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"Mark P. Nelson" <markpnelson@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> Been on hiatus, not wanting to play because of the impending ladder reset,
> which, like true communism, is just on the horizon (defined as a line that
> recedes as you approach).
>
> "evilbill-agqx","SCL","EvilBill"


Can you add "ImperiusDamian" as a new account name and also change my poster 
name to that? *grins* I'll be switching from the evilbill-agqx account to 
that one once the ladder resets. 

"Imperius Damian" <evilbillsdmnn@gmail.com> wrote in
news:hae78n$n2v$1@news.eternal-september.org: 

> "Mark P. Nelson" <markpnelson@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>> Been on hiatus, not wanting to play because of the impending ladder
>> reset, which, like true communism, is just on the horizon (defined as a
>> line that recedes as you approach).
>>
>> "evilbill-agqx","SCL","EvilBill"
> 
> 
> Can you add "ImperiusDamian" as a new account name and also change my
> poster name to that? *grins* I'll be switching from the evilbill-agqx
> account to that one once the ladder resets. 
> 
> 

Done.

-- 
Verbing weirds language--Calvin

"Mark P. Nelson" <markpnelson@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message 
> "Imperius Damian" <evilbillsdmnn@gmail.com> wrote in
> 
>> "Mark P. Nelson" <markpnelson@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>> Been on hiatus, not wanting to play because of the impending ladder
>>> reset, which, like true communism, is just on the horizon (defined as a
>>> line that recedes as you approach).
>>>
>>> "evilbill-agqx","SCL","EvilBill"
>> 
>> 
>> Can you add "ImperiusDamian" as a new account name and also change my
>> poster name to that? *grins* I'll be switching from the evilbill-agqx
>> account to that one once the ladder resets. 
>> 
>> 
> 
> Done.
> 

Thanks! :)

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Mark P. Nelson wrote:
[snip]
> Here's an OT question for the day: in the mini-series, Tinker, Tailor,
> Soldier, Spy, there's a scene in a hotel bar in Lisbon, when Ricky
> Tarr is checking out Boris. There's a wonderful singer in the scene;
> does anybody know who she is and what she is singing? (Yes, I tried
> Google.)

Did you try IMDB?

Here's the page for comments for it:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080297/usercomments

It could be in there somewhere, I was going to read through for you but 
life's too short, 65 comments and most of them long... <g>

However - I have decided that I must watch it. I'm pretty sure I've not seen 
it before. Time to fire up Azureus methinks....

Chairs,
-- 
Shaun.

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's 
warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'. 

"~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@yahoo.com.au> wrote in
news:hak0a1$pf6$1@news.eternal-september.org: 

> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Mark P. Nelson wrote:
> [snip]
>> Here's an OT question for the day: in the mini-series, Tinker, Tailor,
>> Soldier, Spy, there's a scene in a hotel bar in Lisbon, when Ricky
>> Tarr is checking out Boris. There's a wonderful singer in the scene;
>> does anybody know who she is and what she is singing? (Yes, I tried
>> Google.)
> 
> Did you try IMDB?
> 

Hey Shaun,

Yes, I looked through the IMDB pages for it, and the luser-comments; there's 
credits for everybody except the singer there--most frustrating. It's the 
sort of thing I'd expect Mickey just to know, somehow.

If you've not seen it, it has some truly fine acting, as does the sequel, 
Smiley's People, also a must see. Watch them one after the other.

Mark.

-- 
Verbing weirds language--Calvin

"Mark P. Nelson" <markpnelson@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message 
news:Xns9C9B6AF261FE7mpndisorg@188.40.43.213...
> Here's an OT question for the day: in the mini-series, Tinker, Tailor,
> Soldier, Spy, there's a scene in a hotel bar in Lisbon, when Ricky Tarr is
> checking out Boris. There's a wonderful singer in the scene; does anybody
> know who she is and what she is singing? (Yes, I tried Google.)

She's not credited at the end of the tv prog

but found this possibility

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Amalia-Rodrigues-Live-Japan-DVD/dp/B000I2ISOA 

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Mark P. Nelson wrote:
> "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@yahoo.com.au> wrote in
> news:hak0a1$pf6$1@news.eternal-september.org:
>
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Mark P. Nelson wrote:
>> [snip]
>>> Here's an OT question for the day: in the mini-series, Tinker,
>>> Tailor, Soldier, Spy, there's a scene in a hotel bar in Lisbon,
>>> when Ricky Tarr is checking out Boris. There's a wonderful singer
>>> in the scene; does anybody know who she is and what she is singing?
>>> (Yes, I tried Google.)
>>
>> Did you try IMDB?
>>
>
> Hey Shaun,
>
> Yes, I looked through the IMDB pages for it, and the luser-comments;
> there's credits for everybody except the singer there--most
> frustrating. It's the sort of thing I'd expect Mickey just to know,
> somehow.
>
> If you've not seen it, it has some truly fine acting, as does the
> sequel, Smiley's People, also a must see. Watch them one after the
> other.

Hi Mark. Ahh, OK, no luck there huh? Perhaps when I watch it I'll know? 
(BTW, Have you tried Google with the word 'lyrics' followed by a couple 
lines from the song in quotation marks? That's worked for me a couple 
times.)

I've found a torrent and have it queued up. Problem is, with my third-world 
bandwidth and new seasons of most of my favourite series all starting last 
month it could be a while until my bandwidth allows me to get it. I'll get 
Smiley's People afterwards, thanks for the tip.

Cheers,
-- 
Shaun.

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's 
warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.

"~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> 
> Hi Mark. Ahh, OK, no luck there huh? Perhaps when I watch it I'll know? 
> (BTW, Have you tried Google with the word 'lyrics' followed by a couple 
> lines from the song in quotation marks? That's worked for me a couple 
> times.)
> 

Since I don't understand a word she sings, that might be a problem. I know a 
few languages, but not that one. Heh.

Mark.

-- 
Verbing weirds language--Calvin

"DM" <dmdmdm@dmills.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in 
news:4ace4f89$0$2484$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk: 

> 
> "Mark P. Nelson" <markpnelson@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message 
> news:Xns9C9B6AF261FE7mpndisorg@188.40.43.213... 
>> Here's an OT question for the day: in the mini-series, Tinker, Tailor, 
>> Soldier, Spy, there's a scene in a hotel bar in Lisbon, when Ricky Tarr 
>> is checking out Boris. There's a wonderful singer in the scene; does 
>> anybody know who she is and what she is singing? (Yes, I tried Google.) 
> 
> She's not credited at the end of the tv prog 
> 
> but found this possibility 
> 
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Amalia-Rodrigues-Live-Japan-DVD/dp/B000I2ISOA 
> 
> 

Woo! It does look somewhat like her, and I did think it was probably 
Portuguese (a: since it's supposed to take place in Lisbon, and b: I know 
a lot of Brazilians and I can't make out a word they say to each other 
either, which is unlike me, as I'm generally good with languages). 

Is it her? The photos I can find are not good enough to match (no dates
but this woman seems older than Amalia Rodrigues would have been in 1979), 
and my web digging skills can't prove it either way. 

Thanks a lot for your trouble; that's the closest I've got yet. 

Mark. 

-- Verbing weirds language--Calvin
 

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Mark P. Nelson wrote:
> "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Mark. Ahh, OK, no luck there huh? Perhaps when I watch it I'll
>> know? (BTW, Have you tried Google with the word 'lyrics' followed by
>> a couple lines from the song in quotation marks? That's worked for
>> me a couple times.)
>
> Since I don't understand a word she sings, that might be a problem. I
> know a few languages, but not that one. Heh.

LOL! Ok, you can tell that I haven't seen it then. <g>

Perhaps find someone who speaks Portuguese? Actually, chances are that might 
be your best bet to find out who she is, she could be a local artist who 
didn't 'break' the internatioal market. Maybe post to a Portugese (ok, I'm 
not sure how to spell it..) newsfroup and ask?

Good luck mate.
-- 
Shaun.

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's 
warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.