[Elements] 070128

Sun Jan 28 15:29:04 GMT 2007

ELEMENTS		SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 2007

[ftp://amarok.huntingdon.edu/]
[Church Music]
[Oldfield themes on You Tube]
[Space Movie DVD] (3)
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:35:26 -0600
From: Rick Bruner <rbruner at huntingdon.edu>
Subject: Re: [Amarok] ftp://amarok.huntingdon.edu/

Paul (and all others who may be curious),

I was forced to change the server name a couple of months ago when I
moved the server to a new machine.  At least for another few days, the
server can be accessed by going to ftp://static18.huntingdon.edu.
Hopefully by the start of February the files will be accessible by going
to either static18 *or* amarok.

If there are problems, please let me know!

Rick

Rick Bruner, Director
Technology Support Services
Huntingdon College - Montgomery AL
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:58:56 -0500
From: Rob Miles <sledgehammer at compuserve.com>
Subject: [Amarok] Church Music

Hello everyone

Some of the more elderly Amarokers might have noticed how much less I fill
the pages of the mailing list these days. This is because I gave up my
comfortable job teaching in a middle-class school to rough it in the
cities, turning around failing departments and under-achieving schools.
Naturally, this has meant more stress, no spare time and a massive increase
in the level of job satisfaction. So it goes.

My most recent move, this month, has been into a Church of England school
in Portsmouth. I probably shouldn't tell you the name of the school, but
just look at the bottom of the national league tables and you'll see it.
Being a church school that follows the missionary ethos of providing
education to the poor and deprived, and myself being an assistant
headteacher, it was my job this week to run five religious assemblies on
the subject of the Holocaust.

I decided to begin each assembly with a powerpoint showing images from the
horror with just a musical soundtrack as a background. Now, I was SURE I
had two copies of Schubert's String Quintet in my house, but both seemed to
have been leant out. Gorecki's Third would not have been appropriate for
the audience. I settled for the pre-production version of 'Broad Sunlit
Uplands' (to lose the harmonica and gain the Churchill).

The message of the assembly was based on those heroes and heroines who
risked (and often lost) their lives to help the victims of the Nazis- a
positive candle in a cathedral of darkness. The music was absolutely
perfect.

This has not been the first time I've used Mike's music in my job, but it
was by far the most satisfactory. And these tough, hard-hearted,
unforgiving little buggers actually applauded!

So Mike's music really does shine in dark places.

Rob

:-)?
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From: Albert Lugtmeyer <moog at live.nl>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:51:07 +0100
Subject: [Amarok] Oldfield themes on You Tube

Hi,This is my very first post on the Amarok mailinglist.I am a great fan of 
Oldfield and as a musician I like to plays Oldfield themes very much.He's 
one of the reasons for me to become a musician.I try to collect some of his 
gear used in his albums.I put some clips on You Tube of me playing some 
Oldfield themes.I would love to hear some response from you.My reason for 
putting this clips online is for people to see how some themes are played 
on the keyboard.the link to my You Tube page is: 
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Synctuary  Many Regards, Luftmeister
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More posts on the Space Movie:

From: Calum Benson <calum.lists at iol.ie>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:05:21 +0000
Subject: Re: [Amarok] Space Movie DVD

On 20 Jan 2007, at 12:41, Svend Åge Petersen wrote:

<snip>

NTSC format by the looks of it, just in case any PAL-only folks are
tempted...
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From: "wolf" <wolfies at fastmail.fm>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:57:07 +1100
Subject: Re: [Amarok] Space Movie DVD

Australian Amarokers of a certain age should remember this from its many
screenings on ABC television in the mid- 70's..(or was it the early
80's?). From memory there is a really beautiful section featuring a
space walk with the hymn to Diana from Incantations
beneath....mmmm..tasty!

my ancient Sony WEGA has a NTSC on PAL feature - lucky old wolf, eh?

also I'm thinking it's a pity the music wasn't reworked because Magellan
would have worked a treat under some of those rocket blasts :D

w.
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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:49:12 +0100 (MET)
From: "NACHO17 at telefonica.net" <NACHO17 at telefonica.net>
Subject: Re: [Amarok] Space Movie DVD

I forgot to mention, that in David's blog you can see a reference to
all these (in Spanish!)

http://www.lacoctelera.com/mikeoldfield/post/2005/12/08/the-space-
movie-musica-desde-estrellas

Regards
Nacho

----Mensaje original----

<snip>

I've got the original American old VHS issue, an it runs for 82
minutes.

Regards
Nacho

----Mensaje original----
De: philipbendall at mac.com
Recibido: 23/01/2007 3:15
Asunto: Re: [Amarok] Space Movie DVD

I wrote:

 > What is also interesting about this DVD is that it is 80 minutes long
 > ("the Directors Cut"). If my rusty cogs recall correctly, the
 > original was 60 or 65 minutes long.

Notes to self: Always Google to check facts before posting. Oil cogs.

It would seem that the original had a running time of 70 minutes.

Philip
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