*wildwestshow
"Tip o' the hat to Eklek for introducing Lisa and me."
My pleasure!

Somehow I link her with Marnie Stern:
http://love.videosift.com/video/Marnie-Stern-Every-Single-Line-Means-Something-2007
and Portishead/Beth Gibbons and PJ Harvey..
Do others have the same/a similar assocation?
Other artists?

The UK government has already sanctioned the recognition of Sharia courts, this was not a submission to Sharia law as claimed by people by Pat Condell and other sensationalists, but rather "applied to situations where both sides in a legal dispute freely choose a Sharia court as a binding arbitrator rather than taking a matter before the official courts."

"The decision does not break new ground. The decisions of similar Jewish Beth Din court arbitations have been recognized in England for over 100 years. Neither party can be forced into arbitration by a Sharia or a Jewish court."

The imposition of Sharia Law is mistaken in most corners of discussion, Sharia law is simply a religious law system that should be followed by Muslims, that deals with politics, economics, banking, business, contracts, family, sexuality, hygiene, social issues and other everyday issues.

Most do not specifically call for the imposition of these laws directly unto other denominations or people, but rather the creation of separate Islamic courts when dealing with issues relating to Muslims. Which is what the UK has done, in the modern Islamic world dual court systems are maintained specifically to deal with issues depending on the demands of the parties, and further depended on the school of Islamic law being followed.

The issue becomes confused when Western observers extrapolate the practices of states like Saudi Arabia and Taliban Afghanistan and individual incidents as being representative of Sharia Law, when in fact they are usually backward cultural practices. The Pashtun practices seeped into Taliban controlled Afghanistan and has seen the imposition of many inhumane and truly vile practices.

*promote because Beth's voice makes me want to cry.

Guess I should RTFM...

"Old is Gold" the famous 'Saying' applicable to this song. Thanks for the video.
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As skinny as that Beth Howland is, I'm surprised that she has the energy to sing this.

fave portishead song, uhh beth gibbons and her orgasmic voice, perfect

The longer version later in the episode when he hires his "assistants" and Beth is also very funny.

Farhad...breathe...relax (the comment reads like your about to hyperventilate!) Now...calmly & clearly - read the following:

- Portishead's first album, Dummy - was ten years in development previous to it's release (in the mind of its major musical contributor: Adrian Utley)

- To say he's not part of Portishead, is to say you're not part of this online community:

"Portishead are Beth Gibbons, Adrian Utley and Geoff Barrow. This is the Official Home to Portishead" - from their Myspace (he even has his own section of the official Portishead Forum!)

You fail maths or something?

How is a 3 year interval between Dummy and Portishead indicative of any possible release almost 14 years later? I think it's over and done with especially after I saw the 1998 performance at Roseland NYC.

And am sorry but Portishead is Geoff Barrow and Beth Gibbons. As far as I know Adrian contributed on Dummy, but he isn't even recognized as a full member by the label.

A fascinating French one-off documentary (all in English with French subtitles) - interviewing Portishead (in their home town) and featuring seven live performances - but unfortunately, it's all randomly split-up:

#1: Intro & Interview on name (2:04)
#2: Glory Box live (1:37)
#3: Wandering Star live & interview (6:11)
#4: Interview on lyrics / music production (4:31)
#5: Sour Times live (4:47)
#6: Interview on Dummy release & self-titled second album (1:58)
#7: Mysterons live (5:38)
#8: Interview with Andy Smith on Bristol & the beginning (4:46)
#9: Half-Day Closing live (3:54)
#10: Interview with Beth Gibbons (1:21)
#11: Roads live (4:30)
#12: Interview on growing-up (4:35)
#13: Strangers live (6:12) [above]

many thanks nickyp

legend has it that the director hand re-touched, frame by frame, huge sections of the original negatives, because Beth kept on having obvious bubbles in her nose (and Chris didn't trust digital stuff).

i wish i could vote for it a thousand times, then vote against it 999 times (the music is slow by, like, 50ms, )

(this video has always been disappointing to me. it starts off looking like something cool will happen, and then blah. everything in the song is so visually inspiring it makes me feel like this video is way too simple and subtle. could atleast have had the girl smoking a cigarette or something, as an ode to how cool beth is... anything!... someone in the crew should've called chris cunningham)

p.s. I hadn't seen this live one before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzananVefh0

I would have much preferred this ending than that they did on the show. This is a little fuzzy but you get the idea.

from wikipedia:
The final episode was in fact intended to be an end-of-season cliffhanger, but after the series was not renewed by the network, it was re-edited to function as the series finale. This may account for some of its ambiguous nature. The original ending had Sam leaping to tell Al's first wife, Beth, that Al was coming home. His Vietnam-era picture begins to "leap" (this is where the final episode cuts off), and then we see a modern picture of Al sitting with Beth and their four daughters. This ending somehow made it out of the studio and has been circulated on the Internet. In the ending that was actually broadcast, we are told that Al was reunited with Beth, that they remained married, and that "Dr. Sam Becket [sic] never returned home." Fans have speculated that this would have erased Project Quantum Leap, Sam and Al's relationship, or even Sam himself from the altered timeline; however, the original script and subsequent statements by Bellisario leave all of these intact.

Oh I love Portishead so much, I own the DVD of the NY performance. Beth Gibbons, oh thy sultry voice that kept me awake late at night as I listened to your records. I remember I showed this video to my ex, back in high school when we were sooo in love and all, when I shared it with her, this band that defined my adolescent years, she just thought it was bloody depressing, while I found it mesmerizing, hypnotic and other emotions that I couldn't and still can't can in a word.

It was the first sign that the airplane that was our relationship was crashing.

Ah, alas Portishead they are no more. I'd love if you got the video of "All Mine" up... which was freaky and interesting to watch at the same time

Hot damn.


Beth Ditto of the Gossip kind of reminds me of Jennifer Holliday.