The Brentwood Gazette’s Weekly Teaser — 4-9-2013: I Am A Camera

Hmmm … 

I think we can safely say that today, bar a visit from my landlady, has been relatively quiet.

Well … 

Relatively.

I think, in-between writing letters to the Gazette, posting this and watching some old episodes of Dr Who — Tom Baker in Revenge of the Cybermen, so you know — I’ll be … 

Well … twiddling my thumbs is the best way of putting it.

Still: at least I’ve one thing to do.

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You’ve probably worked out that that’s this week’s Brentwood Gazette Teaser: today’s has a Kodak them, in case you didn’t notice.

Here’s the questions: covered by the usual Creative Commons License* …

Q1) 4th September, 1888, saw George Eastman patent his camera.   That camera used what sort of film: Roll or Cartridge … ?

Q2) He also registered the name Kodak.   But what was the name of the company he founded, that used the name, Kodak … ?

Q3) In which year did the company introduce their famous Box Brownie camera: 1899, 1900 or 1901 … ?

Q4) More to the point, it was advertised with the phrase ‘You Push The Button, We’ll Do’ … what …?

Q5) George Eastman’s old house — in Rochester, New York — is now a what: restaurant, museum or pub … ?

Q6) The company’s had a rough time of it in recent years.  In 2004, it announced it would stop making what, in the US, Canada and Western Europe … ?

Q7) Many of its troubles have been blamed on the rise of what: camera phones, computers or digital photography … ?

Q8) Which Beatles wife — and photographer — was rumoured, for many years, to be a relative of George Eastman … ?

Q9) What’s the name of the play — and film — that provided inspiration for ‘Cabaret’ … ?

Q10) Finally — and very geekily — who had a 1973 US hit with ‘Kodachrome’ … ?

Here’s last week’s questions and answers …

Questions.

Q1) 28th August, 1963, saw Dr Martin Luther King make one of his most famous speeches: in which he said he had a … what … ?

Q2) Dr King gave the speech on the steps of which memorial?

Q3) In which US city is that Memorial?

Q4) Dr King famously opened the speech with a reference to which US president … ?

Q5) In the speech, Dr King said that “Every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain be made” … what … ?

Q6) Martin Luther King was — obviously — a doctor.   Of what … ?

Q7) Which Indian leader was an inspiration for Dr King … ?

Q8) The American Civil Rights Movement, in which Dr King was prominent, got kickstarted when who famously refused to sit at the back of a bus … ?

Q9) The day before his assassination, Dr King delivered his equally famed ‘I Have Been To The Mountaintop’ sermon, the last speech of any kind he made.   In which US city did he make deliver it?

Q10) Finally … Dr King closed the ‘I Have A’ speech with the line ‘Thank God Almighty, we are’ … what … ?

Answers.

A1) Dream.

A2) The Lincoln Memorial.

A3) Washington DC.

A4) Abraham Lincoln.

A5) Low.

A6) Theology: Systematic Theology, from Boston University, to be precise.

A7) Mohandas Karamchand Gandi.

A8) Mrs Rosa Parks.

A9) Memphis, Tennessee.

A10) ‘Free At Last’.

Enjoy those.

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Virgin and Cabaret: A warning and a film.

You know, I’ve got to admit, there’s time’s I’m glad I use BT as my ISP, I really am.

OK, granted they’re not perfect.

But at least they’ve not had to issue the warning that Virgin has, today: that some of their customer’s machine’s have been infected with the SpyEye trojan: about 1500 of them.

Hmmm …

Nasty: I’ve got to admit, while I’m very aware there’s not that many bits of malicious software for the OS X platform, most of the ones that ARE out there … ? Are trojans: you can bet I’ll be keeping my eye’s peeled …

JUST on the off-chance … !

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At ANY rate … ?

At any rate, I’m going to give a BIG Thank You to an old friend and work colleague, James.

Bless him, I’d posted to my Facebook wall that I’d never actually seen the film, Cabaret, some time ago.

And, bless him, James let me have his old, spare copy.

Like I say, I think a BIG Thank You’s in order.

BIG Thank You, there, James!

And I think I can now officially say I’ve seen what had to be Liza Minelli’s break-out role.

And admit, she weren’t half distracting, back then … !

Well, she was … !

OK … I’m perving, JUST a touch, there, let me grab a cold shower …

AHEM.

Actually, she still is …

But, at any rate, I’m burbling, aren’t I … ?

Cabaret is very loosely based on the novel, Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood: and tells us of the time that Brian — Michæl York, possibly one of the few actors in the film to not have a song! — and his stay in Berlin, as a English teacher, during the 1930s.

Back when Berlin had a reputation for being the most hedonistic city in Europe.

Brian’s life is immediately complicated by getting to know Sally Bowles, one of the acts at the nearby Kit Kat Klub: the cabaret of the title, and the singer with whom he shares both lodgings …

And a complicated lovelife.

All of this … ?

All of this is set against the back of a Berlin that is both extremely hedonistic … and seeing the raise of Hitler’s Nazi party, that, by the end of the film, is getting everywhere.

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Now, I don’t know if you — like me — are fairly new to Cabaret.

But can I make a suggestion, here … ?

And this is in spite of the fact I know that my regular movie cohort, Kevin D isn’t grabbed by the thought of seeing it*.

I personally think you should REALLY go see Cabaret.

Because … ?

I think you’re going to be in for a treat … !

* Not enough wrestling, guns or explosions …