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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)

That would be a totally awesome answer if it wasn't the first thing anybody would think of and do. If you don't know the answer, leave it be. I just hope I never have a serious medical problem such a heart attack in your presence, the suggestion "Call 911. You should be able to get a ride in an ambulance, even if you can't speak." would be less than useful.

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)

Thanks but not these two, It was white and was very small :/. 157.157.161.251 (talk) 17:14, 20 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: [1]. 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. [2] See this page from [3] 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[4] 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)

What is played sometimes depends on the sport. England doesn't have an official national anthem (God Save the Queen is for the whole of the UK) so different patriotic songs have been chosen for different sports. Football (soccer) and rugby use God Save the Queen, Cricket uses Jerusalem and the English team at the Commonwealth games uses Land of Hope and Glory. See National anthem of England. 131.111.185.68 (talk) 10:02, 21 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)

I'm pretty sure reams have been written not only on how people's preferences vary in general, but how preferences if groups vary. What is attractive to a straight woman, a straight man, a gay woman, and a gay man, are not generally going to be the same things. I can be pretty confident in saying that, if you set up some poll or survey comparing how attractive straight women found you and Brad Pitt, you would not win. I mean, you don't expect to be attracted to the same physical characteristics as most women are, do you? But it's great that you're comfortable in yourself: convey that without arrogance and you're doing well. 212.183.140.34 (talk) 23:36, 25 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)

I would probably add that information to the "Goofs" section of the film's page on IMDb. Kingsfold (talk) 13:48, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Depending on the nature of the errors, they may be very welcome at http://www.nitpickers.com/. decltype (talk) 18:40, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

It's been several years since I've looked at the nitpickers site, and even then they had a boatload of nitpicks - along with the occasional refutation, where the original observer misunderstood what he was seeing. That issue is the snag with a user-driven site like that. Just because someone says something doesn't make it so. It does make it worth looking into, though. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 10:36, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

The guy who created the amazing 70 minute "Phantom Menace" review includes nitpicks galore in his various video reviews of SF movies. Comet Tuttle (talk) 20:21, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

That nitpickers web site look like just what I'm looking for, thanks ! StuRat (talk) 15:18, 22 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)

What does "became a Christian" mean? Was he of some other religion before? Everard Proudfoot (talk) 19:10, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Not necessarily. One could convert to Christianity either from another religion or from a state of irreligiousness. And maybe it's not anything formal like being baptised/christened in a particular denomination, but just a general label one can apply to oneself if one likes what Christianity is all about. That way you can follow what your heart tells you is the Christian way, and not be hamstrung by any one denomination's rules about this. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 21:25, 20 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)

(I think you mean Wyatt Earp (film).) Kingsfold (talk) 13:46, 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)

...What are "sight gags", actually? Anyway, it's neither old nor a western, but there's a brawl not unlike this in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. I get the feeling there's a good reason no-one else has mentioned it yet, but you don't actually stipulate that the movie in question has to be a Western, and only mention "old" in an offhand fashion... 212.219.39.146 (talk) 09:44, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

We have an article "Sight gag" - it's basically a "visual joke". In bar fights, the commonest one is that A and B are on the same side - C is their common enemy. A swings at C who ducks so that A accidentally hits B - now A and B are enemies...or some drunk exploits the fight to sneak around and drink everyone's drinks...or some little kid is hiding under the table and sticks out his foot every time someone runs past, trips them up - and then they blame the person behind them. You're right though - it doesn't actually have to be a western - but old is better...I don't want innovative new bar fights! SteveBaker (talk) 14:26, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

My favorite is the drunk that keeps on drinking unperturbed. The only sign that he even is aware of the fight is that he moves his drink out of the way when someone gets slid down the bar APL (talk) 22:28, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

You've been spying on me in the pub! DuncanHill (talk) 22:41, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Steve, you may be interested in the episode "Backwards" of the BBC TV series Red Dwarf, which contains a fight scene forwards and in reverse! Don't think it's a Wild West type scene. There was another episode based around the Wild West, in which I think there's a fight scene. I know this isn't a film, but given your background I thought you'd enjoy the comparison. --TammyMoet (talk) 09:42, 20 May 2010 (UTC) Got it! It's "Gunmen of the Apocalypse". --TammyMoet (talk) 13:05, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeah - the reverse-world episode is a classic! SteveBaker (talk) 14:26, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Try the listings on these sites: (1) (2) (3) — Michael J 13:19, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

It's not a fistfight and certainly not a Western, but one adaptable sight gag might be the behavior of Herbert Mundin (as Much) in the climactic battle at the end of The Adventures of Robin Hood. (Curiously, Eugene Pallette, who played Friar Tuck in the film, would be given a similar bit of comic business in the climactic battle of The Mark of Zorro.) Deor (talk) 15:45, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Top Secret contains an underwater bar room brawl.--TrogWoolley (talk) 19:45, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Have you tried TV Trope's page on the subject? APL (talk) 22:28, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Hmm... After a second look TV Trope's page on the subject isn't as strong as it could be. Too much emphasis on modern media. Oh well. It doesn't even include this[5] classic from Dodge City. APL (talk) 22:54, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Youtube has lots of clips (if you search barroom / saloon brawls / fights). The Guardian has a few clips, with the comments section offering plenty more. As for the sight gags, there's always the bottle over the head, people thrown out windows, swinging from chandelier, sliding along length of bar, someone carrying on with what they're doing (washing dishes/playing instrument/ playing cards) without noticing/caring, missed punches (getting the wrong person), someone unexpected joining the fight (eg. sheriff, pious tee-totaller, barmaid), furniture being used, people thrown from balcony/stairs... Gwinva (talk) 02:27, 25 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)

Sounds similar to some menu screens from some of Ubisoft's Ghost Recon series - but definitatelt isn't the same.77.86.115.45 (talk) 15:59, 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)

I think you need to have seen Soul Eater (manga) - see this vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1YqAvk-yCM - never seen it but is just funny.

77.86.115.45 (talk) 15:55, 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" while Karen and Stan's "whore" is fighting and the "whore" throws Karen off the side of the boat and walks away. Which is this song?174.3.123.220 (talk) 06:52, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

It appears as though this actually happened in "Humongous Growth", one episode earlier. According to the transcript on twiztv.com it is "Crocodile Rock". I have never seen the episode, and cannot confirm. ---Sluzzelin talk 14:03, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

I have not seen the episode (nor even any episode from what I can recall) but the first song that came to my mind was "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye". Dismas|^(talk) 06:09, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

I can think of several songs with "na-na-na-..." in them. Even the theme song for Clarissa Explains It All had that "lyric". If someone could find a youtube of any part of it, that would probably remove all doubt - although if the script says it's "Crocodile Rock", that might be what it is - although I can't recall any "na-na-na" stuff in it, but it's been awhile. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:21, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Here's the clip in question:[6] It does seem to be "Crocodile Rock", although I think that bit is more like "ya-ya" than "na-na". In any case, Elton John's job is safe. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:25, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Okay, that is "Crocodile Rock" which makes a certain sense since, if I'm not mistaken, one of the show's characters is gay as is Elton John. Dismas|^(talk) 06:36, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Actually, both Jack and Will are, which was perhaps part of the joke, but it was a great scene. A lot of folks would like to have thrown Karen into the ocean at one time or another. Elton John himself once made a cameo appearance when the subject came up about a "gay mafia" or some such. Meanwhile, it's neither "na" nor "ya", it's "la". I told you it had been awhile.[7] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:39, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Straying a bit from the original question, I'm reminded of when Elton John got married in 1984, and the WLS radio announcer (probably Larry Lujack) said, "Here's a news story... Elton John has gotten married... and his new bride is... female!" ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:48, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

dvd release

will meet the applegates ever be released on dvd? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Giptonguy (talk • contribs) 12:40, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Sadly, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. I suspect only News Corporation can answer that question. I would say it's unlikely to be a priority.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 15:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Try looking on the official website, if there is one. Often they announce DVD release dates there. Chevymontecarlo 18:26, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

It is on DVD: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ROAK2W/imdb-button/ Everard Proudfoot (talk) 01:09, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

It's not. That is a completely different film. The excellent Meet the Applegates is what we are talking about here.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 05:46, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry. I have no idea why that title came into my head. Never mind.  :) Everard Proudfoot (talk) 17:46, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

May 21

Video game sales numbers

Where can I find accurate sales numbers for video games? Chevymontecarlo 05:37, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

OK, I'll narrow it down. Nintendo sales? Chevymontecarlo 18:39, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

It is going to cost you. NPD Group accumulates sales data from thousands of retail stores in the US and piles it into a big Excel spreadsheet which they then sell to the video game publishers who pay for their services. (They also perform this service for many other categories of products sold at retail.) Not all retailers participate, so NPD performs some guesswork to try to paint a complete picture for customers — but because it's based on data from the point of sale, it is by far the best data available. Since it's just a bunch of Excel columns and rows, you can quickly sort by revenue, by units sold, by platform, by the genre of game (though they're historically not great at correctly identifying video game genre), etc. etc. It's a great resource. I don't know exactly what it costs, but it's multiple tens of thousands of dollars for a year's subscription to the least expensive version of the reports; so really this is something intended for the publishers to buy. Occasionally they cough up a snippet of free data just to tease everyone. Comet Tuttle (talk) 19:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

What about download sales? Vimescarrot (talk) 07:55, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Never mind! Thanks though, I will check out that NPD data stuff... Chevymontecarlo 05:21, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

name of cartoonist on the tip of my tongue?

He's that guy, still working, I think, who does moderately crude illustrations in the style of potboiler 1930s adventure novels - often westerns - with strange non-sequitur captions - 'Jake really loved his German hermeneutics texts' - that sort of thing. Can anyone put me out of my misery please? Adambrowne666 (talk) 10:52, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Glen Baxter? Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:04, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Spot on! Thanks!Adambrowne666 (talk) 11:06, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

name of a movie

I want to know the name of a movie. On this movie a guy goes to jail. But bombs continue to explode in city. on some part they tell to him in prison something like "stop doing this", and I think that he says "I am im prison I am not doing those bombings". Sorry about the lack of info, but I only saw a comercial about this movie, a and more than 1 year ago. 201.78.181.139 (talk) 20:52, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Law Abiding Citizen? Everard Proudfoot (talk) 21:14, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes, the movie is that one.189.99.56.178 (talk) 02:26, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Who

Who is this person [8]?174.3.123.220 (talk) 22:36, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, guessing from the name of the photo, it's Patrick Kearney. DuncanHill (talk) 22:38, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

But not that Patrick Kearney, who's a serial killer and is locked up. In fact, not any Patrick Kearney at all, but Patrick Kerney. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 22:51, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

It's not my fault if he can't spell his own name! DuncanHill (talk) 22:55, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

May 22

Music: Why don't notes progress like this: A B C#, D#, F, G ? (or C, D E, F#, G#, A#)?

I've discovered something quite bizarre about music...

I've been researching why it *appears* that there's no E# and B#. And it seems that the explanation is that B# really is C and that E# really is F. And if you sit down and play all 12 semitones in an octave it plays intuitively and makes musical sense. So far so good.

However, looking at a stave or a keyboard, here's where things seem to go horribly wrong.
Looking at a piano, if we start on a 'C' which is a white key, and we ascend playing the white keys, we play C, D, E, which are all **two** semitones apart, but the next key, 'F', is not, so in fact the next logical key is F#, then G# and then A#.
When I in fact play the notes in that order (C, D, E, F#, G#, A#, C..) it sounds right to me.
And yet the conventional order (C, D, E, F..) also sounds right but this could be because it's now ingrained.

Can someone confirm or correct this? And if this is correct, is anyone aware of any movements to restructure musical nomenclature so that it's more 'correct'? Rfwoolf (talk) 00:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

What you have discovered is a whole tone scale. That set of pitches is not a "conventional" scale as per the traditional set of scale modes (ionian, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian, locrian). Instead, it is an altered scale. From an entirely scalar perspective, here is an attempt to explain the reason modes are the preferred method of organizing pitches. Part of the reason that not every interval is two semitones apart is that the single semitone allows for some degree of tension and resolution. For example, when playing an ionian (aka major) scale, the "ti" and "do" drive some degree of resolution. In the key of C major, (C D E F G A B C) there is a drive for resolution moving from B to C. That drive for resolution is what makes a major scale sound "normal." That is the reason some of the intervals are just a half-step (one semitone) while others are whole-steps (two semitones). The whole tone scalefudged which you speak of doesn't have that same sense of tension and resolution.

From a chord based perspective, an ionan (or other modal) scale creates a major chord (in tonic position), which is a stable chord. The whole tone scale, however, will create an augmented chord. This type of chord is far more unstable and doesn't sound nicely on the ears. On a related note, a diminished scale (which alternates half step, whole step, half step, whole step, etc.) lines up to create a fully diminished 7 chord, which is also extremely unstable and not pleasing to the ears.

As far as I am aware (and I am a musician of over a decade with very strong classical music theory training) there is no movement to speak of to change this musical nomenclature simply because the major scale and its modes are simply the most natural way to hear a set of pitches, where the whole tone scale doesn't quite sit nicely on the ears.

I'm afraid this may come off as rambly and unhelpful. Hopefully, I was able to answer your question. If not, I hope I was at least able to give you or another reference desk associate a starting point to work from. 99.53.113.16 (talk) 03:08, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Does the Janko keyboard count as a movement towards restructuring? It's rationally, symmetrically arranged without bias towards a particular scale. The top row goes A, B, C#, D#, F, G and the second row down (yes, the keyboard has rows) goes C, D, E, F#, G#, A#. Nothing to do with renaming the notes, though.81.131.69.118 (talk) 13:57, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Also, modern instruments are tuned to equal temperament. The problem is that harmonically, if you tune an insturment for perfect harmonics, 12 semitones doesn't equal a perfect octave; it's off by about a quarter tone. For instruments like the violin, this isn't a problem; you just play the note that fits harminically with what you are playing. For a piano, this is a BIG problem, since if you tuned the strings to play harmonically perfect in one key, it doesn't work in any other key. To make instruments playable, they have to be "tempered", that is the little differences between the harmonically perfect semitones and the octave has to fudged out somehow. Harmonically speaking, a B# is NOT identical to a C; it just works out that way in equal temperament. Older instruments were tuned to different tempering schemes such as meantone temperament, which was organized a bit differently. --Jayron32 04:06, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Slightly off-topic, and it certainly doesn't constitute a movement towards a new nomenclature, but the keyboard of a chromatic button accordion is arranged without the diatonic asymmetry of a standard piano keyboard layout. See also the article on diatonic and chromatic. (The composer Francis Lai had the keyboards of his electronic synthesizers laid out like a chromatic button accordion).

The unit cent somewhat ignores the tonal hierarchy dictated by Western nomenclature, but its main use is to compare different tuning systems, especially those outside Western tonality.

One movement that attempted to break through the standard tonal hierarchy was that of the dodecaphonists, but I am not aware of any changes of nomenclature within the twelve-tone movement either. They still used the same musical notation and nomenclature.

Finally, see also this archived question, somewhat related and linking some of the ideas and concepts mentioned by 99.53. ---Sluzzelin talk 08:24, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Identify this song

I have been trying to figure out the band that plays this song for years. The song is from the documentary Cracker Crazy: The Invisible History of The Sunshine State (http://www.nothingofficial.com/video/70660/Cracker-Crazy-The-Invisible-History-of-The-Sunshine-State). The song starts at exactly 40:21.

Can someone *please* figure out who made this song? The credits at the end say nothing, the web site says nothing. It's not from the "excerpts of the Florida folklife collection" as it states in the credits at the end of the movie. This song is obviously modern. Another song from the same band plays through the end credits but I am just trying to find out who these people are.

PLEASE help me find this band, it's been bothering me for a long time. And their songs are pretty amazing. PLEASE use all of your resources to help me!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.245.26.46 (talk) 06:54, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Maybe it's just me, but the video says it's disabled for embedding and the youtube frame is not the regular one with the menu button so I can't even get the direct youtube address from it. Do you have a youtube html for it? All I could find on youtube was the trailer for the movie, not the movie itself. TomorrowTime (talk) 07:35, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

When was this "Cracker Crazy" video made? I listened to the lyrics and put a few of the phrases into Google. Most of my searches turned up crap but this one yielded a single hit which was to this site. The page mentions a Brad Postlethwaite who is a member of Snowglobe. It says that those line belongs to a song on an album called Welcome to the Occupation. That's all I could come up with but I'm not even sure it's the same song that is being talked about. Dismas|^(talk) 07:52, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Got it! The song is called "Leaves" and it is on the album I mentioned, Welcome to the Occupation by Postlethwaite. Dismas|^(talk) 07:59, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you SO much! You have no idea how frustrating trying to find out who that guy was. I will also have to check out Snowglobe. As to the person who couldn't view the video, I'm not sure why that video isn't working for you. Please do check it out though because it's a great documentary. Thanks again!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.245.26.46 (talk) 14:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

You're most welcome. Glad I could help. Dismas|^(talk) 23:24, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Nas Untitled album sales :)

Hello everybody ! Maybe could someone edit a Nas (rapper) topic and tell what are the newest sales of his last album Untitled ? Thanks a lot, much love ") —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ernutis (talk • contribs) 08:40, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Chris Foss Asimov artwork

Do any of Chris Foss' artworks for Asimov books have any correlation with the plots of the books he's done the art for? I know that was a confusing sentence, but I was just wondering.--Editor510 ^{drop us a line, mate} 09:01, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

The Chris Foss article says "These images are suggestive of science fiction in general rather than depictions of specific scenes from books, and therefore can be—and have been—used interchangeably on book covers." I also read pretty much the same thing elsewhere, that Chris Foss' artwork was chosen by the publishers to attract the buying public, rather than having any correlation with plot elements. Astronaut (talk) 10:22, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Foss' artwork for Asimov's books almost never reflected the content, but an argument could be made for the Foundation series, which usually featured generic spaceships. However, I think anyone would be hard pressed to find a link between The Caves of Steel and Foss' mutant guitar thingy (one of my favourites). Steve ^T • C 23:58, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Nike Commercial

What are those new Nike shoes for men that as the commercial where they are showing girls in short leg clothing (such as mini skirts, short shorts, bikinis) in serving, cleaning a house, etc., while they are dancing? The song is playing through out and is the only audio. At the end, a man walks by a girl on the beach and a narrator says "Also available for men" or something like that. This is for Nike. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.3.123.220 (talk) 09:51, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Complete guess - Nike Air? (I fixed your link) Chevymontecarlo 19:56, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

The New Pornographers

At a TNP gig in Berlin, the lineup included 2 women - one was Kathryn Calder, but the other wasn't Neko Case - any clues who this might be? She was on backup vocals and tambourine duties for the most part. Who is she? Aaadddaaammm (talk) 09:57, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

True Blood closing credits music

Resolved

What was the blues song playing with the closing credits to last week's finale of True Blood in the UK? I'm almost certain I heard the same song in a music programme (probably on Sky Arts) within the past few weeks, so it sounded really familiar and I'm thinking perhaps it was by B.B. King or another well known blues artist. Astronaut (talk) 10:35, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

If it was the season 2 finale Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (True Blood) then it is a Bob Dylan song of the same name apparently. meltBanana 12:02, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes, that's it. No wonder it sounded familiar, I was playing theTogether Through Life album in the car recently. Astronaut (talk) 18:42, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Sci-Fi movie help

Require help in identifying a film about a dystopian future where there is no vegetation, and there is a very poor quality of life, and every man and woman has a device plugged in their hand that “told them how many years, months, days and even hours and minutes they have left until they die. When the counter reachs zero, they REALLY die. Another particularity about this film is the fact that the society uses time (lifetime) as a currency. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.102.43.237 (talk) 14:33, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Logan's Run comes to mind but doesn't sound quite right. I know I've seen it though. Dismas|^(talk) 15:47, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Doesn't ring a bell, but take a look at Category:Dystopian films and see if it's in there. Astronaut (talk) 18:45, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Logan's Run involves devices in the hand that tell you how long you have to live, but beyond that it doesn't fit (you can't trade life and the quality of life is very high and kept so by not letting anyone get old so the population is kept low). I don't recognise the description. --Tango (talk) 21:31, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

No Blade of Grass? Everard Proudfoot (talk) 21:07, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, but it's neither of the above mentioned titles; and i've gone through the entire list of dystopian films on wikipedia, and none of them match. Maybe this might help: The main scene I remember was this guy in a casino, and he’s freaking out b/c he’s losing, and he tries to buy a drink from a hostess, but when she swipes his device, it doesn’t go through. She says “this one’s on the house….you’re dead”, and the guy drops dead. There’s this other guy in the movie who’s mother ran a store, and she never checked how many credits she had, and she was always helping people out. When he finally made her check, they realized that she only had a few weeks to live, so he sets off on this journey to find some forbidden city where there are some people who can give him permission to give his credits to his mother. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.102.43.237 (talk) 10:38, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

early video games

What was the Outer Space video game that was built into a coffee table in a darkened lounge? I feel positive that this was in the mid-to-late 60's. It was the first game I had ever seen. Please help me find out what it is. I read the History of Video games and that does not help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.218.24.90 (talk) 18:38, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

A number of early video games were available in a table cabinet, with the screen under a glass table top and the controls in a slot under the table. I played several in pubs in the late 70's and early 80's, including Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Defender and Asteroids. If none of those help, maybe the timeline of video arcade game history will point you in the right direction. Astronaut (talk) 18:55, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

This style of arcade machine was called a cocktail table. While games (such as Atari's Warlords) that featured a cocktail mode have this detailed in their infobox, there doesn't seem to be a specific category of cocktail mode games that I can point you to. On the off chance that you're thinking of Space Wars, it seems it was only available in the normal upright form factor. -- Finlay McWalter • Talk 19:01, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

May 23

Beatles songs without Beatles playing, or only one playing

I want to make a complete list of all Beatles songs in which either:

a) none of the Beatles plays an instrument, or

b) only one plays an instrument AND that one is also the lead singer.

By "Beatles songs" I mean the official non-solo Beatle releases from 1962-1970, and no bootlegs or concerts or radio shows or "Anthology" material, etc.

I doubt if the list would be longer than twenty songs, so I thought perhaps the whole thing could be compiled right here by contributors to the ref desk.

Examples would include "Yesterday" (Paul sings and plays guitar; no other Beatle plays an instrument, but studio musicians appear) or "Julia" (John sings and plays guitar and no one else appears at all) or "The Inner Light" (George sings the main vocal but Paul/John sing harmony, in this case briefly; I can't remember if George plays an instrument, but the others definitely don't) or "She's Leaving Home" (Paul sings the lead, John and maybe George sing back-up, no Beatle plays an instrument). Examples would NOT include, e.g., "Ballad of John and Yoko" (both John and Paul play instruments though the other two do not).

I'll start: Yesterday, Julia, The Inner Light, She's Leaving Home, Within You Without You, Eleanor Rigby, Wild Honey Pie, Why Don't We Do It In The Road. 63.17.50.130 (talk) 01:38, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Many of the white album songs qualify. Also some from their other later works. The one called Your Majesty comes to mind. I think there's a book, maybe by Mark Lewisohn, that has detailed session notes that might provide that info comprehensively. Also, what about early stuff where Pete Best was the session drummer instead of Ringo? Does that count? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:18, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Actually, its more likely that the later material would fit the OPs requirements. The early material was pretty much recorded by the band together; Please Please Me was recorded in a single day, and the band played live together. In most of the last half of their career, the songs were pretty much Paul or John or George solo songs with the other Beatles, along with others, acting as session musicians. Additionally, other than the Tony Sheridan backing band stuff, Pete Best didn't really record on any of the official Beatles releases. Between the firing of Pete Best and the arrival of Ringo Starr, a few songs were recorded with Andy White on drums as a stop-gap; they had to use their studio time and Ringo, who had been hired, couldn't get down in time from Liverpool where he had been playing with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes or some such. Also, they played about half a dozen live dates in Australia with Jimmy Nichol on drums as Ringo had the flu. --Jayron32 03:55, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, Jayron. Andy White appeared on one or at most two songs in September 1962 because George Martin was unhappy with Ringo's playing; Ringo was there at the time (having joined the band in August). But, just so this doesn't get confusing: I am NOT referring to cases where someone else played with the Beatles, except when that fits the two conditions above (no Beatle plays an instrument, or exactly one Beatle plays an instrument AND is the lead singer). 63.17.51.102 (talk) 04:03, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Did any Beatle play on Good Night? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 04:53, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

So far we have Yesterday, Julia, The Inner Light, She's Leaving Home, Within You Without You, Eleanor Rigby, Wild Honey Pie, Why Don't We Do It In The Road, Her Majesty, and Good Night. I'll add Love You To, which makes eleven. Anybody? 63.17.51.222 (talk) 06:54, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Blackbird seems to fit the criteria. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 08:56, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Aside from the Mark Lewisohn book already mentioned, "Revolution in the Head" by Ian MacDonald also has personnel info. Another one is "Mother Nature's Son", since Paul is apparently also playing the drums there. "Why Don't We Do It In The Road" has Ringo on drums though. How about Revolution 9? (Unless contributing tape loops counts as "playing an instrument".) What about the instrumental songs on Yellow Submarine? Those are "Beatles songs" in the sense that they are on an official Beatles album, but the Beatles themselves had nothing to do with them. Adam Bishop (talk) 13:19, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Steelgod

In the Emerald Sword Saga by Rhapsody of Fire, what is a steelgod? NeonMerlin 07:11, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Moi, ma cheval, ma campagne??

When me and Wanda were in France about six months ago, there was a song on the radio in french, the words of which were something like this: "Moi, ma cheval, et ma campagne"? I think that's it. It might not be "campagne", but definately it was something like that - perhaps me, my horse and my country / the countryside"? Does anyone know what this song is? Many thanks Artie&Wanda (talk) 19:36, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Shouldn't it be mon cheval? 24.189.90.68 (talk) 19:38, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

I googled the lyrics in both English and French Google, and they keep turning up results for a country-western song called Mon Cheval est Mors (My Horse is Dead) by a French Canadian singer named Paul Brunelle, but it does not contain the lyrics you mentioned. 24.189.90.68 (talk) 19:51, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

You have no idea how happy it makes me to know that there's a French-Canadian country and western song called Mon Cheval est Mors. I just hope the horse ran off with the singer's wife before it died, that would be perfect :) DuncanHill (talk) 19:58, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

That would indeed be badass if that happened, but the guy just keeps lamenting his horse's death in the song. 24.189.90.68 (talk) 21:39, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Something wrong with my NFS Carbon game

I'm playing my Need For Speed: Carbon game on my computer, but when I started playing, all the cars lost all of their textures and skins, including traffic and police cars. So basically, every car that I see is pretty much a black, moving silhouette. Furthermore, the menu repeatedly puts up the message "Can't connect to EA Nation!". What's wrong here and how can I fix it?

Also, what does the term "cracking the game" mean? 64.75.158.194 (talk) 21:53, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Software cracking; basically 'sneaking' past the game's protection. HalfShadow 22:04, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

May 24

Touhoumon

Where can I download the most recent English version of Touhoumon? --70.129.186.243 (talk) 01:35, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

What is this public domain song

[9] I've heard this song mostly from Xenosaga, the PS2 game, so I gave a youtube link with it. I've heard it's in the public domain and I know it's been in several movies, on SNL, and on South Park. Anyone know what it's originally from, or at least what it's really called. In Xenosaga, they call it the Song of Nephilim, but surely it normally goes by a different name. Thanks!  ?EVAUNIT^{神になった人間} 01:53, 24 May 2010 (UTC)