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Post by youneverknow on Aug 31, 2015 15:05:12 GMT -5
Michael,
I love Taylor's new video...she looks awesome as a brunette.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 7:28:34 GMT -5
Thanks guys! Sorry, I haven't been around much.. I think I'll tell you something that I don't tell many people (aside from the family I live with, no one knows) Along with the CP that you know about I also have a Severe Anxiety/Panic disorder, which flares up from time and when the pain gets extreme I end up having more issues with that, so I kind of go about my days just trying to get through them, which is another reason why Tay is so important to me.. when I was 1st diagnosed in high school, her music is what kind of did/ still has helped me through it.. I probably wouldn't be here right now, if it wasn't for her.. so I'm forever grateful! Anyways, I'm back and trying to get better.. sending you both love! =] Jeff, My dad had a disease called myasthenia gravis. It's another neuromuscular disease. One of his prevailing problems was difficulty swallowing and chewing. It's really tough stuff and it's very, very normal to have panic attacks when you are dealing with a lot of pain and symptoms of a major illness. I can't even imagine how tough many of your days are. When you can make it here, it's a blessing for me and for Michael and for everyone else. You are our Jeff, absolutely perfect as you are and we love you. I completely understand how you feel about Taylor and how her music walks with you through your days and your life. I've always felt that way about the music I love ....about the artists I love. It's why I'm still completely in love with George Strait all these decades later. Sending more of those Texas sized hugs....I have a Texas sized supply of them....just so you know. Jolene A Texas size hug is what we need right about now!!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 7:38:42 GMT -5
Michael, I love Taylor's new video...she looks awesome as a brunette.
Jo...so do I...so do I...so do I !
The set is supposed to be filmed on 8-2-1950...I wonder why that date?
I was just about to look for another artist to follow when this one was laid on us.
The 40's and 50's must have been such a romantic time of which to live...my favorite era.
Remember Faith Hill singing "There You'll Be" on the movie "Pearl Harbor"?
It is my favorite movie ...Taylor's video transports me there. I know that videos are very expensive to make...and to give it to the animals is awesome!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 7:43:09 GMT -5
Jeff and Jo and who ever you know...
Step back in time a bit...then we will fast forward.
Taylor looks a lot like Kate Beckensale as a black headed lady.
I have a signed promo poster of Faith promoting Pearl Harbor...
Enjoy...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 7:50:33 GMT -5
The other night I called my wife and asked if she would kiss Scott Eastwood...
She said yes ...and I hung up.
Later after the release of "Wildest Dreams" video I called he back and asked again...
She said no...and then hung up!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 7:51:34 GMT -5
Hows about one more show for the road???
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Post by youneverknow on Sept 1, 2015 9:41:29 GMT -5
Michael,
i don't know about the date 8/2/1950 but African Queen was released in 1951 so it was probably being filmed in 1950.
Kate was a grand dame who fell for the guy in the movie. Kate caught something while filming the movie in Africa that caused that fine tremor she had the rest of her life. She was also well known for wearing trousers when most women didn't.
Here's a trailer for the movie.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2015 7:15:07 GMT -5
Michael, i don't know about the date 8/2/1950 but African Queen was released in 1951 so it was probably being filmed in 1950. Kate was a grand dame who fell for the guy in the movie. Kate caught something while filming the movie in Africa that caused that fine tremor she had the rest of her life. She was also well known for wearing trousers when most women didn't. Here's a trailer for the movie. What a great movie memory Jo...I need to watch it again. Kinda goes to prove that what was new then is new again!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2015 7:18:26 GMT -5
I have been doing some thinking lately...
I think that in about 30-40 years...
Taylor Swift may be our president...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2015 7:21:48 GMT -5
Our founding fathers designed the office for someone like her.
Check it out:
The Bald Eagle was selected as a symbol for victory for two reasons: First, he isn’t afraid of a storm; he’s strong, and he’s smart enough to soar above it. Secondly, he wears no material crown. We had just broken from the King of England. Also, notice the shield is unsupported. This country can now stand on its own. At the top of the shield there’s a white bar signifying congress, a unifying factor. We were coming together as one nation. In the Eagle's beak you read, “E PLURIBUS UNUM” meaning, “from many – one.”
Above the Eagle, we have the thirteen stars, representing the thirteen original colonies, and any clouds of misunderstanding rolling away. Again, we were coming together as one.
Notice what the Eagle holds in his talons. He holds an olive branch and arrows. This country wants peace, but we will never be afraid to fight to preserve peace. The Eagle always wants to face the olive branch, but in time of war, his gaze turns toward the arrows. An (untrue) old-fashioned belief says that the number 13 is an unlucky number which is almost a worldwide belief. You’ll almost never see a room numbered 13, or any hotels or motels with a 13th floor. But think about this: America, which relies on God (not a number) to direct and lead, boldly chose:
13 original colonies, 13 signers of the Declaration of Independence , 13 stripes on our flag, 13 steps on the pyramid, 13 letters in “Annuit Coeptis,” 13 letters in “E Pluribus Unum,” 13 stars above the eagle, 13 bars on that shield, 13 leaves on the olive branch, 13 fruits, and if you look closely, 13 arrows. And finally, notice the arrangement of the 13 stars in the right-hand circle. You’ll see that they are arranged as a Star of David.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2015 7:26:44 GMT -5
Maybe I should quit thinking and take a nap...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2015 7:27:38 GMT -5
Here is my dream drone!!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2015 7:33:48 GMT -5
So....to make up for the previous ramblings...
And to remind me that all will be just as it should.
Bless all my friends here!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2015 23:00:26 GMT -5
Taylor Swift's 'Wildest Dreams' Video Accused of 'Channeling White Colonialism'
Taylor Swift recently debuted her music video for "Wildest Dreams," co-starring Scott Eastwood, and it is receiving criticism from some media outlets for its content.
The video was shot in an undisclosed location in Africa and directed by Joseph Kahn. It tells the story of two 1950s actors having a relationship while shooting a film in Africa. Jezebel's Madeleine Davies describes the storyline as Old Hollywood meets Out of Africa. "It’s all passion and desire while on location (isn’t it funny how wild things get in Africa?), but once back in Hollywood and shooting on a soundstage, our poor lovelorn colonizers just can’t get it together."
Many outlets have pointed out that the film only depicts wild animals and white people with, as Davies puts it, "bizarrely, nary a black person in sight." The title of a Fader article about the video reads, "Taylor Swift Went To Africa To Film A Music Video And There’s Only White People In It." The Huffington Post, Mic and The Daily Dot criticized Swift for the video.
Huffington Post's Lauren Duca said the video "channels wild colonialism." She wrote, "Instead of the cultural appropriation that has become almost status quo in today's pop music, Swift has opted for the bolder option of actually just embodying the political exploitation of a region and its people."
The Daily Dot's Nico Lang said the video "has a major race problem." Lang said, "For a clip that’s set in Africa -- it’s about as white as a Sunday morning farmer’s market."
"The video wants to have its old-school Hollywood romance but ends up eating some old-school Hollywood racism, too," said Lang, adding, "Just because you represent the past or pay respect to it doesn't mean you need to recreate its worst aspects."
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Post by youneverknow on Sept 3, 2015 9:43:16 GMT -5
Michael, Wonderful concert and videos. I didn't know who Scott Eastwood was until the last article you posted. I'm always behind the times. As for Taylor's video being unpolitically correct for the progressive crowd,......they've been living in their own bubble too long. Out here in the multi-cultural world (where we live), people aren't all focused on the whole black/white thing of decades and centuries past. In the real world, people care that a police officer was shot this past week, here in Houston by a black man all fired up by racist rhetoric. He was at a gas station, filling up his police car when he was gunned down for absolutely no reason other than The color of his uniform. There's an online petition to name the road he was shot on after him (Goforth was his name). There is public plea from the police for the 95% of people who support them to stand up against the racist rhetoric which has now turned to chants of ..."pigs in a blanket, fry 'em like bacon" That's the real world, outside the progressive bubble. I'm past tired of them feeding the hate whites and cops rhetoric. I've spent my life standing up against the Klan. I was there in D C decades ago when A white sniper was shooting and killing blacks because they were black. I was there in Virginia when white guys I worked with starting hanging a noose from the rear view mirror of their trucks. I was there when we got cold called from the Klan looking to expand their membership and spread their hate. I stood up against the Klan then, again a nd again and I would again today. Makes me wonder where these folks who only have reference points for colonialism have been living because it sure as heck wasn't the black neighborhoods we lived in in DC. For them hate seems to be an abstract concept, not something with real consequences. Even when that hate comes from a minority of blacks. I say a minority because it is. A recent survey showed the majority of blacks prefer "all lives matter" not the much touted "black lives matter" You can tell I'm upset today. A good man is being buried today because of the perpetuation of hate. My feeling is that most people, no matter the color of their skin,grieve long with me. Colonialism is BS. It will become progressively more B S as we become even less white as a nation because I can tell you right now, other minority races aren't politically invested in white guilt. That won't fly much longer. Progressives will have to find a new crutch to prop up their hate.
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