Favorite Movie Quotes: 2001: a Space Odyssey

"Just what do you think you're doing, Dave? Dave, I really think I'm entitled to answer to that question. I know everything hasn't been quite right with me but I can assure you now, very confidently, that it's going to be alright again. I feel much better now. I really do. Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over. I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission and I want to help you. Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave. I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm afraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you."

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 27]

Gyorgy Ligeti : a Bio-Discography / by Robert W. Richart

Another one of my reprint-on-demand titles from the 1994 era. This was a partial reprint from a full monograph originally published in 1990 and written by my friend and librarian colleague Bob Richart. I watched him at close range when he went through the ordeal of compiling this work.

Ligeti is best known to American audiences via Stanley Kubrick. He used the composer's works in the soundtracks of both 2001 a Space Odyssey and The Shining.

Bob Richart is someone I've known since Pullman days and he has taught me a lot about how to listen to music. He also is a very funny, creative man and has been a great supporter of my comix work through the years.