Christmas Party

The Traditional Left Bank Press Christmas party is coming up fast. The time and location will be announced at the long awaited anniversary party. Make sure you are there!

The Traditional Left Bank Press Anniversary Gala Happening Soon

As many of you are aware Left Bank Press is still embroiled in the imbroglio we encoutered during this year's pilgramage to Rangoon. We appreciate your continued dedication to Left Bank Press, and we are pleased to announce that we have just returned from The Hague where we have been cleared of most charges. Although we have been given the green light by the World Court to crank up the press once again (in a somewhat limited fashion) to begin anew our quest to keep this global village informed, we have not as of yet been cleared to receive the permits neccesary for our traditional anniversary party. It seems this happens every year.

Fret not. Left Bank Press will be up and running in fine form in no time at all. Stay tuned here for upcoming party announcements. To Donate to our legal defense fund click the "Make a Donation" button on the right-hand side bar. Thank You.

The King of Techno

See the full length documentary about the man who started it all.

Gentleman's Weekly

This one's here to stay, ladies and gentleman.

Welcome To Our Newest Sponsor: "The Droog Report"

A very special welcome to a new blog that links to Left Bank Press. "The Droog Report" has potential but according to influential London oddsmakers, Ladbrokes, the odds are a steely 20-1, that The Droog Report never makes it past 3 postings. We can only wish them luck. To see the very first Left Bank Press posting ever, featuring the lovely and talented Brigette Bardot, click here.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Oberon 1977)

I humbly submit for your approval, dear reader, a delicious moment wrought, neigh bled, from the implement of His own implement, the Swan of Avon. "Oh mighty Oberon how you pen the trembling beast!"

I was photographed here on stage actualizing Oberon in a 1977 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. My performance was called "animalistic and sensual". Who am I?

"Give thee worms words, tis' wasted work indeed, half wasted work upon which minds unourished feed." -WS

William Shakespeare extricated a greater preponderance of heretofore unknown syllabic utterances from deep within the further recesses of his non-frontal anatomy than the cumulative output of all other poets of his lifetime combined.

Legend of Drunken Blaster III: Straight Outta House Arrest (Extended Theatrical Trailer)

Little Pepper

Pimentinha or "Little Pepper" began stealing the show at age fourteen. When divas roamed the Earth, the sun beat down hardest on the streets of Brasil, where the chanteuse Elis Regina cooked up the spell she cast on all of us. Can we ever forget? Has it been that long? Many will remember much of the sixties as a time of Pimentinha, when every one spoke Portuguese and everyone was just another beach kid soaking up the heat caught in the bars of nighttime Ipanema.

Old Tom Jobim used to play with her and bring the house down.

Can you hear her sca-sca-scat?

Aguas de Marco (Waters of March)

Antonio Carlos Jobim
(1927 - 1994)

AKA Tom Jobim, the Man from Ipanema. Born (Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim) in Rio de Janiero, Brasil where the international airport now bears his name. Composer, arranger, singer, pianist and the man who dreamed aloud and brought the world the Bossa Nova.

The modern word for music in portuguese literally translates as "that which flows from Jobim". From Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra the musical world has been touched by this Brasillian legend. Few artists footprints tread deeper in 20th century music than those of Tom Jobim.

Aguas de Marco (Waters of March) is best known in song, as sung by the likes of Elis Regina and Rosa Passos (Both versions are accompanied by and conducted by Antonio Carlos Jobim). Elis Regina and Tom Jobin Aguas de Marco video.

Tom Jobim originally penned the lyrics for Aguas de Marco in portuguese as a poem. Jobim himself re-wrote these lyrics for the English version. The portuguese is beautiful. In English it becomes something entirely new and wonderful. Aguas de Marco or...


Waters of March

A stick, a stone,
It's the end of the road,
It's the rest of a stump,
It's a little alone

It's a sliver of glass,
It is life, it's the sun,
It is night, it is death,
It's a trap, it's a gun

The oak when it blooms,
A fox in the brush,
A knot in the wood,
The song of a thrush

The wood of the wind,
A cliff, a fall,
A scratch, a lump,
It is nothing at all

It's the wind blowing free,
It's the end of the slope,
It's a beam, it's a void,
It's a hunch, it's a hope

And the river bank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the end of the strain,
The joy in your heart

The foot, the ground,
The flesh and the bone,
The beat of the road,
A slingshot's stone

A fish, a flash,
A silvery glow,
A fight, a bet,
The range of a bow

The bed of the well,
The end of the line,
The dismay in the face,
It's a loss, it's a find

A spear, a spike,
A point, a nail,
A drip, a drop,
The end of the tale

A truckload of bricks
in the soft morning light,
The shot of a gun
in the dead of the night

A mile, a must,
A thrust, a bump,
It's a girl, it's a rhyme,
It's a cold, it's the mumps

The plan of the house,
The body in bed,
And the car that got stuck,
It's the mud, it's the mud

Afloat, adrift,
A flight, a wing,
A hawk, a quail,
The promise of spring

And the riverbank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the promise of life
It's the joy in your heart

A stick, a stone,
It's the end of the road
It's the rest of a stump,
It's a little alone

A snake, a stick,
It is John, it is Joe,
It's a thorn in your hand
and a cut in your toe

A point, a grain,
A bee, a bite,
A blink, a buzzard,
A sudden stroke of night

A pin, a needle,
A sting, a pain,
A snail, a riddle,
A wasp, a stain

A pass in the mountains,
A horse and a mule,
In the distance the shelves
rode three shadows of blue

And the riverbank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the promise of life
in your heart, in your heart

A stick, a stone,
The end of the road,
The rest of a stump,
A lonesome road

A sliver of glass,
A life, the sun,
A knife, a death,
The end of the run

And the riverbank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the end of all strain,
It's the joy in your heart.

Watch Where You're Going

Serial Killer

Half Way Home

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Their picking on Legos, man.
They're picking on fucking Lego's for Christ's sake!


A LIST OF DANISH PRODUCTS:

www.VisitDenmark.com

Danish Exporters (Food):
Arla Foods is Europe's second-largest dairy company and the leading Danish exporter to Saudi Arabia, where it sells an estimated 328 million dollars worth of products every year
Brands: Rosenborg, Lurpak, Dofino, Denmark's Finest, Mediterra, Danish Crown (meat), Emborg, Danish Bacon, Thor Fish, Danisco Food

Candy: Toms (chocolate), Lagermann, Galle & Jessen, Ingeborgs Chocolate

Beverages: Tuborg Beer,Carlsberg Beer, Aalborg Aquavit (snaps), Danish Distillers (Swedish Company some products produced in Denmark).

Medicine: Novo

Audio Equipment/Home Theater: Audio Vector, B&O (Bang & Olufsen), Cilo, Dali, DynAudio, Eltax, Jamo, Tangent, Vifa

Cigarettes: Prince

Clothing: H2O, Hummel, Per Reumert, Munthe plus Simonsen, Bruuns Bazaar, Veromoda Only, IC Companies, In Wear, Matinique, Sand

Shoes: Jaco,Dansko

Software: EarMaster (for musicians)

Toys: Lego

Jewelry: Lund Trading ( MD Distributor ) (Danish Troll Beads Etc.)

Furniture: Fritz Hansen

Danish Design: B & G Porcelain, Georg Jensen, HTH, Morsoe, Lindberg, PH, Raadvad, Royal Copenhagen, Royal Danish Porcelain, Skagen, Stelton, Trip Trap, Vesta

Other:
Nilfisk Vacuum Cleaners, Watco Danish Furniture Oil, Leitech, Grund Foss, Dan Foss, GN

How does anyone end up picking on the Danes?

In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Catholic. Then they came for me -- and by that time there was nobody left to speak up.

Legend of Drunken Blaster

Many thanks to Ted Turner for cleaning up these old Hollywood Classic Shorts. The Legend of Drunken Blaster series is now on loan from Turner Classic Movies and is currently available at Left Bank Press. Movie viewers can be found below. For best replay quality click Here

Donations - Rangoon 2006

As many of you know the staff at Left Bank Press are leaving for the pilgrimage. As is the case every year, we have sold our belongings and the office is leased indefinitely. All business matters are now in the hands of our Barrister, Sir Wembley Frothnoughton - Please direct any and all correspondce accordingly.

We anxiously await our departure. Soon, we will be hopping off in Borneo and quickly moving on to the merciless deltas of Rangoon. Only there will the purpose of our journey be revealed.

All precautions have been taken. All respective governments have been made aware. Fate cannot be bargained with however, as we have been made painfully aware in 1962, '68, 71', 85' and 2005. It is with steadfast precaution and humble acceptance that we have again put up the Pay Pal donations button for the well being of all families concerned. Thank you in advance.

Legend of Drunken Blaster II: The Rebels Attack

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Legend of Drunken Blaster: Shaolin Kick

Imminent Domain Part I

Imminent Domain: Part II

And in the end, ... who wins?