From: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org (Monkey Digest) To: monkey-digest@valinor.eldar.org Subject: Monkey Digest V1 #1070 Reply-To: monkey@valinor.eldar.org Sender: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Errors-To: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Precedence: bulk Monkey Digest Wednesday, August 7 2002 Volume 01 : Number 1070 In this issue: [monkey] New children's story featuring Monkey [monkey] Monkey Penpals [monkey] "Gokuraku Chuka Taisen" - Monkey game for PC Engine / Turbo Grafx - 16 [monkey] Live production of Monkey at Brisbane Festival in September! [monkey] Miscellaneous Monkey-related web pages [monkey] Monkey ringtones [monkey] Snippet of information about Peter Woodthorpe (English voice of Pigsy) [monkey] "Journey To The West" TV series from 1986 available to buy on VCD [monkey] Small snippet of information about Masaaki Sakai's father RE: [monkey] "Journey To The West" TV series from 1986 available to buy on VCD ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 18:14:22 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] New children's story featuring Monkey Here's an email I've received from Peter Cain, author of "Tommy Tan ... Time Traveller": - --- I've written a children's story which starts in modern times in the North of England (in Manchester), which has 3 characters from the present day being transported to Ancient China, where they help Monkey vanquish a renegade Sorcerer who's wiping out the Panda population." This has now been issued as a spoken-word CD - for full info, see the Monkey God website: http://www.monkey-god.co.uk/ - --- Howell - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + List archives: http://archive.monkeyheaven.com/ User name: greatsage Password: masaaki + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 19:58:09 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] Monkey Penpals For those of you who may have registered on my Monkey Penpals page a while ago, please note that I've taken down the old page (which I edited manually), and replaced it with an automated service. So if you'd like to register for Monkey Penpals - add your details at the new, automated page: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/penpals.html Howell _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + List archives: http://archive.monkeyheaven.com/ User name: greatsage Password: masaaki + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 20:09:02 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] "Gokuraku Chuka Taisen" - Monkey game for PC Engine / Turbo Grafx - 16 This page features a Monkey-inspired game called "Gokuraku Chuka Taisen ( Monkey )" which you need to run on an emulator: http://www.nogs.demon.co.uk/html/body_reviews_g-n.htm It seems from the home page (http://www.nogs.demon.co.uk/html/body_front_page.html) that the game was written for a Japanese console by NEC called "PC Engine" (known in the US as "Turbo Grafx - 16") I guess you first of all need to download an emulator from this page: http://www.nogs.demon.co.uk/html/body_emulators.htm The description of this game reads: "Yep the game of that great TV show from the early 80's ( in the UK ). This cart rocks, it's a great little shoot ’em up, very oriental and I just love the graphics. It's the usual idea of collect the power up on the way and fight the end of level bosses. The only down side is it's very difficult, I only got to level 3. Great tunes and great graphics make this one fun game" If anyone out there manages to get this game working, let us know what it's like! Howell _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + List archives: http://archive.monkeyheaven.com/ User name: greatsage Password: masaaki + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 20:20:10 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] Live production of Monkey at Brisbane Festival in September! In this year's Brisbane Festival in September, there's going to be a live production of Monkey - see this page for full info: http://www.brisbanefestival.com.au/events/wide.asp?type=wide&event_id=191 Here's all the information about it, copied from the above page: - --- The Tale of Monkey His Magic Journey to the West ENERGEX Brisbane Festival presents a Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe production THE TALE OF MONKEY HIS MAGIC JOURNEY TO THE WEST Bryan Nason's re-telling of the ancient Chinese classic Hsi-yu chi Journey to the West attributed to Wu Ch'eng-en Grin & Tonic, well-known for their brilliant outdoor performances, present a thrilling re-telling of the famous 16th century Chinese epic Hsi-yu chi, better known as Monkey! The tale of the roguish Monkey and his exploits on a fabulous journey to India is one of the most popular classics in Asian literature, and because of the 80s TV show, is now a cult classic. Be there in the specially created Bamboo Grove as the brave and resourceful Monkey, the real hero of the fantasy, escorts Buddhist monk, Tripitaka, pig monster Pigsy, and water monster Sandy, on their perilous mission in search of sacred scriptures. Throughout their divine quest they encounter demons, spirits, dragons and gods on a riotous road trip to enlightenment. Strongly percussive music drives the production, while the mischievous hero and cast of fantastically colourful characters dazzle with their energetic acrobatic skill. Magical and enchanting, the journey is one of spiritual growth spiced with humour, larger than life characters and spectacular fights. Let Monkey leap into your life! WRITER/DIRECTOR/DESIGNER Bryan Nason MUSICAL DIRECTOR Donald Hall LIGHTING DESIGNER Jason Organ DESIGN CONSULTANTS Alison Ross and Gayle MacGregor COMPOSERS Donald Hall and Roland Adeney MOVEMENT DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER Gavin Robins FIGHT DIRECTOR Scott Witt CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) Roland Adeney, Daniel Alder, Larisa Chen, Mark Conaghan, Zoe de Plevitz, Carita Farrer, Donald Hall, Nathan Kotzur, Ivan Matula, Veronica Neave, Nicola-Jaye Price, Ross Smith, Hayden Spencer and James Stewart as MONKEY - --- Does anyone on the mailing list live in Brisbane? If so, check it out, and let us know what it's like :) Howell - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + List archives: http://archive.monkeyheaven.com/ User name: greatsage Password: masaaki + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 20:50:48 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] Miscellaneous Monkey-related web pages Here's some Monkey-related web pages that you might find interesting: 1) The Lost Empire DVD: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/thelostempire.shtml - - A review of the unpopular Monkey TV movvie that was made in the US last year. 2) A study guide to Monkey: http://www.nv.cc.va.us/home/dashkenas/MONKEY.htm - - Some questions and answers about the sttory of Monkey. 3) Monkey roleplaying game: http://jester-con.intas.net.au/roleplaying/monkey.htm - - Brief description of a Monkey role-playying game that was played during the "Jester-Con" convention in Tasmania earlier this year. 4) Monkey discussion: http://www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au/aef/shanghai/papers/ws6.html - - Short discussion of the story of Monkeyy 5) MindAtlas.com - The story of the real Tripitaka: http://japaneseminds.healthekids.net/course.phtml?course_id=763 - - Lots of info about the REAL Tripitaka, the monk who really did go to India to fetch Buddhist scriptures in the 7th century AD. 6) Monkey King Central: http://www.geocities.com/wucheng_en/ - - Collection of Monkey King related linkss 7) Monkeyboy: home of Monkey http://www.puke.dircon.co.uk/monkey.html - - Small Monkey tribute web site 8) Monkey "skin" for Yahoo! Messenger: http://www.liquidvibes.co.uk/skins/sk_monkey.htm (this page seems very slow - if it doesn't work first time, try it again later) 9) Godiego http://snydersmarket.com/godiego.html - - A great mini-biography of Godiego, the band who did the music in Monkey, on band member Tommy Snyder's web site. Howell _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + List archives: http://archive.monkeyheaven.com/ User name: greatsage Password: masaaki + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 20:57:54 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] Monkey ringtones Finally, after more than a year after he sent them to the mailing list, I've added Adrian Duffield's mobile phone ringtones for: 1) Monkey Magic first verse (corrections made to previous ringtone that was on my site) 2) Monkey Magic chorus 3) Gandhara You'll find them all here: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/music_mobilephone.html I've heard from Adrian, and apparently there's some mistakes in the notes that accompany the ringtones - when I've got his corrections, I'll let you all know. Also, you might be interested to see all these web page that offer you the opportunity to get the Monkey Magic ringtone downloaded to your mobile phone: 1) http://www.orange.getzed.co.uk/zed/ss/mp/www/doris/tone/web_ng/PO01008/en-US/s00/html/fun_rt_library_sport.html 2) http://www.mobiletones.com/soccertones/songlist.php3?div=D3&team=75 (on this page, you can click on the LISTEN button to get a preview of the ringtone on your computer) 3) http://www.btc.getzed.co.uk/zed/doris/tone/web/PO01009/en-US/s00/html/RingtonesCategoryU3BvcnQ=Nokia.html 4) http://www.vodafone.getzed.co.uk/zed/doris/tone/web/PO01004/en-US/s00/html/RingtonesCategoryU3BvcnQ=Nokia.html (some of these pages may be duplicates of each other) The thing I don't understand - all these pages feature soccer-related ringtones, and "Monkey Magic" is listed for the UK team Hartlepool!? Do Hartlepool soccer fans sing "Monkey Magic" at their matches?!?! Any Hartlepool fans on the mailing list? Howell _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + List archives: http://archive.monkeyheaven.com/ User name: greatsage Password: masaaki + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 20:59:15 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] Snippet of information about Peter Woodthorpe (English voice of Pigsy) Here's some information about Peter Woodthorpe, the English actor who did the English-dubbed voice of Pigsy, from Monkey fan Dave Cullen: - --- Just to add a snippet about Peter Woodthorpe. He played the cantankerous pathologist Max in many of the earlier episodes of Inspector Morse, one of the UK's best-regarded drama series. Manages to even SOUND like Pigsy on occasion! - --- Howell _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + List archives: http://archive.monkeyheaven.com/ User name: greatsage Password: masaaki + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 21:12:33 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] "Journey To The West" TV series from 1986 available to buy on VCD Here's some information I've just received from a Monkey fan regarding the 1986 "Journey To The West" TV series made in China. - --- Well, I've read up on your related monkey show section, and something came to my attention. I'm surprised to find a site dedicated to the 70s Monkey show as well as others shows alike. I have some information about where to purchase the Chinese TV series "Journey to the West" starring Liu Xiao Ling Tung made in 1986. You can buy the VCD version at: Part 1: http://www.onlinevcd.com/series/journey_to_the_west1.htm Part 2: http://www.onlinevcd.com/series/journey_to_the_west2.htm It has Chinese and English subtitles. I would recommend it because it contains some good martial arts action (unlike the computered kind you see in most movies now a days) and a good dramatic plot. The actor who plays Monkey (liu xiao ling tung) does an excellent job of portraying him. BUT this info is only good if you have a VCD system or if your DVD system can play it. - --- For more info about this 1986 TV series, please see this page on my site: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/related_remakes.html There's a link from this page to a picture of how the 4 characters look in this version, plus there's a link to a page where you can download a Quicktime movie of the intro to this series. 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Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 21:04:42 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] Small snippet of information about Masaaki Sakai's father Here's a snippet of info I've received from a friend in Japan: - --- Sakai's father, Shunji Sakai, was a famous actor and vaudevillian, often performing at theatres in Asakusa. - --- By the way, today (6th August) is Masaaki Sakai's birthday - he's now 56 years old. Howell _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + List archives: http://archive.monkeyheaven.com/ User name: greatsage Password: masaaki + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 19:35:54 -0400 From: "Kirby A. Bartlett-Sloan" Subject: RE: [monkey] "Journey To The West" TV series from 1986 available to buy on VCD Don't forget that you can get the Shanghai Animation Studios versions of the story and the more recent China Central TV animated Xi You Ji at http://www.chinasprout.com/store/VCD:MonkeyKing.html (I provide unpaid content for Chinasprout - I don't work for them) Kirby Bartlett-Sloan I compile the China Related TV listing every week http://www.chinasprout.com/tv Home page http://www.bartlett-sloan.net Fun pages about Chinese Tourist Attractions The Cave of Wonders in Nanning http://www.bartlett-sloan.net/catacomb.htm The Journey to the West in Guangzhou http://www.bartlett-sloan.net/Journey.htm Monkey King info at http://www.chinasprout.com/html/monkeyking.html - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + List archives: http://archive.monkeyheaven.com/ User name: greatsage Password: masaaki + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? 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