InnerSpace

in Edward Gomez, James Smythe, Piers Horner, Robert Simpson, Science or Fiction by Rob on December 11th, 2008

Synopsis: Innerspace tells the tale of an experimental procedure to shrink a human being and a small vehicle to a size where they could enter the bloodstream of a rabbit.  The experiment goes awry, and the soldier - played by Dennis Quaid - ends up being injected into Martin Short. Together they attempt to overcome a number of obstacles - a bad doctor with a British accent, a wealthy landowner, a Russian cowboy played by Star Trek: Voyager’s Doctor - and try to find a way to restore Dennis Quaid to his normal size.

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Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes by Perry Como (6/2/53, 5 Weeks)

in Number Ones by James on December 11th, 2008

Don\’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes by Perry Como

I sense that Perry wasn’t an astronomer, as he seems unsure of how big the stars are.  But that’s barely important! What matters here is his ability to play fast and loose with phrasing and tempo, and to really mess with the listener’s ability to predict what’s going to happen in the song next.  It’s like there is a chorus you keep expecting, but the ability to actually say when it is going to happen is next to impossible.  The song is a train, Perry standing on the back of one of the carriages, plucking stars from the sky – defying everything, music and science be damned! – and serenading all the women in the buffet car.  

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