Well this is interesting

nimelennar · February 25, 2019, 7:19pm

Indeed: look at the popularity of medical shows on television, or firefighting shows.

Admittedly, a lot of those feature interpersonal conflict within the teams, but how often is that resolved violently?

Daveb · February 26, 2019, 6:07pm

RAvery · February 27, 2019, 3:14am

So I was watching “The Temptress” last night, and in the middle of it there were scenes of a dam being built. I thought to myself, I should be able to find out what that is. So I searched with “the Google” for “dam los angeles 1925.” Sure enough, it was the construction of the St. Francis Dam.

It never looks that big in pictures, but when you see people building it you get a real sense of its scale. It was huge. Never underestimate the power of water.

nimelennar · February 27, 2019, 1:11pm

Dam.

RAvery · February 28, 2019, 4:40am

You said it.

RAvery · March 2, 2019, 2:24am

I’m old enough that I remember Letterman on morning television. I don’t remeber this, however.

kxkvi · March 2, 2019, 3:35am

Really cool.

gatto · March 2, 2019, 8:00am

i was floored, being raised christian, having read a bunch of the bible for confirmation in the church, that - not noticing until college, reading in a mythology class - there are two completely different creation stories. almost back to back.

i guess? people just get to choose whichever one suits the moment - like so many of the “lessons” from thar old book

ChickieD · March 2, 2019, 10:00am

My rabbi was mentored by the translator who had translated the version of the Torah used by the Reform Jewish movement. The way it works is that there were two myths going around. Rather than choose one version, the authors recorded both. There are several places in the Torah where this happens, like the two 10 commandments.

PatRx2 · March 2, 2019, 4:24pm

There was a quite long period when you couldn’t get an issue of Keyboard magazine without some mention of Ciani. She is/was very well-respected in the synth community.

kxkvi · March 2, 2019, 9:19pm

I remember the issue with her on the cover. I have it in a box somewhere.

RAvery · March 2, 2019, 9:44pm

@PatRx2
@kxkvi

https://thevinylfactory.com/news/suzanne-ciani-new-live-recording-quadrophonic-vinyl/

RAvery · March 2, 2019, 10:34pm

So, getting back to the St. Francis Dam.

The fictional Argentinian dam featured in the Temptress is being engineered by the male lead, played by Antonio Moreno. At the end of the second act, the dam is dynamited by an oily villain with the curious name “Manos Duras,” leading to a major flood.

All this is spooky because: a, the St. Francis Dam did fail a couple years later causing a major floor, and b, there was a lot of dynamiting going on around the LA waterworks at that time.

Make of it what you will.

gadgetgirl · March 3, 2019, 2:17am

AndyHilmer · March 3, 2019, 2:50am

HA! My boss, an Navy weapons guy from a US cruiser of the 80s, gets right indignant about the technology export restrictions being abandoned.

Chaz1 · March 3, 2019, 4:24pm

Nostalgia for Lost Futures

chgoliz · March 3, 2019, 6:07pm

chgoliz · March 3, 2019, 6:45pm

gadgetgirl · March 3, 2019, 8:36pm

Obligatory:

noahdjango · March 4, 2019, 12:50am

I went to Wrigley once. Did not know about the trough urinals until I stepped into the men’s room, but personally, I was like “YES”. There’s no waiting involved at all. The instant there is an open space, you get to pee–and unless it’s the 7th inning stretch or something, that time is basically the moment you set foot in the door.
One of the best dives in Knoxville, the Longbranch Saloon on the campus strip, had a similar philosophy. along one wall of the men’s room, there was a bathtub mounted at waist height. I always appreciated that.
As an Atlantan, I may end up going to Mercedes Benz stadium one of these days, but haven’t yet, so no comment there.