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duaneiac

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  1. Well, Elvis did have to wear an Army uniform for a couple of years in real life.
  2. While it might be a stretch to call Bob & Ray "musicians", they did record some albums and Ray Goulding (as Mary McGoon) did record this very touching song: Plus, today in particular, a "Salute To Shoddy Showmanship" seems especially apropos.
  3. Ha! That's a good one. Are those microphones they are holding? It looks kinda like a boom mike and a shotgun mike.
  4. Wow! That last post was a real "eye-opener"!
  5. I don't know that that would be advisable. Animals who have been born/raised in captivity may not intuitively know the essential skills needed to survive on their on in the wild. Hopefully, there are animal sanctuaries/preserves that can accept these animals and determine which ones would be likely to survive in the wild and which ones may need to be kept under some sort of human supervision/care.
  6. Does any one know the origins of this photo -- when, where and why it was staged/taken?
  7. Another disappointing biopic. If one knew almost nothing about Nina Simone and watched this movie to learn more about her, one would still be left to wonder what made her different from other singers. The story is set in the later, frequently troubled years of her career and while there are some flashback scenes to earlier years, but nothing really serves to explain her rise to popularity and fame. Ms. Saldana, while looking and sounding nothing at all like Nina Simone, gives an okay performance. The fact that her singing sounds nothing like Ms. Simone's is part of the reason why the uninformed may be left to wonder what made Ms. Simone special. Ms. Saldana's singing lacks any of the passion and intensity which characterized Ms. Simone at her best, but she does occasionally simulate her phrasing. This film is not as embarrassingly bad as say Lady Sings The Blues, but it is a well-intentioned misfire. And really now -- a Nina Simone biopic which includes a good number of her songs, but not "Mississippi Goddamn"??? And the only character who mentions the song, refers to it only as "Mississippi". Were the filmmakers afraid in this day and age of offending Mississippi? Goddamn.
  8. Yoshi's will be holding a benefit concert next Monday to help pay some of Marc Van Wageningen's medical bills. http://www.yoshis.com/event/1418731-marc-vw-benefit-oakland/?utm_source=MEL&utm_medium=209389
  9. Was Jimmy Smith really a practitioner of karate? It sure looks like he knew some moves. I wonder how he would have fared in a match with Buddy Rich.
  10. I'm surprised it took me this long to remember this one. Bonus points for Jazzbo Collins up in the tree, apparently searching for Harrison the Spotted Owl who has wandered off from the Purple Grotto.
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