RetroVox

My Friend Jack Yan

2009-12-18T16:11:25Z

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Tusen och en natt

2009-12-09T11:16:27Z

Above is Charlotte Nilsson (now Charlotte Perrelli) and her hit, ‘Tusen och en natt’ which, in English, won the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest. The original Swedish version has far deeper and less trivial lyrics, and it is a shame that they had to ...

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Chrysler goes all arty with Lancia-like Aung San Suu Kyi commercial

2009-12-08T21:34:46Z

Ah, remember the days when Chrysler rested on the words of another Italian guy, Chairman Lee? Inspirational, and simple. Lido gave US audiences a direct appeal, even if it was hard to believe that the LeBaron GTS could take on BMWs and Mercedes...

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Lalo Schifrin conducts his hits

2009-12-07T04:52:53Z

Lalo Schifrin, composer of Mission: Impossible and Mannix, is still going strong at age 77. These were from a few years ago, and it shows that Mr Schifrin is as lively today as a pianist and conductor as he was in his prime. One YouTuber descri...

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Pablo Ferro’s best opening title is still Bullitt’s

2009-12-06T09:08:51Z

There’s still no rhyme or reason on when Vox allows me to access my blog here. This morning, I got in a private post, but clicking ‘Create’ again, nothing happened for the next hour. I wanted to share this opening title from Bullitt, after post...

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Hire The Protectors for $2

2009-12-02T04:57:04Z

I wonder if Vox has fixed things, because this compose screen took seconds to come up. It also took seconds after I clicked to edit the original post. Another recent purchase, for $2 (really): I know these weren’t that good to begin with, bu...

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Trading in at Real Groovy

2009-12-02T04:43:39Z

At least I no longer have to wait hours, but I do have to wait minutes and several reloads to begin composing on Vox. I have never traded DVDs before, but after buying that fancy Casino Royale set from Real Groovy, I didn’t need my old two-CD ...

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Let’s get pissed

2009-12-01T11:20:49Z

Time elapsed for the compose window to load: four hours. I have just started another Vox account and the compose window comes up instantly (I will not blog from there as I refuse to use noms de plume). Someone at Vox does not want me blogging. ...

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A tribute to Edward Woodward

2009-11-23T12:18:50Z

I wanted to find some clips to pay tribute to the late actor, Edward Woodward. Strangely, the day he died (at a time when I did not know he had passed away), my mind kept thinking back to a joke my friend Ann told me (‘If there were no ds in his n...

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Man on Fire (not the remake)

2009-11-23T10:32:46Z

TV3 just re-ran the 2004 remake of Man on Fire, but I thought it might be interesting to see some clips from the original version, in this preview: I realize Scott Glenn is not as big a name as Denzel Washington (who, let’s face it, carries the...

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