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| Highlighted Topic: "Henk's Artist/Song Of The Week #2: Murray Head" |
Henk's Artist/Song Of The Week
Been pondering about this for quite a while now... Finally decided to give it a go.
There are loads of artists and/or songs that IMHO deserve more attention than they're getting. That's why every week (or so) I will be highlighting one such a song/artist in this here thread, with a little background information. The amount of information may vary, depending on the time I have at my disposal and/or whatever I can find on the internet. The featured artist or song could be anything ranging from 1960's to 2000's and from obscure songs to international hits that seem to have gone forgotten. I think most of the time you'll find yourself wondering WTH I'm on about, though, so I'm taking a big risk here.
Nontheless, I hope you'll find it interesting/entertaining, and will leave some comments every now and then (if only for encouragement).
I expect to spend a lot of time on research and translation, so I hope it's not all in vain.
List of featured artists/songs:
#1. Gary Brooker (Nov. 8, 2009)
#2. Murray Head (Nov. 15, 2009)
Posted by: Henk at 11/08/09 at 4:56:09. There are 34 responses
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| Highlighted Topic: "Song Dedication thread..." |
we've had similar threads in the past, thought I'd start a new one. pick a member or 2 or more and dedicate a song to them. add a video if ya like...
my first Dedication is to 2 people; Tam & Big Nasty... I'm sure they talk on phone, computer and probably letters too. they're seperated by many miles but we can all see that their love is not. this one's for both of you. Tam, imagine Big Nasty is writing this letter you. enjoy
P.S. I Love You ~ The Beatles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsmS_e4GeWM
I dedicate the next song to a good friend loki13 whom I hope to meet one day at a mini-meet
From The Beginning ~ Emerson, Lake & Palmer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdrwNXKNanQ&feature=related
my 3rd Dedication goes out to a special girl who has rubbed shoulders & schmoozed with so many of Hollywood's stars that they now know her and appreciate her fandom.
this one's for you Q Hollywood ~ Madonna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s76JHAXc3hk
Posted by: Badfinger-fan at 09/29/09 at 11:09:54. There are 157 responses
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| Highlighted Topic: "Gender (and racial roles) in Disney &/or Pixar Films-- a discussion. " |
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Talk about waiting until the last minute.... anyway I have a midterm due in about 9 hours and I need to know something about Wall-E
Since I've only seen it once (and I slept thru most of it) I'm hoping the parental units on the board may have the answer for me...
Is Eve able to say anything other than uttering Wall-E's name?
Can someone give me a quick and synopsis of what happens to her once she returns to the "mother-ship" with her plant sample?
and finally how do they get off the ship? I think the ending was all hearts and flowers and they return to earth with revitalizes itself (right?)
are there other women in the film? I'm talking about robots not the lazy humans floating in chairs.... thanks.
This thread started out as plea for help with some info about Wall-E for a paper I was writing for my Children's Film class but it put some serious thought into my head about the roles of women, and to some extent men, and also racial depictions in Disney and Pixar films.
there has been serious study going around this issue for decades but this is the first time I even bothered to think about it.... your thoughts?
Posted by: snozberries at 08/31/09 at 8:58:28. There are 45 responses
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| Highlighted Topic: "Movie Remakes. Love Them? Hate Them?" |
Call them remakes,call them"reinventions",call them "reimaginings"...Call them what they are....Reheated leftovers...
More times , than not, remakes are unneccessary. They bring nothing new to the table except a patented name that prey on Your nostalgic memories.
Some Summers You look at a Movie Marquee and You can't tell what year it is.......
Did We really need a retelling of Friday the 13th ? Horror Fans don't know who Jason is?
And who doesn't know who Freddy Kruger is? ...A remake of the original Nightmare on Elm Street? A few years back , Freddy VS Jason was one of the highest grossing Films of both the franchises.
Hey...Let's remake Death Wish ? Can't Zac Effron play an Architect,who by night cleans the Streets of NYC ? Let's remake Dirty Harry...I'm thinking Paul Rudd...Nah.....Jack Black.......Oh no...wait...call Ashton Kutcher's Agent !!
Pretty Woman is more than 10 years old......Isn't it time to redo it?
With High School Musical all the rage...Let's go back to the Grease well !!
Travolta can redo the Frankie Avalon Cameo...
Zac Effron {Shouldn't He be in every musical?} as Danny. The Jonas Bros as the T-Birds.....Taylor Swift as Sandy....She'll make the transformation from "good Girl" to "slut" as well as Olvia did....WTF was I thinking ?!?! Call Spencer & Heidi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Michael C. at 06/21/09 at 10:17:04. There are 79 responses
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| Highlighted Topic: "When GOOD TV shows get the ax" |
So it looks like the CW has cancelled 'Reaper' and with the cancellation of 'Reba' a few years ago, it's my understanding that the folks over at CW are complete morons: Get rid of all the good shows, and start producing more teen drama shows (cause we really need more of those) 
In 2008, NBC announced that 'Las Vegas' would not be returning for a 6th season (moves like this is why NBC is a low ranked network. Way to go Jeff Zucker). Hapilly though, TNT has picked up the rights to the series and has started filming a 6th season. Specilation is that the 6th will be the last, but only the ratings will tell.
When MacGyver was cancelled in 1992 after 7 seasons, it was still a popular show. So to please the public, ABC produced 2 made for TV movies. Even that Master Card commercial in 2005 made fans want more MacGyver. Apparently, there is a theatrical film in the works
Was there ever a show that got cancelled, that you wished hadn't been?
2 big ones for me was an ABC sitcom called 'Rodney' (2004-2006) starring comedian Rodney Carrington and a CBS sitcom called 'Ladies Man' (1999-2001) starring Alfred Molina, Sharon Lawrence and Betty White. Both shows ran 2 seasons each before being cancelled. In this day and age, it seems like CBS is the only network with sitcoms left. It's mostly crime, medical and reality shows. Not that I don't like the crime and medical shows, I'd like to see more sitcoms
Posted by: whistledog at 06/10/09 at 12:42:27. There are 85 responses
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