Category: RIP

Batman meets Caturday I was a small child when I first watched…



Batman meets Caturday 

I was a small child when I first watched batman… small enough to believe Batman and Robin were really walking up the exterior walls of skyscrapers. When I saw it again in reruns as an adult I fell in love with Batman all over again for the breathtaking seriousness of the dynamic duo.  Later still I became Facebook friends with Adam West, still cool after all these years. When he passed away earlier this year I was deeply saddened.  

So I made this small video as a memorial. In case you wonder why I’m a free culture advocate, I wanted to publish this on June 9th, but it was held up by a copyright claim (to the Batman Theme/Music).  I am only publishing this now after having made a successful case for Fair Use.

Now that it has been cleared, I can share it with you here for Caturday.

Credits:
Nienke Hinton’s recording of Simba watches TV 
released under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License

Scored with the Original Batman TV Theme by Neal Hefti
music performed by Nelson Riddle 
copyright © 1966 by Greenway Productions, Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Television Inc. ~ Music used under Fair Use 

Batman publicity photo colourized by Laurel L. Russwurm
(Public Domain) via Wikimedia Commons

Video remix by Laurel L. Russwurm

Remembering Adam West“Simba watches TV”CREDITS:Simba video…



Remembering Adam West

“Simba watches TV”


CREDITS:

Simba video recorded by Nienke Hinton and released with a Creative Commons Attribution Licence 

Public Domain Batman publicity photo colourized by Laurel L. Russwurm
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adam_West_as_Batman.jpg

Original Batman TV Theme by Neal Hefti performed by Nelson Riddle 
copyright © 1966 by Greenway Productions, Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Television Inc. ~ used under Fair Use
via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ9ymE2Rcxo

My remix is Creative Commons Attribution Licence (music is not CC ~ ARR)

Back when I was in the ninth grade, the school librarian asked…



Back when I was in the ninth grade, the school librarian asked me to read a new book, “Watership Down,” so I could tell her what I thought.  Although I was more into science fiction than fantasy, I loved it. 

In fact, I loved it so much I bought my own copy, and read the entire thing to my younger siblings.

Carrie FisherOctober 21, 1956 — December 27, 2016I was blown…



Carrie Fisher

October 21, 1956 — December 27, 2016

I was blown away by Star Wars.  For me, Princess Leia was a strong role model in the tradition of Emma Peel.  Tuppence.  Or Eowyn.    

This is one of the drawings I did for Canektion, my first venture in self publishing (circa 1978).  

Later, as someone who barely scraped through High School HomeEc, I sewed myself into a kickass Princess Leia costume for the Sheridan College Media Arts Hallowe’en Party in 1979.  Unfortunately, I had to seam rip my way out of it, so the costume didn’t survive, but sadder still, I have no photographs. I know there were a few in that year’s M.A.D.N.E.S.S., but unfortunately, after the Media Arts department insisted students leave our M.A.D.N.E.S.S. media in it’s care, Sheridan neglected to hang onto any of that material.  :(

Carrie Fisher was much more than an actress, but it was her strength as Princess Leia that left such a strong impression on me as a young woman.   I would have loved the opportunity to have had a coffee with her,  to have a chance to tell her how her portrayal of bravery and honour influenced me, and maybe even helped me become a stronger, or even better person.  

I am sad she’s gone; my condolences to those she’s left behind.