On this day in music history - Natalie Merchant: Live in Concert, by Natalie Merchant (1999):

Natalie Merchant: Live in Concert

Album by Natalie Merchant,

released November 9, 1999.

Track list:

Wonder; San Andreas Fault; Beloved Wife; Space Oddity; Carnival; Dust Bowl; After the Gold Rush; Gun Shy; The Gulf of Araby; Ophelia; Seven Years.

On this day in movie history - The Insider (1999):

The Insider

directed by Michael Mann,

written by Eric Roth and Michael Mann,

was released in the United States on November 5, 1999.
Based on the 1996 Vanity Fair article The Man Who Knew Too Much by Marie Brenner.
Music by Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke.

Cast:

Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse, Debi Mazar, Stephen Tobolowsky, Colm Feore, Bruce McGill, Gina Gershon, Michael Gambon, Rip Torn, Lynne Thigpen, Hallie Eisenberg, Michael Paul Chan, Linda Hart, Robert Harper, Nestor Serrano, Pete Hamill, Wings Hauser, Cliff Curtis, Renee Olstead, Mike Moore, Gary Sandy, Willie C. Carpenter, Paul Butler, Jack Palladino, Roger Bart, Alan Desatti, Sayed Badreya, Chris Ufland, Douglas McGrath, Bill Sage, Joseph Hindy, Dennis Garber, Tim Grimm, Paul Perri, Wanda De Jesus, Robert Patrick Brink, Vincent Foster, James Harper, Eyal Podell, Breckin Meyer, David Roberson, Gregg E. Muravchick, William P. Bradford, David Clyde Carr, Ann Reskin, Claire Slemmer, Steve Salge, Derrick Jones, Donald F. Burbrink, Vyto Ruginis, George R. Parsons, Isodine Loury, Charlene Bosarge, Saemi Nakamura, Ronal G. Yokley, Bob Lazarus, Robert J. Ragno Jr., Alvin L. Welch, Nathan Lewis Hill, Paula Bisbikos, Christi Evans, Knox White, Amy L. Caudill, Cara Briese, Brian Canberg, David C. Fisher, J.B. Flinn, Phil Hawn, Tom Jones, Zane Lamprey, Don Langley, Clyde Lee, Robert D. Parham, Roger Phenix, Scott Ritcher, Ted Speaker, Robbie G. Tomlin, Susan Wagner.

On this day in movie history - Being John Malkovich (1999):

Being John Malkovich

directed by Spike Jonze,

written by Charlie Kaufman,

was shown in the United States on October 29, 1999.
Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:

John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Ned Bellamy, Eric Weinstein, Madison Lanc, Octavia Spencer, Mary Kay Place, Orson Bean, Catherine Keener, K.K. Dodds, Reginald C. Hayes, Byrne Piven, Judith Wetzell, John Malkovich, Kevin Carroll, Willie Garson, W. Earl Brown, Charlie Sheen, Gerald Emerick, Bill M. Ryusaki, Carlos Jacott, James Murray, Richard Fancy, Patti Tippo, Daniel Hansen, Mariah O'Brien, Gregory Sporleder, Kelly Teacher, Jacqueline Benoît, William Buck, Christine D. Coleman, Jeanne Diehl, Audrey Gelfund, Yetta Ginsburg, Sylvester Jenkins, Roy C. Johnson, Eddie J. Low, Ralph W. Spaulding, David Wyler, Flori Wyler, Kevin Lee, Marlowe Bassett, Jennifer Canzoneri, Kristie Cordle, Denise Dabrowski, Kristin Condon, Charlene Grimsley, Christine Krejer, Erica Long, Yvonne Montelius, Jessica Neuberger, Sara Rifkin, Elizabeth Rivera, Chelsa Sjostrom, Pamela Hayden, Jayne Hess, Michelle Madden, Greg O'Neill, Neil Ross, Bill Wittman, Lance Bangs, Kacee DeMasi, Andy Dick, Eddie L. Fauria, David Fincher, Jester Hairston, Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Isaac, Spike Jonze, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Patrick Ryan, Winona Ryder, Gary Sinise, Trevor Lawrence Young.

On this day in movie history - The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999):

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

directed by Luc Besson,

written by Luc Besson and Andrew Birkin,

was released in France on October 27, 1999.
Music by Éric Serra.

Cast:

Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, Dustin Hoffman, Andrew Birkin, Jane Valentine, Vincent Cassel, Pascal Greggory, Richard Ridings, Desmond Harrington, Timothy West, Gina McKee, Tchéky Karyo, Joseph Malerba, Vincent Regan.

On this day in movie history - Bringing Out the Dead (1999):

Bringing Out the Dead

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Paul Schrader,

based on the novel by Joe Connelly,

was released in the United States on October 22, 1999.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore, Marc Anthony, Mary Beth Hurt, Cliff Curtis, Nestor Serrano, Aida Turturro, Sonja Sohn, Cynthia Roman, Afemo Omilami, Cullen O. Johnson, Arthur J. Nascarella, Martin Scorsese, Julyana Soelistyo, Graciela Lecube, Marylouise Burke, Phyllis Somerville, Mary Diveny, Tom Riis Farrell, Aleks Shaklin, Leonid Citer, Jesus A. Del Rosario Jr., Larry Fessenden, Bernie Friedman, Theo Kogan, Fuschia! (Fuschia Walker), John Heffernan, Matthew Maher, Bronson Dudley, Marilyn McDonald, Ed Jupp Jr., J. Stanford Hoffman, Rita Norona Schrager, Don Berry, Mtume Gant, Michael A. Noto, Omar Scroggins, Craig muMs Grant, Michael Kenneth Williams, Andy Davoli, Charlene Hunter, Jesse Malin, Harper Simon, Joseph Monroe Webb, Jon Abrahams, Charis Michelsen, Lia Yang, Antone Pagán, Melissa Marsala, Betty Miller, Rosemary Gomez, Luis Rodriguez, Sylva Kelegian, Frank Ciornei, Catrina Ganey, Jennifer Lane Newman, John Bal, Raymond Cassar, Tom Cappadona, Jack O'Connell, Randy Foster, Richard Spore, James Hanlon, Chris Edwards, Mark Giordano, Michael Mulheren, David Zayas, Terry Serpico, Floyd Resnick, Megan Leigh, David Vasquez, Judy Reyes, Joseph P. Reidy, Queen Latifah, Erica Bamforth, Peju Bamgboshe, Carolyn Campbell, Michael Carbonaro, Joe Connelly, Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas, George F. Miller, Christine J. Noble, Davell j Owens, Brian Smyj.

On this day in music history - The Vivaldi Album, by Cecilia Bartoli (1999):

The Vivaldi Album

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released October 19, 1999.

Track list:

Dell Aura Al Sussurrar; Dopo un’orrida procella; Di due rai languire costante; Qual Favellar...Andero Volero Gridero; Zeffiretti, che sussurrate; Alma Opressa; Dite Ohime; Sventurata Navicella; Sorte Che M’Invitasti: Ho Nel Petto Un Cor Si Forte; Fra Le Follie.../Siam Navi; Gelido In Ogni Vena; Anch’il mar par che sommerga; Di Trombe Guerriere.

On this day in music history - Let the Good Times Roll, by B.B. King (1999):

Let the Good Times Roll

Album by B.B. King,

released October 5, 1999.

Track list:

Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens; Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t (My Baby); Beware, Brother, Beware; Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door; Ain’t That Just Like A Woman; Choo Choo Ch’Boogie; Buzz Me; Early In The Mornin’; I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town; Jack, You’re Dead; Knock Me A Kiss; Let The Good Times Roll; Caldonia; It’s A Great, Great Pleasure; Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues); Sure Had A Wonderful Time Last Night; Saturday Night Fish Fry; Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1966 & 1967)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: The Naked Time.

Released September 29, 1966.

Directed by Marc Daniels.

Written by John D.F. Black.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Stewart Moss, Majel Barrett, Bruce Hyde, DeForest Kelley, Grace Lee Whitney, George Takei, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, William Knight, John Bellah, Tom Anfinsen, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Andrea Dromm, Eddie Paskey, Woody Talbert, Ron Veto.

Star Trek

Season 2. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: The Changeling.

Released September 29, 1967.

Directed by Marc Daniels.

Written by John Meredyth Lucas.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Makee K. Blaisdell / Blaisdel Makee, Barbara Gates, Meade Martin, Arnold Lessing, Vic Perrin, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Marc Daniels, Roger Holloway, Jeannie Malone, Robert Metz, Eddie Paskey, Frieda Rentie.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 4. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Family.

Released September 29, 1990.

Directed by Les Landau.

Written by Ronald D. Moore, Susanne Lambdin, Bryan Stewart, Joe Menosky.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Jeremy Kemp, Samantha Eggar, Theodore Bikel, Georgia Brown, Dennis Creaghan, Colm Meaney, Whoopi Goldberg, David Birkin, Doug Wert, Majel Barrett, Nyra Crenshaw, Debbie David, Elliot Durant III, Margaret Rose Flores, Denise Lynne Roberts.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 6. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Survival Instinct.

Released September 29, 1999.

Directed by Terry Windell.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Ronald D. Moore, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Vaughn Armstrong, Bertila Damas, Tim Kelleher, Scarlett Pomers, Jonathan Breck, Majel Barrett, John Austin, Marvin De Baca, Tarik Ergin, Nichole McAuley, Erin Leigh Price, Christina Rydell, Joey Sakata, James Lee Stanley, Susie Stillwell.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1966 & 1967)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Where No Man Has Gone Before.

Released September 22, 1966.

Directed by James Goldstone.

Written by Samuel A. Peeples.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Gary Lockwood, Sally Kellerman, George Takei, James Doohan, Lloyd Haynes, Andrea Dromm, Paul Carr, Paul Fix, Bill Blackburn, John Burnside, Darren Dublin, Robert Metz, Eddie Paskey.

Star Trek

Season 2. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Who Mourns for Adonais?

Released September 22, 1967.

Directed by Marc Daniels.

Written by Gilbert Ralston.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage, Fred Steiner.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Michael Forest, Leslie Parrish, John Winston, Bill Blackburn, Roger Holloway, Eddie Paskey.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 4. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: The Best of Both Worlds Part II.

Released September 22, 1990.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Written by Michael Piller, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Elizabeth Dennehy, George Murdock, Colm Meaney, Whoopi Goldberg, Todd Merrill, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Majel Barrett, Nyra Crenshaw, Robert Daniels, Debbie David, Eben Ham, Randy James, Mark Lentry, Tim McCormack, Kip Reynolds, Lincoln Simonds, Adrian Tafoya, Natalie Wood.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 6. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Equinox, Part II.

Released September 22, 1999.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, Rick Berman, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, John Savage, Titus Welliver, Olivia Birkelund, Rick Worthy, Eric Steinberg, Steven Dennis, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Sylvester Foster, Matt Hanson, Nichole McAuley, Mark Rogerson, Brian Simpson.

On this day in music history - Strauss Heroines, by Renée Fleming (1999):

Strauss Heroines

Album by Renée Fleming,

released September 14, 1999.

Track list:

Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Da geht er hin; Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Ach, du bist wieder da!; Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar Ding; Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Ich hab ihn nicht einmal geküßt; Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Marie Theres! - Hab mirs gelobt; Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Ist ein Traum; Arabella, opera, Op. 79 (TrV 263): Ich danke, Fräulein; Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Moonlight music / Closing scene; Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Wo ist mein Bruder.

On this day in movie history - My Voyage to Italy (1999):

My Voyage to Italy

documentary directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Kent Jones, Raffaele Donato, Suso Cecchi d'Amico and Martin Scorsese,

was released in Italy on September 11, 1999.

Hosted by Martin Scorsese.

Movies discussed:

1860 (1934); 8½ (1963); Bellissima (1951); Bicycle Thieves (1948); Cabiria (1914); Days of Glory (1945); Divorce, Italian Style (1961); Europa '51 (1952); Fabiola (1949); Fantasia sottomarina (1940); Germany Year Zero (1947); Gli uomini, che mascalzoni! (1932); I vitelloni (1953); Il signor Max (1937); Journey to Italy (1954); La Dolce Vita (1960); La Notte (1961); La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV (1966); La Strada (1955); La terra trema (1948); L'avventura (1960); L'eclisse (1962); Nights of Cabiria (1957); Ossessione (1943); Paisà (1946); Rome, Open City (1945); Senso (1954); Shoeshine (1946); Stromboli (1950); The Flowers of St. Francis (1950); The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970); The Gold of Naples (1954); The Iron Crown (1941); The Lower Depths (1936); The Miracle, segment of L'Amore (1948); The Roof (1956); Two Women (1961); Umberto D (1952).

On this day in movie history - Stigmata (1999):

Stigmata

directed by Rupert Wainwright,

written by Tom Lazarus and Rick Ramage,

based on a story by Tom Lazarus,

was released in the United States on September 10, 1999.
Music by Billy Corgan, Mike Garson and Elia Cmiral.

Cast:

Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce, Nia Long, Thomas Kopache, Rade Serbedzija, Enrico Colantoni, Dick Latessa, Portia de Rossi, Patrick Muldoon, Ann Cusack, Shaun Toub, Tom Hodges, Lydia Hazan, Shaun Duke, Valarie Trapp, Kessia Embry, Frankie Thorn, Mariah Nunn, Tom Fahn, Marilyn Pitzer, Jack Donner, Richard Conti, Mary Linda Phillips, Liz Cruz, Faith Christopher, Joe Ruffo, Federico Scutti, William Howell, Kristopher Davis, Devin Unruh, Vera Yell, Mary Marshall, Daniel Escalzo, Michael P. Dearth, Mark Adair-Rios, Jeffrey J. Ayers, Stephanie Carwin, Anthony Garibaldi, Mário Lara, LeJon, Nicolas Martin.

On this day in movie history - The 13th Warrior (1999):

The 13th Warrior

directed by John McTiernan,

written by William Wisher, Jr. and Warren Lewis,

based on the novel Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton,

was released in the United States on August 27, 1999.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Vladimir Kulich, Dennis Storhøi, Omar Sharif, Anders T. Andersen, Richard Bremmer, Tony Curran, Mischa Hausserman, Neil Maffin, Asbjorn Riis, Clive Russell, Daniel Southern, Oliver Sveinall, Sven Wollter, Albie Woodington, John DeSantis, Eric Avari, Maria Bonnevie, Susan Willis, Yolande Bavan.