Spielberg’s version of "War Horse" Fails

I should have liked this movie and I admit, I'm a bit angry that I didn't. 

I found tears rolling down my cheek during this movie, not because of the sentimentality forced into its every minute by director Steven Spielberg, but because Spielberg misses the point of Michael Morpurgo’s book War Horse.... For my full review on Animalbytes.net

We Got Our Spooky On!! Ghosts of the Internet 5!! Listen!

Thanks to EveryBODY Who Came to Read and Sent in 

Pre-Recorded Stories for the 5th Annual Ghosts of the Internet Radio Podcast!!

     

Thanks to Douglas Welch From Welchwrite.com for The Photos!

      

Ghosts of the Internet 2011

raised our spirits! 

Here's a link to the itunes podcast recordings!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ghosts-of-the-internet/id294391388

click above! 

Listen and download to itunes.

Or Download a copy from talkshoe.com !

{Right Click the blue Download button when you get to the web page}

AZAD Los Angeles 2012 Conference Welcomes You!

Check Out The Association of Zoo and Aquarium Docents  {AZAD} 2012 conference promo video produced by Eclipse-1 Media 



Music by Michael Lawshe for Eclipse-1 Media

3 Radio Shows "Prelude to Revolution" Part 1, 2 and 3

History Unfolds - 3 Radio Shows 

"Prelude to Revolution" Part 1, 2 and 3

July 4th 2011- Live your Liberty, don't lose it in a History Book

Keri and I invite you again to listen to the three live dramatic "radio play" podcasts based upon letters and documents from the lead up to the American Declaration of Independence. You can hear readings from our nation's past which directly reflect upon our nation's present and future.

Listen or Download on iTunes

 

OR

 

You can Click below to listen streaming from our site at

Eclipse-1.com:

Part 1 Prelude to a Revolution

Released Jul 02, 2007

Part 2 Spring 1775, The Cost of Liberty

Released Sep 23, 2007

 
Part 3 "Our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor"

Released Jun 30, 2008

 

 

We began these series of live dramatized readings three years ago as our Nation approached it's "birthday". It struck us that the situations and the causes of the American Revolution were as alive today as they had been to our countries' forefathers:

Polarization of political speech, leaders quashing dissent in the press, the imprisonment or detaining of persons without trial or hearing, and the removing of "undesirable persons" to offshore prisons.

The political climate may be changing, but :

"The cause of America and of liberty is the cause of every virtuous American Citizen Whatever may be his Religion or his descent, the United Colonies know no distinction, but such as Slavery, Corruption and Arbitrary Domination may create. Come then ye generous Citizens, range yourselves under the Standard of general Liberty, against which all the force and Artifice of Tyranny will never be able to prevail. I am,
Go Washington"

As people around the world struggle for representative governments, let us not forget that our own democracy was born of decades of economic and violent unrest. The course of freedom seldom runs smoothly. May those who seek the rights of self-expression, self-governance, and liberty find in the voices here, words to encourage their own endeavors.

You can also click here to listen directly on your computer or to download the high quality .mp3 files from talkshoe.com

http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/13936

These shows were written and directed By Keri Dearborn and Michael Lawshe 

of Eclipse-1.com - Making New Media for a Bold World

Special Thanks to Douglas Welch of Welchwrite.com

“Cookies and More” Holiday Special — We want your stories, recipes, advice and more

From Douglas Welch


“Cookies and More” Holiday Special — We want your stories, recipes, advice and more

Douglas Welch cookies 2010

Each year I make over 80 dozen cookies and candies for our annual Cookie Party. After 15+ years of putting this party together, I have collected a lot of cookie stories, recipes and advice.

This year, I am putting together “Cookies and More for the Holidays” — a New Media special full of holiday reminiscences, recipes, cookie baking tips and more… and I would like you to be a part of it

Cookies and More Holiday Special
A Holiday Special from WelchWrite.com
There are several ways to participate:

• Join us live in the “studio” to talk cookies
  
• Call in live via Skype or other online media
  
• Record your story, recipe, question or advice via voice mail by calling 818-804-5049
  
• Post an audio or video clip to YouTube and send us the link
  
• Email your story, recipe, question or advice to cookies@welchwrite.com

I am planning producing the show in mid-December, right after I have finished up all my baking for the party and reminded myself again about all the joys, trials, tips and hints of cookie baking for the holidays.
Start thinking of what you would like to add to this special. You can start sending in your emails, audio and video immediately. If you have any questions, send them cookies@welchwrite.com.

“I Can See Sound” by David Lynch - Review

Can you see sound?

Yes, if you listen to David Lynch’s latest CD “I Can See Sound.”

This is the thematic music of life. Rich melodies brimming with heart and an honest invitation to experience an audio vision. Lynch offers a mixture of romp and contemplation, songs that will cause you to stop what you are doing, listen and experience.

I’ve always been a fan of David’s evocative guitar pieces. He creates movement and place with just a few strings, but with this new CD he has discarded any pretense and opened up his audio soul. He has reworked “Marianne’s Wedding” and “Mahatma” and taken them down a fresh path. 

Is it Country? No. Blues? No. Classical guitar? No. Images of these genres dance through Lynch’s music, but these songs will not be pigeonholed. He calls it “California Bluegrusion.” Is this music inclusive? Yes. Emotionally rich? Yes. Musically complex? Yes, but with an ability to dance with your ear?

When my husband put on this CD I was deeply engaged in work. But David’s guitar extended a hand to me and lead me to the playground where his intelligent and unexpected lyrics painted sound images. Who would have thought that the line “You brown my onions,” could be so sensual?

David Lynch you have given me a visual note of your true self and a new favorite CD. Now I can see sound.

Go see sound for yourself and listen at davidlynchmusic.com

"Gunn's Golden Rules" Review

Looking for a gift book or a small volume to read during holiday travel? May I suggest Tim Gunn's Gunn's Golden Rules; Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work, Gallery Books (A Division of Simon & Schuster), 2010.

When Tim Gunn appears in the workroom on cable's Project Runway, you can always look forward to his design insight and creative influence to inspire the show's contestant designers to reach their fullest potential. With his new book, Tim offers readers an honest look at the modern world, especially the New York fashion world he knows so well. With the skill of an experienced teacher, he provides examples of how to be a polite adult and how to fail miserably. 

One of the attributes that has made Tim Gunn an asset to Project Runway and the numerous television and corporate entities that he collaborates with is his constructive honesty. This book is humorous (and scandalous at times), but it is also completely open and personally candid from an industry that is based on facade. Whether writing about creative inspiration, the pitfalls of technology or "taking the high road," Gunn's Golden Rules offers thought provoking tales in the form of a delightful romp.

Read this book for the fun of it, for the inspiration to be a better you and for the relief of knowing even Tim Gunn has a mother that won't listen to him.

Movie Review - 127 Hours

If you only have time and resources to see one movie this holiday weekend, brace yourself and experience 127 Hours.

Director Danny Boyle as taken movie making to a new height. This film is engaging, experiential and evocative. The visuals are eloquent and realistic. It isn't the blood that is unnerving, it is James Franco's portrayal of an everyman character making a choice we're not sure we could make. If there is a short list for the Oscars, Franco should be on that list.

Boyle also does what too few movie directors do well, he shapes his world with sound–music that provides character and pulse, the whisper of place and the dramatic sound of silence. Boyle allows his sound designers to employ an audio palette that startlingly conveys the agony of severing a physical nerve. Will you cringe? Yes. But there is no gratuitous violence to your senses, just raw honesty.

If you're looking for an extreme entertainment ride, the action and the music will take you there. But if you are willing to dive in deeper and hold on tight, Boyle will take you to a world of self discovery.

The real-life story of Aron Ralston's five-day ordeal trying to free himself from a boulder that pinned his arm to a canyon wall is more than a story of personal challenge. Boyle has molded Ralston's unique experience into a metaphor for the isolation most of us feel in modern society and the solitary way we try to face our personal trials.


Whatever your intimate struggle–joblessness, illness, emotional loss–none of us are alone and we all need help. See this movie. Let yourself take the visual, audio, emotional and physical ride with 127 Hours. It does what only the best movies can do, it delivers every viewer to their own personal destination. Oscars Take Note. - Keri Dearborn
Link to the trailer.