Amelia's "Good Stuff That Comes On PBS" Thread

[sweet soft kiss]

Frontline

House of Saud

This looks like it could provoke some lively discussion around here.

 

[sweet soft kiss]

Malcom X: Say it Plain

Monday Night... Check your local listing for the time.

 

[amelia]

Elive Costello will be on Austin City Limits this month. It's 3/12 for me, but as always...check local listings.


Elvis Costello on PBS

 

[modest mouse]

Did anyone see the Globetrotters special? I missed it.

 

[Cleopatra]

I just watched :

Lost Treasures of Afghanistan
Wednesday, March 30, 9:00pm
(WHYY)
Archaeologists dig for “Lost Treasures of Afghanistan,” including a 1500-year-old “sleeping” Buddha said to be 1000 feet long.


Beautiful pictures of Bamiyan and the Giant Buddhas, also an interesting look at the Bactrian Horde. Very interesting.

 

[gravyrug]

I just watched :

Lost Treasures of Afghanistan
Wednesday, March 30, 9:00pm
(WHYY)
Archaeologists dig for “Lost Treasures of Afghanistan,” including a 1500-year-old “sleeping” Buddha said to be 1000 feet long.


Beautiful pictures of Bamiyan and the Giant Buddhas, also an interesting look at the Bactrian Horde. Very interesting.

Damn, I missed this post. I saw that one, too. Most excellent.

Anyway, I actually sought out the thread (thanks, Amelia) to talk about the NY Philharmonic concert I saw Thursday night. Last minute replacement conductor David Robertson was perfect. The concert started with Dukas' "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", followed by Gil Shahan (sp?) performing Sibeluis's Violin concerto. Another Sibelius piece followed the intermission, "The Swan of Tuonela", and they finished with Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite", the 1919 version. All of the music was excellent, especially considering the rushed preparation, and Firebird has always been one of my favorite works.

 

[sweet soft kiss]

Good Vibrations

Brian Wilson Presents: Pet Sounds Live in London
Thursday, July 7, 8:00pm
CHANNEL 28 (KCET)

The former Beach Boys auteur performs songs from the 1966 masterpiece “Pet Sounds” at London's Royal Festival Hall in 2003. Included: “God Only Knows,” “Sloop John B” and “Wouldn't It Be Nice?”


Well at least on my station... check your local listings.

 

[Cleopatra]

TV12, 8 p.m.


Journey of Man

Dr. Spencer Wells closes the door on his laboratory and embarks on the biggest adventure of his life. Wells travels to every continent on earth, endures every terrain and meets the key human groups that hold the genetic history of mankind in their blood.



Fascinating study of genetics and how we got where we are, and where we all began. Also, with the current state of "race wars" in the US, it's interesting to see our common starting point.

 

[amelia]

two things i'm really interested in...

the first thing is called Art:21

“Art:21–Art in the Twenty-First Century” is the only series on television to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists in the United States, and it uses the medium of television to provide an experience of the visual arts that goes far beyond a gallery visit. Fascinating and intimate footage allows the viewer to observe the artists at work, watch their process as they transform inspiration into art, and hear their thoughts as they grapple with the physical and visual challenges of achieving their artistic visions.

and secondly, Rilo Kiley will be on Austin City Limits tonight.

if you want to know more about rilo kiley, check out this website

 

[amelia]

Tonight Spoon (i love these guys) and The Killers are on Austin City Limits. Check your local PBS listings to see when they will be on where you live! (yes, that is a command...i'm so demanding sometimes)

Austin City Limits (once again)

i know the page says they are on 11/12...but i double checked.

 

[Cleopatra]

Cute, and interesting.


Klondike & Snow: A Tale of Twin Polar Bears

A remarkable story of survival chronicling polar-bear cubs who were rejected by their mother and raised by three Denver zoo workers through their first critical months of illness. The cubs became Denver's most popular zoo exhibit.

 

[Lawler]

I am sorry I missed Secrets of the Dead: Voyage of the Courtesans.

There was an interesting book I read, The Floating Brothel, that told the same story.

Anyone catch this show?

 

[DéjàNu]

I often stop at PBS HD channel, check whats on and get stuck there. Almost all their show are in HD so its very nice to watch.

The DNA serie was awesome

 

[amelia]

Cute, and interesting.


Klondike & Snow: A Tale of Twin Polar Bears

A remarkable story of survival chronicling polar-bear cubs who were rejected by their mother and raised by three Denver zoo workers through their first critical months of illness. The cubs became Denver's most popular zoo exhibit.

awww! i saw this. it was so interesting.

 

[Equinoxe]

I am sorry I missed Secrets of the Dead: Voyage of the Courtesans.

There was an interesting book I read, The Floating Brothel, that told the same story.

Anyone catch this show?

I missed it too, I had wanted to see that. Although, "Courtesans" was a bit grandiose a term I think.

 

[lizardo]

damn,,,I wonder what was on from April to September

 

[Lawler]

Although, "Courtesans" was a bit grandiose a term I think.

I agree. From the book, I remember that there were only a couple of courtesan-type women on board. Perhaps "Voyage of the Cheap Whores and Petty Thieves" would not have garnered as much interest.

In case anyone is interested, the PBS title that we are chatting about will be available on Netflix soon.

 

[Denae]

PBS is rebroadcasting Masterpiece Theatre's "The Lost Prince." Part one tonight, part two next Sunday evening.

 

[Cleopatra]

Mystery of the Three Kings

The legend of the Three Wise Men, who presented gifts to the baby Jesus (as chronicled in the gospel of Matthew), is recalled in interviews with biblical scholars and in tours of various locales in Arabia, Ethiopia and Babylon.

Loved this show. It traces the history of the Three Kings (most likely astrologers) along with the star of Bethlehem (most likely Saturn and Jupiter lined up in Aries) and the prediction of a new King to be born in Bethlehem.

 

[Cleopatra]

Secrets of the Dead

Secrets of the Dead - Mystery of the Black Death

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_plague/

"The Mystery of the Black Death begins in September of 1665, when a tailor in the secluded English village of Eyam opened a flea-infested shipment of fabric from London. In a matter of days, the tailor and much of the village were suffering the telltale signs of bubonic plague, the disease that, in the first five years since its arrival, had wiped out a third of the European population. To prevent the outbreak from spreading throughout the region, the whole town was quarantined -- no one was allowed in or out. Outsiders assumed that the bacteria would simply wipe out the entire village. But they were wrong. Three hundred and fifty years later, Dr. Stephen O'Brien, a geneticist from the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C., is delving into the reasons why some individuals managed to survive the excruciating Black Death while others were dying all around them. Following O'Brien as he takes DNA samples and investigates historical records and family archives, the film sheds light on the resistance to the plague, and reveals a stunning legacy that the plague survivors passed on to their descendents -- a similar resistance to the modern-day scourge of AIDS."


A very cool show, making me wish I had taken the turn into genetics.

 

[Cleopatra]

on NOVA scienceNOW:

NASA archeologists use satellites to pinpoint ancient ruins buried deep in the jungle.


A Masterpiece Revealed
Explore a 2,000-year-old mural, one of the greatest discoveries of ancient Maya art ever found.


Ask the Expert
Archeologists Bill Saturno and Tom Sever answer viewer questions about the San Bartolo mural, using satellites to find lost sites, and more.

 

[Denae]

The Complete Jane Austen

Premieres on Masterpiece Theatre on January 13, 2008 and runs every Sunday through March.

Features all-new adaptations of Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, and previous works of Emma, and Pride and Prejudice.

This version of Pride and Prejudice is with Colin Firth.

 

[Cade Is Here]

There is good stuff on PBS?

Wow!!!

 

[Monazwx]

Premieres on Masterpiece Theatre on January 13, 2008 and runs every Sunday through March.

Features all-new adaptations of Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, and previous works of Emma, and Pride and Prejudice.

This version of Pride and Prejudice is with Colin Firth.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

There is good stuff on PBS?

Wow!!!

Spread the word.