Bookazine Book Review: Nostradamus Prophecies for America
Movie Review: Behind Enemy Lines By Poppy Owen Wilson plays Lt. Chris Burnett, a Navy flight navigator who has become disillusioned with the Navy and is contemplating resigning his commission. Gene Hackman plays Admiral Leslie McMahon Reigart, an admiral who is the battle group commander for USS Carl Vinson.
Meanwhile, back on the aircraft carrier the control room has lost radio contact and realize something is wrong. Hackman wants to send in a rescue team, for political reasons his efforts are stopped and a foreign embarked admiral makes it clear that no rescue will take place. Directed by John Moore (XVI) Cast overview: Owen Wilson ... Lt. Chris Burnett rest of cast listed alphabetically: Jared Chandler ... Piquet’s Aide
John Mayall - Blues From Laurel Canyon by Mott the Dog **** 4 Stars Rating This fine collection of songs could well have been subtitled, “Thoughts of an English Gentleman on holiday in America”, as this album is the story of John Mayall’s 3 week vacation in Los Angeles, written between the break up of his ambitious large entourage of the Blues Breakers which had just recently released “Bare Wires” (most of whom went off to form the wonderful Colloseum) & this solo effort. One of the most amazing things about this album is that the whole thing was recorded in 3 days, between 26th & 28th August 1968 at Decca’s London studios. The band had been together only 2 weeks, but sound as if they’d been playing for years. Only Mick Taylor remained from the previous line-up, making him a veteran by Mayall’s standards. His previous two guitarists’ having lasted an album each (Eric Clapton for “Blues Breakers” leaving to form Cream & Peter Green for “Hard Road” leaving to form Fleetwood Mac). After this album Colin Allen would move on to rattle the traps with Scottish Rockers “Stone the Crow’s”, whilst of course the Glimmer twins would come in to smuggle away Mick Taylor for the Rolling Stones, leaving Mayall in his perpetual quest for new & inspiring musicians. The songs are laid out in chronological order from arrival to departure, and the result of their labours has brought forth some wonderful fruit. Mick Taylor was never to better his licks here; the introduction to “The Bear” (Mayall’s take of his exploits on the town in Los Angeles with American Bluesters Canned Heat) is worth the price of the album on its own. Also, the soloing from both the guitarist and Mayall himself on the closing jam of “Fly Tomorrow” should stand as a monument of how to lay bare your soul for the rest of time. Peter Green makes a guest appearance on the atmospheric “First Time Alone”, add Mayall’s trademark mouth harp and the standard of musicianship is very high indeed. The lyrics by the nature of the songs are very self indulgent, but then you can’t have everything, and lets face it, you can only write about what you know. For those not familiar with the works of Mr. Mayall this is a good entry point, but be prepared for a bumpy side, as his style changes dramatically over the years. Out of interest a few other musicians who at sometime were in John Mayall’s Blue Breakers reads like a who’s who of the British Blues boom, including Jack Bruce, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Jon Hiseman, Aynsley Dunbar, Hughie Flint, Coco Montoya, and of course to complete the Cream connection for one gig Ginger Baker. Musicians John Mayall - Vocals, Keyboards, & Mouth Organ
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Ovason,
according to the back cover blurb, is the foremost expert on the
prophecies of Nostradamus and following September 11 has re-examined the
writings of the 16th Century Frenchman. Not only did the famous
clairvoyant predict the World Trade Center disaster, but he also
prophesised the Declaration of Independence, the founding of St. Louis and
the Apollo Space programme, amongst other uniquely American happenings.
All this was done in 1555, when the world was still awaiting the founding
of America.
While
flying a routine reconnaissance mission, Burnett and his pilot Gabriel Macht
(Lt. Jeremy Stackhouse) see something they’re not supposed to see and do
something they’re not supposed to do (as something like this would
probably get you court-martialed). As a result, the enemy (in this case an
Eastern European rebel group), shoot them down with a surface-to-air
missile. The flying scene where their plane is being chased by the SAM is
intense, riveting and heart-stopping and probably one of the best in the
movie. They eject and find themselves deep inside enemy territory,
struggling to survive. Once on the ground, it becomes a game of cat and
mouse between them and two rebels who want to make sure the Americans are
dead.
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