For F. Gordon (and others into esoterica)

[ConsAreLiars]

I was wandering aimlessly as I often do and discovered that the Wayback Machine (notable for preserving stuff on the net that later gets "revised" or eliminated) has a number of subsections devoted to freely redistributable music and audio (want a couple thousand Grateful Dead concerts or some Billy Bragg? - MosaicTV or Democracy Now! ?)) and video, including the following original Flash Gordon episodes.
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=flash%20gordon%20AND%20mediatype%3Amovies%20AND%20collection%3Afeature_films

(Apparently the numbering is inaccurate, so you might find a dupe in the mix.)

Anyway, thanks for Gallery invite and I'll put some stuff up eventually. For now I'm actually working longish hours (Damn! Yay!) and looking forward to a couple week's vacation at the end of the month.

[kliljedahl]

1. I use them for music

Lot's of bands allow taping of their concerts. Good place to get some good concerts. Lots of old open source movies as you mentioned. There's a lot of really good stuff there. They've also got "The Power of Nightmares" in its entirety.


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[RagingInMiami]

2. I've always wondered whether F. Gordon is named after Flash

Or is his last name in real life Gordon, and his first name begins with an "F"?

[F.Gordon]

3. The "F" stand for Flash

"Flash Gordon" has several levels of signficance to me. A tribute, an indirect reference to the fucked up politics of the 40's and 50's, personal interest, my other hobby of genre art, history, and.... the sad death of this man:



It's a depressing and complex story but "Flash Gordon" essentially killed this man. Prior to 9/11 I was working on a chapter regarding how this man was killed. I had developed a phone contact with a very nice lady at the FBI throught the FOIA. I was "this close" to filling in the rest of the puzzle pieces.... then some wacked out dudes flew some planes into a few buildings.

Sam was truly an unknown soldier. Someday I hope to finish what I started back in 2001 so his story can be told.

You're now returned to your regularly scheduled photo group stuff...
:)