Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Monday, October 2, 2017
Persis Khambatta
Acting Appreciation
If you are a Star Trek geek like myself, you'd probably recognize Lieutenant Ilia, the Deltan Starfleet officer, as Indian model/actress Persis Khambatta.
Persis was born in Mumbai, India on October 2, 1948. In 1965, she won the Femina Miss India contest, and she also participated in the Miss Universe pageant.
At the age of 19, she made her Bollywood debut in In the Arms of the Bombay Night. In 1979, she appeared in Star Trek: The Motion Picture as Lieutenant Ilia. Other movies followed such as Nighthawks, Megaforce, Warriors of the Lost World, My Beautiful Laudrette, Phoenix the Warrior. She also appeared in TV series such as Macgyver and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
Persis died of a heart attack on August 18, 1998. She was 49 years old.
One cool factoid is that Persis Khambatta was the first Indian citizen to present at the Academy Awards in 1980.
via Movieclips
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persis_Khambatta
#FavTweets 2017 September Politics
White moderates are the folks who looked the other way when Nazis started passing decrees against their Jewish neighbors— Bree Newsome (@BreeNewsome) September 2, 2017
Trump's plan to deport Dreamers in 6 mos. is cruel, divisive and politically motivated. Shame on him, and shame on us for electing him.— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) September 4, 2017
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“We still refuse to be controlled by a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot,” says Lily Tomlin, with Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) September 18, 2017
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Sunday, October 1, 2017
#FavTweets 2017 September Cosplay
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Saturday, September 30, 2017
My Choices for the Austin Chronicle's Best of Austin
These are some of my choices for Austin Chronicle's Best of Austin:
Art gallery: Guzu Gallery
Visual artist: Drew Riley
Performance Space / Theatre: Paramount One World Theatre
Actor/actress: Adriene Mishler
Classical musician: Graham Reynolds
Muralist: Tim Kerr
Stand-up Comic: Matt Bearden
Fiction writer / poet: Ernest Cline
Drag Performer: Alexander the Great
Burlesque Performer: Ruby Joule
Movie Theatre: Alamo Drafthouse
Film Festival: Austin Film Festival
Outdoor Festival: ACL Fest
Museum: The Contemporary Austin
Graphic Artist: Gary Dorsey
Late Night Dining: Kerbey Lane Cafe
Brewery: Austin Beerworks
Distiller: Deep Eddy Vodka
Coffee Shop: Epoch
Tex-Mex / taqueria: Matt's El Rancho
Pizza: Pinthouse Pizza
Burger: P. Terry's
Desserts: Capital City Bakery
Karaoke: Common Interest
Cheap Date: The Hideout
Ice Cream/Frozen Treats: Amy's Ice Cream
Elon Musk's Vision of Becoming a Multi-Planetary Species
Elon Musk introduced the BFR, a spacecraft that can be used for intercontinental and interplanetary transportation. His vision sees this rocket capable of not only flying people across the earth in less than an hour, but also transporting people to the red planet, Mars.
via SpaceX
Friday, September 29, 2017
Tracks 83: Music Mix 1983
When I was little, before we had MTV, I looked forward to the weekends and staying up late to watch Night Tracks on TBS. For me, Night Tracks became the looking glass to a totally different world.
Being from deep south Texas, a Catholic conservative and predominantly Mexican-American area, watching Boy George (Culture Club) was something very new, but my parents never censored my viewing habits--although, my mom still changes the channel when there is a sex scene on TV.
I was seven years old when I was exposed to the amazing world of music videos. Videos gave life to the music on the radio. And as a very imaginative kid, it allowed me to mimic performances and dances, especially Michael Jackson's Billie Jean and Jennifer Beals' Flashdance dance moves.
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Family Man
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - You Got Lucky
Spandau Ballet - True
Stray Cats - (She's) Sexy & 17
Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya
Loverboy - Hot Girls In Love
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
Naked Eyes - Promises Promises
Kinks - Come Dancing
The Tubes - She's A Beauty
Laura Branigan - Gloria
Men At Work - Overkill
Madness - Our House
The Clash - Rock the Casbah
Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
Naked Eyes - Always Something There to Remind Me
Billy Joel - Tell Her About It
Irene Cara - What A Feeling (Flashdance)
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
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