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Daniel Brown is a horrific sounding rapper of whom upon listening your ears will bleed and beg for mercy. His song monopoly brings a horrible light to the terrific game, but listening to this is the exact opposite of Tim Duncan's humongous gong cock. Daniel Sewell (born March 16, 1981), better known by his stage name Danny Brown is an American independent hip hop recording artist from Detroit, Michigan. Brown is known for his individuality, being described by MTV as "one of rap's most unique figures in recent memory."[1] His 2011 album XXX received much critical acclaim, earning him such accolades as Spin's #1 hip hop album of the year and Metro Times's "Artist of the Year".[2]

Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link

Hatfields and McCoys in the modern era

In 1979, the two families united for a special week's taping of the popular game show Family Feud, in which they played for a cash prize and a pig which was kept on stage during the games.[19] The Hatfield family won the contest 301- 227.[20]

congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link

Man I miss the Carter years.

pplains, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link

==References== he is a young player that started his career at u 20 with a very successful start playing agist brazil and arganetina his socred a goal agisnt argaentina in the game that ended by the score of 2:1. the young player who has alot of opertuinties after the canelation of the egyption premier legue after the Port Said Stadium disaster were 74 people were killed. After that event the young player many offer from clubs all over the world and the team that insited on purching this young player was basel fc. which gave his club a offer of 600,000$ to get the player to sigh for basil fc. The contract which makes the player connected to basel fc for four years.

too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:57 (twelve years ago) link

young players who edit their own wikipedia entries

korea opportunities (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 31 May 2012 12:03 (twelve years ago) link

==References==He is a very strong center defender. He is known for how strong he gets into chalanges to get the ball from strikers. He is very energatic during the match he never stops or slows down the ruthem of his play. His is 21 years which makes him capable of giving his most in every match unlike older player who lack stamina. He also has a fast acceliration when runing without the ball. He is much slower dribling with the ball. He has a very high jump when joing into corners or freekicks because of his hight and abillty to use his head effectively

too cool graham rix listening to neu (nakhchivan), Thursday, 31 May 2012 12:03 (twelve years ago) link

potential ilf thread 'guess the footballer from a random quote on their wiki page'

Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:36 (twelve years ago) link

not an unusual detail so much as the most amazingly tortured grammar ever:

In February 2012 she was cast opposite Goldie Hawn in the role in the HBO comedy pilot The Viagra Diaries, created by Sex and the City creator and executive producer Darren Star, but when Hawn exit of the pilot, McLendon-Covey also left from show.[11] After she received five offers, ultimately settling as the female lead role on ABC comedy pilot Only Fools And Horses with John Leguizamo and Christopher Lloyd.[12][13]

some dude, Friday, 1 June 2012 00:54 (twelve years ago) link

ow, my head hurt trying to parse that.

Pureed Moods (Trayce), Friday, 1 June 2012 01:04 (twelve years ago) link

wait, there was an american only fools & horses??

Sisig Steve (stevie), Friday, 1 June 2012 05:24 (twelve years ago) link

Goldie Hawn was Del Boy.

(guessing)

Mark G, Friday, 1 June 2012 05:56 (twelve years ago) link

ew american only fools & horses

Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Friday, 1 June 2012 12:22 (twelve years ago) link

with John Leguizamo and Christopher Lloyd! piss on Nicholas Lyndhurst

korea opportunities (Noodle Vague), Friday, 1 June 2012 12:25 (twelve years ago) link

In 21 to 23 August 1962, a person using a telescope reportedly saw two of the monsters chasing each other in water. More than a hundred people reported the sightings. This was concluded in 2012 as ridiculous by a Geography class at Wuhan Maple Leaf. Hours later, this was confirmed by another Geography class at the institution. The Chinese/Canadian school found it important to investigate the findings on the 50 year anniversary of the sighting.

I know what monster this is!!

cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 1 June 2012 13:17 (twelve years ago) link

indeed - but have you seen it?

the fey monster (ledge), Friday, 1 June 2012 13:23 (twelve years ago) link

Notable people named Ivica

Ivica Avramović, Serbian footballer
Ivica Džidić, Croatian footballer
Ivica Grlić, Bosnian Croat footballer
Ivica Kralj, Montenegrin footballer
Ivica Mornar, Croatian soccer player
Ivica Olić, Croatian soccer player
Ivica Dragutinović, Serbian soccer player
Ivica Osim, Bosnian footballer and coach
Ivica Račan, Croatian politician
Ivica Rajić, Croatian soldier
Ivica Šerfezi, Croatian singer
Ivica Kostelić, Croatian alpine skier
Avicii, bunch of wild Bosnians that don't know right from wrong

anatol_merklich, Friday, 1 June 2012 14:59 (twelve years ago) link

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4411/screenshot20120612at946.png

pplains, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link

haha, my hometown:

Greers Ferry is the home of the Arkansas chapter of USMC&D (United States Meth Cookers and Dealers) and is well known for its collection of rotten teeth.

pplains, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link

In Spring 2012 Benson Phillips comprehensively edited his own Wikipedia page to add self-aggrandising information. But he wrote it in the third person.

a permanent embarrassment and an occasional disgrace (onimo), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link

In 2003 Estrada released his debut solo album Hamburger Midnight (taking its title from a George/Estrada co-composition on the first Little Feat album) on the record label Inkanish Records, on which he collaborated once again with Jimmy Carl Black.

However his future as a professional musician was curtailed by his conviction and incarceration.

decrepit but free (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 14 June 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link

At their last concert in 1981, Falco played bass for the group.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymed_(band)

thumbs.db (get bent), Monday, 18 June 2012 03:34 (twelve years ago) link

falco was in this band too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8wFjsuRnuM

thumbs.db (get bent), Monday, 18 June 2012 03:44 (twelve years ago) link

Jessie Eisenberg seems to be listed as a P0rn Actor on his page at the mo.

MaresNest, Monday, 18 June 2012 08:51 (twelve years ago) link

][91] During World War II, the medals of German scientists Max von Laue and James Franck were sent to Copenhagen for safekeeping. When Germany invaded Denmark, chemist George de Hevesy dissolved them in aqua regia, to prevent confiscation by Nazi Germany and to prevent legal problems for the holders. After the war, the gold was recovered from solution, and the medals re-cast.[92]

Brilliant.

Mark G, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 14:16 (twelve years ago) link

To add authenticity and humor to the film, the filmmakers found Redden to fit the look of the inbred and mentally retarded banjo boy called for by the book, although Redden himself is neither.

Just saying. (stevie), Saturday, 23 June 2012 08:41 (eleven years ago) link

Bill Duke:
Known to family as Maccy Bub after a cat he owned in his youth named Macintosh and the waterproof jacket he often wore.

Just saying. (stevie), Monday, 25 June 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link

Head premiered on television across-the-board as a CBS Late Movie on December 30, 1974 (Michael Nesmith's 32nd birthday, and David Jones' 29th), at 11:30pm (EST); the network rebroadcast the film on July 7, 1975 (the 35th birthday of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, who's mentioned in the movie), and once again in January 1981.

Godzilla vs. Rodan Rodannadanna (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 29 June 2012 06:04 (eleven years ago) link

The Rhino VHS release included a short commercial after the credits for Rhino Entertainment and their catalog, featuring two bare-chested men.

Godzilla vs. Rodan Rodannadanna (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 29 June 2012 06:07 (eleven years ago) link

How 'bout that, Davy and Mike had the same birthday!

Mark G, Friday, 29 June 2012 08:45 (eleven years ago) link

Atlas Shrugged: Part I was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on November 8, 2011 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.[26] More than 100,000 DVD inserts were recalled within days due to the jacket's philosophically incorrect description of "Ayn Rand’s timeless novel of courage and self-sacrifice."[27]

Call Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. Poo-poo-pa-doop. (stevie), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link

manchester

The small but perfectly-stocked food section of Harvey Nichols has a particularly fine wine department. Wines range from relatively inexpensive to the highest levels, e.g Château Latour, vertical ranges of Petrus, Vega Sicilia, etc. They are still remarkably good value in context, e.g. 1990 Krug Clos de Mesnil 1990, arguably the greatest Champagne ever made and incomparably finer than the footballer's wildly overrated Crystal is about £150 cheaper than usually quoted elsewhere.

the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link

the examples of antanaclasis made me lol.

A famous example of antanaclasis is seen in William Shakespeare's Henry V when the King sends the French ambassadors back to their master with an answer to the insulting gift of tennis-balls. He says, "for many a thousand widows/ Shall this his mock mock out of their dear husbands; Mock mothers from their sons, mock castles down;" (HENRY V, I, ii, 284-286)
Shakespeare also employed antanaclasis in Hamlet, when Polonius doles out advice to his daughter, Ophelia: "Tender yourself more dearly...or...you'll tender me a fool." (Hamlet, I, iii, 107-110)
Later in Hamlet, as Hamlet watches the gravedigger, he speculates on the possible former identities of the remains being removed from the grave: "This fellow might be in's time a great buyer of land, with his statutes, his recognizances, his fines, his double vouchers, his recoveries: is this the fine of his fines, and the recovery of his recoveries, to have his fine pate full of fine dirt?" (HAMLET, V, i, 103-108) In this instance we see "fine" used in four separate ways and "recovery" used in two.
"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." —Benjamin Franklin
"If you aren't fired (up) with enthusiasm, you will be fired, with enthusiasm." —Vince Lombardi
"The long cigarette that's long on flavor." —from an advertisement for Pall Mall cigarettes
"Sorry, Charlie. StarKist doesn't want tunas with good taste — StarKist wants tunas that taste good." —from StarKist tuna advertisements
"Put out the light, then put out the light." —Shakespeare's Othello
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." - attributed to Groucho Marx
"If you don't get it, you don't get it." —The Washington Post slogan
"She is nice from far, but far from nice!" —Popular.
"Just because a record has a groove / Don't make it in the groove." — from the song Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder
"If it's not on, it's not on". —Advertisements promoting the use of condoms by encouraging prospective sexual partners to refuse to participate unless a condom is used.
"I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man!" - Jay-Z in the song "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" by Kanye West.
"The odds are good, but the goods are odd." —Said about one's chances of finding a date in environments where others are predominately of the opposite sex (e.g., majority male or female college campuses) [3]
"She's not pretty. She's not ugly. She's pretty ugly."
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

higgs bosonned by a wite kid after a aol beef (get bent), Sunday, 8 July 2012 06:39 (eleven years ago) link

On July 18, 1983, Mercyful Fate started recording at Easy Sounds Studios in Copenhagen for the next 13 days with producer Henrik Lund, who was the co-owner of the studio along with his brother. The band asked Henrik to produce the album, and he was paid $1000 by the record company. Even though the band had more time than when they did the first EP, time was precious and by chance, the band knew the songs very well before entering the studio and made it very quickly. They had to plan and calculate right as they had less than two weeks to record and mix the whole thing, so they really had not much time fooling around. It was an interesting challenge to prove to themselves they could do it. While Henrik was mixing the album, the band were not allowed in the room; they had to wait outside the door, leaving him alone. He then had to come out, telling the band to come in listening to the mix he just have done. Then, when the band had comments, like putting less guitar or whatever, they had to leave again, waiting outside the door once more, waiting for him to do another mix, then come in again with more comments; the band found it very irritating. On the other hand, as Hank now recalls, it was wise on his part because with experience, you realize that too many people in the mixing room is not a good idea because everybody wants their own instrument louder or whatever, and that's probably why Henrik wanted to be left alone doing the mixing. When came the time to do the lead vocals, Henrik found it pretty different from what he used to know, as King brought a little altar in the studio, and some red lights as there was a specific feeling he wanted to create. It was a little spooky, and at first, when Henrik heard the lyrics, he was quite perplexed about it. After talking with King, and seeing everything was so natural for King, it was fine. At that time, the label asked the band to do a cover song, so the band tried Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song. The band skipped it because they felt it was not working very well. According to Hank, King's vocals were very surprising; it came really close to Robert Plant, so much that you could trick a lot of people into thinking it was actually Led Zeppelin.

mississippi joan hart (crüt), Monday, 9 July 2012 06:36 (eleven years ago) link

After talking with King, and seeing everything was so natural for King, it was fine.

the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 04:24 (eleven years ago) link

His novels typically deal with relationship problems, emotional dramas and the traumas of men and women in our time. He describes his writing as 'Men lit', this is typical of Parsons as he is the kind of pompous cockney idiot to describe his poorly written books as this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Parsons_(British_journalist)

ledge, Sunday, 15 July 2012 10:54 (eleven years ago) link

beautiful

not in the article at present, but some hijinx on Sabbath/Priest producer's talk page

perry en concrète (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 16 July 2012 01:35 (eleven years ago) link

> Head premiered on television across-the-board as a CBS Late Movie on December 30, 1974 (Michael Nesmith's 32nd birthday, and David Jones' 29th)

> How 'bout that, Davy and Mike had the same birthday!

That, incidentally, is why the Monkees album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. used Davy's last name instead of his astrological sign. "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Capricorn" wouldn't have sounded right....

Lee626, Monday, 16 July 2012 05:13 (eleven years ago) link

"Taste of India" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was released in 1997 on the band's 12th studio album Nine Lives. It was released as a promotional single to rock radio, where it peaked at #3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1998. The song was written by lead singer Steven Tyler, guitarist Joe Perry, and songwriter Glen Ballard. The song, which clocks in at just under six minutes, contains elements of Indian music throughout, along with driving guitar riffs and a heavy backbeat, as well a sarangi intro by Ramesh Mishra. Joe Perry and Brad Whitford both play Stratocasters on this song.

The band stated they got the idea for this song by walking past a restaurant named "Taste of India".

ostrich tuning (get bent), Monday, 16 July 2012 05:39 (eleven years ago) link

A 2005 study in the British Medical Journal found that learning and practicing the didgeridoo helped reduce snoring and sleep apnea as well as daytime sleepiness.

emilys., Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:10 (eleven years ago) link

The album's cover is a now iconic photo of a man being punched in the face. The photo for the album cover was shot by photographer Brad Guice, he also shot the photo for the Cowboys from Hell cover.[5] The band told their label that they wanted something vulgar, like a dude getting punched.[5] The first version of the cover that the label brought to the band showed a boxer with a punching glove, but the band didn't like it so the label did a second version showing a man being punched.[5] According to Vinnie Paul, the man on the cover was paid $10 a punch and was hit in the face 30 times to get the right picture.[5] Brad Guice stated that the man on the cover, who was named Sean Cross, was never actually hit.[5]

hose on my dick cuz i look like kiedis (JoeStork), Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:16 (eleven years ago) link

fantastic!

Team Safeword (Abbbottt), Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:57 (eleven years ago) link

A 2005 study in the British Medical Journal found that learning and practicing the didgeridoo helped reduce snoring and sleep apnea as well as daytime sleepiness.

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i was just telling someone abt this at dinner tonight!

lag∞n, Thursday, 19 July 2012 03:15 (eleven years ago) link

"Excuse Me Miss" is a song written and performed by American rapper Jay-Z. It released as a single for his seventh studio album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse (2002). It was also co-written and produced by The Neptunes, whose Pharrell sings the hook in falsetto voice. The lyrics refer to love at first sight. It contains a more mature sound in comparison of his previous songs about women such as "Girls, Girls, Girls" and "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)". Jay-Z sampled the 2001 hit, "Take You Out" by the late musician Luther Vandross. "Mista Hova" as he called himself also loaned a Notorious B.I.G hook from his song "Big Poppa" for this song own hook.

nakhchi little van (some dude), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 02:13 (eleven years ago) link

'For the 2010 movie, which was sponsored by British Airways, B.A.'s initials were jokingly changed to "British Airways" in some marketing. This was considered cynical by fans, as it is well known that B.A. refuses to travel on aircraft.'

Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 02:40 (eleven years ago) link

From the page on Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes:

The song "Puberty Love" was sung by the then-teenage Matt Cameron, drummer for Soundgarden and since 1998 the drummer for Pearl Jam.

MaresNest, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 10:12 (eleven years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_%28Bottom%29#Continuity_and_production_errors

There is a scene where Richie asks Eddie if it is so good to get his feet up. Eddie responds with "No, I'm not that pervy", with Richie saying "Are you not?". In an out-take (seen on the Bottom Fluff video), Edmondson says "No. Do you know... I've forgotten my next line...!". In the next take, he forgets to say "no", and it looks as if Eddie ignored Richie's question.
Eddie says that he is going to write to his MP, Tony Blair. Blair was MP for the constituency of Sedgefield, County Durham. Since Bottom is set in Hammersmith, London, it is impossible that he is their MP so this might be a play on their ignorance of life.
When Richie is enacting the introduction to his daytime discussion programme, he trips on trailing cables and falls down the stairs. However, although he is wearing an navy blue jeans coupled with a navy suit jacket at the time, the stunt double is clearly wearing light blue jeans. Once Richie is stuck in the toilet, he is wearing the correct colour jeans again.
Whilst setting up the VCR, Eddie announces that he will be connecting the scart socket to the lank connector. However, neither of these wires are actually attached to the VCR, rendering the action useless.

undermikey: bidness (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 11:33 (eleven years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Chase

Arthur Chase died unexpectedly at the age of 53. Throughout his life, he had been known to be energetic and to resolve problems quickly, never resting until a job was completed. Chase never enjoyed the greatest health and often exhausted himself.

smells like ok (soda) (dayo), Saturday, 4 August 2012 17:58 (eleven years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekla_B%C4%85darzewska-Baranowska

The American musician Bob Wills arranged the piece in the Western swing style and wrote lyrics for it. He first recorded it in 1935 as "Maiden's Prayer." Later, it became a standard recorded by many country artists. It is also played on certain garbage trucks in Taiwan.

starfish succulents (unregistered), Saturday, 4 August 2012 22:44 (eleven years ago) link


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