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RampantParanoia2365 , to til in TIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members."

Sounds like Jack O’Neill. With 2 Ls 👌.

Texas_Hangover , to til in TIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members."

That dude was a G. His whole fucking life.

sanguinepar , to til in TIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members."
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His books of letters from that time are well worth reading if you’re interested in that time in his life, very interesting.

mine OP ,
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I will have to find them, thanks.

fartsparkles ,

Please share where you found them, if you do.

grimsolem ,

annas-archive.org/search?index=&page=1&q=The+prou…

Use slow option #3 (the first 2 normally work but wait list is long atm)

sanguinepar ,
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The book is called The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, I should have mentioned that before!

And it’s followed by Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist

Bonesince1997 , to til in TIL Hunter S. Thomson got an early honorable discharge from the air force in part because, "Sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members."

Not guided by policy is a very nice thing to say about the man.

walter_wiggles , to amateur_radio in Happy Birthday James Clerk Maxwell!

Ah yes, prolific creator of equations.

vk6flab OP ,
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Well, that and radio waves:

With the publication of “A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field” in 1865, Maxwell demonstrated that electric and magnetic fields travel through space as waves moving at the speed of light. He proposed that light is an undulation in the same medium that is the cause of electric and magnetic phenomena. The unification of light and electrical phenomena led to his prediction of the existence of radio waves. Maxwell is also regarded as a founder of the modern field of electrical engineering.

ChaosCoati , to til in TIL: There is a species of penguin that lives in the southern point of Africa. (African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin.)
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And more penguin species live outside the Antarctic region than in it

NegativeLookBehind , to til in TIL: There is a species of penguin that lives in the southern point of Africa. (African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin.)
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https://i.imgur.com/p26rT3j.jpeg

I went there and saw them!

Catoblepas , to til in TIL: There is a species of penguin that lives in the southern point of Africa. (African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin.)

Watch some older documentaries and you can hear them being called jackass penguins, because their calls are very reminiscent of donkeys braying.

niktemadur , to asklemmy in What's your take on Cassavetes?

I’ve seen Shadows, Faces and The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie.
The man nearly single-handedly invented independent highbrow cinema in the United States, a gritty and bare urban realism that is as artistically important as the French Nouvelle Vague.

To put it in an oversimplified way, without Cassavettes there is no Scorsese as we know him.

Flummoxed OP ,

Yes, thank you!

kandykarter , to asklemmy in What's your take on Cassavetes?

Genius. When paired with his wife Gena Rowlands, responsible for some of the greatest films of the era. Check out Love Streams, A Woman Under The Influence, and Opening Night, among others.

dessalines ,

These movies are heavy, rich like red wine, but very good.

demesisx , to asklemmy in What's your take on Cassavetes?
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He was a brilliant filmmaker. I once got to talk with Frederick Elmes about shooting “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie”. He said, “I’d shoot it very differently today. I was so young then that I hadn’t yet developed a style.”

Carighan , (edited ) to asklemmy in What's your take on Cassavetes?
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Never heard of the name. Or I guess I might have read it in credits, but never associated brain space to it and also never noticed a commonality between movies based on him. 🤷

So to quote from Futurama: I have no strong opinion one way or the other.

bunkyprewster , to asklemmy in What's your take on Cassavetes?

Wow. I’m glad you asked and look forward to people’s opinions.

I just watched Mikey and Nickey (after reading about Elaine May’s role in the start of improv). The treatment of women was terrible to see but the acting was incredible.

wildbus8979 , to asklemmy in What's your take on Cassavetes?

What’s your take on… What’s you’re take on?..

Flummoxed OP , to asklemmy in What's your take on Cassavetes?

He was definitely an alcoholic, maybe a messiah of art outside of the even-more-predominant-today “industry.” Definitely a misogynist, not sure about genius. Probs?

Not a huge fan, but I think his Columbo episode “Etude in Black” is genius. HIS genius? Not sure.

I’d love to hear others’ thoughts about this auteur. Yes, this is not an original question, but I’ve never been able to ask anyone else about the subject.

Edit: clarified my take on Cassavetes

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