Cable TV approaches the ‘worthy horizon’
While I was in Asia, my sister and brother-in-law, whose dog I am currently taking care of and whose house I am watching while they vacation, switched over to a different cable provider. While retaining some fav’s from from old system (IFC!, HBO), but losing a few of the cool free movie channels I was getting used to, they now get The Documentary Channel (DOC), and it f-ing rules! Plus the remote now has Tivo powers to record while you are busy in ‘reality’, or you know, blogging or doing something else. Check it out if you can! Though in my search for the site, I came across the Canadian Documentary Channel, which looks like it might be even better - currently showing the Sarah Silverman ‘Jesus is Magic’ etc. But if we can lose Canada to the metric system in ‘70, I guess we can get along just fine without their documentary channel…
Speaking of which, do you know what the good ol’ US of A has in common with Burma/Myanmar and Liberia? Wow, does France have a problem with us, or did it start out the other way around? One minute it’s all Louisianna purchase, and Statue of Liberty, and then we’re pouring their wine down the gutter (and believe me, they got a huge laugh from that one, as we’d already paid for it) and are trying to teach our tongues to ‘freedom kiss’. BTW, assholes, that sliced fried potato style comes from Belgium, don’t forget the mayo-
Dear Mister Banana Pancake:
What the hell are WE doing? Both of us could make kick ass docu.’s with our hands tied behind our backs. Check out those new digi cams with the anti-shake features. The camera is small enough to throw in a daypack. The key is a good mic with a wind sock on it (I have been told).
I will be in London in February, with a quick trip to France. More later, young fella. See you in Vietnam - I have a friend living in Saigon ready to pick us up at the airport….
- S.
Saul! Let me get the first draft of this novel out and I’m on the doc tip. I talked similar things with Swedish Peter from the podcast #18: a documentary on Bangkok street kids.
Sounds like you are still busy, out there, doin’ it. Vietnam sounds great, I’m saving even now, but for exactly what I’m not sure. Well, I know ‘what’, I should say ‘where’….