The good news: The hardest working man in filkbusinesses tells us that he might be able to do a northern Virginia concert on Sunday 1/17 after MarsCon closes in Williamsburg.  The bad news: there's a catch, and that's where you (might) come in.

Our problem is, this is a last-minute notion, and we'd need to come up very quickly with a home or other space that could seat at least 25 to 50 people. I'm thinking Fairfax County but I imagine Loudoun or Prince William wouldn't be a big stretch, but whatever it is, we'd need to know soon to get things rolling. We'd hope to reward Tom for making the extra trip by packing the house!

So, whaddya say, folks? Want to make next Sunday night *really* fun? Help us make the 17th a "Smash the Frickin Fairies" day in in NoVA!  

(By the way, if you don't know Tom Smith, do check out his site.)

Hi folks:

As most of your know, we're about to launch ReMixed Magazine (www.remixedmag.com), a new pub which will shine the spotlight on brilliant artists who aren't getting enough attention.

Can you help us get rolling during the first issue in style? We'd be very grateful if you could:

a) Sign up for mailings from us; the sign up box is on the http://www.remixedmag.com front page

Not only do we want your names because we love you (grin), it will help us bullet-proof the e-mail system. We promise not to capsize your inbox or you can make us walk the plank.

b) Join our Facebook fan page

OR maybe you could follow us on Twitter too at @remixedmag, why not?


c) Visit the site and start flaming, complimenting, ranting or what have you on the artist discussion areas at the bottom of the page.

c.1) Oh, and tell us what other obscure, underappreciated artists you'd like to see us cover?

Thanks, boys and girls, ladies and germs, you're a beautiful audience...! We'll keep you posted.

Cheers,

Anne and Darren

As some of you know, our first son Benny needed to be put in long-term, off-site care for his bipolar illness, and he could use some extra reminders that people care about him.

Would you be willing to send him a postcard or letter? (via snail mail, gasp!) to:

Benjamin Zieger, 253 Horseshoe Bend, Bumpass, VA 23024.

For what it's there, Mom and dad are there often to dish out the love, but it takes a village...  By the way, Benny is scary smart, so he'll get most nerd/computer/science jokes, in case that helps.

Below please find Benny, my favorite guy in a black tie, headed to the group home's Thanksgiving dinner. The shirt is a size or two too big but to me it looks sweet.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.  Benny thanks you too. :-)

Anne and I are planning to attend Darkover, but haven't made hotel arrangements yet. We can afford a room if one is available, but it would help to share to defray costs (assuming there are even any rooms left.

Alternately, we're looking for crash space.

703-537-8105

It will be just me. I'd like to take in the Friday and Saturday festivities -- mostly the Filk, I'm not much of a media fan. Whether I can stay over Saturday night depends on money involved.

If anyone is traveling from points south of Reston VA and can give me a ride without undue inconvenience, it would help a lot -- we have only one car at the moment.

Willing to babysit as long as it doesn't overlap with _all_ of the stuff I want to get to.

703-860-0796 / dzieger @ gmail.com

Hi guys:

Anne here. How's everyone?  I miss socializing with y'all, but I'm busy as heck. Sometimes I feel like a hamster on a wheel, without the reward of nice tasty pellets when I'm done. :-)

Anyway, summer is here, and we still don't have a  *&*^^ summer camp in place for our boys. (Non-parents, you wouldn't *believe* what it costs; think about $1600 to $2000 a month. Yikes!) But I have an idea of how to solve the problem--and if you're in the DC metro, and your offspring is bored and idle too, we might be able to help each other.. For details check out http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/kid/1244741005.html. Would love to get your feedback as well.
 

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[ ] what you haven't seen or haven't finished
[X] or Bold what you loved [I also have XX for double-love -- Tom]
[O] or Strike for what you disliked
[-] what you thought was just okay or neutral

Classic Disney
--------------
[-] 101 Dalmatians (1961)
[X] Alice in Wonderland (1951)
[-] Bambi (1942)
[X] Cinderella (1950)
[-] Dumbo (1941)
[X] Fantasia (1940)
[X] Lady and the Tramp (1955)
[X] Mary Poppins (1964)
[X] Peter Pan (1953)
[X] Pinocchio (1940)
[X] Sleeping Beauty (1959)
[X] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
[ ] Song of the South (1946)


Disney's Dark Age
-----------------
[-] The Aristocats (1970)
[ ] The Black Cauldron (1985)
[-] The Fox and the Hound (1981)
[-] The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
[X] The Jungle Book (1967)*
[X] The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)*
[O] Oliver and Company (1986)
[X]Pete's Dragon (1977)
[X] Rescuers, The (1977)
[ ] Robin Hood (1973)
[ ] The Sword In The Stone (1963)*

*I really don't think of these as part of any "dark age", given that Walt was alive and well when working on them -- except for the last part of Pooh

The Disney Renaissance
----------------------
[-] Aladdin (1992)
[X] Beauty and the Beast (1991)
[ ] A Goofy Movie (1995)
[-] Hercules (1997)
[-] Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1996)
[X] The Lion King (1994)
[-] The Little Mermaid (1989)
[-] Mulan (1998)
[O] Pocahontas (1995)
[ ] The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
[-] Tarzan(1999)

Disney's Modern Age
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[ ] Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
[ ] Bolt (2008)
[ ] Brother Bear (2003)
[ ] Chicken Little (2005)
[-] Dinosaur (2000)
[-] Emperor's New Groove, The (2000)
[ ] Fantasia 2000 (2000)
[ ] Home on the Range (2004)
[X] Lilo & Stitch (2002)
[ ] Meet the Robinsons (2007)
[ ] Treasure Planet (2002)

Pixar
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[X] A Bug's Life (1998)
[X] Cars (2006)
[XX] Finding Nemo (2003)
[XX] The Incredibles (2004)
[XX] Monsters Inc. (2001)
[XX] Ratatouille (2007)
[XX] Toy Story (1995)
[XX] Toy Story 2 (1999)
[XX] Wall-E (2008)

Don Bluth
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[ ] All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
[-] An American Tail (1986)
[ ] An American Tail: Fieval Goes West
[-] Anastasia (1997)
[O] The Land Before Time (1988)
[ ] The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
[ ] Rock-a-Doodle (1991)
[X] The Secret of NIMH (1982)
[ ] Thumbelina (1994)
[-] Titan AE (2000)
[ ] A Troll in Central Park (1994)

Claymation
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[ ] The Adventures of Mark Twain (1986)
[X] Chicken Run (2000)
[XX] Corpse Bride (2005)
[XX] James and the Giant Peach (1996)
[XX] Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)
[ ] Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
[ ] Coraline (2009)

CGI Glut
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[X] Antz (1998)
[ ] Happy Feet (2006)
[ ] Kung Fu Panda (2008)
[-] Madagascar (2005)
[ ] Monster House (2006)
[ ] Over the Hedge (2006)
[ ] Polar Express, The (2004)
[X] Shrek (2001)
[O] Shrek 2 (2004)
[-] Shrek The Third

Imports
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[ ] Arabian Knight (aka The Thief and the Cobbler) (1995)
[ ] The Last Unicorn (1982)
[X] Light Years
[XXX] Triplets of Belleville, The (2003)
[ ] Persepolis (2007)
[ ] Waltz With Bashir (2008)
[XX] Watership Down (1978)
[XX] When the Wind Blows (1988)
[X] Yellow Submarine (1968)

Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki
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[ ] Grave of the Fireflies (just got it today; looking forward to checking it out)
[ ] Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
[ ] Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
[ ] Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)
[ ] Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
[ ] My Neighbors The Yamadas
[ ] My Neighbor Totoro (1993)
[ ] Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
[ ] Only Yesterday
[ ] Pom Poko (Tanuki War)
[ ] Porco Rosso (1992)
[ ] Princess Mononoke (1999)
[XX] Spirited Away (2002)
[ ] Whisper of the Heart
[ ] The Cat Returns (2002)

Satoshi Kon
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[ ] Millennium Actress (2001)
[ ] Paprika (2006)
[-] Perfect Blue (1999)
[ ] Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
[ ] Memories - "Magnetic Rose" (1995)

Shinkai Makoto
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[ ] She and Her Cat (1999)
[ ] Voices of a Distant Star (2001)
[ ] The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
[ ] 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)

Other Anime Films
[ ] Akira (1989)
[ ] Appleseed
[ ] Appleseed: Ex Machina
[ ] Arcadia of My Youth (U.S. Title - Vengeance of the Space Pirate)
[ ] Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2003)
[ ] The Dagger of Kamui (U.S. Title - Revenge of the Ninja Warrior)
[ ] Dirty Pair: Project Eden
[ ] End of Evangelion
[ ] Fist of the North Star
[ ] Galaxy Express 999
[ ] Ghost in the Shell (1996)
[ ] The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
[ ] Lensmen
[ ] Macross: Do You Remember Love (U.S. Title - Clash of the Bionoids)
[ ] Metropolis (2001)
[ ] Neo-Tokyo
[ ] Ninja Scroll
[ ] Patlabor the Movie
[ ] The Professional: Golgo 13
[ ] Project A-ko
[ ] Robot Carnival
[ ] Robotech: The Shadow Chronicle
[ ] Silent Mobius
[ ] Space Adventure Cobra
[ ] Steamboy (2004)
[ ] Sword of the Stranger
[ ] Unico and the Island of Magic
[ ] Urotsukidoji: The Movie
[-] Vampire Hunter D
[ ] Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust
[ ] Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force

Cartoons For Grown-Ups
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[X] American Pop
[X] The Animatrix (2003)
[-] Beavus and Butthead Do America (1996)
[ ] Cool World
[ ] Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
[ ] Final Fantasy: Advent Children
[ ] Fire & Ice
[X] Fritz the Cat (1972)
[X] Heavy Metal (1981)
[ ] Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
[ ] Hey Good Looking
[ ] Lady Death
[ ] A Scanner Darkly (2006)
[X] South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
[ ] Street Fight (AKA - Coonskin)
[ ] Waking Life (2001)

Other Animated Movies I Can't Categorize
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[ ] Animal Farm
[ ] Animalympics
[X] Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon The Movie
[ ] Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
[ ] The Brave Little Toaster (1988)
[ ] Bravestarr: The Movie
[ ] Care Bears: The Movie
[XX] Charlotte's Web (1973)
[ ] Fern Gully
[ ] G.I. Joe: The Movie
[ ] Gobots: Battle of the Rock Lords
[ ] He-Man & She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword
[X] The Hobbit
[ ] The Iron Giant (1999)
[ ] Justice League: The New Frontier
[XX] Lord of the Rings
[ ] Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992)
[ ] My Little Pony: The Movie
[X] Pink Floyd's The Wall (1982)
[-] The Prince of Egypt (1998)
[ ] Powerpuff Girls: The Movie
[ ] Quest For Camelot (1999)
[ ] Ringing Bell
[ ] Road to El Dorado, The (2000)
[ ] Rock & Rule
[ ] Space Jam
[ ] Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
[ ] Superman: Doomsday
[ ] The Swan Princess
[ ] Transformers: The Movie (1986)
[ ] Wizards
[X] Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
[ ] Wonder Woman
[ ] Balto
[ ] Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

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