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there is no other way to begin this message. each model in the lineup has undeniable charms, some bigger than others so I leave to you, readers choice today. good news, we have achieved 5400 clubmembers, for which I am grateful. note to newbies: albums with more than 99 images will also have zip file for your convenience. so keep them cards'n'letters and Likes & Stiffies a-coming and thanks to all who have awarded them!

that last model very nearly did me in! I am sweating all over!! and that's a good thing!!! quiet day on the home front; gone to physical therapy and napped intensively afterward. got to work on the collection and drool over Bobby Sands Butt, as well as the rest of him. hope you will enjoy! thanks to all who have awarded me Likes & Stiffies - will try to keep up the good works! https://www.adonismale.com/gallery/album/27987-sandler-shane/ https://www.adonismale.com/gallery/album/27988-sands-bobby/ https://www.adonismale.com/gallery/album/27989-sandvoss-steve/ https://www.adonismale.com/gallery/album/27990-sandy-gary/ https://www.adonismale.com/gallery/album/27991-sanfield-todd/ Colt

Fabien Sassier George Nikolov Unknown Model

Antoine Morieult

Ah, memories ... In the mid-80s I visited East-Germany 3 times. At that time (mind you, it was before the fall of communism) it was quite common for secondary school students to spend a couple of weeks in summer camps, doing some sort of work (or work-like activities, like goofing off in a cornfield). So in three consecutive years me and most of my classmates (my secondary school class was a terrific community) went to East Germany to pick cherries( i am talking about the fruit, boys) for two weeks. The camp was in a small village just outside Potsdam. We got paid in Ost Deutschmarks (in two weeks we got more money than the people who actually worked there) and, as that currency was worth almost nothing, we had to spend it then and there. What struck me at that time was the curious mixture of freedom and old-fashioned Communism. That freedom was perhaps best represented by nudist beaches or the fact that we could drink as much alcohol as we liked without worrying about the age limit. There was this fabulous cocktail bar on Alexanderplatz that we used to frequent (Potsdam is about 35 km from Berlin) that had the most exotic (well, for us) cocktails, a really nice seafood restaurant just off Alexanderplatz and a friendly Bierstube nearby. For a teenager with more than enough money in his pocket this was pure heaven. At the same time the ever-present pictures of Kamerad Honecker and the compulsory morning ritual of hailing the East German and the red flag and singing (well, bawling) the Communist Internationale reminded us every day that we were in a country where communism was still taken seriously, at least by the government. But not all our days were spent in Dionysian abandon - we visited most of the major cities in East Germany (Leipzig, Dresden, Magdeburg, Brandenburg, Jena, Karl-Marx-Stadt/Chemnitz, Rostock) and most of the museums in East Berlin (the Ishtar Gate and the Pergamon Altar, among others, were exhibited in East Berlin). Most of you probably know that my own Hungary played a crucial role in Die Wende - the German reunification. By 1989 the Hungarian communist leadership had realised that the regime was dead and entered negotiations with the opposition about the management of a peaceful transition . The negotiations lead to the formal abolition of the Communist regime (23 October 1989) and the first free, multi-party elections in March 1990. In May 1989, following widespread public anger over the faking of results of local government elections, many East German citizens applied for exit visas or left the country contrary to GDR laws. The impetus for this exodus of East Germans was the removal of the electrified fence along Hungary's border with Austria on 2 May. Although formally the Hungarian frontier was still closed, many East Germans took the opportunity to enter the country via Czechoslovakia, and then make the illegal crossing from Hungary into Austria and West Germany beyond. By July, 25,000 East Germans had crossed into Hungary,most of whom did not attempt the risky crossing into Austria but remained instead in Hungary or claimed asylum in West German embassies in Prague or Budapest. The opening of a border gate between Austria and Hungary at the Pan-European Picnic on 19 August 1989 then set in motion a chain reaction, at the end of which there was no longer a GDR and the Eastern Bloc had disintegrated. It was the largest escape movement from East Germany since the Berlin Wall was built in 1961. The idea of opening the border at a ceremony came from Otto von Habsburg and was brought up by him to Miklós Németh, the then Hungarian Prime Minister, who promoted the idea. Extensive advertising for the planned picnic was made by posters and flyers among the GDR holidaymakers in Hungary. The Austrian branch of the Paneuropean Union, which was then headed by Karl von Habsburg, distributed thousands of brochures inviting them to a picnic near the border at Sopron (Hungary). When they came to the picnic, they were given gifts, food and some money and those who wanted to could freely cross the border into Austria. With the mass exodus at the Pan-European Picnic, the subsequent hesitant behavior of the Socialist Unity Party of East Germany and the non-intervention of the Soviet Union broke the dams. Thus the bracket of the Eastern Bloc was broken. Now tens of thousands of the media-informed East Germans made their way to Hungary, which was no longer ready to keep its borders completely closed or to oblige its border troops to use force of arms. The leadership of the GDR in East Berlin did not dare to completely lock the borders of their own country. The next major turning point in the exodus came on 10 September, when the Hungarian Foreign Minister Gyula Horn announced that his country would no longer restrict movement from Hungary into Austria. Within two days 22,000 East Germans crossed into Austria, with tens of thousands following in the coming weeks. The rest is, as they say, history. And a piece from the Berlin wall on my desk.

Here is another repeat... I'm working on something right now named "Once Upon A Time" and in it I reference this so I thought you should read this first before I post the new one... Stay tuned... I was really torn about the title this week... I was thinking of calling it A Man And A Woman And Me or Un Homme Et Une Femme et Moi! I have spent much of my life in a darkened movie theatre lost in other worlds and alternate realities on adventures and sometimes to escape.... perhaps one of the earliest films that had biggest impact on my life was Claude Lelouch's film A Man And A Woman starring Anouk Aimee and Jean-Louis Trintignat--- I became utterly obsessed with it (I have seen the french and english version and loved both however the adults who dubbed the children's voices were a bit shrill and a titch annoying)... first of all I fell in love with Anouk Aimee and spent the late part of my childhood and early adulthood trying to be just like Jean-Louis Trintignat ( when I finally stopped trying to be him I eventually allowed myself to have a crush on him too) On top of the dramatic romantic story line (I still sometimes hear the music in my head when I am doing everyday activities) I became obsessed with owning a black turtleneck sweater not an overly popular item in Hawaii or LA.... but eventually I found the perfect one ( I still have it ) I also became dead set on owning a 1966 Ford Mustang and driving it in the Monte Carlo Grand Prix (Had the car but never raced it in Europe although I was a spectator several times) One of my best friends from college looked exactly like mlle Aimee and I was driving my red Mustang around town... Life could not have possibly been better in spite of the fact that I looked nothing like Jean-Louis Trintigant and I was in West LA and not Paris. The biggest obsession was...In the movie her character Ann Gauthier was a Continuity Script Girl the title as such no longer exists; now the people who do this job are called the Script Supervisor or Continuity Director--- it's more or less this persons job to make sure that the continuity of film from scene to scene is shot accurately and also to research and make sure that there are no technical or logistic errors--- I become obsessed with continuity and ultimately production values to the point where a few people hate going to the movies with me. Making a movie is a big job and it's not easy. I've been on location, on a set and on a soundstage and on a stage... there are sometimes hundreds of people involved in any given production but it's easy to spot the Script Supervisor... It's the person holding a large notebook and clipboard with a stopwatch around their neck and they are usually only a step or two away from the director. ... to do this job well you have to have an uncanny eye for details for the sets, costumes, props, makeup and hair of the actors to keep the logical continuity of the film accurate... keep in mind that films are rarely shot in progressive page to page script sequence. You have to watch everything from the length of beard stubble to the length a partially smoked cigarette. Above all else it helps if you have done some research on the script prior to filming especially if you are doing a period piece. There are films that are shot partially on location and part on a soundstage at a movie studio... you would be amazed at the attention to detail that goes into a replication... Two such movies that immediately spring to mind are Murder On The Orient Express and The Other Side Of Midnight... I adored both of these movies for different reasons but I was in awe of the detail that went into filming the scenery that was projected to show in the window of the train as if it were actually traveling from Istanbul instead of being shot in a studio north of London.... on the other hand in The Other Side Of Midnight when they projected the background scenes onto the window frames... the projection plates got switched during filming and one sequence you see mountains from a bedroom window and in another scene you see the ocean from the same window.... A few more continuity issues from different movies are... In George Cukor's last movie in 1981 was Rich And Famous... there is a beach party scene being shot in the late 60's time frame and on the beach is a boat with a sail on the mast that was not created until the late 70's. In a scene from Bonfire Of The Vanities Melanie Griffith exits through a door and reemerges in the same scene having had breast implant surgery (How did her boobs get so big in just a few seconds) I'm only guessing they filmed the remainder of the scene on a Monday after completeing the first sequence on Friday.... but seriously I'm the only one who noticed? During the filming of The Wizard Of Oz the length of Dorothy's hair changes three times. When Kevin Bacon is riding his bicycle in New York City in Quicksilver you might actually notice it's San Francisco especially when you see a city bus with a California radio station ad plastered on it's side. When Elizabeth Taylor played Cleopatra in the 60's during filming she passes under a triumphal arch on her way to town... it was actually not built until after the real Cleopatra died. In The Sound Of Music set in the 30's there are orange crates in the town with lettering Jaffa Oranges--- Product Of Israel.... Israel was not founded until 1948. In Foul Play Goldie Hawn is eating lunch with a friend on a park bench and during the sequence of the scene the sandwich goes from whole, to half eaten, to not touched then just one bite taken and then disappears completely. During a scene in The Great Gatsby set in the 20's a 1934 Packard is used as one of the automobiles. Remember the movie Krakatoa East Of Java? Did you know that Krakatoa is actually west of Java? Once they realized the error the film was later changed to "Volcano". I could go on and on with this but one of my biggest issues that I just can't let go of is where the ladies managed to buy false eyelashes (not to mention the glue) in the old west is beyond--- me but seriously where did Raquel Welch find them One Million Years BC?.... OK one more... In Jaws set during the summer... The trees in town are practically bare... it was actually shot in May before the leaves had opened on the trees in Martha's Vineyard... OK just one more... (I promise) when Cybill Shepherd is chasing the train in The Lady Vanishes her high heels become running shoes as if by magic. OK so maybe continuity may not be your thing... here are a few other jobs that you may have wondered about when you watch the credits roll at the end of a movie... Best Boy the Assistant chief electrician. Gaffer the chief electrician on a film set. Grip is someone who does the physical labor during a shoot... similar to a stagehand in the theatre. (The Key Grip is the supervisor of all the other grips)... not to confuse you but sometimes there is also a Best Boy Grip who is the assistant to the Key Grip. Producer think of this person as the CEO of a film in charge of hiring, firing and financing. The Executive Producer is often someone in the cast who was given a bigger piece of the pie as a financial incentive. There are so many people on a film project from the writers and wardrobe and makeup people to the catering staff and the people who are responsible for transportation to the men and woman who do stunt work but before you decide you want a career in film just remember that most are governed by a union and it's hard work with long hours... here are a few more things you might find handy to know... Action... the events that happen in front of the camera. Dailies or Rushes... the film that is shot on one day is usually viewed the next day by key people involved in the production (this is when continuity errors are best caught and deemed necessary for re-filming or shrugged off hoping I won't catch them). Dolly a wheeled platform holding the camera and camera operator so the camera can move forward and backward and side to side (the person who moves it is the Dolly Grip) Establishing A Shot is a wide angle shot of the set or setting often called a long shot Flashback a backward jump in time sequence. Hot Set a set that is being used for filming or is ready to be used. (Lighting a scene can be very complicated... and the lights make the set hot) ... but the term is related to continuity precautions; signs or banners are posted on a set to warn against moving, removing or touching anything on the set so that the shot can be set up the same as it was when shooting resumes. Location is a site for shooting away from the studio. Master Shot similar to establishing a shot and is used to set the scene and before close ups and dialogue that is shot in one shots and two shots that are done separately using the same dialogue and action as the master shot and are often spliced together during editing to create continuity. (Sometimes these shots can be very complicated and tedious to film--- what turns into 5-10 minutes of a movies actual running time can take 8 hours or more to film)... to help put this into perspective sometimes a miniature set is made before shooting on location was more common and/or when it would be nearly impossible or too costly to to shoot it at life size scale... Superman, Lord Of The Rings and most of the action adventure movies where cities or buildings get blown to pieces. Rear Window Miniature Rear Window Studio Russian Village Goldeneye Sometimes it's more cost effective and safer in the long run to shoot in miniature. MOS shooting without the accompanying soundtrack; legend has it that it translates to "mit out sound". (for years I thought it meant Music Off Sequence) Over The Shoulder is a shot taken over the shoulder of one actor toward another actor or of an object in scene to establish a point of view. (POV) Seen through the eyes of the actor. Prop is any movable item other than furniture that is used on a set... hand props are the things carried by actors.. a gun, flowers etc. Production Values the sum total of the mostly intangible factors that lead to the overall quality of a film from the budget to the range in quality of the people who work on the project. Projection Plate is usually a slide which is projected on to a background to create a scene like exterior windows (see The Other Side Of Midnight above) Reverse is a shot taken at about 180 degree angle from the preceding shot. Scene is a division of the films action that can take place in a single location or a series of shots. Wrap as in "It's a wrap" when the filming is completed... (usually there is a wrap party) Kuhio Theatre Before we wrap for the week let me just say I love the movies... I have loved being involved with the filming and I loved spending part of my childhood in a theatre and later when I got older at a drive in... I have some of my favorites on DVD that I can watch at my whim but I do miss some of the places that no longer exist where the magic of the films I watched sparked my imagination and fueled me with the drive to visit some of the far off and far out places that I discovered in a dark movie house eating Junior Mints and Jujubes ( Jujube was my nickname until I was well into my 20's) Next week I'm going to revisit some of the people, and places and things that don't exist anymore. Kailua Drive In So... let's all go to the movies and have fun and be entertained but find some inspiration in the talent, beauty and artistry but believe in the magic even though we now know that... it's only a paper moon sailing over a cardboard sea. PS after I finished writing I was thinking about the movie Day For Night It's a wonderful movie by Francois Truffaut with a brilliant cast that offers a rare view behind the scenes while filming a movie.

Thank you, @Kawika! I also felt that I had to read it very carefully. Putting my entrepreneurial past into a few sentences may lead to confusion. 1) the company I co-founded in Bavaria 2) my own business - I was self-employed 3) the idea and the company of good friends I sold my shares of 1) out of dissatisfaction, invested a small part of the sale proceeds in my own business 2) and almost all I had (as well as some ideas) in 3). When customers of 2), after I had delivered equipment to them, decided not to pay their bills but to file for bankruptcy, this led to a struggle for economic survival for me. I additionally learned that banks cannot be trusted. Once this was mastered and I was back on track, 3) became successful and my stake as a silent partner was converted into a block of stocks. Suddenly I was a stockholder of an upcoming company. It was one of the best decisions in my life when I decided to sell these stocks after numerous months. Among other things, this allowed me to rescue the first company 1). What may sound like a dream come true for many was a nightmare for me for almost a decade. The fact that Thomas felt threatened by my financial independence in his self-reliance clearly showed me that he is interested in me. To feel sincere love is the best thing there is in life. That is true. Thanks to the economy of scarcity, people had sufficient money to be unable to buy anything. It also did not need a bank loan to buy a car. There was enough time to save money for it, because more than 10 years passed between order and delivery. It would have been a dream for every used car dealer in the western world to sell old cars at higher prices than new cars. LOL After more than 30 years some of the memories have faded. The ideological education began in kindergarten and continued in school. Nevertheless, life was not bad. I myself grew up in a small village. Contrary to some stories, we did not lack food or the like. I do not forget that relatives from the former FRG visited us after the fall of the wall and brought food with them, because they thought we were starving. Food was in East Germany extremely subsidised. It was cheaper in sale than it was produced. One bread roll cost 5 pfennigs. @majikthis Hungary played an important role. Are you aware that you have something in common with Jon Bon Jovi? Right. History should be history. We must not repeat history, but we must learn from it to create a better future.

NIck Sandell

Witch Next: Wizard

Dom isn't bad but there are many other labels that are just as nice This cutey?

Is that even possible? No, thanks. A night of uninhibited sex with your favourite superhero? If yes, who would you pick?

@Doug : This one’s for you, mate. Would I ever like to go for a ride on that monster! Woof. Oh, and the bike is pretty spiffy, too.