From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se Subject: blakes7-d Digest V00 #201 X-Loop: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se X-Mailing-List: archive/volume00/201 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se Reply-To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain blakes7-d Digest Volume 00 : Issue 201 Today's Topics: Re: [B7L] Revolutions past Re: [B7L] Revolutions past Re: Telegram [was Re: [B7L] Revolutions past] Re: [B7L] Re: winspit quarry trip Re: [B7L] Re: winspit quarry trip [B7L] Re: potential Gareth Thomas sighting Re: [B7L] Revolutions past Re: [B7L] Revolutions past Re: Telegram [was Re: [B7L] Revolutions past] Re: [B7L] Better late than never [B7L] Re: The Actor Speaks CD--review [B7L] Dawn on Discovery [B7L] Fw: Unsubscribe [B7L] Fw: Unsubscribe [B7L] Fw: Unsubscribe [B7L] Fw: Unsubscribe [B7L] Fw: Unsubscribe [B7L] Fw: Unsubscribe [B7L] Fw: Unsubscribe [B7L] Fw: Unsubscribe [B7L] Fw: Unsubscribe [B7L] Fw: Unsubscribe [B7L] Fw: Unsubscribe [B7L] Fw: Unsubscribe ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 01:52:17 +0100 From: "Julie Horner" To: Subject: Re: [B7L] Revolutions past Message-ID: <00bf01bfed2d$d57b44c0$508ebc3e@orac> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Una McCormack" > I want to know if the Queen Mum is going to get a telegram >from the Queen when she turns 100. Don't you mean *if*. There's still a few weeks to go. Do you suppose they will let her eat any fish between now and then? Julie Horner ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:02:05 +0100 From: "Una McCormack" To: Subject: Re: [B7L] Revolutions past Message-ID: <022001bfed93$b7ee33c0$0d01a8c0@codex> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Julie: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Una McCormack" > > > I want to know if the Queen Mum is going to get a telegram > >from the Queen when she turns 100. > > Don't you mean *if*. There's still a few weeks to go. > Do you suppose they will let her eat any fish between > now and then? "Here, Ma, have a salmon sandwich." Una ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:09:55 -0400 From: Harriet Monkhouse <101637.2064@compuserve.com> To: "Blake's 7 (Lysator)" Subject: Re: Telegram [was Re: [B7L] Revolutions past] Message-ID: <200007141010_MC2-AC35-3E4D@compuserve.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Fiona wrote: >I'd heard they'd given up doing those telegrams cos >there are too many centuagenarians out there. Something still happens, though I think someone has to notify the palace, they don't go out of their way to look for them. And I think it may be a special card rather than a telegram as such. Anyway, the Queen has presumably noticed her mother's birthday is coming up. Harriet ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:57:45 -0400 From: "Dana Shilling" To: "b7" Subject: Re: [B7L] Re: winspit quarry trip Message-ID: <01e101bfeda4$054fd280$1e694e0c@dshilling> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kathryn said: > > How many Aussies are there on this list?? > At least four. > you, me, Joanne, Ross... > I assume Lindley is no longer with us, and hasn't been for a while. Australians are also amazingly productive publishers--I was struck by the number of Alternate Universe stories on the invaluable zine lists, until I realized that in this context AU meant a zine published in Australia.... -(Y) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 16:44:23 +0100 From: Nicola Collie To: Lysator Subject: Re: [B7L] Re: winspit quarry trip Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Minnie said: >Life is so unfair. :( I read all this and hear about the UK people >meeting actors and such, and im stuck down here!! Any cons coming down >under in future?? :) >How many Aussies are there on this list?? Well, you could do what I did :) I'm a Kiwi, and first subscribed while still living in NZ. Couldn't stand the con-envy any more, so I moved. (Actually, that's not the real reason, but it's more interesting ;) ) Nicola ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 12:06:34 EDT From: JEB31538@cs.com To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Re: potential Gareth Thomas sighting Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I hope every GT fan in Australia will manage/has managed to catch the "Legal Man" music video. (I'm really hazy about the time difference--plus I'm on digest so I get everything late.) I absolutely loved it. My only complaint is that I wish there had been more Gareth in the music video. Now we know that Gareth can dance. Joyce ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 18:28:20 +0100 From: "Neil Faulkner" To: "b7" Subject: Re: [B7L] Revolutions past Message-ID: <000201bfedb9$396f6e80$e535fea9@neilfaulkner> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Ellynne G. > > Oh. I thought it was because they won your Revolution for you and > > you've > > never acknowledged it:) > > > Now, now, Neil. At Yorktown, the British tried to surrender to the > French instead of the Americans and the French wouldn't hear of it. Far > be it from any of us to insult such a gracious gesture by refusing it at > this late date. What I was referring to, in typically elliptical fashion, was the way the political complexities of the American War of Independence tend to be reduced to patriotic simplicities. The French contribution tends to get overlooked. As does Britain's reliance on German mercenaries (they wanted an army of Cossacks, but Catherine the Great backtracked at the last minute). And the way France, Spain and Holland ganged up on Britain in a worldwide colonial war, making the AWI just one theatre in a global conflict. Not that it's a period I know a great deal about or have any pressing interest in, but I think it illustrates the way things tend to be a lot more complex than they are presented. I would expect Blake's rebellion to be similar in that regard, but the series typically failed to present us with anything like that level of complexity. It's far easier to chant "Two world wars and one world cup" than to face the fact that Britain has fought three world wars and failed to win any of them. Neil ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 18:38:32 +0100 From: "Una McCormack" To: "b7" Subject: Re: [B7L] Revolutions past Message-ID: <030001bfedba$5986a700$0d01a8c0@codex> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Neil wrote: > It's far easier to chant "Two world > wars and one world cup" than to face the fact that Britain has fought three > world wars and failed to win any of them. I take it we're not including the Napoleonic wars in that particular tally? Una ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 17:56:55 +0200 From: Jacqueline Thijsen To: "Blake's 7 (Lysator)" Subject: Re: Telegram [was Re: [B7L] Revolutions past] Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20000714175547.00a7b370@pop3.wish.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 16:09 14-7-00, Harriet Monkhouse wrote: >Anyway, the Queen has presumably noticed her mother's birthday is coming up. It's probably on the birthday calendar in her bathroom. Jacqueline ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 20:06:24 +0200 From: Jacqueline Thijsen To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Better late than never Message-Id: <4.3.1.0.20000714200320.00a7ed00@pop3.wish.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 19:42 13-7-00, J MacQueen wrote: >Murray may be sorry after this that he mentioned this actual hotel a few >weeks back. Been working on this to keep my mind off other things. Wasn't >working, people, but here goes: > >Hotel Terra Nostra >(tune: Hotel California) Thanks Joanne. Hotel California is one of my favorite tunes and now that you've pointed it out, it fits beautifully with Shadow. Jacqueline ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 09:48:09 +0100 (BST) From: Judith Proctor To: Lysator List cc: Freedom City Subject: [B7L] Re: The Actor Speaks CD--review Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII On Thu 13 Jul, JEB31538@cs.com wrote: > I am surprised that I've not seen any reviews for Gareth Thomas's audio CD > THE ACTOR SPEAKS, Vol. 1, which is put out by Mark Thompson, the creator of > the SOLDIERS OF LOVE audio CD 10 part series. I just received my copy > yesterday and listened to it this morning. But I know those of you who > attended the autograph session on July 1st would have had almost two weeks to > listen and post reviews. Well I'm one of the people selling it and I always think reviews by sellers are a little bit suspect. Thus I was waiting for someone else. I've got three spare signed copies, so the first three people to request those with an order may have them. (Obviously, it's not a personalised autograph) > > This review won't be very complete and detailed as I don't want to spoil it > for you. However, I will say that it is very entertaining and it makes me > want to listen to my SOLDIERS OF LOVE CDs 3-6 which I haven't listened to > yet. (So far, July 2000, SOL has only gotten up to CD 6 of the 10 part > series.) I think EVERY Gareth Thomas fan should buy this CD. If you're not > a Thomas fan, I really don't know how much you'd like the CD. Maybe someone > who is isn't a Gareth fan should get the CD and evaluate it? I wouldn't have thought it would have much appeal to a non-Gareth fan - except NIck Courtney fans. Mind you, to any fan of Soldiers of love, it has to be worth it for Hywel's bit - I found that to be worth the price of the CD on its own. > The first track is the most interesting one for me as it involves an > interviewer talking to Gareth and to Mark. Mark produces SOLDIERS IN LOVE, > the 10 part comedy sci-fi series that Gareth acts in, Gareth portraying three > characters so far. This 15 minute track involves Gareth's views on Roj Blake > which are slightly different from Mark's. Gareth does see Blake as both a > freedom fighter and, also, someone who was becoming a fanatic by the end of > second season. He talks about what he imagines might have been Blake's > background. Gareth has some rather different ideas about Blake's family, and > he, also, talks about his own father briefly. There were some new thoughts here - I did like Gareth's ideas on Blake's father, though I will always disagree with Gareth's belief as to why B7 became a cult. > > Track 3 (20 minutes) has Gareth and Mark talking about both Blake's 7 and > Soldiers of Love. Gareth in SOL plays the villain Nermal, the gay camp > Welshman Hywel who's an unsung hero, and the computer ANET in the sendup of > Blake's 7 that appears in SOL which is a Galactovision TV series called > Jake's Heaven. ANET is the Zen character in Jake's Heaven. This chat is > really informative and Gareth throws in several tidbits about projects he > done recently. I enjoyed this section. Probably because Hywel kept sneaking in. As Mark said "I think there's three of us in this interview." > > Track 4 (10 minutes) is Gareth doing a monologue as Hywel Hammond. The gay > Welsh lilt is charming. I enjoyed this segment so much that I seriously > began to regret having loaned my SOL CDs to a friend. I was impressed with > Mark Thompson's writing of this segment, too. Being an ex-English teacher, I > really got a huge kick out of the segment where Hywel remembers his > teacher--and not very fondly. He got a C- on his Roman orgy paper. This is the bit I really enjoyed. Not mad commedy, just gentle humour. Not nearly as adult as most of the SOL universe either. This particular monologue may work for those who wouldn't normally want to listen to Soldiers of Love because of the level of adult humour. (I won't say there's none, but it isn't a main focus) Hywel, for those who don't know him, is a gentle soul - the kind of man who wouldn't harm a fly, but is very protective of those he loves. In an odd sort of way, he is one of life's innocents. He's gay, but because that is an integral part of himself it is not something that he would concieve of feeling guitly about. I think he's about 58, but there is a child's delight in him - he takes a joy in life. I'm probably over-analysing the character, but I liked him instantly the first time I heard him and it's taken me time to work out why. There's no malice in Hywel - a little like Gareth himself. > > The final segment, 6, is only five minutes long, and I really wanted it to be > much much longer. It's "The Children of Nylon," an actual advert for Jake's > Heaven that is really hilarious. For those of you not familiar with SOL (and > that includes me), ANET (Gareth) is a computer who gives his information like > a Gregorian chant. The more B7 you know, the funnier this is. Bad jokes abound. The final pun was so excruciatingly bad that I almost ripped it off for a convention fancy dress show. Wonderfully groan-inducing. > If you're a Gareth Thomas fan, there is no doubt that you should get this CD. > I'd hope that any Blake's 7 fan would probably enjoy the CD simply because of > the comments about Blake and the B7 parody. I think my only regret was that it didn't include any Shakespeare. I would have loved to have a recording of Gareth doing a soliquy or maybe a little bit of Dylan Thomas. JUdith -- http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7 - Fanzines for Blake's 7, B7 Filk songs, pictures, news, Conventions past and present, Blake's 7 fan clubs, Gareth Thomas, etc. (also non-Blake's 7 zines at http://www.knightwriter.org ) Redemption '01 23-25 Feb 2001 http://www.smof.com/redemption/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 20:13:45 +0200 From: "Marian de Haan" To: Subject: [B7L] Dawn on Discovery Message-ID: <003501bfedbf$403ded80$89ee72c3@marian-de-haan.multiweb.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It seems that a clip from B7 was recently shown on the Discovery channel here in the Netherlands. I haven't seen it myself, but when I was visiting my sister yesterday she told me that she'd seen "that guy that for some unfathomable reason you're so mad about" on television. It took me about fifteen minutes to get the facts from her [she isn't very articulate except when commenting on my taste in men :-)] but it seems to have been in the second part of the "Mysteries of the Universe" series, which was about black holes. The B7 clip they used showed the crew being at the point of getting sucked into a black hole, so it must have been from Dawn of the Gods. For confirmation I asked my sister if she'd noticed any skin-tight red leather trousers but that caused just a blank stare. :-) Apparently it was a very short clip. Still, since I gather that the Discovery programs are broadcast internationally, (and get repeated often) I thought I'd mention it. 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