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Yo dawg I liked yo comment

But what does the surprise own?

Lincoln Center 13. I read the graphic novel last week, I had some issues with it but liked it a lot overall, and I am excited for the movie.

PS: In that video, the pieces used in Watchmen start roughly at 31:45 for Pruit Igoe and 1:07:55 for Prophecies. I think the last film sequence, with the music, is a powerful and haunting metaphor.

The original film that the music in question was taken from (Koyaanisqatsi) is available IN FULL on YouTube, as I found out just last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sps6C9u7ras LEGAL mods, it's put up by MGM Media. Koyaanisqatsi is a total trip. I've seen it probably 30 times (including a spectacular LIVE performance with the film projected behind Philip Glass and the Philip Glass ensemble), and the first time I saw it I was about age 4. My father was obsessed with it, and I am now too. Some may find it pretentious, and in a way it is, but I absolutely love it. I kindof want to see if I can get Philip Glass to sign my dad's copy of the DVD when he comes to my university in April. Oh, and I'm seeing Watchmen in a 12:30 AM Friday showing in downtown Manhattan :).

I heartily agree...and WTF was up with one tuba player flipping another one?

Woowee! This is where I saw my first drum corps show (with the OP I might add). And Cadets are there! Yay! Too bad it's so early in the season, though--it used to be the week or so before finals. Oh well, beggars can't be choosers!

From the other side, Massilon, OH in 2008 was the best drum corps show I've ever been to.

Both Cadets and Cavies have clean-shaven rules. I was once admonished to be more careful and thorough with my shaving by the drum major, who checked everyone out as we lined up before warmups. At least I didn't have to go back on the bus and re-shave. I think most marchers have pics like that. I certainly do. OK, story time. In 2006, there was a tuba feature in the closer. I was at the front of the line was we slid to the right, playing, then at the head of a line as we slid backwards to the left with horns down, then put our horns up to play again. In the move with our horns down, I was 2 steps from the front sideline. At the Indianapolis show in 2006, we got to that part, and there were about 4 photographers there, less than 10 feet in front of me. I saw one that was focused right on me and thought "Yea ##### get some of this! Take a freakin' picture!" as I maxed out that drill move and put my horn up, looking at the cameraman only with my peripheral vision. The result: http://www.joleschorders.com/view_user_pho...mp;FROM=browser

Nick, could you possibly be alluding to the 4 page long big band-style arrangement of "Can't Buy Me Love" that they initially wanted us to do in 2006?

Chow. I lol'd and lol'd

I feel like every brass caption head says "This year's book is the hardest we've ever done/the hardest horn book ever" at some point during the season.

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Seriously, it was a long tone. Keep it in your pants

%#$@#@#! pit...

wow. Worst idea ever.

Nah, it's really not hard at all to stay on your platform.

I came in to make the point about upper bodies. As has been pointed out, even the best-marching Cadets corps pre-2000s had pretty blah upper bodies in terms of presence and arms. The alignment was there for the most part but the arms/shoulders thing just wasn't taught, wasn't on the radar. Comparing 1998 and 2000 Cadets in upper body is pretty striking. I suppose they got it from SCV as some have noted. Going back even further and I've seen some videos of Cadets horn warmups from the 80s and the upper body posture, not just arms and presence but alignment as well (leaning back) would make today's visual staff puke. So things have definitely evolved in stages to where we are today. Some corps still don't emphasize the upper body presence with the big arms (Cavaliers). They don't march very complex drill but I'd say that in both feet and upper body Blue Devils are the best out there today. Their upper bodies are solid but not tense and everyone seems to know exactly how the technique works and how to execute it.

A lot of the buses these days (especially charters) are 58 passenger VanHools.

This is a wonderfully nuanced and subtle contribution to the discussion. You also spelled "Sieg Heil" wrong.

Posted on YEA.org I think it'll be cool. I thought BD's 2008 drum feature, in which the battery traded off with a mic'd drumset, was one of the best parts of the show. New sounds and textures are good.

I've pretty much concluded that narration "works" when it portrays very simple things that are already being obviously depicted in the show (Crown's horsies, Bluecoats '07/'08, Cadets 2007 "rehearsal" segment and a few other parts) and fails when it tries to explore abstract concepts and/or things that aren't already being portrayed directly in the show already (Cadets '07 closer, Cadets 2008, BAC 2004)

I don't see how they could not do the ballad from 2008 (Adagio from Spartacus). That was out of this world.