Hitchcon 09 : pictures and video!

Nicolas Botti

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Oct 20, 2009, 8:22:01 AM10/20/09

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For those who didn't see it yet :

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xaslyj_hitchcon-09

And here are some pictures :

http://picasaweb.google.com/Grand.Ordre.de.la.Serviette/Hitchcon09#

Lloyd Gilbert

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Oct 20, 2009, 9:16:21 AM10/20/09

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Thanks for posting these. Looks like it was quite a fun day.

Any froupies spot themselves in the pictures?

Lloyd
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"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli

Tian

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Oct 21, 2009, 12:07:00 AM10/21/09

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Lloyd Gilbert wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:22:01 -0700 (PDT), Nicolas Botti
> <visitp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> For those who didn't see it yet :
>>
>> http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xaslyj_hitchcon-09
>>
>> And here are some pictures :
>>
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/Grand.Ordre.de.la.Serviette/Hitchcon09#
>
> Thanks for posting these. Looks like it was quite a fun day.
>
> Any froupies spot themselves in the pictures?
>

Not likely to spot me. I was on another continent at the time. Or should
I say "not on that island."?

I'd love to see a close up of one of those yellow towels everybody has.
Looks like the hit item of the show. Anybody know more about them?

--
Tian
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Lastest change: Added pictures I took at San Jose BIKE PARTY on Friday.

Professor Urban Chronitis

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Oct 29, 2009, 6:02:32 PM10/29/09

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Sorry I didn't check this out sooner, looks like a good crowd having a
good time.

I have to ask about the background music (on the video). Where is that
from? I could've swore it was used in the Firefly series but I checked
and while close isn't quite right.

Lloyd Gilbert

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Oct 30, 2009, 2:10:11 PM10/30/09

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It's from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!

The original radio plays used it, the movie used it. It's a track by
The Eagles called "Journey of the Sorcerer".

http://www.last.fm/music/Eagles/_/Journey+of+the+Sorcerer

HTH HANDA

Professor Urban Chronitis

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Nov 3, 2009, 4:40:13 PM11/3/09

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Lloyd Gilbert

<afda.i...@invalid.zanoop.invalid.org.invalid.uk.invalid> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:02:32 -0500, Professor Urban Chronitis
> <m...@here.now.com> wrote:
>
> >Nicolas Botti <visitp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> For those who didn't see it yet :
> >>
> >> http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xaslyj_hitchcon-09
> >>
> >> And here are some pictures :
> >>
> >> http://picasaweb.google.com/Grand.Ordre.de.la.Serviette/Hitchcon09#
> >
> >Sorry I didn't check this out sooner, looks like a good crowd having
> > a
> >good time.
> >
> >I have to ask about the background music (on the video). Where is
> > that
> >from? I could've swore it was used in the Firefly series but I
> > checked
> >and while close isn't quite right.
>
> It's from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!
>
> The original radio plays used it, the movie used it. It's a track by
> The Eagles called "Journey of the Sorcerer".
>
> http://www.last.fm/music/Eagles/_/Journey+of+the+Sorcerer
>
> HTH HANDA
>
> Lloyd

You know, I did think of that but when I went to het the Firefly DVDs I
spaced out the HHGTTG disc.

Which reminds me (hah! Forgetting something reminded me of something),
I've been considering a purchase of the phases as audio books. But I'm
confused by the phases, are the Primary and Secondary the same episodes
just reproduced wih different effects or actors?

Any recommendations on which to buy?

iain

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Nov 4, 2009, 10:38:17 AM11/4/09

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Professor Urban Chronitis <m...@here.now.com> wrote in
news:937968810278976512.7...@nntp.earthlink.net:

<snip>

>
> Which reminds me (hah! Forgetting something reminded me of something),
> I've been considering a purchase of the phases as audio books. But I'm
> confused by the phases, are the Primary and Secondary the same
> episodes just reproduced wih different effects or actors?
>
> Any recommendations on which to buy?

If by 'audio book' you mean the radio plays, then there are five Phases,
called Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential.
They more-or-less follow the five books.

The Primary and Secondary Phases are the original, predating the books.
The other three are the recent adaptations of the last three books.

The best way to get the whole lot is to buy the 14-CD box sets.
(And yes, these are shameless affiliate links :o)

Amazon.com
http://www.froup.com/go/?az-us-1602834792

Amazon.co.uk
http://www.froup.com/go/?az-uk-0563504196

On the other hand, if you're actually after straight readings of the
books, then I'd recommend you beg, steal or borrow the editions of Douglas
Adams himself reading them. Well, don't steal them, but good luck finding
them now, they're long out of print.

I haven't heard the recent ones with Stephen Fry reading HHGG and Martin
Freeman reading the rest so I can't comment on them.

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iain

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"how can you say that iain is a furyy fpevcg?!" - kristen

Lloyd Gilbert

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Nov 4, 2009, 12:45:16 PM11/4/09

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On 04 Nov 2009 15:38:17 GMT, iain <af...@imb.clara.net> wrote:

<snip>

>On the other hand, if you're actually after straight readings of the
>books, then I'd recommend you beg, steal or borrow the editions of Douglas
>Adams himself reading them. Well, don't steal them, but good luck finding
>them now, they're long out of print.
>
>I haven't heard the recent ones with Stephen Fry reading HHGG and Martin
>Freeman reading the rest so I can't comment on them.

I've got these. I haven't yet had the chance to listen to them,
however.

Professor Urban Chronitis

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Nov 6, 2009, 7:03:59 PM11/6/09

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Thanks for the Phase clarification. The descriptions on Audible.com were
less clear. I'll check out your shame-free plugs when I get back to a
suitable computing device.