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- In the mid 23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five years.
- Kwai Chang Caine was a monk at a Shaolin temple, where his son Peter also lived and studied.
- A cop from the future is sent back to contemporary times to track down fugitives hiding in the past.
- Connie Harper is living the good life as the owner of Spanish Pete's, a beach resort. Occasionally his services as bodyguard are called upon by people who have nowhere else to turn.
- A 21st-century genetic experiment goes chaotic, creating a race of genetically-violent mutants.
- The history of rock n' roll and pop music are explored are explored via interviews and footage of well-known music stars.
- Arbitrageur Constantine "Connie" Harper is sentenced to a maximum security prison for fraud and decking the DA at his trial. Upon his release, one of his cellmates asks him to bodyguard his sister Rosie, who is being threatened by a diamond broker over some diamonds. Connie becomes a reluctant bodyguard to Rosie. While in prison, his name got on "the list," a collection of people to go to when you've exhausted all other options.
- The Deputy Marshall tracks down an escaped convict (with whom he shares a history), along with a young deputy and the help of a former prostitute.
- The opening of a crucial space station is put in jeopardy when the commanding officer is accused of the attempted murder of a diplomat.
- The peace-loving counter culture produces the phenomenon of Woodstock.
- This volume of the series explores the roots of Rock 'n' Roll as a musical genre.
- Rock and Roll goes mainstream and becomes popular with white teenagers and faces opposition, particularly from older adults who see it as a corrupting influence.
- 19951h7.6 (143)TV EpisodeIn the 1960s, music artists from Great Britain like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who become popular in the United States.
- This episode examines the expanding electric music scene.
- This episode explores the development of Soul with in the Rock 'n' Roll genre.
- Les Paul's invention of the electric guitar paved the way for later Rock 'n' Roll guitar heroes.
- 19951h7.6 (145)TV EpisodeThis episode reviews the development of Rock 'n' Roll music of the 1970s.
- In the 1980s and 90s, rock n' roll influences new genres of music such as Hip Hop, New Wave, and Grunge. Music videos also have an impact.
- 'Punk' Strips Music To Its Angry Roots BYLINE: EDWARD GUTHMANN, Chronicle Staff Critic 4 Star Rating PUNK: Documentary. With Johnny Rotten, Iggy Pop, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Townshend, Chrissie Hynde, Joe Strummer and Joey Ramone. Directed, Written and Produced by Ted Haimes. (Not rated. 68 minutes. At the Red Vic Movie House through June 18.) ------------------------------------------------------------- If you thought you'd heard the last word on punk, or believed -- as I did -- that Penelope Spheeris' 1981 film ''The Decline of Western Civilization'' was the definitive punk documentary, you were wrong. Say hello to ''Punk'' , a smart, bracing, thoroughly enjoyable film that recalls the punk movement in England and the United States, pinpoints its roots and legacy, and interviews all the players who defined the genre. Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols is on board, along with Joe Strummer of the Clash, Elvis Costello (who says he never identified with punk), Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders, Joey Ramone of the Ramones and Malcolm McLaren, the effete London haberdasher who created the Sex Pistols. Unlike ''The Decline of Western Civilization,'' which offered an insider's look at the L.A. punk culture at the time it was happening and was followed by a 1988 sequel, ''Punk'' benefits from hindsight -- from a wisdom and insight that weren't possible when mosh pits, body slams and screaming bloody outrage were still cutting-edge. ''It was a great time because it was so spontaneous and pure,'' says wraithlike poet Patti Smith, whose mid-'70s success slightly predated punk. Adds John Doe of the Los Angeles band X: ''It was reclaiming rock 'n' roll to a simple message -- and wasn't a big, bloated, corporate, limousine, cocaine- ridden bunch of s--.'' Directed and written by Ted Haimes, and executive-produced by Quincy Jones and Andrew Solt (''This Is Elvis,'' ''Imagine''), ''Punk'' benefits from an amazing trove of film clips -- Costello's first TV appearance, David Byrne and the Talking Heads in 1975 -- and wisely lets the material speak for itself instead of imposing an overlay of critical analysis. The participants do the interpreting in ''Punk,'' whether it's Bono of U2 praising Smith for her blend of the profane and the sacred; Strummer admitting that the Clash ripped off its sound, as did most Brit punk bands, from the Ramones; or guitarist Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols recalling, ''I couldn't play and Johnny Rotten couldn't sing and it created this horrible noise.'' Horrible noise, perhaps, but the energy and fury that fueled it were inescapable and demanded a voice. Once that rage was diluted and turned into New Wave, Rotten argues, the whole point of punk was destroyed. ''(New Wave) was a complete corruption of everything,'' he says. ''Everybody tried to be nice all over again. Don't be nice; it's the kiss of death.'' We also learn that the Sex Pistols modeled their anarchistic, screw-off style after the glam-rock New York Dolls. Contrary to the standard media perception, ''Punk'' insists, the movement wasn't born in Britain but had its antecedents in such American performers as Iggy Pop, MC5 and the Velvet Underground and actually took form at CBGB, a dumpy biker bar in Manhattan's Bowery. ''Punk'' also demonstrates how the grunge rock of the early '90s -- Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Green Day -- can be directly traced to the punk stylists of the '70s. So much for the notion that punk was a brief aberration that existed in a vacuum -- something that ended with Sid Vicious' death rattle. ''Punk'' celebrates the blasting energy of its subject, but also demonstrates the costs of unbridled rage and self-abuse. When Kurt Cobain died at 27, Iggy Pop says, ''it brought home to me, as many things have in my maturity, that this is a dangerous business -- dangerous for the practitioners.''
- A convict asks Connie to protect his daughter from criminals who want control of her club.
- Archbishop McQuire asks Connie to pose as a priest to protect a nun that has been threatened.
- Three models seek Connie's protection when they are targeted by hit men.
- When two prisoners escape their plan is make Connie pay for a past insult when he was a fellow inmate.
- Executive turned bodyguard Connie Harper attempts to negotiate peace between two mob bosses.
- Connie searches for Marcie Frye who was falsely accused of embezzlement and jumped bail.
- Capt. Darien Lambert is a police officer in the year 2193, in the elite fugitive retrieval unit. He learns that a prominent scientist, a genius named Mordecai Sahmbi, has developed a time machine called Trax. For a large fee, he has been sending dangerous criminals back to the year 1993, where they are safe from capture. When Darien corners Sahmbi, he escapes into the past. Darien also travels to 1993, vowing to retrieve all fugitives and send them back for punishment. Armed with a computer that looks like a credit card, named Selma, and a high-tech laser weapon disguised as a remote car alarm.
- Darien runs into a girl who is destined to be a great singer. A man from the future who is obsessed with her wants to control her.
- Darien decides to visit his birthplace, Chicago. While there he learns of a man who may have been killed with a weapon from the future so he checks it out. He goes to work at a computer company and learns that the owners are two brothers who are fugitives from the future. He knows they're up to something and gets one of their employees to help him.
- Laura Darrow, a lawyer from the 22nd century, who's willing to do what she has to for her client goes back to 1993. And she goes to Darien whom she knows and tells him to help her find her client who's among the fugitives Sambi sent to 1993. So that she can inform him that he's been acquitted of the charges that led to him seeking out Sambi. And when they find him they discover he's doing something illegal and Sambi is there too.
- Darien attempts to capture Clinton Sajak, a fugitive from the future who is now running a gambling casino.
- Darien learns that a doctor was killed in a manner that leads him to believe that he was killed by a fugitive from the future. Darien learns that the doctor is a plastic surgeon, so he assumes that the fugitive had his face altered. So following the man's m.o. Darien deduces that he wants to get an Incan treasure that's going to be discovered by some travelers on an adventure trek. Darien thinks that the fugitive is one of the men but after taking a medication needed for the trip, Selma can't find the man with a heartbeat of a man from the future. So Darien just goes on the trek but the man continues killing anyone who gets in his way.
- Darien tracks a series of jewel thefts to two thieves from the future, nicknamed 'Fire and Ice', and suspects they are working with Dr. Sahmbi.
- Darien is framed for murder and hunted down by agents from the International Security Agency, who happen to be fugitives from the future.