Golf: Casey enjoys top spot

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Golf: Casey eyes debut win

Golf: Casey eyes debut win 04/11/2004 08:06 AM
Paul Casey wants to emulate past European winners as the Masters enters its final round.

Golf: Singh revels in top spot

Golf: Singh revels in top spot 09/07/2004 05:05 AM
Vijay Singh is delighted at becoming the new world number one after winning the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Golf: Faldo bags US Open spot

Golf: Faldo bags US Open spot 06/09/2004 01:20 AM
Nick Faldo will play at the US Open after sinking a birdie at the final hole of qualifying.

Singh Knocks Woods From Top Spot in Golf
(AP)

Singh Knocks Woods From Top Spot in Golf
(AP) 09/06/2004 05:59 PM
AP - Vijay Singh won a head-to-head matchup with Tiger Woods to end his record reign atop golf's ultimate leaderboard. Singh shot a 69 to beat Woods and Adam Scott by three strokes in the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday, clinching the No. 1 ranking in the world with his sixth victory of the year. Woods had been first for more than five years — a record 264 consecutive weeks.

Casey Kasem's last day as host for
America's Top 40

Casey Kasem's last day as host for
America's Top 40 01/06/2004 06:48 AM
an exclusive interview after his final taping .. Well, apparently, he's had enough .. keep your feet on the ground

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Audio of Casey at the Bat and two
unauthorized sequels

Audio of Casey at the Bat and two
unauthorized sequels 03/29/2005 03:07 PM
Cory Doctorow: Telltale Weekly, which sells DRM-free audiobooks of public domain works, has just posted a $0.50 version of "Casey at the Bat" and two "sequels" written by a different writer, hearkening to an era when copyright didn't mean that others couldn't fool around with your work.

Ernest L Thayer (writing under the pen name "Phinn") wrote the baseball classic Casey at the Bat: "A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888" for the San Fransisco Examiner. In the century since, the poem has spawned hundreds of sequels, including a handful of updates by sports columnist Grantland Rice.

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Casey Mears Wins Brickyard 400 Pole (AP)

Casey Mears Wins Brickyard 400 Pole (AP) 08/07/2004 03:39 PM
AP - Casey Mears grew up dreaming about winning poles and races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He just never pictured doing it in a stock car. On Saturday, Mears took a big step in his budding NASCAR Nextel Cup career, and the first step toward emulating the Indianapolis success of uncle Rick Mears, by winning the pole for the Brickyard 400.

U.S. Names Gen. Casey as New Top
Commander in Iraq (Reuters)

U.S. Names Gen. Casey as New Top
Commander in Iraq (Reuters) 06/15/2004 04:32 PM
Reuters - Gen. George Casey, the No. 2 officer in the Army, has been nominated to become the top U.S. commander in Iraq, replacing Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who has come under scrutiny in the prisoner abuse scandal, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

Casey Jones, Stagolee, Frankie and
Johnny - Murder and Death Ballad Back
Stories

Casey Jones, Stagolee, Frankie and
Johnny - Murder and Death Ballad Back
Stories 09/23/2004 06:06 PM
My Back Pages--Interesting in his own right Eyolf Østrem still maintains the fan's fan tab, chords and music site, the standard by which all others are judged. I just revisited it the other night, while trying to recall how that little run in Dylan's version of Delia went, and dang, if it didn't have the back story of that ballad. I love this kind of stuff. The source of that account, John Garst, is the folklorist king of such research--he puts John Henry at a railroad tunnel near Leeds, Alabama, just east of Birmingham on September 20, 1887, for example. Murder and heroic death ballad back stories are of extreme interest to me, so I decided to post a few more here: Frankie and Albert, Frankie and Johnny, Casey Jones and Stagger Lee. Did I say I love this kind of stuff?

Amazon UK enjoys busiest day ever

Amazon UK enjoys busiest day ever 01/04/2005 10:50 AM
ZDNet UK Jan 4 2005 2:07PM GMT

New PlayStation enjoys limelight

New PlayStation enjoys limelight 09/25/2004 01:47 AM
Japantimes.co.jp - Sat Sep 25, 12:58 am GMT

Beehive Enjoys Endorsement Windfall

Beehive Enjoys Endorsement Windfall 08/02/2004 09:47 AM
BEA officials say they're finally seeing a payoff for putting code in the wild.

LG Elec. enjoys increase in sales during
May

LG Elec. enjoys increase in sales during
May 06/21/2004 07:27 AM
Maekyung Internet Jun 21 2004 11:49AM GMT

Cricket: Bell enjoys debut day

Cricket: Bell enjoys debut day 08/20/2004 02:17 AM
Ian Bell says he is "pretty happy" with his first experience of Test cricket after making a vital 70.

Johnny Depp Says He Actually Enjoys
Aging (AP)

Johnny Depp Says He Actually Enjoys
Aging (AP) 09/05/2004 07:26 AM
AP - Unlike legions of other Hollywood stars, hipster heartthrob Johnny Depp says he actually enjoys aging. The boyish-looking Depp — who plays the author of "Peter Pan" in his latest picture "Finding Neverland" — was asked if the children's character famed for never growing old made him wish for the same power.

UK PC market enjoys strong growth

UK PC market enjoys strong growth 08/04/2004 01:34 PM
PC Magazine UK Aug 4 2004 5:21PM GMT

Lastminute enjoys 'strong' growth

Lastminute enjoys 'strong' growth 05/13/2004 03:40 AM
The online travel and leisure firm says business was buoyant during the January-to-March period, but losses increase.

William Hill enjoys good fortune

William Hill enjoys good fortune 05/17/2004 03:08 AM
A favourable run of horse racing results boosts business at the UK bookmaking firm.

Chess Legend Fischer Enjoys New Freedom
(AP)

Chess Legend Fischer Enjoys New Freedom
(AP) 03/24/2005 02:49 PM
AP - Chess legend Bobby Fischer, en route to a new life in Iceland, said Thursday that freedom felt "great" after nine months' detention in Japan, where he had been held for trying to leave the country using an invalid U.S. passport.

Cabbie enjoys brief fame as medallist
(Reuters)

Cabbie enjoys brief fame as medallist
(Reuters) 08/27/2004 01:59 PM
Reuters - An Athens taxi driver has enjoyed his 15 minutes of fame for honestly returning a mislaid Olympic medal -- but he admitted he did try it on for size first.

U.K. PC Market Enjoys Highest Growth in
Four Years

U.K. PC Market Enjoys Highest Growth in
Four Years 08/05/2004 06:42 AM
Linux Electrons Aug 5 2004 10:54AM GMT

Broadband enjoys a quarterly subscriber
bonanza

Broadband enjoys a quarterly subscriber
bonanza 11/12/2003 10:24 PM
Price discounting results in a surge of new broadband signees, but the strategy started by DSL companies has not resulted in increased market share.

Bluetooth enjoys record surge in sales

Bluetooth enjoys record surge in sales 09/09/2004 11:10 AM
PC Magazine UK Sep 9 2004 2:46PM GMT

Bill O'Reilly enjoys ordering his guests
and others to "shut up"

Bill O'Reilly enjoys ordering his guests
and others to "shut up" 07/21/2004 12:33 PM
This video commercial starts out with a quote from talk show host Bill O'Reilly making the claim that he has told a guest to "shut up" only one time in six years. The rest of the commercial shows clips of Mr. O'Reilly telling people to shut up. Link (Via Horkulated)

Basque Cyclist, Mayo, Enjoys Salad Days
on Tour

Basque Cyclist, Mayo, Enjoys Salad Days
on Tour 07/12/2004 02:34 PM
If sarcasm is the lowest form of humor, making puns with somebody's name ranks closely behind. Ask Iban Mayo.

Belhoul Group enjoys better business
health with Microsoft Great Plains
solution from AFCOMP

Belhoul Group enjoys better business
health with Microsoft Great Plains
solution from AFCOMP 12/22/2003 08:58 AM
AME Info Dec 22 2003 8:33AM ET

GL Golf 1.0

GL Golf 1.0 12/09/2003 09:47 PM
GL Golf is a 3D golf game programmed in Objective-C with OpenGL and Cocoa.

GL Golf 1.1.2

GL Golf 1.1.2 05/03/2004 03:12 PM
A realistic 3D Golfing game for Mac OS X.

KGA Golf 1.2

KGA Golf 1.2 04/16/2004 06:31 PM
Classic golfing fun - you can even create your own course.

Golf GTI commercial and Elsewhere

Golf GTI commercial and Elsewhere 03/14/2005 04:25 PM

When I first watched the cool new VW Golf GTI commercial featuring an updated Gene Kelly poppin' and lockin', I guess I wasn't paying that much attention to it.

Then the other day a friend IMed me and asked, "hey have you seen this Golf GTI commercial with that guy from the crazy Kollaboration video?"

"It's the same guy? I know that guy!" I watched the video again and sure enough, Gene Kelly was dancing with the unmistakable style of Elsewhere, aka David Bernal. After a quick search, I found a message board post from Elsewhere himself that it was indeed him in the commerical:

yup that was me along with Crumbs and another popper named Jay Walker.

I emailed David to ask him about the experience and he graciously took the time to answer a few questions.

Jason: How did you get the Golf GTI gig? Audition or had someone seen your stuff and specifically wanted you for it?

David: They specifically wanted to use me for it. I had done a Heineken Commercial several months prior and the special effects people for that commercial were going to do the effects for this VW commercial. I got an email asking me if I could dance in the rain with a prosthetic mask on and several weeks later I was in London doing just that.

jkottke: That scene from Singin' in the Rain is one of the most famous in film, and certainly the most famous dance number in film. What was it like to be a part of an attempt to recreate and update it?

David: It was an honor and a privilege being one of the dancers in this commercial. Gene Kelly was a great dancer, singer and actor which is a lot more than I have to offer. It's extremely flattering having a commercial that essentially implies that my moves are an updated version of Gene's dance skills.

jkottke: Some folks have complained about the crassness of using a dead guy's likeness to sell automobiles. As one of the actors playing the deceased, do you have any thoughts on that?

David: Yeah it's kind of weird, but imo it kind of comes with the territory when you're a legend. I don't know if Gene would be too hot about the whole thing but obviously the Gene Kelly Estate approved it, so it's apparently not that crass to them.

jkottke: I've read that you often freestyle when you dance, making it up as you go along, but that you also have little micro-routines that you rely on as you do. In shooting the commercial, how much of the choreography was scripted and how much did you get to ad lib? How much did you need to change your style much based on specific shots from the original film or Gene's style?

David:It was different for each shot. For example with the close-ups they would say just do a bunch of wavy stuff, so I would simply freestyle with some waves. Most of the full body shots were more routine based. They would specifically want me to do a list of moves, but to connect everything I would naturally freestyle.

I didn't have to change my dancing stylistically at all. They wanted me to dance the way that I dance. In fact they had us watch the original Singing in the Rain scene so many times that I started unconsciously moving a bit like Gene Kelly. The director at one point even told me that I was moving too much like Gene and I needed to move more like me.

If anything the parameters and conditions of the shoot inadvertently changed my style. The sound stage was cold and we had to dance under artificial rain for hours. To avoid freezing we wore wet suits under our already thick, tight costumes. This restricted my movement a lot. My shoes were quite uncomfortable and fake flooring we danced on was soft and spongy. I had to keep my head up and smile constantly which was very unnatural for me. Yet the biggest difficulty for me was the rigid time restraints. Since it was a commercial we had to do a lot within a small amount of time. This forced me to speed up my style more than I usually do.

jkottke: Thanks, David.

You can see more of David's stuff on the Detours Video site, by purchasing some DVDs, or by doing a search for "david elsewhere".

"Golf News"

"Golf News" 01/18/2004 03:52 PM

Crazy Golf 1.025

Crazy Golf 1.025 11/06/2003 05:02 PM
Golf game with wacky holes.

Golf: US duo lead

Golf: US duo lead 04/10/2004 08:23 PM
Chris DiMarco and Phil Mickelson will take a two-shot lead into the final round.

Crazy Golf

Crazy Golf 11/16/2003 06:13 PM
At 12 holes, it's only a temporary fix, but it's better than another year of withdrawals. By Kirk Hiner (Applelinks via MyAppleMenu)

golf & goofs

golf & goofs 07/30/2004 11:46 AM
Thanks to Andre Tolme, now you will know that the capital of Mongolia is Ulaanbaatar, and that a par of 11,880 is possible. (Bonus golf link: Tundra Golf!)

Golf: Leonard, Singh on top

Golf: Leonard, Singh on top 08/13/2004 07:40 PM
Justin Leonard and Vijay Singh share a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the USPGA.

Golf: Open set for showdown

Golf: Open set for showdown 07/14/2004 08:53 PM
With Royal Troon in perfect condition and all the form horses present, the 133rd Open promises to be a classic.

Golf: Monty out of Masters

Golf: Monty out of Masters 03/29/2005 05:41 PM
Colin Montgomerie is not one of five players to receive last-minute invites to the Masters.

Golf: Drummond in shock win

Golf: Drummond in shock win 05/30/2004 01:18 PM
Scott Drummond wins the Volvo PGA Championship by two strokes from Angel Cabrera at Wentworth.
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