Showing posts with label new years. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new years. Show all posts
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
For some, the best thing about New years is the Twilight Zone marathon on SYFY, a long standing tradition that goes back to when the network was even called SCI FI..
And now a complete listing of time and title of the shows during the upcoming marathon..
Dec 31
08:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
The Old Man In The Cave
Dec 31
08:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
Caesar And Me
Dec 31
09:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
The Last Flight
Dec 31
09:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
The Little People
Dec 31
10:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
Third From The Sun
Dec 31
10:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
Long Live Walter Jameson
Dec 31
11:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
A Piano In The House
Dec 31
11:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
Perchance To Dream
Dec 31
12:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
A Most Unusual Camera
Dec 31
12:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
The Arrival
Dec 31
01:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
A Thing About Machines
Dec 31
01:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
And When The Sky Was Opened
Dec 31
02:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
I Shot An Arrow Into The Air
Dec 31
02:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
Nick Of Time
Dec 31
03:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
Night Of The Meek
Dec 31
03:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
Number Twelve Looks Just Like You
Dec 31
04:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
What’s In The Box
Dec 31
04:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
Walking Distance
Dec 31
05:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
A Hundred Yards Over The Rim
Dec 31
05:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
People Are Alike All Over
Dec 31
06:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
Probe 7 Over And Out
Dec 31
06:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
Stopover In A Quiet Town
Dec 31
07:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
A Game Of Pool
Dec 31
07:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street
Dec 31
08:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
The Dummy
Dec 31
08:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
The Invaders
Dec 31
09:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
To Serve Man
Dec 31
09:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
Nightmare At 20,000 Feet
Dec 31
10:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
A Stop At Willoughby
Dec 31
10:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
The Hitch-hiker
Dec 31
11:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
Dead Man’s Shoes
Dec 31
11:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up
Dec 31
12:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
The Midnight Sun
Dec 31
12:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
The Obsolete Man
Dec 31
01:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
The After Hours
Dec 31
01:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
Night Call
Dec 31
02:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
The Lonely
Dec 31
02:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
King Nine Will Not Return
Dec 31
03:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
The Hunt
Dec 31
03:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
Mr. Denton On Doomsday
Dec 31
04:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
Uncle Simon
Dec 31
04:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
Two
Jan 1
06:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
I Dream Of Genie
Jan 1
07:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
Jess-belle
Jan 1
08:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
The Purple Testament
Jan 1
08:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
Mr. Bevis
Jan 1
09:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
The Rip Van Winkle Caper
Jan 1
09:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
Ring-a-ding Girl
Jan 1
10:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
Little Girl Lost
Jan 1
10:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
Hocus-pocus And Frisby
Jan 1
11:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
Escape Clause
Jan 1
11:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
The Prime Movers
Jan 1
12:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
Mr. Dingle, The Strong
Jan 1
12:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
One For The Angels
Jan 1
01:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
The Silence
Jan 1
01:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
The Sixteen-millimeter Shrine
Jan 1
02:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
Death’s Head Revisited
Jan 1
02:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
It’s A Good Life
Jan 1
03:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
A Nice Place To Visit
Jan 1
03:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
A Penny For Your Thoughts
Jan 1
04:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
Black Leather Jackets
Jan 1
04:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
Five Characters In Search Of An Exit
Jan 1
05:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
The Odyssey Of Flight 33
Jan 1
05:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
The 7th Is Made Up Of Phantoms
Jan 1
06:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
A Kind Of Stopwatch
Jan 1
06:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
The Bewitchin’ Pool
Jan 1
07:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
Kick The Can
Jan 1
07:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
The Masks
Jan 1
08:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
I Sing The Body Electric
Jan 1
08:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
Living Doll
Jan 1
09:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
Time Enough At Last
Jan 1
09:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
Where Is Everybody
Jan 1
10:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
The Howling Man
Jan 1
10:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
Eye Of The Beholder
Jan 1
11:00 PM
The Twilight Zone
The Shelter
Jan 1
11:30 PM
The Twilight Zone
I Am The Night - Color Me Black
Jan 1
12:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
Long Distance Call
Jan 1
12:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
Judgement Night
Jan 1
01:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
Nightmare As A Child
Jan 1
01:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
The Grave
Jan 1
02:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
The Four Of Us Are Dying
Jan 1
02:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
A World Of His Own
Jan 1
03:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
In Praise Of Pip
Jan 1
03:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
The Fever
Jan 1
04:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
The Last Rights Of Jeff Myrtlebank
Jan 1
04:30 AM
The Twilight Zone
What You Need
Jan 1
05:00 AM
The Twilight Zone
The New Exhibit
The 15 is ready.
Are we?
The New Year’s Eve “15” numerals stand lit on the sidewalk after they were unloaded from a truck in Times Square in New York, December 16, 2014. The giant seven-foot-tall numerals will be installed atop One Times Square where they will be lit at midnight on New Year’s eve at the completion of the Times Square 2015 ball drop celebration. REUTERS/Mike Segar
There have been a lot of folks ‘down’ on New Years lately—people are taking the approach that staying in is better than going out. And I completely get that. The notion of sharing a night with amateurs who pronounce Filet Mignon as “fill it mig nun” isn’t too appealing.
From shirts and ties, tuxedos and top hats, to the more modern attire at the affair, just being a part of Times Square in New York is cool. Sure there may be no place to urinate, except the street you’re standing.. and yes it’s cold and you get hungry.. and of course on TEE VEE you can see Ryan Seacrest up close, but he is wearing too much makeup anyway.
Being apart of New York on New Years is being a part of history, raising the glass to times gone and singing Auld Lang Syne to a new time, one that hopefully brings with it good moments and profits of the wallet and spirit.
Do what you want to on new years eve.. but do it because you want to, not because talking heads without brains tell you what to do..
Maybe your local watering hole.. a church.. a library. Do they have libraries in 2015?? Or maybe a casino.. I don’t know.
Maybe watch the Twilight Zone marathon.
Heck, maybe Times Square.
Either way raise the cup of cheer and sing in a new year..
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Monday, December 31, 2012
A ROCKIN' NEW YEAR WITHOUT DICK CLARK JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT, DOES IT?
Welcome to the final minutes of the year 2012. Yes. Already. It was so looked forward to, and it is ending so quickly…
It’s minus Dick Clark this year, though. And that is notable. Fergie is showering ABC viewers tonight in the pre-game with Dick Clark related footage. Donna Summers is playing while the Doors are swaying. Yes, it’s a stroll down amnesia lane in the fast lane. Dick Clarkless 2013. No countdown with the master of Times Square this year.
The show goes on, of course. With Ryan Seacrest to help. Before Seacrest will be ‘out’ there will be a number of events that occur. A massive ball will drop in Times Square. Revelers will kiss their hearts out.. then race for port-a-potties and their hotel rooms. Maybe stop by a pub and have a cup of cheer..
All around the world, the events are taking place. Some places on Earth are already 2013. The Pope will have a homily about how peace could be achieved. Fireworks will fly high into the night sky.. People will embrace and raise their glasses of chosen adult or child beverage. And we will all be one (in a number of different time zones, of course.)
This is, after all, New Year’s Eve. It is a special kind of night.
Recall your fondest new years memories… I know you have them. It may be eating too much turkey in a bar somewhere in the deep dark mines of the Coal Region (the turkey was good. I swear).. or maybe it’s a quiet time in your own home with the people you love. Or maybe it’s working.. Hotels, bars, restaurants.. they are all open tonight. It’s a big night for the service industry… And depending on what services you’re looking for, and what services are being offered, maybe you’re even being serviced, I hope you’re all having a blast.
It seems like yesterday that 2000 hit us like a wrecking ball. Remember those days? People were worried computers would shut down. They stockpiled water and food. Sounds similar to the doomsayers of December 21, 2012, doesn’t it? The only difference is, back then, we partied like it was 1999. This go around we’ll be lamenting the late 90s and wishing they could come back all over again. Gas at a buck a gallon.. milk around 2.. life happy. But was it?
I don’t know.
After all, think of another fond saying people have on New Year’s Eve: “Out with the old, in with the new!” “This year will be better than the last!”
Is any year better?
Is any year new?
It’s all relative, in a way.
It’s only a calender that tells us we’ve swung from one set of 365 to the next. But the events of the day are still stagnant. Reality doesn’t tell time well. We simply measure our existence in the boundaries of it..
But what is time? What are hours, and minutes.. and days and years? I don’t know much about what they are besides what I grew up knowing. And the earth, as it rotates into infinity, allows us to make certain that time is told.
Time is a magazine.
And it’s an enemy.
So often.
And now, like we’ve done countless times before, we’re going to hold our lovers close, call the parents, and hope to keep a couple friends in the process. We have been down this road before. It seems very familiar to me, and I am sure to you.
As the clock ticks down the final minutes of 2012 here on the East Coast of the planet earth, let’s truly hope that 2013 is one that brings all those things we’ve wished for since we began wishing around this time of year: World peace, love across the continents, economy stability, good news, no storms, laughter, and memories to be fond of.
What we may find, as we herald in 2014, is that ‘13 was a mixture of good and bad, positive, and negative. We’ll look back on 12 months of war and hate. It will be peppered with stories of humanity and love, perseverance and kindness. And that’s just life as we know it. Living in America. And at the beginning of the millennium… (2013 still somewhat counts as a beginning, no?)
Since we’ve been down the road before of resolutions and hopes, let’s just calm ourselves down this go around and take it in stride. Don’t put too much pressure on a calender change to change your life. But certainly don’t give up trying to make it.
So happy new year. Raise a glass. Toast the past. Love always. Love deeply. Love actually.
Friday, December 31, 2010
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Groove Armada, Richie Havens Hands Of Time Live
Perhaps the anthem of a dying year.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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The world in 1950 .. Santa Claus happily singing about Camels as the world, weary from a World War, wanted peace and prosperity.
In 2011, we’re not all that different from the grandfolks. We want peace but won’t get it. We want money but don’t have it. We want a world that runs smoothly but it never will. We battle reality. But for one night on New Year’s Eve it somehow all makes sense..
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Goodbye to '10
New York says ‘good riddance’ to 2010
Tomorrow we will all be saying good riddance to the times of our lives, the time of 2010 .. but will the days of a new age be better? With 2011 merely hours away, the sun will soon rise on a new day.
We’ve all been through this before as humans—years when resolutions are quickly broken and the ‘new’ day looks strangely like one which just got scratched off the calender..
Good riddance to 2010. But problems seemingly have been swept under the floor mat to yet another year. The bill is in the mail. It’s scheduled to be here in 2011. Which is only minutes from beginning…
Snipers and Snooki: Not all stories lead to the other
And
Times Square Security High on Holiday Eve
Perhaps it’s the counter-snipers and undercover agents that didn’t want to see Snooki inside a ball dropping to the ground in Times Square tomorrow night..
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