Thursday, October 14, 2010

SHADOWGRAM UPDATE

SHADOWGRAM
The Official Dark Shadows News Updates Yahoo Group
Marcy Robin's Cyberspace "Dark Shadows" News Updates

An Official Internet Publication of SHADOWGRAM -
The Official "Dark Shadows" Published Newsletters
 
Posted through the ShadowGram YahooGroup address: http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShadowGram/
 
 
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Number 226.    October 6, 2010
 
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Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,
 
ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS), announces the following breaking news in this Online News Update "bulletin."
 

--- JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT & FAMILY - LOSS OF HIS BROTHER DAN
--- ROY THINNES - CONVENTION APPEARANCE THIS WEEKEND
 

*** JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT
 
Joe (1991 DS' David, Daniel) often has said how important and influential his olderr brother Dan is to his life and his personal creative endeavors. SG sadly reports that Dan passed away at age 36 at his Hollywood home early on Oct. 4.
 
Joe announced his brother's passing on Twitter Tuesday evening, "My super hero brother @burningdan 1974-2010. Celebrate his life here ~ http://bit.ly/dBTMQ8 because he's f------ awesome."
 
The site Joe cites above is part of his collaborative site www.hitRECord.org  His Twitter message is posted there and can be reached by going to: 
http://v4.hitrecord.org/users/RegularJOE
 
Information from initial media reports follow.
 
Dan was a performance artist known as "Burning Dan," a talented fire dancer, perceptive photographer, and creatove spirit. He taught flow arts, which he described as "a combination of performance art and dance and meditation and yoga and sort of self-transformation, to give you a fun way of doing something that's really good for you and helps you be an even smoother, more awesome person than you already were." Dan started a school in Los Angeles to share his passion of flow arts."It's one of the things I love about the flow arts community around the world -- is how giving, generous and sharing everybody is," he said of his profession.
 
The two brothers shared a close relationship, together conceptualizing the website hitRECORD.org, an online community of artists and filmmakers, and eventually seeing it evolve into a popular destination for creatives since its creation about 5 years ago.
 
Joe wrote: "BURNING dAN brightly embodied that bold beastly bliss sometimes referred to as 'the creative spirit.' He was my chief collaborator on the foundational incarnations of hitRECord.org over the years and continues to inspire us ever the more. He would absolutely positively insist that we not let this bad news deter us on our collective mission. That said, I might not feel up to it for a little while. Watching this community blossom into what it has become never ceased to amaze him and me. We would regularly marvel at it and high five. Thank you all for that. There he is now pouring heaping hollowed watermelons full of love over each and every one of us..... See you real soon,  thanks again."
 
Dan...was known for his involvement in the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada, as well as being an active photographer and fire dancer. He founded the Flow Temple, a school and performance group for Flow Arts that was based in Venice, Calif.
 
As Joseph's older brother, Dan beamed over the actor's success saying, "It's wonderful to be mistaken for him. He taught me to question the relationships other people have with their siblings because he would be my favorite person in the world even if I wasn't lucky enough to know him as my brother. He's just awesome in every way that I pay attention to. I ask myself 'do I love him because he's my brother or is he really that awesome?' He's really, really awesome."
 
Early reports say Dan "was found unresponsive in his Hollywood home in the early morning hours of Monday, according to the LA County Coroner. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The cause of death was unknown and an autopsy was pending."
 

**** ROY THINNES HORROR CONVENTION APPEARANCE
 
ROY (1991 DS Roger, Trask) is expected to attend the Hollywood Collectors Show 10-9/10 at the Burbank (CA) Airport Marriott Hotel & Convention Center.
 

*** MESSAGES FROM SHADOWGRAM
 
SG asks fans to please share any media obituaries and tributes to Dan  Fans attending Roy's convention appearance are encouraged to send SG their photos. Each picture captures its own unique pose, mood, and moment; each person has an indieivudal experience. In this way, fans who can not be there can enjoy the occasion with you.
 
Please include your full name so I can list you as a Contributor in the published SGs. You also may receive a compementary Contributor's Copy for major donations of information, funds, postage stamps, supplies, photos, publicity, assistance, etc. Thank you in advance for sharing.
 
Please also send - at any time - any mentions you may find about any of the DS personnel and their projects, the planned new DS film with Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, or other DS-related news and references. Please send all materials to the SG addresses below.
 
The latest print issue SG newsletter is the HUGE Double SG #117-#118 and the new SG #119 is underway. Future SGs and the SG Online DS News Updates via the SG Yahoo Group will report all the latest official DS-related news.
 
Subscription information for the ShadowGram Newsletter print issues follows. When your order arrives, I will mail you the new SG #117-#118 Double Issue newsletter to begin / renew your subscription. SG #119 and subsequent issues will be sent to you and all postal-mail subscribers as they are published.
 
This Update is posted to the ShadowGram YahooGroup and is dispersed by interested fans to various lists, boards, websites, groups, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, LiveJournal, in personal emails and other online/print communications. Please include SG's complete address and subscription information in your sharing.
 
You can join the actual SG YahooGroup easily at no cost: http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShadowGram/
 
You can read past SG Updates once you're a member of the group by clicking on the "Messages" tab.

If you'd like more information on how to become a SG YahooGroup member, or an invitation to join the group, please e-mail Marcy Robin at   shadowgram1@yahoo.com
 
Thank you.
 
Marcy Robin
ShadowGram Editor / Publisher
P.O. Box 1766
Temple City, CA 91780-7766
 
E-mail: ShadowGram@aol.com
YahooGroup e-mail:  Shadowgram1@yahoo.com
 
Official ShadowGram Website:  ShadowGram.com
 
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SHADOWGRAM (SG) is the *Official* "Dark Shadows" Newsletter. Much of its news is provided by the show's personnel and those involved in the 1966-71 TV series, 1991 TV series, and 2004 WB pilot. Established 31+ years ago in April, 1979, SG works directly with individuals, companies, and others involved in DS' creation, distribution, promotion, merchandise, etc.
 
Regular SG print issues are published throughout the year. Free bonus complimentary breaking-news published updates can be sent as needed at any time to all current paid postal-mail subscribers.
 
Brief Update bulletins are posted through the ShadowGram Online "Dark Shadows" News Updates Yahoo Group.
 
NOTE:  The e-mail Updates are * NOT * the actual Official DS Newsletter. The Official DS Newsletters are the published SG print issues that expand and explain each short online post I make to this List . Each postal-mail edition, available by paid subscription, features specific detailed information, exclusive and rare photos, media coverage, and much more than these brief Updates.
 
SG postal-mail print issues are immediately available. The current published newsletter is sent to you immediately to begin your subscription / renewal.
 
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Marcy Robin
P.O. Box 1766
Temple City, CA 91780-7766
 
 
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Thank you.

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