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 Living in the Past $12.98 This is a Jethro Tull that is often too overlooked by the public. Most would say that albums like Aqualung, Stand Up, or perhaps even Thick as a Brick would be the best introduction to Jethro Tull, but rarely does this album get its credit. It may technically be a compilation album, but most of the songs on here you won't find on other Jethro Tull albums (although, nowadays with the bonus tracks, you just might, but it's not the same thing). The album may very well be the most easily accessible of all of Tull's albums, especially because each and every song is undeniably a good one. The songs here produce an array of feelings and atmospheres that are earthy, gripping, soft, theatrical, serene, experimental, and sleepy. Another cool thing about this album is that right in the middle of it, we have nearly 20 minutes of Jethro Tull being incredibly creative and playful on stage, and you can hear the crowd just loves it. The album chronicles a very interesting, creative, free, and unique time in Tull's history, where Ian Anderson felt very open and inspired.  Half Past Dead $9.99 Half Past Dead (2002) After the success of Exit Wounds, Steven Seagal surrounded himself with more hip hop heroes for this, one of his last Big Screen Action Flicks. Seagal is Sascha Petrosevitch, a criminal recruited by Nick (Ja Rule) to work for big time mastermind Sonny (Richard Bremmer). But Sascha and Nick are soon caught and sent to a remodeled and renovated Alcatraz, which has a really cool new execution chamber with the choice of five different ways to die. A criminal named Lester (Bruce Weitz) is scheduled to be the first to go in the new death room, but not before several terrorist/criminals led by Donnie (Morris Chestnut) pop up looking for the location of some gold Lester stole and hid. It's then that Sascha reveals the truth--that he is an undercover FBI agent and it's up to him and his new pal Nick to stop the bad guys. From here this is standard Seagal territory, with lots of bone snapping fights and action aplenty. Seagal is chunking back up though, so the editing team is called on to assist him in regaining his speed of old, but the other, younger cast members acquit themselves pretty well in the fightin' and blowin' stuff up arenas. Writer/director Don Michael Paul used to be an actor, with lots of tv series and tv movies under his belt. He's been away from the lens side of the camera for a while, writing and directing several episodes of a varied assortment of tv shows, and he also wrote the script for Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man, that rather strange Don Johnson/Mickey Rourke movie from 1991. He does a workmanlike job with both of his assignments here, not breaking much new ground, but providing the required elements in the required doses at the required intervals. While this is a somewhat lesser light in the Seagal Ouevre, it has enough to recommend it to hardcore fans, including the cool casting of former Avengers star Linda Thorson as a judge, and the somewhat goofy casting of Don Michael Paul's former producer boss Stephen J. Cannell as the head of the Bureau of Prisons (?) If you're looking for some simple action on a medium to small scale, this flick will serve your purpose. All others need not apply. Also with Nia Peeples and Claudia Christian.  Historic Print L Shot Historic Print (L): ShotThis is a museum quality, reproduction print on premium paper with archival/UV resistant inks. The framed work is single matted (ivory), under acrylic glass, with a hanging wire.Date: 1916Subject: SOURCE: Library of Congress |
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