled fiber technicians just as the federal government's Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program injects $48.5 billion to connect 10.7 million homes currently without internet access.• Sean Kelly from Light Brigade explains how the skills gap developed as educational systems steered students away from technical trades• Industry needs 205,000-800,000 new fiber technicians over the next five years while losing experienced technicians to retirement• Light Brigade launches comprehensive certification programs: CFOE, CBFOT, CBFOS, and CBFOP to address the growing demand• Certification programs balance theoretical knowledge with hands-on training based on a strict 7:1 student-instructor ratio• Fiber skills remain transferable between industries from telecom to data centers, 5G deployment, and edge computing• New digital credentials through Credly provide tamper-proof verification of credentials that can be shared on resumes and social media• Training options include nationwide open classes or custom on-site training for companiesWould you mind hitting the subscribe button and the bell button to be notified when new content is being produced? If you're listening to us on one of the audio podcast platforms, would you mind giving us a five-star rating?Support the showKnowledge is power! Make sure to stop by the webpage to buy me a cup of coffee or support the show at https://linktr.ee/letstalkcabling . Also if you would like to be a guest on the show or have a topic for discussion send me an email at chuck@letstalkcabling.com Chuck Bowser RCDD TECH#CBRCDD #RCDD
Comenzamos la semana con lo nuevo de Pulp, 'Spike Island', adelanto del primer disco del grupo en 24 años. Además, te avanzamos uno de los temas extra que incluirá la reedición del álbum de My Chemical Romance 'Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge', disco fundamental del emo del siglo XXI. Y también en esta sesión de Turbo 3: novedades de The Amazons, Kula Shaker, Himalayas y The Sheepdogs, entre otros.Playlist:PULP - Spike IslandKULA SHAKER - Charge of the Light BrigadeKULA SHAKER - Knight On The TownGARBAGE - There's No Future In OptimismMY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - Thank You for the VenomMY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - I'm Not Okay (I Promise) (Live for BBC Radio 1's 'The Lock Up', 2005)TURNSTILE - Never EnoughCALA VENTO - A sota aiguaALCALÁ NORTE - 10kDHARMACIDE - DepressedTHE CURE - Play For TodayRUFUS T. FIREFLY - La plazaRUFUS T. FIREFLY - Trueno azulREPION - Viernes (con Rufus T. Firefly)THE SHEEPDOGS - Down At The KhyberARKELLS - Come On, TeacherTHRUSH HERMIT - The Day We Hit The CoastBRKN LOVE - CruelTHE AMAZONS - Night After NightHIMALAYAS - SurrenderALL THEM WITCHES - The Children of Coyote WomanSLOMOSA - Cabin FeverWOLFWOLF - The FalconTURBOWOLF - Domino (feat. Mike Kerr)WOLFMOTHER - New Moon RisingLED ZEPPELIN - Immigrant Song (Live 1972)Escuchar audio
André (At least his zoom) heads to Denmark to chat with an amazing creator who helped to build many innovative and compelling books in an era of shifting and more adult themes in the industry.Peter Snejbjerg is a Danish comic book artist. In his long and varied career, Snejbjerg established himself as a prolific artist for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint working with bestselling writers such as Neil Gaiman and Garth Ennis, before moving on to DC Universe titles like Starman and JSA, and horror titles including the Hellboy-spinoff, BPRD for Dark Horse. Together with Peter J. Tomasi, he created the supernatural war story The Light Brigade. Snejbjerg has also illustrated a number of children's books showcasing his trademark blend of dark humor and horror. Peter and André talk about the comedic genius of Will Eisner, Danish films and how DC came calling to the rest of Europe after they plundered the artistic pool of the United Kingdom.Support the show
The Charge of the Light Brigade was written in 1854 by Alfred Lord Tennyson, inspired by the disastrous cavalry charge at the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War. Tennyson was one of the greatest poets of the Victorian era. You probably know this poem. It's loved and and recited still around the world.
Send us a textJoin John and Olly for an engaging chat about the Crimean war of the 1850s and the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade. Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. “Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!” he said. Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Alfred Tennyson's ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade' was first published on 9th December, 1854, in The Examiner. Tennyson had penned the poem shortly after reading a dramatic account in The Times of the disastrous charge, which occurred during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War. Its rhythmic cadence, mimicking the galloping charge, made it both poignant and memorable, and the poem was an instant hit with the public - though critics were sniffy about the poet's rhyming of ‘blunder' and ‘hundred'... In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly consider why Tennyson initially left his name off the poem, despite him being Queen Victoria's Poet Laureate; debate whether it is pro or anti-war; and try to establish exactly who blundered on the battlefield… Further Reading: • ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade' (Historic UK, 2019): https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Charge-Of-The-Light-Brigade/ • 'Poem of the week: The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Tennyson' (The Guardian, 2014): https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/jan/20/poem-of-the-week-charge-light-brigade-tennyson • 'Alfred, Lord Tennyson Reading "The Charge of the Light Brigade"' (Thomas Edison, 1890): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLrJqhhR2G8 Love the show? Support us! Join
In a very short late Sunday night post-match pod Pete and Miles reflect on the defeat to Leinster at a very windy Ashton Gate.Lets be honest - they were lucky to be 7-7 at the break having lost two men to the bin and struggling to find a way through the Bristol's inspired defence that also had to contend with the loss on AJ MacGinty after 5 mins, and a reshuffle that put BJVR at fly half.However, they were lucky enough to have both a World Cup winner and runner up on the bench alongside the probable Lions captain so inevitably they ended up winning.That said, there were many positives to take from the game, not least yet another inspirational performance from Fitz '80 minute' Harding, but ultimately the second half reminded us that if we are serious about going deep in Europe now or in the future, let alone the Premiership, then we need a bigger squad. End of story.And given the number of injuries we suffered, our trip to La Rochelle next week looks increasing like it might be a re-run of the Charge of the Light Brigade. But hey, stranger things have happened and we will be eagerly looking forward to Joe Owen schooling Will Skelton and Fitz Harding humbling Gregory Alldritt!Up the Bears!....Let us know what you think!
W odcinku 195 zastanawiamy się nad tym "Czym jest Xbox?", czy "prezerwacja" to istniejące słowo, a także czemu Epic nie przyznaje się do Unreala.W recenzjach Call of Duty 39 i komiksowa strzelanka o przebaczaniu, zaś w sekcji VR wrażenia z Księcia Persji "w domu" i recenzja jednego z kandydatów do VRowej gry roku.W kulturce aż 7 pozycji - seriale i filmy, zarówno polskie jak i zagraniczne.Podziękowania dla Defana za okladkę, Perki za montaż, Rudego za rozpiskę. Podziękowania dla Patronów za wsparcie, a najbardziej dla: Op1ekun, Jan Jagieła, Janomin, Łukasz M., Tomasz Herduś, Paweł G., Uki, Mateusz "Kaduk" Kadukowski z kanału Kadukowo.Discord MKwadrat Podcast- https://discord.gg/PafByaf9DU Discord akcji #PolishOurPrices: https://discord.gg/zvzvFp7qmEKanał Defana: https://www.youtube.com/@wsumiespoko/(00:00:00) StartW co ostatnio graliśmy?(00:00:32) Simplex: BLOPS6, Metro Awakening, Metal Hellsinger VR, Vendetta Forever, Into the Black, Łowcy Skór, Severance, Idź przodem bracie, Disclaimer(00:01:50) Perka: Metro Awakening. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 , F.E.A.R. Extraction Point, Splatoon 2, Project Borealis: Prologue, Entropy: Zero, The Burst, Max Mustard, Ember Souls, Vandetta Forever, Hellsinger VR, Mario 64 i Sunshine, Kirby Star Allies(00:07:50) Rudy: Forgive Me Father 2, Call of Duty Black Ops 6, Neverwinter Nights, Gas Station Simulator, Serious Sam 3, Buckshot Roulette (multi), Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II, Medal of Honor Heroes, Call of Duty: Roads to Victory, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred(00:12:54) Defan: Half Life 1 VR, Lamplighters League, The Sims 1 i 4, Książki (instagram), GT7Newsy naleśnikowe(00:19:45) Drama z polskimi cenami Farm Simulator 25 i Avowed(00:28:03) Unreal i Unreal Tournament oficjalnie za darmo(00:31:38) GOG Preservation program(00:34:28) Sega usuwa gry ze sklepów, Ubi pozwane za The Crew(00:37:28) GTA Definitive Edition dostało dobrą aktualizację(00:41:55) Strajki w Dontnod i Bethesdzie(00:46:46) Atomfall z datą premiery(00:48:59) Survival Horror w uniwersum Puchatka, PS5 Pro i skalperzyGry naleśnikowe(00:53:12) Call of Duty 38: Black Ops 6 - Perka, Rudy(01:18:29) Forgive Me Father 2 - Perka, RudyNewsy VR(01:40:04) Steam Hardware & Software Survey(01:43:42) Vendetta Forever(01:48:38) The Light Brigade ciągle się rozwija(01:51:19) Twórcy Max Mustard zwalniają ludzi, Mojang zabija Minecrafta VR, Meta obcina dofinansowania gier(01:54:38) Zombie Army VR opóźnione, Questowe Alien Rogue Incursion opóźnione(01:59:21) Behemoth nie ukaże się od razu na Steamie, Apple zabiło Vision ProSprzęt VR(02:02:43) Aktualizacja Horizon OS v71, Słuchawki PrismXR Vega T1(02:08:39) Według Microsoftu Meta Quest 3 to Xbox(02:11:35) Problem z Valve Index - błąd 108Gry VR(02:16:12) Metal: Hellsinger VR - Perka(02:38:35) Ember Souls (pierwsze wrażenia) - Perka(02:51:16) Czy są lepsze gry niż Half-Life: Alyx?Kulturka(02:58:50) Idź przodem bracie (Netflix) - Simplex(03:03:15) Łowcy Skór (MAX) - Simplex(03:07:45) Severance/Rozdzielenie (Apple TV+) - Simplex(03:12:30) Disclaimer/Sprostowanie (Apple TV+) - Simplex(03:16:22) Trap/Pułapka (2024) / MAX - Defan, Rudy(03:31:15) Bone Tomahawk (2015) / Viaplay - Defan(03:35:03) Gloria (1980) / Kino - Defan(03:40:52) The Silo Silos (Apple TV+) - DefanSpołeczność/Publicystyka(03:42:41) Nadal nie zgłosił się zwycięzca Bajtów Polskich 3.0(03:43:40) Zapraszamy na W SUMIE SPOKO i na odcinek o Simracingu(03:44:11) Ankieta/Pozdrowienia dla patronów/Recenzja odcinka/KomentarzeKonsumpcja:MP3: https://mkwadratpodcast.pl/podcast/MKwadrat_195.mp3YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MKwadratPodcastRSS: https://mkwadratpodcast.pl/feed/podcastSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7e5OdT8bnLmvCahOfo4jNGiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mkwadrat-podcast/id1082742315twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mkwadratpodcastInterakcja:WWW: https://mkwadratpodcast.pl/Forum: https://stareforumpoly.pl/Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PafByaf9DUFanpage: https://facebook.
On this episode of the Ruff Talk VR podcast we have another edition of VR News with a bunch to discuss! Including a newly teased release window for Grim! We also saw the release of Last Stand in early access as well as other releases like Starship Trooper Continuum. New bhaptics products. Upcoming VR games such as Ember Souls. Game updates to games like The Light Brigade, and much more!Big thank you to all of our Patreon supporters! Become a supporter of the show today at https://www.patreon.com/rufftalkvrDiscord: https://discord.gg/9JTdCccucSPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/rufftalkvrTabor Radio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2216985If you enjoy the podcast be sure to rate us 5 stars and subscribe! Join our official subreddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/RuffTalkVR/ Send us a text to the Ruff Talk VR fan mail line!Support the show
"Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson IHalf a league, half a league,Half a league onward,All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.“Forward, the Light Brigade!Charge for the guns!” he said.Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. II“Forward, the Light Brigade!”Was there a man dismayed?Not though the soldier knew Someone had blundered. Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. IIICannon to right of them,Cannon to left of them,Cannon in front of them Volleyed and thundered;Stormed at with shot and shell,Boldly they rode and well,Into the jaws of Death,Into the mouth of hell Rode the six hundred. IVFlashed all their sabres bare,Flashed as they turned in airSabring the gunners there,Charging an army, while All the world wondered.Plunged in the battery-smokeRight through the line they broke;Cossack and RussianReeled from the sabre stroke Shattered and sundered.Then they rode back, but not Not the six hundred. VCannon to right of them,Cannon to left of them,Cannon behind them Volleyed and thundered;Stormed at with shot and shell,While horse and hero fell.They that had fought so wellCame through the jaws of Death,Back from the mouth of hell,All that was left of them, Left of six hundred. VIWhen can their glory fade?O the wild charge they made! All the world wondered.Honour the charge they made!Honour the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred! Hi, I'm Grace, and this is the Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Poems Podcast. It's a poetry podcast by a kid, for kids. Are you ready for today's Pickled Poem? Email pickledpoemspodcast@gmail.com and let me know what you thought about today's episode. I'd love to hear YOUR favorite poem, too, so make sure to include that in the email and it might show up in a future episode. Make sure your parents have subscribed to this podcast, and ask them to leave a rating and review so more kids and families can enjoy pickled poems. Oh, and I should mention that this podcast is sponsored by the Homeschool Conversations with Humility and Doxology podcast, which is hosted by my Mom. So if you have a parent listening, they should probably check that one out, too. Now go pick a peck of pickled poems! I'll see you next week! https://www.humilityanddoxology.com/pickledpoemspodcast
Show #2192 Show Notes: GOP Drops ‘Prolife’ from platform: https://washingtonstand.com/commentary/led-by-trump-2024-gop-platform-slashes-decades-of-prolife-priorities- Vice article on Salt and Light Brigade: https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5bm8x/were-having-a-coup-this-religious-right-brigade-filmed-itself-during-the-capitol-riots Krytocracy/Kritarchy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kritarchy Psalm 11:3 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+11%3A3&version=KJV NOTE: ‘Georgia Audit Confirms Trump Victory’ webpage pulled up last […]
In the summer of 1974, the Cleveland Indians were not a very good team and their owner was thinking of every way possible to get fans in the seats. How about this for an idea: 10-cent Beer Night? All you can drink for just 10-cents a cup. What could go wrong? To the 9th inning we go and after a game highlighted with fans jumping onto the field, many of them in their birthday suits, the chaos turned into complete bedlam. Rangers Outfielder Jeff Burroughs was being harassed in right field by fans who were surrounding him. His manager Billy Martin led the "Charge of the Light Brigade" with his players rushing out of the dugout... bats in hand. Seats were being thrown from the top deck onto the field. 60,000 cups of beer had been purchased and the results of that were now evident. It was a full-scale riot. Milt Wilcox pitched the top of the 9th inning for the Indians and tells us how some of his "connected" friends kept him out of harms way while Cleveland writer Vince Guerreri, author of the book, "Weird Moments in Clebeland Sports" tells us that despite the comeplete bedlam this wasn't the first time they held the promotion... and shockingly... it wouldn't be the last... Wilcox and Guerreri have stories you will not believe on one of the craziest nights in the history of baseball... 10-cent Beer Night on the Past Our Prime podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Recorded live on 6/16/24. Jen Tringale | https://jentringale.com The Oasis Church, Middletown Ohio. Find out more: https://oasiswired.org --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oasiswired/support
Jean Shepherd is back on the Library of Sound Volume 317. And Jean has questions, What's it all for Andy Capp?, To Be Retired?, Why Work? and the Light Brigade. Now that's a lot on your mind. Here's another show Your Humble Host recorded himself on March 21, 1975 and according to my research it was originally broadcast on January 21, 1975. This is a tape you'll only find here as it's from my personal collection recorded off FM so enjoy the excellent sound.
In this throwback episode we revisit Episode #31 from Season 2. The Crimean War cavalry action known as “the charge of light brigade” was immortalized by the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. The poet described a glorious charge into the mouth of hell carried out by men who would sooner die than disobey their orders. But is any of this actually true? What was the real charge of the light brigade? Why has one of history's biggest military blunders been remembered so fondly? Tune in and find out how the sick man of Europe, being “sporting”, and a whole lot of donkeys play into the story.
“Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.” (
“Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.” (
On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about what's happening in the NBA Playoffs. The games they've been playing this week include Manor Lords, Gray Zone Warfare, GTA V, Lords of the Fallen, Quake 3 VR, Walkabout Mini Golf VR, Jurassic World Aftermath, The Light Brigade, and more. Over in the news BlizzCon is cancelled for this year, Remedy provides some financial results for this year, and Loop Hero is now on Android. This episode goes for 2 hours, it also contains coarse language. Timestamps – 00:00:00 – Start 00:13:56 – The Light Brigade 00:20:45 – Jurassic World Aftermath 00:23:11 – Walkabout Mini Golf VR 00:26:23 – Quake 3 VR 00:36:19 – Lords of the Fallen 00:42:50 – Grand Theft Auto V 00:48:58 – Gray Zone Warfare 01:11:00 – Manor Lords 01:22:04 – News 01:33:38 – Questions 01:42:48 – Weekly Plugs 01:46:05 – End of Show Subscribe in a reader iTunes / Spotify
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1177, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: On The Pga Tour 1: Out on an island in 2001, a downhill 60-foot triple-break putt at TPC Sawgrass' famed 17th was better than most for this superstar. Tiger Woods. 2: Here's Bubba Watson cutting loose with this type of 5-letter shot that veers to the side of the dominant hand of the player. a slice. 3: The long chip at the 1978 Jackie Gleason Classic was one of 5 straight birdies to seal the win for this Golden Bear. Jack Nicklaus. 4: Here's Phil Mickelson putting for birdie at the gorgeous par-5 18th to claim the 2012 Pro-Am title at this California beach. Pebble Beach. 5: Check out the $10 million putt that won the 2016 FedEx Cup bonus for this man, also known as Wee Mac. Rory McIlroy. Round 2. Category: Ageless Quotes 1: Whale tale author who wrote, "Youth is immortal; 'tis the elderly only grow old!". Melville. 2: In "The Brook" this "Light Brigade" author wrote, "For men may come and men may go, but I go on forever". Tennyson. 3: About this queen, Shakespeare wrote, "age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety". Cleopatra. 4: Oscar Wilde wrote, "One should never trust a woman who tells one" this; she "would tell one anything". her real age. 5: Betty Friedan wrote, "to keep... life-giving ties alive... is our" this, the opposite of Ponce de Leon's legendary quest. "fountain of age". Round 3. Category: America'S Most Haunted 1: The white-haired ghost of this fiery leader walks alongside a black dog at Harpers Ferry in West Virginia. John Brown. 2: Ghosts may account for a mysterious chill in cell 14-D of this former California island prison. Alcatraz. 3: The father of Jennie Wade, the lone civilian casualty of this PA. battle, haunts the home in which she was killed. Gettysburg. 4: Some say the ghost in this city's Hilton Hotel may be a murder victim or the volcano goddess Madame Pele. Honolulu. 5: The Shaft Alley Spectre is one of many ghosts haunting this Long Beach luxury liner first launched in 1936. Queen Mary. Round 4. Category: World Theatre 1: This "War and Peace" author's play "The Power of Darkness" was once banned in his native Russia. Leo Tolstoy. 2: Conor McPherson's haunting play "The Weir" is set in a pub in this country. Ireland. 3: The first known play presented at this British university was "St. Katherine" in 1490. Oxford. 4: The Olivier Theatre opened in this city in 1976 with a production of "Tamburlaine the Great". London. 5: Israeli playwright Nathan Alterman called his first play "Kineret, Kineret...", Kineret being Hebrew for the Sea of this. Sea of Galilee. Round 5. Category: Where Is That, Pierre? 1: If you're visiting the Cannes Film Festival, you're on this sea. the Mediterranean. 2: The Jura Mountains straddle the border between France and this country. Switzerland. 3: This region of NW France derives its name from Celts fleeing the Anglo-Saxon invasion of England. Brittany. 4: This region of France between the Seine and Marne Valleys is famous for its soft white cheese. Brie. 5: A northern member of the Windward Islands, this volcanic isle has been a possession of France since 1635. Martinique. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used
On this episode of the Ruff Talk VR podcast we have another edition of VR News! We have plenty to discuss this week including us finally placing orders for PCVR capable computers! Walkabout Mini Golf also announced their next DLC course Passport Venice! Also we saw some hidden features drop in Quest v64. Improvements in the YouTube VR app. As well a bunch of VR game updates like Dungeons of Eternity and The Light Brigade, new VR games like Big Shots VR, and more!Discord: https://discord.gg/9JTdCccucSPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/rufftalkvrTabor Radio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2216985If you enjoy the podcast be sure to rate us 5 stars and subscribe! Join our official subreddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/RuffTalkVR/Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code RUFFTALKVR at MANSCAPED.com!*We are paid a commission through affiliate links to help support the podcast on the Kiwi links abovePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/rufftalkvr Support the show
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'Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do or die…' Few moments in Britain's long history have been celebrated and mythologised like the Charge of the Light Brigade, six hundred and sixty one men riding gloriously into the pages of history, their heroism recorded forever by Tennyson's words. But what really happened on that autumn day? Was there any glory found on the stony ground of the Crimean peninsula? Who was to blame for the massacre that followed? And was it even a massacre? Narrated by Paul Waggott Written by Robin Scott Elliot Production and Sound Design by Holy Smokes Audio Executive Producers Tony Pastor + Neil Fearn A Goalhanger Podcasts Production Cast list: John Brannoch Marta Da Silva Karim Kronfli Maksim Avedeev Zhenya Leverett Thomas Mitchells Gennady Alasheev John Walker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The toll of war is measured in those that made the ultimate sacrifice. Alfred, Lord Tennyson's immortal poem honors those that fell, and simultaneously reminds those that command of the gravity of every small decision. Download the DraftKings Casino app NOW and use code DANK. New players get an instant deposit match up to ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS in casino credits when you deposit five dollars or more. That's code DANK, only on DraftKings Casino. The crown is yours. Gambling problem? Strider and Harmony's Comedy Show Ticket Link 2/29/24 7:30pm at Flappers in Burbank!! patreon.com/striderwilson Sources: Historyhit.com ‘The Top 10 Military Disasters In History' by Tom Ames 2021, Poets.org, Litcharts.com, Britannica.com, History.com Call one eight hundred GAMBLER or visit w w w dot one eight hundred gambler dot net. In Connecticut, Help is available for problem gambling call eight eight eight seven eight nine seven seven seven seven or visit c c p g dot org. Please play responsibly. twenty one plus. Physically present in Connecticut, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia only. Void in Ontario. Eligibility and other restrictions apply. One per new customer. Must opt-in and make minimum five dollar deposit within seven days (one hundred sixty eight hours) of registering new account. Max. match one hundred dollars in casino credits which require one time play-thru within seven days (one hundred sixty eight hours). See terms at casino dot draftkings dot com slash new player offer twenty twenty four.
We bring you four stories today: Icarus and Daedalus- James Baldwin- an ancient Greek tales about a son who forgets his father's instructions; The Sword of Damocles- about the close friend of a wealthy man who wishes he could spend one day in his friends place living the good life and gets his chance by James Baldwin The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson- describes the courageous but costly cavalry charge of the Light Brigade, knowing that they were rising into sure death F. Scott Fitgerald's letter to his daughter, reminding her what's important in life Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
During a cold World War II winter, a handful of soldiers find themselves enlisted into a theological battle against fallen angels in THE LIGHT BRIGADE by Peter Tomasi & Peter Snejbjerg! How has this action-packed miniseries NOT become a movie yet??? Get on that, Hollywood!!! Closing song: "Between Two Wars" by The Big Heist, from the album Tightrope: https://open.spotify.com/album/3ixgGNHQI9qbI5pUldMGVs --- Follow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/theveryfinecomicbookpodcast/ and send us questions to potentially read on-air via IG DM or via email at theveryfinecomicbookpodcast@gmail.com If you're enjoying The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast, please take the time to Rate it [on Spotify], Rate+Review it [on Apple Podcasts], Follow/Subscribe, and tell a friend! New episodes forthcoming weekly! Mail us things c/o Justin Decloux, Unit 1010, 3230 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4N 3P6, Canada Thanks for listening! Keep reading comics! ---
Episode 143 In today's episode, we give our impressions on the Meta Quest 3, discuss the overall VR landscape, and talk about where the games industry is at with respect to VR adoption. As always, we end with the games we're playing (The Light Brigade, Asgard's Wrath 2, Vampire Survivors, Nintendo 64 games). This episode was recorded in January 2024. Royalty free music from BenSound. Questions or comments? Tweet @PodcastGametalk Or chat us up in Discord - discord.gg/JZCj5Qn Timestamps: 0:00 - Meta Quest 3 Overview and Other Modern VR Hardware 38:37 - Modern VR Games and The State of the VR Industry 1:02:31 - The Ideal VR Headset and VR Mods 1:20:10 - The Light Brigade 1:24:35 - Asgard's Wrath 2 1:34:12 - Vampire Survivors 1:40:27 - Nintendo 64 Games
Sometimes it's the little details. That's how today's story comes about. This is probably referenced in about the space of a paragraph in my recently read book but it talks about “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, a poem written by Sir Alfred Tennyson. Today, we read the poem and a short story from the book “True Stories of Wonderful Deeds.” Website: http://www.thefightingmoose.com/ Blog https://thefightingmoosepodcast.blogspot.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-moose/id1324413606?mt=2/ Story (PDF): http://ww.thefightingmoose.com/episode377.pdf Reading List: http://www.thefightingmoose.com/readinglist.pdf YouTube: https://youtu.be/T-cQ6IndcY4/ Book(s): “True Stories of Wonderful Deeds” http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22080 “Maud, and Other Poems” http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56913 Music/Audio: Artist – Analog by Nature http://dig.ccmixter.org/people/cdk National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): http://www.nasa.gov Song(s) Used: cdk - Sunday by Analog By Nature (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/53755
In this episode of History Rage, we delve into the often-overlooked complexities of the Crimean War, focusing on the Battle of Balaclava. Josh Provan, historian and author of "Wild East," provides a detailed exploration of the events, shedding light on the misconceptions surrounding the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade.Introduction to the Crimean WarLearn about the historical backdrop of the Crimean War, including the political tensions between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, the strategic significance of the Crimean Peninsula, and the involvement of major European powers.The Battle of Balaclava UnveiledExplore the Battle of Balaclava, a key engagement during the Crimean War, as Josh analyzes the Russian strategy, British and French response, and the famous Charge of the Light Brigade. Gain insights into the series of events that shaped the outcome of this complex and often misunderstood battle.Charge of the Light Brigade: Myths vs. RealityChallenge common misconceptions surrounding the Charge of the Light Brigade. Josh offers a critical examination of the decisions made by British commanders, the conflicting perspectives of officers involved, and the true impact of this legendary yet disastrous cavalry charge.The Aftermath and LegacyDiscover the aftermath of the Battle of Balaclava and its implications for the Crimean War. Josh discusses the strategic outcomes, the ultimate fate of Sebastopol, and the factors contributing to the end of the conflict.Don't miss this episode if you're eager to uncover the layers of history behind the Crimean War and gain a fresh perspective on the Battle of Balaclava.You can, and should, subscribe to Josh's YouTube Channel Adventures in Historyland.You can buy Josh's first book Wild East from the History Rage Bookshop and you can follow Josh on Twitter @LandofHistoryYou can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This podcast always rings twice, then knocks three times, then peers through the window, then climbs over a gate to check around the back before just shoving the parcel through the cat-flap. It's an episode with comedian and postal worker Tom Toal all about the World's Worst Messenger, in which Tom charges into the Valley of Death with the Light Brigade after a miscommunication. Meanwhile, Barry explains how shooting the messenger can have global ramifications and Ben enlightens us as to why his package seems to be crying. Follow us on Twitter: @worstfoot @bazmcstay @VanderLaugh @tomtoalcomedy Follow us on Instagram: @worstfoot Join us on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/9buWKthgfx Visit www.worstfootforwardpodcast.com for all previous episodes and you can donate to us on Patreon if you'd like to support the show during this whole pandemic thing, and especially as we work on our first book and plan some live shows! https://www.patreon.com/WorstFootForward Worst Foot Forward is part of Podnose: www.podnose.com
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" is an 1854 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. Narrated by Andy Parker.Subscribe to The Godly Troublemaker Podcast on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/TheGodlyTroublemakerPodcastFollow The Godly Troublemaker Podcast on Rumblehttps://rumble.com/c/TheGodlyTroublemakerPodcastFollow The Godly Troublemaker Podcast on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/TheGTPodcastFollow The Godly Troublemaker Podcast on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/godlytroublemakerpodcast/Andy's Social MediaTwitter: https://twitter.com/realandyparkerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/realandyparker/Gab: https://gab.com/realandyparker
Due to miscommunication and a lack of clear orders Lord Cardigan led the Light Brigade, a cavalry unit consisting of approximately 670 horsemen, in a frontal assault against a fortified Russian artillery position at the end of the ...
The Crimean War continues to drag on. The allies' siege of Sevastopol is grinding to a stalemate. The Russians seek to counterattack to tip the balance back in their favour. As they make gains at Balaclava, the British cavalry undertake one of the most tragically heroic actions in British history: the Charge of the Light Brigade. Listen as William and Anita are joined by Orlando Figes to discuss the end of the Crimean War, the impact it had upon Russia, and the shadow it still casts today. Twitter: @Empirepoduk Email: empirepoduk@gmail.com Goalhangerpodcasts.com Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Jack Davenport + Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this edition of VR News of the Week we have a loaded show featuring plenty of news and a new VR trivia game with Shoes! We talk our experience with Dragon Fist VR Kung Fu's multiplayer beta, a new Walkabout Mini Golf DLC course announced called "Alfheim: Land of the Elves", a brand new Ghosts of Tabor update that take the game to a new level, an update from The Light Brigade called "Memories of War", the latest Quest+ games, an upcoming update featuring legs on the Meta Avatars, Glassbreakers releases on app lab, and more!Mondays are dedicated to our series of episodes about the discussion of Virtual Reality (VR) newsPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/rufftalkvrUse promo code GHOSTSRADIO3-3E7B9B to save 15% off Ghosts of Tabor on the Meta Quest!Use promo code PORKBUN-41AE88 to save 10% off Bonfire on the Meta Quest!Tabor Radio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2216985If you enjoy the podcast be sure to rate us 5 stars and subscribe! Join our official subreddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/RuffTalkVR/Discord: https://discord.gg/9JTdCccucSThis podcast was sponsored by Kiwi Design - the premier company for Oculus Quest accessories. Visit our affiliate link below to shop for your VR accessories including knuckle straps, lens protectors, head straps, link cables, and more while also supporting the podcast!Affiliate Link: https://www.kiwidesign.com/?ref=RuffTalkVRGet 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code RUFFTALKVR at MANSCAPED.com!*We are paid a commission through affiliate links to help support the podcast on the Kiwi links abovePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/rufftalkvrSupport the show
OUTLINE of today's show with TIMECODES Greek & Covid Mythology in Eris & Omicron"Scare the pants off them" said "Lockdown Lord" Matt Hancock. When people suggested the first variant, Omicron, was sending a message, that was mocked as a conspiracy theory. Now they name a variant after the mythological daughter who initiated the Trojan War. Is it a Trojan horse? (2:06) WATCH Medical personnel are reporting the cynical lies about masks & lockdowns as they start up again. EVERYONE KNOWS. So how much longer will we let these people play games? And other people are calling out Alex Jones for pushing the psyop (11:06)Brownstone revisits the Biden Administration "legal arguments" on masks. We've crossed the Rubicon from Republic to Empire (36:20)Now they finally admit — toxic compounds in masks. Still silent on CO2 & lack of efficacy (45:14)CDC abruptly shuts down V-Safe reporting app. Hmmm…what are they covering up? Former FDA scientist outraged as his 30 yr old SUV is still being tracked for safety but not these novel, dangerous TrumpShots (51:48) What "Charge of the Light Brigade" tells us about why people can see the pandemic fraud even now (1:03:48)Maui fires —VIDEOS more astounding criminal neglect and high-handed disregard of human life. (1:26:41)Gun control crazy Connecticut doesn't want people protecting themselves with guns even from bear attacks, but they may change. Biden's federal education department defunds all hunting and archery programs (1:47:27)$7+ MILLION Mug Sales, But No Bail for "Black Voices for Trump" GuyForget the ethics and the bad optics of letting one of those indicted with him rot in jail unable to afford bail or a lawyer. It's a very BAD LEGAL STRATEGY. Trump's falling for the trap set up by the mass indictments in Georgia. (2:02:24) Rudy used RICO to get bad guys by taking away "due process". He and Trump are learning what happens when you establish that precedent. (2:29:31) Nikki Haley: Don't "Demonize" Abortion. WATCH "The Procedure" if You Want to "Humanize" Abortion Nikki Haley talks about women saying don't "demonize" them and "humanize" abortion. No one suggests punishing women — the demons are the abortionists. If you want to humanize, release the truth about what happens to the BABY involved (2:43:35)Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHT
OUTLINE of today's show with TIMECODES Greek & Covid Mythology in Eris & Omicron"Scare the pants off them" said "Lockdown Lord" Matt Hancock. When people suggested the first variant, Omicron, was sending a message, that was mocked as a conspiracy theory. Now they name a variant after the mythological daughter who initiated the Trojan War. Is it a Trojan horse? (2:06) WATCH Medical personnel are reporting the cynical lies about masks & lockdowns as they start up again. EVERYONE KNOWS. So how much longer will we let these people play games? And other people are calling out Alex Jones for pushing the psyop (11:06)Brownstone revisits the Biden Administration "legal arguments" on masks. We've crossed the Rubicon from Republic to Empire (36:20)Now they finally admit — toxic compounds in masks. Still silent on CO2 & lack of efficacy (45:14)CDC abruptly shuts down V-Safe reporting app. Hmmm…what are they covering up? Former FDA scientist outraged as his 30 yr old SUV is still being tracked for safety but not these novel, dangerous TrumpShots (51:48) What "Charge of the Light Brigade" tells us about why people can see the pandemic fraud even now (1:03:48)Maui fires —VIDEOS more astounding criminal neglect and high-handed disregard of human life. (1:26:41)Gun control crazy Connecticut doesn't want people protecting themselves with guns even from bear attacks, but they may change. Biden's federal education department defunds all hunting and archery programs (1:47:27)$7+ MILLION Mug Sales, But No Bail for "Black Voices for Trump" GuyForget the ethics and the bad optics of letting one of those indicted with him rot in jail unable to afford bail or a lawyer. It's a very BAD LEGAL STRATEGY. Trump's falling for the trap set up by the mass indictments in Georgia. (2:02:24) Rudy used RICO to get bad guys by taking away "due process". He and Trump are learning what happens when you establish that precedent. (2:29:31) Nikki Haley: Don't "Demonize" Abortion. WATCH "The Procedure" if You Want to "Humanize" Abortion Nikki Haley talks about women saying don't "demonize" them and "humanize" abortion. No one suggests punishing women — the demons are the abortionists. If you want to humanize, release the truth about what happens to the BABY involved (2:43:35)Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.comIf you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHT
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) A collection of Tennyson's poetry :1 The Brook - 00:162 Song from "Maud" - 1:203 A Farewell - 2:344 Song from “Maud” - 3:265 Break, Break, Break - 4:536 From “Locksley Hall”- 5:437 Song from “Maud” - 6:438 Song from “The Princess” - 7:439 Lillian - 8:3710 Ring out, Wild Bells - 9:5211 From “The Princess” - 11:2712 Song From “The Princess” - 12:4313 From “Enoch Arden” - 13:5814 From “Enoch Arden” - 15:3615 The Charge of the Light Brigade- 16:5616 From “The May Queen” - 18:5117 Song from “The Princess” - 19:3618 From “Harold” - 20:1419 From “The Revenge” - 21:28(From Sam Stinsson) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/librivox1/support
You may be familiar with Alfred Lord Tennyson poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade, which famously – though not entirely accurately – describes the events of the 1854 battle of Balaclava, a key clash in the Crimean War. But how much do you know about the first confrontation along the Danube or the fierce fight to take Sevastopol? In this second episode of this new series charting the key moments in the Crimean War, Professor Andrew Lambert talks to Rachel Dinning about the key battles and encounters that shaped the conflict, as well as the military strategy that informed its outcome. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The UN plans to introduce a global digital ID system linked to individuals' bank accounts that would be governed by an as yet undefined “apex body,” presumably a labyrinthine network of unelected bureaucrats. What can possibly go wrong? 5) Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia compared to disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade; 4) UN wants us to carry a digital ID linked to our bank accounts; 3) Patient Zero for COVID was researcher on $41 million grant from Fauci's NIAID; 2) US Coast Guard confirms debris found in North Atlantic from deep-water submersible missing since Sunday; 1) American Medical Association declares Body Mass Index racist.
A report in Asia Times, quoting American and European military observers, describes Ukraine's counteroffensive as a sad echo of the Charge of the Light Brigade, a disastrous 1854 battle in which British cavalry charged into massed Russian cannon fire. 5) European military observers frustrated with Ukraine's counteroffensive strategy; 4) United Nations to introduce global digital ID system linked to individuals' bank accounts; 3) Biden calls senator's pro-life stance on military funding of abortions “bizarre”; 2) Texas eliminates Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion offices at state-funded colleges and universities; 1) Retired liberal Florida educator calls cartoon depiction of a banyan tree, the new mascot for New College of Florida, racist.
Show notes:In which Carla tells the fairy tale within Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse. Sources:“The Fisherman and His Wife”, from Grimm, Wilhelm; Grimm, Jacob. The Complete Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9789176374559To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780156907392To join a FrizzLit book club/class: https://www.frizzlit.com/bookclubs“The Charge of the Light Brigade”, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781400041879Referenced: The Blind Side https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/blind-side There Might Be Cupcakes on IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22815734/episodeshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt22815734/How to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RCare/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bwSubstack: http://theremightbecupcakes.substack.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremightbecupcakesand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes. Where to Find Cupcakes:Substack: http://theremightbecupcakes.substack.comFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theremightbecupcakesFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theremightbecupcakesInstagram: @theremightbecupcakes and @carlahauntedReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theremightbecupcakes * r/theremightbecupcakesGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/804047-there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast-groupContact: carla@theremightbecupcakes.com Complete list of ways to listen to the podcast on the sidebar at http://theremightbecupcakes.com
On this episode, we do our first deep dive into the John Landis filmography, to talk about one of his lesser celebrated film, the 1985 Jeff Goldblum/Michelle Pfeiffer morbid comedy Into the Night. ----more---- TRANSCRIPT From Los Angeles, California, the Entertainment Capital of the World, it's The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today. Long time listeners to this show know that I am not the biggest fan of John Landis, the person. I've spoken about Landis, and especially about his irresponsibility and seeming callousness when it comes to the helicopter accident on the set of his segment for the 1983 film The Twilight Zone which took the lives of actors Vic Morrow, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, enough where I don't wish to rehash it once again. But when one does a podcast that celebrates the movies of the 1980s, every once in a while, one is going to have to talk about John Landis and his movies. He did direct eight movies, one documentary and a segment in an anthology film during the decade, and several of them, both before and after the 1982 helicopter accident, are actually pretty good films. For this episode, we're going to talk about one of his lesser known and celebrated films from the decade, despite its stacked cast. We're talking about 1985's Into the Night. But, as always, before we get to Into the Night, some backstory. John David Landis was born in Chicago in 1950, but his family moved to Los Angeles when he was four months old. While he grew up in the City of Angels, he still considers himself a Chicagoan, which is an important factoid to point out a little later in his life. After graduating from high school in 1968, Landis got his first job in the film industry the way many a young man and woman did in those days: through the mail room at a major studio, his being Twentieth Century-Fox. He wasn't all that fond of the mail room. Even since he had seen The 7th Voyage of Sinbad at the age of eight, he knew he wanted to be a filmmaker, and you're not going to become a filmmaker in the mail room. By chance, he would get a job as a production assistant on the Clint Eastwood/Telly Savalas World War II comedy/drama Kelly's Heroes, despite the fact that the film would be shooting in Yugoslavia. During the shoot, he would become friendly with the film's co-stars Don Rickles and Donald Sutherland. When the assistant director on the film got sick and had to go back to the United States, Landis positioned himself to be the logical, and readily available, replacement. Once Kelly's Heroes finished shooting, Landis would spend his time working on other films that were shooting in Italy and the United Kingdom. It is said he was a stuntman on Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, but I'm going to call shenanigans on that one, as the film was made in 1966, when Landis was only sixteen years old and not yet working in the film industry. I'm also going to call shenanigans on his working as a stunt performer on Leone's 1968 film Once Upon a Time in the West, and Tony Richardson's 1968 film The Charge of the Light Brigade, and Peter Collinson's 1969 film The Italian Job, which also were all filmed and released into theatres before Landis made his way to Europe the first time around. In 1971, Landis would write and direct his first film, a low-budget horror comedy called Schlock, which would star Landis as the title character, in an ape suit designed by master makeup creator Rick Baker. The $60k film was Landis's homage to the monster movies he grew up watching, and his crew would spend 12 days in production, stealing shots wherever they could because they could not afford filming permits. For more than a year, Landis would show the completed film to any distributor that would give him the time of day, but no one was interested in a very quirky comedy featuring a guy in a gorilla suit playing it very very straight. Somehow, Johnny Carson was able to screen a print of the film sometime in the fall of 1972, and the powerful talk show host loved it. On November 2nd, 1972, Carson would have Landis on The Tonight Show to talk about his movie. Landis was only 22 at the time, and the exposure on Carson would drive great interest in the film from a number of smaller independent distributors would wouldn't take his calls even a week earlier. Jack H. Harris Enterprises would be the victor, and they would first release Schlock on twenty screens in Los Angeles on December 12th, 1973, the top of a double bill alongside the truly schlocky Son of The Blob. The film would get a very good reception from the local press, including positive reviews from the notoriously prickly Los Angeles Times critic Kevin Thomas, and an unnamed critic in the pages of the industry trade publication Daily Variety. The film would move from market to market every few weeks, and the film would make a tidy little profit for everyone involved. But it would be four more years until Landis would make his follow-up film. The Kentucky Fried Movie originated not with Landis but with three guys from Madison, Wisconsin who started their own theatre troop while attending the University of Wisconsin before moving it to West Los Angeles in 1971. Those guys, brothers David and Jerry Zucker, and their high school friend Jim Abrahams, had written a number of sketches for their stage shows over a four year period, and felt a number of them could translate well to film, as long as they could come up with a way to link them all together. Although they would be aware of Ken Shapiro's 1974 comedy anthology movie The Groove Tube, a series of sketches shot on videotape shown in movie theatres on the East Coast at midnight on Saturday nights, it would finally hit them in 1976, when Neal Israel's anthology sketch comedy movie TunnelVision became a small hit in theatres. That movie featured Chevy Chase and Laraine Newman, two of the stars of NBC's hit show Saturday Night Live, which was the real reason the film was a hit, but that didn't matter to Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker. The Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker team decided they needed to not just tell potential backers about the film but show them what they would be getting. They would raise $35,000 to film a ten minute segment, but none of them had ever directed anything for film before, so they would start looking for an experienced director who would be willing to work on a movie like theirs for little to no money. Through mutual friend Bob Weiss, the trio would meet and get to know John Landis, who would come aboard to direct the presentation reel, if not the entire film should it get funded. That segment, if you've seen Kentucky Fried Movie, included the fake trailer for Cleopatra Schwartz, a parody of blaxploitation movies. The guys would screen the presentation reel first to Kim Jorgensen, the owner of the famed arthouse theatre the Nuart here in Los Angeles, and Jorgensen loved it. He would put up part of the $650k budget himself, and he would show the reel to his friends who also ran theatres, not just in Los Angeles, whenever they were in town, and it would be through a consortium of independent movie theatre owners that Kentucky Fried Movie would get financed. The movie would be released on August 10th, 1977, ironically the same day as another independent sketch comedy movie, Can I Do It Till I Need Glasses?, was released. But Kentucky Fried Movie would have the powerful United Artists Theatres behind them, as they would make the movie the very first release through their own distribution company, United Film Distribution. I did a three part series on UFDC back in 2021, if you'd like to learn more about them. Featuring such name actors as Bill Bixby, Henry Gibson, George Lazenby and Donald Sutherland, Kentucky Fried Movie would earn more than $7m in theatres, and would not only give John Landis the hit he needed to move up the ranks, but it would give Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker the opportunity to make their own movie. But we'll talk about Airplane! sometime in the future. Shortly after the release of Kentuck Fried Movie, Landis would get hired to direct Animal House, which would become the surprise success of 1978 and lead Landis into directing The Blues Brothers, which is probably the most John Landis movie that will ever be made. Big, loud, schizophrenic, a little too long for its own good, and filled with a load of in-jokes and cameos that are built only for film fanatics and/or John Landis fanatics. The success of The Blues Brothers would give Landis the chance to make his dream project, a horror comedy he had written more than a decade before. An American Werewolf in London was the right mix of comedy and horror, in-jokes and great needle drops, with some of the best practical makeup effects ever created for a movie. Makeup effects so good that, in fact, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences would make the occasionally given Best Makeup Effects Oscar a permanent category, and Werewolf would win that category's first competitive Oscar. In 1982, Landis would direct Coming Soon, one of the first direct-to-home video movies ever released. Narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis, Coming Soon was, essentially, edited clips from 34 old horror and thriller trailers for movies owned by Universal, from Frankenstein and Dracula to Psycho and The Birds. It's only 55 minutes long, but the video did help younger burgeoning cineasts learn more about the history of Universal's monster movies. And then, as previously mentioned, there was the accident during the filming of The Twilight Zone. Landis was able to recover enough emotionally from the tragedy to direct Trading Places with Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd in the winter of 1982/83, another hit that maybe showed Hollywood the public wasn't as concerned about the Twilight Zone accident as they worried it would. The Twilight Zone movie would be released three weeks after Trading Places, and while it was not that big a hit, it wasn't quite the bomb it was expected to be because of the accident. Which brings us to Into the Night. While Landis was working on the final edit of Trading Places, the President of Universal Pictures, Sean Daniels, contacted Landis about what his next project might be. Universal was where Landis had made Animal House, The Blues Brothers and American Werewolf, so it would not be unusual for a studio head to check up on a filmmaker who had made three recent successful films for them. Specifically, Daniels wanted to pitch Landis on a screenplay the studio had in development called Into the Night. Ron Koslow, the writer of the 1976 Sam Elliott drama Lifeguard, had written the script on spec which the studio had picked up, about an average, ordinary guy who, upon discovering his wife is having an affair, who finds himself in the middle of an international incident involving jewel smuggling out of Iran. Maybe this might be something he would be interested in working on, as it would be both right up his alley, a comedy, and something he'd never done before, a romantic action thriller. Landis would agree to make the film, if he were allowed some leeway in casting. For the role of Ed Okin, an aerospace engineer whose insomnia leads him to the Los Angeles International Airport in search of some rest, Landis wanted Jeff Goldblum, who had made more than 15 films over the past decade, including Annie Hall, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Big Chill and The Right Stuff, but had never been the lead in a movie to this point. For Diana, the jewel smuggler who enlists the unwitting Ed into her strange world, Landis wanted Michelle Pfeiffer, the gorgeous star of Grease 2 and Scarface. But mostly, Landis wanted to fill as many of supporting roles with either actors he had worked with before, like Dan Aykroyd and Bruce McGill, or filmmakers who were either contemporaries of Landis and/or were filmmakers he had admired. Amongst those he would get would be Jack Arnold, Paul Bartel, David Cronenberg, Jonathan Demme, Richard Franklin, Amy Heckerling, Colin Higgins, Jim Henson, Lawrence Kasdan, Jonathan Lynn, Paul Mazursky, Don Siegel, and Roger Vadim, as well as Jaws screenwriter Carl Gottlieb, Midnight Cowboy writer Waldo Salt, personal trainer to the stars Jake Steinfeld, music legends David Bowie and Carl Perkins, and several recent Playboy Playmates. Landis himself would be featured as one of the four Iranian agents chasing Pfeiffer's character. While neither Perkins nor Bowie would appear on the soundtrack to the film, Landis was able to get blues legend B.B. King to perform three songs, two brand new songs as well as a cover of the Wilson Pickett classic In the Midnight Hour. Originally scheduled to be produced by Joel Douglas, brother of Michael and son of Kirk, Into the Night would go into production on April 2nd, 1984, under the leadership of first-time producer Ron Koslow and Landis's producing partner George Folsey, Jr. The movie would make great use of dozens of iconic Los Angeles locations, including the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the Shubert Theatre in Century City, the Ships Coffee Shot on La Cienega, the flagship Tiffanys and Company in Beverly Hills, Randy's Donuts, and the aforementioned airport. But on Monday, April 23rd, the start of the fourth week of shooting, the director was ordered to stand trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter due to the accident on the Twilight Zone set. But the trial would not start until months after Into the Night was scheduled to complete its shoot. In an article about the indictment printed in the Los Angeles Times two days later, Universal Studios head Sean Daniels was insistent the studio had made no special plans in the event of Landis' possible conviction. Had he been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, Landis was looking at up to six years in prison. The film would wrap production in early June, and Landis would spend the rest of the year in an editing bay on the Universal lot with his editor, Malcolm Campbell, who had also cut An American Werewolf in London, Trading Places, the Michael Jackson Thriller short film, and Landis's segment and the Landis-shot prologue to The Twilight Zone. During this time, Universal would set a February 22nd, 1985 release date for the film, an unusual move, as every movie Landis had made since Kentucky Fried Movie had been released during the summer movie season, and there was nothing about Into the Night that screamed late Winter. I've long been a proponent of certain movies having a right time to be released, and late February never felt like the right time to release a morbid comedy, especially one that takes place in sunny Los Angeles. When Into the Night opened in New York City, at the Loews New York Twin at Second Avenue and 66th Street, the high in the city was 43 degrees, after an overnight low of 25 degrees. What New Yorker wants to freeze his or her butt off to see Jeff Goldblum run around Los Angeles with Michelle Pfeiffer in a light red leather jacket and a thin white t-shirt, if she's wearing anything at all? Well, actually, that last part wasn't so bad. But still, a $40,000 opening weekend gross at the 525 seat New York Twin would be one of the better grosses for all of the city. In Los Angeles, where the weather was in the 60s all weekend, the film would gross $65,500 between the 424 seat Avco Cinema 2 in Westwood and the 915 seat Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. The reviews, like with many of Landis's films, were mixed. Richard Corliss of Time Magazine would find the film irresistible and a sparkling thriller, calling Goldblum and Pfeiffer two of the most engaging young actors working. Peter Travers, writing for People Magazine at the time, would anoint the film with a rarely used noun in film criticism, calling it a “pip.” Travers would also call Pfeiffer a knockout of the first order, with a newly uncovered flair for comedy. Guess he hadn't seen her in the 1979 ABC spin-off of Animal House, called Delta House, in which she played The Bombshell, or in Floyd Mutrix's 1980 comedy The Hollywood Knights. But the majority of critics would find plenty to fault with the film. The general critical feeling for the film was that it was too inside baseball for most people, as typified by Vincent Canby in his review for the New York Times. Canby would dismiss the film as having an insidey, which is not a word, manner of a movie made not for the rest of us but for the moviemakers on the Bel Air circuit who watch each other's films in their own screening room. After two weeks of exclusive engagements in New York and Los Angeles, Universal would expand the film to 1096 screens on March 8th, where the film would gross $2.57m, putting it in fifth place for the weekend, nearly a million dollars less than fellow Universal Pictures film The Breakfast Club, which was in its fourth week of release and in ninety fewer theatres. After a fourth weekend of release, where the film would come in fifth place again with $1.95m, now nearly a million and a half behind The Breakfast Club, Universal would start to migrate the film out of first run theatres and into dollar houses, in order to make room for another film of theirs, Peter Bogdanovich's comeback film Mask, which would be itself expanding from limited release to wide release on March 22nd. Into the Night would continue to play at the second-run theatres for months, but its final gross of $7.56m wouldn't even cover the film's $8m production budget. Despite the fact that it has both Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer as its leads, Into the Night would not become a cult film on home video the way that many films neglected by audiences in theatres would find a second life. I thought the film was good when I saw it opening night at the Aptos Twin. I enjoyed the obvious chemistry between the two leads, and I enjoyed the insidey manner in which there were so many famous filmmakers doing cameos in the film. I remember wishing there was more of David Bowie, since there were very few people, actors or musicians, who would fill the screen with so much charm and charisma, even when playing a bad guy. And I enjoyed listening to B.B. King on the soundtrack, as I had just started to get into the blues during my senior year of high school. I revisited the film, which you can rent or buy on Apple TV, Amazon and several other major streaming services, for the podcast, and although I didn't enjoy the film as much as I remember doing so in 1985, it was clear that these two actors were going to become big stars somewhere down the road. Goldblum, of course, would become a star the following year, thanks to his incredible work in David Cronenberg's The Fly. Incidentally, Goldblum and Cronenberg would meet for the first time on the set of Into the Night. And, of course, Michelle Pfeiffer would explode in 1987, thanks to her work with Susan Sarandon, Cher and Jack Nicholson in The Witches of Eastwick, which she would follow up with not one, not two but three powerhouse performances of completely different natures in 1988, in Jonathan Demme's Married to the Mob, Robert Towne's Tequila Sunrise, and her Oscar-nominated work in Stephen Frears' Dangerous Liaisons. Incidentally, Pfeiffer and Jonathan Demme would also meet for the first time on the set of Into the Night, so maybe it was kismet that all these things happened in part because of the unusual casting desires of John Landis. Thank you for joining us. We'll talk again soon, when Episode 108, on Martha Coolidge's Valley Girl, is released. Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about Into the Night. The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment. Thank you again. Good night.
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