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January 15

Can anybody think of an album cover (preferrably classic hard rock/heavy metal, but anything will do) that prominently features a Marshall amp (prominently enough that the white Marshall logo can still be read at 480x480 resolution)? I've been going through tons of album covers of bands whose guitarists are notorious Marshall users and searched Google images with every variation on "Marshall amp album cover" I could think of, but came up empty...I can't believe this has never been done. Thanks in advance, Ferkelparade π 02:55, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's a special limited edition boxed CDs and DVDs of Spinal Tap where the cover is a mock-up marshall amp head. Do a google search for "Spinal Tap Boxed Set" and you'll see plenty. The amp, of course, goes to eleven. --Jayron32 03:27, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There was an album that resembled this I believe released by a band called Valume Nob. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.218.50.226 (talk) 14:19, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Initially, I thought of Electric Warrior, except that you can't even see what kind of amp it is! There's something in the back of my mind about a Who album that uses a similar idea, but I'm likely getting confused with something.

Possibly of note are Sunn O))), who take their name from Sunn amplifiers?--Roydisco (talk) 16:09, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The one on Electric Warrior is a Vampower apparently. meltBanana 18:38, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've been working on a reconstruction of "Kool Thing" using analog drums & VST instruments in MAGIX Music Maker, and I want to use Silver -- Magix's TB303 emulator -- for the guitar solo. Unfortunately, my inability to read guitar tabs and my confusion of which key the song is actually in, as well as my inability to reconstruct the bassline to go with it, have made this a rather daunting task. If anyone can get me the sequence for the solo, I can at the very least reverse-engineer the song from there. Thank you for the assistance! DJRaveN4x (talk) 08:49, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you know the tuning of the guitars and the tab, you should be able to work out all of the notes. Guitars are chromatically tuned on each string (each fret is a semitone apart) so as long as you know the tuning of the open strings, the tabs tell you which fret is being played there. For example, in standard tuning, a "3" on the 6th (low E) string would be a "G". The only issue with tabs is that they lack Rhythm notation, but if you listen to the original, you can usually pick that up. If you don't have the tab, it could be difficult. Actually, knowing what I know about Sonic Youth's stuff, even writing a tab could be difficult. They used some pretty odd tunings and played some fairly out-there stuff, often times completely outside of standard keys or even notes. --Jayron32 16:23, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

[after edit conflict]If you have the guitar tab of the solo, you could try the 8notes tab converter - I haven't used it much as I generally play directly from tabs (can't really read notes), but from a couple experiments with various guitar tabs, it seems to work quite ok. You probably need to clean up the resulting MIDI file a bit because the converter rarely gets the rhythm correct, but that should be a minor problem -- Ferkelparade π 16:26, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Heather Langenkamp was only 19 years old when she made this film. Yet, she played the role of Mrs. Cade, the mother of Johnny Cade (Ralph Macchio). I believe that Ralph Macchio's character was that of a 16-year-old (or so). Does anyone know if this information is accurate? Even with extensive make-up and even though it's only a bit part, I can hardly believe that Francis Ford Coppola would cast a 19-year-old as the mother of a 16-year-old. Does anyone have any further information on this? Am I mistaken about any of these facts? Or is there an error in the article? Thanks. (Joseph Spadaro (talk) 17:11, 15 January 2010 (UTC))[reply]

Well, according to Langenkamp's IMDb page, those scenes with her in them were cut out of the final film. This jives with the film's page there as well. So, it's possible that Coppola realized that she didn't look the part and also realized that her scenes weren't necessary to the film and cut her out. Dismas|^(talk) 17:19, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yeah ... perhaps. But wouldn't you (i.e., Coppola -- or anyone with half a brain, for that matter) notice this discrepancy before making the film, not after? This seems very odd to me. There are millions of actors out there looking for work ... and they find a 19-year-old to play the role of a 40-year-old? The only thing that I can really think of is that the characters were from the "bad side of town" (sort of the "white trash" / poverty type) ... possibly implying that the "mom" (Langenkamp) had her baby probably when she was very young herself ... let's say, age 14 or 15 or 16 (or so). So, in that case, a 16-year-old (like Ralph Macchio's character) could theoretically have a 30-year-old mother or so. Still, seems a stretch ... (Joseph Spadaro (talk) 17:26, 15 January 2010 (UTC))[reply]

In a similar vein, in The Graduate, Benjamin has a long affair with Mrs. Robinson, the wife of one of his father's business partners, who was presumably about as old as his own mother. Benjamin is supposed to be a recent college graduate, so early 20's-ish. In reality, Dustin Hoffman was 30 and Anne Bancroft was 36 when the film was made; that sort of age difference generally doesn't even raise an eyebrow, even back then. --Jayron32 18:33, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dismas, your word choice doesn't jibe with your intent - and that's no jive. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:42, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Of course Heather Langenkamp did not play Ralph Macchio's mother. Apparently the "Mrs. Cade" description was added to our article by some anon a couple of months ago. Don't believe everything you read on Wikipedia. Fan sites of The Outsiders say that she played a bit part as a girl at the drive-in. I don't know if that's true but it does have the benefit of being believable, as opposed to our article. —Kevin Myers 06:28, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Kevin Myers. What you say does indeed make sense ... that Langenkamp played a teenage girl at the drive-in movie ... and that the Wikipedia article contained an error in crediting her as the mother, Mrs. Cade. Thanks! (Joseph Spadaro (talk) 17:47, 16 January 2010 (UTC))[reply]

You're welcome. As far as I can tell from a brief web search, Langenkamp's part apparently did not make the longer director's cut released in 2005, but I haven't seen it. —Kevin Myers 09:27, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In addition the actresses Helen Worth ( born 7 January 1951 ) and Sue Nicholls ( born 23 November 1943 ) were cast as daughter and mother respectively in Coronation Street ( Grenada Television ), with an age difference of just over seven years. The back story is that Audrey Roberts gave birth to her daughter Gail as a teenager. Helen Worth, also a veteran of Doctor Who, does look young for her age, and this has kept millions of British Commonwealth and American viewers convinced for just over thirty years, since Nicholls joined the cast. On The Family Guy, we have Seth McFarlane, born in 1973, and Alex Borstein ( 1971 ) playing Dad and mum to both Seth Green ( b. 1974) and Mila Kunis ( b. 1983 ), but I guess it is easier with just voices. I recall an interview on a documentary show back in the eighties with a lady French film director, describing Hollywood as the " Capital of Lies ", and this is true also when one considers Malcolm in the Middle, and a number of other shows and movies showing older actors playing younger brothers. This occurs in Everybody Loves Raymond, Defiance, and 2½ Men as well. Obviously some of this is more convincing than what was described with respect to the Outsiders. Certainly Daniel Craig looks a lot older than Liev Schreiber, who is in fact five months older. I guess we have to accept on so many levels that films and such are all make believe. If they can make you believe it, then that is most of the battle. The rest of it is making a profit. --The Russian Christopher Lilly 08:20, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And let's not forget Bea Arthur and Estelle Getty in Golden Girls! --153.1.13.184 (talk) 12:10, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And let's also not forget The Manchurian Candidate, where Angela Lansbury plays the mother of Laurence Harvey, who was only 3 years younger. Staecker (talk) 15:19, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I see from our Winter Olympics articles that they have all been in the Northern hemisphere. Have any southern hemisphere countries ever bid for it? Would the timing move by 6 months if they got it? -- SGBailey (talk) 17:31, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There are no Southern Hemisphere bids on our page at Bids for Olympic Games#Winter Olympics bids, as for you second question - I don't know. Nanonic (talk) 17:55, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There aren't many places in the southern hemisphere that really get cold enough to hold a winter olympics. South Africa has a climate moderated by the oceans, and I don't think they get much snow. Australia and Tasmania have some areas (in the mountains) that regularily get snow, so that could work. You could probably also hold them in the Andes, but that's about it (assuming you don't want to set up in Antarctica). THere's really only a few viable options in the Southern hemishpere, while there are lots of good places in Europe, North America, and Northern Asia.

I also imagine that, for this same reason, there is less of a tradition of winter games in the Southern hemisphere. It's probably easier to fill up a hockey stadium in Canada than in Argentina. Buddy431 (talk) 18:48, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New Zealand would be a decent possibility, but I don't think there are any sizable cities in the mountain areas that could house the extra tens of thousands of people, so even if it did make a bid, it would not have much chance of winning. Googlemeister (talk) 19:01, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They would most likely have to hold it in July or August, and that could hurt the TV ratings. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:04, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Summer Olympics are often held in July and August, so I don't think that's too big of an issue. Buddy431 (talk) 19:32, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Only because there might not be that much interest in winter sports in the summer. And it would probably wreak havoc with the competitors' normal annual training schedules. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:30, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

With the amount of tourism and events already in the Queenstown region, I'd say that that area would be quite well prepared to be the centre of the mountain based events (alpine skiing, snowboarding, bob sleigh etc.). Whistler, BC isn't a very big place either. I think what prevents NZ from holding the games would be the lack of snow in other areas where cross-country events (skiing, biathlon) could be held, and the lack of indoor arenas with a surface big enough for ice hockeyorice skating./Coffeeshivers (talk) 22:32, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Indoor arenas are frequently built just for the Games but even B.C. seems to be worried about having enough snow for some events: [1] 75.41.110.200 (talk) 23:32, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NZ has plenty of snow for cross country skiing etc. Wanaka, near Queenstown, offers Snow Farm, which is quite well regarded by skiers. (eg. [2]) There are also plenty of ski fields. What NZ lacks are the arenas, as noted, plus the infrastructure of stadiums, villages, luges and so forth. They could be built, theoretically, but the costs are far beyond any NZ budget. NZ is stretching itself to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup because it loves rugby; the winter olympics are far beyond its capabilities, and not likely going to be an ambition any time soon, given NZ has only won one winter olympic medal EVER. But if some mega-rich winter olympic-loving philanthropist fancied bankrolling NZ, it could be done.Gwinva (talk) 05:15, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Portillo, Chile is a well-known ski resort. I don't know if they've ever bid for the Olympics, though. Woogee (talk) 00:37, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As has already been stated, South Africa is probably too warm for an event like the Winter Olympics, though it does have Tiffindell Ski Resort. I can think of three possible southern hemisphere locations, the Southern Alps in New Zealand, the Snowy Mountains in Australia and the Andes in South America. Of these, the chilean resort of Valle Nevado is the only one I have visited. Despite being popular and considered the most modern in South America, I thought the facilities quite limited when compared to European or North American resorts. With just 8 ski lifts, limited accommodation and one access road (a long, narrow and very twisty road rising from ~600 m in Santiago to 2800 m), I doubt it would be able to host the Winter Olympics any time soon. Anyway, for more information take a look at Category:Ski areas and resorts by country and pick out some appropriate articles. As for when the Winter Olympics might be held if in the southern hemisphere, this graph for an australian resort suggests the best snow might occur around August or September. Astronaut (talk) 17:01, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

the names of most local TV stations in the US begin with either W or K. How did the trend start. Do those alphabets actually mean anything? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.35.225.230 (talk) 21:36, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See Callsigns in North America, which explains "Generally, call signs begin with K west of the Mississippi River, and W to the east." (although there are exceptions). -- Finlay McWalter • Talk 21:40, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is already the second time this subject has come up here in the new year. Here's the earlier thread, which was about radio, but the same rules apply to TV. --Anonymous, 00:16 UTC, January 16, 2010.

January 16

Would anyone please confirm if there is a Educational TV broadcast in Singapore? I saw that on Prime 12 (now known as Suria) around August 1999 when my family went to Johor Bahru for school holidays. I also wondering if that broadcast still exist because this is a thought that I have been looking for since I was a small boy! Khairul hazim 01:55, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

whats the song that starts at the very beggining before the song that starts in the middle into this vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZRERStcsMQ

?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.246.254.35 (talk) 02:27, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is the song "Out The Way - Hollywood Undead" the one you are looking for? I hope this helps. JW..[ T..C ] 06:40, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

no its not —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.246.254.35 (talk) 08:52, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying and failing to find a complete list of Pavarotti's onstage opera performances (ie missing out arenas, galas etc). Any help? Specifically, I'm trying to find out how many times he appeared onstage in Turandot almost-instinct 12:31, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

January 17

Who can list the song well known people the name? YouTube Get Stupid--58.152.238.201 (talk) 05:39, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't quite understand. Are you asking us to identify the various news clips that appear in the video? For example, I saw Hitler in there somewhere. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:50, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A helpful guide to identifying the people: it's all evil guys in the first half, like Hitler, Mugabe, and John McCain, and all saints in the second half, like Obama, Gandhi ... and Michael Moore. That Madonna, she sure is deep! —Kevin Myers 09:36, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If it's available anywhere, I liked better the Weird Al Yankovich video, "Dare to Be Stupid". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:58, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

where can i find tank abbott's book? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.246.254.35 (talk) 08:51, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find any mention of it actually being published. Are you certain that it's out yet? Dismas|^(talk) 10:11, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In episode 14 of the aniem Air Master, there was a moment where after Kai hit her finishing move on Maki, there was a heartbeat sound when Maki was looking up and then she collapsed. Then Kaori went back into the ring and punched Maki, and then Maki was then awake. Did Maki suffer a near-death experience from Kai, finishing move or was she knocked out? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirdrink13309622 (talk • contribs) 11:31, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

January 18

I understand this was years ago, but where are the official videos from the Adam Chu Dance Crew? How was the voting done? Where are all the auditions to be IN the AC/DC? Where is the official version of this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v04zFuNo8ek ? Jon M Chu's youtube channel has very limited info, were the videos taken down? Any info regarding this will be greatly appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.85.151.159 (talk) 00:22, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am looking for recommendations for good TV series from all around the world, *NOT* USA or UK (have already seen many of theirs) and not necessarily in English, from any decade. In particular I would like information about a) comedy sitcoms and b) dramas/thrillers that people have seen and enjoyed and could recommend to try out. Thanks for any info./tips, --AlexSuricata (talk) 01:05, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What about Canada? Would the English Canadian shows be too close to American or British for you? If not, then some recent good ones are Da Vinci's Inquest, This is Wonderland, and Corner Gas. Maybe you'd think they are just Canadian versions of CSI, Law and Order, and any random American sitcom...and maybe they are, but I think they are a lot better (like, Da Vinci's Inquest seems more believable than CSI, to me anyway). Sometimes Canadian shows are exciting because they are filmed in Toronto and wow, they go to places I go to. Is Flashpoint really a good show or I am just excited that they filmed an episode at Canada's Wonderland? Anyway, what about French Canadian shows? I'd have to think harder about that, but one that springs to mind is Dans une galaxie près de chez vous, which is a really bizarre Star Trek-satire-type-thing. Adam Bishop (talk) 02:56, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

From Germany, you could try Das Boot, Heimat and Berlin Alexanderplatz, all of which are long episodic dramas originally intended for cinema release but which have also been shown as TV mini-series. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 11:00, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Decalogue.--droptone (talk) 13:58, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Up Series? (After each episode, they wait 7 years, so this is probably the longest-running "series" ever.) Comet Tuttle (talk) 19:02, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My husband speaks very highly of Spiral (Engrenages in the original French); two series are now available on DVD, I believe. And I can recommend the Swedish Mankell's Wallander TV film series, particularly the second series of films starring Krister Henriksson as Wallander. Karenjc 13:47, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can second the above mentioned Wallander as worth watching. Astronaut (talk) 09:38, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mahabharat, Monkey, The Water Margin, all of which have been dubbed into English. --Dweller (talk) 14:35, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Der Bulle von Tölz and Il commissario Montalbano (based on Andrea Camilleri's Salvo Montalbano books). ---Sluzzelin talk 15:20, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Edel und Starck and if you like kid series, try Bernd das Brot, too. 130.79.160.112 (talk) 14:03, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I watched 9 last night, and I had no clue why all the reviews were complaining about the story. I mean there were a few issues (How did the Scientist survive the chemical weapons?) but none of the reviews mentioned that. What was everybody's huge problem with the movie? Library Seraph (talk) 01:13, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the puppets were around when the chemical weapons were deployed, so the scientist had given up his life before all that. Now, I will give my opinion as a sample of what "everbody's huge problem" was (see also 9 (2009 film)#Critical). Personally, the whole idea of the souls being sent up to the clouds to make rain seemed kind of silly to me. My sister's objection was that the characters all seemed pretty flat and undeveloped. Otherwise, while the concept was intriguing, the movie was pretty short and the plot and action were pretty straightforward and unsuprising. —Akrabbim^talk 01:35, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't notice any of that- perhaps it's just a matter of personal taste. Thank you for your insights and I'm sorry it took me so long to reply, it's exams right now :( Library Seraph (talk) 15:56, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well I've seen the show, but I can't remember who was the one who presented the award in the category Best Series Drama (Tom Hanks?). Thanks in advance for your help, --César (talk) 13:09, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ifthis liveblog from New Zealand is to be trusted, Amy Poehler and Zachary Levi presented the award for『Best Television Series — Drama』to Mad Men. At 3:37 PM. Comet Tuttle (talk) 20:42, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I did see Monty Python's The Meaning of Life a couple of days ago, and in the movie there are a certain elevator music/background music, which I am curious of what it is. In a youtube-cut you can hear a couple of seconds of the track (about 2:20 in into the snip): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkQhAVFxDFk&feature=related

If you have access to the film (some versions of it at least) there is a place where a longer part of the track is played, viz. when the middle age-couple is in the hotel room, and the lady is emptying her purse. Someone here knows who made this track, and what it is called? //94.255.226.57 (talk) 14:40, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have the disc on hand to check the credits, but this type of unrecognizable background music is usually part of a film's score, composed specifically for the film. The soundtrack page on IMDB doesn't call it out as a credited piece, which pretty much confirms this. Bloody Catholics, filling up the bloody world full of bloody people they can't afford to bloody feed. Comet Tuttle (talk) 16:27, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Monty Python made extensive use of the "public domain" collection of records in the BBC studios. It is highly likely that they needed elevator music and just went to the elevator music section of the library and grabbed a record. -- kainaw™ 16:37, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kainaw's answer is more specific and therefore superior to mine. Comet Tuttle (talk) 18:59, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okey! The thing is that I think I recognize it from somewhere, and now I sort of got an answer! But it would still be nice to get hold of the music. Well, thank you very much for your help! //94.255.226.57 (talk) 23:01, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You most likely did hear it multiple times if you watched anything produced at the BBC. I find it very weird when I hear the trumpets of the King Arthur music from the Holy Grail used in other BBC shows. -- kainaw™ 23:05, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Don't get me started about how much I was surprised when I heard this song "out of context". TomorrowTime (talk) 23:50, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was looking at a webpage a few weeks ago and I can't find it at all now, no matter what I Google. It consisted of some guy going through and reviewing all 63 songs eligible for an Oscar nomination for best song. I'm pretty sure that the article was split across 4 pages. I know that it featured samples from some of the songs. There may have even been a few whole songs included. If anyone can help, it would be great. Thanks. Santa Claus of the Future (talk) 14:51, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Check your history, unless you have your browser set to automatically delete the contents of your history or you visited the website on a different computer. That should list it in thereChevymontecarlo (talk) 16:50, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Found it after more googling. (My history had been cleared.) Santa Claus of the Future (talk) 20:33, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Who are the two comics shown [3] ? Kittybrewster ☎ 19:24, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, you mean comedians? I was looking for comic strips to show up and was a bit confused when there were none :) That said, I don't know the answer, just clearing up for other people who might know. TomorrowTime (talk) 20:35, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stan Laurel and maybe Ben Turpin. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:20, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The film appears to be Hustling for Health. [4] I can't say who the other players are. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:51, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

From the IMDb comments ("when loaded down with boxes or pulling a wagon"), that seems right, in which case, the second comedian is apparently Frank Terry, who also directed (not Turpin this tine time). Clarityfiend (talk) 04:46, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It was one of Stan's oily works. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:43, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Don't you mean non-Ollie?Clarityfiend (talk) 05:18, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oily as in "The Oily Boid Catches the Woim". In regard to your note, Oliver Hardy sometimes worked gratis in his early years, hence the expression, "Ollie-Ollie-in-free". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:00, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's this woman who sings Bob Marley and the Beatles songs in a slow, sort of lounge-y way, but I can't remember her name. Anyone know who she is? Hehe, I'm sorry I couldn't narrow this down further!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.240.130.75 (talk) 23:55, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tori Amos has done slowed-down, loungey versions of songs such as Smells Like Teen Spirit - I wonder if it's her? --TammyMoet (talk) 09:47, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly Barb Jungr. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 10:09, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

January 19

Is there a way to get discount Broadway tickets? I'm planning for West Side Story, April 1-3. I found some good discounts but they expire March 21. Bubba73 ^{(Who's attacking me now?)}, 04:49, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

When I went to New York, I told the concierge at our hotel what we wanted to see a good two months before we got there. I called her back a couple times to ensure she knew I was serious. When we arrived, she had tickets for two of the three shows we wanted to see at half the price we would have paid if we got the tickets from the theater. I also found that the less popular shows have dirt cheap tickets for sale at a booth on Broadway. We really opted to go see David Letterman instead of another Broadway show - and we visited Rupert. His shop is much smaller than it appears on television. -- kainaw™ 06:47, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That is a good idea. We haven't gotten a hotel yet (and there are some hotel/ticket combos). Bubba73 ^{(Who's attacking me now?)}, 07:29, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This won't directly help you, but Chicago has something called "Hot Tix" which sells discounted tickets for Chicago stage plays. I wonder if New York has something similar? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:31, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There are several discount TKTS booths in New York City. See http://www.tdf.org/TDF_ServicePage.aspx?id=56 67.51.38.51 (talk) 17:12, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but that only has tickets the day of the performance (or the day before for matinees). We have a specific show we want to see so we can't take a chance on getting a ticket once we get there. Bubba73 ^{(Who's attacking me now?)}, 17:19, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Which player holds the record for the most points scored for Ireland in a match against Wales —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.47.130.225 (talk) 09:51, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

According to this site, David Humphreys, 22 points in the 54-10 win over Wales at Lansdowne Road, Dublin on 3 February 2002. Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:37, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, spent some time researching the window between then and now to verify and believe this record still stands. Thanks again —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chacal8 (talk • contribs) 09:45, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have reached the level where ghostfreak appears and gets into a wolf, then it starts attacking me .No matter how much i beat it it doesn't even get a scratch . How to kill it ? They show to click some rings but how? Please if anyone knows tell me . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.163.37.29 (talk) 17:01, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GameFAQs has a search bar. Type the name of your game in, click the result, click on the link for FAQ's. It'll normally be full of complete guides, unless you've got a truly awful or incredibly ancient game. Vimescarrot (talk) 18:37, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While useful in most cases, in this case GameFAQs had no reviews or walkthroughs. How odd. Gamewinners has none either. in fact, my quick search on Google finds no walkthroughs at all. I don't know anything about the game, so I'm not sure why that would be. Vimescarrot (talk) 18:41, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I asked my six-year-old son, who has completed this game. This is what he said: go Wildvine and pull down the rings. This causes the area around Ghostfreak to light up and then you can defeat him. This goes on for three rounds. I pass this information on for what it is worth. Once you've done that you fall into a basement and then you have this puzzle where you have to move statues around and change the direction of the light. If you can't work that out, get back to me and I will ask my son for more help. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 06:27, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Youngest Ref Desk contributor ever? Vimescarrot (talk) 07:53, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Man! When I was six I had to program my own games of hangman on a Commodore in BASIC! Adam Bishop (talk) 08:58, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was pretty stoked when I saw that question and realized that I couldn't answer it but I knew he would be able to. Watch out for him on the maths, humanities and science desks soon – maybe I should open an account for him :) --Richardrj ^{talk email} 09:23, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As "Son of Richardrj"? Or maybe you're about to cease being a person in your own right and are about to become "Father of <whatever his name is>". Ah, the joys of parenthood. :) -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 12:49, 20 January 2010 (UTC) [reply]

User:Richardrjjr is still up for grabs. AlmostReadytoFly (talk) 15:14, 21 January 2010 (UTC) [reply]

200X TV film, A mental policeman serial killer tried to murder a redhead prostitute in a lonely desert of Arizona or Utah. She was fully nude. Her female friend report she is missing and suspects him but nobody believes her. A religious hunter and it's found her but she is so stressed can't speak. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.250.177.6 (talk) 20:32, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

January 20

I've never really done gaming online. That was all supposed to change with the purchase of an Xbox 360. I've set everything up, played hours of games, connected it to the Internet, and set up an Xbox Live account. But one thing boggles my mind; every time I search for people online, I find no one.

Which leaves me to this question that I'm unsure about; can you play over Xbox Live with people you don't know? Can it not go "here's seven random people you don't know; Survivors or Infected?" Several people I've asked say yes, but not with experience, and my multiple (but not a great many) attempts say no. What's the word?--The Ninth Bright Shiner 02:52, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, certainly. The frequency of random opponents appearing to play against you depends entirely on the game you are choosing to play. If you're trying to find a matchup while playing one of the older Xbox Live Arcade games, for example, you could wait multiple hours without a single hit; whereas if you choose Modern Warfare 2orHalo 3 then you'll find matches right away, against random people you don't have to know. Comet Tuttle (talk) 05:35, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming you are playing Left 4 Dead 2 (as your pipe suggests) you shouldn't have any problem either. I would suggest verifying that you actually have a connection to the internet through your xbox (try accessing something else online that proves it), and then contacting Microsoft Xbox Live customer support. —Akrabbim^talk 13:33, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi.Anybody knows How to convert Black & white movie to colour format movie ??? Please let me know the site i can download free sofware.Thanks Said Nazar —Preceding unsigned comment added by Said Nazar (talk • contribs) 08:55, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can't. But see film colorization and colour recovery.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 10:42, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think Said means to convert the file format of a digital movie which is encoded in B&W to a color encoding (without changing anything about how it looks when you play it). And I don't know how. Staecker (talk) 13:36, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Back in the 1960s in the UK you could get a "convertor" for b/w televisions which consisted of a transparent screen that you put in front of your TV. It had, I think, a blue tint at the top, merging to a green tint in the middle, and, a red/brown tint at the bottom. I've no idea what they were called or whether you can pick them up on eBay, but that might be your best bet.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 10:42, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Out of curiosity, Shantavira, what was the purpose of this screen? To see black and white movies that are tinted blue, green, and red at the top, middle, and bottom? I don't understand that at all. If they were widespread there ought to be a Wikipedia article about them. Comet Tuttle (talk) 18:25, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I assume it was like the ones here in the U.S. at the time. There was two parts. One went between the antenna and TV. It saturated the B&W signal with color brightness for Red, then Green, then Blue on each frame of video (from black bar to black bar). In front of the TV, a color wheel spun in sync with the converter on the back. When the red saturation was showing, a red disk was in front of the TV. When the blue saturation was showing, a blue disk was in front of the TV. The same for green. The result was a slightly blurry color picture off a B&W television. -- kainaw™ 18:31, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also see Homemade Color Converters. Pepso2 (talk) 19:19, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is not, as far as I know a "Black and white" format for digitally encoded movies. If your movie is in B&W then it's probably got the red, green and blue pixel values all set the same, which make it look black-and-white. There is no way to recover the colour information. DJ Clayworth (talk) 23:20, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vaguely related, check out the article on Technicolor, which uses (or used) black and white film and color filters to simulate color filming. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:10, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I just saw that Big City Rock, a band I really like had personnel changes. But I am still pretty confused. I would like to know which people were in the band when they released their full album, (the most recent one with ten songs on it). Also, does this mean Big City Rock is done and the Remainders are just a name change? It's just a bit strange to me because I really liked them and don't know who is where now. 134.126.192.188 (talk) 18:03, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As for who was in the band when the album was released, the B&N page for the album lists credits if you click the "Details and Credits" tab:

Performance Credits
Big City Rock          Primary Artist
Nate Bott              Guitar, Vocals
Frank Staniszewski     Keyboards, Vocals
Timothy Resudek        Bass
Kaumyar                Drums

This isn't a complete guarantee, of course; they could have left someone out of the credits out of anger, or whatever, but I think that's really rare. Comet Tuttle (talk) 18:21, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay thank you, now that Ive seen their facebook page this helps. It looks like they just changed the bassist and the name to the Remainders. Good, hopefully the sound will be the same then. 134.126.192.188 (talk) 00:51, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Which articles on TV series would any of you consider to be ideal examples? I'm thinking of rewriting some articles on some newer shows so that they won't be sacks of trivia. ChelydraMAT ^{This cursed Ograbme!} 18:54, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The best (or at least best-practice) Wikipedia articles are featured. In particular, you'll find a lot of TV show articles at Wikipedia:Featured articles#Media. I'd pick a couple that are like the one(s) you want to work on (whether they're a single episode, a miniseries, a season, or a whole show), check that they've been made featured reasonably recently (say the last year or two), so you're not copying older standards that may shortly get your paragon de-featured, and work from there. -- Finlay McWalter • Talk 20:12, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, Firefly, and Doctor Who are probably pretty good bets. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 05:19, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

January 21

I vaguely recall reading about some place in Europe that had begun playing the longest composition in history, where each individual note on a giant organ would last many days (months?) at a time? and that the organ wasn't even close to finished yet, but it wouldn't matter because certain pipes weren't scheduled for use for years to come? Can someone point me to the wikipedia article on that? There must be one... 218.25.32.210 (talk) 04:56, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

O...f c...o...u...r...s...e. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:58, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And I thought *I* had too much time on my hands. The sermon at that service should have been given by Bob and Ray, with their "slow talkers" bit. But it occurs to me that the slowest possible tune could be any tune - just poise the piano player so that he/she is about to strike the first key - but never does. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:07, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That would be the slow version of "Anticipation". Clarityfiend (talk) 05:12, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Our article about Longplayer may be of interest. There is an link that you can actually listen live at any time. Cheers, 10draftsdeep (talk) 14:36, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like the correct answer here, though, is As Slow As Possible, which is linked from the aforementioned Longplayer. Kingsfold (talk) 18:28, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah Clarityfiend already said that in the first reply. You're forgiven though since the link isn't very obvious :) --Richardrj ^{talk email} 20:54, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wha ... does nobody use the hover function anymore? It really isn't necessary to actually click on a link to see where it's taking you. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 20:58, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone knows the title of the following Indian movie ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnB_87-iIJw 24.202.236.203 (talk) 06:04, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know what this dance/techno music is here? Cheers! --KageTora - (影虎) (A word...?) 14:51, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds pretty generic to me... Not helping, I know :) TomorrowTime (talk) 17:06, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I just saw the story how Conan O'Brien's brief stint as host is soon to come to an end and Jay Leno is returning. Is part of O'Brien's severance package a clause that whenever Leno finally really retires, he (O'Brien), will be host again, or is the next future host left undecided? 20.137.18.50 (talk) 15:47, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The details of such legal contracts are usually confidential, but given the recent animus it's safe to say O'Brien and NBC don't have any plans to work together again. Beyond that your guess is as good as anyone's as to who would take the job (assuming the show still exists). It's clearly a high-profile and lucrative gig, so there will be no shortage of takers. -- Finlay McWalter • Talk 17:18, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My moey is on another man who likes to retire and come back, Brett Favre209.244.187.155 (talk) 21:57, 21 January 2010 (UTC). :-)[reply]

Greetings fellow deskers. I am trying to remember the name of an old MTV talk/comedy show that aired sometime in the mid 1990's in the United States that featured a host that wore Buddy Holly styled glasses. The show was very quirky and somewhat unpredictable, featuring guests that were interviewed on a couch while random puppets popped up from behind and looked around. Many other funny or offbeat things occurred as well. I remember almost every show ending with a musical performance. The show also featured a girl that would announce the guests and musicians. I have looked at our article on List of programs broadcast by MTV with no success. Does anyone know the name of this show? I think it only aired for a year or two. thanks, 10draftsdeep (talk) 17:02, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't looked at the list, but the first show to come to mind is The Sifl and Olly Show, but that's just a guess based on there being puppets on the show. --Onorem♠Dil 17:04, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That is not it. I saw that as well and remember that program,(that one featured puppets only as I recall) but it is not the one I am trying to find. But thanks. Our article states that it may be incomplete, so it is possible it is not listed there. So far Google yields no luck 10draftsdeep (talk) 17:39, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I found it! It was Oddville and we actually have an article for it, but it wasn't linked in the list. (But now it is!) 10draftsdeep (talk) 17:51, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]