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new Fast and Furious 7 trailer.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 4, 21:48 [youtube] 4
- I appreciate that they are still making each movie a different genre. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 21:58 3
  - Word. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 4, 22:06 2
    - I didn't say they were necessarily *good* movies. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 22:06 1
      - but they are fun -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 22:12
Tonight's Late Late Show guest host: John Mayer -- nm - Dano Feb 4, 21:39
I, Frankenstein is like Exposition: The Movie. -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 21:39
19F out. - Ultron Feb 4, 20:50 2
- 7C out. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 4, 21:18
- You sunk my Battleship! - budice Feb 4, 21:07
I must appologize. I conflated killing IS, with killing a meatball sub. -- nm - King Abdullah Feb 4, 20:45 2
- You have particular tastes. -- nm - budice Feb 4, 20:50
- well, 55 is still impressive, sir -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 20:46
Episode 2 of Fresh of The Boat was a completely different show and 10x better. -- nm - MDH Feb 4, 20:35 2
- Never judge a series on its pilot alone. - tobor.2 Feb 4, 20:44
- Love the main kid. The mom grew on me at the very end. I'll keep watching but it's slow out of the gate -- nm - Epiphany Feb 4, 20:40
hey hey, Rachel dear . . . how I wish you were here . . . hey hey I can almost see you . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Feb 4, 20:25
Seventh Son is getting a 2800 screen release? -- nm - Dano Feb 4, 20:17 10
- I saw footage at the *2013* San Diego Comic-Con... - budice Feb 4, 20:41
- 2800 too many -- nm - Epiphany Feb 4, 20:23 6
  - It's missing 40 Ronin -- nm - Dano Feb 4, 20:26 5
    - 47 Ronin was on cable the other night...my expectations were low - Epiphany Feb 4, 20:27 4
      - What was real depressing (spoils).... - budice Feb 4, 20:38 3
        
        I'm like Pavlov 's dog. - Epiphany Feb 4, 20:41 2
        
        You like little tortures...spoils.. - budice Feb 4, 20:44 1
        
        Hee! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 4, 20:52
- he's a one, he's a one, he's the one they call the Seventh Son!!!!!!!!! -- (link) - Peglegpete, Johnny Rivers fan Feb 4, 20:23 [youtube] 1
  - in the whole wide world? (this seems to be a popular tune with the local blues scene, there's even an act called the 7th Son) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 22:24
I have a somewhat tough and probably tough poll: Name a song that was released but didn't become a 'hit' until a bit later. - ty97 Feb 4, 20:07 30
- Green Day: Good Riddance -- nm - Ultron Feb 4, 21:11
- bohemian rhapsody was bigger after wayne's world than when it was released, at least by the charts. -- nm - mafic Feb 4, 20:50 2
  - Berlin: take my breath away became a bigger hit after Top Gun used it -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 21:07 1
    - ooooh....Dick Dale's Miserloo hit the charts after Pulp Fiction -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 21:10
- here is a maybe. it depende on what you consider a hit...Katmandu Bob Seger -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 4, 20:44
- This is becoming more and more common it feels like as of late. Kongos - Come WIth Me Now was a big rock hit last year. - Tim Feb 4, 20:41
- here is another list. I'd google "sleeper hits" or "songs that took a long time to become hits" to find more. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 4, 20:33 2
  - there was a big delay in Bowie's Major Tongue which was done 10 years earlier, before the moon landing etc -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 20:46
  - Layla?? it sure seemed like a hit when it came out -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 20:41
- People say Ellie Gouldings "lights" was like this -- nm - Epiphany Feb 4, 20:24
- this thread is crying out for Tim - enough that I berytronned, as I know he's talked about some. from that, passenger's "let her go" and macklemore & - b. Feb 4, 20:19 5
  - in this vein: somebody that I used to know and Royals were hits here for months before they took off elsewhere. -- nm - mafic Feb 4, 21:26 1
    - (though this should actually be below b.'s post below). -- nm - mafic Feb 4, 21:28
  - :) -- nm - Tim Feb 4, 20:44
  - and what I was trying to remember myself he also mentioned - ellie goulding's "lights" took forever to become a hit here. - b. Feb 4, 20:23 1
    - Jinx -- nm - Epiphany Feb 4, 20:25
- Snetimental lady was written by Bob Welch. Buckingham & Nicks made it a hit after Bob left Fleetwood Mac. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 20:16
- Cheap trick was slightly better than a cult band before Live at Budokon went crazy with a lot of their old songs -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 20:14
- do covers like Clapton doing I shot the Sherrif count? or just original bands -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 20:12 1
  - I am leaning toward original version. - ty97 Feb 4, 20:21
- At This Moment by Billy Vera and the Beaters didn'tecome a hit until Family Ties used it -- nm - Dano Feb 4, 20:11
- there are so many! a recent one is hozier's "take me to church" - I first heard it almost a year ago, and it had already been out for some time. - b. Feb 4, 20:11
- possibly example - ty97 Feb 4, 20:09 4
  - yah, not the best example. it reached higher than that on some u.s. charts, and it got a lot of play on mtv. - b. Feb 4, 20:15 3
    - now with link - #7 on billboard's "top tracks" list. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 4, 20:15 2
      - Do they even release the Top Tracks list anymore? It is certainly not a reliable chart I recognize. -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 20:18 1
        
        clicking through the link of its name shows it merged over time into the current "mainstream rock" chart. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 4, 20:21
- Here you go -- (link) - TWuG Feb 4, 20:09
- Sheriff - When I'm With You - Reagen Feb 4, 20:09 1
  - Interesting, I knew 500 Miles was a huge US hit but had no idea it was a delayed hit. -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 20:11
I think this is a must have for the kitties. -- (link) - Dano Feb 4, 20:04 3
- yes. I think I've seen it at.. yep, Petco. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 4, 20:07 2
  - jnine was kind enough to send me some kitty stuff including a Petco gift card. I will go there this weekend. -- nm - Dano Feb 4, 20:09 1
    - aww, very nice! :D -- nm - b. Feb 4, 20:12
guys, I got new slippers and they are amazing. if you have a chick in your life whose feet you respect, or if you are a chick who loves her feet -- (link) - homeslice amanda Feb 4, 19:59 3
- this winter shall be the winter of (proper) ugg boots in the mafic house. - mafic Feb 4, 20:48
- Random wiggie trivia: I wore Minnetonka smooth leather moccasins to high school nearly every day. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 4, 20:10
- Its an UGG boot? -- nm - budice Feb 4, 20:07
I'm sitting next to Smart Girl at trivia. I might pass out. -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 19:56 3
- I miss trivia :( - ty97 Feb 4, 19:58 1
  - speaking of trivia, we are getting a new craft brew bar. zeno's has sucked for so long that ... I actually want this. -- (link) - homeslice amanda Feb 4, 20:00
- ask her what the Venus Butterfly is :) -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 19:57
So this is weird. A car has been parked in front of my apartment for the past few hours playing music loudly. - ty97 Feb 4, 19:42 10
- drug dealers? gangsta hit men? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 21:01
- Suicide. -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 20:31
- what kind of music? maybe it's a really persistent version of wooing a la boom box +"in your eyes"? - b. Feb 4, 19:46
- Flowers By Irene -- nm - prayformojo Feb 4, 19:44 6
  - this is one of my favorite gags ever. -- nm - Tim Feb 4, 20:44
  - did you have to look that up? -- nm - b. Feb 4, 19:48
  - (guys, I don't mean to alarm you but pfm is speaking in code.) -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 19:45 3
    - Pssst. He's trying to clue you in without tipping off the Feds. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 4, 19:53 1
      - Maybe I shouldn't have finished that beer :/ -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 19:55
    - There's exactly a 2.63% chance that he is currently possessed. -- nm - Dano Feb 4, 19:46
whoa, cheapskate jerk....the bride gives the groom some cash to pay me and says you got those two 5s, and I stick it in my pocket and do the ceremony - zeitgeist Feb 4, 19:42 4
- :( -- nm - Epiphany Feb 4, 20:26
- wow -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 4, 20:18
- which is why you were supposed to put those two fives in your *other* pocket... -- nm - znufrii Feb 4, 20:04
- This martiage won't last. -- nm - tobor.2 Feb 4, 19:48
Yay, another computer history BS movie I won't watch. (Fassbender as jobs) - Beryllium Feb 4, 19:41
Just started a podcast called "Criminal" which has potential after 1 ep. as well as a B2 tie in -- nm - rollo Feb 4, 19:37 1
- It's pretty good. I've enjoyed most episodes. -- nm - Krusty Feb 4, 19:47
I saw Queen Rania first. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 4, 19:35
Pandora has decided that I should listen to Breathe. - ty97 Feb 4, 19:31
"Plus, we check in with Alabama. And it ain't football season, you know it can't be good." -- nm - con_carne Feb 4, 19:13
Rumour is that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are married -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 18:56 7
- Rumor is that they deserve each other. - ty97 Feb 4, 19:30 5
  - wasn't that a nic someone used on TT or ST? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 19:38 3
    - yes. (spoilers) - b. Feb 4, 19:47 2
      - man, I loved that nick. maybe I should... -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Feb 4, 20:01 1
        
        Did you ever see the movie? It's not particularly good. -- nm - Dano Feb 4, 20:03
  - What a shock that movie was -- nm - Epiphany Feb 4, 19:36
- st told me that weeks ago. :) - nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 4, 19:25 [Backboard]
Supernatural spoilers - Beaker Feb 4, 18:45 1
- Also...spoils - tobor.2 Feb 4, 19:32
ahhhh ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... that is all. -- nm - Truman Feb 4, 18:34 2
- choo? -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 18:52 1
  - no, stepped on something pointy with a barefoot. -- nm - Truman Feb 4, 19:06
That Liverpool match was something. (spoils) - CQ Feb 4, 18:18 1
- It was crazy - Volnelk Feb 4, 18:50
Your "ESPN in a nutshell" image of the day -- (link) - Reagen Feb 4, 18:12 7
- throw in a Tebow reference for the trifecta. -- nm - mafic Feb 4, 18:28 2
  - Who do you think is the treatment specialist? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 4, 18:30 1
    - chris carter. -- nm - Truman Feb 4, 18:41
- ayup -- nm - prayformojo Feb 4, 18:27
- heh -- nm - CQ Feb 4, 18:15
- how very odd. -- nm - king abdullah s.i. Feb 4, 18:14 1
  - oh king, I didn't know you were also a u.s. sports fan! -- nm - b. Feb 4, 18:14
Fresh Off the Boat was not good. I'll give it the second EP tonight to confirm. -- nm - MDH Feb 4, 18:12 4
- For trying things, I've been quite enjoying Backstrom. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 18:35 2
  - i meant to record those, but I havent. wonder if I should start. -- nm - Truman Feb 4, 18:41 1
    - I can get you the first couple if you want. -- nm - droidlet Feb 4, 19:24
- Pilot episodes are tough to judge by. I didn't much care for Agent Carter's first half. It got better. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 18:26
School shooting here at an after-school sports event. - Will Hunting Feb 4, 18:07
Jordan carries out air strikes in Iraq, killing 55 IS militants -- (link) - con_carne Feb 4, 18:07
Thanks for all the good thoughts for my kitty on B3... -- nm - BAD Feb 4, 17:58
Adam Pally got to host the Late Late Show for one night -- (link) - Reagen Feb 4, 17:49 [youtube] 2
- Awkward -- (link) - Dano Feb 4, 18:36 [Backboard]
- OTT and I watched at least most of his opening, up until guests, the other night - he really needed to have more planned, less adlibbing. -- nm - b. Feb 4, 17:55
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  - that's -trekker-! *glare* -- nm - king abdullah s.i. Feb 4, 18:07 6
    - us first gen fans who watched the original series when it first aired in the 1960's are 'grandfathered in' and can say Trekkie :))) -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 18:10 5
      - I was born in 1962. I would have had to be a very little prince to be watching then. -- nm - king abdullah s.i. Feb 4, 18:13 1
        
        Nevermind :) -- nm - Peglegpete, mimicking Rosanne Rosanadanna Feb 4, 18:18
      - ps, WE started Trek fandom and can say what we want :)))))))))) -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 18:12 2
        
        Yeah, but you also created fanfics, so you have that to own up to as well. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 18:20
        
        no matter how far off the times we are :( -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 18:13
  - He's supposed to be building a ST theme park - con_carne Feb 4, 18:01
  - This dude's awesome. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 4, 17:58 2
    - I taught him everything he knows. True story. -- nm - Brian Williams Feb 4, 18:00
    - whipsmart, if you've ever seen him interviewed. -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 17:59
- well, Joanna Cameron hasn't done much since 1980 :( -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 4, 17:54 2
  - ISIS had a webside in danish now -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 4, 17:59 1
    - ^Has -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 4, 18:01
- He's Spotswoode getting ready to recruit Gary -- nm - budice Feb 4, 17:51
- also: he's the 43rd generation descendant of Muhammed. cool. -- nm - mafic Feb 4, 17:50 3
  - Dirka dirka Muhammed Jihad! -- nm - budice Feb 4, 18:02
  - although that's one of those things where eventually we all are. -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 17:52 1
    - he's no Genghis Khan. -- nm - mafic Feb 4, 19:02
- *And* replaced Jamie Dornan for the 50 Shades sequels. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 4, 17:50 1
  - Far far far more believable. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 4, 17:51
- don't you feel silly about rejecting monarchy now? -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 17:50

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