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| BLAST! | |
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| File:BLAST Film 2008 Poster.jpg Poster by Dan Chapman |
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| Directed by | Paul Devlin |
| Starring | Mark Devlin |
| Distributed by | Docurama |
| Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
BLAST! is a feature-length documentary by Paul Devlin.[1][2] The film follows a team of astrophysicists who launch a telescope, upon a high altitude balloon from northern Sweden and again from Antarctica.[3][4] The film follows the crew of scientists as they travel on a search to answer humankind's most basic question, how did we get here? An approach rarely seen in science programming, BLAST! de-emphasizes talking-head interviews and dispenses with anonymous narration in favor of capturing the action as it happens. Through dynamic storytelling, BLAST! reveals the human side of scientific pursuit, the personal sacrifices of scientists and the philosophical perspectives of discovering the origins of the universe.
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History [link]
BLAST! premiered at Hot Docs on Tuesday, April 22, 2008.[5] It is now playing at film festivals around the world. Festival screenings include:
- Sheffield Doc/Fest 2008
- Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival
- Whistler Film Festival
- Documenta Film Festival
- Corona Cork Film Festival
- Bergen International Film Festival
- Imagine Science Film Festival
- Arctic Light Film Festival[6]
BLAST! has co-production partnerships with BBC 4’s documentary strand Storyville, Discovery Channel Canada, SVT Sweden, and YLE/FST Finland. The film will broadcast on Discovery Channel in February 2009. BLAST! has also been acquired by VPRO-Netherlands and DR2-Denmark.
The BLAST experiment [link]
BLAST, the Ballon-borne-Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope, was a 2-metre telescope flown from a high-altitude balloon to observe submillimeter radiation emitted mostly by dust heated by young stars. It was created to address important extragalactic and Galactic questions regarding the formation and evolution of stars, galaxies and clusters[7].
International Year of Astronomy 2009 [link]
As an official special project of the International Year of Astronomy 2009[8]. BLAST! will screen in communities around the world throughout 2009. The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is a global effort initiated by the International Astronomical Union and UNESCO, or United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, to help the citizens of the world rediscover their place in the Universe through the day- and night-time sky, and thereby engage a personal sense of wonder and discovery. The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is endorsed by United Nations and International Council of Science.
Reception [link]
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson of the American Museum of Natural History and host of PBS NOVA scienceNOW commented on the film by saying, "In a rare combination of content and storytelling, BLAST! treats the viewer not only to the fruits of cosmic discovery but to the fits and starts of dedicated scientists who navigate paths of research that enable it."[9]
Tim Teeman from Times Entertainment said of the film "For those of us with bad memories of physics and chemistry class, it was inspirational and aspirational."[4]
Simon Horsford of The Telegraph UK wrote that the film is "A story that, in trying to answer age-old questions about how we got here, produces an intriguing dynamic between the two main scientists."[10]
References [link]
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190065/
- ^ https://blastthemovie.com/
- ^ https://blogs.discovery.com/space_disco/2008/10/blast-yourself.html
- ^ a b https://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5467701.ece
- ^ https://hotdocsaudience.bside.com/2008/films/blast_hotdocs2008
- ^ https://www.blastthemovie.com/screenings.html
- ^ https://blastexperiment.info/
- ^ https://astronomy2009.org/globalprojects/specialprojects/blast/
- ^ https://www.blastthemovie.com/reviews.html
- ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4142729/Wednesdays-television-and-radio-highlights.html
External links [link]
https://wn.com/BLAST!_(2008_film)
23 Blast
23 Blast is a 2013 American sports drama film directed by Dylan Baker. The film was written by Bram and Toni Hoover, inspired by the story of Travis Freeman, a Kentucky teen who loses his sight, but eventually overcomes the challenges of his disability, and continues to live his dream of playing football. Travis is portrayed by Mark Hapka in the film.
The film was produced by Touchdown Productions, LLC and Toy Gun Films. Stephen Lang, Alexa PenaVega,Max Adler and Becky Ann Baker also starred in the film.
Plot
Travis Freeman, a local football star, is an average high school junior. Living in the town of Corbin, Kentucky, his inner circle includes his supporting parents, girlfriend, and childhood best friend, Jerry Baker (Bram Hoover) Life is normal for Travis until one day he is stricken with a series of severe headaches and a bacterial meningitis infection. After being rushed to the hospital, Travis undergoes surgery to remove the infection and save his life. He comes out of the procedure alive, but he is now blind. After losing his sight, Travis experiences depression as he adjusts to life without sight. When forced to abandon football, Travis’ shallow, cheerleader girlfriend quits him, and he faces the decision of having to attend the school for the blind away from home. With the help of his parents, best friend, Jerry, another childhood friend, Ashley, and his mobility coach, Travis pulls through and is able to adapt to his new disability and starts his senior year at Corbin High School. Every day after school, Travis attends football practice, but watches, with help from his friend, Ashley, from the sidelines. His coach and mentor, Coach Farris, approaches him one day about joining the team again. Without much convincing, Travis rejoins the football team as a center and helps the team turn around their losing season advancing to the state playoffs.
BLAST (protocol)
BLAST (BLocked ASynchronous Transmission), like XMODEM, is a communications protocol designed for file transfer over asynchronous communication ports and dial-up modems that achieved some popularity during the 1980s. Reflecting its status as a de facto standard for such transfers, BLAST, along with XMODEM, was briefly under official consideration by ANSI in the mid-80s as part of that organization's ultimately futile attempt to establish a single de jure standard.
Overview
BLAST grew out of the mission-critical experience of providing air pollution telemetry within the dial-up communications environment of the petroleum belt of southern Louisiana and Texas, with not only noisy telephone lines but also unexpected satellite hops to remote locations. As such, BLAST was the only asynchronous protocol to have entered the 1980s computing arena with all of the following features:
Born to Die (Lana Del Rey album)
Born to Die is the second studio album and major-label debut by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on January 27, 2012 by Interscope Records, Polydor Records, and Stranger Records. Del Rey collaborated with producers including Patrik Berger, Jeff Bhasker, Chris Braide, Emile Haynie, Justin Parker, Rick Nowels, Robopop, and Al Shux to achieve her desired sound. Their efforts resulted in a primarily baroque pop record, which sees additional influences from alternative hip hop, indie pop and trip hop music.
Contemporary music critics were divided in their opinions of Born to Die; some commended its distinctive production, while its repetitiveness and melodramatic tendencies were a recurring complaint. The record debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 77,000 copies; it was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after moving one million units. Born to Die reached the peak position on eleven international record charts, and has sold 8.5 million copies worldwide as of May 2015.
Radio (Danny Saucedo song)
Radio is an English language song by Danny Saucedo and the first single taken from his album Set Your Body Free. The song released in 2008 was written by Michel Zirton, Tobias Gustavsson and Danny Saucedo himself.
The song entered the Swedish Singles Chart on 13 November 2008 reaching #1 on 4 December 2008 and staying for another week at #1, with a total 11 weeks in the charts.
Chart performance
Charts
References
Radio (Darius Rucker song)
"Radio" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Darius Rucker. It was released on July 22, 2013 as the third single from his album True Believers. Rucker wrote the song with Luke Laird and Ashley Gorley.
Content
The song is a reflection on the narrator's teenage years: specifically, of borrowing his mother's car to take his girlfriend for a ride, and listening to songs on the radio while doing so.
Critical reception
The song generally received favorable reviews. Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave the song four and a half stars out of five, saying that "it sounds like the kind of fun song you would want to hear on the radio at a memorable moment." Peacock praised Rucker's "all-smiles delivery" and the song's "incredibly catchy melody and tight production." He also compared its theme to "I Watched It All (On My Radio)" by Lionel Cartwright. Tammy Ragusa of Country Weekly gave the song an A grade, calling it "the perfect marriage of an artist’s effervescent personality with an upbeat song, this one about the love of music." Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song two and a half stars out of five, writing that "the uptempo tribute to young love, open roads and, of course, the radio is familiar and easy to fall for, especially when powered by Rucker’s unequaled exuberance." However, Dukes also called the song "a little fluffy" and "not difficult to forget."
Talk
Talk may refer to:
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by Screeching Weasel
Radio Blast
by: Screeching Weaselthe product you're trying to sell isn't going over too well with me and i just wanna see it explode the stations have the feel of the pulse of the nation and i'm losing my lunch it's a rip off and i wanna see it exposed classic rock for balding farts who need to feel young plastic rock for snotnosed brats fat dj's deciding what's hot spinning snake oil that the suckers forgot is the same slop they've been shoveled for thirty five years the public doesn't know any better but so what cause who's gonna let them hear anything that's not bought and paid for up front the rancid puke that you're peddling makes me sick and i'm telling you i wanna see it blown up radio blast i wanna say i'd like to see it explode i'd like to say i wanna see it explode bought off by alternatives reps don't you ever forget who is really standing behind your paycheck it's time for a structural change it's time for a pipe bomb in the basement i think it's time to smash you don't worry about inflation take a well desreved vacation and sign off from a crater