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  11 <h1>Time and the Arts</h1>
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  15 <p>
  16 Please send corrections to this web page to the
  17 <a href="mailto:tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov">time zone mailing list</a>.</p>
  18 <p>
  19 See also <a href="tz-link.htm">Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data</a>.</p>
  20 <hr />
  21 <p>
  22 Data on recordings of "Save That Time," Russ Long, Serrob Publishing, BMI:</p>
  23 <table>
  24 <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Karrin Allyson</td></tr>
  25 <tr><td>CD</td><td>I Didn't Know About You</td></tr>
  26 <tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1993</td></tr>
  27 <tr><td>Label</td><td>Concord Jazz, Inc.</td></tr>
  28 <tr><td>ID</td><td>CCD-4543</td></tr>
  29 <tr><td>Track Time</td><td>3:44</td></tr>
  30 <tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Karrin Allyson, vocal;
  31 Russ Long, piano;
  32 Gerald Spaits, bass;
  33 Todd Strait, drums</td></tr>
  34 <tr><td>Notes</td><td>CD notes "additional lyric by Karrin Allyson;
  35 arranged by Russ Long and Karrin Allyson"</td></tr>
  36 <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1 star</td></tr>
  37 <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A1fdovw9ta92k">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4 stars</td></tr>
  38 <tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr>
  39 <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
  40 <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Kevin Mahogany</td></tr>
  41 <tr><td>CD</td><td>Double Rainbow</td></tr>
  42 <tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1993</td></tr>
  43 <tr><td>Label</td><td>Enja Records</td></tr>
  44 <tr><td>ID</td><td>ENJ-7097 2</td></tr>
  45 <tr><td>Track Time</td><td>6:27</td></tr>
  46 <tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Kevin Mahogany, vocal;
  47 Kenny Barron, piano;
  48 Ray Drummond, bass;
  49 Ralph Moore, tenor saxophone;
  50 Lewis Nash, drums</td></tr>
  51 <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1.5 stars</td></tr>
  52 <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=Akikbikzjbb19">AMG Rating</a></td><td>3 stars</td></tr>
  53 <tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr>
  54 <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
  55 <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Joe Williams</td></tr>
  56 <tr><td>CD</td><td>Here's to Life</td></tr>
  57 <tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1994</td></tr>
  58 <tr><td>Label</td><td>Telarc International Corporation</td></tr>
  59 <tr><td>ID</td><td>CD-83357</td></tr>
  60 <tr><td>Track Time</td><td>3:58</td></tr>
  61 <tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Joe Williams, vocal
  62 The Robert Farnon [39 piece] Orchestra</td></tr>
  63 <tr><td>Notes</td><td>This CD is also available as part of a 3-CD package from
  64 Telarc, "Triple Play" (CD-83461)</td></tr>
  65 <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>black dot</td></tr>
  66 <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=Amyyvad6kt8w1">AMG Rating</a></td><td>2 stars</td></tr>
  67 <tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr>
  68 <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
  69 <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Charles Fambrough</td></tr>
  70 <tr><td>CD</td><td>Keeper of the Spirit</td></tr>
  71 <tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1995</td></tr>
  72 <tr><td>Label</td><td>AudioQuest Music</td></tr>
  73 <tr><td>ID</td><td>AQ-CD1033</td></tr>
  74 <tr><td>Track Time</td><td>7:07</td></tr>
  75 <tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Charles Fambrough, bass;
  76 Joel Levine, tenor recorder;
  77 Edward Simon, piano;
  78 Lenny White, drums;
  79 Marion Simon, percussion</td></tr>
  80 <tr><td>Notes</td><td>On-line information and samples available at
  81 <a href="http://wwmusic.com/~music/audioq/rel/1033.html">http://wwmusic.com/~music/audioq/rel/1033.html</a></td></tr>
  82 <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2 stars</td></tr>
  83 <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A5rkcikcjbb89">AMG Rating</a></td><td>unrated</td></tr>
  84 <tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr>
  85 </table>
  86 <hr />
  87 <p>Also of note:</p>
  88 <table>
  89 <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Holly Cole Trio</td></tr>
  90 <tr><td>CD</td><td>Blame It On My Youth</td></tr>
  91 <tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1992</td></tr>
  92 <tr><td>Label</td><td>Manhattan</td></tr>
  93 <tr><td>ID</td><td>CDP 7 97349 2</td></tr>
  94 <tr><td>Total Time</td><td>37:45</td></tr>
  95 <tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Holly Cole, voice;
  96 Aaron Davis, piano;
  97 David Piltch, string bass</td></tr>
  98 <tr><td>Notes</td><td>Lyrical reference to "Eastern Standard Time" in
  99 Tom Waits' "Purple Avenue"</td></tr>
 100 <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>2.5 stars</td></tr>
 101 <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A3a9ds37ya3dg">AMG Rating</a></td><td>3 stars</td></tr>
 102 <tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>unrated</td></tr>
 103 <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
 104 <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Milt Hinton</td></tr>
 105 <tr><td>CD</td><td>Old Man Time</td></tr>
 106 <tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1990</td></tr>
 107 <tr><td>Label</td><td>Chiaroscuro</td></tr>
 108 <tr><td>ID</td><td>CR(D) 310</td></tr>
 109 <tr><td>Total Time</td><td>149:38 (two CDs)</td></tr>
 110 <tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Milt Hinton, bass;
 111 Doc Cheatham, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, trumpet;
 112 Al Grey, trombone;
 113 Eddie Barefield, Joe Camel (Flip Phillips), Buddy Tate,
 114 clarinet and saxophone;
 115 John Bunch, Red Richards, Norman Simmons, Derek Smith,
 116 Ralph Sutton, piano;
 117 Danny Barker, Al Casey, guitar;
 118 Gus Johnson, Gerryck King, Bob Rosengarden, Jackie Williams,
 119 drums;
 120 Lionel Hampton, vibraphone;
 121 Cab Calloway, Joe Williams, vocal;
 122 Buck Clayton, arrangements</td></tr>
 123 <tr><td>Notes</td><td>tunes include Old Man Time, Time After Time,
 124 Sometimes I'm Happy,
 125 A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight,
 126 Four or Five Times, Now's the Time,
 127 Time on My Hands, This Time It's Us,
 128 and Good Time Charlie
 129 On-line samples available at
 130 <a href="http://www.chiaroscurojazz.com/albuminfo.php4?albumid=49">http://www.chiaroscurojazz.com/albuminfo.php3?albumid=49</a></td></tr>
 131 <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr>
 132 <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A1cbyxdab8ola">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4.5 stars</td></tr>
 133 <tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3 stars</td></tr>
 134 <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
 135 <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Alan Broadbent</td></tr>
 136 <tr><td>CD</td><td>Pacific Standard Time</td></tr>
 137 <tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1995</td></tr>
 138 <tr><td>Label</td><td>Concord Jazz, Inc.</td></tr>
 139 <tr><td>ID</td><td>CCD-4664</td></tr>
 140 <tr><td>Total Time</td><td>62:42</td></tr>
 141 <tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Alan Broadbent, piano;
 142 Putter Smith, Bass;
 143 Frank Gibson, Jr., drums</td></tr>
 144 <tr><td>Notes</td><td>The CD cover features an analemma for equation-of-time fans</td></tr>
 145 <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>1 star</td></tr>
 146 <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=Asl8zefuk8gfo">AMG Rating</a></td><td>4 stars</td></tr>
 147 <tr><td>Penguin Rating</td><td>3.5 stars</td></tr>
 148 <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
 149 <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Anthony Braxton/Richard Teitelbaum</td></tr>
 150 <tr><td>CD</td><td>Silence/Time Zones</td></tr>
 151 <tr><td>Copyright Date</td><td>1996</td></tr>
 152 <tr><td>Label</td><td>Black Lion</td></tr>
 153 <tr><td>ID</td><td>BLCD 760221</td></tr>
 154 <tr><td>Total Time</td><td>72:58</td></tr>
 155 <tr><td>Personnel</td><td>Anthony Braxton, sopranino and alto saxophones,
 156 contrebasse clarinet, miscellaneous instruments;
 157 Leo Smith, trumpet and miscellaneous instruments;
 158 Leroy Jenkins, violin and miscellaneous instruments;
 159 Richard Teitelbaum, modular moog and micromoog synthesizer</td></tr>
 160 <tr><td>ADO Rating</td><td>black dot</td></tr>
 161 <tr><td><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=A5bkvu3xjan1k">AMG Rating</a></td><td>unrated</td></tr>
 162 <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
 163 <tr><td>Artist</td><td>Jules Verne</td></tr>
 164 <tr><td>Book</td><td>Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours
 165 (Around the World in Eighty Days)</td></tr>
 166 <tr><td>Notes</td><td>Wall-clock time plays a central role in the plot.
 167 European readers of the 1870s clearly held the U.S. press in
 168 deep contempt; the protagonists cross the U.S. without once
 169 reading a paper.
 170 An on-line French-language version of the book
 171 "with illustrations from the original 1873 French-language edition"
 172 is available at
 173 <a href="http://fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j">http://fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/tdm80j</a>
 174 An on-line English-language translation of the book is available at
 175 <a href="http://www.literature.org/Works/Jules-Verne/eighty">http://www.literature.org/Works/Jules-Verne/eighty</a></td></tr>
 176 <tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
 177 <tr><td>Film</td><td>Bell Science - About Time</td></tr>
 178 <tr><td>Notes</td><td>The Frank Baxter/Richard Deacon extravaganza.
 179 Information is available at
 180 <a href="http://www.videoflicks.com/titles/1035/1035893.htm">http://www.videoflicks.com/titles/1035/1035893.htm</a></td></tr>
 181 </table>
 182 <hr />
 183 <ul>
 184 <li>
 185 An episode of "The Adventures of Superman" entitled "The Mysterious
 186 Cube," first aired 1958-02-24, had Superman convincing the controllers
 187 of WWV to broadcast time signals five minutes ahead of actual time;
 188 doing so got a crook trying to beat the statute of limitations to
 189 emerge a bit too early from the titular enclosure.
 190 </li>
 191 <li>
 192 The 1960s ITC television series "The Prisoner" included an episode
 193 entitled "The Chimes of Big Ben" in which our protagonist tumbled to
 194 the fraudulent nature of a Poland-to-England escape upon hearing "Big
 195 Ben" chiming on Polish local time.
 196 </li>
 197 <li>
 198 The series "Seinfeld" included an episode entitled "The Susie," first
 199 broadcast 1997-02-13, in which Kramer decides that daylight saving time
 200 isn't coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour.
 201 </li>
 202 <li>
 203 The syndicated comic strip "Dilbert" featured an all-too-rare example of
 204 time zone humor on 1998-03-14.
 205 </li>
 206 <li>
 207 Surrealist artist Guy Billout's work "Date Line" appeared on page 103
 208 of the 1999-11 Atlantic Monthly.
 209 </li>
 210 <li>
 211 "Gloom, Gloom, Go Away" by Walter Kirn appeared on page 106 of Time
 212 Magazine's 2002-11-11 issue; among other things, it proposed
 213 year-round DST as a way of lessening wintertime despair.
 214 </li>
 215 <li>
 216 The "20 Hours in America" episode of "The West Wing," first aired 2002-09-25,
 217 saw White House staffers stranded in Indiana; they thought they had time to
 218 catch Air Force One but were done in by intra-Indiana local time changes.
 219 </li>
 220 <li>
 221 "In what time zone would you find New York City?" was a $200 question on
 222 the 1999-11-13 United States airing of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"
 223 "In 1883, what industry led the movement to divide the U.S. into four time
 224 zones?" was a $32,000 question on the 2001-05-23 United States airing of
 225 "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" At this rate, the million-dollar time-zone
 226 question should have been asked 2002-06-04.
 227 </li>
 228 </ul>
 229 <hr />
 230 <ul>
 231 <li>
 232 "We're been using the five-cent nickle in this country since 1492.
 233 Now that's pretty near 100 years, daylight savings [sic]."
 234 (Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding in "Animal Crackers", 1930,
 235 as noted by Will Fitzerald)
 236 </li>
 237 <li>
 238 "Good news."
 239 "What did they do? Extend Daylight Saving Time year round?"
 240 (Professional tanner George Hamilton, in dialog from a
 241 May, 1999 episode of the syndicated television series "Baywatch")
 242 </li>
 243 <li>
 244 "A fundamental belief held by Americans is that if you are on land, you
 245 cannot be killed by a fish...So most Americans remain on land, believing
 246 they're safe. Unfortunately, this belief&mdash;like so many myths, such as that
 247 there's a reason for 'Daylight Saving Time'&mdash;is false."
 248 (Dave Barry column, 2000-07-02)
 249 </li>
 250 <li>
 251 "I once had sex for an hour and five minutes, but that was on the day
 252 when you turn the clocks ahead."
 253 (Garry Shandling, 52nd Annual Emmys, 2000-09-10)
 254 </li>
 255 <li>
 256 "Would it impress you if I told you I invented Daylight Savings Time?"
 257 ("Sahjhan" to "Lilah" in dialog from the "Loyalty" episode of "Angel,"
 258 originally aired 2002-02-25)
 259 </li>
 260 <li>
 261 "I thought you said Tulsa was a three hour flight."
 262 "Well, you're forgetting about the time difference."
 263 ("Chandler" and "Joey" in dialog from the episode of "Friends" first
 264 aired 2002-12-05)
 265 </li>
 266 <li>
 267 "Is that a pertinent fact,
 268 or are you trying to dazzle me with your command of time zones?"
 269 (Kelsey Grammer as "Frasier Crane")
 270 </li>
 271 <li>
 272 "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.
 273 It is already tomorrow in Australia."
 274 (Charles M. Schulz, provided by Steve Summit)
 275 </li>
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