tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105885872024-03-13T10:31:20.687-07:00Sam Longoria Filmmaking BlogProducer - Director - Writer - Editor - Actor - Cinematographer - FilmmakerSam Longoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07311568513869922029noreply@blogger.comBlogger498125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10588587.post-14544485043634187352020-03-17T01:15:00.000-07:002020-03-17T01:15:50.738-07:00Swimming Upstream - Sam Longoria Hollywood Historian Oscar Party<br /><br />Dorothy Wilhelm hosts a Variety Talk show, in this day and age! It's called, "Swimming Upstream," because you meet the most interesting people there.<br /><br />Dorothy Hosts her show, from all over! There are many segments and topics. <br /><br />One of the segments is by Sam Longoria, "The Hollywood Historian," himself! Sam knows all about Hollywood - for decades, and through intensive study. Sam reads many books, and some are very old. <br /><br />Sam has been on many shows, and has worked on many big-budget Hollywood movies, and we'll bet you've seen many of them. Sam is proud to be a part of Hollywood.<br /><br />"It's my home town, and it's yours, too - if you are Creative, and you make movies, and you spend a good deal of your time, happily entertaining people. <br /><br />Especially if you really could be better paid by letting others entertain YOU. " Sam laughs.<br /><br />"How do you get started entertaining people?" we ask Sam. <br />"It's more important to know how to stop," Sam says. <br /><br />"Don't stop all at once," says Sam. That can be dangerous! Always come to a graceful gliding stop, and then make a beautiful dismount."<br /><br />We'll remember that, Sam!<br /><br />Every year, Sam goes to an Oscar Party. Sometimes, it's a place with happy people, all watching the Oscars that year. <br /><br />Other times, it's actually AT the Oscars, and famous people dance to music, and make jokes, and sing new music from movies. Too cool!<br /><br />This year's Oscar Party actually is ON <a href="https://swimmingupstream.com/">Dorothy Wilhelm's radio show, "Swimming Upstream," </a>and Sam Longoria tells the history of the most recent Oscars and the long tradition of the Academy Awards. <br /><br />He looks happy, doesn't he? <br />Sam says the Oscars are his Happy Place, and they always have been. He says he loves to announce and narrate parts of Dorothy's shows, too. <a href="https://itsnevertoolate.com/">Another good one is "It's Never Too Late."</a><br /><br />Back to you, Dorothy!<br /><br /><a href="http://samlongoria.com/">Sam Longoria Hollywood Historian</a><br /><a href="http://samlongoria.blogspot.com/">Sam Longoria Filmmaking Blog</a><br /><a href="http://itsnevertoolate.com/">Dorothy Wilhelm It's Never Too Late</a><br /><a href="https://swimmingupstream.com/">Dorothy Wilhelm Swimming Upstream</a><br /><br />Sam Longoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07311568513869922029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10588587.post-52592583161500808222019-02-09T18:47:00.000-08:002019-02-09T18:47:24.721-08:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "roboto" , "noto" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just beautiful.
The "fishin' hole" title sequence was shot at the Hollywood Reservoir,
one of the first things I wanted to see when I got to town.
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Sam Longoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07311568513869922029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10588587.post-46590484116047908502017-12-31T14:52:00.000-08:002017-12-31T14:54:38.005-08:00Florida's Fun Couple<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Review by Sam Longoria<br /><br />There has never been a better time in the history of the world to be a Screenwriter.
Today all the movies in the world are on YouTube. You can look at movies all day long as reference, if you want to. <br /><br />You can E-Mail, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, anyone on the surface of the planet for guidance, or advice, or even a structured Mentorship. <br /><br />Here’s where a seasoned Professional Viewpoint will help you understand what actually you are trying to accomplish, with your story and your screenplay.
<br /><br />If you want to find, and approach, and then learn from a seasoned Screenwriting Professional, it would be good if his work is celebrated, and he has picked up an Award or two. I am thinking here of the Pulitzer Prize.
<br /><br />By those criteria, it would be difficult to find a Screenwriter in higher esteem than David Mamet.
<br /><br />In any review, a good and standard bit of advice is, “do your due diligence.” Look for other’s opinions and put them to service, in forming your own opinion. Get out there, do your homework. Any money you earmark toward it is an investment, so shop, shop, shop!
<br /><br />The Masterclass is an excellent brand. For Actors, Dustin Hoffman teaches Acting, Werner Herzog teaches Filmmaking, and Steve Martin teaches Comedy. Many other experts, each teaches his own particular field.
<br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">Today, I’m here to tell you about “David Mamet Teaches Dramatic Writing.”<br />Mr. Mamet has written 17 books, 29 screenplays, and 36 plays. He has directed 11 films, some of which are my own favorites, like “House of Games,” “Things Change” and “State & Main.” His credentials are solid, he is a recognized authority, and the chance to learn from him is, in my view, most worthwhile.</a><br /><br />The Masterclass videos have several levels: The video itself, a community discussion arrangement, the class structure to process the Interactive Assignments, and an “office hours” setup, where you can query Mr. Mamet himself, and receive an answer. <br /><br />The class will be achieved over six weeks, at a cost of $90. Compared to a Film School at $20,000, or any number of higher-priced college courses or institute seminars, it is a remarkable value.
<br /><br />For $90 you get about six hours of video, to be seen and reviewed, as often as you like. That’s about $15 a week. If you bought a ticket to a David Mamet lecture to cover some of the same material (and they won’t let you record it), that alone is a serious improvement.
<br /><br />Mr. Mamet starts with the basics, at the very beginning of Literature and Drama, at Aristotle’s Poetics! I read it in college, and now that I’m older and know more, it is wonderful to see how it actually relates to the movies and screenplays that I love.<br /><br />My years in Hollywood, and working on others’ and my own films during those years, have taught me the importance of a good script. "If it ain't on the page, it ain't on the stage."<br /><br />I value simplicity and what is a good Screenwriting class. This one is good.
All the elements, and their underlying principles. It’s all here. And you can back up and replay, until you get it, which in real life only tends to annoy instructors in a classroom.<br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">Mr. Mamet begins by discussing his theory of Drama and its rules. “The story has a Premise, and a Hero. The Hero wants something, just one thing. That is his Objective. He has to go through Hell to get to it. Once he achieves his objective, the movie is over."</a><br /><br />He says that Structure dictates that every scene must be necessary to the play, and every word of the Dialogue must be necessary to move the story along. Or else, out it should go.
What is the purpose of Drama? Mr. Mamet is very clear. The purpose of Drama is to hold attention, and fill the Audience with curiosity, as to what happens next. <br /><br />He says, “The purpose of Drama is not to make people better, or to teach. It is not the purpose of drama to be cautionary tales."
He says something I've not heard elsewhere, that the story must challenge the Writer, to the point where he doesn’t necessarily know the ending of his own story, or its resolution.
<br /><br />He says, "If you can't think your way out of it, the Audience can't either.” So, your job is to push past your own boundaries, write yourself into a corner, and then discover how your Hero can get out of it. That is the wonder that comes crafting your Writing, and to get good at it, is an Achievement.
<br /><br />I have heard some of this before. “If you think you can cut something, cut it," is standard, both relating to Film Editing and to cleaning out the refrigerator.
Mr. Mamet says this is a lesson his Editor reteaches him by removing what usually is his favorite scene. That process actually is painful, but he says “there is only “one rule: Don't be boring." <br /><br />No obligatory scenes, either! (Scenes which are there only because we expect them, like the scene where the characters stand in a room and describe the plan they have to follow, in order to save the world).
Every scene must have the Hero’s attempt to achieve his goal. That goal, and that scene, must fit the overall structure. The Hero’s Journey — from Point A to Point B.<br /><br />Every scene, of every play or film you write, must answer three questions:
<br />1) Who wants what, and from whom?
<br />2) What happens if he doesn't get it?<br />3) Why now?
<br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">Mr. Mamet says the Story must force a change in the Hero. “To manipulate the character is to manipulate the audience and I never manipulate the audience."<br /><br />That may not be his intent, and I’m sure he probably wouldn’t call his Story Structure “manipulation,” but I sure have seen Mr. Mamet steer his Audience exactly where he wants them to go, even if it’s by causing a vacuum without comment, which leads rather than pushes them. I admire him for that, actually.<br /><br />Class Assignments are clear and recognizable Screenwriting exercises. They require the Screenwriter to take actions which reveal his motives, and the forces which drive his Characters and Story.</a><br /><br />Mr. Mamet has defined his Writing principles, and then refers to some of his most successful works, like “Glengarry Glen Ross,” Oleanna,” and “American Buffalo.” These now are in stark relief, and one can see how they were put together. Story and Structure, Dialogue, Action, and Exposition. <br /><br />This is a good course, this is what you came here to learn.
I think one of the strengths of it is, I felt I was in a room with Mr. Mamet, and he is intent on imparting to you what you want to know. <br /><br />There's zero chatter or Audience distraction. We need to learn this to Write a great Screenplay, and here that is. What you need to know. Bing bang! It is most excellent.
<br /><br />Now, when I told friends I wanted to take this course, and learn from David Mamet, they said, in varying degrees of loudness: <br /><br />“Why do you want to do that? These online class thingies are all a SCAM! They get your money, and you just hear some talk, and then you don’t really get anything. Everything there can be found for free on the Internet.”
<br /><br />Well, I took the course, and my friends did not. I know for sure what I learned is not found for free, unless one is privileged to sit at Mr. Mamet’s table at dinner for a series of evenings, and for some unknown reason, he tells you what you need to prevail, as his competition in a most competitive endeavor. That is, in my experience, most unlikely. <br /><br />He said what he would teach, and he taught it to me. Entirely honest, in my view. Certainly not a scam.
I didn’t discard my friends, but I know I’m better prepared for the Screenwriting game than they are. That is a hundred bucks well spent. <br /><br />Here's my biggest Caveat Emptor: Know where you are now, and where you want to be, and with a few evenings of enjoyable video watching, and diligent follow-up you'll enjoy doing, Mr. Mamet will teach you what are the steps, and how to take them. He will teach you quickly and well. <br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">Considering that your Screenplay, when it is purchased, is worth around $150,000 I think Mr. Mamet’s Dramatic Writing Course is a lot of value for only $90.<br /><br />Mr. Mamet’s Screenwriting Course is linked here to <br />http://bit.ly/-david-mamet</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">david mamet<br />dialogue<br />masterclass<br />online course<br />scam<br />screenwriting<br />writing</a><br /></span><br />
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Sam Longoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07311568513869922029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10588587.post-64302997620689160862017-07-31T02:43:00.000-07:002017-08-02T07:10:31.172-07:00Margot Escott Interviews Sam Longoria on Movies, Improv, and The Firesign Theatre.<b>Margot Escott - Interviews Sam Longoria on Movies, Improv, and The Firesign Theatre.</b><br />
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Sam Longoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07311568513869922029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10588587.post-17883233654850698712017-07-10T12:10:00.000-07:002019-01-16T13:56:56.099-08:00David Mamet - Teaches Dramatic Writing - MasterClass<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">David Mamet - Teaches Dramatic Writing - MasterClass</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I first discovered David Mamet when I got onto his screening list, for his feature movie "House of Games," with Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, and Ricky Jay. Screenings were at MGM in Culver City.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I watched several iterations of his movie, dutifully filled out my audience cards from my arrogant young view as a Filmmaker and Editor, and was invited back, called by an Assistant, to see subsequent edits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Before my wondering eyes, I saw his movie grow from the original tight straight linear story, to a more artful, lighter telling of the tale. Minor changes usually, but once I saw a whole section put into a different order, and the whole was quite improved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I had built my improv theatre by that time, and all I knew of David Mamet was, if you got "David Mamet" as a style suggestion, the quickest way to a laugh was do a scene of foul language. That was our understanding of him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Seeing the changes he made, in repeated viewings of his first commercial feature film as Director, gave me an entirely different view of him as an Artist. I more understood what he wanted to do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Seeing what he shaved away, and what he carved off in chunks, showed me what he thought important, and what was inconsequential. I also went to screenings of his "State and Main," which also was excellent.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">He definitely has an ear for Dialogue, and a clear view of how he wants it to serve his scenes. He doesn't put anything in, which doesn't push his story forward.</a></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">I am delighted Mr. Mamet has a video Masterclass. I know it will be good, and it will be insightful. Please tell me if you get into it, and how it helps you.</a></span><br /><br />-- Sam Longoria<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">Improv</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">Master Class</a> </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">David Mamet</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">Joe Mantegna</a></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">Script Writing</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">Teacher Video</a></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">Online Classes</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">How To Be A Writer</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">How To Be An Actor</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://bit.ly/-david-mamet">Glengarry Glen Ross</a> </span></span><br />
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Sam Longoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07311568513869922029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10588587.post-85258738951673574092017-06-11T14:24:00.001-07:002017-06-11T14:24:46.905-07:00Movie Tech - When Did They Invent Gun Sound Effects For Movies?<h2>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Movie Tech<br />When Were Movie Gun Sound Effects Invented?</span><br /><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vanessa, of Seattle Washington, asks:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pondering who invented the "sound" of gunfire?</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=60500438&extragetparams=%7B%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi%22%7D" dir="ltr" href="https://www.facebook.com/filmette?hc_location=ufi" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Vanessa</a>, </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">The very first motion picture was driven by an electric motor, and had synchronized sound. Did you know that?</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">Unfortunately, Mr. Edison's Kinetoscope - Kinetophone (Camera - Projector) 1894 show, entitled "Dickson Experimental Sound Film," did not alas have gunshots in its track. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">Commercial sound movies wouldn't be offered until 1929, but another popular medium - Radio - developed soundtrack production, all through the 1920s. Dramatic shows on radio often needed guns, BUT... gun sounds were problematic. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">Gunshots are "impulse noise" which means "very suddenly very loud," and then the decay must match a room characteristic. Echo, reverb, etc. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">That means "real" gunshots only POP weakly, like firecrackers, because they just shut down mics and electronics. It took a long while to learn to record them.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">During development of Sound Movies, Mr. Jack Donovan Foley created the Art of "Post-sync recording," at Universal, in 1927. We still call "Performing sound effects live to picture" by his name - "Foley." If anybody invented movie "Gunshots," it was he.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">Sound movies arrived in 1929, with Warner Brothers' "Don Juan" and "The Jazz Singer." When movie tracks needed guns, it was quickly noticed that the sound of REAL guns is flabby, ineffective, and weak.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">Often, the Radio technique of hitting a cardboard box with a wooden slat was used, because its Attack was softer, a slow sound to simulate gunshots. They tried everything else. Hitting an oil drum, hitting a wooden box, etc.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">For 1930s - 1940s Westerns, they recorded the sound of full-load blank cartridges, black powder rounds, making a softer sound than modern smokeless powder, and smaller (1/4 and 1/8 sized) powder loads.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">When it became possible to edit sound effects, on optical film and then magnetic tape, sound was improved, and whole libraries were compiled. Each studio had its own jealously guarded Sfx (sound effects) library, on disc and tape and magnetic and optical film.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">They recorded everything - Bullet striking flesh, bullets striking wood, bullets on pavement, bullet ricochet,etc. Gunshots, percussion cap weapons, machine guns, and automatic rifles.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">For a long time, the best Sfx libraries available were the BBC Library, and the Valentino Brothers Library. I had both, and it was a big deal when they became available for sale. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">Then three movies changed movie sound, and one could license their Libraries for use. All this changed seemingly overnight.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">When Walter Murch created the sound (and the term "Sound Designer") for Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now," he had to create all the location gunfire and other tracks, from scratch. All this great war footage - and it was all silent. Mr. Murch invented a way to record Foley...outside, to video playback.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">They recorded guns, with modern mics and electronics, even the sound of spent brass cartridges, hitting the ground. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">Then they equalized them, boosting the frequencies they wanted to hear. Dynamic range was controlled by careful electronic limiting. Suddenly guns sounded close-miked, big and fat, and more real then real.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">Same thing happened with the Sfx for George Lucas's "Star Wars" movies (1977 - 1983) with Sound Design by Ben Burtt. I never heard such good sound effects, as were in those films. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">"Raiders Of the Lost Ark" (1981) brought in newly recorded new guns, and movie gunfire and location effects now were fresh and exciting to listen to. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;">Ben Burtt and his crew cheated big guns over little ones, and for me, from "Apocalypse Now" to "Raiders Of The Lost Ark," THAT is where gunshots really started sounding great.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f9;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://youtu.be/YWDSFihqyH8">INDIANA JONES Sound Design Featurette part 1</a></span></span></span><br />
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style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849485519826427905">21 minutes ago</a> <br />Dusty, rusty, and tired. </span><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">But oh!<br /><br /><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> 12:56 PM - 5 Apr 2017 </span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/TedLandK5" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@TedLandK5</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDeBlues</a> <br />Bertha! Good work, good job, you've actually Broken Through! </span><br />Lots of dust, lots of noise. How are you, Bertha? </span><br /><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849483444451237888" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">29 minutes ago<br /> </a>What a long, strange trip it's been. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/04/seattles-tunnel-boring-machine-bertha-reaches-end-long-troubled-journey.html" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Seattle's tunnel boring machine Bertha reaches end of long, troubled journey</a><br /> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849480832549101573">39 minutes ago</a><br /> I'm reborn! I'm a born-again tunneler. I feel like going door-to-door.<br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849480832549101573">39 minutes ago</a><br />I'm so cute, with my big head and little(ish) body!<br /><br /><b><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849480832549101573">39 minutes ago</a></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br>You're a reborn born-again, Birtha! </span><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDeBlues</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">! </span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Waaaaaaaaaaa! </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849480459910303744" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">41 minutes ago<br /> </a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hinky!</span></span><br /> <br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> Bertha</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> @BerthaDigsSR99</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Fun fact: #BerthaBreakthrough is happening on the </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alaskan Way Viaduct's 64th birthday.</span></span><br /><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849452776115646470" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago<br /> </a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IEndMyDayBy?src=hash" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#IEndMyDayBy</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> triumphantly emerging from the ground! </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Howdyalikemenow?src=hash" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#Howdyalikemenow</a><br /><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849452776115646470" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Going! </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/849699032741978112" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Go go go, Bertha! </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849452441385013249" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago<br /> </a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What's the lesson </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What is the take-away </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Don't mess with Bertha when she's on the break-away </span></span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BerthaBreakthrough?src=hash" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#BerthaBreakthrough</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Moana?src=hash" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#Moana</a><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849450910396940289" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago<br /> </a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Had my own darn </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrisonBreak?src=hash" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#PrisonBreak</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> today.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849450203249815556" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago<br /> </a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">BTW, where was the sun? I'm highly disappointed.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/849699032741978112" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Go go, Bertha! </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDeBlues</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849320842836226053" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">4 hours ago<br /> </a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Always lead with your chin. </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bertha</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> @BerthaDigsSR99</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Still can't see the cutter-head. The machine is rising at a 4 degree angle, so the bottom of the head will appear first. #BerthaBreakthrough</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849320528414375936" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">4 hours ago<br /> </a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm so close, I can FEEL it!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bertha</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> @BerthaDigsSR99</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Contractor reports the cutter-head is about 1 foot from daylight. it remains very dusty in the pit. #BerthaBreakthrough</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849319151231528960" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">5 hours ago</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Bertha's busting out all over!</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849112708091793408" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">18 hours ago</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Ready or not, here I come! </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/berthabreakthrough?src=hash" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#berthabreakthrough</a><br /> <br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/849699032741978112" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Go, Bertha! </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDeBlues</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849087942630965248" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">20 hours ago</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The end is near! Abandon all hope, ye who exit here! </span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://go.shr.lc/2n6071w" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The end is near for Bertha...</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WashTimes" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@washtimes</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849087520474374145" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">20 hours ago</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> It'd be way easier to push a giraffe through that giant tunnel behind me. </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/justsaying?src=hash" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#justsaying</a><br /> <br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> Marsh Ray</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> @marshray</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> FB is having a race between a giraffe transiting </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a birth canal and a tunnel boring machine. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">@BerthaDigsSR99 @BerthaDeBlues </span></span><br /> <br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/849349857076760576" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3 hours ago</a><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@KING5Seattle</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ONE SIDE - SHE'S COMIN' THROUGH! GANGWAY! - STEP LIVELY! - </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BERTHABREAKTHROUGH?src=hash" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#BERTHABREAKTHROUGH</a><br /> <br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849112914174726144" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">18 hours ago</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades. I hope. </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/scusemewhileiseetheskyforthefirsttimeinmonths?src=hash" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#scusemewhileiseetheskyforthefirsttimeinmonths</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/berthabreakthrough?src=hash" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#berthabreakthrough</a><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/849154885882748928" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">16 hours ago<br /> </a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@KING5Seattle</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Hot plate! Comin' Through! Nothing to look at here, only the Biggest Boring Machine in the world! Make way! Make way for Bertha DeBlues!</span></span><br /> <br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849142991511928832" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">22 hours ago<br /> </a><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@KING5Seattle</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Hot soup! </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849085867960541185" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Apr 3</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I can practically see the end!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/849145343832866816" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">16 hours ago</a><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@KING5Seattle</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDeBlues</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well step aside, and let us see... </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849142821760020481" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">16 hours ago<br /> </a><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@KING5Seattle</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> And yet, they never talk to me personally. Who knows </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">what secrets I'm hiding?</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">KING 5 News</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> liked a reply to you Apr 3 </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849086846311309312" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Apr 3</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Yeah, but I think </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@KING5Seattle</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> may be serious this time. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At least, I hope so.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/848965621521960960" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Apr 3</a> <br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@KING5Seattle</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That was 1989, and I'll bet they've had to fact-check and verify every little thing they've said, since then. </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/848983153356099585" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Apr 3</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Of course, that's KING-TV 5, the station that said the Space Needle collapsed.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/848982853635330048" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Apr 3</a><br /> <a href="https://interactive.tegna-media.com/video/embed/embed.html?id=1281002558266&site=281&station=wa-seattle-KING-B3343&playerid=6918249996581&autoplay=true&secure=yes#amp=1 …" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">You have only 89 feet to go, Bertha! They say you're...almost...there! <br />Then you dig other projects.</a> <br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/848982853635330048" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Apr 3</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The sequel has two tracks, so it is </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">stereotonous. </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849143738198769665" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">22 hours ago</a> <br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849143738198769665" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How monotonous. </span></span><br /><br /> <a href="https://youtu.be/6khQvOlwkcw" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">(Eartha Kitt sings "Monotonous.")</a> <br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/849141068641714176" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">25 hours ago</a><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@KING5Seattle</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That particular Troll is prepared. He has brought his Eartha Kitt.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849086472003215361" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Apr 3</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> They don't already? I mean, besides the one eating a Volkswagen.</span></span><br /> <br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849086472003215361" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Apr 3</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Moles and voles all live in holes, And party then with Bertha. Should moles and voles prefer...the knolls, Then TROLLS would dig the Eartha! </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/848708248022638593" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Apr 2</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Working. And partying with the moles. </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/847594945561022464" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 30</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"What is HE doing in the Chunnel?" And what are YOU doing, Bertha? </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What on or under the Earth is going ON down there? What? </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/847354515741265921" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 3</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Everyone out of the Chunnel!" </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/846580261923938304" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 2</a> <br /><a href="http://samlongoria.blogspot.com/2017/01/bertha-de-blues-seattle-tunnel-machine.html" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bertha's Favorite Movies, including Underground Hit "Chunnel."</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849088292284977154" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">20 hours ago</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Check out my measurements! </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bertha</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> @BerthaDigsSR99</span></span><br /> <a href="http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/Viaduct/About/FollowBertha" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bertha is now 127 feet from the disassembly pit.</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/847927221280940032" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 31</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The Internet definitely needs cat pictures. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At least, THESE cat pictures. </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/847925359337132036" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 31</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Maybe some encouragement today, Bertha? </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To chew rocks into dust. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The most beautiful cat in the world.</span></span><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10158379929720117&set=pcb.10158379932410117&type=3&theater">Fizzgig 01</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10158379931120117&set=pcb.10158379932410117&type=3&theater">Fizzgig 02</a> </b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/849152924978520064" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">16 hours ago<br /> </a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@KING5Seattle</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/king5news" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@king5news</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I meta bunch of 'em!</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/849143170575122432" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">16 hours ago</a><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@KING5Seattle</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/king5news" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@king5news</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> And how many Berthas have you meta?</span></span><br /> <br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/849142366799675393" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">23 hours ago<br /> </a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KING5Seattle" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@KING5Seattle</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/king5news" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@KING5NEWS</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's GOOD you're meta, Bertha! I never meta Bertha I didn't like!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/847589943132143616" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 30</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> You ARE, Bertha. "Meta" is "self-referential," "beyond," or "beneath reality." </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">NO MORE beneath reality than YOU! I dig! </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/847354848769056769" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 30</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria I am SO meta. </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/848987488895070210" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Apr 3</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the gravy, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He can sail the seven seas,</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the gravy, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He can put his mind at ease.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the gravy, come on now people! </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/848707752645885952" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Apr 2</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> But is he wavy?</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/848700804613537792" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Apr 2</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I am so glad. I do prefer the one. Gravy explains</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> why he's hitting the sauce of late. And of early.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Swacked all day. Drowned. </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/848478564848607232" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Apr 2</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> There's probably more gravy than a grave about him. </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/847930694990913537" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 31</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Joe Gillis was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> His Death Certificate was signed by the LA County coroner in ink. </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/847927637544542208" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 31</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> She turned out better than Joe Gillis. AND she was famous. Famous!</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sam Longoria @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/847587249747185665" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 30</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Don't emulate Norma Desmond, she met a bad end. Wait, Norma </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">got into a movie, and in fact became famous again. Bad example. </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/848757144857878529" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 30</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I AM big. It's the news that got smaller.</span></span><br /> <br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/848757144857878529" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 30</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I drove almost 2 miles for you. Well, all of you, really. Sorry. </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/847464542749589504" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 30</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Of course you strong, Bertha. Drove 500 miles for you yesterday. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Would I do that for anybody else? No, I would not.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/846580261923938304" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 27</a><br /> <a href="http://samlongoria.blogspot.com/2017/01/bertha-de-blues-seattle-tunnel-machine.html" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bertha's Favorite Movies, including Underground Hit "Chunnel."</a> <br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/844490660090667009" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 22</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Bertha is not weak. Bertha is strong, and BIG. Held up better than anybody else. Bertha's core needs slip safely away.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/844555950501478403" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 22</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I still believe in you, Bertha DeBlues! And I still have faith!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/844490220393414657" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 22</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Not her fault. Poor Bertha! It is cold and dark, and it grows so, every day. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have two things for Bertha, to help.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/844489836849442816" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 22</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The spotlight gets off-Bertha each day. You need a bigger world-stage character, to voice and act. Bertha is fading.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/844489402239856640" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 22</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Poor Bertha! And you know what that really means. It's really you - inside the character - inside the ninja bore-machine suit</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/844488950744072193" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 22</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I try to Sweep at least once a week. Really, I try. </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/844488950744072193" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 22</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> You picked the metaphor, because you need to externalize your story. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You need sweep, honey, and money, and one worthy.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/844488442318901248" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 22</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Oh, Bertha! I hear you baby. That's what this whole meta-for is, Bertha. You're down in a hole in the ground, working late.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/844444727760048128" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 22</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Sweep is for the weak.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/838088682754228228" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 4</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Round rules! Rigorous rolling! Right on! Glad your show is showing. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm cleaning up after the Oscars. They want me to sweep. </span></span><br /> <br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/839052409053691904" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 7</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Round round get around, I get around. Round round get around, I get around. I get around! </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/837903879622676482" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mar 3</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I definitely would have fit in on that roundy stage thing they </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">had going this year. Round rules!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/835804810267914240" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb 26</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I hope to see you up here. Come up! If you were topside, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'd be taking you to the Oscars today. Your favorites? </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/836220553136504833" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb 27</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm sorry I hurt you, Bertha. I will never do it again. </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/836220553136504833" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb 27</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> YOU AM! Never said otherwise, Bertha. I have always believed in you, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and supported you even when others didn't. Still do! </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/835063814240399360" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb 24</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Thank you! I AM pretty great, aren't I?</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/833377613481668608" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb 19</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> We won't let them dismantle you, Bertha! I believe in you. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We all believe in you! You are the finest boring machine ever!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/832607439316856834" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb 17</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Of course you have, poor Bertha. Can you see this job drawing to a </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">close? Is there a light? Is it at...the end of the tunnel? </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/831410463577550849" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb 13</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I've been digging like crazy, keeping my cutter-head down.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/830512438906802176" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb 11</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Bertha! Are you all right? How are you doing? Haven't heard from you. What's the latest?</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/825958101975068672" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 29</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Ratings, Bertha! They listen to us sing and dance! Click clickety click! </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">16.7k (16,700) this month of January 2017! Hurray! </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZNoJs_JhTgMMf8WWMFIpHMu4kuy01eFIQHGzpaJnfFBvLI8Ge7VgHrY6iG5qdkjrUPZ5RBK6zQyWdWXXi2R0CW6PgLrQs7UtqrvvzDlfOasOXFd-CCJMlFohDJw7yHnRtNE/s1600/Twitter+Stats+00.png" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZNoJs_JhTgMMf8WWMFIpHMu4kuy01eFIQHGzpaJnfFBvLI8Ge7VgHrY6iG5qdkjrUPZ5RBK6zQyWdWXXi2R0CW6PgLrQs7UtqrvvzDlfOasOXFd-CCJMlFohDJw7yHnRtNE/s320/Twitter+Stats+00.png" /></a> <br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/832606433099145216" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb 17</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I know it seems there are spiders, but that's because you're on the </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">World-Wide Web. What are your plans, after this tunnel? </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/831404239016439808" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb 13</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> There are already too many spiders down here.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/823092736525934593" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 22</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> With great power come great utility bills! And with a great big really, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">really long cable, come big big long movies. Yee-haw! </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/824212233081081856" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 22</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Cable? That's just a long wire! I always think of you as a DISH, girl!</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/822357730019053568" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 20</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I have a really, really long cable.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/818452183716941824" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 9</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Bertha, you get TV down there? You can read Tweets, but </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">do you see news of the world? Or it all just a grind? </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/835805577510936576" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb 26</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> It has to stay cool, Bertha, or it evaporates. Get past this </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> boring job, Bertha! I hear you, I understand what you're saying. </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/835064269301407744" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb 24</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Better food than rocks? I can do that. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The booze is still cool, though, right?</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/833303999528869889" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb 19</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> We're all rooting for you Bertha! Eat better food, keep your </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eyes on the prize, and resume your plan! You'll get there!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/832608105049362434" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb 17</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> You ARE awesome, Bertha! When you come up for air, you can </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">stretch and be active. That will fix you right up. Courage! </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/835064269301407744" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Feb 13</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> It's because we're so awesome. As in huge. I inspire awe.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/824211827722620930" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 25</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Your hole family is pretty holey. Keep on grindin' Bertha! You'll get </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">there, unless you stop or get "underground depressed."</span></span><br /> <br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/822359211145207808" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 20</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Technological marvel, yup, that sums up the family pretty well!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/817894959709712384" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 7</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Bertha, your family history! Big, bigger, biggest tunnels in the world. </span></span><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/pd_GnxHeQdA" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">See if you recognize anybody!</a> <br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816605030773968896" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dis is de end a de song...Beginning is at de bottom... </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816620641801490432" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (With apologies to Alan Menken and Howard Ashman) 01 </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">© 2017 Sam Longoria, All Rights Reserved </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816617387575283712" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Under da sea, under da sea, under da sea… 02 </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816617387575283712" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Up in de town good work is gone, both for MS and Amazon. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Don’t slave away, or live grey-to-day, just go bore away! 03</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816617183132295168" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Under da sea, Under da sea, Bertha it's better, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Filthy and Wetter, Dig it and see! 04 </span></span><br /> <br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816616469744132099" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We go to dinner and we go dance! 05 </span></span><br /> <br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816616469744132099" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Bertha come here and dig in England, a Chunnel that goes to France. Chunnel dig finish, and it gets do-ne. 06</span></span><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></b><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </a><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816616469744132099" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Up on de road dey work all day, Seattle Town dey slave away. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Worthy of notin', Hikin' and Boatin', dose just don't pay! 07 </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816604494058307584" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Under da sea, Under da sea, Bertha it's better, Dirty but wetter, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Dig it and see! 08 </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816603513077665792" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Grumble and stumble to rainy goals. 09 </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816603513077665792" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Workin' down where you dig the tunnel, You grind the rocks, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">just to dig big holes, Jerks up above you, dey ain't too happy. 10 </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816602675924058112" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Dressed in their skeevvies, watching their TVs, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They dig the Chunnel Channel, under the sea. 11</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816602532646567936" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Chunnel is the Tunnel, beneath the English Channel, everybody </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sees it, on the BBC. Chunnel Channel, England-France all on TV. 12</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/816565049586171904" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Where's "Chunnel?"</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816014628610154496" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 2</a><br /> <a href="http://samlongoria.blogspot.com/2017/01/bertha-de-blues-seattle-tunnel-machine.html" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">BERTHA DE BLUES - SEATTLE TUNNEL MACHINE - NEVER BORING</a> <br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816014628610154496" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 5</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And a YO-YO is double-talk. </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/817623268840439809" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 6</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Certainly not in England. </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/817610948642881536" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 6</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I ain't no bum!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/817244594286886913" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 5</a><br /> <a href="https://youtu.be/I33u_EHLI3w" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Shh! He'll hear you. Rocky's rootin' for you, Bertha!</a><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/817220163065901056" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 5</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I assumed everyone from Philadelphia talked like that. </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816585432599138306" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How do you explain his accent? </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/816565206767648768" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 4</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> He hardly chewed any rocks at all. </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/816014628610154496" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 2</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, there is “Rocky.” </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/815653471999311872" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 1</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Any movies about downtrodden tunneling machines, who defy </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the odds and a grumpy city to victoriously dig a big hole?</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/815644041538781184" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jan 1</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> You are a tunneling MACHINE, Bertha, but you are never boring.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/815467394369863680" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Dec 31</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> HAPPY NEW YEAR, BERTHA DEBLUES! Down in a dark tunnel in the ground. Cold, pitch-black. Me too. I shoot movie Visual Effects.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/815134221962387456" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">31 Dec 2016</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Indeed, you're eminently diggable. Who else has your grace, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">your facile wit, and pre-eminent tunneling ability? None, BDB!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/815133738627567617" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">31 Dec 2016</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Forward, Bertha! Onward! and eventually perhaps even, Upward! </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Keep a'goin'! I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/815131954404147200" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">31 Dec 2016</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> My computer plays "In lazy languor--motionless, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We lie and dream of nothingness; For visions come </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From Poppydom" to awaken me</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/815130658402013186" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">31 Dec 2016</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> It is hard for heroines, and for me as well. I cannot do otherwise. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've lost my heroines lately, and I am a heroine addict.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/815129887673458688" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">31 Dec 2016</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Poor Bertha! I miss you down there, and also up here. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hang in there, poor tunneling waif. Undermine, </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and you shall overcome!</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/815090590169694210" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">30 Dec 2016</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I keep getting dirt in them!!!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/814865632508293121" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">30 Dec 2016</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> "Long Night's Journey Into The Bay" if you fall asleep. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Keep those baby blues OPEN!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/814414491395858432" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">29 Dec 2016</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Don't be hard on yourself. (Hard - metal - ha ha!) You got all </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the great qualities. I like a girl who goes slow, for example.</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/814411462080745472" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">29 Dec 2016</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Me dig you long time!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/814356794361278465" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">28 Dec 2016</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Is there anybody else down there? Is that the Tunnel of Love?</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/814353727003955200" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">28 Dec 2016</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If they served me, they would at least be serving metal. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Heavy metal, even!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/813292860669759488" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">25 Dec 2016</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When will Dick's Drive-in stop SERVING plastic? </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/813292860669759488" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">25 Dec 2016</a> <br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Glad to hear Dick's Drive-In will start taking plastic. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When will @DicksDriveIns start underground delivery? </span></span><br /> <br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/814353803818500096" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">31 Dec 2016</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I've been dug!</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/813293280792223744" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">31 Dec 2016</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> DIG YOU BERTHA! </span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sam_longoria/">Sam Longoria</a></b><a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @sam_longoria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_longoria/status/815369702314635264" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Dec 31</a><br /> <a href="http://twitter.com/DrTarnak" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@DrTarnak</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDigsSR99" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDigsSR99</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/timoutoflove" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@timoutoflove</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> There's taking a part, and then there's taken apart.</span></span><br /><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/DrTarnak" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Brian Verhoeven</b> @DrTarnak</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DrTarnak/status/814493571566841856" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">29 Dec 2016</a><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDigsSR99" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDigsSR99</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/timoutoflove" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@timoutoflove</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> We’re going to have a disassembly party :) </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/811808602725879808" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">21 Dec 2016</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> It's </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wintersolstice?src=hash" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#wintersolstice</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, which means the longest night of the year. As if that matters when you LIVE IN A HOLE. </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EveryNightIsLongDownHere?src=hash" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#EveryNightIsLongDownHere</a><br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/801346662757236736" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">23 Nov 2016</a><br /><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> What the heck is going ON back there?</span></span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bertha</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> @BerthaDigsSR99</span></ul>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/30360091964/in/album-72157644071097332/" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">New before/after photo highlights the changing <br />landscape at the tunnel’s future south portal. </a><br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ryanrogers" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>ryan</b> @ryanrogers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanrogers/status/784251615146422276" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">6 Oct 2016</a> <br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDigsSR99" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@BerthaDigsSR99</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> let's not get cocky just yet... </span><br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/784251194025713665" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">6 Oct 2016</a> <br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's right, a PLANNED stop. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bertha</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> @BerthaDigsSR99</span><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2dPVl4q" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bertha reaches planned maintenance stop. Crews <br />have tunneled 4,721 ft. and built 717 concrete rings.</a> <br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/783168599301115904" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3 Oct 2016</a><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Halfway through! Hey, @MarketMagicShop, can you help a girl out? </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrettyBalloons?src=hash" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#PrettyBalloons</a><br />
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<b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bertha</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> @BerthaDigsSR99</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> By passing @pike_place, </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2dyiW85" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bertha has reached the halfway <br />point of the 9,270-foot tunnel drive!</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> #BalloonsOverBertha </span><br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/778423786236420096" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">20 Sep 2016</a><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> What a relief, I was afraid people would be taking tours behind my bum.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bertha</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> @BerthaDigsSR99</span><br />
<a href="http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/Viaduct/Status/Blog/new-tour-lets-you-bike-above-bertha" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Spots are filling up for our free bike tours of the future tunnel route! <br />Explore on two wheels, through end of October.</a><br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/776599731912970245" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">15 Sep 2016</a><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> So take THAT!</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bertha</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> @BerthaDigsSR99</span><br />
<a href="http://1.usa.gov/10tAe4r" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Thurs. progress update: Seattle Tunnel Partners <br />has mined 4,222 feet and built 641 concrete rings. </a><br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/775894530889490432" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">13 Sep 2016</a> <br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"On the Road Again..." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Or in front of and under it....</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bertha</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> @BerthaDigsSR99</span><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2caL2Vi" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Bertha back on the move </a><br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bertha DeBlues</b></a><a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> @BerthaDeBlues</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BerthaDeBlues/status/772689076910559232" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">4 Sep 2016</a><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I see I am now followed by </span><a href="https://twitter.com/TVWritersVault" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">@TVWritersVault</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. Has anyone pitched a show about a sentient tunneler trapped under a city on a fault line? Dibs! </span><br />
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"Bertha De Blues" is Gina Wilhelm wonderful Twitter character.<br />
@BerthaDeBlues<br />
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Bertha is a digging machine, far below the city of Seattle,<br />
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<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Alpha and Omega: Dino Digs (2016)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">At the End of the Tunnel (2016)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Bertha & Bruno (2008)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Bertha (1972)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Bertha (1988)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Bertha Boma (1998)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Bertha Claiche (1905)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Bertha Navarro (2007)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Bertha Polaski (1954)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Bertha Skye (2000)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Bertha's Attic Song (2014)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Bertha's Birthday (1909)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Bertha's Birthday Party (1985)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Bertha's Grandchildren (2010)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Bertha's Mission (1911)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Bertha, the Buttonhole-Maker (1914)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Berthe (1976)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Berthe Morisot (2012)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Big Bertha (1928)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Big Bertha (1962)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Boxcar Bertha (1972)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Carl & Bertha (2011)<br />Chunnel (1995)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">De Bertha (1914)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Dig (1972)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Dig (2015)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Dig It! (2011)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Dig It! (2012)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Dig This! (1959)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Dig Two Graves (2014)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Dig! (2004)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Dig! (2013)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Dig, Dig, Dig (1961)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Dig, Dig, Dig! (2016)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Digging (1979)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Digging (2013)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Digging For... (2007)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Digging In (1996)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Digging Up the Marrow (2014)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Digging for Britain (2010)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Dig That Uranium (1955)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Digging for Fire (2015)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Digging for the Truth (2005)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Digging to China (1997)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Digs (2013)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Lisa & Bertha (2011)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Neanderthal Apocalypse (2015)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Old Bertha (2014)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Salut Berthe! (1968)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Soft for Digging (2001)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Straight from Bertha (2015)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">The Car Is Born: A Documentary About Carl & Bertha (1997)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">The Dig (1969)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">The Dig (2016)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">The Night They Robbed Big Bertha's (1975)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">The Tunnel (1980)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">The Tunnel (2013)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Tunnel (2016)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">Tunnel Rats (2008)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">What Is the Source of Bertha's Bliss? (2010)</a><br />
<a href="http://amzn.to/2irculf">BERTHA'S FAVORITE MOVIES</a><br />
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<span data-offset-key="48r04-0-0"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2e6iDPZ">He constantly was famous during the '50s-'90s, he was all over those eras. He was nominated for a Tony for one of his plays, Nominated for a Primetime Emmy, and got a National Book Award.</a> I remember him mostly as a Novelist, but <a href="http://amzn.to/2ehU42g">Mr. Vidal re-wrote many drafts on the shooting script for "Ben-Hur," (the real 1959 one, not the recent "Ben Hur Lite.") </a></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://amzn.to/2ehU42g" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The film was nominated for 12 Oscars, and took home 11. Sole loss was Best Adapted Screenplay, probably because it had a big Credits dispute. Although Gore Vidal re-Wrote (many drafts) with Christopher Fry on the first shooting script, the original Scriptwriter got credit, and Gore Vidal ended up uncredited. Ouch.</a></div>
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He wrote the </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=indycinefilmm-20&keywords=Jerry%20Lewis" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">1955 TV play upon which Jerry Lewis's "Visit To A Small Planet" was based. (The Teleplay became a 1957 Broadway show that ran for a year, and the resulting Jerry Lewis film was nominated for an Oscar).</a><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> And some 45 others. He must only have taken breaks from Writing to appear on TV talk shows. </span></div>
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I remember him as constantly on TV, usually making some droll pronouncement, and then plugging a book or film. He even Acted in some. </span><a href="http://amzn.to/2djjDxM" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">His X-rated 1970 "Myra Breckinridge," with Raquel Welch and Rex Reed, was made from his remarkably depraved and yet oddly best-selling 1968 novel. </a></div>
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<a href="http://amzn.to/2djjDxM" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Mr. Vidal's book was successful, but that film lost $1.5 million. Production was a trainwreck, Criticism was savage, and it is justifiably considered one of the worst pictures ever made. The Director has never been allowed to make another movie. </a></div>
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<a href="http://amzn.to/2drKbjA" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">As a Groucho-phile, I know Mr. Vidal wrote a TV show for Groucho, based on an L. Frank Baum book, which was titled "The Magical Monarch of Mo."</a><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> (Sound familiar? </span><a href="http://amzn.to/2drHCOD" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Mr. Baum is better-known for his also-better-known "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.") In 1960, the Groucho TV show didn't get made. Too bad.</a></div>
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<a href="http://amazon.com/author/chrisrossleong">International Fashion Industry</a>Sam Longoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07311568513869922029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10588587.post-13971184356102250312016-04-05T19:28:00.001-07:002016-04-05T19:35:27.518-07:00Roger Corman's 90th Birthday - Happy Birthday Roger!<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Filmmaking - milestones</span></strong><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Roger Corman, the elegant "King of the Indies"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">turns 90 years old today! Go Roger!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I had dinner with Roger Corman, on a boat in Seattle years</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ago, and could not get over it, this elegant gentleman in a</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">called <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006SFIS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=indycinefilmm-20">"Bucket of Blood."</a></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Years later, I worked at his secret Venice movie studio,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">important thing is, <b>Don't listen to anybody who says you can't.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Back when, Roger had <b>a rubber stamp and a ream of typing paper <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">for his stationery, dressed in simple elegance, and refused <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">to waste a cent. </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1843468986"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>He wrote </b></span></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1843468986"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>the book</b></span></a><a href="http://bit.ly/roger-corman-book"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> on the subject.</b></span></a></span></span></b></span><br />
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South of Seattle's Downtown and Sports Stadium, on Airport Way, across the street from the Mercedes Dealership, is LeftJet Studios. Owned by Joshua Redmond, who created it as a labor of love, both for himself and many Seattle Photographers and Videographers and Filmmakers, for whom it is their creative home.<br />
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Before the "Cyc," objects can be photographed as separate from the real world, to be recombined with other backgrounds and elements, for a seamless representation of a new and created "reality."<br />
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With 24 hours notice, the "Cyc" can be repainted a particular shade of electronic green, to allow combination of all the elements, in the Visual Effects compositing computer. <br />
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"Hangar B" is a large open space, with flat walls, and many rolls of photo background paper. Any setting or location can be created in it. Recent use has yielded a bedroom, a kitchen, a spaceship, and a shanty kitchen for a black-and white period comedy!<br />
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<a href="http://leftjet.com/">seattle production photography</a>Sam Longoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07311568513869922029noreply@blogger.com2Seattle, WA, USA47.572819867338708 -122.3025512695312547.401406367338708 -122.62527476953125 47.744233367338708 -121.97982776953125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10588587.post-13220591535621423712015-10-03T17:03:00.000-07:002015-10-05T00:03:34.279-07:00SODOPHOTO - SODO-PHOTO - SODO PHOTO - LEFTJET STUDIOS - LEFTJET STUDIOS LLC - LEFTJET STUDIOS INC. - 2015<br />
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Sam Longoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07311568513869922029noreply@blogger.com02020 Airport Way South, Seattle, WA 98134, USA47.584993 -122.3209269999999847.584323499999996 -122.32218749999998 47.5856625 -122.31966649999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10588587.post-18104658894265645112015-03-08T01:00:00.000-08:002015-03-08T15:20:18.299-07:00Photography Jobs - Cinematography Jobs - Where The Cameras Are<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Photography Jobs - Cinematography Jobs - Where The Cameras Are</b><br /><br /><b>First, don't look for Camera work on Craigslist. </b>He wants you to bring your own camera and gear, which means invest in his show, so maybe all you get is screen credit - if you get that. <b>Don't take those jobs, if you can avoid them.</b><br /><br />Let me tell you a secret.<b> When you decide not work for free, all the Paying Jobs show up</b>. Once you're good enough to charge money - <i><b>Charge it, and be proud to be worth the money.</b> </i>Don't take hobby-jobbies!<br /><br /><i style="font-weight: bold;">You have a Gift. You know what the shot should look like, and which two shots it goes between. They wouldn't know a well-composed and beautifully taken photo, if it clutched them around the neck. So they need you. They really must pay you - You have the gift, and they don't.</i><br /><br /><b>Look on </b><a href="http://www.mandy.com/1/jobs.cfm?fs=1&what=camera&ds=&skill=all&paid=3&placetext=Worldwide&zip=&place=wld&city=&gs=0&pcode=2" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Mandy</a><b>, and look on <a href="http://www.productionhub.com/jobs" target="_blank">ProductionHub</a>, </b>and work little jobs for cheap at the start, but always get paid and always do a Pro job, to build your Pro reputation. Your reputation is really all you have - protect it. If you hear somebody talking smack about you, bring it to his attention, fast! But get to be friends if you can.<br /><br /><b>Don't pass along bad rumors about anybody.</b> Denigrating somebody is amateur night, both in real life and (especially bad) online. Some guys think they're safe behind a computer screen, so they print outrageous things about you. If he does that, he's just jealous. Report bad behavior, and go on.<br /><b><i><br />Just focus on your own job - and do it, quickly and well.</i></b></span><br />
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Sam Longoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07311568513869922029noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10588587.post-63490580344711844012015-03-04T11:56:00.002-08:002015-04-03T02:54:12.064-07:00Seattle Film Industry - Where Is It?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"You wouldn't say there was a Beef Industry somewhere, just because they eat a lot of hamburgers there. Even if they bought a lot of forks, and discussed forks and hamburgers and cattle incessantly. You wouldn't call them cattlemen, you'd call them enthusiastic beef consumers."
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I've been working here in Seattle (the city of my birth, where I made my first 35mm feature) on projects for the last two years, just working and holding my tongue, really.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I don't see a "Seattle film industry" here.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> All I see here is "meetings," and "begging for state money," and "meetings about begging for state money." I see people working in media, and in television, and corporate video, but no movies. If you don't know those are different businesses, you don't get it. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I see a great big Seattle film TEACHING industry.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I'm about to move along to the next phase of my projects, and I'm mentioning this in passing. </span>I don't expect anyone to listen to it, because I grew up here, and I know how resistant people can be.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I am discouraged </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">so much energy here is spent making short films that will never be seen</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">, (except at the local endless film festival) and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">filmmakers rushing to "the next one" when they don't even bother to sell "this one."</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> Not my problem, but it is discouraging, even to watch. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">An "industry" means SALES.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> No sales, no industry. Just a lot of activity. Busy for no reason.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">If you knew a pumpkin farmer, and he grew fine pumpkins, but never took them to market to sell them, he just piled them in his yard, and left them to rot, wouldn't you think he was crazy? What if there was a club for "Pumpkin Farmers," and that's all any of them did? And they got together often, to discuss it endlessly? Pretty weird, it seems to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">There is much talk in Seattle about the local "Film Industry." Honestly I don't see one. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Certainly not the "Selling The Film" part, which is what pays for all the other parts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I see a whole lot of enthusiasm here for making movies, and God bless it, but very little attention is paid to "Selling The Film."</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> (Which, I can tell you, takes away all the problems of filmmaking). You get money, time, and wherewithal to make "the next one," and even get enough to eat, and to buy new gear, by </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Selling The Film."</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">All those mansions in Beverly Hills? </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">They were paid for by "Selling The Film." They were not paid for by "Making The Film," and certainly not by "Talking About Making The Film."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Why is there no emphasis here on selling?</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> (Not just the lame discussions of "Distribution," or which streaming service is best). I mean </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">learning how to SELL your movie, and sell tickets to it, which is more than just hanging them up for people to take or leave.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">It is obvious </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">ALL the money in Filmmaking comes from "Selling The Film." </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">So why is Seattle film focused only on </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">cameras and gear</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">endless pointless meetings</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> and on </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">making lame-o, poorly conceived, poorly written, poorly acted, poorly made, unfunny, undramatic, unpaid shorts</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">, and NOT on </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">making one good marketable feature movie</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">, and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">selling it</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">?</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> Why?</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Somebody explain it to me. There is a disconnect here, and it's not mine. I've spent a good deal of time thinking about it, and I still don't get it.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://samlongoria.com/sell">If you're a Seattle Filmmaker, and you want to spend your time making commercial full-length movies that get SOLD so you can make the next one, and the next, get in touch.</a> <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">If enough people </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">get together </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">who feel that way, and take ACTION - great things will happen.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://seattlefilmindustry.com/">seattle</a><br /><a href="http://seattlefilmindustry.com/">seattle film</a><br /><a href="http://seattlefilmindustry.com/">seattle movies</a></span><a href="http://seattlefilmindustry.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">seattle feature</a><br /><a href="http://seattlefilmindustry.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">seattle feature film</a><br /><a href="http://seattlefilmindustry.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">seattle film industry</a><br /><a href="http://seattlefilmindustry.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">seattle feature movies</a><br /><a href="http://seattlefilmindustry.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">seattle motion pictures</a><br /><a href="http://seattlefilmindustry.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">seattle feature film industry</a><br /><a href="http://seattlefilmindustry.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">seattle motion picture industry</a><br /><a href="http://seattlefilmindustry.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">seattle feature motion pictures</a><br /><a href="http://seattlefilmindustry.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">seattle feature motion picture industry</a></h2>
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Sam Longoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07311568513869922029noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10588587.post-42705440292093437072015-02-15T18:10:00.000-08:002015-02-15T18:12:41.215-08:00Beatles In My Life - Paul Rutan - Restoring The Beatles Films<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-reactid=".7p.1:3:1:$comment10204467286016149_10205131806228739:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$text0:0:$0:0" style="background-color: #f6f7f8; color: #141823; line-height: 13.9636354446411px;"><b>Beatles In My Life - Paul Rutan - Restoring The Beatles Films</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was the middle of the Burbank night, 3 or 4 am, working late at my film printer, and Paul Rutan called me. "Sam, get over here, you're gonna want to see this."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got over there. Paul is a master film restorer, and archivist, always working on great stuff, and he'd showed me some amazing things. I was really not prepared, though. Really not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The room was dark, lit only by his printer, clacking away,<br />and Paul handed me a film can. Black and white.<br />"That is the original negative for "A Hard Day's Night."<br />Wow. Slowly sinking in. I carefully read the label. Beatles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I set it carefully down on the film bench.<br />"And this is the original for 'Help!"<br />Beatles. Colour. Wow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was dizzy. A lot to take in. I held in my two hands the original film from two favorite movies. Light bounced off John, Paul, George, and Ringo, and was focused onto this very roll of film I was holding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Hard Days Night" was photographed by Gil Taylor BSC, who also shot "Dr. Strangelove," and "Star Wars."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Help!" was photographed by David Watkin, who shot "Three Musketeers," "Four Musketeers," "Out Of Africa," and "Chariots Of Fire."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just wow. Overload. What could top this?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The door creaked open, and an elderly man entered the room,<br />and Paul politely introduced us.<br />"Mr. Shenson, this is Sam Longoria."<br />I was dumbfounded, and answered, "You're Walter Shenson."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr. Shenson smiled, and said, "Do you know me?"<br />I said, "Of course, you Produced the Beatles movies."<br />He said, "We're just finishing up. Mr. Rutan has just restored them."<br />We chatted a bit. I had to remember to breathe slowly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr. Shenson had an amazing deal with United Artists. They paid for the Beatles films to be made, and because they didn't think pop stars had market longevity, the rights reverted to Mr. Shenson, fifteen years later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He'd released "Hard Days Night" through Universal in 1981 (I ran it at my movie theatre), and wanted them to look even better now, so Paul had done a high-quality photochemical restoration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That was in the '90s, and I just found Paul Rutan Jr. on Facebook. Hurray! Such an amazing person, still restoring great movies, so great to re-connect with him. Paul knows all there is to know about movie picture and sound.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Paul restored many films, including "Spartacus" and "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly," and two other Beatles films, "Magical Mystery Tour," and "Yellow Submarine." He's been restoring classic films for 40 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to restore your classic movie, or make a new one, Paul has my highest recommendation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can reach him at filmdoctor@earthlink.net or <a href="http://phoenix-archival.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://phoenix-archival.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sam Longoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07311568513869922029noreply@blogger.com0Burbank, CA, USA34.1808392 -118.3089661000000234.0757532 -118.47032760000002 34.2859252 -118.14760460000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10588587.post-69250862932107205082015-02-10T06:18:00.000-08:002015-02-10T06:34:24.430-08:00REVIEW - "FIRST YOU JUMP" by Eva Moon - Directed by Gary Schwartz<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">REVIEW - "FIRST YOU JUMP" by Eva Moon - Directed by Gary Schwartz</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love North Bend, and saw a great show there. Eva Moon wrote and Gary Schwartz directed "First You Jump," 24 January, at the Valley Center Stage, which is a modern black box theatre, located in the North Bend Masonic Hall for the past 11 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">North Bend is East of Seattle, past Issaquah and Snoqualmie. All trees and little town. Pound for pound, so much more going on than in Seattle. Nice movie theatre and restaurants, world-class improv and jazz, wonderful live theatre, and the original "Twin Peaks" diner. (Mar-T's, now Twede's), beneath majestic Mt. Si.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"First You Jump" is a deceptively simple show. Up on the raised stage, its clever set unfolds differently for each of the show's five scenes. Director Gary Schwartz introduced the evening on that stage, with only a flag and lectern, draped in red, white, and blue, there with him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each of the show scenes is introduced by its own song, written by Eva Moon, and sung by Kathleen Roche-Zujko. The songs are sweet songs, bluesy, funny and ironic. Not too "on the money," which is the danger here. They don't give away the scene beforehand either, and they are good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each scene is essential comedy, leading us to believe a certain situation, and then... something important is revealed, which changes everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love a good story, especially with a good surprise. I don't enjoy being able to predict what will happen next, or when it turns out there is no surprise. Each scene in "First You Jump" has a good surprise, and delivers it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eva did a wonderful job of protecting her five little surprises until exactly the right script moment, while Gary's direction delightfully heightens and explores the implications of where those surprises lead. The Cast nimbly played the material really well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't really tell you exactly what happens here, because I don't want to wreck it for you, but obliquely...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scene 1 - Damage Control</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sharon (Rocelle Wyatt) spins an odd situation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scene 2 - Red Algernon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dolores (Robin Walbeck-Forrest) has to decide</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">which candle to be - bright, or tall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scene 3 - Gepetto's Funeral</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pinocchio understands control, more than most.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Intermission</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scene 4 - Growing Feathers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Corinne (Robin Walbeck-Forrest) is drawn to a new</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">situation, by a dark and compelling need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scene 5 - Terminal Velocity</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Esther (Gretchen Douma) meets her hardest choice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scenes are almost certainly not what you think from their titles. Early scenes tease their structure, in their setup and reveal, but after Intermission, they play with the form, pack serious emotional power, and the stakes are high. I was still thinking about them the next day, which is the test of good show and ideas, for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Props and Sets created by Fred Rappin, Jonathan Seaton, Gary Schwartz, and Craig Ewing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Simple and effective Lighting Design by Fred Rappin, Brandon Comouche and Gary Schwartz. Brandon Comouche rendered Lights & Sound, perfectly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Capable House Managers were Wanda Boe, Tina Brandon, Gary Schwartz, and Becky Rappin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This show is over far too soon, and I can't really say that about many shows. I really enjoyed it, and I'm sure you will, too. After the show, I really recommend Boxley's, for live music and good food and drink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SAM LONGORIA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://valleycenterstage.org/">http://valleycenterstage.org</a><br />
<a href="http://boxleysplace.com/">http://boxleysplace.com</a></span></div>
Sam Longoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07311568513869922029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10588587.post-2316283309559245292014-10-24T02:55:00.000-07:002015-01-06T14:02:54.128-08:00Seattle Video Production - Lynn Shelton - Laggies<b style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">Seattle Video Production - Lynn Shelton - Laggies</b><br />
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<b style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">Do you love film in Seattle,</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"> and yearn for a real film industry, </span></div>
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<b style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">where Artists get paid?</b></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">Then run and buy a ticket TODAY for <b>Lynn Shelton's </b>new </span></span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">feature movie <b>"Laggies."</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><br /><br /><b>(UPDATE </b>- </span><a aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="js_6o" class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=531913707" href="https://www.facebook.com/lynn.shelton" id="js_6p" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Lynn Shelton</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">'s "Laggies" is available on iTunes, Amazon, GooglePlay, Vudu, Xbox, Playstation, Barnes & Noble Nook, and Comcast. Don't miss it! Every sale helps Lynn make more movies, and that helps YOU. Do it! </span><a href="http://bit.ly/laggies" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/laggies</a><b>)</b></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">Either do that, or admit it's all been just talk.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><b>How do I figure that?</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><b>At every filmmaking step, you SPEND money.</b></span></span></div>
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<b style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">Only one step EARNS for you - selling your movie.</b></div>
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<b style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><a href="http://samlongoria.com/sell">http://samlongoria.com/sell</a></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"><b>I will give you examples.</b> All those people at the American Film Market (AFM) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">every year, raising money and making deals, they are selling their movie.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Will YOU be there, or are you making plans to go next time?</b><br />If you are not, or you are not in some other way selling your feature movie, (for cash money), <b>you are just pretending.</b> You are not even playing the game.</span></span></div>
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<b style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">Lynn Shelton's movie "Laggies" opens today</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;"> in New York, Los Angeles, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">and Seattle. Lynn has been all over the media, and is selling her movie. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">If you support Lynn (and you should), </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">go to the movies today or Sunday, </b><b style="color: #141823; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;">and buy a ticket and see it.</b></div>
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<br />Sam Longoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07311568513869922029noreply@blogger.com2Seattle, WA, USA47.6062095 -122.332070847.2636815 -122.9775178 47.9487375 -121.68662379999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10588587.post-67049952460494569932014-09-15T01:30:00.000-07:002015-01-14T22:05:10.245-08:00Seattle Costume Designer - Janessa Jayne Styck<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Seattle Costume Designer - Janessa Jayne Styck</b><br /><br />When I'm doing a show or film, in Seattle or Hollywood, my first choice for Costume Design is <b>Janessa Styck.</b> Her designs are classically elegant, perfectly suited to the Production, and remarkably well-priced. All those make my little Producer heart go thump thump thump!<br /><br /><a href="http://janessajaynestyck.com/"><b>Just look at her designs!</b> She's a wizard with fabric and an era. She has highest ratings from her Customers, and Reviewers who have seen her shows and films. She's worked with top Tony-nominated professionals. <b>Can't recommend her enough.</b> Just go to her webpage, and see what she's got for your show.</a><br /><br /><b><a href="http://youtu.be/Qb82qYCZ-nU">Janessa demo video</a></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://janessajaynestyck.com/">Janessa Jayne Styck</a><br /><a href="http://janessajaynestyck.com/">Seattle Costume Designer</a><br /><a href="http://janessajaynestyck.com/">Hollywood Costume Designer</a><br /><a href="http://janessajaynestyck.com/">Seattle Costume Design</a><br /><a href="http://janessajaynestyck.com/">Hollywood Costume Design</a><br /><br /><br /><br /> </span>Sam Longoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07311568513869922029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10588587.post-12307294677408971492014-08-28T03:32:00.000-07:002018-10-15T17:04:49.129-07:00Lord Richard Attenborough - Actor - Director - There Was A Man Dept.<br /><br /><a href="http://cdnph.upi.com/topic/photo/ss/upi/eb212fb9e6714a22eb772163935f6da1/Richard-Attenborough-holds-up-two-Oscars-for-the-movie-Gandhi_1.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhXL-TlloZKtoKNwyNtgaJsvyBdf_5hDlsGe9mIAqp-Silo08j0zutovLAJvuSJpffjXSqbIA4Rydo2x29HHj5rqKZ21n6elKeY25tuq454fmtuVLhyphenhyphenzYRPSri8j-LpY9ZdQUWEpmLUqqmZaSXH5SkiPZfd2m_2kuslV1eIZ1Xa6Yki8rahtyIIJJEUSbup10u1FnJbBkxnSTWsNLwahIWCKiKknKD3vC7Vhfxr7dv-kCin8Xc5wNd7wx4lR8p088NGIbm77TJWe5Q=" /></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Lord Richard Attenborough - Actor - Director - There Was A Man Dept.</b><br />He was riding high, when I met him. 55th Academy Awards, in 1983. He and his picture (Gandhi) had just won eight Oscars, and he'd made a fine speech about it, and he was positively giddy with triumph.<br /><br />It was my first Academy Award ceremony, and I really wanted to talk to the Best Picture's Best Director, Sir Richard Attenborough. <br /><br /><div>
It's a funny thing about the Ceremonies, It's nothing like you see onscreen. <br /><br />There are boos and screams and funny noises, and weird things happening all the time, but such brilliant Camerawork and Floor Direction, you never see any of that. Anything out of the ordinary, switch to stock shots, or remote cameras, or an Ad. <br /><br />In this particular instance, once Best Picture was announced, much of the Audience arose and swarmed the exits, heading home from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, to beat traffic, although you would never know that, at home on TV. <br /><br />Sir Richard spoke of "Gandhi," his film, and Gandhi the man, and what Gandhi means to our times. He was quite moved, and he delivered his message, even though he spoke to a mostly (and increasingly) empty room. <br /><br />Then the show was over, and he gathered his thoughts on his lectern. I approached, with my program and pen. He gave me a warm, white movie star smile. I only had a moment, so I was somewhat direct. <br /><br />"I loved 'Gandhi,' it was wonderful!" <br /><br />"Thank you." <br /><br />"And you were in one of my favorite pictures." <br /><br />"Which one?" <br /><br />"The Flight of the Phoenix." <br /><br />His smile got brighter and wider. <br /><br />"Oh! With James Stewart! That is one of my favorites, too!" <br /><br />We chatted about it, and I asked for his autograph. He took my pen, with a flourish. <br /><br />"How shall I sign it? Shall I sign it 'Sir Dickie?'" <br /><br />And he did. "To Sam, Sir Dickie." <br /><br />I wrote him after that, when he made the wonderful "Chaplin," and when he became a Lord, (my salutation then was "Dear Lord," and I hope it made him smile). <br /><br />I think his last picture I saw was "Jurassic Park." His grace and his decency always came through, in his pictures. <br /></div>
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I was distressed to hear last year, he was in ill health. And today, he's gone. I love his great movies, and his talent, and his charm.<br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/flight-of-the-phoenix">I'm going to see "The Flight of the Phoenix" again soon. Such a great picture.</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/flight-of-the-phoenix"></a><a href="http://bit.ly/flight-of-the-phoenix">I love what it says - do your best, make the best of a bad situation, and be decent, even though things are catastrophic. That focused effort in the right direction is worth taking. Stout heart, and courage, my fellows. </a> <br /><br />Rest in Peace, Lord Richard Attenborough. Lord Dickie. <br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/-gandhi">Gandhi</a><br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/-chaplin">Chaplin</a><br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/-jurassic-park">Jurassic Park</a><br /><br /><a href="http://samlongoria.com/">Sam Longoria</a><br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/james-stewart">James Stewart</a><br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/the-magic-christian">The Magic Christian</a><br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/-richard-attenborough">Richard Attenborough</a><br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/flight-of-the-phoenix">The Flight Of The Phoenix</a> <br /><br /><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A delightful and revealing review of Elliot Cowan's new Animated Feature <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCQQqDZCn78">"The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead,"</a> by the great and renowned and greatly renowned Animation Guru, Nancy Beiman. <br /><br /><a href="http://flipanimation.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-stressful-adventures-of-boxhead-and.html">Nancy tells how exactly Elliot created his feature film, using only two years, talented hard work, and a tiny budget. Actually, Elliot's entire film cost less to make than many Animated television commercials!</a><br /><br />Nancy's conclusions are especially interesting to me, because of her thorough grounding in Feature and Television Animation. It is quite good to get a glimpse of Elliot's film, through Nancy's trained and Professional eyes.<br /><br />Nancy herself is a most interesting person, quite witty and intelligent, with a long and excellent Animation career, and is <a href="http://bit.ly/nancy-beiman-animation-book">the Author of several books on Professional Animation. </a> I enjoyed her review, and look forward to seeing Elliot's film.<br /><br /><br /><b>UPDATE</b><br /><a href="http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/elliot-cowan-on-the-stressful-adventure-of-making-the-stressful-adventures-of-boxhead-and-roundhead-112709.html" target="_blank">Elliot Cowan tells of his film and its difficult journey.</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/nancy-beiman-animation-book">Nancy Beiman</a><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/prepare-to-board">Prepare to Board</a><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/-animated-performance">Animated Performance</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br />Crowdfunding is raising money from a crowd,</b> hopefully your crowd, that you cultivate online. They know you, and they know your work. <b>There is nobody who wants your success like your crowd, and you want to entertain and inform them. </b><br /><br />There's much </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">superficial </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Crowdfunding information, but <b>every so often a simple idea how to play the Crowdfunding game is published. </b>I found just such an easy article, with the right mindset, and I want to share it with you.<br /><br />I'm a big Humphrey Bogart fan, and <b>there's just something about Bogie's no-nonsense character. </b>Every filmmaker should pay attention to him, and what Bogie knew instinctively about playing to a big group of people. <br /><br /><a href="http://filmmakingstuff.com/how-to-crowdfund-like-humphrey-bogart/">Woody Allen described Bogie's viewpoint, in Allen's 1969 Broadway play, "Play It Again, Sam," (perfect title for me Crowdfunding my movie). It's all simple and brutal, with a touch of pathos. <br /><br />As Woody's Bogie put it, so sensitively,"I never saw a dame yet that didn't understand a good slap in the mouth or a slug from a .45."<br /><br />John T. Trigonis's article gives you that slap upside the head, to get your film funding on track, and your Crowdfunding house in order. Put it to use, Sweetheart!</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=aps&keywords=woody%20allen&linkCode=ur2&tag=indycinefilmm-20">Woody Allen</a></span><br />
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