Friday, July 8, 2016
"Pushing My Buttons" - Breaking Away
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED:
7/30/11, 10:03 AM
"Breaking Away" has been one of my favorite movies since middle school. It's very real and believable. I had a crush on Jackie Earle Haley for years after seeing him portray "Moocher". Apparently he reprised the role on the tv series version of the movie which I've never seen.
I'm selling this button on eBay for the time being. If you are interested in it, send me a message. Hopefully soon we're going to be adding my buttons to our online store called Kick Bright Zine Shop.
I've been making buttons since 2002 and have been collecting a little before that. I just wanted to display my favorite bands and movies without having to wear a print shirt. I definitely don't have anything against those, I just have so few that fit me well. I've never been a big basic t-shirt fan.
This blog will be about my making, collecting and selling of buttons.
I've been making buttons since 2002 and have been collecting a little before that. I just wanted to display my favorite bands and movies without having to wear a print shirt. I definitely don't have anything against those, I just have so few that fit me well. I've never been a big basic t-shirt fan.
This blog will be about my making, collecting and selling of buttons.
I already have another blog here called "Netflix Retrieving Screen". Check it out!
"Re-Scorn: The Re-scoring Of Television and Films" testing the waters/The Wonder Years
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED:
9/24/14, 10:51 AM
Pacific Daylight Time
I don't know if there's already a site dedicated to this sort of thing. There's whosampled.com which traces the millions of songs that have appeared in other songs, sampled. That's a great website, but I haven't noticed one yet that examined the soundtracks of film and television in their original glory and sometimes bizarre re-scoring.
What is re-scoring? It's when the original score or music is replaced in a tv show or film due to money and music rights issues, among many other reasons. It can really damage a mood that was originally intended by the filmmakers.
For example, upon watching TV, there's a repeating infomercial for the long awaited "The Wonder Years" series. I've heard that it was released overseas, but not here in America where it was made. The music rights have held it back because there is a massive soundtrack of 1960s songs that they may not have written in a contract considering the DVD releases, or even possibly syndication. The thing is, you don't know how a show will turn out, if it'll succeed or not, so these details aren't always worked out, especially with older series and films. That's my guess anyway, I'm not an expert, just a nerd that notices this stuff. haha.
Sometime last year, with much excitement, "The Wonder Years" was available to watch on Netflix instant streaming. Upon watching it, you can immediately tell that not all the music rights were worked out and thus the show was re-scored with different, pale imitations of the original songs, or replaced with stock music. Like a punch in the face, the opening theme, originally Joe Cocker's cover of The Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends" is covered by someone else. Really poorly I might add. I also recall hearing something that was supposed to resemble "Blackbird" by The Beatles, but just sounded like someone mumbling it and trailing off. haha.
I couldn't seem to get the YouTube link to work here for the re-scored cover of the theme (which is also the overseas version I've read), so click HERE!
This is a paragraph from Wikipedia about the soundtrack:
Home video releases[edit]
For many years, The Wonder Years remained unreleased on DVD as official season box sets, allegedly due to music licensing issues.[33] Because of this issue, The Wonder Years routinely appeared high on the list of TV shows in-demand for a DVD release.[34][35][36] Some episodes of the series were included in two official "best-of" DVD sets (The Best of The Wonder Years and The Christmas Wonder Years) without the original music.[35][37] Anchor Bay also released two volumes (four episodes total) on VHS in 1997.[38]
In a blog update on the Netflix website on March 30, 2011,[39] and a press release issued the next day,[40] Netflix stated that they would be addingThe Wonder Years to their instant streaming service. The other three 20th Century Fox series noted as part of the deal were added to the Watch Instantly service by April 2,[41][42][43] while The Wonder Years remained unavailable. On October 1, 2011,[44] 114 full-length episodes of the series were added to Netflix streaming. The clip show from the end of Season 4, which was released on DVD, has not been included.[45]
On September 26, 2011, it was announced that Amazon Prime's streaming video service would be adding The Wonder Years, describing the series as "available on digital video for the first time",[46] although Netflix added the series ahead of Amazon's release. All 115 episodes (including the clip show) became available to Prime members starting October 6, 2011.[47]
On both digital streaming services, portions of the soundtrack have been replaced. The show's opening theme, Joe Cocker's rendition of The Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends," has been replaced on Netflix[48] and Amazon with the version of the song that played in the UK and other overseas airings. The majority of the show's soundtrack remains unchanged. Songs such as "Light My Fire" by The Doors and "Foxy Lady" by Jimi Hendrix have been replaced by generic sound-alikes with different lyrics.
On February 11, 2014, StarVista/Time-Life announced the upcoming DVD release of the complete series in the second half of the year, noting that they were "painstakingly securing the rights for virtually every song."[49] On June 11, packaging details for complete set were revealed. The packaging will consist of a miniature school locker featuring a replica yearbook with signatures from cast members, behind-the-scenes photos and classic show memorabilia. Also included are two notebooks similar to those carried by the two lead characters, each featuring detailed episode information, production photos, all 115 episodes plus over 15 hours of bonus features on 26 DVDs. Customized Wonder Years magnets will also be included. October 10th 2014 was the given release date.[50]
On October 7, 2014, Star Vista will release season 1 on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.[51]
Here's an entry from Soundtrackseries.com about "The Wonder Years"
Even Winnie Cooper actress Danica McKellar sounded off about the soundtrack rights on her Facebook page.
"Netflix Retrieving Screen" - Intervention
Originally Published: TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2011
Anyway, the point is, this blog is a reaction to those minor annoyances and a story that I read about an art exhibit found here. Although the Google Street views are more voyeuristic in nature, it made me question what art really is, but that's an almost rhetorical question since there's no answer. Art can be ridiculous and a game just like everything else. There's the good, bad, popular, unpopular and of course with friends in higher places (the most irritating of all). haha. But of course, there's its great freedom of self-expression, lack of parameters and ultimately open-mindedness.
In conclusion, this blog is mostly just screenshots taken by either my crappy digital camera or camera on my "Free" LG Shine cell phone. Yippee. Oh yeah, and probably the occasional commentary. Enjoy!
"Kick Bright Zine Shop" Welcome!
Originally Published = 5/27/12, 2:52 PM
Hi! I've decided to open this blogspot to talk a little bit more about my online listings of clothing and collectables that I sell online. I also sell homemade buttons online (at the moment I don't have any posted though), but I already have a blogspot specifically geared towards my love of pins/buttons over here. At this particular spot, I'll try to expand on my listings that I currently have online. This is mostly to help promote them of course, but it'll also be interesting to see what back stories I can remember about these items. Mostly what I have to sell are items we bought for ourselves that we no longer have space for, and clothing we took a gamble on that ended up not fitting. A thrift shop misfire I guess you could say. So, anyway, once I build this site up, take a look around at my listings and see if there's anything you like. Thanks!
"Rock'n'Roll Fan Male"
Originally Published 3/10/13, 12:20 PM
"Rock'n'Roll Fan Male" is an old idea I had for a zine. You can call it "Fan Male" for short if you'd like. It's a "frivolous informative" magazine that combines the spirit of classic teen rag type publications, such as "Tiger Beat" or "16 Magazine", with decent writing and ideas.
I'll basically spotlight my current dead or living rock'n'roll, or otherwise musicians, etc crushes and admirations. I respect these musicians, but sometimes they're more than easy on the eyes. This is all in good fun and you might even learn something along the way.
For the time being, you can probably consider this a "one topic blog".
"Rock'n'Roll Fan Male" is an old idea I had for a zine. You can call it "Fan Male" for short if you'd like. It's a "frivolous informative" magazine that combines the spirit of classic teen rag type publications, such as "Tiger Beat" or "16 Magazine", with decent writing and ideas.
I'll basically spotlight my current dead or living rock'n'roll, or otherwise musicians, etc crushes and admirations. I respect these musicians, but sometimes they're more than easy on the eyes. This is all in good fun and you might even learn something along the way.
For the time being, you can probably consider this a "one topic blog".
Dragging it over
I'm dragging over posts from my many "one topic blogs" to this one main blog. Thanks!
"I Don't Wanna Hear That Song No More" - Pink + Nate Ruess/Chris Issak
Originally posted: Saturday, February 28, 2015
I work retail. I've worked retail off and on for about 17 years. My first job at Ross was my real introduction to the redundancy of what a retail radio station was. A strange mix of mostly terrible, but some good, sometimes (if you're lucky) even great songs. It was 1998 or 1999 so by then, you would still hear songs from the 1960s and 1970s over the speakers embedded into the ceiling. Nowadays, like many "oldies" radio stations across the country (if you're lucky enough to spot one), having dropped the 1950s completely, and have mostly 1960s, 1970s and jeez, sometimes even 1980s. Similarly, work radio stations are composed of contemporary songs, "bright pop" (according to "SiriusXM The Blend" which is what they play at my current job) and some 1980s and 1990s.
With each entry here, I'm going to feature one song that is horrible and then another which is at least decent. I'm fairly convinced that these stations have subliminal messages ingrained into each note, otherwise why else would they play them so often? I was told, by comparison at Target where there is no overhead music played, that the lack of music actually keeps people shopping longer. Supposedly, when songs are played, a customer becomes aware of their time spent in one store, whereas silence makes that distinction murky. I worked at Target for 7 years and the only music you would hear was on the loop tape played on the electronics department televisions. There were 3 different TV's; the main channel broadcast across all the TV's for sale, then the next two over in the CD and DVD/Blu-Ray sections with different movie trailers and new music videos snippets. I didn't know most of the songs as a whole that were played, so I'd sometimes fill in the rest in my mind. I remember doing this growing up watching music compilation commercials (which I've always loved seeing). Particularly before I first heard about Blondie's "Heart Of Glass" from a disco compilation, I imagined it being totally different, although I can't remember how specifically. More recently, I recall "filling in the blank" with Bruno Mars' "Locked Out Of Heaven", which is a really terrible and weird song. It's most notable for it's near theft of The Police's distinct sound. I'm guessing imitation is the most sincere form of flattery? This is also comparable to "Blend" (or Bland as I call it sometimes) station favorite, Maroon 5's Adam Levine, who very much imitates Sting's oddball singing style in some of their godawful songs. Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh oh uh uh oh.
I work retail. I've worked retail off and on for about 17 years. My first job at Ross was my real introduction to the redundancy of what a retail radio station was. A strange mix of mostly terrible, but some good, sometimes (if you're lucky) even great songs. It was 1998 or 1999 so by then, you would still hear songs from the 1960s and 1970s over the speakers embedded into the ceiling. Nowadays, like many "oldies" radio stations across the country (if you're lucky enough to spot one), having dropped the 1950s completely, and have mostly 1960s, 1970s and jeez, sometimes even 1980s. Similarly, work radio stations are composed of contemporary songs, "bright pop" (according to "SiriusXM The Blend" which is what they play at my current job) and some 1980s and 1990s.
With each entry here, I'm going to feature one song that is horrible and then another which is at least decent. I'm fairly convinced that these stations have subliminal messages ingrained into each note, otherwise why else would they play them so often? I was told, by comparison at Target where there is no overhead music played, that the lack of music actually keeps people shopping longer. Supposedly, when songs are played, a customer becomes aware of their time spent in one store, whereas silence makes that distinction murky. I worked at Target for 7 years and the only music you would hear was on the loop tape played on the electronics department televisions. There were 3 different TV's; the main channel broadcast across all the TV's for sale, then the next two over in the CD and DVD/Blu-Ray sections with different movie trailers and new music videos snippets. I didn't know most of the songs as a whole that were played, so I'd sometimes fill in the rest in my mind. I remember doing this growing up watching music compilation commercials (which I've always loved seeing). Particularly before I first heard about Blondie's "Heart Of Glass" from a disco compilation, I imagined it being totally different, although I can't remember how specifically. More recently, I recall "filling in the blank" with Bruno Mars' "Locked Out Of Heaven", which is a really terrible and weird song. It's most notable for it's near theft of The Police's distinct sound. I'm guessing imitation is the most sincere form of flattery? This is also comparable to "Blend" (or Bland as I call it sometimes) station favorite, Maroon 5's Adam Levine, who very much imitates Sting's oddball singing style in some of their godawful songs. Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh oh uh uh oh.
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