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Ärende: [7 of 8] JMS posts to moderated b5 newsgroup
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> places. Until that time, if you want to enjoy one of those two tales (told
> not nearly as well as I do it) you can go find Joe Straczynski's website
> and ask him. He was part of the brouhaha and is one-third of my living
> proof that I don't make this shit up.
>
> Ta-ta, kiddies. -he"
>
> Keith again.  And of couse rampant speculation ensued, and the thread
> continued.  A day or two later, Harlan posted this:
>
>
> "MOVIE THEATER AUDIENCE BABBLE REDUX
>
> ANDREW LAUBACHER:
>
> The essay that included the anecdote about the guy yelling at "Leroy" in a
> NYC movie theater years ago was a section of the piece titled "The 3 Most
> Important Things in Life" and, yes, it IS a terrifying, marvelous story,
> available in my book.
>
> You're right.
>
> But you're wrong.
>
> The two experiences to which I obliquely refer are two I've never
> published. They happened TO ME, as opposed to the one you know, at which I
> was merely a huddled, terrified observer.
>
> No, the two most interesting SHUT THE FUCK UP OR I'LL KILL YOU!!
> stories of my own personal experience remain shrouded in silence. But, as I
> suggested, you can always go over to Joe Straczynski's gabfest and tell him
> Harlan sent you. I haven't busted Joe's chops soundly since the last time
> we had dinner, all four of us, and I sorta miss the pleasant hiss of steam
> coming outta his ears.
>
> Yr. pal, Harlan"
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Keith again:
>
> So, if you are kindly disposed to recall the tale in question, I'm sure all
> will be amused.  If you post it here, I'll copy and paste it over on
> Webderland, verbatim.
>
> Thanks for your consideration.  And thanks for B5.
>
> -Keith Cramer

The problem is...just to tell it *verbally* takes nearly 20 minutes,
it's not something you can sum up in a few paragraphs.  It would be a
fifteen page essay, because it covered a lot of time and permutations.

So my suggestion is that somebody at a convention ask this, so it'll
get voice recorded, and can be made available for anyone who wants to
transcribe it or upload the mp3.

jms



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Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 06:00:55 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Joe and Harlan at the Movies
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated



Joseph DeMartino wrote:
> jmsatb5@aol.com wrote:
>
> > So my suggestion is that somebody at a convention ask this, so it'll
> > get voice recorded, and can be made available for anyone who wants to
> > transcribe it or upload the mp3.
> >
> > jms
>
> The next item for the Joe's Store at CafePress - CD recordings of your
> various convention appearances.  I've never had the opportunity to see
> you at a con and I would happily pay for the chance to hear what I've
> been missing
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe

Hold a tin drum up to your ear and bang on it as hard as you can for
about twenty minutes.  The experience is very much the same.

jms



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Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:50:03 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Joe and Harlan at the Movies
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated



sftv wrote:
> jmsatb5@aol.com wrote:
>
> > The problem is...just to tell it *verbally* takes nearly 20 minutes,
> > it's not something you can sum up in a few paragraphs.  It would be a
> > fifteen page essay, because it covered a lot of time and permutations.
> >
> > So my suggestion is that somebody at a convention ask this, so it'll
> > get voice recorded, and can be made available for anyone who wants to
> > transcribe it or upload the mp3.
> >
> > jms
> >
>
> Hmm...  Maybe a special event at the Nebula Awards weekend?  I'll make
> sure we have video cameras running!
>
> Lee Whiteside

And someone standing by with a restraining order.

jms



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Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:51:54 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Joe and Harlan at the Movies
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated



Bill wrote:
> >Hold a tin drum up to your ear and bang on it as hard as you can for
> >about twenty minutes.  The experience is very much the same.
> >
> >jms
>
> Very funny, but not exactly accurate. I saw you at Wizard World Philly
> for the first time and I thought you were a fantastic speaker.
>
> Bill (the idiot who forgot his own name while asking you for an
> autograph)

Don't feel bad about it, happens all the time.  Sometime at a
convention somebody ask me about the time I ran into Kirk Douglas for
the first time if you want to hear awkward.

Funnily, when I'm signing autographs I'll ask, "To whom should I make
this?" in hopes of a name and the person in line will say, "Me."

jms



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Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:55:05 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Joe and Harlan at the Movies
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated



Jon Schild wrote:

> > Hold a tin drum up to your ear and bang on it as hard as you can for
> > about twenty minutes.  The experience is very much the same.
> >
> > jms
> >
> >
> You are being much too modest, a characteristic not often attributed to
> writers. I have seen you in person at two worldcons, San Fransisco when
> you showed a couple of unfinished episodes of Babylon 5 before they were
> broadcast, and later in Los Angeles where you had the largest room
> available, but many of us attended the sessions before yours in that
> room just to guarantee a seat.  I would love to have everything you said
> at those two available either on CD or in print.  I must assume I would
> feel the same about the sessions I did not hear.

I'm somewhere in the middle of the road on this whole issue, actually.
Sometimes I'm okay, sometimes I just suck, and I do talk way too fast,
even for somebody from Jersey.  Which is a trait of nervousness,
because I've never really been big on public speaking.  It's something
that I've *learned* to do, but I've never been *comfortable* doing.

Interestingly, to your point, Shane Shellenbarger has been videotaping
just about every major (and some minor) convention appearance I've ever
made (the unlucky bastard, I'm guessing he lost a bar bet).  That
should be quite a document, if only to use a series of dissolves to
trace the diminuation of the hairline....

jms



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Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:34:42 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Volume 3 Available Monday
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated


Just to let everybody know that the third volume in the Babylon 5
script book series will become available on Monday morning.  There's a
good, lengthy description of the new volume's contents at
www.babylon5scripts.com along with an excerpt that most fans will a)
relate to and b) find rather amusing.

jms



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Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 02:03:29 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: JMS: Year-end update?
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated



Kay Shapero wrote:

> All of which suggests I managed to miss the end of Rising Stars.  Will
> there be/was there a collection of the lot in one volume that I can pick
> up somewhere?
>

Yes, but it's something like 50 bucks or so for the big edition...you'd
probably be better off to just pick up the last issue or two, if that's
all you're missing.

jms



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Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 02:10:04 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Volume 3 Available Monday
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated



Matt Ion wrote:

> > So...when Lorien was asking all those questions of Sheridan was Lorien just
> > trying to pick John up?  And did John reply that he'd rather die first?
> >
> > Enquiring minds want to know...
>
> Just imagine the effects of gravity on a million-year-old body...
>

I imagine it would be rather like picking up a copy of Myra
Breckenridge and fast forwarding to Mae West's entrance..."Never mind
what YOU want, big fella, come on over here and let me tell you what I
want...."

jms



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Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 10:33:36 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Volume 3 Available Monday
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated



Jan wrote:

> I'm going to have to get me a light switch cover-that's just too perfect.

Thanks, yeah, I just think that one's too funny and absolutely right.

> No black t-shirts yet, though.  Did any of the suggestions go over well?

A little later.  They're stil working at doing large numbers of these
things, and I don't want to push the process until I know it'll go
right.

As for the suggestions...I'll have to go back over my notes, but it was
the one who first suggested using the core B5 questions: who are you,
what do you want, where are you going, why are you here?  Seemed
perfect for a shirt, particularly if you're meeting someone for the
first time.

jms



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Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 01:45:30 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Volume 3 Available Monday
From: jmsatb5@aol.com

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