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May 14

R.E.M. song

Michael Stipe's face can be seen on a mobile phone throughout the video and the song takes off with a piano intro. Any ideas about the name? SwampyQ2 (talk) 00:01, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

The official website [1] has a wonderful collection on the video page. you should be able to locate it there. 10draftsdeep (talk) 13:58, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Wonder Woman

I know that she is an Amazon based on the Amazons of Greek Mythology, but is Wonder Woman's ethnicity ever spelled out in the series? 24.189.90.68 (talk) 03:20, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Her "alter-ego" is Princess Diana of Themyscira, so presumably she is of Greek extraction. --Jayron32 03:51, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Hitler's favorite theme music

Just which IS Hitler's favorite "entrance theme"? Was it the Badenweiler Marsch? as is mentioned at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2007 September 6#Hitler's entrance music. Or is it the Königgrätzer Marsch? .. Both articles seem to make the same claim to fame, with both being referenced in popular culture in relation to Hitler.. so there appears to be a contradiction.. unless, he has two favorite marches?? If not, can someone clarify (or is it rectify?) the articles so there is some consistency and/or distinction between them? -- œ^™

Reading those two entries, I see no contradictions. The first says that the Badenweiler Marsch was "often" (not "always") used for his entrances, and the second that the Königgrätzer Marsch was "one of" his favourite marches (meaning he had two or more) and was (also) often used. Neither is claimed to be his single, solely used favourite, and evidently both these two marches and probably others were were used for this purpose on different occasions over the 10 years or so of his political career. You seem to be reading into what is said in these two entries a little more than is actually there, though it's entirely possible that elsewhere, partisans of one or the other march have exaggerated their own preference's predominance. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 15:51, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Think how history might have been changed had Hitler's favorite entrance music been "The Cuckoo Song". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:43, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Why are football crowds more aware of handball than other infractions?

When watching football, I notice several times each game there is a massed shout of "handball" from the crowd. There is also the occasional shout for "penalty", but I never hear the crowd shout "offside", "foul", "corner", or for other incidents/stoppages. What is it about handball that makes the crowd so aware of this infraction and not others? Astronaut (talk) 18:20, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Maybe because it's so obvious? It's one of the fundamental concepts of the game. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:39, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

In addition, not everyone knows the rules for offside, and in a corner situation, the crowd may not instantly realize who touched the ball last. Remember, too, that home crowds won't yell for anything that goes against their team. Xenon54 (talk) 19:42, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

It's just one of those calls that seems to be antithetical to the spirit of football -- you don't use your hands. Violence and roughness is generally quite justified, if not civilized. Vranak (talk) 01:18, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Trust me, as a regular football fan we do shout for all of those! We follow the saying "if you don't shout you don't get..." It's just that handball and penalties can also lead to yellow/red cards... So they get bigger shouts! Most of the time the crowd are well aware that it wasn't handball, penalty, fouls, offside etc, but you never know what the ref will do if you shout loud enough! Gazhiley (talk) 21:40, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

If the crowd actually has a reasonable expectation that yelling can influence a ref's calls, something's fishy. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:53, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

It's not so much that there's an expectation, more that if the ref is in two minds then it can often sway them towards making the decision in your favour... It's why certain teams (for example Manchester United) have a reputation for winning more penalties etc at home compared to away, due to the pressure that the 60k+ fans baying for a decision can have on refs... It's what constitutes home advantage when fans talk about it... Gazhiley (talk) 12:56, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Yet another reason to dislike the sport. :( ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:18, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

The Official Webpage of Tim Russ?

In the Wikipedia article Tim Russ, there is a link to http://TimRussWebPage.com (which actually is http://web.me.com/trvulcan/Site/Welcome.html). The link is labelled "Official webpage", but I am slightly suspicious. Can anyone confirm that this really is the official website of the "Vulcan"? --Andreas Rejbrand (talk) 21:50, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

It certainly looks official, to me. What are your concerns? Everard Proudfoot (talk) 06:37, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

I know imdb isn't a reliable source, but it certainly thinks that page is Russ's official website: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750913/officialsites Everard Proudfoot (talk) 06:38, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

May 15

jung-su lee help!

i know the files only summerize even if there is more info. but i like to thank for all the work that is done on wiki but my question is that of jung-su lee (skater in south korean) i know he was told three years but he has a chance to appeal his case. is it official that he will be doing three years or what? also will he be able to keep his sport pitch'in? i know that both skaters were put in bad sitution from there coach but jung-su lee is suppose to be innocent-i think he is but have never meet him. the summary-story is at the end of his wiki page. please and thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.118.92.6 (talk) 04:27, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Okay... first of all, "me can baerly understands a thing that you are saying". Second, I'm pretty sure that you can find the infomation you want in Jung-su Lee's article and by using the search engines (such as Google) a little more. 64.75.158.195 (talk) 05:05, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Chullo Hat

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Where can I get this hat? (I think only the vocalist wears a chullo hat)174.3.123.220 (talk) 06:36, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Most any clothing store in Vermont. In the winter, I can't swing a dead cat without hitting someone who's wearing one. If you're in the Northern hemisphere, you might have a bit of a hard time considering the fact that it's May. Dismas|^(talk) 06:41, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

What started the Chullo Hat fashion? This video was in the 1990's but Chullo Hats started in like 2007.174.3.123.220 (talk) 06:47, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

The hats have been around in Britain since the 90's. Usually worn by slightly dippy types. DuncanHill (talk) 11:47, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

What did I just see on TCM?

So I just turned on TCM to see the last twenty minutes of something. I thought it was a movie, but it didnt appear on their schedule, so it might be a short or something. It was in black and white and was about an African American advertisement worker who refuses to have anything to do with alcohol, drugs, and anything like that, but apparently his commercials are pretty vulgar. The whole thing was very satirical and ended when he asks his employees to make a commercial for alcohol, which they do out of blind faith. This was a test on their morals, which they failed. Then, an Arab obsessed with money comes and blows up all their money. It was strange and hilarious. Does anyone know what this was? ?EVAUNIT^{神になった人間} 07:39, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Robert Downey Sr.'s Putney Swope (1969). Pepso2 (talk) 11:44, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Symphony Fantastique by Hector Berlioz

I've been recently studying Hector Berlioz's work of Symphonie Fantastique, and im quite intrigued with the amount of detail it has, but i have trouble with some of the instructions, like houché avee les cylindres it means stopped with valves with the dynamic of ppp. I'm not familiar with what that means, when i listen to the music i cant hear anything, what does it mean and how is it done? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.44.67 (talk) 13:11, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

$ppp$ means "play very very softly". $p$ would mean "piano" or softly, $pp$ would mean "pianissimo" or very softly. $ppp$ is thus pianississimo, meaning play very very softly. See Dynamics (music) for a thorough explanation. --Jayron32 18:29, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

You may also like to know that $mf$ is mezzo-forte ("medium loud" [strong]), $f$ is forte (strong, or loud) while $ff$ is fortissimo, which is very very loud. < is crescendo (become louder) while > is diminuendo or decrescendo (become softer). Tommy2010 18:20, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Bang Bang Brel

Did Jacques Brel ever record a version of Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)? DuncanHill (talk) 15:40, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

series based on real case

Is there an easy way to find out if Weeds is based on a real case? 71.100.0.29 (talk) 22:21, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

You mean Weeds, the television series? If so, you may find the answer in our comprehensive article on the subject. I skimmed it, but found no mention of it being based on a true story. decltype (talk) 01:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

May 16

What is this anime?

From my last question:

There is an anime that I have seen that has a part or episode where a spacecraft heads towards the Earth and transforms into a space shuttle upon entering its atmosphere. It then transforms into a boeing 747 to land in some airport. All while the charcters inside get changed and masqueraded in some wierd digital-like way by some evil guy. Ive seen this a long time ago and I didn't manage to see or find out what it was called. Do you know what anime is this?

To the guy who said "Sounds like Interstella 5555, specifically the "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" part or right after that...": The characters weren't blue, the characters changed inside the spaceship as it was heading to Earth, not in an underground facility, there was some dialogue, and there really was nothing about any sort of band in the anime that i am looking for. 64.75.158.195 (talk) 00:22, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

What does prisoner zero have to do to the human residents to prevent their incineration?

"Prisoner zero will <something> the human residents or the human residents will be incinerated". What is <something>?--Alphador (talk) 09:26, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

If you are in the UK, you can watch that episode here and find out, unless it's unclear in the programme? - Jarry1250 ^{[Humorous? Discuss.]} 09:29, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't have my copy of the episode at hand but from a Google search, this page says that it is: "Prisoner Zero will vacate the human residents or the human residents will be incinerated." Dismas|^(talk) 09:32, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Oh that's what it is. It sounded like "protect" when I was watching the episode, which of course doesn't make any sense given the context.--Alphador (talk) 09:42, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I heard "protect" too. One of a long list of complaints I have about it. ;) Vimescarrot (talk) 16:25, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

"Residence", not "residents". The "human residence" is Earth. --Nricardo (talk) 00:12, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Rubbish, if you'll pardon the expression. Alphador refers to the incarceration (i.e. imprisonment) of something, which can hardly be the entire planet. He is talking about certain residents of the planet. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 08:45, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but Prisoner Zero has escaped to earth (thus he is no longer imprisoned), and the jailers are saying that he has to leave, that he must "vacate the human residence". It's quite common for Doctor Who script writers to enjoy a bit of wordplay. --LarryMac | Talk 18:54, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Oops, my bad. I read "incinerated" as "incarcerated". One more thing to add to that pin head onto which I'm transcribing my list of errors. :) -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 21:28, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Killer Suduko solution for Evening Standard, Thursday 13 May 2010.

Does anyone have or know where to find that solution please? Their website only gives the solution for Friday, and a lot of Google searching found nothing. The Thursday paper said the solution was given on "page 47", but it wasnt, nor anywhere else in the paper either. Thanks 78.149.199.79 (talk) 09:33, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

The newspaper should have printed "page 40" not "page 47", but the soluion is not given there anyway. 78.149.199.79 (talk) 10:26, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

If you Google "sudoku solver" you'll come up with any number of websites that can solve a sudoku puzzle for you, if that's enough for you. Vimescarrot (talk) 16:23, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Killer Suduko is different from ordinary Suduko: no "starter" numbers are given. The solvers for ordinary Suduko would not work. 78.147.140.229 (talk) 13:13, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Wait, what? There's no numbers in the grid? What's the point... there's an almost limitless number of ways to solve a grid with no numbers... There must be enough numbers so that there is only one possible solution, else what is the point of the puzzle? --Jayron32 14:54, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

I've found an article: Killer sudoku. 78.147.140.229 (talk) 15:20, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

AH, thanks. There is additional information in the puzzle, its just not "numbers" per se. Thanks. Makes more sense now. --Jayron32 16:03, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

For standard sudokus, the number you had in mind at "almost limitless", Jayron, is 5,472,730,538 (the number of essentially different solutions, when symmetries such as rotation, reflection, permutation and relabelling are taken into account). -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 21:19, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Mystery Movie

A few months ago, I saw a humorous comedy on the BET. The main character was a black comedian, I believe. It was all about marijuana, and the sale and consumption thereof. A friend of the main character was arrested, and they decided to sell pot to pay for his bail. What is this movie called, and who's in it? 98.240.190.197 (talk) 12:33, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Could it be Half Baked? Deor (talk) 13:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Video?

I have the concert video shown on this site. I want to know how I can download it to my blackberry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.53.153.187 (talk) 13:10, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

What site is the video on? Could you provide a link? .tkqj (talk) 14:45, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Most videos on wikimedia are in Ogg Theora format. Blackberry does not support this format[3], so you would probably have to download to a PC, convert the video using software such as ffmpeg (what software you use may depend on whether you have Windows PC, Mac, Linux, etc) to one of the supported formats (see previous link), and then load that onto your Blackberry. But if you can give a link to the video, someone may be able to provide more information. --Vitalbassoon (talk) 20:33, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

iCarly

Hi. I'm having a little issue that I thought was obvious enough but apparently not. If anyone familiar with iCarly could check out this discussion, it would be most appreciated. Tommy2010 13:52, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

May 17

Help please!!!

Can anybody tell me about a movie where in the baby doesn't want to be born.. (here's the flow of the movie) It turns out that there is a kid spirit who doesn't want to be born yet and because of that a spirit guy is tasked to encourage the kid spirit to be born so He decided to let the kid go with him on earth to experience the wonderful things out there.... As time passes by the kid met his future mother crying at the bench. The kid pitied his mother so he decided to be born.. as for the spirit guy he was sent to heaven because of his success.....

(Arghh...I don't know the title of the movie but I think its a 1990's film) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.94.194.41 (talk) 07:10, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Delivering Milo? (A synopsis fuller than ours can be seen here.) Deor (talk) 11:37, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Deor probably has it right, but The Hoober-Bloob Highway is similar, though animated. Matt Deres (talk) 18:29, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Who is that?

Can anyone recognize the woman in the picture? http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2ex58pc&s=5 Thanks.--119.155.21.141 (talk) 12:54, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Via TinEye I found this http://www.motivatedphotos.com/?id=38885 where the caption says "This is Maria. SC Rep. Gov. Mark Sanford's mistress." A Google search gives this http://gawker.com/5302526/meet-maria-sanfords-argentinian-mistress-named

Her name is said to be María Belén Chapur or Shapur. 78.147.140.229 (talk) 13:30, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

.....on the other hand, the poster-maker seems to have just put a picture of a random looker together with the caption, as the picture does not look like the 43 year old Ms. Chapur. 78.147.140.229 (talk) 13:41, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Thats what I found but she doesn't look like the mistress. The picture seems to be of a celebrity attending a 'red carpet event' of some sort.--119.155.21.141 (talk) 13:57, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

The checkerboard background seems to include Maybelline cosmetics. If you could find out what the other part of the checkerboard is, then you may be able to find the launch event for that product. She's probably a minor American actress.

If you prepared another image without the black or white framing, then you could find a match to the original photo using TinEye. Edit - I did that myself and found nothing. 78.147.140.229 (talk) 17:22, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

I found Maria Menounos a little familiar to the woman in the picture. However, I also went through the first 30 pages on Google search for Maria Menounos and did not find that picture, so I doubt it is her.--119.155.131.173 (talk) 11:03, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

That's my wife you cretin! Vranak (talk) 13:10, 19 May 2010 (UTC) Just kidding.

Larvitar & dratini in soul silver

how do you get larviter and dratini in soulsilver's safari zone? Jds500 (talk) 17:43, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

There are tons of websites, like GameFAQs.com, among others, featuring walk-throughs and hint guides produced by other players. They're free to browse and read as much as you like, so they may be a better way to get a nudge in the right direction than buying a strategy guide in a bookstore. Of course you don't get the cool-looking maps and artwork the printed books do, but the writers of these things do good work. Hope that helps! --McDoobAU93 (talk) 18:31, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Search for the relevant 'Mon in this article. Vimescarrot (talk) 19:52, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Trying to identify a song..

I don't have much to go on, but I hope you fine Refdeskians can help. I heard a song yesterday (before my morning coffee, hence the lack of details) on a US mainstream rock radio station. It was a guy singing, and was a quiet song - Almost acousticky, but I don't recall if it actually was. The lyrics were something about 'seeing what you see when you look at me' or something to that effect. It was a very sentence-y oriented song.. The lyrics were more sentence-y than phrase-y. I don't know how to explain it any better than that. Any ideas? Foofish (talk) 18:28, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

It doesn't immediately ring a bell ... while you wait for other responses, you might want to try visiting the station's website. Many American radio stations give their playlists on their sites, and some might even tell you when said song last played. That could help. Good luck! --McDoobAU93 (talk) 18:33, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the answer.. I don't remember which radio station it was on out of the two stations I listen to. I've been scoping their sites for most of the morning.

I have become one of those people that I hate, asking about 'that song' by 'that guy' that's 'about love.' Foofish (talk) 18:41, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

That's one of the reasons I love satellite radio ... you can see the name of the artist and the song while it's playing, and most current radios have a limited buffer so you can back it up if you just catch the tail-end of the song. --McDoobAU93 (talk) 18:46, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Stab in the dark, what about "It's Been Awhile" by Staind? It's an accousticy song with sentances, and while that exact phrase doesn't appear in the song, there are some like it. --Jayron32 19:18, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Nope.. But that's the same general feel of it. Thanks for trying! Foofish (talk) 19:38, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

I am immediately aware of two possible songs that follow a more sentence driven structure instead of standard verse/chorus format that receive airplay on radio. Could it be Motorcycle Drive By or Sometime Around Midnight ? 10draftsdeep (talk) 19:42, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Nope. Thanks, though! The vocalist was really un-accented and completely generic sounding. Though Sometime Around Midnight is a pretty good song, now that I'm listening to it. Foofish (talk) 20:16, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Stab in the dark, but your description evoked Jack Johnson to me. I don't know his recent songs well enough to give you more than that, though.--Xuxl (talk) 17:42, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

In the Classic Rock area, could it be Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton ? It seems to have the sentence structure, a man singing, acoustic guitar, and has speculation about the woman's love for the man:

I feel wonderful
Because I see the love light in your eyes

This song still gets lots of play on US radio. StuRat (talk) 13:05, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Pokémon Black and White

Will Pokémon Black and White be for the DS or 3DS? --75.15.161.69 (talk) 21:33, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Pokémon Black and White will be for the Nintendo DS. It will not be announced for the 3DS. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 22:08, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

May 18

The Taste Of Ink whispers

Is there anybody out there who has any idea what Bert McCracken is whispering towards the end of "The Taste of Ink" by The Used? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZka3E37k6w 74.108.134.149 (talk) 00:04, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Do a Google search for the lyrics to the song. You should find a site that provides all the lyrics, even if the words are whispered--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 17:18, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

80's pop song

whats the song that goes"i got my toothbrush a comb i said to my reflection lets get out of this place " —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tom12350 (talk • contribs) 00:17, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

It's Tempted by Squeeze. DuncanHill (talk) 00:21, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Japanese Cartoon

I remember this Japanese 1990s - 2000s cartoon , about a talking ghost (looks like a flying white carpet with eyes and mouth) , he / she was friendly. This cartoon was about this ghost and its family / friends

Thanks for any help :/ 157.157.161.251 (talk) 10:12, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Could it be a Japanese version of Casper the Friendly Ghost ? StuRat (talk) 12:55, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

GeGeGe no Kitaro? Oda Mari (talk) 17:47, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Anime picture

http://www.akiba-station.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/space_pirate_1.jpg Would someone translate this for me and tell me what anime this is?

Also, in Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei, what is the episode when Nozomu Itoshiki encounters Freddy, Ghostface, and Michael somewhere? 64.75.158.194 (talk) 10:51, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

"Mini-skirt space pirates" by Sasamoto Yūichi. "New level of entertainment that surpasses a light novel. Asahi novels, launching!!" 118.22.190.1 (talk) 12:10, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Strange Days

I just read in the article on the Doors' Strange Days (album) that the woman wearing a caftan and standing in a doorway was the stylist of the photographer Joel Brodsky's wife. Her name was Zazel Lovén. I did a Google search for her but nothing came up. Does anyone have any information on her, such as her DOB, nationality, etc? Thank you in advance.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 13:44, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Unable to find her DOB or nationality yet, but apparently she is a writer and here is a picture of her from 1996: [4]. 10draftsdeep (talk) 15:06, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Oh, thank you for the link. God, does she look good after all these years! Thanks again.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 15:10, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

She's the Senior Editor of Rodale's Organic Gardening magazine. The American Community Gardening Association gives her email as zazelloven@yahoo.com. [5] See this page from [6] People magazine. See Amazon for her books Handmade Halloween and Doll Knits. Pepso2 (talk) 15:20, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. I am curious as to her nationality as Zazel Lovén sounds very unusual. She could be Hungarian or Israeli.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 16:09, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

CSI

ON ONE OF THOSE CSI SHOWS, THERE WAS AN EPISODE WHERE A DEVICE WAS PLACED IN A KILLERS EARS SO HE COULD HEAR OTHERS TALKING. YOU COULD NOT SEE IT, HE DID NOT KNOW IT WAS THERE. WHAT WAS THIS DEVICE? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ladavis (talk • contribs) 15:24, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Science fiction is what it was! (Also, please don't type IN ALL CAPITALS - it makes the text hard to read and it upsets some people a lot more than you'd think!) SteveBaker (talk) 20:56, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Sounds awesome, whatever it is, did it allow the killer to hear people or other people to hear what the killer was saying? If it allowed the killer to hear people, how could he not know it was there? It stands to reason that he would know something was up if it allowed him to hear that which he could not (and if it did not allow him to hear something he couldn't, what's the point?). Maybe some sort of super microscopic Cochlear implant? (also, perhaps the OP is YELLING because he requires this sort of device.) flagitious 05:08, 19 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Flagitious (talk • contribs)

I saw that episode. I beleive you're talking about Season 10, episode 17, "Irradiator". The summary mentions a killer who is "Jekyll's third victim; he has unwittingly undergone neurosurgery that has left him unable to control his rage. The killer/victim has by this time shot his aunt and died of injuries caused by the implantation of 10 radioactive rods between his brain hemispheres." He didn't hear better; he just lost control when the sound of the dog next door got to him.63.146.74.132 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:02, 19 May 2010 (UTC).

Two pretty much unrealated questions

Well, as you can probably see, I hve two pretty much unrealted questions. 1. Is it true that Diana Wynne-Jones enjoyed Hayao Miazaki's adaptaion of Howl's Moving Castle despite its deviation from the source material? 2. has the manga Franken Fran ever been realeased in the American market? Library Seraph (talk) 16:15, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

1. Part of the way there; our Howl's Moving Castle (film) article has an effusive quote from the author about the film, but it sounds like the quote is from before the film was released. Comet Tuttle (talk) 17:15, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

I can find this quote dating from January 2005. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 20:37, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

2. Our Franken Fran article (full of fancruft and needs to be edited for length) doesn't say that it was ever adapted, nor does the external link at the bottom of the article. Comet Tuttle (talk) 17:17, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

FIFA WC 2010 on PC

I heard that EA would not be releasin FIFA 10 WC on the PC ...is it true?? And if it isn't...suggest a few sites i can download it for free!!Rohit.bastian (talk) 17:02, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Our 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (video game) article does not mention PC. However, we don't help people pirate software here. And, if EA doesn't develop and publish the game on the PC, how exactly is anyone going to be hosting a pirated copy of a game that was never created? Comet Tuttle (talk) 17:13, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

This could be one good reason why it won't be on PC. Piracy is not okay. 72.2.54.36 (talk) 23:08, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Piracy is awful in my opinion, frankly. If everybody did it how would the game developers get the cash to make new games? Sorry, It just makes me really annoyed... Chevymontecarlo. 17:31, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

The Panics - Get us home melody

I was wondering where the violin melody played through this song comes from? I can't remember the original song they borrowed it from... Thanks for any help 188.82.153.179 (talk) 18:46, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Style of music in wild-west saloons.

Resolved

I'm looking for the name of the style of music typically played on a broken-down out-of-tune piano in a Wild-West movie just before (and, curiously, during) the inevitable bar-room fight scene. I can think of one or two individual tunes ("Oh! Susanna" for example) - but the style is escaping me for the moment...some suggestions for other titles and some (free!) MIDI-file scores or copyright-free MP3's or OGG's would also be great. SteveBaker (talk) 20:55, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Honky Tonk,it's often reproduced by untuning the piano by playing..hotclaws 23:59, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

OK - I feared as much. That's term I first guessed at - but searching for HonkyTonk online gets me mountains of modern country music stuff - and some stuff from the 1920's and 30's. OK - so forget the name of the style...I need barroom brawl music from cheesy Westerns. I have "Oh! Susanna", "Oh Dem Golden Slippers", "Polly Wolly Doodle all the day"...I could use some more. SteveBaker (talk) 02:43, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

You might take a look at this guy's site and the track lists of his CDs (about halfway down the page). Some of those songs are a bit too late to be "authentic" Wild West saloon music—note that the dates of the songs are given—but many of them seem spot on to me. Deor (talk) 04:46, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

AHA!!! That's exactly what I needed! His CD track listings represent 100 or so suitable tunes - and they all have dates so I can exclude the inaccurate ones if I feel like it! Perfect! Many thanks. SteveBaker (talk) 23:00, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

The term "barrelhouse music" apparently dates back to 1880. Herbert Asbury's book The Barbary Coast has some fascinating descriptions of music and music machines in brothels and music halls. Pepso2 (talk) 11:28, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

That's interesting too. SteveBaker (talk) 23:00, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

By the way, as I recall it, the iconic thing in such a situation is for the piano player to be performing some slow piece like "Beautiful Dreamer" and then, as soon as the fight breaks out, switch to an up-tempo number like "Camptown Races". (You can't go wrong with Stephen Foster for such music.) Deor (talk) 12:05, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes - exactly. SteveBaker (talk) 23:00, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

BTW, a way for them to realistically have piano music during a fight would be for it to be on a player piano which was started before the brawl. StuRat (talk) 12:45, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeah - I don't want "realistic" though - I'm after "cheesy" and "stereotypical of bad cowboy movies".

OK - that's all I need for this question - I'll start another thread below for the next part. SteveBaker (talk) 23:00, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

May 19

god bless America instead of the nat'l anthem before an NHL game...

I was watching the Montreal/Philly game earlier this evening and at the beginning right after O Canada had been sung, instead of singing the Star Spangled Banner, God Bless America was sung. It was interesting and was a sort of duet with some super-old footage from who knows when of someone else also singing GBA, but I was wondering a few things:

1) Seeing as this must be legit, how long has it been allowed?

2) Is this a common occurance (and thus is my tendency to not watch the first period of hockey games coming back to bite me...)?

3) Are there other countries that have an alternative anthem they play before some games?

If perhaps I'm totally out of what and GBA is actually a US nat'l anthem, please feel free to correct me. I'm not American and thus am a bit ignorant of a handful of traditions.

Thanks! - flagitious 04:55, 19 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Flagitious (talk • contribs)

GBA isn't the US national anthem — that's The Star Spangled Banner — but as our article God Bless America says, there was a movement at one time to replace SSB with GBA. I think it's safe to say that GBA is a safe "runner up" in the national anthem race. Comet Tuttle (talk) 05:54, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Usually countries which are only recognized as countries for sporting purposes have some sort of special song for use in competitions (Chinese Taipei and Northern Ireland, for example - they also have flags for use in soccer). Rimush (talk) 13:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Hold on, you can't get away with that one. "Chinese Taipei", normally known as "Taiwan", is certainly more than "a country only for sporting purposes"; see Political status of Taiwan. Comet Tuttle (talk) 16:44, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

"Countries which are only recognized as countries for sporting purposes" might upset a few Scots as well. AFAIK it is the decision of the national association for the sport in question what should be played before international games. That's at least how it works in Scotland. Rugby and Football even use different "anthems". I'm not aware of an association of a country with a recognized anthem deciding not to use it though.213.160.108.26 (talk) 23:38, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

The old lady in the video is Kate Smith. She sang in the 70s during the Flyers heyday, so they keep is as luck. 70.79.246.134 (talk) 14:34, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

First: are you sure that SSB wasn't performed before O Canada? Given that the game was in the US, I'd expect the US anthem first. Now on to the specific questions:

1: "allowed" -- There is no law and no official rule. The performance of the national anthem is simply tradition. //updating: God Bless America cites a USA Today article noting that in multinational NHL games, both anthems are performed by rule since 1987. However, my copy of the '07-'08 official NHL rules make no mention of such.

2: By my observation, GBA's sports presence took off as a seventh-inning stretch substitute after 9/11. It's reasonably common across major US sports at this point. — Lomn 16:31, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Typically the visiting team's anthem (i.e. typically the Canadian anthem) is played first, followed by the U.S. national anthem, and the reverse is true in Canada, of course. But as noted farther up, Kate Smith's God Bless America, which was practically her signature song, was considered lucky by the Flyers, because they frequently won when they played it over the P.A. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:38, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Read this subsection of the Kate Smith article[7] for further info on her significance to the Flyers, and note that they even erected a statue to her. That took a lot of brass, as there aren't all that many female statues at sports venues. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks - you guys are awesome. The Ref Desk has yet to let me down! flagitious 21:39, 19 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Flagitious (talk • contribs)

When the Detroit Tigers were in the World Series, they had Bob Seger sing before the game. The Star-Spangled Banner being a little outside of his vocal range, they opted for "America the Beautiful." -- Mwalcoff (talk) 23:05, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Brad Pitt?

Hi, I was reading Brad Pitt's wikipedia page and it says that "he has been described as one of the world's most attractive men, a label for which he has received substantial media attention." I honestly don't understand his appeal and was wondering if the perceivance of attraction is entirely subjective or maybe because I'm a man.

And honestly, if it says that, does that mean is he is the world's most attractive man and no other man is better looking than him, because I myself, percieve me as being better looking than him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.235.202.182 (talk) 13:46, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

It is time for you to overtake him in acting skills as well. Rimush (talk) 13:47, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

I will say this -- accessibility is a very important factor as far as who the masses deem attractive. So if Brad were more circumspect and thoughtful, like his Fight Club co-star Ed Norton, then you could be sure that a lot less ladies would get their panties in twist over him. He'd be too dark and brooding to be any good use to them. Vranak (talk) 14:35, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I'm sure there were some babes who though Jack Elam was a looker (two of them did, at least). I've never been able to understand the appeal of Marilyn Monroe. But Grace Kelly? Ooooh, yeh. :) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:35, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

We have a whole article on this: Physical attractiveness. Comet Tuttle (talk) 16:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Movie reviews for technical accuracy

Where can I find them ? I provide reviews to Netflix, but whenever I complain about people being blown backwards 20 feet by a gunshot, everyone rates my review as "Not helpful". So, where could I view and contribute reviews for an audience that appreciates such reviews ? StuRat (talk) 14:51, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Opinion

I have thought about this issue. Aristotle, if I recall correctly, complains that art isn't true to life, and therefore ought to be banned. He misses the whole pedagogical function of art though. It's not by being literal that it conveys ideas and suggests possibilities. Joseph Campbell talks all about this in The Power of Myth. The bottom line is that reality is for real-life, and synthesis, taking liberties, symbolism, even falseness, are all important to anything artistic. Vranak (talk) 15:34, 19 May 2010 (UTC) Siskel and Ebert used to occasionally point out situations that were so ridiculous that they jumped off the screen at you - like people outrunning explosions, and surviving after being hurled hundreds of feet, and stuff like that. And for that matter, forget the deal about being pushed back 20 feet by a bullet - when's the last time you heard a realistic-sounding gunshot at a theatrical movie? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:32, 19 May 2010 (UTC) What, don't all guns really sound like cannons ? :-) StuRat (talk) 22:23, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

I can't think of any review site that would want that. Especially if it's user-rated, because most folks just don't care. Might be something you could consider as your own site or a blog. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 16:02, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Odd that I just read not two minutes ago that Comic Sans fonts are "widely reviled" over on the Computing desk, only to see it here... Well, one would assume that "most folks" simply wouldn't visit the website. The ones that would visit would be the ones that like that kind of thing. So there wouldn't be a downside to it being user-rated for that reason. Vimescarrot (talk) 16:28, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Bad Astronomy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.41.110.200 (talk) 16:12, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

How about Amazon.com ? They have review options as well as discussion boards. Many of them are quite helpful and any thoughtful input would probably useful to some individuals. Often I will read them before purchasing movies or music 10draftsdeep (talk) 17:03, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Was Shelley Malil convicted?

The article uses the present tense when describing his legal troubles, but the sources are from late 2008. And at his IMDB profile, he has credits in 2009, though that work could have been done before his legal troubles started. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 20.137.18.50 (talk) 18:22, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Here is his information page at the "Who's In Jail" website of the San Diego Sheriff's office. It says he's in area E4 of the Vista Detention Facility, and that his court date is not until August 13; and that you can bail him out for just US$3 million. Assuming this is the same Shelley Malil. Comet Tuttle (talk) 22:32, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Robert Powell

I remember him saying he became a Christian after playing the role of Jesus of Nazareth. It is not in the article. Is he still a Christian? Kittybrewster ☎ 19:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Barroom fight scenes in old Westerns.

Many thanks for all the help (above) wrt music for Wild-West movie saloons I got exactly what I needed. Now I need some suggestions for movies that contain those crazy saloon fights - you know the kind? Everyone is happily drinking their watered-down beer, cheating at cards and chasing the hookers dancing girls - when someone spills a drink on some huge bear of a guy...who swings a punch...misses...hits someone else...and for some unaccountable reason, within 10 seconds there are 100 people swinging punches, smashing up the place, etc. I need to make a catalog of the 'sight gags' in those old movies.

I'm having a hard time thinking of even single movie although, there must be dozens. Bonus points if I can find the fight scene online someplace.

SteveBaker (talk) 23:11, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

The Spoilers (1942) Pepso2 (talk) 23:22, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Blazing Saddles, though the fights were not localized in the saloon. Comet Tuttle (talk) 23:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

The one in The Great Race (which was designed to be an over-the-top distillation of all those Western brawls) might be instructive. Deor (talk) 01:45, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Young Guns? I think it also happens in Wyatt Earp, or is it Tombstone... Adam Bishop (talk) 03:01, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

The 1945 cartoon, Hare Trigger, contains a quick live-action clip of a saloon brawl. If you could figure out which movie that's from, that would be a plus. Jump ahead to the famous Star Trek episode, "The Trouble with Tribbles", which includes a barroom slugfest between humans and Klingons, which was clearly inspired by the old west style brawl. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:28, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Oddly, the first one I thought of was sci-fi too: Humans slugging it out with androids in Westworld . ---Sluzzelin talk 06:14, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

IMDb gives 29 titles for the combination of keywords "bar fight" and "western", but I don't know whether they all show fights fitting your description. ---Sluzzelin talk 06:34, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

The climactic fight in The Quiet Man is just a one-on-one, as I recall, but it's considered classic: The Duke and Victor McLaglen slugging it out. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:48, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

May 20

Which computer game uses Trentemøller - Evil Dub as menu music?

I'm looking for a computer game, it could be browser or stand-alone- that uses the intro part of Trentemøller - Evil Dub as menu music in atleast one of its menu screens.

http://open.spotify.com/track/3WCLmVCBJx1hlXkcJ6olwx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oot1vO2o3pI

The first 30 seconds, at very least- could be that part nicely looped.

Rings a bell for any gamers out there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.230.111.20 (talk) 01:16, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Smugleaf (Tsutaaja)

http://knowyourmeme.com/i/000/050/005/original/_smug.jpg?1274047308

I don't get it. --70.129.185.33 (talk) 02:26, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Will & Grace Singing

In the episode Dames At Sea in Will & Grace, Will and Jack are singing a song with with the lyrics at the end of the scene "Na na na na na". Which is this song?174.3.123.220 (talk) 06:52, 20 May 2010 (UTC)