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Kol Tregaskes to Kol's feed, Question of the Day, entertainment, Music, Movie Reviews, friendfeed Gamers, electronical games
What will happen to the pre-owned market when digital downloads become the norm? Should we be able to sell our digital downloads like we can we our old wares?
Bindu Reddy, imabonehead, Nathan Chase and 3 other people liked this
This goes for games, music, movies, etc.
- Kol Tregaskes
Indeed. It will be missed.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
People are still buying landline phones. This will be a gradual process
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Johnny, of course. Landlines are a long way off from dying off. I would say physical boxed games/music/movies have a slightly shorter life.
- Kol Tregaskes
The pre-owned market will be around beyond our life times. Why? Because you have a ton of people who will want to own those games from our time and before. You still have people buying Atari 2600 games. It may not be huge for Gamestop, but personally I don't care what happens to Gamestop because as a company they suck. And I can say that because I used to work for them.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
The same way digital downloads are killing the DVD Market? My point is not everyone lives on the bleeding edge and not all moms can afford $90 for a new game. It has a long tail filled with young kids and casual gamers
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
And people like me still want to buy physical media. I personally would rather buy a game, dvd, cd, etc and then put it on whatever device and have the physical copy on the shelf.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Johnny, agree but that wasn't the question. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol - No, we shouldn't be allowed to sell our digital downloads, as there would be no real way to ensure we had removed all traces of them. That said, digital downloads should be considerably less expensive (notice I said should) than the physical media, as the manufacturing and material costs will be virtually nil.
- Curtiss Grymala
Curtiss, you forget about the added cost of digital downloads. Servers and bandwidth. That will keep the cost pretty even.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
If tied to an account, it would be nice to transfer the license of a game to another
- Rodfather
Actors who are musicians - who are good and who are bad and at acting. music or both?
Katie: Witch Of The West, J. Abdul-Qahhar, Matthew Horton and 13 other people liked this
Jack Black is good at both.
- Spidra Webster
Scarlett Johansson- Good at both.
- Jimminy
David Bowie is good at both.
- Spidra Webster
Zooey Deschanel, although I cannot opine at how she is at either. http://allthesongs.wordpress.com/2008...
- Spidra Webster
Not heard Zooey Deschanel sing.
- Kol Tregaskes
LL Cool J, Ice-T, Queen Latifah
- Spidra Webster
Cher is a good singer, but horrible as an actress.
- Jimminy
Liked for Jack Black - love Tenacious D!
- Bette Cooper
Kol, are you specifically gunning for people who are actors primarily who do music on the side? Or are musicians who've gone into acting fair game?
- Spidra Webster
Cybill Shepherd, a gorgeous actress, and a jazzwoman :)
- directeur
I love Jackie Chan
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Billy Bob Thornton. I've only heard one track by his band and it wasn't bad.
- Spidra Webster
Dwight Yoakam. I was just wondering the other day what happened to his acting career.
- Spidra Webster
James Marsters. I think his voice is reasonably good judging from the Buffy soundtrack (although some accuse him of being off-pitch). I don't know how I'd like his band, though.
- Spidra Webster
Mickey Dolenz. VERY underrated as a vocalist. Good as a comedic actor though I wonder how he'd do with drama.
- Spidra Webster
Go, Spidra, go! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Kristen Chenoweth is good at both but musical theater actors shouldn't even count in this question because being a good singing actor is a requirement of musical theater.
- Spidra Webster
Tim Curry. Anthony Stewart Head.
- Spidra Webster
Hugh Laurie is a MASSIVELY talented musician and actor.
- Spidra Webster
His bandmates in Band From TV are variable in their talent as actors & musicians, but they are all actors who also make music.
- Spidra Webster
Okay, I know he's bad, but I've watched all of Steven Seagal's movies.
- Greg GuitarBuster
Gregg Henry is one of my favorite character actors and apparently he's a pretty good musician, too.
- Spidra Webster
John Lurie. And of course David Bowie who is great at anything:)
- Citronella
I suck at both acting and playing music. So there!
- Morgan Haley
Felicia Day, who is also an accomplished violinist and a pretty good singer.
- Spidra Webster
Madonna's acting worked well for Evita. I dont know about other movies.
- Bruce Lewis
Spidra, I disagree, musical theatre actors should count as quiet often they make the leap between broadway and the silver screen without flaw and stage and screen are very different types of acting. I will add to Kristin Chenoweth some of the greats: Bebe Neuwirth (people will know her from Frasier as Lilith), Bernadette Peters (she should need no introduction), Patti LuPone (the...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
Bret Spiner
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I know they're very different kinds of acting. But I thought the crux of Kol's question was people who are primarily actors who also do music (I fully admit I then listed a lot of musicians that went into acting). Musical theater actors FROM THE BEGINNING are people who do both music and acting. It's part of the job description. (This is not to say they're not talented...I'm just saying it's not as remarkable a mix in a musical theater actor as it is in your garden variety film/TV actor.)
- Spidra Webster
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer. Dan Ackroyd.
- Spidra Webster
David Cassidy. Sean Cassidy.
- Spidra Webster
Adam Busch.
- Spidra Webster
Flea is pretty rubbish at acting - thankfully he has something else to do with his time!
- Vicky
Bruce Willis
- VAL D.
Gary Sinese
- VAL D.
Mandy Patinkin
- Rachel Lea Fox
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Woopie Goldberg (decent singer)
- Rachel Lea Fox
from iPhone
Spidra, I think the only difference is timing. Some start with one and add the other, some start with both. That said, you will notice I am treating musical theatre as a singing career and not listing anyone who hasn't also appeared on TV or a major motion picture that doesn't involve singing.
- Rachel Lea Fox
from iPhone
Excellent question.
- Holly Rae, FFer
John Barrowman
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
Jon Bon
- Steve
Christian Kane - The song he had on the Angel soundtrack was really good, and I love him as an actor.
- Curtiss Grymala
Bruce already mentioned Madonna - I'm not a fan of her music, but there are obviously people who think she's good. She was a decent actress in Dick Tracy and some of the other films she was in.
- Curtiss Grymala
TOM WAITS!! Ever see "Down By Law"? man.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Tom Petty - I loved him in the Postman, and I think he does a cool job on King of the Hill
- Curtiss Grymala
David Hasselhoff. lol
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Meatloaf
- April Russo (app103)
yes! he was very good in fight club...
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Elvis.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Sinatra.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Bing.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Anthony Stewart Head (he played Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer) That man can sing, too. http://www.artistdirect.com/nad...
- April Russo (app103)
Johnny Depp
- Rachel Lea Fox
Vanessa Paradis
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Absolutly Jack Black
- ★ Soner Gönül
Jack White
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Jared Leto - Really good actor and (imo) a great singer/song writer. #30SecondsToMars
- Matthew Horton
Ooh, yeah. Can't believe I forgot about Meat Loaf.
- Curtiss Grymala
Harry Connick, Jr.
- Dave Roth
Bing Crosby
- Curtiss Grymala
Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová - from 'Once'.
- Morgan Haley
Brent Spiner?
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Eddie Murphy
- Rodfather
Keanu Reeves. Bad at both acting and singing.
- Kevin Pedraja
me! ;)
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Some of y'all are clearly smoking crack.
- Derrick
well, it does say they don't have to be good...
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Steve Martin
- Anna Lynn M.
Mos Def
- Anna Lynn M.
LOL Brent.
- Derrick
Kevin Bacon!
- Anna Lynn M.
Ice CUbe!
- Anna Lynn M.
Harpo
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Who's the most obnoxious celebrity in headlines today?
Remember, celebrities are people, too (better, more important people, but people nonetheless). - today's Plinky question: http://www.plinky.com/prompts...
- Kol Tregaskes
“Hulu of Movies” Epix Finally Launches [Invites] - http://mashable.com/2009...
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"For the last few months, we’ve been watching the progress Epix, a joint venture between Paramount, Lionsgate, and MGM studios to create a new web destination and sister TV channel for all of their movies. The project has been compared to Hulu, the web television joint venture between News Corp (FOX), General Electric (NBC), and Disney (ABC)."
- Kol Tregaskes
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Don't tell me it's provided only to the US like Hulu too.
- Andrew Trinh
is it US only??
- Roshan Ramachandran
"The Epix project, while similar to Hulu in many ways, is different in one big way: only those with access to the Epix TV channel can access EpixHD.com. Instead of being ad-supported, it is carrier-supported. Now finally, after months of testing, Epix and EpixHD.com are launching to Verizon FiOS customers. While EpixHD isn’t open to all (yet – we’re still hoping), it is opening up to...
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- Andrew Trinh
Well I just logged into a VPN that I know of in Europe and the page loaded fine with no warnings telling me that the product was not available in my area. I can't watch movies yet though; it's all pretty much "Coming Soon". Is Verizon FiOS even available outside of the US?
- Maxamad
Karma Martell to Karma's feed, Appetite, entertainment, TheNextWeb Forum, Minds on FF, Social Media Club
I won an ipod this week & I get to pick a color. Which should I get peeps?
I always go black. Congratulations too :)
- Maxamad
Go with your heart :)
- Holly Rae, FFer
Pick one that isn't leaking.... ooze, or whatever.
- ianf ⌘
Was thinking that I should pick a bright color so that I could find it easily in bag or briefcase. Which is the most neon-bright?
- Karma Martell
...and thanks, Mohomed. I haven't won anything in a really long time. ;-)
- Karma Martell
The pink one looks good.
- TrafficBug
Black or red
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I'd go with silver or black. Congrats
- MK35540
that blue is awfully purty and then again can't recall seeing a yellow one.. congrats and share what you decide!
- Crystal Clear
Orange looks pretty cool as well. All look good.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
Thanks everybody. I liked so many of the colors.I always fall back on black or silver so I didn't want to go there. I decided to go with the purple/royal blue because purple is associated with Jupiter, which brings good fortune, so i thought it was appropriate. My second choice was the green.
- Karma Martell
Anyone else listening to BBC Radio 1 Review with Nihal in a few mins? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1...
Want to have a live chat? Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
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It's just about to start. The last few have been a laugh. It's slowly turning into my favourite radio show. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Ready or not, the latest 3D technology is coming home - http://www.engadgethd.com/2009...
Declining interest in music games set to continue | bit-tech.net - http://www.bit-tech.net/news...
"Analysts from Cowan and Company are claiming that the declining interest in music games, which was evidenced earlier this year by the poor September performance of key Activision and EA titles, may well continue into the future. The main reason for the slowing sales is the high price of equipment-heavy games, said Cowan and Company's Doug Creutz in a comment to GI.biz, as well as the fading buzz over the Guitar Hero franchise."
- Kol Tregaskes
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I've been at my brothers' place this weekend. As I had borrowed 24: Season 7 from a friend at work we decided to watch the whole series this weekend. Does anyone else do this with season boxsets?
Chris Zlatis, Steven Perez, Nispell and 2 other people liked this
I thought season 7 was pretty good though it's still following the predictable pattern of get one big boss and another bigger boss comes along. But will very enjoyable to watch. Anyone else seen this season? What did you think of it? Interesting ending.
- Kol Tregaskes
I watched 5yrs of lost via netflix and abc in about 3 months does that count?
- Jay Martinez
It's pretty much the only way I'll watch a TV show.
- Anika
I've caught up on 4 years of The West Wing in the past 4 months ;)
- Roberto Bonini
Like Anika it's how I prefer to consume my TV, but that's just me being greedy. I have a number of shows I watch as they're released. As for 24 S7: I quite enjoyed it, but I'm a pretty serious fan.
- jeffscott
Every once in a while I'll do a full weekend just watching on series. I did this with The Shield and it was awesome!
- Jan Ole Peek
Went through ALIAS in a three-day weekend. I started calling myself Sydney.
- Steven Perez
I did that with Seasons 1 through 3 of 24. Not in a weekend but stretched over about a week per season. This was all while watching season 4 week to week. It got kind of confusing but it was fun.
- Got Love For DB™?
I've got Lost: Season 5 coming my way this weekend. It looks like it's only 17 episodes so nowhere near as bad as 24. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
After I've been followed by Terra Naomi on Twitter today, are you followed by anyone famous on any sites?
Alex Scoble, Fossil Huntress and rowlikeagirl liked this
I follow several pr0n stars. I guess that counts.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
MVB, hehe. I mean famous people following you.
- Kol Tregaskes
The Governator. But don't you think most of these famous folks are just auto-following?
- rowlikeagirl
Terra didn't. I've been following her for eons.
- Kol Tregaskes
I don't really bother WHO I follow or follows me per se, rather WHAT they're content is. Famous doesn't necessarily make for interesting or useful tweets in my opinion
- Ian May
Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf's Kryten) follows me on Twitter.
- Mark H
Just this Kol guy... you wouldn't know him. Suppose to be a famous game developer but he's really a photographer in disguise. ; )
- Fossil Huntress
The most famous person is a writer whose blog and books I read. But she autofollowed pretty much everybody so it doesn't really count.
- pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
Nalo Hopkinson: http://www.amazon.com/s...
- cecily
Oh, and Vernon Reid of Living Colour. They're the only two who actually interact.
- cecily
whitney houston until she found a fake inposter-she shut down all her accts last week.why do people make up these fake accts? sickos
- R_ C
smokey robinson and maria shriver have been following me since last year.
- R_ C
I got followed by Timbaland without any prompting on my part, but he's only tweet 3 times since starting his account, so, meh. I followed John Malkovich, and he was kind enough to follow me back.
- Helen Sventitsky
Only my brother.
- Alex Scoble
Well at least you're leading the way, Alex. Just keep yourself a few steps in front of him, and you'll do okay.
- Jimminy
Kim Kardashian and P Diddy requested to follow me here, but got denied.
- Rodfather
Hehem Fossil. I wonder who you are talking about. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol Tregaskes to Kol's feed, Question of the Day, Movie Reviews, entertainment, Who Would Win in a Fight?
Steve Carell vs Will Ferrell - who's best?
Mike Chelen, Robert DeBord, PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK and 4 other people liked this
Is it just me, I don't get Will Ferrell. I don't find him funny at all. Steve Carrell, on the other hand, is great!
- Kol Tregaskes
I think Will is very talented but I only like about 1/4 of what he's been cast in or cast himself in. However, when he is on he is very very funny. (By the way, I wasn't choosing. If I had to choose, I'd probably choose Carell as well.)
- Spidra Webster
Kol - You're not the only one. I find Will Ferrell even more annoying and unfunny than I find Jim Carrey. Can't stand either of them. Steve Carrell is okay, but I'm not a huge fan. He's certainly better than Will Ferrell, though.
- Curtiss Grymala
I agree with Kol.
- Rochelle
Steve Carell. He's got that self-deprecating, nerdish everyman thing going for him.
- rowlikeagirl
Steve Carrell
- Alfredo
Matters what's going on.
- Akiva Moskovitz
They both suck.
- CW™
CW, who's your favourite movie comedians?
- Kol Tregaskes
Steve Carell. Ferrell is goofy.
- R1CC1
What Spidra said.
- Bruce Lewis
I share Kol's opinion as well. Life's too short to waste more than about 30 seconds at a time watching Will Ferrell. The other guy, maybe 40 seconds and I'm done.
- jcunwired
They both make me laugh (shrug)
- Robert DeBord
Of course Will Ferrell
- `aziz´ Alihan ÇETİN
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Fwd: Cultural China: Stumbled upon this web site. Beautifully done. Lots of video. Enjoy! #china http://www.cultural-china.com/ (via http://friendfeed.com/karmacom)
Wrong kind of rap! Staten Island's Method Man, formerly of Wu-Tang Clan, arrested for tax evasion - http://www.nydailynews.com/news...
Eric @ CS Techcast liked this
"The 38-year-old Grammy-winning artist, a founding member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, was arrested for stiffing the tax man out of $32,799."
- Tate DA FF MVP
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Bad accountant?
- Eric @ CS Techcast
Probably the same ones Wesley Snipes had.
- Tate DA FF MVP
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Glastonbury tickets up for grabs - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2...
Charlotte M and Mike Chelen liked this
"Glastonbury fans who registered with organisers by Friday can finally try to buy tickets, from 9am on Sunday, for 2010's music festival."
- Kol Tregaskes
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One day i'll go, not right now though :)
- Simon Wicks
'The A-Team' Is Up and Running! - Cinematical - http://www.cinematical.com/2009...
Rob H., Alessandro Marocchini, RAPatton and 7 other people liked this
"Whenever these first images leak, I can't decide whether to say "Awesome, I love the Internet!" or feel sorry that the process of movie making is laid bare in the first weeks of shooting. While you ponder that, you can also gaze at the second unofficial photo from The A-Team, courtesy of Coming Soon. (The first was the van, remember?) Take your time, the first glimpse of the reassembled team comes only once. You probably thought it would contain blazing guns, or grim determination, but our unknown photographer caught the team looking rather sad. Did B.A. Baracus ever take a moment during the show to just sit down and have a good cry? He should have. They were accused of a crime they didn't commit! They were ostracized from their military comrades. If that's not worth a good, manly breakdown, I don't know what is."
- Kol Tregaskes
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Apparently they did some microfilming in my lil' hometown last weekend!
- WorldofHiglet
Cool.
- Kol Tregaskes
that's Liam Neeson not loving when a plan fails to come together?
- Joe Silence is not dead
Anymore I can't read about a new movie like this without looking to see if any of the contributors are supporting child rapists or third world dictators. I used to like movies. o.o
- David C. Cooper
BBC Radio 1's Review Show with Nihal - http://www.bbc.co.uk/program...
"The lowdown on the latest music, film and games releases."
- Kol Tregaskes
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It was only music last week so let's hope we get the film and games this week. Charlie Brooker was excellent on last Tuesday's show: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile...
- Kol Tregaskes
Bumping as a reminder. On in 10mins.
- Kol Tregaskes
Fwd: Corey to Conan: Don't mess with Newark, bro! http://www.youtube.com/watch... Hat tip to @myrnaslist #NJ (via http://friendfeed.com/karmacom)
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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Roman Polanski 'in fighting mood' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1...
Amir liked this
"Film director Roman Polanski is determined to fight his detention in Switzerland and extradition to the US, his lawyer has said."
- Kol Tregaskes
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Tate DA FF MVP to Tate's feed, Arts and Culture, movie club, Movie Reviews, Indie Films, entertainment
20 Must See Films of Fantastic Fest 2009 - Film School Rejects - http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/feature...
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"So we’re taking a look at the 20 film we’re most excited to see this year at Fantastic Fest. Blood, boobs, gore, nonsensical plots from the Far East, more blood, A.D.D. children’s toys, zombie attacks, strange and unexplained occurrences, and more blood. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. It was tough narrowing down the field, and we probably did a crap job of it, but it’s the best we can do when faced with the intensity of a film festival such as this.
- Tate DA FF MVP
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BBC To Kill Open Source TV? - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
Andrew Leyden, Mike Chelen, Steven Cains and 14 other people liked this
"The BBC is looking to encode TV listing metadata and employ a compression algorithm to circumvent piracy, ad removal and illegal copying. According to a recent blog post by the EFF's Danny O'Brien, the group wants to get mandatory DRM onto digital TV receivers via a broadcast flag. In other words, a "public service broadcaster" wants to lessen the way we consume media by forcing manufacturers to limit product playing abilities. While open source TV services like Boxee allow users to view programs over home networks regardless of the device, a broadcast flag would force all HDTV receivers to include content protection. For those of us who watch our programs online, this could pose a serious problem."
- Kol Tregaskes
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I can't watch live BBC TV online in any case, but it sucks nonetheless.
- Ian May
Yeah. But the galling thing is i pay for that with my tax money. Ergo its my content. I will do what i want with it.
- Roberto Bonini
Trouble is, Robert, I guess the BBC see it like Record Labels. They dont' mind if you watch it, but don't want you to do anything else with it. I remember all the fuss made a quarter century ago, when everyone got a VCR, and some quarters were trying to claim it was illegal to record TV shows. A compromise was reached of course, and hopefully it will be in this case. Although I'm not in...
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- Ian May
@ Ian Don't fret, your subscription can be put on hold, the UK has the same "dross" as the United States ... evidently the Americans have been unable come up with the exclusive patent on that.
- Kittyburgers
@Rob those money are not yours - they are *theirs*... we have similar system in Finland and people in trade of govt license TV think their existance _must_ be paid....
- A.T.
@Kittyburgers, but it's not SO bad in the UK it's only 75% US dross... :)
- Ian May
UK really needs to redesign it's commercial TV platform. As it stands the only real OTA commercial broadcaster is Channel 5. ITV splits the UK into several regions, Channel 4 is government owned and the BBC is funded by the taxpayer. A ridiculous state of affairs.
- Steven Cains
these restrictions end up causing the most trouble for legitimate users. like with pc game cds, players are inconvenienced while crackers bypass the system
- Mike Chelen
I remember reading a few years ago, that ITV cost the average family more in increased prices at the supermarket than the TV Licence fee did.
- Ian May
Why ‘District 9’ is the new ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ - Columns - livemint.com - http://www.livemint.com/2009...
Chieze Okoye and Anne Bouey liked this
"Its South African director lives in Canada and found himself a big Hollywood producer, New Zealander Peter Jackson. The film was shot with relatively unknown actors in a real slum in a cut-throat (by Hollywood standards) budget of $30 million. "
- Tate DA FF MVP
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Eddie Izzard, marathon runner - http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture...
rowlikeagirl, Alix Whitmire and Kol Tregaskes liked this
"The comic had never run more than five miles before – then he set out to cover 1,100 miles in seven weeks"
- Nik
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I think he said 47 marathons for 50 odd days. Unbelievable! Well done, Eddie!
- Kol Tregaskes
Hilarious that the ice cream truck plays "Chariots of Fire".
- Spidra Webster
The Best Movies Of All Time Map - http://blog.vodkaster.com/wp-cont...
Patrick Yaeger, Nils Sandin, Nilesh and 3 other people liked this
Neat, this is missing the river too. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
What celebrity do you look like? Be honest.
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Who do you wish you looked like? - Thursday's Plinky question: http://www.plinky.com/prompts...
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm a weird kinda young Reese Witherspoon-Christina Ricci-Mena Suvari hybrid, but not nearly as good looking, of course.
- Mellissa Jane
I don't want to look like anyone else.
- Melanie Langenhan
Now? Probably nobody. In the past, I was told I looked like Winona Ryder, Crystal Gayle, and Ashley Judd.
- Laura B.
Mostly I look(ed) like Natalie Wood. I'd rather Sonia Braga, if I have to stay in my age group.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and Ashley Judd
- Michael Fidler
Bumping for later.
- Kol Tregaskes
OMG, is that a real picture of Kol?! I've been told I look like John Ritter but I've never seen it.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
In a few years, I'm going to be the spitting image of Wilfred Brimley!
- Mark Jepsen
Who's the ugliest celebrity ever? That'll be me! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
The thing :D
- siniradam
I've heard Lynn Whitfield. But mostly I look like my mama.
- Michelle
Seriously, several people "recognized" me as this singer from Belgium: http://www.helmutlotti.be/Index_H...
- Nik
I don't know but my eyes slant downward like Britney. My mom looks like Kelly McGillis
- Lindsey is Fierce!
People have said I look like Mena Suvari, but that was years ago. Now, dunno.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
In the mid 90s when I had my lambchop sideburns and ponytail I was told I had a Danzig look going. Luckily, no pictures of me survived that era.
- Pete Delucchi
from iPhone
Conchata Ferrell? Camryn Mannheim is too pretty.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
People (even strangers on the street) used to say I looked like Dana Carvey. Then I lost my hair and got old.
- Stephen Mack
Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
Numa Numa Guy
- Johnny Worthington
No more Brian Blessed, Johnny. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Bud Spencer Old School I know, but hes the only one I can think of :-P
- Rasmus Lauridsen
in high school people thought I looked like Anthony Michael Hall in his "Farmer Ted" from sixteen candles (http://images1.fanpop.com/images...) - here is a photo of me in highschool (I'm in the back right) http://picasaweb.google.com/bill... for supporting evidence (or contradicting)
- Bill Rawlinson
Name a movie that took multiple viewings to appreciate.
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What didn't you get the first time through? - Friday's Plinky question: http://www.plinky.com/prompts...
- Kol Tregaskes
Primer - I watched it twice in a row, back-to-back - once without commentary, and once with - and I still didn't fully understand it... I could probably watch it 3-4 more times and find more things about it
- Nathan Chase
I've seen Primer only once, but I definitely need to watch it at least once more. Amazing movie.
- Brome
The Fifth Element. I flat-out hated it when I saw it at the cinema but now really enjoy it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
"the commitments". It took me one year to view it again and totally change opinion.
- lelapin
"Memento" but mostly because the plot progression is so weird.
- Kevin L
Mission Impossible is just about the only movie I've deliberately watched repeatedly. It took several viewings to figure the plot out. I get bored quickly and generally don't watch anything more than once.
- LANjackal
Bumping for later.
- Kol Tregaskes
Drowning By Numbers. There is a number in every scene, slowly counting up to 100 when the film ends. Took me a couple of goes to spot them all.
- Pete Gilbert
Kevin - Memento was one of those for me, too.
- Curtiss Grymala
Agree about Memento, it takes a few go's, well worth watching a over and over though. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
How can you forget about 'The Matrix'? I had to watch it over and over. I think it was maybe due to the fact I was 11 when the movie came out. I saw it 7 times to actually get what they were trying to convey.
- Faraz Mullick
The Matrix? Really? I mean, the basic idea of it was ripped off from half a dozen other better science fiction stories. The whole "this world is not real" concept is nowhere near new. Anyway, if you want one that takes a few viewings to fully get, go for Donnie Darko.
- Otto
I was a kid then. :$
- Faraz Mullick
The Wall. Apocalypse Now. Brazil. Bladerunner.
- Jason Wehmhoener
"Once Upon a Time in the West"
- Thomas Page
Fight Club
- İzzet Emre Kutlu
Twelve Monkeys.
- Kol Tregaskes
Quantum of Solace, I thought it was about water *facepalm*
- Jimminy
LOL, Jimminy. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Eyes Wide Shut - it wasn't until after multiple watchings that I could express a coherent opinion about it.
- nakachi
re: Primer, repeated viewings will actually make you even more confused. Here, let me illustrate what I mean with a spoiler: http://www.freeweb.hu/neuwans...
- Goran Zec
GREED: Music Industry Wants Royalties on 30-Second Previews and TV Downloads - http://mashable.com/2009...
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"There’s a new dustup in the long and rocky transition to digital music publishing. This time the industry has its sights on collecting performance fees for downloads of music, film and TV as well as licensing fees for the 30-second song samples Apple uses to let iTunes customers preview tracks."
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Speech Debelle wins Mercury Prize - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2...
"Rising hip-hop star Speech Debelle has won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize for the best British album of the year. Her debut Speech Therapy, released in June, has not appeared in the UK album chart, but its sales are expected to get a huge boost from her win. The 26-year-old, from south London, beat contenders including La Roux and Kasabian to win the £20,000 prize. She said afterwards that her win proved "if you believe in something and you think you can do it, you can"." - Agree or disagree with the chosen winner? Personally I think this is rubbish, Florence, Kasabian or Bat for Lashes should have won it.
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
I wanted Florence and the Machine to win. Album of the year for me so far.
- Kol Tregaskes
Anyone got the Speech Debelle album now?
- Kol Tregaskes
Never even heard of her to be honest.
- Charlotte M
from iPhone
She only sold 3,000 copies of her album before the Mercury's!
- Kol Tregaskes
The Top 100 Songs of All Time - Xfm - http://www.xfm.co.uk/news...
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"Last Bank Holiday, Xfm counted down The Best British Songs Of All Time as voted for by you - with Oasis taking the top 3 places. So, we asked ourselves: just how good is British music compared to the music from the rest of the world? This Bank Holiday, Xfm teamed up with the world's coolest Radio stations - K-ROQ in Los Angeles and TripleJ in Australia to countdown The Top 100 Songs of All Time as voted for by YOU! Just what is the best song in the WORLD? Oasis or Nirvana...? Kasabian or The Killers...? Arctic Monkeys or Green Day...? Muse or Foo Fighters...?"
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
anyone seen the Spotify Playlist for this yet??
- Jez Arnold
That would be cool.
- Kol Tregaskes
Looks like a reasonable top 100 list. Lot of British tunes there.
- Kol Tregaskes
What movies are worse with multiple viewings?
Question inspired from AC's article here: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...
- Kol Tregaskes
any movie with a twist ending is never as good the second time around - Saw, Sixth Sense, Seven, Fight Club - they're all still great movies, but nothing compares to that first time having your mind blown by a plot shift so significant...
- Nathan Chase
Independence day. I never liked any of the older Batman movies.
- Michael Fidler
The first time I saw The Matrix Reloaded it blew my mind. Only on a second and third viewing did I realize that it had no plot whatsoever!
- Rahul Das
Bumping for later.
- Kol Tregaskes
What format did you start listening to music on?
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Soon, we'll buy music on chips (actual potato chips, not computer chips). Until then, let's reminisce. - Tuesday's Plinky question: http://www.plinky.com/prompts...
- Kol Tregaskes
Vinyl!
- Mellissa Jane
Audio Cassette.
- Adi
Mostly cassette but some vinyl.
- CAJ, somewhere else
vinyl
- winckel
78's - honest. We had a bunch of them when I was a kid. Then 45's on a spindle that played a stack of them into a radio. First 45 was "Rock Around the Clock".
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Cassette and vinyl
- Joe Dawson
Vinyl. My first record was the 45 of "Like a Virgin" by Madonna.
- Michelle Martinez
Vinyl. Then 8Tracks. Then Cassettes. Then CDs. Then MP3s. So, I guess i have run the gamut.
- Martha
Vinyl. My first LP was "Kings of the Wild Frontier" by Adam And The Ants and my first single was "House on Fire" by The Boomtown Rats.
- Timothy Griffin
45 => 33 vinyl. First CD in '81 then LaserDisc then SACD and MP3
- Francesco LVDI
cassette, then lots vinyl
- Ronald
Vinyl
- Robert Davies
33 1/3 Vinyl Albums - my 1st two were Beatles Hard Days Night + the one o them Jumping on the Rooftop in their Beatle Boots?? Twist + Shout?? I just remembered my Grade 4 Teacher wouldn't let me play them during Indoor Recess!! Damn Long-Haired Hooligans from Britain!! ;))
- Billy Warhol
I thought it was tape, but my first system was actually a record player. Wow, I don't feel that old.
- Rob H.
Vinyl. We had 8-tracks, too.
- Laura B.
Vinyl.
- Rochelle
Wax cylinders.
- Akiva Moskovitz
45 => 33 1/3 => Cassette => CD. my parents had some 78s laying around the house & friends had 8-tracks; I never liked 8-track.
- jbrotherlove
8 track & 45's. I remeber dancing in front of the record shop on St. John's Place and Ralph Ave. in Brooklyn for quarters to purchase new James Brown Records.
- professor daddyo
Cassettes for me. I bought a few vinyl records but not many. I bought loads and loads of CDs but very rare to buy any physical media now.
- Kol Tregaskes
Live
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
Hmm - I am guessing that people are wrong -- I first listened on radio -- wouldn't that also be true of most here as well?
- Brian Sullivan
Vinyl. Yes, I'm that old.
- Helen Sventitsky
Maybe radio doesn't qualify as a "format"?
- Brian Sullivan
Analog: vinyl and 8-track. Digital: .au files via FTP on my C64.
- Jason Huebel
from iPhone
The "Theatre of the Mind" Radio!! FM "no static at all" lol (there was a little AM in there ) ;)
- Melanie Reed
Vinyl & 8-tracks. Vinyl has never left my life though.
- Anika
Somnabulist, was that always virgin vinyl acrylic? Direct to disc? :)
- Melanie Reed
People used to sing to me well before I started listening to the radio. Radio was next, and then LP's, but the first music I ever (personally) purchased was "American Pie" (45RPM single)
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
Well, for all those vinyl lovers, always remember Nick Cages' endorsement from "The Rock": "These sound better."
- Melanie Reed
Actually, now that I think about it, the very first music was probably at church.
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
Glen, actually, I think it was people singing to me that came first. You're right.
- Melanie Reed
Records... and cassettes...
- Paula W
Records and cassettes, though a few years later CDs were the dominant format.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
vinyl first (45s and then LPs) and then cassettes. i gave 8-track a miss.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Cassette and vinyl. Cassettes (and eventually CDs) were more common when I was growing up, but we still had the turntable set up in the dining room and I was a fiend for my dad's records... Stones, Grand Funk, CCR, Skynyrd... it's no surprise I'm still big into classic rock.
- PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK
my first 45 was Tubby The Tuba. my first LP was The Beatles - Rubber Soul. my first cassette was ELO - Time (my second was Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon, so i hope i get some slack for that). my first CD was Rush - Exit...Stage Left.
- Joe Silence is not dead
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- ИonikД
8-Track tapes - My God, I am soooo old.
- Will-Pastor of FF
i must be ancient. :P
- Joe Silence is not dead
Transistor AM radio. 45rpms. LPs.
- Spidra Webster
The first song I remember playing in my room is "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth" on 45, on a portable record player that had its own speaker. This was in the 1970s, so I guess the song was already 30 years old by the time I heard it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Phil G
LP Records, we still have the LPs around here (someplace), many of which are older than I am...
- Grant Bierman
LPs and audio cassettes
- Ciaoenrico
Vinyl, 8-track, and radio
- Rodfather
Vinyl, from my parents' collection. But I when I started buying music it was cassettes.
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Vinyl.
- Mycaptain
Radio and jukeboxes (in Romania)
- Adrian
Vinyl, 45's and 78's - We had a red Disney record player, it was so cool
- martha
Vinyl.
- Derrick
CD-ROM
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Vinyl.
- Kisha, Well Conditioned
from BuddyFeed
In person - saw Jefferson Airplane when I was 3 years old :) - outside of that, LP's and 45's.
- Tsali, The Native of FF
Cassettes. Never heard a vinyl before I started going to clubs with DJs :-)
- Pandu ● IT Optimizer
from fftogo
Cassette!
- Andrew Dobrow
from iPhone
vinyl here too -- pretty much all LPs
- Nathan Rein
8 Track/vinyl
- Alex Scoble
Vinyl.
- Kevin Pedraja
vinyl, 8-track and radio
- Carmen
My dad's Beatles/Dylan vinyls, my mom's Marxist vinyls, some cassettes and radio.
- Johan Bakken
Vinyl.
- Rick Cogley
My old boss had some reel to reels from when he was a kid. they were so cool to see and listen to! The sound was great!
- Baroness Von Cut-A-Bitch
Vinyl and 8-track. LOL.
- Victor Ganata
Probably vinyl.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Oh man, the question alone makes me feel old!
- Karma Martell
Phonograph cylinder.
- Amy℠
I'm so old... had a childhood record player (vinyl, obviously) and at the time (circa 1960), many 'children's records' were 7-inch 78s! (Golden Books had Golden Records that were bright yellow).
- The Web's Wendell Wittler
vinyl and radio.
- Laura Norvig
listened to radio and vinyl, first owned & selected music was on cassette
- Mike Chelen
Vinyl for me. Not LPs, at least at first; 45s. I still have all the old LPs from my childhood, at least those I haven't replaced with better copies (because I ruined the old ones when I was a kid), plus I've collected 1,000s more! And I listen to them. My next computer-related acquisition, at least after I get a new power supply and video card for my Dell (to run Windows 7), is a USB turntable. Of course, I got rid of the old 45s decades ago...
- Dennis Jernberg
Vinyl
- Deepak Singh
33s (a few 78s) and radio
- Mitchell Tsai
Cassette tape and a Sony Walkman. Yep, I was livin' it up like Fresh Prince. Holler.
- Danny Minick
8-track, i guess. Also reel-to-reel and vinyl were around, but we weren't hifalutin enough to have reel-to-reel.
- j1m
Cassette tape with a Panasonic Mini player / Recorder .... I used to record my favorite song from other tapes using a karaoke double tape player
- Arash Nightwatcher
Not sure if it was vinyl or 8-track
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
This depends. If we're talking about the first music I purchased and listened to that would be cassette tape. First music ever listened to period would probably be 8-Tracks and Vinyl.
- Got Love For DB™?
Vinyl and reel-to-reel tape. Oh and radio
- Pete Gilbert
O - I forgot DAT and reel to reel, from my studio and live recording days!!!!
- Martha
1/4" full track @30ips with Dolby SR?
- Joe Silence is not dead
tho, IMO, at that tape speed i really don't think noise reduction is really that important.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Vinyl /Compact Cassette
- Kevin J Hatton
Bumping for later.
- Kol Tregaskes
records (45rpms even) & 8-track, ;)
- chaz2b
vinyl for sure. i had a teeny little record player that unfolded. wish i still had that thing.
- Sarah is Novembery
need to buy a vinyl player with USB connector
- winckel
Winckel Great idea! http://www.anthems.com/Convert... I have a brand new turntable that's never been used just sitting around. would be nice if it could be converted.
- Melanie Reed
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