Strider
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Let's see if I can at least break .500 this week. Oy vey. Week 5 picks: Green Bay Carolina Detroit Dallas Indianapolis Philadelphia Tennessee Jacksonville New Orleans NY Giants Denver San Diego San Francisco New England Seattle
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The entire train scene from the time they meet in the dining car to the sleeper car pas de deux between Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint is one of the classily seductive and dare I say it, EROTIC, scenes in cinema history. Throw in James Mason and Martin Landau as a devilish pair of smooth criminals and you have one of the classic movie thrillers ever. First-rate entertainment from beginning to end.
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I have done the EMP and Jimi Hendrix landmarks on previous visits so I skipped it this time. This was mostly a family visit or I might have PMed you to see if you were up for a drink.
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Edgewater Inn...check. Bruce Lee...check. Also on my list of objectives for my day in Seattle was checking out some local Nirvana landmarks. The Central Tavern on First Ave. where Nirvana played their fitst Seattle gig in April 1988. The Paramount Theatre on Pine St. where Nirvana played a legendary Halloween show on October 31, 1991. Of course, a visit to the Kurt Cobain Memorial Bench in Viretta Park, next to the Kurt & Courtney house on Lake Washington. Appropriately it was raining most of the time.
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While in Seattle yesterday I paid my respects at the Bruce Lee and Brandon Lee gravesites at Lake View Cemetery.
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The story as it appeared on rollingstone.com today: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jimmy-page-forming-new-band-says-led-zeppelin-reunion-doesnt-look-likely-20140930
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^^^ Yeah, I felt I was walking on hallowed ground. Goose bumps. It was KB. But I always think of the Mothers of Invention song "Mud Shark" when I think of the Edgewater and Led Zeppelin. Plus, it just sounds catchier and more concise than Red Snapper. They don't allow you to fish anymore from the Edgewater badgeholder.
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Ummm, if you were her, would you come forward? I don't see how she could get any financial gain from coming out in public...certainly not enough reward to be worth the potential embarrassment. I mean, what if she has kids and grandkids? Would you want your kids to know you were the "mudshark girl"?
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This is probably the side of the Edgewater where Led Zeppelin had their rooms. The other likely location...
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Spent most of Monday exploring Seattle...particularly locations with a rock and roll history. My main goal was to go to the Edgewater Inn at Pier 67 in Seattle. This is where Led Zeppelin and the Beatles and many other bands stayed when touring Seattle. The rooms overlook the water so they could fish right out the window. This is where the infamous mudshark/red snapper story took place on Led Zeppelin's 1969 tour. The Beatles were the first major rock band to stay there and the room they stayed in...Suite 272...is now called The Beatles Suite and is decorated with Beatles memorabilia. Amazingly enough, the Beatles Suite was vacant when I visited and they let me go up to the room and take photos. Nobody at the hotel knew where Led Zeppelin's room was, unfortunately. They could only offer an educated guess...a room facing west towards Puget Sound. But there are Led Zeppelin photos in the lobby as well as other rock stars. Some photos of the Edgewater and the Beatles Suite.
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After just getting sacked by Kansas U, Charlie Weis is available again, haha!
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Grrrr...for some reason I had you down for NE. Numbers corrected.
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Bloody likely, seeing as how there have been soundboards of many other 1975 shows released. Obviously, whomever has the tapes are waiting until the last possible moment to put them out.
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That is nice of you to say, Pagefan. Lovely cats you have Nemea and Sathington Willoughby.
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Am I right in assuming this is Australian Rules Football and not rugby or soccer? You know...the one where those guys in the white suits do those funny things with the flags? Like they're directing traffic on an aircraft carrier?
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Although, strangely enough the drum solos seemed to fly by compared to the 1975 shows.
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Week 5 Schedule Thursday Oct. 2 Minnesota @ Green Bay Sunday Oct. 5 Chicago @ Carolina Buffalo @ Detroit (Will Bong-Man go against his own team again and pick Rick's Bills?) Houston @ Dallas Baltimore @ Indianapolis St. Louis @ Philadelphia Cleveland @ Tennessee Pittsburgh @ Jacksonville Tampa Bay @ New Orleans Atlanta @ NY Giants Arizona @ Denver NY Jets @ San Diego Kansas City @ San Francisco Cincinnati @ New England Monday Oct. 6 Seattle @ Washington Good luck with your picks!
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Congratulations to Bong-Man!!! You are the winner of the week. Congratulations are also due to mack, who made a size-able jump in the season standings this week...leapfrogging over 7 people! Bong-Man also jumped up in the season standings. Meanwhile, jabe and I are once again joined at the hip. Now that Kansas City's shellacking of New England is in the books, I can post the final tally of our Week 4 picks. Bong-Man: 9-4* jb126: 8-5 mack: 8-5 Walter: 8-5 apantherfrommd: 7-6 ebk: 7-6 zepscoda: 7-6 Anjin-san: 6-7 paul carruthers: 6-7 jabe: 5-8 LedZeppfan77: 5-8 Strider: 5-8 in_the_evening: 4-9 Season Standings after 61 games: 1. jb126*: 38-23 2. Walter*: 36-25 3. Bong-Man*: 35-26 4. mack: 34-25 5. ebk*: 33-28 5. LedZeppfan77*: 33-28 5. paul carruthers: 33-28 6. Anjin-san*: 32-29 6. apantherfrommmd*: 32-29 6. in_the_evening: 32-29 7. jabe: 31-30 7. Strider: 31-30 8. zepscoda: 26-34 * denotes a weekly win.
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Ok jb126 and Anjin-san, just how badly are the New England sports-radio jocks ripping the Patriots after last night's game?
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It was and is, Dd. Still a couple more days before I return to Hollywood.
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Note to self: Never piss SozoZoso off.
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Indeed they are. I always forget the Division Series are 5 games. Since I am more of an NBA and NHL fan, I am used to all playoff rounds being 7 games. So Rick, change all my division series picks to 5 games please.
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Whoa...Einstein's "spooky action at a distance" theory!
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Pitchfork is not a French website, Melcore. It is an American website and therefore should be available to most of you in the North American continent...and in other parts of the world. You can listen to "Rain Song" here: http://pitchfork.com/news/56883-led-zeppelin-share-alternate-mix-of-the-rain-song/ Frankly, it sounds like the version on "Houses of the Holy" and it definitely has piano, so either Jimmy Page supplied the wrong link to the media or there isn't much left in the vaults for the "Houses of the Holy" sessions.
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Reconnecting with family. Finally seeing photos of my mom and dad's wedding. Actually, on this trip my mom has dug up loads of photos I have never seen. After my mom and dad divorced in 1968, there was a 40 year gap where I didn't see my mom from 1969 to 2009. So I am only just now discovering my mom's side of the family. My grandfather on my mother's side that I never knew. This was taken just before he enlisted for World War I. My mom and her sister.
