{"id":712,"date":"2008-10-09T20:05:39","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T20:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/10\/09\/stuff-received-10908\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:35","slug":"stuff-received-10908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/10\/09\/stuff-received-10908\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuff received 10\/9\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. <\/p>\n

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Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Vol. 6<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Promo copy:<\/p>\n

Here comes the highly-anticipated sixth volume of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, the studio’s largest Looney Tunes compilation of animated shorts to date. Fans won’t want to miss this golden opportunity to own over 60 classic, fully re-mastered and restored cartoons, presented in their original un-edited format. Most of the shorts in the collection have never been available on DVD before.<\/p>\n

Contents:<\/p>\n

Disc One: Looney Tunes All Stars
\n1. Hare Trigger
\n2. To Duck or Not to Duck
\n3. Birth of a Notion
\n4. My Little Duckaroo
\n5. Crowing Pains
\n6. Raw! Raw! Rooster!
\n7. Heaven Scent
\n8. My Favorite Duck
\n9. Jumpin’ Jupiter
\n10. Satan’s Waitin’
\n11. Hook Line and Stinker
\n12. Bear Feat
\n13. Dog Gone South
\n14. A Ham in a Role
\n15. Often an Orphan<\/p>\n

Disc Two: Patriotic Pals
\n1. Herr Meets Hare
\n2. Russian Rhapsody
\n3. Daffy the Commando
\n4. Bosko the Doughboy
\n5. Rookie Revue
\n6. The Draft Horse
\n7. Wacky Blackout
\n8. The Ducktators
\n9. The Wekaly Reporter
\n10. Fifth Column Mouse
\n11. Meet John Doughboy
\n12. Hollywood Canine Canteen
\n13. By Word of Mouse
\n14. Heir Conditioned
\n15. Yankee Dood it<\/p>\n

\nDisc Three: Bosko Buddie and Merrie Melodies
\n1. Congo Jazz
\n2. Smile Dam Ya, Smile!
\n3. The Booze Hangs High
\n4. One More Time
\n5. Bosko’s Picture Show
\n6. You Don’t Know What You’re Doin’!
\n7. We’re in the Money!
\n8. Ride ’em Bosko
\n9. Shuffle Off to Buffalo
\n10. Bosko in Person
\n11. The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
\n12. Buddie’s Day Out
\n13. Buddie’s Beer Garden
\n14. Buddie’s Circus
\n15. A Cartoonist’s Nightmare<\/p>\n

Disc Four: Most Requested Assorted Nuts
\n1. Horton Hatches the Egg
\n2. Lights Fantastic
\n3. Fresh Airedale
\n4. Chow Hound
\n5. The Oily American
\n6. It’s Hummer Time
\n7. Rocket Bye Baby
\n8. Goo Goo Goliath
\n9. Wild Wife
\n10. Much Ado About Nutting
\n11. The Hole idea
\n12. Now Hear This
\n13. Martian Through Georgia
\n14. Page Miss Glory
\n15. Norman Normal<\/p>\n

Plus fifteen other shorts.<\/p>\n

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I Live Here<\/span> by Mia Kirshner, J.B. Mackinnon, Paul Shoebridge, and Michael Simons<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Promo copy:
\nI Live Here is a paper documentary\u2013an intimate journey to humanitarian crises in four corners of the world: war in Chechnya, ethnic cleansing in Burma, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi.<\/p>\n

\n~THE BOOK~<\/p>\n

I Live Here is a visually stunning narrative \u2014 told through journals, stories, images, and graphic novellas \u2014 in which the lives of refugees and displaced people become at once personal and global. Bearing witness to stories that are too often overlooked, it is a raw and intimate journey to crises in four corners of the world: war in Chechnya, ethnic cleansing in Burma, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi.<\/p>\n

The voices we encounter are those of displaced women and children, in their own words or in stories told in text and images by noted writers and artists. The stories unfold in an avalanche: An orphan goes to jail for stealing leftovers. A teenage girl falls in love in a city of disappeared women. A child soldier escapes his army only to be saved by the people he was taught to kill.<\/p>\n

Mia Kirshner\u2019s journals guide us through a unique paper documentary brought vividly to life in collaboration with J.B. MacKinnon, Paul Shoebridge, and Michael Simons, with featured works by Joe Sacco, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Phoebe Gloeckner, Chris Abani, Karen Connelly, Kamel Khelif, and many others.<\/p>\n

\n~THE JOURNEYS ~<\/p>\n

\nIngushetia
\nThe border of the Russian republic of Ingushetia is not even fifty miles from Grozny, the capital city of Chechnya. Today, some 15,000 Chechen refugees live in Ingushetia. Mia Kirshner and Joe Sacco traveled here together, returning with first-person accounts, video, photographs, and other materials gathered in Nazran and Moscow. The chapter includes journals by Mia Kirshner, the story of a young refugee as told by J.B. MacKinnon, the story of a young piano virtuoso as told by Ann-Marie Macdonald, and a graphic novella of Chechen refugees by Joe Sacco.<\/p>\n

Burma
\nEthnic cleansing by the Burmese military has displaced an estimated 500,000 to 1 million people; over 100,000 live in refugee camps along the Thailand-Burma border. Burma is also believed to be home to more child soldiers than any other country in the world. Mia Kirshner and Michael Simons took separate trips to the region; this chapter is based on their interviews, photos, and video, as well as writing by sex workers and Karen refugees. It includes journals by Mia Kirshner, as well as work by Chris Abani, Karen Connelly, J.B. Mackinnon, and a graphic novella by Kamel Kh\u00e9lif.<\/p>\n

Ju\u00e1rez
\nCiudad Ju\u00e1rez is a large industrial border city in Mexico across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. Since 1993, young women, many of them employees of Ju\u00e1rez\u2019s more than three hundred maquiladoras, or global trade zone factories, have been disappearing from the streets. Mia Kirshner and Phoebe Gloeckner made independent journeys to this region; this book is informed by the stories and images they brought home. It includes journals, a story of one of the victims by Lauren Kirshner, and a graphic novella by Phoebe Gloeckner.<\/p>\n

Malawi
\nMalawi is one of the world\u2019s poorest countries, and has an AIDS rate close to twenty percent. The disease touches every aspect of daily life in the African nation, introducing immense chaos, particularly in the case of orphan children. Mia Kirshner and J.B. MacKinnon made the trip to Malawi and returned with interviews, photographs, writing, and artworks. This book includes journals, a children\u2019s story by J.B. MacKinnon with art by Julie Morstad, and the stories and artwork of boys in a local prison.<\/p>\n

\nCheck out the amazing interiors at the official site<\/a>. There has never been anything quite like this impressive production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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