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November 29[edit]
Was the 80s disco song "DJ in My Life" released in the US?[edit]
There's a disco song from the 80s that I remember. The name of the song is "DJ in My Life". Web searches showed that the singer was Annie Livingstone, and that the song was apparently an expanded/adapted version of a song written for a Honda scooter commercial (the DJ‧1R). Was the song ever released in the US? --173.49.17.222 (talk) 16:33, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
- Apologies if you've already checked the Japanese WP article but if you haven't I can tell you it does not seem to mention any US release. And these AllMusic pages for Joey Carbone, Richie Zito and Annie Livingstone (crediting Livingstone for a number of songs all composed and produced by the same Joey Carbone/Richie Zito team that composed and produced "DJ in My Life") have no mention of your song. (Another possible indication there was no US release.) Contact Basemetal here 12:43, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
December 1[edit]
1980 in music "Other notable hits"[edit]
I am just wondering why there isn't a section for other notable hits or other significant hits like the other years from the 1980's in music. 1980 is the only year of the 80's that does not include this section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.81.220.3 (talk) 00:15, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
- You could add that info yourself, you know. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:45, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
- Monsters of Rock was born. Everything else is trivia. InedibleHulk (talk) 01:17, December 1, 2014 (UTC)
What is a guest star in the context of a movie ?[edit]
In a TV series, it's somebody who only appears in one (or maybe a few) episodes. In a movie, does it mean they only appear in a single scene ? Is this term used of more famous actors who just do cameo appearances ? For an example, the movie Barabbas lists Ernest Borgnine as a guest star. StuRat (talk) 18:13, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
- It all has to do with billing and the contract the actor negotiated. Consider Lost in Space, where Jonathan Harris was listed as "Special Guest Star" despite appearing in pretty much every episode. (Didn't we have this same discussion a month or two or three ago?) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 21:42, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
- Wikipedia does have an article titled Billing (filmmaking), as well. --Jayron32 01:28, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
December 2[edit]
Super Bowl LIII[edit]
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Why Have you not created the Super Bowl LIII Article maybe because of the Ray Rice And Adrian Peterson Investigations — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.102.58.146 (talk) 02:53, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
I want the Super Bowl LIII Article to be created right now. 68.102.58.146 (talk) 02:57, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
Well I hope that this article will be created soon. But they are some cities bidding for Super Bowl LIII. But I hope that they announce the site for Super Bowl LIII will be announced hopefully in May 2015. 68.102.58.146 (talk) 03:52, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
Well that's good it may be sooner rather than later as I said. Because There are some cities in the running for Super Bowl LIII. The cities that are in the running are Atlanta Dallas Indianapolis Miami And Seattle. And we hope the category for Super Bowl LIII Will Start soon. and the winning bid will be announced in May 2015. 68.102.58.146 (talk) 04:29, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
Please start the Super Bowl LIII article soon cause it's still red and it needs to turn to blue. But we know the game does not take place for 4 years and it will air on CBS Feb 3 2019. But the good news is there are some bids for the game in possible cities like Atlanta which is the favorite to win it. Other cities include Dallas, Indianapolis, Miami, New Orleans, and Seattle. But the winner will be announced in May 2015. And if you like can you put some references on the page. That would make me happy. Thank You. 68.102.58.146 (talk) 17:09, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
I Can't request the Super Bowl LIII page on Wikipedia please start it soon.68.102.58.146 (talk) 17:29, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
I Can't Do it Because the Super Bowl LIII Article page is still red it needs to turn to blue I Don't Want to wait for almost 3 Years Please start the article page as soon as possible.68.102.58.146 (talk) 17:59, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
I Still Cant Get The Super Bowl LIII Categorey to Start When Will it start68.102.58.146 (talk) 21:11, 2 December 2014 (UTC) |
FYI, I have reported the IP for trolling, and have re-added his latest nonsense just for the record. Check his contrib history for further trolling evidence. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:32, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
the yellow ribbon[edit]
who wrote the yellow ribbon and who was the person that the introductory paragraph indicates that the writer of the story is of thestory yellow ribbon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.17.223.178 (talk) 16:47, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
- Which article are you referring to? Yellow ribbon indicates it's not based on a real incident, as far as is known. Clarityfiend (talk) 16:59, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
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- Perhaps they are referring to one of the many songs about the Yellow ribbon, there are several, the most popular is probably the Tony Orlando song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree". --Jayron32 20:38, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
- Whichever article you're interested in, just click the History tab and it will show you the complete details of who wrote (or removed or changed) what and when. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 22:34, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
December 3[edit]
Emilie-Claire_Barlow[edit]
Since Emilie Claire Barlow will be releasing her next studio record slated for release in late 2015 does anyone think she will go on tour in Ontario? I've been trying to get her autograph for years and she was going to sign cds but I couldn't at the concert i was at because my cousin was pregnant at the time. Venustar84 (talk) 01:43, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
- Is there anything in Google or on her personal website announcing tour dates? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:23, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
- You might try mailing in a request for an autograph, with a self-addressed stamped envelope. StuRat (talk) 02:53, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
- I did send a self addressed stamped envelope and I got nothing. Please help me. Venustar84 (talk) 01:29, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
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- It's fair to say that any public figure who gets a lot of mail is going to hire people to go through that mail and respond as needed. I wouldn't put it past them to sign the autographs themselves. There's no substitute for getting one in person. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:42, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- A year ago. Venustar84 (talk) 04:53, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
This thread is nonsense, it should be collapsed because the question is purely speculative. Can anyone tell me how this question and the ensuing "opinions" improve Wikipedia as an encyclopaedia? The Rambling Man (talk) 18:46, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- A lot of legitimate questions here don't meet that criterion. It was framed as seeking our opinions, but it can be answered as a request for factual sourcing as to whether she has announced plans to tour in Ontario. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 19:35, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
Police Chase in Film[edit]
In The Amazing Spider-Man 2, I was baffled by the opening sequence in which something like 25-40 NYPD cruisers are seen chasing a stolen tow truck / plutonium armored carrier. It just seems so silly that they would try to chase the thief en masse -- was this done to mirror how it's drawn in comic books? I'm not a comic book fan, so maybe I'm missing something. DRosenbach (Talk | Contribs) 02:28, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
- A partial answer is yes they are emulating the comics up to a point. Even more than that they are copying the type of "over the top" film making in chase scenes that goes back at least as far as the Keystone Cops. It sold then and it still draws in audiences today. MarnetteD|Talk 02:42, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
- Yea, there wouldn't be much point in having dozens of cars behind the vehicle they are chasing. They might have a few there, but would use the radio and possibly a helicopter to get other police cruisers in position in front of the vehicle they are trying to stop. StuRat (talk) 02:51, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
- Our article car chase has sections on chases in reality and in fiction. Tvtropes has some nice info on the traditions in fiction here [1]. In short, yes, car chases in fiction are commonly not much like chases in reality. SemanticMantis (talk) 14:38, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
December 4[edit]
Crazy titch sing along - Classical sample?[edit]
Hey can anyone identify the classical sample used in Crazy Titch's "sing along track"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM59LQOn_0Q Mega helpful if you can name what key it's played in, name of the piece, if it's part of a concerto etc — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.36.86.198 (talk) 00:06, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- Did you just assume it was from a classical piece or did you read/hear that somewhere? -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 03:05, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
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- The song is known independent of Crazy Titch as Gype Riddim, but I don't know what sorts of tracks it samples (it may be a soundtrack, commercial, classical...). --— Rhododendrites talk \\ 00:51, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
Stonehearst Asylum[edit]
What is the music that starts playing at the party scene exactly 1h 16min 57s into the movie? Th4n3r (talk) 11:41, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- It's only been out for 6 weeks and is not yet on DVD or youtube. Maybe you're assuming we have access to a pirated copy and can jump to the exact spot. Maybe that's how you managed to time it. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 19:31, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- I'm assuming someone recognised a clearly distinctive tune at the party scene. Th4n3r (talk) 15:36, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
- Found it, Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns. Zero thanks to User:JackofOz. Th4n3r (talk) 16:48, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
- Well, colour me dumb, but I still don't see how the exact timing of the relevant spot was in any way useful, given that nobody has seen the movie outside of a cinema. Legally, that is. Do cinema patrons normally carry stop watches with them in your part of the world? -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 10:46, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
- Found it, Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns. Zero thanks to User:JackofOz. Th4n3r (talk) 16:48, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
- I'm assuming someone recognised a clearly distinctive tune at the party scene. Th4n3r (talk) 15:36, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
Playing the flute with just the mouthpiece and footjoint[edit]
Have you ever tried to play a flute with just the mouthpiece and footjoint?? You might have practiced playing a flute with just the mouthpiece. You will get the note A (the first ledger line above the staff) if you blow through the mouthpiece. But try to play a flute by connecting just the mouthpiece and footjoint (omit the body.) What notes can you play?? My answer is:
- Blowing in without pressing any keys will give you E (the fourth space of the staff.)
- Blowing in and pressing the E-flat key will give you the G above this E.
- Blowing in and pressing the D-flat key will give you the D below this E.
- Blowing in and pressing the low C key will give you the C below this E.
Any more complete list of this anyone can find online?? Or are these the only 4 notes that can be played on a flute using just the mouthpiece and footjoint?? Georgia guy (talk) 18:54, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- Can't you, using your embouchure, bend those notes (say a half-step or even a whole-step up or down) to get notes other that those? I don't play the flute but I can do that kind of stuff on the sax. However I've been told this is achievable on all woodwinds to a lesser or greater extent. Contact Basemetal here 19:36, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- How about if you blow really hard? I have zero experience of playing any blown instruments (bar experiments with a tubular metal chair for a school production when I was 14), but I have seen what people like Rahsaan Roland Kirk can do with overblowing. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 212.95.237.92 (talk) 21:03, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
- You might be able to find more online information by searching with the keywords "extended technique" along with "flute". Apparently the Hungarian fl(a)utist and composer István Matuz composed Six Studies per Flauto Solo with unusual combinations such as the second study 'played with head and (B)-footjoint only ("Body-less flute")'. (Other studies include playing the flute shakuhachi style (without headjoint), with a balloon doing the blowing, using a saxophone mouthpiece, ...). I found this on Helen Bledsoe's "Long List of Graded Repertoire with Extended Techniques". ---Sluzzelin talk 22:27, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
December 5[edit]
Did the Iran–Iraq War ever take place in the Tom Clancy universe?[edit]
In the Tom Clancy novel Executive Orders, taking place in 1995, Iran invades and occupies Iraq in a semi-Anschluss fashion. Did the Iran–Iraq War ever take place in the Tom Clancy universe? If it didn't then that would the premise of a Iran-Iraq union more plausible. WinterWall (talk) 12:28, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
- There seem to be references to the Iran–Iraq war in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, which Clancy himself did not write (Raymond Benson did) so it is questionable whether it takes place in Clancy's "universe". --Canley (talk) 23:19, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
- Does Tom Clancy claim to have a "universe" in its own right? Many stories, like The Hunt For Red October, might be regarded as "secrets" of the "real" universe, others as alternate history - but this isn't a consistent universe, or is it? --KnightMove (talk) 16:17, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
December 6[edit]
"...There is a long way to go there is a long way to come... Saturday night"[edit]
Hi there,
I'm looking for a song that contains those words, I believe it was recorded in the last decade:
"...There is a long way to go there is a long way to come... Saturday night"
Thanks.Exx8 (talk) 00:25, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
- Could be the 2005 song "Sunday Morning" by David Francey, or the 2007 cover by The Rankin Family? The lyrics aren't exactly as above but the chorus is somewhat similar. --Canley (talk) 00:41, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
bicycle extra[edit]
I remember watching The B.R.A.T. Patrol. Two brothers rode a custom-made bicycle with a sidecar. Bug did the driving, while Squeak rode in the sidecar. Together they called it "The B.R.A.T. Mobile". Is sidecar the right description or something else should be the right one? Anyone know?74.66.90.189 (talk) 08:16, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
- Yes. See Sidecar. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 13:48, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
Thank you so much74.66.90.189 (talk) 06:06, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
Porn films and prostitution[edit]
Can someone explain to me why actors in adult porn film (who are paid money to have sex) do not run afoul of prostitution laws (in the USA)? Thank you. 2602:252:D13:6D70:D9F4:A874:9EE3:65BF (talk) 17:00, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
- The answer is "because the laws do not treat it that way". Laws are created by people for various reasons, and they didn't think to ask you about your own unique perspective on what is, and is not, consistent among various laws. The issues surrounding sex and the law are complex; if you want to become more familiar with what Wikipedia has to say on the subject, you could read Pornography#Legal_status, and Prostitution#Legality. The best article is probably Sex worker which covers a wide variety of occupations in the sex industry, and covers the various laws regulating them. Also, it is helpful to remember that "the law" is not as simple as "a list of things you can and cannot do". Laws are subtle things, and there's a wide variety of ways that laws can be written, enforced, prosecuted, etc. Defining what "prostitution" is, who gets "punished" for the crime, etc etc is not as simple as "people who have sex and exchange money go to jail". It's FAR more complex than that, as all laws are. Read the above articles, and do some Google searches and familiarize yourself with the complexity of the issue. --Jayron32 18:16, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
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- This question has come up at least twice before, see here and here. Also The Straight Dope covers it here. --Viennese Waltz 19:29, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
- From the cynic's POV, the government considers all financial activity to be a sin, unless they get a cut. It's quite difficult to ensure that they will get a cut from prostitution, since there may only be two parties involved, and if they don't tell the tax man, nobody will know. Porn flicks, on the other hand, involve hundreds or thousands of people, including the distribution chains, so it would be hard to hide that from the taxman. Therefore, they make that legal, and take their cut. StuRat (talk) 19:56, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
Porn films and auditions[edit]
Does anyone have any idea as to how actors in adult porn films audition to get the roles? Thank you. 2602:252:D13:6D70:D9F4:A874:9EE3:65BF (talk) 17:00, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
- I suppose they could bring in a "portfolio" of pics or films of them having sex, if they haven't done a porno before. However, low budget porn flicks probably will take anyone reasonably attractive who claims they will do what is asked. If they don't, then they will be replaced and will not be paid, so it's no huge risk, maybe an hour's time paid to the crew. StuRat (talk) 19:49, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
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- Surprisingly, I actually have knowledge of this. Typically, if you're a first-timer, you'll send in an application to whichever porn studio seems to be a fit for you (most porn sites, especially gay male porn sites, have 'want to be a model?' as a prominent link on their pages). This application will usually include photos, full body, clothed and nude. For men it'll include flaccid and erect shots. If they like the look of you, you'll be brought in to do a screen test. Sometimes on your own, sometimes with an experienced performer. For female performers, basically all you have to do is be hot (for whatever value of hot is applicable to that studio) and able to fake convincingly for camera. Male performers obviously have another, um, bar to clear.
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- StuRat, it's really rare to go to a full shoot without having done a screen test first. In California (where the majority of the Western world's porn is produced), everyone working on the shoot is unionized just the same as all the TV and non-porn-movie crews are. They're cheaper, yes, but there are still going to be minimum calls and such, and with porn being on a tiny shoestring at the best of times the last thing you want to do is waste an hour of your crew's time. More often what happens is having to perform a scene in the studio's offices (it's about as literal a casting couch as you can get) with someone holding a camera and the director directing. If you're a guy and you can't make things, uh, happen then you're not getting called back. Women just have to fake convincingly enough to sell a video. Ipsissima Verba (talk) 20:42, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
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- So the audition/"screen test" involves the actor literally having sex with someone while being filmed? 2602:252:D13:6D70:D9F4:A874:9EE3:65BF (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 20:45, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
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It's Kind of a Funny Story (film) (Starring Zack Galifianakis))[edit]
Is it possible to compare and contrast this film to all the other films that have been made? For example Wizard of Oz....Sling Blade.. and others? --Allin Bagsnott (talk) 21:58, 7 December 2014 (UTC)