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"Peter Gutteridge (born circa 1961) is a Dunedin, New Zealand, musician. Best known as a singer/songwriter/guitarist, he was originally a bassist,[1] playing in several bands during the 1980s. Initially he was a member of The Clean,[2] alongside Hamish and David Kilgour, whom Gutteridge had known from his schooldays. [3] He was a founding member of The Chills in 1980, staying with the band for only a few months.[4] In 1982–83 he was a member of band The Cartilege Family, alongside Shayne Carter.[5] He rejoined with The Clean's Kilgour brothers to form The Great Unwashed in 1983. Gutteridge later formed the band Snapper, with whom he performed from 1986.[6] Other bands in which Gutteridge has been involved have included the Alpaca Brothers and The Puddle.

Gutteridge released one solo album, Pure, on Xpressway Records in 1989.[7]

Tension over unexpected drummer, 30th March 2012."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gutteridge

verhexen, Friday, 13 April 2012 16:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

Bond meets Domino scuba-diving and they have underwater sex.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderball_(film)

Touché Gödel (ledge), Saturday, 14 April 2012 07:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

Selznick introduced The Third Man director Carol Reed to the use of amphetamine, which allowed Reed to bring the picture in below budget and on schedule by filming nearly 22 hours at a time

we are not bemused (onimo), Saturday, 14 April 2012 17:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Borschevsky

Nikolai Konstantinovich Borschevsky (Russian: Николай Константинович Борщевский; born January 12, 1965 in Tomsk, Soviet Union) is a retired professional ice hockey player from Russia. Nicknamed "Stick" due to his diminutive frame, he was a star in the Soviet Union and went on to play in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars.

Canadian actor Mike Myers named his dog Borschevsky in his honour. It was reported that Borschevsky's favourite drinks in Canada were rye and ginger and Red Cap Ale.

Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 15 April 2012 07:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

Make It Last Forever (album)
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This article is about the album. For other uses of the word, see MILF.

So Arabian Spruce (Whitey on the Moon), Monday, 16 April 2012 05:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.C._Hansa_Rostock

In 2005, the club successfully sued three streakers who disrupted their 2003 match against Hertha Berlin

we are not bemused (onimo), Thursday, 19 April 2012 11:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

One of the earliest pioneers of beatboxing, Fresh is able to accurately imitate drum machines and various special effects using only his mouth, lips, gums, throat, and a microphone.

fit and working again, Sunday, 22 April 2012 04:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

Single releases "Basic Principles" and "Pulp Fiction" became jungle standards. The latter is originally called "Pulp Friction" as on Alex Reece's debut album So Far. Supposedly there are two different songs out - "Pulp Friction" and "Pulp Fiction". But even when the album version is used in a set it is incorrectly referred to as "Pulp Fiction".[2]

Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Friday, 27 April 2012 02:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

That's just incorrect, not unusual. Pulp Fiction was on Metalheadz and Goldie wouldn't release the master when Reece signed to a major, so he had to re-record it; the re-titling was a cute acknowledgement of this.

┗|∵|┓ (sic), Friday, 27 April 2012 02:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

hie thee to wikipedia

o s– man (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 27 April 2012 03:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

exceptional for actually slipping into first person at one point:

"Long Day" is the first single and second track from Matchbox Twenty's debut album Yourself or Someone Like You. The song starts off with just an acoustic guitar; then switches to electric guitars for most of the song. The vocal style is typical of Rob Thomas, a mixture of soft and soulful and impassioned and angst-filled. There is no instrumental introduction; Thomas begins singing immediately and if listened to carefully, he can be heard drawing a breath just before. The video clip (directed by Roger Pistole), like most of the band's material centers around Matchbox Twenty, but is punctuated by black and white shots from an old movie. Thomas has shorter hair than in the subsequent clips and is dressed in a suit and sunglasses. The cover of the single features a parody of a Diamond Matches box.

✧✧✧✧✧✧@are.forever (some dude), Friday, 27 April 2012 16:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh nm i thought it said "if I listened to it carefully"; still pretty over the top though

✧✧✧✧✧✧@are.forever (some dude), Friday, 27 April 2012 16:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

At 8 years old, Kerli gained interest in classical music and as there was an absence of music in her early life, she only possessed one cassette by Bonnie Tyler.

we are not bemused (onimo), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

Kerli believes in reincarnation as well as other forms of life after death,[71][72] fairies[73] (which she has cited as a large element of her life),[54] angels and demons, although once defining them as "reflections" of one's "inner light" and "inner darkness" respectively.[74] However, besides thanking her guardian angels in the liner notes for Love Is Dead, she has also stated she feel angels are beings, as well as using "angel cards."[40]

The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Friday, 27 April 2012 17:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

Rybolovlev’s love for the sea, urged him to explore surfing. Being a determined businessman and dedicated to his goals, are traits which he applies when he is surfing the waves in different oceans, pushing himself to discover where his limits are.

The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Saturday, 28 April 2012 13:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

Speed has started a screen career on TV and film. In 2009 he played Brent in Wrong Turn 3. In 2010, he was one of the judges alongside Elle Macpherson in Britain's Next Top Model, Cycle 6. He is very interesting and is very good at staying still during long shoots.

Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter (stevie), Monday, 30 April 2012 10:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

The etymology of the term "real estate"

Lee593 (Lee626), Monday, 30 April 2012 18:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

Fired Up! is a 2009 teen comedy film produced and directed by Will Gluck and written by Freedom Jones. The main plot revolves around two popular high school football players (portrayed by Eric Christian Olsen and Nicholas D'Agosto) who create their lie to attend cheerleading camp for the summer and get close to its female cheerleaders.

with "get close" hyperlink to the wikipedia entry for Sexual Intimacy

some dude, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 02:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

The game made national newspaper headlines, and was attended by schoolboys large and small, their elder brothers and fathers, accompanied by their ladies and other members of London society.

nakhchivan, Thursday, 3 May 2012 21:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullseye_(UK_game_show)

In 1989, John Cooper appeared on the show. He would later be convicted of multiple burglaries, armed robberies, and in 2011, following advances in forensic science, two double murders, one rape and another sexual assault. Footage of his appearance on the show was later used by the prosecution to match him to witness reports at the time.[2]

emil.y, Friday, 4 May 2012 00:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

On a lighter note: Jim Bowen once described Bullseye as "the second-best darts-based game show on television". There are no others.

emil.y, Friday, 4 May 2012 00:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Haring grew up in Kutztown with his mom, Joan Haring, and his father Allen Haring, a cartoonist. He also had three younger sisters, Kay, Karen and Kristen. Keith's parents wanted to name all their children with names that started with K.

fix it with like some music glue (Trayce), Friday, 4 May 2012 00:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

they did it!

Number None, Friday, 4 May 2012 00:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

RIP

raw feel vegan (silby), Friday, 4 May 2012 04:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

back to Jim Bowen WTF is this all meant to mean?

In 1980 Bowen was included in a "Charlton Athletic" team of entertainers to appear in an ATV variety game show called "Up for the Cup", three winning rounds followed and the team found themselves in the final becoming runners up, no matter game and series over. By this time he had asked the "Charlton captain of the TV show", South London entertainment agent Ray Donn to look after him professionally & to help find him work down South. A few weeks after “Up for the Cup” had been transmitted in 1981, the then head of ATV casting the late Alec Fyne contacted Donn to enquire what Bowen was doing during the following month, he said “Nothing, I can’t get him out of”. Alec Fyne replied “Get him up here as soon as possible as we may have something for him" ……That was how the quiz show “Bullseye” started and of Bowen's renowned association.

Keith pissed on my chips (onimo), Friday, 4 May 2012 12:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

reading it again I can almost get it - needs some work

Keith pissed on my chips (onimo), Friday, 4 May 2012 12:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah, bad comma usage, but I just about got, there.

Mark G, Friday, 4 May 2012 13:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

In America, shawarma is commonly enjoyed by superheroes such as The Avengers.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 May 2012 20:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

Kesha made a female version "Boys" using the same beat only it was electronic and her lyrics display boys the same way that the Beastie Boys do about girls in the final part of their song and in 2005 Molotov released a cover version of "Girls" on their album Con Todo Respeto.

┗|∵|┓ (sic), Friday, 11 May 2012 15:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

The President responded that, "it is a triumph more glorious, because far more useful to mankind, than was ever won by conqueror on the field of battle. May the Atlantic telegraph, under the blessing of Heaven, prove to be a bond of perpetual peace and friendship between the kindred nations, and an instrument destined by Divine Providence to diffuse religion, civilization, liberty, and law throughout the world."[7]

These messages engendered an outburst of enthusiasm........The Atlantic cable was a theme for innumerable sermons and a prodigious quantity of doggerel.

nakhchivan, Saturday, 12 May 2012 15:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

Alternative uses

Toasters can be used to defrost frozen food, like fish sticks and potato waffles.[citation needed]

Keith pissed on my chips (onimo), Saturday, 12 May 2012 17:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

Potato waffles?

raw feel vegan (silby), Saturday, 12 May 2012 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Saturday, 12 May 2012 17:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

they are pretty nice

It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Saturday, 12 May 2012 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

though why you would wanna defrost potato waffles before grilling them idk

It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Saturday, 12 May 2012 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

"toast 'em" noticeably absent from the classic versatility jingle

Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 12 May 2012 18:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

Liminality
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the concept of liminality. For the original video animation, see .hack//Liminality.

raw feel vegan (silby), Sunday, 13 May 2012 15:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

navihchkan (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

eh, and they say that flattery gets you nowhere

Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

good post btw nakh

Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

On a lighter note: Jim Bowen once described Bullseye as "the second-best darts-based game show on television". There are no others.

― emil.y, Friday, 4 May 2012 00:06 (1 week ago) Permalink

He may have been referring to The Golden Shot - a dart-based game show which used a different type of dart - a crossbow.

everything, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 23:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

Most episodes of the series were originally preceded by a short prologue in which Razor would say, "Today on Swat Kats...," with a brief action scene from the episode. After most episodes, there was a small clip called "Secret Files of SWAT Kats" which gave information about the Heroes and Villains from the show and Warner Bros didn't release any information about the 6 unfinished episodes of the show. Another issue with the DVD was the end credits of the show. Warner Bros put the end credits for the episodes in the wrong order, meaning voice actors either aren’t credited for episodes they were in, or are credited for ones they weren’t. Only a few episodes had their proper end credits in tact.

one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 07:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

The album label lists band members as Carla Bozulich, Harold "Biff" Barefoot Sanders III and Wee-Wee (John Napier). Bozulich later went on to found the band Geraldine Fibbers and Biff Sanders was a founding member of Eric Avery's side project Polar Bear. Napier was in the band E. Coli which released an album, To Drool on Triple X Records in 1996.[7] Wee Wee received his Masters in Social Work from Humboldt State University and is currently an ASW, Mental Health Clinician Intern in Northern California, in addition to playing three-string cigar box slide guitar for the amusement of those close to him.[when?]

get wolves (get bent), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

[when?]

Impetuous hybrid (Matt P), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

Sutton fronted the short-lived Heavy Lemon (2002–03) with ex-La's Neil Mavers and Peter "Cammy" Camell.[14] Sutton then went on to front the band Mirrorball (2005–08). Sutton claimed that the lyrics of Heavy Lemon songs were written under hypnosis after encounters with tax inspectors from the future.

Dick Move's Wardrobe (MaresNest), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

Secretariat was mourned by millions and buried at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, given the rare honor of being buried whole; usually only the head, heart, and hooves of a winning race horse are buried, and the rest of the body is cremated.[16]

chris paul george hill (dayo), Sunday, 20 May 2012 23:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

After moving several times around Brisbane and Sydney, [Andy] Gibb returned to the United Kingdom in January 1967 as his older brothers began to gain international fame with their trio, Bee Gees. He particeped to the group of the begining. (Ron de Grundt reference)

i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Monday, 21 May 2012 11:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

During his live performances he generally gave more of a rock-oriented performance, with [Montel] Jordan even going as far as to wear sunglasses while on stage.

EDB, Monday, 21 May 2012 12:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

In late 1940, in order to get out of the military, he used a two-month front-leave to prepare for the final exam (Staatsexamen) of his law studies. Legend has it that he was working up to 20 hours a day, while keeping himself awake with large amounts of honey.

how's life, Monday, 21 May 2012 12:24 (1 year ago) Permalink

On 23 August 1973 Jan-Erik "Janne" Olsson, on leave from prison, went into Kreditbanken (now part of Nordea) at Norrmalmstorg, central Stockholm and attempted to hold up the bank.[1] Swedish police were called in immediately, two of them went inside, and Olsson opened fire, injuring one policeman. The other was ordered to sit in a chair and "sing something". He started singing "Lonesome Cowboy". Olsson then took four people as hostages. He demanded his friend Clark Olofsson to be brought there, along with 3 million Swedish Kronor ($730,000 US 1973 value),[1] two guns, bullet-proof vests, helmets and a fast car. Olofsson was a repeat offender who had committed several armed robberies and acts of violence, the first committed at the age of 16.

Olofsson was brought in by permission of the government and established a communication link with the police negotiators. One of the hostages, Kristin Enmark, said she felt safe with Olsson and Olofsson but feared the police might escalate the situation by using violent methods. Olsson and Olofsson barricaded the inner main vault in which they kept the hostages. Negotiators agreed that they could have a car to escape, but would not allow them to take hostages with them if they tried to leave.

Olsson called up the Prime Minister Olof Palme and said he would kill the hostages, backing up his threat by grabbing one in a stranglehold; she was heard screaming as he hung up. The next day Olof Palme received another call. This time it was Kristin Enmark who said she was very displeased with his attitude, asking him to let the robbers and the hostages leave.

Olofsson walked around in the vault singing Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly".

nagl lack (seandalai), Monday, 21 May 2012 13:09 (1 year ago) Permalink


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