#jim gamble

[cosmicretreat]

March 21 is World Puppetry Day!

[fnk-11]

I don't like the end of the movie at all. But I really like Jeremy Renner in this film.

[soyioblog]

Jim Gamble Puppet Productions: The Adventures of Peer Gynt

I've seen quite a few people looking for this video from their childhood music classes (myself included). Luckily, I was able to find a physical copy. So, I ...

This isn’t really relevant to my blog, but does anyone else remember this low key nightmare from their elementary school music class. I was watching a video where the background music was Hall of the Mountain King and it gave me flashbacks to this.

Have fun reminiscing!

[musicdawn]

Jim Gamble - When You Move You Lose [Highland] 1969 Soul Funk Breaks 45

[musicdawn]

Jim Gamble - Moving On [Highland] 1969 Instrumental Funk Breaks 45

[brianjohnspencer]

Northern Ireland's doublethink - A belief in Northern Irish exceptionalism and the Northern Irish habit for self deprecation

In Northern Ireland we believe in Northern Irish exceptionalism. At the same time we make self-deprecation a national pastime. Jim Gamble articulated our confidence: "We have something special here. I'm not sure what it is." See here: https://t.co/nbkuqp1By3 Arlene Foster in her inaugural address articulated our collective lack of confidence. She said: "When I travel across Northern Ireland I see people with abundant gifts and talents... sometimes held back by nothing but a lack of confidence and a poverty of ambition. The only thing that they lack is belief. I want to use this office to restore that belief and to give new hope." See here: http://brianjohnspencer.tumblr.com/post/137113806383/when-i-travel-across-northern-ireland-i-see-people Seamus Heaney also captured the lack of belief that exists right across Ireland. He said in 1997 in his interview in the Paris Review: "When I came here [to America] first I was very aware of their eagerness to be in contact with the professor. At home in Ireland, there’s a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure... Also, the self-esteem of American students tends to be higher. They come to college with positive beliefs in their abilities, whatever they are." See here: http://brianjohnspencer.tumblr.com/post/127590629233/seamus-heaney-contrasts-us-with-irish-students Oliver Jeffers also captured the confidence issue, and highlights the downside of being collectively downcast. He said in an interview with the Independent: "There’s a mentality in Belfast certainly, and in the UK and Ireland, that is just… not pessimism as such, but people aren’t as enthusiastic about how they spend their time. The energy in Brooklyn felt right to me. I don’t mean in a holistic sense; I mean actual, palpable energy." See here: http://brianjohnspencer.tumblr.com/post/135413187078/theres-a-mentality-in-belfast-certainly-and-in#_=_ Read here about Northern Ireland's disproportionate contribution to the world: http://brianjohnspencer.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/northern-irelands-disproportionate.html Read here David Remnick and others about the normality of Northern Ireland: http://brianjohnspencer.blogspot.com/2015/06/david-remnick-on-normality-of-northern.html