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The Rover

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  1. FWIW- Fry's Electronics stores are now carrying vinyl. They had Raising Sand, Zep's Mothership, and other 70's albums displayed on an end piece.
  2. Mick Jagger - God Give Me Everything http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww1hIJMxSSs
  3. Rachel Nichols, the 'green' lady from the 2009 Star Trek Movie:
  4. These twins belong to Rachel Nichols ... YUM ! !
  5. I saw The Serious Moonlight Tour in '83 in Dallas. Robert was in attendance at that show (Robert was in town warming up for his upcoming tour...) "Let's Dance" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTzXiyCpwj4 Let's dance Put on your red shoes and dance the blues Let's dance to the song they're playin' on the radio Let's sway . . . under the moonlight, this serious moonlight If you say run, I'll run with you "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNpkd_cRjH0 See these eyes so green I can stare for a 1,000 years Colder than the Moon We'll it's been so long And I've been putting out Fire With Gasoline
  6. The "Feel Good" Movie of 2010 ?? Wide Screen View http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdI_9P6zM2k
  7. Local HS football team wins State Championship. Texas Longhorns defeat NC in basketball at Cowboys Stadium. Cowboys are whipping some N.O. ass at the momemnt
  8. Flash Media Presentation I Picked up the exclusive Collectable 2-Disc set at Target today ($26.99). :cool:
  9. I saw a couple of meteors streaking across the sky tonight. They were fast. Orange color.
  10. I guess I'll be getting the 2-disc set with the extras.... I will try and do this tomorrow. I was blown away by the film. The overall vibe is great. As long as they don't go "Star Wars" and load up with droids and robots for the sequel, I'll be fine ....
  11. 2012 2012 opened as a runaway No. 1 and it's on its way past $225M worldwide for its first 5 days. That's big for a PG-13 popcorn pic that's neither a previously established brand or franchise or bestselling novel. Yet another in a long line of signature Roland Emmerich films featuring world destruction, this catastrophe film was anything but at the box office and became Sony Pictures' 8th #1 North American film this year. Opening weekend exit surveys showed the audience was 52% male and 48% female with 45% under the age of 25. Despite dismal reviews, the film received an "A" Cinemascore for moviegoers under 18 and a "B+" overall. It's exceeding expectations due to an aggressive marketing campaign that went into overdrive 6 weeks ago that included sneaking a key 2-minute sequence of the film's special effects featured in the film as well as aggressive Internet searches surrounding the Mayan prophesy. But don't forget that the disaster pic's production budget was at least $200M and that Emmerich receives 25% of the gross. Film financing circles speculate the cost ballooned past $300M, maybe because of Roland's reputation for not controlling costs, but Sony execs vehemently deny this. That said,all the money went to special effects on this 2 hour, 39 minute, nonstop series of deaths, explosions and collapsing buildings. Certainly not to actor salaries. (Seeing small movie standout Jon Cusack as the lead in this bloater, and you wonder why the filmmakers couldn't pay for a "real" action star.) Or a real script. (The more candid reviews advised audiences to "look, not listen".) Yet this weekend's great numbers for 2012 prove once again the irrelevance of movie critics and bad buzz (only 36% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes) and the effectiveness of early and relentless marketing. Not to mention everyone's seemingly insatiable appetite for world annhilation especially when it targets iconic landmarks. "Really, how many times can you get away with destroying the White House? Nice touch taking out the Vatican, though, even with the Pontiff on the balcony," snarked a rival studio exec to me. (But when Emmerich proposed demolishing a sacred Muslim shrine, his colleagues freaked out about a possible fatwa -- and the idea was dropped.) http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/ Here's what they're saying about this CGI film: 2012 didn’t have as much of a “guilty pleasure” fun quotient as the other Emmerich disaster epics. It was ultimately bogged down by torturous overlength and a perfunctory feeling of been there, done that. Plus, all the great cgi money shots were given away in the trailers. The scenes where it tries to seriously address the existential connotations of the world ending are a total embarrassment. 2012 is a great movie to watch — the special effects are amazing and I thought the script was great as well == especially the speech at the end. It is so amazing that I think I want to go back and watch it again tomorrow, something that I haven’t felt in years. To go from 10,000 BC, which was such an absolute bore to this is amazing in itself. Loved it, loved it, loved it. We watched the movie in extreme digital with the comfy seats in our theater, it was awesome. kept us on the edge of our seats. 2012 was simply an eyecandy movie The acting was horrible with only woody harrelson giving a true performance. I couldn’t STAND danny clover. The entire theatre was laughing at every damn word he said. And as an aside: I cannot stand John Cusack. The only time I liked him was when he played the geek in 16 Candles. He’s way past his prime and to put him in the lead role was NOT A GOOD DECISION. What were they thinking? The person who was responsible for casting Cusack as lead should NEVER be hired again. Their judgment is down the toilet. Cusack was well cast. He is the only thing about that movie that could put my butt in a seat. However I will wait till it ends up in the dollar theaters. This movies is in the same category as G.I.Joe and Transformers, a silly spectacle.
  12. The next movie is due out in 2011. I was hoping for a 2010 release. Will be picking up the DVD Tuesday. What are the extras on the 2nd disc ? ?
  13. The quick images of a 1970 Jimmy Page & Robert Plant in April are just darling on this 8mm film: http://www.ledzeppelin.com/video/charlotte-1970
  14. Emerson Lake And Palmer will headline the High Voltage Festival, the UK’s new flagship classic rock event, on Sunday, July 25, 2010. The launch of the High Voltage Festival was announced by Classic Rock’s Editor In Chief, Scott Rowley, at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour at London’s Park Lane Hotel this past Monday (November 2). The High Voltage Festival is a joint venture between Classic Rock magazine and The Mean Fiddler organisation. Forty years after ELP opened the legendary Isle Of Wight Festival, what better band to celebrate what will surely become Britain’s biggest and best ‘adult rock’ festival? According to ELP, fans can expect “cannons, pyrotechnics and a supreme production alongside the stunning musicianship and songs that made ELP the legends they truly are”.
  15. Yeah, my girlfriend says the same thing about me ! ! I have seen the Moon setting after 1am and it is a large site !
  16. They say, that the best way to view Meteor Showers is with a low power telescope, or, just binoculars, reclining in a lounge chair... with some good music playing in your ipod !
  17. Where & When to Look up in the Night Sky: http://www.meteorblog.com/ From The Farmer's Almanac -- Dates of Meteor Showers: http://www.farmersalmanac.com/meteor-showers
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