In 1994 or 95, when Ceci and I began our sojourn in friendship love, we experienced spans of time when we would just not leave each others abodes. One such campout involved an altered state of viewing of 'The Wizard of Oz': sound turned mute, and Pink Floyd's, "Dark Side of the Moon" tuned in with the roar of the Lion - if properly situated, this is a memorable experience for anyone. For me, this movie I had known so well from childhood was transformed, opened up; and an interest in the juxtaposition of great music with film was turned topsy turvy in expanded possibilities. (I would like to give props to our dear PSL friend Hutch who was also instrumental in the film/music love affair I still revel in, by his introduction of Bernardo Bertolucci to me - muchas gracias!) I cannot help but acknowledge the Wicked Witch of the West, who is melting into the Wasps furious whirlwind of green puzzled buzz at the bottom right of "swell", as a homage to this deepening time in our uniting - and oh my, perhaps Glinda will appear down the road of weeks too.
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In this same vein of sleepovers, I do remember the shock of unbelief when "Northerns" first unveiled as a commonality of passion between Cec and I. My memory pictures me heading over to Cec's pad in IV with a quart of OJ to give her some TLC when she was not feeling well. From her nest, she called out to me to make myself at home; that I should help myself to whatever, including this or that movie available to watch, or, "
there's a bunch of Northern Exposure episodes on tape in that bottom drawer".
I was stunned by this sudden mention of my recently developed TV show obsession.
I called out,
"um, have we ever talked about this before?, because I LOVE Northern Exposure and you just said you have a load of episodes recorded in your collection."
And so, the cat was out of the bag, and now, here it is exposed to ZBOOk blog...
We are aficionados and connoisseurs of the 90's TV masterpiece of story and character and music, etc., etc., called 'Northern Exposure'. Here on the right page of "swell" you can read one of many quotes found in Zbook from said seasons. More on this to come, no doubt!
-off to my own destiny, -J.
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O the Northerns, the episodes of Northern Exposure, this unbeknownst gem of a tv show, so beyond tv itself, yet perfectly delivered via the genre's format of episodes. seems like a silly show, and silly so often it is, but so often too, right when you least expect it, it hits home sO deep that you grasp your heart and either smile or cry or laugh or rejoice in reverent silence. and you certainly can't believe that you are watching tv.
ReplyDeleteI didn't start watching Northerns until they were already off network and in syndication. thanks to Hutch, who sat me down to pay real attention. I had of course been aware of the show before but had always dismissed it , until 1995 that is, and then went on a VHS mission, and it took a year to get almost every episode on tape. and then I meet J who is crazy about Northerns too??! well that just clinched it for me, this lady is my soul sister.
O yes, many voices from Northern Exposure to be discovered in ZBOOK. and they hit home.
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OMG, and guess what? I popped in a Northern this last weekend (and by now for years I just play episodes at random and let the moment dictate what I get to see/hear at the time), and it was the LIGHT episode. there's the scene with the homeless guy explaining to Maurice why he chose to leave his worldly life behind for one of a hobo. he says "change of venue." after experiencing a super natural encounter of lights where he used to live a "normal" life, his "whole life turned over." it was from this ep that the words "change of venue" appeared on our page-spread of the same name, which also happens to be the very first one we shared here last week! and this episode was the first Northern I have viewed since the launch of ZBOOK4EVER! out of 110 episodes of 6 seasons, THIS is the episode that comes up, the one that gave shape to our launch page-spread, the one that ultimately became it's title.
ReplyDeletewell that felt tremendous. thank you Northern Exposure. thank you life.
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Incredible, and so affirming - this is one of the many triumphs we have always been attuned to with Northerns. It is in a way like a reading from Zen Tarot - it always offers moments of the universe saying yes, you are where you are meant to be, doing what you are meant to be doing - yes you are, exactly! Tears come to the eyes in these moments of enlightenment - at least for me.
ReplyDeleteO indeed I sighed a sweet grateful tear. rejoice the moments of YES!
ReplyDeleteps(l): the Norhtern Exposure quote on this "swell" page is:
"a man's got to fulfill his own destiny, not somebody else's" ~ Chris Stevens (african dreams ep)
click on the thumbnail to see "swell" larger, and find the quote under the sunset.
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