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Post by Rick on May 4, 2007 15:54:31 GMT -5
Neal Boortz's Somebody's Gotta Say It.
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Post by Rick on Mar 2, 2007 22:15:21 GMT -5
Simon Scarrow's The Eagle and the Wolves, the third novel in his series about the Roman Legions.
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Post by Rick on Jan 31, 2006 20:17:23 GMT -5
I probably like historical fiction best, having read (several times each) all the Kenneth Roberts books except for Northwest Passage. Right now I'm working my way through the Jack Aubrey series, having just finished The Far Side of the World.
Trying to keep up with popular culture, in recent years I read the Lord of the Rings trilogy (so I'd know what was going on when seeing the film versions). I've given the Harry Potter books the same treatment, and I read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe prior to seeing that film.
Just started reading Jeff Shaara's World War I novel, To the Last Man. After that comes J.R. Edmondson's The Alamo Story. Both were Christmas gifts.
After that, I'm open to suggestions.
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Post by Rick on Jul 24, 2006 21:00:15 GMT -5
For those of you in the East San Gabriel Valley Area, ONE DOMINGO MORNING is still available at the COVINA BOOK STORE, located in beautiful Downtown Covina at 234 N. Citrus Avenue, Covina, CA 91723 (626)966-7434 For the trivia-minded, Downtown Covina doubled for Roswell, New Mexico in the television series, ROSWELL. It does look a bit like Roswell's main drag, but they need to lose those hills in the background. Rick
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Post by Rick on Mar 7, 2008 17:53:48 GMT -5
I'm working my way through my copy. Just finished the section on the church. Ol' Mark -- he done good!!
I wonder if he has any behind-the-scenes photos of his model, particularly some shots of Gary Foreman taking the photos that appeared in the book.
I'm curious how Gary got those ground-level angles of the rooms in the church. I understand there's a trap door or something in the middle of the model's plaza that you could pop up through to get low-angle shots of the interior of the compound.
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Post by Rick on Feb 22, 2008 16:51:35 GMT -5
Just had word from Amazon they have mailed me Mark Lemon's new book. Ditto! ETA: Feb. 29.
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Post by Rick on Jun 1, 2007 20:57:28 GMT -5
Which Alamo book would you guys recommend a newbie to start with? Should it be Lord´s A Time To Stand, despite some errors in the book? Apart from Lord´s book, which one would be the best to choose? There are so many great ones. I started out with A Time to Stand and Lon Tinkle's 13 Days to Glory. John Myers Myers' The Alamo also is a good oldie. More recently, I can recommend Jack Edmondson's The Alamo Story, Steve Hardin's Texas Iliad, and every book on the subject written by Frank Thompson and Bill Chermerka. Don't waste your time with Jeff Long's Duel of Eagles. Though thoroughly researched and well-written, Long was far too judgmental and went out of his way to hate everybody he wrote about. Novels: Try Ned Huthmacher's One Domingo Morning and Steve Harrigan's The Gates of the Alamo. Hope these suggestions help.
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Post by Rick on May 7, 2007 17:03:25 GMT -5
I managed to pick up an excellent book at this years symposium entitled, "Alamo Village" by John Farkis. It is a very interesting look at how the entire set was built for the Dukes classic, some great phots of the various stages of construction and very informative text, I was also lucky enough to get it signed by the author. John is a good fella. And he knows his stuff.
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Post by Rick on Feb 18, 2008 18:42:21 GMT -5
Driving through west Texas as often as I have, I'm always surprised and wondering why, in one of these west Texas towns, there is a billboard to visit the Davy Crockett monument, wondering why there is a statue of Davy so far west of San Antonio, since he never, as far as I know, made it west of San Antonio. I'm sure you mean this statue located on the main square in the big town of Ozona, Texas -- which is in Crockett County.
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Post by Rick on Mar 21, 2008 20:21:28 GMT -5
One of my favorites, mostly because of Lee Marvin's performance and the dialogue.
When Wayne and Marvin first mix it up, the latter grabs a bottle to throw at Wayne, who yells, "Not the brandy, you dope!"
Marvin answers, "Sorry!" Then throws something else.
Elizabeth Allan passed away last year, I believe.
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Post by Rick on Mar 21, 2008 20:45:23 GMT -5
I still can't watch the final fight between Wayne and Bruce Dern, especially when the latter starts shooting the former.
Years ago on The Tonight Show, Dern talked about the filming of this scene and how roughed-up he got by Wayne.
He said something like "I'm 6-2 but I only weigh 165 pounds. Wayne's 6-4 and weighed like 265 at the time, and he threw me all over the place. Hurt my back so bad I had to start seeing a chiropractor."
Dern also said after one take of the scene where he shoots Wayne over and over, he and Duke were sitting in their chairs waiting for the lights or something to be rest, and Wayne said to him, "When this (picture) comes out, they're gonna hate yooouuuu."
Meaning the fans would hate Dern for so viciously beating up/killing Wayne. And Dern played meanies so well.
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Post by Rick on Mar 21, 2008 20:30:46 GMT -5
My all-time favorite John Wayne scene:
"Fill yore hand, you sonofabitch!"
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Post by Rick on Mar 21, 2008 20:25:07 GMT -5
Wayne was one of a kind.
My dad, while in the service during World War II, met Wayne and Ward Bond once -- the one time, he told me, he regretted not having his camera with him.
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Post by Rick on Mar 25, 2008 21:20:14 GMT -5
Greg, I'm about halfway through chasing these down. Some of 'em were easy (Bless you).
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Post by Rick on Mar 15, 2008 17:52:53 GMT -5
So, how are ya'll coming along with those answers? Ver-r-r-r-r-r-r-y-y-y-y slowly -- it's gonna take some digging.
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Post by Rick on Mar 11, 2008 15:34:43 GMT -5
Mexico has at least two Big Holidays: Cinco de Mayo and 16 de Septiembre. I can't recall exactly what each one celebrates.
What's funny -- and even sad in some ways -- is that Mexico as a general rule doesn't make a big fuss on either day. But Texas does. It even out-Mexicos Mexico, especially in the news media.
Equally sad, many Texas newspapers make a bigger deal out of May 5 and Sept. 16 than they do March 2, March 6 or April 21.
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Post by Rick on Jan 10, 2008 22:49:55 GMT -5
My memory is kinda fuzzy on this. Is January 10th some sort of holiday that everyone's off celebrating somewhere, except me? I help two relatives celebrate birthdays each Jan. 10. One of my nephews turns 27 and my uncle turns 79.
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Post by Rick on Dec 20, 2007 16:53:22 GMT -5
I'm postin' from home, the Woodstock soundtrack is playin' on my computer, and Country Joe McDonald is fixin' to do the F-I-S-H cheer in a few minutes.
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Post by Rick on Feb 19, 2008 21:48:19 GMT -5
Sometimes I'm listed as a guest because I'm too lazy to log in or don't have anything to say.
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Post by Rick on Mar 6, 2008 15:17:03 GMT -5
Getting into the St. Patrick's Day mood by changing the board highlight color to green for the next few weeks. A-HA! So THAT'S why you changed the color. I was wondering . . . .
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