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Steins;Gate Movie - News & Anticipation (No Game Spoilers)
As announced the end of the 24th episode of the Steins;Gate TV show, a movie is now been confirmed.
You may use this thread to discuss any news and speculation/anticipation relating to this movie, but please avoid any spoilers from any aspects of the game that may not have been shown in the anime and thus could impact the movie.
2011-09-13, 15:54 | Link #3 |
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I'm sure there's lots of details and stuff in the universe that weren't explored, but off the top of my head I can't imagine what the movie would be about. The plot is too detailed to be crammed into a summary-type movie (at least IMO), and I dunno what a sequel would be about, so I guess a side-story is likely...?
Whatever the case, I'm looking forward to it.
2011-09-13, 16:38 | Link #4 |
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I'm really excited for this, although I'm wondering what the movie will be based on. A movie adaptation of the VN won't work, else they sacrifice a lot of the things that made the TV anime work.
I'm guessing an adaptation of Boukan no Rebellion would work. It would be nice seeing Suzuha's backstory in action.
2011-09-13, 16:43 | Link #5 |
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Would like to see the future side and how Okabe fought against SERN as well as how he planned out contacting his old self etc. (Don't quite understand how he can make it so that he can only access the video after failing once at saving my beloved).
Would also be nice to get some further closure on the characters' lives. I want more Okabe x Kurisu damnit!
2011-09-13, 19:44 | Link #6 |
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I guess I just assumed the movie would be what most anime tv series' movies are: a compression of the tv show into 1.5 hours (ie: 24 episodes into the space of 4), and thus an utter abomination to anyone who watched the actual series.
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Considering how well the sales are now, I wouldn't have been surprised if they announced a new series animating the Hiyoku Renri no Darling (in omnibus format for this one =~)but a movie? =O I'm really curious to see now what's gonna be about, since Darling is basically fanservice it's hard to think about an entire movie regarding this one
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2011-09-13, 21:24 | Link #8 |
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Odd thing, I didn't see any movie clips from the subs I watched... though I did see the promo images on the RandomC blog post, so thanks to Guardian Enzo for that, I would have completely missed it otherwise!
My guess is it's either a streamlined version of the anime with some additional animation, or a whole new sort of prologue story detailing Suzuha's fight against SERN's dystopia before she decided to time travel back to 1975. Alternatively, it could be focused on WWIII. Either is an awesome option.
2011-09-14, 12:32 | Link #15 |
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My hope would be Boukan no Rebellion adaptation or an original story take place after the True End (since Steins;Gate world line has uncertain future).
Or the third option is an official short story about what happened one year after Mayuri was being shot by Moeka in episode 12 (I forgot the title name). |
2011-09-14, 14:28 | Link #16 |
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Very curious what the movie will be about too. Just hope it isn't just a condensed version of the series.
As to what I'd like to see... I don't really know lol. Maybe the "Steins;Gate" world line ends up being not so perfect and they have to go through another crazy adventure.
2011-09-14, 16:42 | Link #17 |
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I don't know but all I have to say is...I'm pissed that I don't understand Japanese and that I live in the US and that I'll have to wait SUPER DAMN FRIGGING LONG to see this movie.
curse you!!!!
2011-09-14, 22:08 | Link #19 |
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The .5pb president confirmed that the movie is not a summary of the series and since it is a serious world line, it is not an adaptation of Darling either.
http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-3977.html I doubt it's an original story. I'd say chances are high that it's an adaptation of Boukan no Rebellion, since that explores the side of the S;G story that didn't get enough development and focus.
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
3 1/2 year later...
Now a little more about Carl. Stilt house Ben and his wife Vanessa brought him out him out for me from Fredricksberg. Seems Carl had sort of adopted them but he didn't really fit in there. I really have no need for a rooster so I will be relocating him soon to some folks in Alpine (unless I get too attached - or hungry). He started crowing this morning at 5AM and doesn't come with a snooze button. In the meantime, he has made himself at home here - and roosts at night on the rack on my truck.
Got the rest of my stuff this morning in Alpine to seal up the north and south sides of the greenhouse. My friends at Johnson Feed donated 5 more big feed tubs for future plants. Popped in to visit my silkscreener buddy Rick at Bullshirtz to go over some details on new TFL tshirts available next month. Found a nice native fig tree to adopt before heading home. 52,65,36,0,W
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- alam0tx said...
I noticed you didn't refer to Ben as your buddy nor Vanessa as your friend after a night or two with their gift "Carl"...hahaha
- March 3, 2012 at 9:14 PM
- John Wells said...
actually....Ben and Vanessa are two of my best friends - in spite of Carl.
- March 3, 2012 at 9:41 PM
- Unknown said...
Interesting bird, quite handsome-- have heard roosters can and will crow all day long. Carl better be careful lest he attract the attention of a wylie-coyote.
- March 3, 2012 at 9:54 PM
- S.A.B.L.E. said...
If Carl keeps roosting on your truck rack, he might end up dinner for an owl, if you have those in the area. I've lost a number of chickens that way. If you decide to keep him, he may need a more secure roost.
Sorry there is still no sign of Benita. I know the not knowing what happened is difficult. - March 4, 2012 at 6:32 AM
- Jim said...
I was looking at your live stream. That chicken looks right at home. I think you have another pet,John.
- March 4, 2012 at 4:45 PM
- Rev.JimmyLeeBob said...
It's Carlito's Way.....
- March 4, 2012 at 6:10 PM
- Allen Hare said...
Yep, he's a fine looking bird. They are very social, so he might need a harem, or some other male friends to fight with or something. A hawk or owl would be his most probable doing-in.
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Woody Allen's latest film has an official U.S. release date, and yet another new name. What was once "The Bop Decameron" and then "Nero Fiddled" is now "To Rome With Love," a drastically more conventional title by comparison.
The film will be released in the US on June 22nd via Sony Pictures Classics, and now officially becomes the third of Allen's last 5 films to feature a city in the title ("Midnight in Paris," "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"). Sony Classics explains the title change in a press release:
"'To Rome With Love' was a name selected as an homage to the eternal city of Rome where the film was shot on location last summer. This will be used for its worldwide release. The film's former title, Nero Fiddled, while an appropriate and humorous phrase in the U.S., is not a familiar expression overseas and many international territories preferred a more globally understood name."
The film follows a number of people in Italy — some American, some Italian, some residents, some visitors — and, as occurs in an Allen film, the romances and adventures and predicaments they get into. It stars Allen, Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Penélope Cruz, Judy Davis, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig and Ellen Page.


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Stop Buying Crap #22 – Lottery Tickets as Christmas Gift
Posted by Cap on December 12, 2008 |Just came back from the grocery store and saw this silly thing at the checkout counter.
Nicely done, California State Lottery, nicely done.
Why buy gift cards for Christmas when you can buy a lottery ticket!?
20 Comments to "Stop Buying Crap #22 – Lottery Tickets as Christmas Gift"
robert Says:
December 12th, 2008 at 2:29 pmLottery Tickets as presents? ?!!!
HOW OBSCENE lazy ignorant can people get.?
At one job, we recieved lottery tickets as year end presents . The majority of us riped them up at the 'party'. Most of those 'majority' no longer work there.
How insulting can some one get.
Stephanie PTY Says:
December 12th, 2008 at 10:49 pmHearty agreement here!
Although, some of the (New York) scratch-off games can be kinda fun. Might be a nice thing to slip in a card, if you know the person gets enjoyment just from playing the little game. I like the Bingo ones – I get one about once every…. two years.
jim Says:
December 13th, 2008 at 7:27 amI think scratch offs might be fun for a stocking stuff (but you may be teaching the wrong lesson to kids) but that's about it.
Miss M Says:
December 13th, 2008 at 7:40 amMy family has always put a few scratcher tickets in everyone's stocking at christmas. I don't see anything wrong with it, it's only a few dollars. We never win anything, but we enjoy the excitement. It's the only time of the year we ever buy lottery tickets and no one has turned into a lottery junkie as a result.
Daz Says:
December 13th, 2008 at 10:18 amWell done Cap! I'm chortling in my Capn Crunch at this one. For the last 3 years my boss hands us a couple of these for Christmas- lame! Rather have a Hershey bar. Want to thank you for a long ago heads up from you- am enjoying Yodlee very much- cant believe its still free! God bless Daz
Cap Says:
December 13th, 2008 at 11:30 amOh I should have been more clear. I don't think they're anything wrong as a stocking stuffer along with other gifts or some sort of novelty gag gift that you throw in a card… but they shouldn't be the only gift, as some has mentioned (especially year end Christmas gifts from work).
Thats what I meant when I said "why buy gift cards when you can buy lottery tickets."
Then again, I guess if the person you're gifting loves lottery product, why not?
dandy rose Says:
December 13th, 2008 at 11:06 pmI don't think there's anything wrong with giving scratch-off lottery tickets as a gift, even as the only or primary gift for someone. Of course, if someone "expects" a better present, then they may be disappointed.
I have an elderly aunt who, for birthday presents, sends a card with a lottery ticket and the horoscope for the birthday. Considering she's very broke, I find it to be a sweet gesture.
dandy rose Says:
December 13th, 2008 at 11:07 pmOh, and another thought — lottery tickets are far better than an unwanted knick-knack! They're clutter-free!
Bill M Says:
December 16th, 2008 at 1:11 pmMass State Lottery is advertising heavily on "give the gift of the lottery". Buy a scratch ticket, blah blah. All this lottery is manipulated…
Flexo Says:
December 16th, 2008 at 9:08 pmSome of my co-workers love those scratch-off "lottery" games. Who am I to judge?
bran Says:
December 19th, 2008 at 4:41 amhere in texas, the only legal gambling is "state "sanctioned, but it still begs the question, why take a camera to the grocery?
Dana Says:
December 27th, 2008 at 9:46 amBran: I tend to carry a camera in my purse in case I see something interesting in the course of my day. I would imagine that's pretty typical of dedicated shutterbugs. And once in a while I see something really screwed up in a grocery store and just have to shoot it, like the time I discovered microwave sushi kits. O_O (Minus the fish of course.)
As to the other, hm. I had an idea. We ought to find out where we can send mail to that guy who scammed Wall Street and half the non-profits nationwide… and send him lottery tickets for a late Christmas present. He likes to gamble? Let him gamble. And anything he wins gets taken away from him and donated to charity. And he has to fill them in and/or scratch them all himself.
Anonymous Says:
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:27 pmI love the idea of giving lottery tickets! I have been giving them for years and so has my family.
One year while I was completly broke I gave 2 different lottery tickets to relatives and they both won $50 each. That made a perfect gift considering the circumstances. -
Horse Lover Says:
December 5th, 2010 at 2:28 pmOh jeez take it easy—whats the harm. We got these from a boss one year and it was actually kinda fun (I do nto normally take part in any kind of lottery). You are a grown adult, if you want something nicer buy it yourself! Just enjoy something once in awhile instead of complaining all the time about other peoples shortfalls–I am sure they are aware, they probably do not need you to point it out.
Anonymous Says:
December 13th, 2010 at 5:42 pmYou guys are all idiots. Lottery tickets and scratchers are great gifts for people you don't know intimately. They are not a useless trinket and there is an exciting opportunity to win some extra cash. what is wrong with you people? Get a life. Getting a free lotto ticket makes you mad? Geeeeeeze.
Jason Says:
March 19th, 2011 at 8:13 pmLottery tickets are one of the worst, most insulting, lazy gifts a person can give.
It's like saying"Hey you're worth spending two dollars on. Here's a gift, that has a one in ten trillion chance of actually being a gift.
I hope you enjoy the few seconds of hope, followed by crushing depression of holding what could have been thoughtful."
If you think the torture of this process is worth gifting. Hit yourself in the face as hard as you can.
Sherry Martin Says:
December 23rd, 2011 at 7:24 amI got scratch offs as a Sneaky Santa present at work.Meanwhile my co-workers scored gift cards for Kohls, Panera Bread,and Starbucks (I gave a Starbucks card,myself). After I opened the box and revealed the lottery tickets there was an embarrassed silence and then everybody suddenly found somewhere else to look. Needless to say,no-one "stole" the tickets from me in the game.
Moral: Next year,I will be purchasing my Sneaky Santa present at the Dollar Store.:(
Bob Says:
March 15th, 2012 at 1:25 pmThink about it…giving a ticket is not the same as giving a gift card as the recipient has no choice on what game or numbers to play while a gift card opens up the opportunity for the person to decide where, when,what, and how to use the money for lottery games! Much more flexible and nicer solution. People like to dream when they have the lottery game in their hands and if that makes em feel good for a little while all the better!
sickofdumbcomments Says:
December 21st, 2014 at 9:19 amI THINK ITS RIDONCULOUS THAT WHOMEVER THIS APPLIES TO WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT A "GIFT"!!! FOR ONE THING THAT PERSON IS SPENDING MONEY FOR YOUR GIFT AND SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO GAMBLE SO ITS A NICE GIFT…
lovelotteryscratchers Says:
August 25th, 2015 at 4:25 pmThank you sickofdumbcomments! Scratch offs are a great addition to any occasion. I love getting them! Those who don't like it will only have to win one time and they will love getting them too! My whole family loves getting them, especially my Dad. He's like a little kid in a candy store when he gets them!
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Most of the time, you look like this. You're such a happy, curious
boy who loves to roll off blankets and out of rooms. I can hear
you shaking your rattle violently from across the house as you hit
the ground or your other toys with it.
You love to rock back and forth excitedly when I try to feed you your pears.
Not to mention you love to spray said food all over me as I try to get it INTO
your mouth! Even if I'm across the room, you stare and make noises to get my attention
and as soon as I look over you send me this huge grin and all is right in the world.
You are a perfect little blend of your daddy and me and you've made us the happiest
people. I lived in black and white before you were born, now I live in color.
I love you!
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We have different small studio rooms, and we needed a good pair of reference monitors for one of them. So, a friend of mine had a JBL LSR4326P pair and I found them sounding very well. So, my choice was to buy this pair of speakers. Getting them out of the box, it gave a pleasant strong feel when installing them. I'm not a fan of high tech situations, and the RMC... I was not in the mood to install the software for calibrating the speakers, but , yeah , we did it and it really gave more energy to the mixes. In the software you can bypass it, or even you can make other EQ settings and save them. This pair is in my opinion perfect for small home studios. If you have more room, you better can buy the bigger brother JBL LSR4328 for handling the deeper EQ. But, we tried to set the volume as high as possible to hear how much this speakers can handle and it's really amazing how good they are. .
That's my opinion. We are working on surround mixes now for movies, and we are thinking to buy another set with subwoofer for combining .. who knows.
Awful concept & sound
Good idea in principal, but anyone with any experience of mixing will know that 'correction' does not exist...
You are far better off paying £400 to treat your mixing rooms acoustics and £219 on monitors than buying the emperors new monitors.
These speakers are phenomenal. Getting them out the box, they were bigger than I initially thought they would be, but you soon realise with the size comes one hell of a punch…
Setting them up is child's play and the infamous RMC facility is very easy to put into practise. Plug in the mic supplied, hold down the button and bingo, your speakers will EQ themselves based on the size, shape and contents of your room. Mind-boggling and best not to think about it for too long.
But it's not the RMC that's the main selling point for me, even though it is a big plus. It's the easy of use. The fact that these monitors are linked via Hi-Q means no fiddly adjusting one or the other to get them sounding the same, adjust one, you are in turn, adjusting the other one. The clear, easy to use front interface means no leaning over the back, peering into the dark to change the EQ or volume. The USB connection to the computer means you don't even have to touch the monitors to change the set-up. And if you want to get really far away, the remote control enables the old "standing in the middle of the room with your eyes closed" mixing which is a personal favourite of mine.
Sound wise, they blew me away. They made my ropey mixes sound bloody awful and my good mixes sound great, which is what I want from a set of monitors. Honest and flat response, emphasising the good and the bad. Beautiful. Crank them up for a party and they sound brilliant, put them low for a midnight mix down and they still sound ace.
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Developer(s) | Junction Point Studios |
Publisher(s) | Disney Interactive Studios |
Distributor(s) | Buena Vista |
Designer(s) | Warren Spector |
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Genre(s) | Platform |
System(s) | Wii |
Mode(s) | Single player |
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Followed by | Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two |
Series | Epic Mickey |
Website | Official US Website |
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Twitch | Epic Mickey Channel |
YouTube Gaming | Epic Mickey Channel |
Epic Mickey (sometimes marketed as Disney Epic Mickey) is a Mickey Mouse video game designed by Warren Spector, with 2D cinemas by Powerhouse Animation Studios, Inc. and developed by Junction Point Studios for the Wii console, using Emergent Game Technologies' Gamebryo Engine. Epic Mickey is part of an effort by the Walt Disney Company to re-brand the Mickey Mouse character by moving away from his current pleasant, cheerful image and reintroducing the more devious side of his personality. Spector has collaborated with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios in conjunction with the project. The game was officially announced on October 28, 2009 in London. The game was released on November 25, 2010 in Europe (November 26 in the UK) and on November 30 in North America. A sequel, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, was released in November, 2012.
The game focuses on Mickey Mouse damaging a world created by Yen Sid for forgotten characters and concepts, and he is forced to fix the world while combating antagonists with a magic paintbrush. The game features the return of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit as a secondary protagonist. Oswald was one of Walt Disney's first successful cartoon characters before the character was licensed under the ownership of Universal Studios. Oswald was regained by The Walt Disney Company in 2006 under the guidance of Robert Iger.
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Me: "Well then, it really doesn't matter, have the de-caf and live a little."
]]>Jim: "I don't know why my Superman joke didn't get a laugh. (long pause) It was funny, right? I said he landed in a cornfield, out in the middle of nowhere, no one around, just like here, and you even remarked that is was funny, and had potential."
Me: "Jim, it WAS funny, but we're in the 'Laugh Business', not the 'Funny Business'."
Then he punched me. No, I'm kidding, the French don't fight. We finally laughed and eased the pain with a little (lots of) Jameson and called it a night… a crappy night.
]]>Yep, spreading joy wherever I go—that's what I do.
]]>My dear, sweet Mom put on quite a spread; all the things I pretend to enjoy, like freezer-burned Chicken and Peppers, gummy rice, crispy, store-bought, stale Asian noodles and a lovely box of chilled red wine. You see, my Mom's a worker, not a cooker.
My Mother couldn't have been more gracious or charming to my adorable Southern Belle, telling her cute little "Pat when he was a boy stories", and asking about her childhood, her job, which was cutting hair, and how we met—you know, light, polite small talk. No question or answer was strange or out of the ordinary. When Shelly Lee (not her real name) excused herself to use the powder room, as she called it, my Mom whispered in my ear, "She's horrible; definitely not for you—you're special. Get rid of her." "What the f*ck?", I said to myself. She's Horrible? And get rid of her? That's a tad harsh; what are we, the Mafia? We're drunken, dysfunctional Irish, for Christ's sake. We don't get rid of people; we make mean jokes and drink too much, so your partner ends up just getting rid of themselves. And how does Mom get horrible out of an hour conversation? A horrible assessment takes time: weeks, months, sometimes many years of marriage.
Now, every parent thinks their children are special, even when we're not—but give me a break, I'm moving in with her next week. She's amazing! What the hell is my Mother talking about? Look at her! Check out that peaches & cream complexion—she's sweet, loving and gorgeous!
Why did my Mother put that damn bug in my ear? What in God's name could I do about it now? Why didn't she just keep her opinion to herself? Why? Because she knew something I didn't and loves me, that's why.
That's my Mom in a nut-shell. She's overbearing, in your business, and prone to overkill. {On the issue of overkill: she used to home school us after we had already gone to a full day's worth of school. Me, my brothers and sisters are incredible sources of useless information. Ask any one of us who's the person considered "The Father of Modern Classical Music" and we can tell you. She forced me to learn how to knit, because it was a skill she said might come in handy some day. You know, just in case World War 3 wipes out all the Walmarts in Northeastern Pennsylvania and the village needs extra sweaters, scarves and booties for an unusually cold Winter}
I moved in with the seemingly charming Charlotte Harlot, but we were doomed, thank God. My Mother had worked her Voodoo; planted that seed in my head that made me see her for who she really was. The woman WAS horrible. She was selfish, inconsiderate of others, and… just plain odd (I was so focused on "other things", I didn't notice that she ate non-finger foods with her fingers, for example). My Mom saw right through her, and because my eyes were clouded by a sweet face, pouty lips and a darling figure, I wasn't paying attention to important details. (I cleaned this up, because my Mother will be reading it. I was going to go with "great tits, a luscious mouth and a nice ass")
You see, I'm a Momma's boy and proud of it. I had to be, there was no other option.
I love you, Mom. Happy Mother's Day!
Author's Note: The only thing that my Mom will disagree with in this story is her bad cooking. In her defense, she has improved over the years. She uses fresh peas now, not the gray ones out of a can, and her Salisbury Steak, that we called Swamp Flats, no longer needs to be dabbed with paper towels to remove the grease. Mom's also not an abusive drinker, like some of us used to be. Half a glass of wine, that's it, and she's telling you about her neighbor, who allegedly had relations with his dog (she lives in Walkerton, Indiana). She will also claim that my new girlfriend was not as pretty as I thought she was, and has photos to prove it.
]]>During the mid-80s, I performed in my hometown of Wilkes-Barre, PA at a place called The Station, quite regularly. I guess I was 10 at the time, since I'm only 39 now, and must've been quite the child prodigy to be working in gin joints while I was still in Middle School (joke). For the most part, us troubadours (Bill Kelly, Jerry G Hludzik, Lex Romane, Joe Riillo, Gary Cutter, Tom Rogo, etc… ) would sing for our supper in the bar area, but every now and then we would warm up for one of the big acts that came to our tiny little mining village.
At The Station, I had the good fortune of performing with Warren Zevon, The Band, Dave Mason, and all of them were incredible people and great to work with. Zevon was hilarious and kind, The Band invited me to tour with them, Rick Danko (The Band's bass player) was a troubled joy to hang out with, and Dave Mason… well, Dave liked to "party" back then, and the things he imbibed in didn't seem to affect his performance or his affable personality in the slightest (he ingested copious amounts of unmentionables).
Then Don McLean came to town.
I wasn't a fan of Mr. McLean, but I recognized the ubiquitous nature of his hugely popular number 1 hit "American Pie", and the fact that he could, most likely, still draw a crowd, and I should probably take the gig. I just put out my first record and could use the exposure, I thought. I never liked the length of "American Pie" (8:33), it's grating sing-a-long chorus, or misguided lyrics, but everyone else LOVED it. I'm quite sure many of you reading this, like it, and that's fine, BUT, this song drives me frackin' nuts! Many of my acoustic guitar peers, the ones who did cover songs, would sing "American Pie" 2, 3 times a night to the delight of the crowd. I, however, could drive the place apathetic; singing all my own material, and then only grab their attention with the occasional Beatles' tune. I would refer to these annoyingly effective pub singers who did "American Pie", as "Pie Guys". (I'm looking at you, Sergio.) I still hear people play that damn song everywhere I go, and can't stop myself from shaking my head and rolling my eyes.
Don McLean STILL maintains that he doesn't know what the lyrics to "American Pie" mean; that it's all very ambiguous and objective, and that the song has a different message for everybody who listens to it. Granted, that's all well and good—he wrote it, and therefore wins any argument about this horrid tune, but I think the truth is much simpler. His not-so-subtle stabs at The Beatles ("While Sergeants played a marching tune"), The Rolling Stones ("Jack Flash danced on a candlestick/'cause fire's the devil's only friend"), and Bob Dylan (The jester sang for the King and Queen in a coat he borrowed from James Dean"), were blatant slams at 60s' Rock 'n' Roll stars, and his myopic opinion that they were killing popular music. He released this song in 1971, lamenting the good old days and the music of the 50s, with the obvious Buddy Holly reference, "Singing this'll be the day that I die." History, critics, and the 60s music's popularity proved him wrong, so naturally, he waffles and bristles when he's asked about the song's *hidden* meaning. I smell bullsh*t, and always have.
On the night of the show, very excited to be performing for a large crowd for a change, I got there early and went to the dressing room, which was a refurbished railroad car by the stage. The whole place was an old train station; had cool little performing areas, and dark places to canoodle with one of the many waitresses dressed up in cute little French maid outfits—but I digress. I entered our "Green Room" and Don McClean's backup band was there, tuning up and chilling out. They were a great bunch of guys and made me feel like I was a part of the gang by lending me some guitar picks, chatting about music, and small talking about my hometown, the often mispronounced Wilkes-Barre. Us locals say "Wilkes Bear-y, not Bar", I told them.
Then McLean Walked in.
When One-Hit Wonder strolled into the dressing room, he sucked the life out of the place: the band stiffened, the joy evaporated, he took one long look at me and said, "What are you doing in here?" I calmly replied, "I'm your opening act, my name's Pat, and it's great meeting you (I was still in schmooze-mode)." Don says, "Well, Paaaaaaat (stretching out my name like a playground bully) "I don't want you in here; get out. You don't belong in our room." Startled, I explained to him that I worked here a lot, it was my home club, and this was the dressing room that everyone shared. Mr. American Pie took a long beat and said. "Get the f*ck out!" I calmly put my guitar in its case, nodded to his embarrassed band, fixed my gaze on Mr. McLean and said, "Don—you're a dick!" Clever comeback, eh? What I wanted to say next was, "And by the way, 'American Pie' sucks. Would it have killed you to do a little editing, write a bridge perhaps, to break up the monotony? When you sing it tonight, I hope I get in your miserable little head and you mess up the ridiculous lyrics." Instead, I just stormed out and muttered, "F*cking asshole." I heard a couple of his band guys chuckle and then Don say to them, "What are you laughing at?"
I told the manager of The Station, Jerry Sisk, what happened with his headliner, Captain America, half-expecting to be fired, and he laughed and said, "Good! He's been a Jackass all night; asking for sh*t that's not on the rider, being a total jerk. It's about time someone put that diva in his place." Then he paused, and said, "I was looking forward to hearing that song, though." I felt somewhat justified, tried to put the incident behind me, Jerry introduced me, and I hit the stage.
As I plowed through my repertoire of original songs that no one knew or cared about, I couldn't get the dressing room altercation out of my head and was having a hard time focusing. My moody Circle City song wasn't the right choice for this rowdy crowd waiting for Don McC*ck-smooch and his stupid, f*cking tune. Finally, I just stopped mid-song and told the story of what just happened to the fidgety audience, and they listened—intently. Keep in mind, many of my friends, like Frank Conyngham, Tim Cross, and the many waitresses whose names escape me, were in attendance that night and they ate this sh*t up and egged me on. As I regaled the Northeastern Pennsylvania crowd with how much of a rude ass Don McClean was, they got louder and louder, and were enjoying my displeasure with him more and more. What happened next is a blur, but from eye witness accounts, I was feeling quite empowered and told everybody, "Hey, you know he's going to close with 'American Pie', right? So, what do you say I ruin it for him and we sing a chorus or two now?" I knew the chord changes from hearing it so much and made up a quick, dirty version on the spot. It went something like, "Bye, bye Don McLean is a dick, He's the rudest motherf*cker, Don McLean is a prick." Everyone went crazy, singing along, clapping, but as I was belting it out, I noticed a shadowy figure lurking by the left side of the stage.
It was Nasty McLean.
I wrapped it up, waved goodbye, and told the audience to enjoy themselves… that maybe Don was just having a bad day. As I walked off the stage, Pie Face was standing there, just glaring, looking like he was about to hit me. I saddled up to him real close and whispered, "Don't f*ck with me in my hometown, and try and have a great show, assh*le." I don't know how Don did that night, because I didn't bother to stick around, but I'm guessing, that he may have struggled a little.
Enjoy your $1.2 million dollars, "American Pie" guy, and yes, you can laugh all the way to the bank, but remember, when you get there—you're still a dick!
Author's note: Time has not softened my opinion of him that night, and I found out recently, that I wasn't the only opening act that Don McLean treated so rudely. Many guys that worked with him, like Andy Breckman, have a similar story about Don treating them like sh*t.
]]>At 5:55 a.m. the next day, I fly to Cozumel, Mexico red-eyed and saggy tailed. I arrive and spend an hour shuffling through the customs line, which is annoyingly typical. It's only about 1:30 p.m. and the ships leave around 5 or 6 p.m., so I'm good time-wise. This lovely cattle-drive customs experience leads to a thirty minute cab ride in a packed van with no air conditioning, just a pine tree air freshener long past its due date. Pedro the Aromatic drops me off last. I got to the port at 2 p.m., just in time to find out that my ship left forty minutes ago.
Obviously, someone in the cruise line travel office had made a mistake and since it was a private charter the departure time wasn't posted online, something I always check in case of any travel discrepancies. These things happen, so I go borrow the free Wifi at Señor Frog's so I can email the person in charge of Travel Emergencies. They reply quickly and tell me that now I have to meet the ship I missed in Roatán, Honduras. I immediately think of Alan Arkin's alarmed response to being tricked into flying to this dangerous country by Peter Falk in The In-Laws: "Honduras?", as he bolts for the plane's door. (Anyone under 40, Netflix it.) "I just got out of Roatán alive yesterday," I say to myself. I'm told by the cruise line to check my e-mail, keep my phone on (I have no International plan), stay put (Where am I going?) and a port agent will drive me to the first leg of my journey to get me to the ship. (Great.) The port agent arrives, races through traffic and gets me on a rickety ferry that takes me to Playa del Carmen in the 90-degree heat and blazing sun. From there, another port agent (straight out of Central Casting: Mexican Villains Division) in a hot van all out of Freon rushes me to the surprisingly nice Cancun Airport. From there, I fly to the unsurprisingly scary Mexico City Airport, landing at 11:30 p.m., drained of my patience, moisture and will to live. My emergency contact tells me that it's a six hour layover, and I should just stay at the airport, so I sleep on the floor with my guitar, luggage, and European-style computer bag tied to various parts of my body for safekeeping. I put my genuine fake Rolex, St. Christopher's medal (some help he's been) and passport in my underwear, because no one's been rooting around in there for a while. Ba dum cha!
The next morning, I feel like an arthritic octogenarian after crashing on the hard marble floor. I slowly creak toward the ATM to get some cash for "whatever the f*ck may happen next" and my debit card gets swallowed by the machine. Apparently if you push too many of the wrong Spanish commands, it takes your card. I'm going through a divorce, my credit's shot and I only have one piece of plastic, so now I'm penniless. SH*T!
The airport security guard, dressed head-to-toe in camouflage and donning a stylish AK-47, shoots me a look. I nod as if to say "I'll keep it down, Sir." Despite his terrifying accessories, he looks like he's about 14. I head to the ticket counter to check my luggage and get my boarding passes, wait in line for 40 minutes only to find out that my Aeromexico flight has changed terminals and the new ticket counter is a cab drive away. "F*CK!" This vulgarity, familiar to all cultures, and loud as all f*ck, can be heard in Chile. Security boy shoots me another look. I hold his gaze for a full five seconds and then mime for him to please shoot me, shoot me now, por favor.
I have no cab fare, so I hoof it approximately a mile with my guitar, large bag and man purse to my new Aeromexico ticket counter. Soaking wet from the 99% humidity and badly in need of a knee replacement and a heart shunt, I make it to my gate with ten minutes to spare. Flight 397 to San Salvador, with an on time departure of 5:30 a.m., is a turbulent one and normally would scare the food court fajitas out of me, but I'm unusually calm. I'm reading over my divorce papers—I welcome death. When I arrive and get to the next gate for my flight to Honduras, I sit, sigh, and close my eyes for just a second since I have another hour before the next leg of my never-ending commute. "Ahh… just relax," I plead with myself.
When I open my eyes, I come to the unfortunate realization that everyone waiting for my flight has gone. Now I fall asleep? Are you kidding me? NOOOOOO! This can actually be heard in hell, which from what I hear, is the majority of El Salvador. I rush to the agent at my gate who, thankfully, says that if I run to the plane on the tarmac, I just might make it (she says this in Spanish of course, but I figure it out from all of the exaggerated gesturing, like a Telemundo comedy sketch). I take off as fast as my 50 year-old legs will take me, with all of my items flopping clumsily beside me. I must look like an older, white, out-of-shape, overly accessorized cartoon caricature of Usain Bolt. They open the hatch door and let me in. I thank the El Salvadorian gods, whomever or whatever they may be. (I'm going to assume their higher power is a chicken, coconut shell with Jesus-like markings, or a cell phone taken from a dead tourist.)
When I get to Roatán at 11:00 a.m., I am picked up by yet another grizzled, dandruffy port agent who escorts me to immigration, which, as it turns out, is a hut in the hills manned by a woman with one arm and what appears to be chocolate around her mouth. God, I hope it's chocolate and not some sort of voodoo sh*t. Her name-tag is heavy on the consonants. She looks me up and down with her cataract-clouded eyes, grunts, checks my passport and then looks at her computer. She asks me in her native tongue why I was in Roatán a day and a half ago and I'm back today. The port agent translates, I explain, he tells her, she doesn't understand, and I spend the next hour in a small room being searched, prodded and probed by a man with large hands. He finds nada, so I'm free to go and walk to our van like an aging, bow-legged Blues singer.
We proceed to the ship, and on the way, my Honduran driver tells me that his country is the world leader in homicides, "Ees almos two to one," he says. He seems proud of this fact. I ask him, as politely as I can, to drive a little faster because I have children and would very much like to see them again. We stop for a public execution—just kidding, but at this point, it wouldn't have surprised me. I finally get to the ship and am informed that it's a gay charter and it gets pretty wild, especially in the hot tubs and pool areas, so I may want to stay in my cabin between shows if that sort of thing offends me. Oh and by the way, I have three shows the first night. Now, I've been traveling for two and a half days and I'm afraid that doing three shows on very little sleep and a lot of aggravation might make me a tad cranky on stage. (Did I mention that I'm going through a divorce?) Heaven help the Mojito-addled, hapless, homosexual heckler.
Now, any sane person reading this may question my career choices, to which I can only reply, "What, and quit show business? Being a comedian, or any other kind of entertainer, is about the journey, the experience, the stories, and some of the best trips, times and tales are the ones that occur on the outskirts of rich, the fringes of famous: the guns drawn at hell gigs in country bars, the long drives in the blinding snow when you don't know where the ramp starts and the highway begins and the shows on chartered cruise ships with flamboyant drag queens, regular queens and a naked guy on a skateboard being led around like a pull toy. That's my job and this is the career I chose. As the saying goes, "they pay us to travel, not to perform" and I can't stop now, I'm just starting to get the hang of it. If you'll excuse me, I have to go, I have a show for a boatload of gay people to prepare for—right after I take a nap. (I better set 2 alarms.)"
Editors note: the only part of this story that uses the "Godwin Exaggeration Factor" (sometimes as high as 12%) is the implied cavity search at the Honduran immigration hut. It was actually just a thorough pat down and luggage check. If you doubt the "guns drawn at hell gigs in country bars" line, ask Lee Loren (Carrot Top's sound and light guy) about the time he and Pat had a shotgun pointed at them while trying to get paid in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
]]>DMV: "How long have you been at your new address?"
Me: "Almost a year."
DMV: "The law requires you to inform us of an address change after 15 days."
Me: "Well, sir… my wife left me, took the kids, so I got rid of the old place, got a tinier place, put all my belongings in storage, spent 2 days in the emergency room, another 28 days in a treatment facility, and then went on the road around the clock to pay for the debt incurred during our short-lived marriage and hospital stays, and when I wasn't working, I flew or drove to Ohio, lonely, heartbroken, to be with my children, all the time plotting how I was going to succeed in the entertainment business, at my age, what with the current state of show business catering to the youth and ignoring the seasoned, talented deserving veterans. (5 second pause) The address change must've slipped my mind.
DMV: (awkward silence as he processes my new license)
Grab the cooler and the kids, we're gonna have some fun
Hanging out at the beach, soaking up the sun
We'll drive a couple hours it's not that far away
The sun will come out, it'll be a perfect day
We get there at ten with the whole human race
It took till two, just to find a parking space
At the beach, taking the kids to the beach
The kids, kids, kids love the beach
Now the beer's getting warm and the water's way to cold
I fear a storm or am I just getting old?
The dead fish in the sand, cook up quite an aroma
You can't get too tan or you'll get a melanoma
Suck in your gut, to hide your flab
My feet got cut when I stepped on a crab
At the beach, tell me why I like the beach?
Tell me why, why, why I like the beach
Sand is everywhere, on the blanket and the food
Hide the kids eyes, that fat man's nude
Check out that lady, what did she forget?
She forgot to trim her bikini line, it's like a Chia Pet
You can't surf or para-sail, you might become a paraplegic
When the harness fails you'll need more than analgesic
There's medical waste and pollution in the sea
A great white shark could bite your leg off at the knee
Someone dove from the pier and did a belly flop
Hold on a second that girl's got no top
At the beach, I forgot why I like the beach
I forgot why, why, why I like the beach
We're jammed on the interstate, trying to get home
With the lotion, the sand, and the smelly sea foam
I'm hot, I'm tired, my clothes are soaking wet
Did we get all the towels, what did we forget?
A quick look around and my wife's flippin' her lid
She lost her ring and her wallet, and we're missing one kid
At the beach, we're going back to the beach
Tell me why, why, why I like the beach?


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You came to a forum full of audio enthusiasts to ask about mainstream people? You're barking up the wrong tree here. Go ask them why they use that crap.
Those people require higher taste.
Probably because they blew all the budget on the phone itself so have no money left for expensive headphones? Saying that I do sometimes look at other people at work who just stick with the stock buds. Pop them in and away they go listening to the music. Not worrying about whether the seal is good or whatever.
Simple. They don't care about great audio. End of thread.....
Every passion has it's extremes, and those who are passionate find those extremes.
I make custom knives. You have no idea how many times I've heard people say their $40 knife is "the best." Mountain biking is another example. Most think of a $100-$300 bike with knobby tires as being a "Mountain Bike" or the best because it's a Trek $300 bike. You can buy mountain bikes for $5000 and still not be at "the best.' My lowest priced knife starts at $350. Many mainstream people would think that's ridiculous.
I like Hifi equipment. I like tactical gear. I like flashlights. I like knives. I like technical clothing. The average "mainstream" person would think I'm a nutjob for what I would spend on all of that stuff. It's funny though...once you get into it, it's not so hard to throw the money at any of that stuff anymore LOL!
It says the same thing on the knife forums I belong to......."I'm sorry for your wallet"
Most people have some kind of hobby they throw money at, some people's are just weirder that others; to each their own ;)
Try telling someone the flashlight in your pocket cost $900 and see how they look at you!!!
Some (or most) people don't really seem to care about good audio. Besides, many of them are just listening to music to pass the time (whilst commuting, for example).
Still, if you've never listened to a good headphone, you're going to think that your stock DAP/Cellphone's stock IEMs are amazing.
It's just not some peoples thing. Some people would rather buy a KitchenAid Stand Mixer than good IEM's
I don't think it's one thing in particular. Different things drive different people on different paths. Seven years ago I googled "best LED flashlight" and my wallet packed it's bags and moved to a good home. I did that because I got tired of using a crap flashlight while in the military. I did the same thing when I wanted more out of my music. I've always been into home audio, but didn't know that much about portable audio until a couple years ago. Some people, when they want the best they research every detail about whatever it is they are buying. In doing so they become knowledgeable about other aspects that pertain to the original item (ie. if you were buying a knife you'd research steel, then making steel, or the properties of different steel to find the steel that suits your needs best).
It just comes down to when and where a person has a need for something more and if they'll take someone else's word that the product they have is the best, or if they actively take part in researching what the "best" really is. Also, "best" is different for everyone.
I guess it's just not a priority for some people.
I like having the "best" of the things that I'm interested in and sometimes that doesn't fall inline with other people's daily necessities, or routine. I would spend money on a knife before a watch, a watch before a new set of high end IEM's, IEM's before another PolarTec NeoShell Jacket, another Jacket before a new couch...etc :)
EXACTLY. I think it is absolutely insane for anyone to break a cellphone contract to pay 5X the amount for the latest I-phone, just cause they gotta have it when the one they have works fine.. It's pissing money away!
But that same person could look at the slew of IEM's I bought the past couple years and say...I'm pissing money away!
Different strokes for different folks.
I'm 32 now.
When I was younger, I was always really concerned about having the best gear.
As I've grown older, I've really learned to stop getting attached to so much stuff and just enjoy life. I'll still research the equipment I buy, but I stop paying money as soon as the return on dollar becomes near negligible.
The truth is, for most people, that point of diminishing returns for earbuds can be met with a decent $20-$30 pair of IEM's. For others, it just doesn't matter.
For example, while I like to think of myself as an audiophile wanna-be (I own Grado SR60's, ATH-M50's, an Fiio E7, etc), I find myself just using my $6 JVC Marshmallow earbuds 99% of the time on the way to work. This is mostly because I spend most of my time listenting to podcasts, but also because I just don't care that much.
I still love researching this stuff, but I'm a lot happier as I've tried to live a more minimal lifestyle and get out of the house.
That said, any favorite recommendations for < $40? I hated the VSonic GR02's I tried.
By the same reason some people are happy drinking a $5 wine instead of a $500 wine, or some people are happy eating at McDonalds instead of eating caviar-stuffed truffles.
I was in mobile audio for a number of years - I had customers who couldn't fathom why a box for their trunk - before the speakers, mind you - could cost a grand. Or why the installation was another couple of thousand. Or one 1000w amp cost $199 and a 250W amp cost $1999 - it is all about priorities. I learned long ago, that great sound was a luxury - was I willing to pay the price? When I spent hours in my car every day - hell yes! You can make a car sound 10 times better than a home system - a proper car system can make a 1K IEM sound like a white Apple iBud - The funny thing is, while many of my friends can't tell the difference between their $50-$100 IEM's and a proper triple BA IEM - they often can tell that a $6K car system sounds awesome. (I don't mean an overpowered, sloppy bass, unbalanced POS system - but a proper 2,000 watt multi-speaker installation) They usually can tell it is better than their Lexus Mark Levinson piece of ****.
A number of reasons, and I'd guess the main 2 being:
1. It's just not that important to them
2. They are unaware of other options / how much sound can be improved.
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We made it through three days on our own, and things couldn't have gone more smoothly. Everyone was on good behavior, we wore each other out, and all slept soundly.
Because everyone was up by 5:45 am on Saturday, we started early, and hit the Bog Walk (a total gem of a short hike right near us.) before 7 am. Skyler RAN the entire thing.
She ran,
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and she ran
and then she rested.
Reed liked the way the stroller bump-bump-bumped over the boardwalk.
We also got Skyler's hair cut, went to a gymnastics birthday party, and played with the O'Reillys. Both kids just went full throttle all day, and they were both asleep for the night by 6:30 pm. Happy times for mommy.
Here is a shot of Reed, who learned to feed himself! (i.e., he won't let me feed him anymore, but he still LOVES baby food!) This is the child who will be sitting on my lap on an airplane for several hours.
Meanwhile, Sam had some outstanding swims at his long course meet. He came home with a pile of ribbons and two meet records (!).
We are off to Utah tomorrow for a week with my sister and her family. Skyler has been obsessed with talking about Liesel (my sister) and Cameron and Grant (her 6 and 7 year old nephews) since our one-week countdown started. Here is her latest drawing of the three of them holding hands. For some reason, blogger won't flip this picture in the right direction, but you get the idea. Based on the gargantuan size of her own head, I think Skyler has a pretty strong sense of self.
The last time we were all together was last August in North Carolina, and Skyler thinks THAT (the beach) was Utah. (e.g. "Remember last time we were at Utah and I built a sand castle with Cameron?") Everytime I try to explain to her that Utah has mountains, not an ocean or a beach, she just smiles knowingly and says: "You'll see when we get there, Mommy. I'll show you."
Because we didn't want to pay for three tickets, Sam decided to stay home.
By himself.
For a week.
I think he's just a little bit excited. I think I'd love it for about 8 hours and then it would be way too quiet and I'd miss everyone way too much. Is that how you feel, honey?
Anyway, I'm quite certain you'll see some pics from Utah soon! (And yes, Tiercy, we can't wait to see you too!)
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I love her artwork!! Have a great trip
- June 23, 2008 at 11:09 PM
- Tiercy said...
Yahoo!! Our zoo trip is planned and I can't wait! I've heard Skyler has never been to a zoo before. This is the perfect zoo for kids. Can't wait to see you on Friday.
- June 24, 2008 at 8:32 PM
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Uncertainty gathered like foreboding clouds above the beach about the logistics of All Tomorrow's Parties presenting the fourth northeast iteration of their festival in Asbury Park as opposed to the beloved and admittedly decrepit Kutsher's resort in the Catskills that hosted the three previous iterations. Decidedly more urban than bucolic Monticello, the locations share a rough-around-the-edges charm. Both are perfect staging grounds for an invasion of die-hard music fans to take over in an adult summer camp atmosphere and baffle locals. Security was in full force as the festival kicked off, and a capacity crowd for Cults at Asbury Lanes (the smallest of the three venues presenting music at I'll Be Your Mirror, as this Portishead-curated iteration was dubbed) left some early arrivals waiting outside. A sedate but beautifully lit set by The Album Leaf showed off the acoustic and aesthetic merits of the historic Paramount theater, a far cry from the scruffy but charming Stardust Ballroom of previous ATP's.
Any worries that the crucial "ATP atmosphere" would be impossible to import to the Jersey Shore were ebbing away by the time Chavez inaugurated the main stage in the early evening. The Matador-signed 90s guitar heroes have only been sporadically active in the last decade and their irresistible of deceptively hooky pop songwriting married to front man Matt Sweeney's distinctive guitar tone lit the crowd up. Even a mention that Bob Weston (of Mission of Burma and later playing bass in Shellac) was running their sound brought a roar from the crowd, indicative of the hardcore aficionado crowd. Shortly after Chavez's triumphant set, the first of a few thunder storms that would continue through the night broke, dumping rain on the dedicated fans running from the Convention Center over to Asbury Lanes, hoping to catch cult noise-pop innovators Thinking Fellers Union Local 282. The low ceiling and under-powered PA were a bit of a drag, but the novelty of watching a band flanked by active bowling lanes on either side was a typical "only at ATP" experience. For their part, the band powered through an hour-plus, career-spanning set of head-bopping, astute pop rock, with members alternating lead vocal and guitar parts throughout. One highlight, "Cup of Dreams" had a small group of crazed dancers going absolutely wild. Thinking Fellers appearance was even rarer than Chavez, and harkened back to a quirkier time in indie rock when skronky off-kilter dirges comfortably rubbed elbows with earnestly melodic passages, petals among the thorns. The group's eclecticism was a strong match for the typically diverse ATP lineup.
Guitar noise was the key element of the first half of ATP's Friday night program, brought to a close by a monster set from perennial fest favorites Shellac. Last year's set at Kutsher's was abbreviated and, unbelievably, a bit off. Perhaps for the first time ever, Shellac had something to prove? And they did so, powering through an aggressive set list that spilled past their allotted time and into the beginning of Jeff Mangum's much-anticipated set across the hall at the Paramount theater. Along the way, they answered plenty of the crowd's questions, one response invoking a graphic description of Steve Albini's favorite "instrument" (let's just say it's more medieval torture device than musical) offered to young girl in the back and elicited plenty of boos for their baseball opinions (Mentioning the Phillies to a New York crowd is never a good gambit, following it up with perfunctory Yankees trashing less so). They finally answered the shouts of a group of desperately enthusiastic fans for "I Am A Plane" with the definitive performance of that particular tune, replete with on-stage choreography.
Transitioning from the hat trick of rock offered by Chavez, Thinking Fellers and Shellac was a bit challenging. I wasn't inside the Paramount for Jeff Mangum's breathlessly anticipated set, but most of the reports I heard were complimentary, if not overly rhapsodic. Mangum served the same role as My Bloody Valentine at the first east coast ATP, a rarely-seen cult act who hasn't released new material in years. Whether the buildup and release of such a years-in-the-making appearance can satisfy one's hopes and dreams was a subjective calculation. There were no authenticated reports of full swooning, but I haven't thoroughly scrubbed the Twitter stream. As Mangum's set was winding down, Bonnie "Prince" Billy and his band ambled onstage unceremoniously while the houselights still on. They ran through a couple tunes without much fanfare, to the delight of the early diehards gathered for their closing set. As the lights dimmed and the proper set started, Oldham and his band including guitarist Emmett Kelly and singer Angel Olson cast a spell over the Convention Hall and the front-row devotees. Leaning heavily on material from Oldham's upcoming Wolfroy Goes To Town on Drag City as well as fresh arrangements of tunes from his last few albums ("The Seedling"), the predictably wonderful happened when Matt Sweeney appeared on-stage for "Beast For Thee," a cut off the group's beloved 2005 collaboration Superwolf. Sweeney stuck around for "Life In Muscle," an older tune recently released on a 10".
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Other: Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy |
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Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II Study for Short Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy Utilizing Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) in Combination With Capecitabine in Patients With Resectable Rectal Carcinoma |
- To evaluate if downstaging of tumor is observed after preoperative chemoradiotherapy: pathological T stage of disease in surgical specimen will be compared with preoperative T stage. [ Time Frame: Every 21 days ]
- To evaluate survival after preoperative chemoradiotherapy. [ Time Frame: Every 3 months ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 62 |
Study Start Date: | July 2009 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | July 2012 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | July 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Other: Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy
Preoperative chemoradiotherapy has become a standard part of treatment protocols in stage II and III rectal cancer. Compared to postoperative chemoradiotherapy, the advantage of preoperative application of chemotherapeutics and irradiation includes improved compliance, reduced toxicity, and downstaging of the tumor in a substantial number of patients. The latter may enhance the rate of curative surgery, permit sphincter preservation in patients with low-sited tumors, and have a positive impact on the quality of life of these patients (Sauer et al, 2004).
The most widely used chemotherapeutic agent in colorectal cancer has been 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), and numerous attempts have been made to improve its efficacy, including biomodulation and protracted infusion. It has been demonstrated that biomodulation with leucovorin or levamisole was not effective in rectal cancer (Tepper et al, 2002), and protracted infusion of 5-FU was superior to bolus injection (O'Connell et al, 1994). New oral chemotherapeutic agents including capecitabine have been introduced and tried in colorectal cancer. Capecitabine is a tumor-selective fluoropyrimidine carbamate designed to achieve a higher intratumoral 5-FU level with lower systemic toxicity than intravenous administration of 5-FU (Shimma et al, 2000). It passes intact through the intestinal mucosa and is converted to 5-FU, preferentially in tumor tissue by thymidine phosphorylase (Schuller et al, 2000 ; Ishikawa et al, 1998 ; Miwa et al, 1998). Theoretically, oral capecitabine mimics the effect of protracted infusion of 5-FU without complications accompanying intravenous delivery (Liu et al, 1997). Moreover, experimental data using human cancer xenografts demonstrated up-regulation of thymidine phosphorylase by radiation (Sawada et al, 1999), constituting a synergistic effect. In two randomized Phase III trials, capecitabine showed a superior overall response rate and safety profile compared with 5-FU/lecovorinin for metastatic colorectal cancer (Van Cutsem et al, 2001; Hoff et al, 2001; Twelves, 2002). Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)-based radiation therapy that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to normal tissue. (Ballonoff et al, 2008)
With such encouraging outcomes, investigators initiated a prospective study to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of short course preoperative chemoradiotherapy utilizing Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) in combination with capecitabine in patients with resectable rectal carcinoma.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pathologically confirmed diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the rectum by biopsy technique that does not completely excise the lesion (e.g., fine needle aspiration, core needle biopsy)
- Located up to 15 cm from the anal verge with no extension of malignant disease into the anal canal
- Stage IIIB-IIIC disease (T3-T4, N0-2, M0)(i.e., without evidence of distant metastases) tumor as determined by the following assessments:Colonoscopy and biopsy within the past 8 weeks; History/physical examination (including medication history screen for contraindications) within the past 8 weeks; Contrast-enhanced imaging of the abdomen and pelvis either by CT, MRI, or PET-CT (whole body preferred) within the past 8 weeks
- Chest x-ray (or CT) of the chest within the past 8 weeks to exclude distant metastases (except for patients who have had whole body PET-CT)
- Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) within the past 8 weeks required to establish tumor stage
- TRUS not required if clinical exam, CT of the pelvis, and/or MRI demonstrates T4 lesion
- No synchronous primary colon carcinoma
- No evidence of distant metastases (M1)
- ANC ≥ 1,800/mm³
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
- Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL (transfusion or other intervention to achieve hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL allowed)
- AST < 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Alkaline phosphatase < 2.5 times ULN
- Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN
- Creatinine clearance > 50 mL/min
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No prior invasive malignancy except nonmelanoma skin cancer unless disease free for a minimum of 3 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- Severe, active comorbidity, defined as follows:
- Unstable angina and/or congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization within the past 12 months
- Transmural myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
- Acute bacterial or fungal infection requiring intravenous antibiotics
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation or other respiratory illness requiring hospitalization or precluding study therapy within the past 30 days
- Hepatic insufficiency resulting in clinical jaundice and/or coagulation defects
- Evidence of uncontrolled seizures, central nervous system disorders, or psychiatric disability judged by the investigator to be clinically significant, precluding informed consent, or interfering with compliance of oral drug intake
- Known, existing uncontrolled coagulopathy, unless clinically stable on anticoagulation therapy for ≥ 2 weeks
- Evidence of peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 2
- Prior allergic reaction to capecitabine
- Lack of physical integrity of the gastrointestinal tract (i.e., severe Crohn disease that results in malabsorption; significant bowel resection that would make one concerned about the absorption of capecitabine) or malabsorption syndrome that would preclude feasibility of oral chemotherapy (i.e., capecitabine)
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Principal Investigator: | Weiguo Cao, MD | Ruijin Hospital |
Principal Investigator: | Ren Zhao, MD, PhD | Ruijin Hospital |
Responsible Party: | Weiguo Cao, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00973778 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | September 8, 2009 |
Last Updated: | June 14, 2011 |
Keywords provided by Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine:
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Capecitabine Resectable Rectal Carcinoma |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Capecitabine |
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents |
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Character Recognition..help plz..
hi all..
i m working on my final year project,,its about CAPTCHA breaking...i.e. to show that captchas can be easily breakable....
for that following steps need to be followed:
1. firstly trace the position of characters in the input image.
2. then extract each character,,we can also say it as character segmentation..i.e. separating each character individually...
<<i have completed my project till dis step>>
now we have :
1. the segmented images...
2. a training set of images i.e. a set of images each representing an individual character.
what i want :
1. maintain a database in which 2 columns will be there... one representing the individual character i.e. from a to z...and second representing the value obtained after applying some function on the corresponding training image.
2. now after applying the same function on the segmented image which we have obtained in step 2,,we'll get their values also...now dese values will be compared in the database,,,nd the corresponding character'll be fetched.....
in this way v can get the text corressponding to that image...
what say guys.......:confused::confused:
i just wanted to know which function shud i apply on the training set of images..........:confused::confused:
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