Just yesterday my life was spared in what should have been a fatal "non-contact hit and run" crash that completely totaled my little (Alucobond Silver) Toyota Yaris.
Now I have no money, no job*, and no transportation.
*This is where you come in.
Because continuing E82 can be a full-time job for at least the next few years IF and ONLY IF I can make it sustainable.
I don't want to reveal too much but there's a LONG list of projects I could be doing right now IF I just had my basic needs met.
If only those of you following (but not already supporting) would contribute the minimum of $6 per month, you would be getting almost everything you've ever wanted from Epcot and beyond, and far in advance of the rest of the world.
PLEASE BEGIN SUPPORTING E82 NOW, because without your support (E82 and JLH Omnimedia) will very soon end up in the same state as my car. The high-quality website and video hosting it's very expensive for me to keep this going for your enjoyment and I really can't do it by myself.
Here's a VERY brief list of "things" (as Walt would say) you could enjoy:
— Over 8 hours of extremely rare 16/35mm film
— The complete Universe of Energy soundtrack
— The complete The Land pavilion (with over 30 minutes of "new" material)
— The long-awaited Spaceship Earth soundtrack
— Vectorizations of ALL murals for The Land (1982), Journey into Imagination
— Cue-for-cue recreation of the Lights of Winter
— The much-requested E82 version of "EPCOT Forever" featuring my own Beacons shows on Spaceship Earth
— The 8 remaining editions of the Studios Soundtrack Series (including the Great Movie Ride, the full soundtrack to The Magic of Disney Animation, and the Hollywood Tower Hotel as you've never heard it before!)
— Several Future World Atmospheres editions
— Project Laserdisc (aka the rebirth of WorldKey which will contain literally thousands of photos, concept art and videos for each pavilion)
— & (for JLH Omnimedia) A Disney Halloween rebuilt in FULL HD
And that's just off the top of my (currently wounded) head.
This week's Raw Wednesdays takes us to the construction of The Magic Kingdom's Pirates of the Caribbean with a rare look at it's "rope cutting" ceremony on December 15th 1973, performed by Rock Hudson.
Continuing our week-long celebration of THE LIVING SEAS 40th birthday, here's my "sizzle reel" constructed from its original b-roll.
Watch the entire 10-minutes of footage here: https://www.epcotlegacy.com/history/seabase-b-roll
As part of the Millennium Celebration, the anthem "Celebrate the Future Hand in Hand" was produced in several musical genres including Country, Latin, Pop & Gospel.
I thought I had all of them until I discovered this somewhat forgotten variation as part of a recently contributed archive of theme park music.
The following is the 2OOO "Techno" variation created for the New Year's Eve celebration held nightly on Pleasure Island.
I am pleased to announce that after over a year in development, Deborah Lord's iconic Future World letterset has been remade, refined and expanded to become a full Font Family as well as a symbols font featuring E82's signature vectorizations of the park's logos.
In celebration of its release, as a Locals Follower, you can receive a 15% discount by entering the code: FIGMENTFONT15 at checkout for the next 7 days!
While most would think this rarely seen piece of concept art by Tom Gilleon is unremarkable, there is much to love about its simplicity in depicting the streamlined elegance of Future World's wayfinding signage, including the original logo for CENTURY 3 (aka HORIZONS)!
In stark contrast to all the AI detractors, these new tools can help breathe new life into the images of our past, as in this colorization of an iconic B&W photo of Cinderella Castle in all its 1974 glory as it towers over the spartan foliage of a young Magic Kingdom.
Our 15th-anniversary celebration kicks into high gear with this unique tribute to the park's musical repertoire.
Inspired by the once frequent and highly treasured Official Albums of the parks, The Official ^Instrumental^ Album of EPCOT Center, utilizes the latest AI* audio separation models to present, for the first time ever, these classics in purely instrumental form, accompanied by many once-commercially released medleys and augmented by several that should have been.
*AI with considerable manual (aka human) efforts to remove AI artifacts, remove volume “ducking”, and enhancement to adjust for the loss of EQ.
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Decades before construction, Walt Disney and his Imagineers knew that, whatever form it would take, EPCOT, in all its vastness, could not exist without the technological and financial assistance of “American Free Enterprise”. Without the intrepid leaders of AT&T, GM, Kodak, GE, MetLife, and several others, EPCOT Center simply would not exist.
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In VIDEOS, view Supporter Only exclusives like the full-length versions of Raw Wednesdays.
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In ARTICLES, discover top E82 supporter perks: exclusive Concept Art exhibits, behind-the-scenes glimpses into upcoming projects, and premiere access to latest Music releases weeks to months before the public, with superior CD-quality downloads not streamed on the main site.
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See You in the Future, — Joshua
Global Neighorhood by Albert Yu 1992
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