Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2008 October 10

= October 10 =

Identifying a book in a Jimi Hendrix photo
There is a photo I have seen of Jimi Hendrix reading a science fiction book - I think it is a collection of short stories and I think it is an old (orange) Penguin. I can't find the picture on google image so does anybody know what book it is?--Stroika (talk) 01:33, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Haven't been able to find any pictures, so I don't know if I've got what you're looking for. I have found a few articles that refer to a picture that shows Hendrix reading Night of Light by Philip José Farmer. --Onorem♠Dil 13:30, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * this article seems to indicate that at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, there is a diorama of some sort showing a statue of Jimi Hendrix, on stage, reading that book. Perhaps that is what the OP was looking for?  --Jayron32. talk . contribs  16:35, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Belohlavek in Brno?
A teacher of mine recently told me that when he worked in an orchestra in Brno, Jiri Belohlavek was the conductor. Should I believe that, seeing there's no mention of the city in the article for Belohlavek? Vltava 68 (talk  contribs ) 09:03, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * According to this he was involved with the Brno State Philharmonic orchestra between 1972 and 1978. Fribbler (talk) 12:49, 10 October 2008 (UTC)


 * You can buy a CD of him conducting in Brno here. -- k a i n a w &trade; 12:51, 10 October 2008 (UTC)


 * We don't necessarily mention every city in which a conductor has appeared. In some cases it would be an extremely long list; in other cases nobody's thought to add it to the article yet; or they considered it, but thought it wasn't important enough; or maybe nobody involved with the article was even aware of it.  If an article for some reason specifically denied a conductor ever appeared in X, then you could be fairly safe in believing he never appeared there.  But a lack of mention of X does not necessarily mean he never appeared there.  So you were right to ask, and now that you've helped raise our level of awareness of Jiří Bělohlávek's Brno-related activities, someone will add this to the article shortly.  I'll do it if nobody else gets there first.  Thank you, Vltava 68. --  JackofOz (talk) 19:43, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

The Rising - High & Dry (Radiohead cover)
Hi all. Several years ago, I had a LaunchCast account on Yahoo! Music and one of my favorite songs that I have rated was a song by the band The Rising. It was called "High &Dry"" which was a cover of a Radiohead song. I am looking to purchase/download this song and I cannot find it anywhere.  Please help.  --Emyn ned (talk) 13:58, 10 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Allmusic.com has this on the band:  The song is not listed among their official releases.  Allmusic is pretty much canonical on these sorts of things.  The probability is that the song was a bootleg of some sort, either recorded live in concert by a fan, or stolen by a studio worker during the recording process.  I can't find anything on this song... --Jayron32. talk . contribs  14:10, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The Allmusic page has Michael Johns listed as the only group member of The Rising. A Google search for "High and Dry" Michael Johns brought up a few hits. Are any of those possibly what you're looking for? --Onorem♠Dil 14:17, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

These links take me to videos of Michael Johns with poor sound quality and incomplete songs. However, thanks for your help though. I can't access Yahoo! Music now because I am at work, but I have looked up "High & Dry" by The Rising and it's there but just not downloadable....--Emyn ned (talk) 14:33, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Out of breath
For those fans of Jack & the Surfer. Is the Surfer #1 Gere's reading in "Breathless" supposed to be a 1st-print? What year was the film set in? From what I saw, it was the reprint cover, so it can't have been 1960 (the year the original was shot). TREKphiler  hit me ♠  15:39, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Can anyone identify this celtic instrumental song?
I came across this video on YouTube while searching for basset hounds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdmmNbnc6mY

And I particularly like the music, a lot. But the person who posted the video just tagged it as "celtic music", so that's the only hint I have. --75.165.58.52 (talk) 16:12, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The instrument being played sounds like a hammered dulcimer. The music is non-descript enough that I cannot identify the specific player, but if you look for hammered dulcimer recordings, you will likely find similar music.  Wikipedia also has a List of hammered dulcimer players which will help you find artists that play the instrument.  --Jayron32. talk . contribs  16:40, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Jacob's Ladder
I'm confused about this technique. What exactly does it look like and do to look so horrible?-- Editor510  drop us a line, mate  19:27, 10 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Have a look at the poster. It's distorting the face (or other body part) as if stretched. Are you wondering how it works? If I understand the explanation, it's the same idea as when film is "jacked up" to make things seem to move faster.  TREKphiler   hit me ♠  19:38, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I know how it works, I just wondered what it looked like. Not seeing that movie, along with Pan's Labyrinth. they're both creeeeepy!-- Editor510  drop us a line, mate  19:45, 10 October 2008 (UTC)


 * The technique was used in various music videos over the years; maybe someone can come up with a link you can check out. —Kevin Myers 13:28, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

On the note of pan's labyrinth, though...
What is the thing with eyes in its hands?-- Editor510  drop us a line, mate  19:54, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, it is just a creation of the special effects department. Looking through a few reviews and such, every one just calls him the "Pale Man".  Dismas |(talk) 22:14, 10 October 2008 (UTC)