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THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« on: March 09, 2007, 11:46:35 pm »
If you missed Rodney's reading in Bay City, here's your chance to hear what you missed!  :D

Tune into BBM Radio this Wednesday 03/14 at 9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT (01:00 UTC/GMT Thur) and Thursday 03/15 at 2:00pm ET/11:00am PT (18:00 UTC/GMT) as we present:


THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT


The epic short story by Annie Proulx

as read by Musician/Actor

RODNEY GILES



WHAT IS
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN?


Annie Proulx, Pulitzer Prize winning author
of The Shipping News, has written some of
the most original and brilliant short stories
in contemporary literature, and for many,
“Brokeback Mountain” is her masterpiece.
It tells the tale of Ennis del Mar and Jack
Twist, two under-educated ranch hands that
come together while working as sheep
herder and camp tender one summer on a
range above the tree line on Wyoming’s
Brokeback Mountain. At first they share
only a comradeship, but it soon deepens into
a relationship that neither man comprehends.
At the end of their idyllic time on the
mountain, the two men part ways, marry and            
have children because that’s what is
expected of them by the society in which
they live. But over the course of many years
and frequent separations the relationship
between the two men becomes the most
important thing in their lives, and they do
anything they can to preserve it.
“Brokeback Mountain” was originally
published in “The New Yorker” magazine in
October 1997 and eventually published as
the final story in an anthology of Wyoming
stories by Ms. Proulx entitled Close Range.
In gorgeous and haunting prose, Annie
Proulx depicts the difficult, dangerous affair
between two young ranch hands that
survives everything but the world’s violent
intolerance.
Now a brilliant film by Ang Lee,
“Brokeback Mountain” has had profound
effect on the lives of countless people
around the world. The Oscar®-nominated
performances of Heath Ledger and Jake
Gyllenhaal have vividly brought to life the
heartbreaking tale of Ennis and Jack and
how their love for each other affected all
those with whom they shared their lives.

WHAT IS
THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT?

For many people, “Brokeback Mountain” is
the name of the brilliantly poignant Ang Lee
film. These people never read or never had
access to the original short story. For these
“film-only” people, the short story offers
significant enough differences to exist sideby-
side with the film, offering the reader the
no-nonsense prose style of author Annie
Proulx, as well as vividly descriptive
imagery of the Wyoming mountain country.
Add to that the aural experience of actually
listening to Annie Proulx’s epic short story
read by a skilled interpreter, and “Brokeback
Mountain” takes on new and added
dimensions unknown to “film-only” people.
It’s very possible that readers of the short
story will hear new and added dimensions
previously unknown to them as well. This
is one of the indescribable qualities of this
timeless and timely story. Something new
can be experienced with each subsequent
reading of the story or viewing of the film.
 



WHO IS RODNEY GILES?

Musician/actor RODNEY GILES is a resident of
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and Cherry Grove, Fire
Island, New York. By training he is an
accomplished organist/church musician and
concert artist; by avocation he is an accomplished
stage actor/singer, with a career which began in
high school and continues to the present day four
decades later. Recent theater appearances have
been at his summer community on Fire Island, in
which he has appeared in Paul Rudnick’s
“Jeffrey,” A. R. Gurney’s “Love Letters,” Paul
Harris’ “You Look For Me” and Sal Piro’s “Panzi
and Philomena Meet Frankenstein.” As a senior
in high school, he starred in the very first US high
school production of “My Fair Lady” as Henry
Higgins, and has been in the spotlight as a
musician or actor ever since.
Then came “Brokeback Mountain.” Rodney’s
life was indelibly changed on December 16,
2005, when the film opened at the Gateway
Theater in Ft. Lauderdale. Like so many
countless others, he experienced that emotional
gut punch that defied all logic and sensibility, and
not until he located
“The Ultimate Brokeback Forum”
(www.brokeback.davecullen.com)
was he able to sort out and articulate what he was          
feeling as a result of the Brokeback experience.
Obsession began and continues to the present
day. From the very beginning of this new chapter
in his life he craved anything and everything
having to do with Jack and Ennis’ moving love
story. An initial acquisition from
eBay, which was a gigantic movie poster, opened
the tap for what has become quite an amazing
watershed collection of Brokeback memorabilia,
much of which has been featured several times on
the Forum’s Memorabilia thread and several
editions of “The Daily Sheet.” Many of the items
are autographed, and some are original and
unique treasures, including all six of the available
versions of the screenplay, and the most recent
acquisitions–Ennis’ fishing net and creel case–are
the crown jewels of the collection. Rodney’s
musical acumen allowed him the ability to
transcribe portions of the film’s musical score for
keyboard performance, and he has also sung “A
love that will never grow old” on many occasions
during the summer of 2006 on Fire Island.

Rodney’s launching of a one-person dramatic
reading of the short story is the result of dayafter-
day reading aloud of Annie Proulx’s
magnificent and powerful prose, hence “The
Brokeback Reading Project.” A good many
people in the world were first introduced to Jack
and Ennis by way of Ang Lee’s outstanding film,
never having read the short story. Rodney is one
of those film-first persons who subsequently
devoured the text of the original. He may have
given himself the moniker of “Script Boy” in
some of his posts on the Forum, but he claims
that Annie Proulx’s remarkable short story needs
and deserves to be experienced by hearing it read
dramatically: “The sounds of her unique prose
add yet a further dimension to the Brokeback
experience, whether for a first-timer or repeat
viewer/reader.”




Musician/Actor RODNEY GILES
and Ennis' fishing net

Email for booking information:
[email protected]



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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2007, 03:59:52 pm »
Why isn't this on the banner? I wouldn't have known about it if Rodney hadn't told me he was doing it.

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2007, 12:46:33 pm »
Don't miss this event!! I heard Rodney's reading in Bay City, Michigan and it added a whole new dimension to my understanding of the movie AND the story. This is a must-hear for anyone who's interest is even the slightest bit piqued by Brokeback Mountain. It causes the Campbell Scott version to pale by comparison!!

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2007, 01:31:42 pm »
It causes the Campbell Scott version to pale by comparison!!

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I loved the Campell Scott version. Can't miss this one to be able to compare myself. Looking forward to the broadcast  :).
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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2007, 09:10:13 pm »
I have never heard anything read so well as Rodney read us brokeback Mountain
in Fint, Michigan. I never cry in the movie; I cried at his reading.

...wiih the possible exception of Tennessee Williams reading from his poetry, and
Yellow Bird," and  "The Glass Menagerie." (33 1/3 RPM)

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2007, 10:30:29 pm »
Eric, thank you so much for putting this out there for us to hear. What a fantastic reading!

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2007, 10:38:40 pm »
I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed it.  I'll have Rodney come over and say a few words.

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« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2007, 10:51:11 pm »
Hey all -- Thanks for listening to my version of the short story.  It is such a privilege to be able to do this -- and HUGE thanks go to sfericsf for arranging this.   :)

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2007, 11:38:59 pm »
More discussion of the reading can be read here:
http://www.davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=21074.0

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2007, 01:09:28 pm »
Reminder:  We will broadcast Rodney's reading of the short story again TODAY, Thursday, at 2:00pm EDT/11:00am PDT (1800 UTC)   :)


To listen to BBM Radio, go here:
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Click on the big yellow "Play" button.

If you're not registered for Live 365, it will prompt you to register and create an account.  It's free.  :)

Once you've registered and/or logged in, and you click the big yellow "Play" button, it will make you watch/listen to a commercial first   ::), and then it will tune into the live feed.

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2007, 02:13:47 pm »
I'm listening to Brokeback Mountain read by Rodney Giles! Who else is listening right now?
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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2007, 02:17:13 pm »
There are quite a few listeners on line right now.  :D

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« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2007, 02:23:58 pm »
So glad to see you're here, Front-Ranger!

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2007, 02:26:19 pm »
Commercial time: Aguirre pointing at Jack with a CHOP of his hand. Makes me think of that scene with the ax handle sticking out of Jack's head.
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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2007, 02:31:32 pm »
We are sooooo sorry about the commercial breaks...  >:(

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« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2007, 02:33:08 pm »
I truly hope the commercials won't be terribly disconnecting . . .     :(  gotta pay  the bills somehow . . .

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« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2007, 02:37:08 pm »
That's okay...it's so intense, I need a break every once in a while!!
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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #17 on: March 15, 2007, 02:38:00 pm »
I'm listening to Brokeback Mountain read by Rodney Giles! Who else is listening right now?


I'm here, too  :D

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« Reply #18 on: March 15, 2007, 02:42:23 pm »
Glad to have you with us, Penthesilea!   :)

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« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2007, 02:44:11 pm »
Hail to the Queen of the Amazons!!
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« Reply #20 on: March 15, 2007, 02:46:08 pm »
Where the commercials have landed makes me want to throw up.  Especially the motel scene getting interrupted by the commercial break.  >:(  I am soooo sorry ya'all...  Phillip is working on getting AWAY from the commercials, if the RIAA don't get us....

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« Reply #21 on: March 15, 2007, 02:50:41 pm »
That's a really long scene in the story. I'm thankful that most of it was together.
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« Reply #22 on: March 15, 2007, 03:01:49 pm »
I really liked the way you did the Jack Nasty scene. That was overacted in the movie. Now I'll be publicly stoned for saying that! (ducks)

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« Reply #23 on: March 15, 2007, 03:03:08 pm »
Thanks Lee, means a lot to me . . . (bowing appreciatively)

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« Reply #24 on: March 15, 2007, 03:03:54 pm »
Havin' connection problems again  :(.
I'm on and off. But mostly I'm on and the interruptions of the stream are only a few seconds. Distracting, but way better than to hear nothing at all.
More later. listenin now, commercial's over

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #25 on: March 15, 2007, 03:14:06 pm »
Pat has posted some wonderful images on the DC thread:
http://www.davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=21074.0

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« Reply #26 on: March 15, 2007, 03:16:43 pm »
Pat's posted images are truly amazing!    :)

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« Reply #27 on: March 15, 2007, 03:22:02 pm »
Pat has posted some wonderful images on the DC thread:
http://www.davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=21074.0
I see you're at work getting us all mixed up with those Chilean sheep!!
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« Reply #28 on: March 15, 2007, 03:29:08 pm »
Thank you Rodney and Eric for organizing this. This has been the best Ides of March I've had in a long time!! It is very important that fans of the movie get to know the story, and this is one of the most user-friendly ways of doing it!!

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« Reply #29 on: March 15, 2007, 03:30:11 pm »
Thank you, Rodney, for your sensitive reading.

Thanks, Eric, for organizing it.

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« Reply #30 on: March 15, 2007, 03:31:56 pm »
Yikes, when I got up to leave after listening to the story, I fell down again because my legs had fallen "asleep." That's how engrossing it was!!
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« Reply #31 on: March 15, 2007, 03:36:18 pm »
Thanks to all of you who were able to share this story with me.  I am so convinced that although this story may not have been intended to be read aloud, it is a truly awesome experience when read aloud and one that needs to be shared.  Thanks again to Eric and all those at BBM Radio for arranging these two webcasts.  Now, it's on to the LIVE reading at the BBQ in Colorado!

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« Reply #32 on: March 15, 2007, 03:57:31 pm »
I am so glad that I logged into Bettermost to hear the news of the BBM Radio reading.   Cried like a baby all the way through it.   Awesome!  Now I have this 900Mb Wav to dissect...   THANK YOU to all who made this possible.

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« Reply #33 on: March 15, 2007, 03:58:20 pm »
 >:( >:( >:( Arrrrgh!  >:(

The Queen of the Amazons went almost berserk  ::).
No, not because of connection probs. My three year old threw a tantrum  >:(. He querreled with my husband and then cried and screamed for me for full ten minutes without pause. I yelled at my husband to get the kid quiet, which didn't exactly improve the situation  :-\. I finally gave up and left the reading  :(.
Some days I wonder how the f*** I ended up having three children  :-X. I was warned with the first one.

OK, I'm better now that I got it off my chest ;D.

Rodney: From the parts I was able to hear, I loved it!  Thank you  :-*.
But the best part is still to come:
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Now, it's on to the LIVE reading at the BBQ in Colorado!

I'm looking forward to it. I'm so happy I'll be there with you all and hear and see it live (and no kids will be screaming for me then  ;)).

Thank you Rodney and Eric and everybody who added to this  :D :-* :D

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« Reply #34 on: March 15, 2007, 04:00:42 pm »
Did she say, "Mama, I need crayons!!"

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« Reply #35 on: March 15, 2007, 04:17:46 pm »
Lee, that is SO perfectly appropriate!

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« Reply #36 on: March 15, 2007, 04:20:26 pm »

Rodney: From the parts I was able to hear, I loved it!  Thank you  :-*.
But the best part is still to come:
I'm looking forward to it. I'm so happy I'll be there with you all and hear and see it live (and no kids will be screaming for me then  ;)).

Thank you Rodney and Eric and everybody who added to this  :D :-* :D

So sorry to hear of the domestic disturbances that kept you from being totally captivated by the story.  I'm really looking forward to meeting you in Colorado!  No temper tantrums there, just peace and quiet and open air and the mountains!

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« Reply #37 on: March 15, 2007, 04:25:02 pm »
I am so glad that I logged into Bettermost to hear the news of the BBM Radio reading.   Cried like a baby all the way through it.   Awesome!  Now I have this 900Mb Wav to dissect...   THANK YOU to all who made this possible.

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Thank you Br. Patrick for your comment!  Awfully pleased you were able to be with us!

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« Reply #38 on: March 15, 2007, 04:29:51 pm »
Did she say, "Mama, I need crayons!!"

 :laugh:
No, he only screamed one word: Mama. Mama, Mama, Mama, MAMA!, Mama, Maaaamaaaawwww.... You get the picture  ;).
Now he's in bed (all three of 'em, thank god) and I'm enjoying the peace and quiet  ;D.

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So sorry to hear of the domestic disturbances that kept you from being totally captivated by the story.  I'm really looking forward to meeting you in Colorado!  No temper tantrums there, just peace and quiet and open air and the mountains!

I still can't believe it that I will go there. Well, I believe it, but my mind can't capture it fully. Me in Colorado? In Wyoming? At the BBM BBQ? Really me, travellin across the big pond for the very first time? - It's mind-boggling.

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« Reply #39 on: March 15, 2007, 04:34:49 pm »
And we're so excited your coming!!  :D  :D  :D

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« Reply #40 on: March 15, 2007, 04:45:08 pm »
We are truly going to have an international gathering, and that is simply marvellous!  I am filled with a sense of pleasure anticipating your first trip across the Atlantic just to come to the BBQ.  A first trip always has life-influencing occurences, as I remember my first trip across the pond (to Europe) as a cocky graduate student.  WOW, was I ever impressed!  And now you'll have the opportunity to see the Rockies for yourself, how totally awesome they are!  It'll be so great to have you at the BBQ!

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« Reply #41 on: March 15, 2007, 05:05:41 pm »
filled suffused with a sense of pleasure
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as a cocky graduate student. 

...brought his hand to...

Rodney, you have rendered me totally unfunctional this afternoon at work!!!

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« Reply #42 on: March 15, 2007, 05:17:44 pm »
Thank you all for your kind words  :-*

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« Reply #43 on: March 15, 2007, 05:46:04 pm »
:D

...brought his hand to...

Rodney, you have rendered me totally unfunctional this afternoon at work!!!

 ;D


Lee, is that good or bad?  I can't tell . . . LOL     :-\

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #44 on: March 15, 2007, 06:10:16 pm »
That is verrrr... GOOD!!

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« Reply #45 on: March 15, 2007, 06:18:38 pm »
OK -- just wanted to make sure!!!   ;D

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #46 on: March 15, 2007, 09:56:16 pm »
Hey, everybody, good evening. I wanted to say thank you to everyone like Eric and Rodney who are thinking about ways to bring us together and ways to celebrate the gentle and joyous spirit of Brokeback Mountain. I had a wonderful day. Not only did I hear Rodney's gifted voice saying Annie Proulx's formidable words, but I also downloaded the new Google Earth at the suggestion of Truman (shakestheground) and looked at my Shangrila--Brokenback Mountain in North-Central Wyoming. It was a Day in Heaven! Something I'm getting quite used to these days!!
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« Reply #47 on: March 15, 2007, 11:33:01 pm »
Hey, everybody, good evening. I wanted to say thank you to everyone like Eric and Rodney who are thinking about ways to bring us together and ways to celebrate the gentle and joyous spirit of Brokeback Mountain. I had a wonderful day. Not only did I hear Rodney's gifted voice saying Annie Proulx's formidable words, but I also downloaded the new Google Earth at the suggestion of Truman (shakestheground) and looked at my Shangrila--Brokenback Mountain in North-Central Wyoming. It was a Day in Heaven! Something I'm getting quite used to these days!!


Lee, how wonderful for you to say those lovely words -- and thank you!  And tell you what -- I've also located Brokenback on Google Earth.  It is so wonderful, and I'm SO looking forward to being there.  BTW, does the version of Google Earth that you have include a special marker for Lightning Flat?  Mine sure does!

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #48 on: March 15, 2007, 11:34:58 pm »
Not yet--I'm not ready to go there. You guys are stronger than me!!
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« Reply #49 on: March 16, 2007, 03:48:29 pm »
Not yet--I'm not ready to go there. You guys are stronger than me!!


It's nothing to be afraid of -- all it says is "Lightning Flat, Crook County, Wyoming -- The place where Jack Twist grew up" -- quite amazed when I saw that already in the version of GE that I downloaded.  Of course, I've added such places as Ten Sleep, Sage, Brokenback, as well as a few other places around the country.

I'm so looking forward to seeing you again so very soon now!

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #50 on: March 31, 2007, 01:27:19 am »
Hey Eric!

I'd like to humbly request that we plan a repeat performance of Rodney's reading?  Or maybe a downloadable audio file?

I've missed most everything that's happened here the past two whole weeks, and I'm hating that I missed this!!  I downloaded the State of the Town address and am catching up there!

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT Wed. 03/14 & Thur. 03/15!
« Reply #51 on: March 31, 2007, 02:24:32 am »
Suggest a date and time.  :)

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #52 on: December 04, 2010, 04:29:21 pm »
Please tune into BBM Radio this Sunday 12/05 at 1:00pm ET/10:00am PT as we present:

THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT


The epic short story by Annie Proulx

as read by Musician/Actor

RODNEY GILES



WHAT IS
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN?


Annie Proulx, Pulitzer Prize winning author
of The Shipping News, has written some of
the most original and brilliant short stories
in contemporary literature, and for many,
“Brokeback Mountain” is her masterpiece.
It tells the tale of Ennis del Mar and Jack
Twist, two under-educated ranch hands that
come together while working as sheep
herder and camp tender one summer on a
range above the tree line on Wyoming’s
Brokeback Mountain. At first they share
only a comradeship, but it soon deepens into
a relationship that neither man comprehends.
At the end of their idyllic time on the
mountain, the two men part ways, marry and           
have children because that’s what is
expected of them by the society in which
they live. But over the course of many years
and frequent separations the relationship
between the two men becomes the most
important thing in their lives, and they do
anything they can to preserve it.
“Brokeback Mountain” was originally
published in “The New Yorker” magazine in
October 1997 and eventually published as
the final story in an anthology of Wyoming
stories by Ms. Proulx entitled Close Range.
In gorgeous and haunting prose, Annie
Proulx depicts the difficult, dangerous affair
between two young ranch hands that
survives everything but the world’s violent
intolerance.
Now a brilliant film by Ang Lee,
“Brokeback Mountain” has had profound
effect on the lives of countless people
around the world. The Oscar®-nominated
performances of Heath Ledger and Jake
Gyllenhaal have vividly brought to life the
heartbreaking tale of Ennis and Jack and
how their love for each other affected all
those with whom they shared their lives.

WHAT IS
THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT?

For many people, “Brokeback Mountain” is
the name of the brilliantly poignant Ang Lee
film. These people never read or never had
access to the original short story. For these
“film-only” people, the short story offers
significant enough differences to exist sideby-
side with the film, offering the reader the
no-nonsense prose style of author Annie
Proulx, as well as vividly descriptive
imagery of the Wyoming mountain country.
Add to that the aural experience of actually
listening to Annie Proulx’s epic short story
read by a skilled interpreter, and “Brokeback
Mountain” takes on new and added
dimensions unknown to “film-only” people.
It’s very possible that readers of the short
story will hear new and added dimensions
previously unknown to them as well. This
is one of the indescribable qualities of this
timeless and timely story. Something new
can be experienced with each subsequent
reading of the story or viewing of the film.
 



WHO IS RODNEY GILES?

Musician/actor RODNEY GILES is a resident of
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and Cherry Grove, Fire
Island, New York. By training he is an
accomplished organist/church musician and
concert artist; by avocation he is an accomplished
stage actor/singer, with a career which began in
high school and continues to the present day four
decades later. Recent theater appearances have
been at his summer community on Fire Island, in
which he has appeared in Paul Rudnick’s
“Jeffrey,” A. R. Gurney’s “Love Letters,” Paul
Harris’ “You Look For Me” and Sal Piro’s “Panzi
and Philomena Meet Frankenstein.” As a senior
in high school, he starred in the very first US high
school production of “My Fair Lady” as Henry
Higgins, and has been in the spotlight as a
musician or actor ever since.
Then came “Brokeback Mountain.” Rodney’s
life was indelibly changed on December 16,
2005, when the film opened at the Gateway
Theater in Ft. Lauderdale. Like so many
countless others, he experienced that emotional
gut punch that defied all logic and sensibility, and
not until he located
“The Ultimate Brokeback Forum”
(www.brokeback.davecullen.com)
was he able to sort out and articulate what he was         
feeling as a result of the Brokeback experience.
Obsession began and continues to the present
day. From the very beginning of this new chapter
in his life he craved anything and everything
having to do with Jack and Ennis’ moving love
story. An initial acquisition from
eBay, which was a gigantic movie poster, opened
the tap for what has become quite an amazing
watershed collection of Brokeback memorabilia,
much of which has been featured several times on
the Forum’s Memorabilia thread and several
editions of “The Daily Sheet.” Many of the items
are autographed, and some are original and
unique treasures, including all six of the available
versions of the screenplay, and the most recent
acquisitions–Ennis’ fishing net and creel case–are
the crown jewels of the collection. Rodney’s
musical acumen allowed him the ability to
transcribe portions of the film’s musical score for
keyboard performance, and he has also sung “A
love that will never grow old” on many occasions
during the summer of 2006 on Fire Island.

Rodney’s launching of a one-person dramatic
reading of the short story is the result of dayafter-
day reading aloud of Annie Proulx’s
magnificent and powerful prose, hence “The
Brokeback Reading Project.” A good many
people in the world were first introduced to Jack
and Ennis by way of Ang Lee’s outstanding film,
never having read the short story. Rodney is one
of those film-first persons who subsequently
devoured the text of the original. He may have
given himself the moniker of “Script Boy” in
some of his posts on the Forum, but he claims
that Annie Proulx’s remarkable short story needs
and deserves to be experienced by hearing it read
dramatically: “The sounds of her unique prose
add yet a further dimension to the Brokeback
experience, whether for a first-timer or repeat
viewer/reader.”




Musician/Actor RODNEY GILES
and Ennis' fishing net

Email for booking information:
[email protected]



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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #53 on: December 04, 2010, 04:33:17 pm »
BBM radio and Live 365 have a completely new interface.  You now click the station's logo to begin streaming the broadcast.  Please log in early and allow yourself extra time to get acquainted with the new interface.

http://www.brokebackmountainradio.com


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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #54 on: December 04, 2010, 04:37:43 pm »
Seems I can't hear BBM radio any more...   :-\

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #55 on: December 04, 2010, 04:41:24 pm »
Seems I can't hear BBM radio any more...   :-\

Keep playing around with it and see if you can get it to work....

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #56 on: December 04, 2010, 04:48:53 pm »
Keep playing around with it and see if you can get it to work....

I'm clicking the logo, the same as on the BM page, but it keeps telling me to sign up as a member.
There's no music.

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #57 on: December 04, 2010, 04:49:42 pm »
I used to hear the music without being a member.

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #58 on: December 04, 2010, 08:11:26 pm »
I am having technical difficulties too.

I click on the link along the right side of this page which loads LIVE365 taking me here:  http://www.live365.com/index.live&action=new1

I see a play box in the center and I click on the Play arrow.  In an animated way, the larger play box center moves a copy of itself to the left side of the page.  I click the Play arrow above that.

Nothing happens.  I try to increase the volume (it's at about 50%)...nothing happens.  I've verified my headphones are working and other audio works - nothing is set to mute on my end.

I exited and tried again - this time creating a LIVE 365 account - with the same results.

Interestingly, I can see the playlist scrolling as time passes and the ad interruptions so I believe it must be playing; I just have no audio.

Advice?

I doubt I can listen tomorrow with the group at 1, but I will probably get out my CD tomorrow afternoon at some point later in the day.

It's long overdue, and I feel that Rodney would be pleased to know that we want to hear him read again.
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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #59 on: December 05, 2010, 12:08:23 am »
Hmm, I just click play and everything is good.  Dunno. 

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #60 on: December 05, 2010, 12:46:57 am »
Lynne, sometimes the new interface does that.  It looks like it's "going to do something" but then it gets hung up....  Keep trying.  I know, it really sucks.  I can't imagine how much listenership Live365 has lost due to it being overly techincally complaicated now.

What's supposed to happen is you click the play button, and then a window opens near the station logo that shows the commercial they make you watch (  ::)  )  and then it closes and the audio stream starts.

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #61 on: December 05, 2010, 02:57:02 am »
For now, there is a widget to click on right in the main banner.  Hopefully we can get it all running smoothly.  Thanks for working on this, Eric!

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #62 on: December 05, 2010, 05:30:59 am »
I tried the widget, didn't work.

I've now created an account at Live 365, and, yeee-haw!, it works!!!

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #63 on: December 05, 2010, 05:46:18 am »
Widget works perfectly easy for me.

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #64 on: December 05, 2010, 01:27:12 pm »
I'm glad it is working for everyone.  :)

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #65 on: December 05, 2010, 01:57:47 pm »
If I'm right, it's gonna start any minute now?

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #66 on: December 05, 2010, 02:00:07 pm »
Yes, we will start in about 5 minutes.

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #67 on: December 05, 2010, 02:20:44 pm »
Listening now.

I've never heard the whole story read aloud before. It adds something fer sure.

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #68 on: December 05, 2010, 02:28:49 pm »
I´m here too.

Still hearing and noticing new things.

Thanks for broadcasting this

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #69 on: December 05, 2010, 02:45:06 pm »
When do we get to hear the rest?

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #70 on: December 05, 2010, 02:45:35 pm »
Thanks, Eric.  Awesome tribute to Rodney.  

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #71 on: December 05, 2010, 02:46:02 pm »
Oh, here it is! LOL

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #72 on: December 05, 2010, 02:46:40 pm »
Rodney reads it so well

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #73 on: December 05, 2010, 02:48:00 pm »
Yes, he really does.

There are words I've never heard pronounced before.

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #74 on: December 05, 2010, 03:08:32 pm »
 :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #75 on: December 05, 2010, 03:23:27 pm »
Thanks Rodney

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #76 on: December 05, 2010, 03:23:36 pm »
Thank you Rodney for reading Brokeback Mountain to us.


Thanks to Eric for broadcasting it.

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #77 on: December 05, 2010, 03:24:34 pm »
Sorry about the commercial break in the middle....   ::)

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #78 on: December 05, 2010, 03:25:39 pm »
It's ok. I was just very slow figuring it out....   ::)

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #79 on: December 05, 2010, 03:27:03 pm »
If anyone wants to hear anyting in particular, I'm taking requests right now for the next 10 mintes or so...

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #80 on: December 05, 2010, 03:31:05 pm »
If anyone wants to hear anyting in particular, I'm taking requests right now for the next 10 mintes or so...


I´m liking your selection as it is :-*

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #81 on: December 05, 2010, 03:42:57 pm »
Some of you have previously attended a simultan viewing of the movie, with chat.
Monika and I have spontaneously done the same with Rodney's reading of the story. We hadn't planned it, it just happened. A very special way to experience the story.

Thank you Rodney for the reading.
Thank you Eric for broadcasting today.
Thank you Monika for being there and sharing the time with me.

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #82 on: December 05, 2010, 03:43:14 pm »
Ok, I'll be setting it to random play after the BBM Suite.

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Re: THE BROKEBACK READING PROJECT - Sunday 12/05/10 at 1:00pm ET
« Reply #83 on: December 05, 2010, 05:35:21 pm »
This is wonderful - I'm glad it happened.

 :)
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