Comments on: Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede - update on the movie http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 23:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1082883 penguinchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082883 Looks cool, and as a big Buddy Holly fan, props to them for using relatively obscure songs rather than the hits everyone knows. They're clearly fans too, which is great. Of course, it could be a licensing issue, as the hits are going to cost more - the major script references seen in this trailer are to his two biggest hits so who knows. I recognize the book cover from when it was on BB before, but I'm sure I saw it a few times in bookstores or libraries as a kid growing up in the 90's, too - before I really knew who Buddy Holly was. I wish I had picked it up at the time, as I was reading a lot of similar stuff and I'm sure I would have enjoyed this - and might have gotten into Buddy Holly a lot earlier, which only could have served to enrich my young life :) Looks cool, and as a big Buddy Holly fan, props to them for using relatively obscure songs rather than the hits everyone knows. They’re clearly fans too, which is great. Of course, it could be a licensing issue, as the hits are going to cost more – the major script references seen in this trailer are to his two biggest hits so who knows.

I recognize the book cover from when it was on BB before, but I’m sure I saw it a few times in bookstores or libraries as a kid growing up in the 90′s, too – before I really knew who Buddy Holly was. I wish I had picked it up at the time, as I was reading a lot of similar stuff and I’m sure I would have enjoyed this – and might have gotten into Buddy Holly a lot earlier, which only could have served to enrich my young life :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1086491 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1086491 Glad to see the movie is alive and well. I read the book a couple years ago and very much enjoyed it. Was a bit worried though when 2010 came and went with no new info on the flick. Glad to see the movie is alive and well. I read the book a couple years ago and very much enjoyed it. Was a bit worried though when 2010 came and went with no new info on the flick.

]]> By: retrojoe http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1082665 retrojoe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082665 I'm excited to see this; especially as a huge Buddy Holly fan. I’m excited to see this; especially as a huge Buddy Holly fan.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1082671 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082671 Speaking of transmissions, in 1958 Buddy & The Crickets toured the U.K. They performed live at the Riverside Studios on a TV show called "Off The Record." Of course, BBC-TV didn't bother to preserve the appearance, and it would be lost forever if not for a young fan who held a tape recorder up to his TV during the broadcast. So at least we have the audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWPtsWx_Vnc Buddy Holly fans were the original makers. They couldn't rely on professional media to present Buddy. Some of the best photos and films were taken and shared by fans. Speaking of transmissions, in 1958 Buddy & The Crickets toured the U.K. They performed live at the Riverside Studios on a TV show called “Off The Record.”

Of course, BBC-TV didn’t bother to preserve the appearance, and it would be lost forever if not for a young fan who held a tape recorder up to his TV during the broadcast. So at least we have the audio:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWPtsWx_Vnc

Buddy Holly fans were the original makers. They couldn’t rely on professional media to present Buddy. Some of the best photos and films were taken and shared by fans.

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1082672 millie fink Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082672 Looks like fun (even if it doesn't look like "big-budget"). Looks like fun (even if it doesn’t look like “big-budget”).

]]> By: coverandwait http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1082680 coverandwait Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082680 Now I have to watch this again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsNO9SIdWck Now I have to watch this again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsNO9SIdWck

]]> By: Phyrkrakr http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1082945 Phyrkrakr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082945 If you want to read the book, the PDFs linked in the old post seem to be down. However, the movie site had a link to a place to download it: http://www.manybooks.net/titles/dentonbother09buddy_holly_is_alive_and_well.html Snag it in your favorite format there, including for the Kindle, apparently. If you want to read the book, the PDFs linked in the old post seem to be down. However, the movie site had a link to a place to download it:

http://www.manybooks.net/titles/dentonbother09buddy_holly_is_alive_and_well.html

Snag it in your favorite format there, including for the Kindle, apparently.

]]> By: Lester http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1082690 Lester Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082690 Me too, and I love this book. It has a teaser and Heder, it must be real. Me too, and I love this book.

It has a teaser and Heder, it must be real.

]]> By: Trent Hawkins http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1082699 Trent Hawkins Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082699 no Katana? no Katana?

]]> By: John the Badger http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1082706 John the Badger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082706 Was... was that a reference to "Six-String Samurai? My day has just been made. Was… was that a reference to “Six-String Samurai? My day has just been made.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1082710 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082710 one of my wonderful teachers loaned me that book to read back in freshmen year of high school, and i really enjoyed it. one of my wonderful teachers loaned me that book to read back in freshmen year of high school, and i really enjoyed it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1082724 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082724 I wonder how Maria Elena Holly let this one slip by. I wonder how Maria Elena Holly let this one slip by.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1083238 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083238 My copy is autographed and I loved it! I'm glad the movie is going forward and I hope it does fine service. Thanks! My copy is autographed and I loved it! I’m glad the movie is going forward and I hope it does fine service. Thanks!

]]> By: Dread Pirate Robert http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1082745 Dread Pirate Robert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082745 Wonderful! I haven't thought about this book in years. If I remember right, Denton's other book, Lunatics, was great too. Looks like a cool movie! Wonderful! I haven’t thought about this book in years. If I remember right, Denton’s other book, Lunatics, was great too. Looks like a cool movie!

]]> By: Robert Rugan http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1083004 Robert Rugan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083004 Thank you all for your positive comments. We are really very grateful for you support. Oh, and yes, Ringo will MOST DEFINITELY be in the film. Also follow Oliver Vale on twitter @olivervale. (I won't say who IS WRITING these tweets, but it is someone who knows Vale better than anyone.) Thank you all for your positive comments. We are really very grateful for you support. Oh, and yes, Ringo will MOST DEFINITELY be in the film. Also follow Oliver Vale on twitter @olivervale. (I won’t say who IS WRITING these tweets, but it is someone who knows Vale better than anyone.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1083546 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083546 The only things I knew about Lubbock, Texas are that: a) that it is in a dry county. b) that the university there has a world famous centre of bat research A Spanish friend of mine who is a world authority on bats did his post-doctoral there and related how you how had to "smuggle" beer in your car from over the county border! He suffered! Buddy Holly buried there? Was he teetotal? The only things I knew about Lubbock, Texas are that:

a) that it is in a dry county.
b) that the university there has a world famous centre of bat research

A Spanish friend of mine who is a world authority on bats did his post-doctoral there and related how you how had to “smuggle” beer in your car from over the county border! He suffered!

Buddy Holly buried there? Was he teetotal?

]]> By: bat21 http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1082799 bat21 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082799 Buddy is not a bully. Buddy is not a bully.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1082802 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082802 Now that was a <i>funny</i> book. I hope they kept Ringo the Cyborg Doberman in the film! Now that was a funny book. I hope they kept Ringo the Cyborg Doberman in the film!

]]> By: yupgiboy http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/buddy-holly-is-alive-2.html#comment-1082877 yupgiboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1082877 Oliver Vale = Ollie Vee. Clever, though in the song Ollie Vee is a girl. Gary Busy HAS to be in this somewhere... Oliver Vale = Ollie Vee. Clever, though in the song Ollie Vee is a girl. Gary Busy HAS to be in this somewhere…

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