Welcome to the newest, coolest message boards for movie music! As we've done elsewhere (no specifics!), we will keep the conversations about movie music true. Of course, don't forget to let us know what you are listening to with the "NP" tag!

Here's to good times!

Dan (UK)

I look forward to many more discussions/debates/questions about Horner/etc.!!

This is going to be great! Thanks for setting this up.

For those of you who read about tonight's scheduled chat on UnderNet, if you showed up and I wasn't there, I apologize. Work beckoned (actually demanded I be there.)

Jeron

All hail Peter the Great! (or maybe "Average?"

Welcome! I am new here, too, as of this week. In fact, I didn't even know this place existed until Bill Smith tipped me, in response to an ugly event over at FSM. When I checked in, I recognized Peter's name... then Joan Hue... then a guy who calls himself 'perfektpitch', or something of that nature, - he said some very eloquent things about Elmer's HAWAII - so I concluded this might be a good place to be. A nice feeling of civility... and less defensiveness than I have been used to. Even decided to use my real name... which probably suggests I feel safe, here.

Where does CAT come from? Did you like the old TV show scored by Lalo Schifrin... or do you genuinely like felines? We have two of the latter... a Maine coon [Miss Jessica] and a tabby (?) [Renee]. We also have a German Shepherd... her name is Ceileigh... Celtic for 'good times.' And good times we have had, indeed.

BTW, I liked the admirable stance you have taken in response to the shunning of Avie, over at FSM. You must be a good person.

Welcome, CAT. More female voices are definitely needed around here.

Hiiisssssss!

Thank you too, Joan. It's good to see your familiar face here too, as well as Avie's, Galina's, and a few others. Wonder why it is that women are such a minority on these boards? Don't get me wrong...I'm not complaining. What gal doesn't like being surrounded by men?

Anyway, I look foward to meeting more of you, and enjoying good conversation as well.

I post at FSM under the name of "Amir." I chose an Arabic name because I was provoked by the triumphalism and xenophobia, evident on FSM, at the time of the commencement of George Bush's pre-emptive and unjust (and probably illegal) invasion of a sovereign nation, without UN backing. I actually intended to type "Samir", but again my technophobia resulted in a glitch. Samir is a very dear Arabic friend of mine, from Tunisia, now an environmental engineer in Australia. Actually, Samir and I were both doing Ph.D. studies, at the commencement of Gulf War 1. He knocked on my door to tell me that the American bombing of Baghdad had begun. I spent that evening watching that event with a sombre, and upset, group of Arab friends.

I am a Canadian. My country has the status of having been invaded by the United States, twice. Our confederation was born out of a fear of American aggression. Many of us resent American cultural and economic influence. I mention this only because it may help to explain the principled position taken by our political leadership. Our PM is from Quebec, and opposition to the war is highest in that province. I never would have stated this, over at FSM, as I recognized that identifying myself as a Canadian probably would have been grounds for a heap of public aspersion and invective. I could relate ugly anecdotes about how American entrepreneurs have dealt with Canadian customers, in the current context, but I choose not to.

Now that I know who you are (Amir), let me say that I, too, admire your stance in the OriginalThinkr topic at FSM. YOU opened the topic, and led the way for others to follow. If you go there now, you will see that I have made an earnest plea for that topic to end, for obvious reasons.

Thank you also for being so open and honest with me about your origin and your political beliefs. I agree that this is a conversation that never would have taken place over at FSM.

Let me assure you that you have absolutely nothing to fear from me. I try to keep an open mind and a level head at all times. I look foward to discussing many things here with you, and I hope that a new friendship might help "span" the gap between our countries, and somehow at least bring a few of us closer together. Don't we deserve that much? I think so. Looking foward to hearing from you again.

I try to be open-minded and accept people, as they present themselves. Acceptance of diversity is something we humans can learn to be good at - if we try. Heck! When I first encountered Avie, I thought he had that pompous, self-righteousness that I have seen, all too often, among members of the progressive left. It was usually the source of a lot of fights and factionalism that allowed rightwingers to end up ruling the roost, in my experience, here in Canada! Despite this initial judgement, I got to know Avie, from a distance, and I value my (distant) contact with him, both on the forums, and in the private Emails we exchange. We have also exchanged scores, more than once. I like him - and I am loyal to people I believe have been treated unfairly, even if there is a personal cost.

I am not anti-American. There are lots of Canadian expatriates in your country. Some of my family, drifted south, and now reside in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Obviously, I like American filmmusic. One of your writers - Annie Proulx - is my current, favourite writer. She must like Canada because she spends her summers in Newfoundland and New Brunswick. There are also several American educators - whom I won't name (I would end up offending someone) - who have been part of my educational growth and influenced my contact with students.

My wife and I are going to watch THE ICE STORM, so I'll talk to you, later.

Bob

And now that it's 15 minutes into April 13, I remembered.

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Holy cow.... I spent the whole day on April 12 thinking "something happened on this date and I can't freekin' remember what it was...."

And now that it's 15 minutes into April 13, I remembered.

And oh dammit, it's Friday the 13th now. FREAAAAAAAKIN.

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Congratulations!!! Two more years and you'll celebrate the first decade.

PS: You forgot the NP.

NP nothing (am at work)

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Originally posted by PeterK:
And oh dammit, it's Friday the 13th now. FREAAAAAAAKIN.

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And a lucky one so far, too. Got a free ticket for the LOTR Symphony tonight.

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Originally posted by PeterK:

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to the newest, coolest message boards for movie music! As we've done elsewhere (no specifics!), we will keep the conversations about movie music true. Of course, don't forget to let us know what you are listening to with the "NP" tag!

Here's to good times!

PeterK

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