jackpine Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, David Bowie....mid 70's. Just after all the glam, ziggy stardust, alladin sane stuff he comes out as the thin white duke. Blew through 2 hours of the best rock show I've ever seen. www.relayerstudios.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jode Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Reggie Jackson in the 1977 World Series. Muhammad Ali in the Thrilla in Manila. Or, on the unfortunate other end of the spectrum... Bill Buckner? "I had to have something, and it wasn't there. I couldn't go down the street and buy it, so I built it." Les Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gord -B Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Directors Martin Scorsese - Bringing out the dead (however I have not yet seen Taxi Driver) Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now (Godfather is overated) Cohen Brothers - O Brother Where Art Thou Ridley Scott - Blade Runner Sergio Leone - The Good the Bad and The Ugly Actors Kevin Spacey - American Beauty (Although he is excellently excellent in everything) Robin Williams - One Hour Photo Edward Norton - Split between fight club and american history x.... tough call Nicholas Cage - Bringing Out The Dead Eli Wallach - Good the Bad and the Ugly Albums Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II Rush - Moving Pictures Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius Flaming Lips - YBPR Michael Jackson - Thriller Nirvana - Nevermind Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese Beatles - Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Radiohead - OK Computer/Hail to the Thief Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Red Hot Chili Peppers - BSSM ACDC - Back in Black Weather Report - Heavy Weather Stereophonics - Performance and Cocktails Verve - Urban Hymns Oasis - Whats the Story Morning Glory Nada Surf - Let Go Coldplay - Rush of Blood to the Head and i'm Spent.... Derek Smalls: It's like fire and ice, basically. I feel my role in the band is to be somewhere in the middle of that, kind of like lukewarm water. http://www.myspace.com/gordonbache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennyf Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Jim Bakker-Definitive sleazeball televangelist I actually kinda miss him. His PTL club was the most brazen, blatant, continuous, i.e. literally non-stop beg-fest in the history of televangelism. I used to get a sick kind of enjoyment out of watching it just waiting to find out why anyone had any kind of spiritual reason to watch, 'cuz all I EVER heard him do was beg for huge amounts of money "in the name of God." The only "ministry" I ever saw him do was PRAY for people to send in more money! It was a HOOT! (And Tammy Faye was just the icing on the cake.) Plenty of suckers fell for it too. THAT was the most amazing thing . . . band link: bluepearlband.com music, lessons, gig schedules at dennyf.com STURGEON'S LAW --98% of everything is bullshit. My Unitarian Jihad Name is: The Jackhammer of Love and Mercy. Get yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted February 16, 2004 Author Share Posted February 16, 2004 Originally posted by Dennyf: Jim Bakker-Definitive sleazeball televangelist Ever hear of Jimmy Swaggart? I think he's a cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley or something. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennyf Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Originally posted by Four Score and Tedster: Originally posted by Dennyf: Jim Bakker-Definitive sleazeball televangelist Ever hear of Jimmy Swaggart? I think he's a cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley or something.Yes, Jerry Lee's cousin. But he was/is just a hypocrit. Jimmy B. was just plain rakin' it in for "God," some of which went into a theme park/resident village/timeshare fiasco, apparently just so he'd have something to show on his tv show, and give his viewers something to "shoot for." Called it "Heritage, USA" or something like that. Weird. band link: bluepearlband.com music, lessons, gig schedules at dennyf.com STURGEON'S LAW --98% of everything is bullshit. My Unitarian Jihad Name is: The Jackhammer of Love and Mercy. Get yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jode Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 "Jesus is up in heaven, flipping through the Bible, saying to himself, 'Now, where the fuck did I say build a waterslide?'" Sam Kinison "I had to have something, and it wasn't there. I couldn't go down the street and buy it, so I built it." Les Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted February 16, 2004 Author Share Posted February 16, 2004 Lessee... Definitive performances to me... Well, John Wayne had a bundle...but I'm going to pick "Big Jake" Humphrey Bogart, "Casablanca" Ingrid Bergman, "Casablanca" Tom Hanks..."Forrest Gump"...or "Philadelphia"...but I'll go with Gump. For the same reason, Dustin Hoffman "Rainman". Actors who can play people with disabilities, and do it well, are rare. Morgan Freeman "Shawshank Redemption". But that's a hard one to call, he's had a lot of good roles. Melodramatic "Snidely Whiplash" Villains you love to hate? Alan Rickman, "Die Hard". "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemtone Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Great topic! Random thoughts: Acting- Humphrey Bogart - Maltese Falcon or Dead End (tie) Cary Grant - Bringing Up Baby Gregory Peck - Moby Dick Orson Welles - Citizen Kane or War of the Worlds (radio) or Moby Dick (tie) Katherine Hepburn - Adam's Rib or Stage Door (tie) Spencer Tracy - Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde James Stewart - Harvey or Anatomy of a Murder (tie) Peter Lorre - Arsenic and Old Lace or Maltese Falcon (tie) W.C. Fields - The Bank Dick Laurel and Hardy - Sons of the Desert Charlie Chaplin - The Gold Rush Buster Keaton - The General Zero Mostel - The Producers Gene Wilder - Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein (tie) Steve Martin - Simple Twist of Fate Peter Boyle - French Connection or Young Frankenstein (tie) Gene Hackman - French Connection Robert Shaw - Jaws or The Taking of Pelham 123 (tie) Richard Dreyfuss - Jaws or Mr. Holland's Opus (tie) Roy Scheider - The 7-ups or Jaws (tie) (yeah, I know this isn't nearly complete - a virtual lack of actresses, but I'm at work - gimme a break!) Directors: Robert Wise - West Side Story Sidney Lumet - 12 Angry Men / Fail Safe (tie) Orson Welles - Citizen Kane James Cameron - The Abyss Raoul Walsh - White Heat Allan Dwan - Sands of Iwo Jima Don Siegel - Invasion of the Body Snatchers Otto Preminger - Anatomy of a Murder Alfred Hitchcock - Saboteur Fritz Lang - Metropolis Howard Hawks - His Girl Friday / To Have and Have Not / The Thing from Another World (tie) George Cukor - The Philadelphia Story Stanley Kubrick - Dr. Strangelove / 2001 / Clockwork Orange (tie) Ensemble (TV): I, Claudius Twin Peaks All In The Family Twilight Zone Odd Couple Outer Limits Monty Python's Flying Circus Kids In The Hall Music: **Super8 is spot-on! The best of the JGB albums, and Jerry's best electric performances** Count Basie - April in Paris (album) Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours (album) Steely Dan - Royal Scam (album) The Band - Rock of Ages (album) Stevie Wonder - Innervisions That's all I can come up with off the top of my head...my brain hurts. -Tim from Jersey (and, Tedster - what about Dishonest John? NYA-a-aaaahhh! Does anyone remember Beany and Cecil, or is it just us old guys?) Play. Just play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted February 17, 2004 Author Share Posted February 17, 2004 Hell yeah, I remember Beany and Cecil. And Clutch Cargo, that weird cartoon where they'd poke holes in the mouths of the drawings and film a real mouth mouthing the words. HAHAHA!!! "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jode Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Definitive complete and utter bastards from the movies: my vote goes to Richard Gere, Internal Affairs. "I had to have something, and it wasn't there. I couldn't go down the street and buy it, so I built it." Les Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennyf Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Originally posted by Four Score and Tedster: Lessee... Definitive performances to me... Tom Hanks..."Forrest Gump"...or "Philadelphia"...but I'll go with Gump. For the same reason, Dustin Hoffman "Rainman". Actors who can play people with disabilities, and do it well, are rare. OT--Don't wanna pull the thread adrift, but if ya wanna see an impressive performance in this vein, see "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" Johnny Depp is the lead in this flick full of slightly eccentric characters. He has a retarded brother played by Leonardo DiCaprio, and man, he does a *very* convincing job. Startling, really. The man really can act, not just look pretty. band link: bluepearlband.com music, lessons, gig schedules at dennyf.com STURGEON'S LAW --98% of everything is bullshit. My Unitarian Jihad Name is: The Jackhammer of Love and Mercy. Get yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jode Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Speaking of Leo DiCaprio, that reminds me... Definitive portrayal of a junkie suffering through kicking: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Basketball Diaries. Just him, Ernie Hudson, and the monkey in an apartment for three days. It will chill you to the bone. Of course, this scene takes place just moments after the Definitive Kicking Somebody Out scene, where Leo's mom has finally suffered so much over him that she finally won't unlock the door for him anymore. Mom's in a crumpled ball, weeping, on the inside of the door, and Leo's doing the same out in the hall. "I had to have something, and it wasn't there. I couldn't go down the street and buy it, so I built it." Les Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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