The Wiki-Wiki-Wikipedia Thread

[neader]

National ShamrockFest, also commonly referred to as ShamrockFest, is a one-day music festival held in Washington, D.C. to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day.

ShamrockFest is held in a very large, paved, parking-lot type of area at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium called the RFK Stadium Festival Fairgounds. (The festival is not held inside the stadium itself.) The festival is held on a Saturday near Saint Patrick's Day, typically from about 1pm to 9pm. The festival goes on regardless of weather, which can often be cold and rainy in Washington, D.C. in March. Typically, about 50 artists perform on approximately 7 stages for an audience of about 40,000 attendees. Though some emphasis is placed on Celtic music and other folk music, rock artists also perform at ShamrockFest.

[chvrchbarrel]

Meat Loaf "almost cracked" when CBS executive Clive Davis rejected the project. According to Meat Loaf's autobiography, Davis commented that "actors don't make records" and challenged Steinman's writing abilities and knowledge of rock music:



"Do you know how to write a song? Do you know anything about writing? If you're going to write for records, it goes like this: A, B, C, B, C, C. I don't know what you're doing. You're doing A, D, F, G, B, D, C. You don't know how to write a song.... Have you ever listened to pop music? Have you ever heard any rock-and-roll music.... You should go downstairs when you leave here...and buy some rock-and-roll records."


Meat Loaf asserts, "Jim, at the time, knew every record ever made. [He] is a walking rock encyclopedia." Although Steinman laughed off the insults, the singer screamed "Fuck you, Clive!" from the street up to his building.

[neader]

Cholmondeley Castle is a country house in the civil parish of Cholmondeley, Cheshire, England. Together with its adjacent formal gardens, it is surrounded by parkland. The site of the house has been a seat of the Cholmondeley family since the 12th century.

This family has owned a castle in England for almost 1000 years. Those greedy mother fuckers.

[neader]

Also that first sentence, what a tongue twister.

[neader]

The Mapogo lion coalition was a band of male South African lions that controlled the Sabi Sand region in Kruger National Park. The coalition became infamous for their sheer power and strength in taking over and dominating an area of approximately 70,000 ha (170,000 acres). It is believed the Mapogos killed in excess of 100 lions and cubs in a little over a year. The statistics may be higher given their coverage of such large territories. At its peak, the coalition consisted of six males - the leader Makulu (also spelled as Makhulu),Rasta, Scar, Pretty Boy, Kinky Tail and Mr. T.

[neader]

Without the experience of being afraid of anything, Kinky Tail attacked all four of them by himself.

this is amazing guys

[chvrchbarrel]

the documentary sounds good

[neader]

Feb 5, 2021 8:49:24 GMT -6 chvrchbarrel said:

the documentary sounds good

If it truly is 8 episodes I'm going to have a relaxing Sunday drinking coffee and watching it.

[chvrchbarrel]

Feb 5, 2021 8:58:40 GMT -6 neader said:

Feb 5, 2021 8:49:24 GMT -6 chvrchbarrel said:

the documentary sounds good

If it truly is 8 episodes I'm going to have a relaxing Sunday drinking coffee and watching it.

what if the 8 episode thing is but a lie?

[neader]

Feb 5, 2021 9:00:23 GMT -6 chvrchbarrel said:

Feb 5, 2021 8:58:40 GMT -6 neader said:

If it truly is 8 episodes I'm going to have a relaxing Sunday drinking coffee and watching it.

what if the 8 episode thing is but a lie?

then it won't be as long and relaxing as I hoped.

[chvrchbarrel]

imdb lists the runtime as 60 mins - the dvd has an extended cut at a whopping 88 (!!) minutes lol wtf

[andrewvb]

Feb 5, 2021 9:03:57 GMT -6 chvrchbarrel said:

imdb lists the runtime as 60 mins - the dvd has an extended cut at a whopping 88 (!!) minutes lol wtf

aired in 8 episodes on quibi rip

[Tweet]

A 2001 and 2004 study by Edward Armstrong found that of the 14 songs on The Marshall Mathers LP eleven contain violent and misogynistic lyrics and nine depict killing women through choking, stabbing, drowning, shooting, head and throat splitting. According to the study, Eminem scores 78% for violent misogyny while gangsta rap music in general reaches 22%.[116][117] Armstrong argues that violent misogyny characterizes most of Eminem's music and that the rapper "authenticates his self-presentations by outdoing other gangsta rappers in terms of his violent misogyny."[117] A fifteen-year-old boy in Fresno, California was arrested in September 2015 for making terrorist threats, after sharing the Columbine-related lyrics to "I'm Back" on Instagram.[118]

_{It was at the bottom of my saved albums pile on Spotify and I made it 6 songs in before I had to turn it off.}

[clouddead]

It’s basically a straight horrorcore album.

[Tweet]

For better or worse it’s in the cannon. And I can’t imagine it would get to the mainstream lexicon the way it did if it came out today

[nanatod]

only 11 out of the 14? surprised eminem didn't go for 14 out of 14.

[claypoolfan]

Wanted to see his tour so bad on that album cycle but my mom obviously wouldn't buy me tickets after hearing parts of the album coming from my room... I was a couple weeks into freshman year of high school when the show was happening and didn't have my own money right back then.

Ended up winning tickets from a radio contest and going anyway TAKE THAT MOM! And look at me now.

[chvrchbarrel]

From "List of incidents at Walt Disney World," which is mostly instances of people dying on rides:

Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe
In March 2010, a 4-year-old boy from San Diego, California, suffered severe burns to his face and neck after being scalded by a tray of hot nacho cheese. The accident occurred when the boy sat down to dinner in an unstable chair and grabbed a food tray to prevent himself falling, resulting in the cheese falling off of the food tray and into his lap. The parents of the child sued Disney, with their attorney claiming that "the cheese should not have been that hot" and that Disney made no effort "to regulate and monitor the temperature of the nacho cheese which was being served to young children." A Disney representative commented on the incident: "It's unfortunate when any child is injured. We just received notice of the lawsuit and are currently reviewing it." The family settled out of court in 2011.

[monasterymonochrome]

Jul 5, 2021 11:26:51 GMT -6 chvrchbarrel said:

From "List of incidents at Walt Disney World," which is mostly instances of people dying on rides:

Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe
In March 2010, a 4-year-old boy from San Diego, California, suffered severe burns to his face and neck after being scalded by a tray of hot nacho cheese. The accident occurred when the boy sat down to dinner in an unstable chair and grabbed a food tray to prevent himself falling, resulting in the cheese falling off of the food tray and into his lap. The parents of the child sued Disney, with their attorney claiming that "the cheese should not have been that hot" and that Disney made no effort "to regulate and monitor the temperature of the nacho cheese which was being served to young children." A Disney representative commented on the incident: "It's unfortunate when any child is injured. We just received notice of the lawsuit and are currently reviewing it." The family settled out of court in 2011.

On February 11, 2004, a 38-year-old employee dressed as Pluto, who had worked at the park for eight years, died at the Magic Kingdom when he was run over by the Beauty and the Beast float in the Share a Dream Come True Parade.

Holy shit this page is a trip

[chvrchbarrel]

Jul 5, 2021 11:35:02 GMT -6 monasterymonochrome said:

Jul 5, 2021 11:26:51 GMT -6 chvrchbarrel said:

From "List of incidents at Walt Disney World," which is mostly instances of people dying on rides:

Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe
In March 2010, a 4-year-old boy from San Diego, California, suffered severe burns to his face and neck after being scalded by a tray of hot nacho cheese. The accident occurred when the boy sat down to dinner in an unstable chair and grabbed a food tray to prevent himself falling, resulting in the cheese falling off of the food tray and into his lap. The parents of the child sued Disney, with their attorney claiming that "the cheese should not have been that hot" and that Disney made no effort "to regulate and monitor the temperature of the nacho cheese which was being served to young children." A Disney representative commented on the incident: "It's unfortunate when any child is injured. We just received notice of the lawsuit and are currently reviewing it." The family settled out of court in 2011.

On February 11, 2004, a 38-year-old employee dressed as Pluto, who had worked at the park for eight years, died at the Magic Kingdom when he was run over by the Beauty and the Beast float in the Share a Dream Come True Parade.

Holy shit this page is a trip

yeah

On September 12, 1992, a 37-year-old man entered Epcot after park closing and brandished a shotgun at three security guards, demanding to see his ex-girlfriend who worked at the park. He fired four blasts at the guards and took two of them hostage in a restroom near the Journey Into Imagination pavilion. As Orange County sheriff's deputies surrounded the area, the man released his hostages and emerged from the restroom with the shotgun held to his chest. After exchanging words with deputies, he put the gun to his head and fired. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Orlando Regional Medical Center. Investigators attributed his actions to a recent breakup with his long-time girlfriend.

[Tweet]

On May 29, 2007, a 34-year-old woman from Clermont, Florida, was attacked by a 51-year-old park guest from Anniston, Alabama, as they waited in line at the Mad Tea Party attraction.[122] The attacker was convicted on charges of battery[123] and sentenced to 90 days in jail, nine months of formal probation and an anger management course.[124] The victim and her husband later filed two separate lawsuits against Disney. Her lawsuit claims, among other things, that: Walt Disney World provided inadequate staff and security at the ride; there was a lack of adequate training to recognize security threats, that the park did not anticipate the attack and have the attacker removed before anything happened and that the following investigation was mishandled. His lawsuit against Disney is claiming the loss of his wife's support and companionship due to the attack.[125] In 2011, a jury found in favor of Disney.

[chvrchbarrel]

Evil Dead II co-writer Scott Spiegel was hired to direct the film with a new script being written by Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino's script involved Michael Myers and the Man in Black fleeing Haddonfield together and going on a road trip down Route 66 while murdering people, but he was never officially hired and Spiegel later departed the project. Tarantino's rejected screenplay bears a resemblance with his screenplay for Natural Born Killers, which he was pitching to Miramax Films at the same time as he was writing the screenplay for Halloween 6.

John Carpenter was asked to return at one point and proposed setting the film in a space station, but Moustapha Akkad rejected his proposal. The idea may have been referenced in a scene in which a conspiracy theorist calls Barry Sims's radio show ranting about the CIA launching Michael Myers into space. Other concepts involved Michael being found to be Dr. Loomis's son or Michael's mother being kept as a sex slave by the Man in Black.

this actually makes me want to watch this garbage again just for fun. i had no idea tarantino took a stab at this. i also rewatched natural born killers last week(ish) and was reading the article for that, and did not know it was originally penned by tarantino.

i was reading through the halloween entries because scream factory just announced the release of halloweens 1-5 on 4k this october which is exciting.

[thebosma]

It’s no Halloween 4 but Halloween 6 is a fun watch and far from the worst in the series

[chvrchbarrel]

Jul 7, 2021 12:33:53 GMT -6 thebosma said:

It’s no Halloween 4 but Halloween 6 is a fun watch and far from the worst in the series

a michael myers road trip movie would've made this probably the third best in the franchise behind the original and SOTW

[chvrchbarrel]

cold open with the man in black eating pie at a diner, michael myers is at the jukebox and plays ministry's "every night is halloween" then stabs the other guests

they jump in a convertible and peel off as "born to be wild" drops

[chvrchbarrel]

In 1976, Monty Python became the top rated show in Japan. The literal translation of the Japanese title was The Gay Dragon Boys Show.

[Kamera]

Ussy.
-ussy (/ʊsi/) is an English-language suffix derived from the word pussy. The suffix has existed within LGBT slang in the form bussy since the early 2000s, but was popularized in 2021 and 2022 on social media platforms including TikTok. It was named the American Dialect Society's word of the year for 2022.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-ussy

[Tweet]

Ucey was Sami Zayn’s word

[Tweet]

In 2013, Checker sued HP over a WebOS application using his name. The application, before being pulled in September 2012, was used to unscientifically estimate penis size from shoe size.[28][29][30][31] The district court said that Checker's trademark claim survived HP's motion to dismiss, but his other claims were dismissed per Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.[32]

[munkivelli]

Apr 24, 2023 19:10:32 GMT -6 Tweet said:

In 2013, Checker sued HP over a WebOS application using his name. The application, before being pulled in September 2012, was used to unscientifically estimate penis size from shoe size.[28][29][30][31] The district court said that Checker's trademark claim survived HP's motion to dismiss, but his other claims were dismissed per Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.[32]

This story is even funnier when you consider that this was a Palm OS app that HP had no part in writing.