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Wild Wild West Livestream Finally Happens!

That’s right, folks. We’re going to try it one more time. This evening, barring the end of the world, Roy and I will finally discuss the classic television series “The Wild Wild West” (1965-69).

Between power outages, equipment failure, and other commitments (we’re a couple of in-demand guys), this has been the most-rescheduled program in the four-year history of the show! But Roy’s got a few tricks up his sleeve (and a Derringer) in the event things once again go south.

I wrote about it before on June 13

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And again on June 20

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And again on June 21

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And again on June 28

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What’s left to say?

Hopefully something, as we’re on for tonight, and with all the extra time, I’ve watched a hell of a lot of episodes. I hope you’ll be on hand, as we face down the Curse of “The Wild Wild West.” It will be “The Night of the Return of Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner,” this week at a special time. Bring your gadgets to the comments section, and join us on a wing and a prayer, when we livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., THIS SUNDAY EVENING AT 7:00 EDT!

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July 21, 2024
Wild Wild West Postponed Again

After another “Wild Wild Week” (if this were an actual episode, it would be called “Night of the Violent Thunderstorms”), I’m afraid Roy is without power, and projected to be so through Sunday. Therefore, ONCE AGAIN, we must postpone our much-delayed conversation about “The Wild Wild West” on Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. We apologize for the inconvenience. We’ll try it again… next week, perhaps? I blame Dr. Miguelito Loveless!

June 28, 2024
Wild Wild West Discussion on Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi

Roy and I have already experienced two heat-related brownouts between us, but I’ll remind you anyway: if all proceeds as planned, we’ll hold our (already-been-postponed-from-last-week) discussion about the classic television series “The Wild Wild West” (1965-69) tomorrow night on Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner.

Artemus Gordon is hard at work devising a back-up energy source, in proto-steampunk fashion. Hope to see you in the comments section as we endeavor to overcome all obstacles with our visionary gadget-of-the-week, this Friday evening at 7:00 EDT!

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You’ll find more information in my post from last Thursday and some interesting remarks about the show’s music in the comments section.

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A reminder that all episodes of “The Wild Wild West” are available for free streaming on Pluto TV.

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June 20, 2024
Steampunk Movie Scores on Picture Perfect

This week on “Picture Perfect,” things will get pretty steamy, though not in the way you might think. We’ll have an hour of scores from films that exemplify the science fiction subgenre known as “steampunk.”

Generally speaking, steampunk employs forward-looking technologies and gadgetry – in many cases literally powered by steam – in incongruous, quasi-Victorian settings.

We’ll hear selections from Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” (2011), with its abundant gears, steam, and free-writing automaton, with music by Howard Shore; “The Golden Compass” (2007), with its carriages, old-fashioned air ships, and vintage arctic gear, with music by Alexandre Desplat; “Wild Wild West” (1999), with its cowboys, proto-James Bond gadgetry, and Gustave Eiffel-style iron spider, with music by Elmer Bernstein; and “Time After Time” (1979), with Jack the Ripper, H.G. Wells, and a time machine of his invention, with music by Miklós Rózsa.

We’re powered by steampunk this week, on “Picture Perfect,” music for the movies, this Saturday evening at 6:00 EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

February 18, 2023
Steampunk Movie Scores on Picture Perfect

This week on “Picture Perfect,” things will get pretty steamy, though not in the way you might think. We’ll have an hour of scores from films that exemplify the science fiction subgenre known as “steampunk.”

Generally speaking, steampunk employs forward-looking technologies and gadgetry – in many cases literally powered by steam – in incongruous, quasi-Victorian settings.

We’ll hear selections from Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” (2011), with its abundant gears, steam, and free-writing automaton, with music by Howard Shore; “The Golden Compass” (2007), with its carriages, old-fashioned air ships, and vintage arctic gear, with music by Alexandre Desplat; “Wild Wild West” (1999), with its cowboys, proto-James Bond gadgetry, and Gustave Eiffel-style iron spider, with music by Elmer Bernstein; and “Time After Time” (1979), with Jack the Ripper, H.G. Wells, and a time machine of his invention, with music by Miklós Rózsa.

We’re powered by steampunk this week, on “Picture Perfect,” music for the movies, this Saturday evening at 6:00 EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

PHOTO: Battling a giant iron spider from a flying bicycle? This must be steampunk!

November 27, 2020

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