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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Ovation Mandolin during Rod Stewart's singing "Maggie May"....
Queen and Kiss were also on the show... |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | And Adam sings with Queen. Toby called that one! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Weaser P:
And Adam sings with Queen. Toby called that one! It wasn't just a blind guess. 1) Adam sang Bohemiem Rhapsody as his audition, 2) Paul Rodgers just quit Queen, and 3) the blogs have been filled with speculation that Brian May had discussed the possibility wiht Adam.
How here is the twist, the American Idol winner is bound to a recording and touring contract with A.I. for one year. The loser is only bound to one group tour, and can make his own deals for everything else. In many ways it's better to lose than to win. Due to his pending partnership with Queen, Adam informed A.I. that he would decline the winners title if he won it. So it's pretty obvious that to save face A.I. fixed the win for Kris. Sort of a win-win, wink-wink. Adam didn't look all that "crushed" when he lost, did he. And for good reason. |
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| You beat me to this post MM. I came here this am to post that same thing. Was neat to see that little Mandolin with the angel wings!!! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | You guys watch American Idol?! Holy cow, I'm out of it. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by an4340:
You guys watch American Idol?! Holy cow, I'm out of it. Agreed! Lately I have alot of free time...
But I don't have That Much free time! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by an4340:
You guys watch American Idol?! Holy cow, I'm out of it. Ditto! :eek: Now I don't feel so bad 'bout all my time spent here on the OFC... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | just like any other tv show.
at least they don't have reruns! |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | And then there are people like me who wouldn't allow a TV in my house if you gave me one... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | ... good night Jim Bob. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Don't touch that dial...
We now return to our regulary scheduled craziness...
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Location: Warren,Pa. | We haven't had TV for 22 years. I can't imagine how many BILLIONS of man-hours are eaten up with this bullshit. Entertainment seems to be the most serious pursuit in the land these days. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I watch it cause I enjoy it.
Think how many man-hours are eaten up with people living their lives on computers and the internet. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | And you can watch it Now.... Here!
[OMA makes no claim to the safety of this site... I just found it, I didn't watch it! :p ] |
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| LMAO stephent28!!! So true! TV is not a bad thing as long as it is done in moderation. Why people think reading books are so much better......it is personal preference. People have their own ideas of what is quality time and a waste of time. I am reminded by a quote from someone I can't remember and is a little off base but in regards to reading. It was stated, "Why should I read books and live life through that book on other peoples experiences, I choose not to read and live life and create my own experiences".
So true about that comment. There are not many books I wish to read if one qualifies that as quality time. I do like watching mindless tv after a hards day work dealing with child molestors; dopers; and people who inflict harm on others. It is my way of coping with the screwed up world we live. If it makes one feel better in regards to tv I do watch alot of educational tv. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | TV is just like alcohol.
Some people are addicted, some people never touch the stuff, most people enjoy it in moderation. Watching TV at work can get you fired, watching TV while driving can kill others. People who used to be addicted to TV and have given it up are usually the most vocal about its ills. |
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Location: On the Coast - Halfway between SF & OR | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
TV is just like alcohol. Dave - great way to look at most things; abuse is what causes problems. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by fletcher:
Originally posted by Gallerinski:
[qb] abuse is what causes problems. What about 'O'buse? :D |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Sorry, I didn't intend to insult anyone. I used to watch TV. Then I didn't have one for about a year. When I was at a friend's house one evening, they had the TV on, and I was shocked at how INSULTING it was - not just the commercials either. I swear, if you stay away from it for even a few months, you will find the same thing.
It is true that a lot of us have other ways to waste time. The internet is probably the worst. Just like TV, it can be a waste of time, or educational. As for books though, with VERY few exceptions, just about everyone agrees that "The book is better than the movie". In a movie or a TV show, what is in the characters' heads can only be shown through dialog, and most often that doesn't work. The philosophy behind the story cannot be shown as well, if at all. Of course there are books that are strictly for entertainment, and I agree it is easy to "waste time" with them, but reading Jane Austen, John Steinbeck, and a host of other great authors is never a waste of time.
All that being said, I believe if you enjoy what you are doing, whether it be reading, surfing the net, watching TV, or playing guitar, you are not wasting time - you are enjoying yourself, and in a world with so much strife, any time you can enjoy yourself, that is a good thing. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I have similar situation with movies. Probably been to a movie theater less than 10 times in my life. I'm the 0.1% of the population that has not see a single starwars, startrek, indianajones, 007, whatever ... People talk about these "did you see so and so in blah blah.." and I have no idea what they are talking about. Yet I own every "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" and "Little Britian" DVD set. |
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Location: closely held secret | I thought "Hunt For Red October" was better than the book (even though I like the book as well, and even though they used smart-Alec Baldwin instead of Harrison Ford).
I agree, Allison, except that not everything done in a video format started life as a book. There is some very well written/produced/performed material in tv land that you won't find on paper.
My wife and I watch tv, but very little live tv (ok, fine, I like to watch the food network - Alton Brown can be very entertaining). If there's a show I like, I'll wait until the season is over, then, um, 'obtain' the entire season and watch it at my own pace with no commercials. We use NetFlix for movies, it's cheap and if I start a movie and don't like it I just send it back.
Personally, I still find the fact that I can own my own copy of movies that I either saw 10 times at the theatre or was delighted to find in the Saturday afternoon tv listings as a kid very very cool.
Sure there's crap on tv. There's crap in movies, books, the internet, newspapers, radio, music, pretty much everything we encounter on this planet. There's bad - and there's good. It is possible to tune out the bad and focus on the good, if you have just a little bit of will power.
And yes, John, I do like to be entertained, whether it's by watching tv, watching my granddaughter play, reading a book, playing my geetar at church... It's called finding joy in things. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I did recently cancel my newspaper after about 30 years. Man does THAT feel good. If there was ever a waste of paper, that was sure it. |
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Location: closely held secret | Not true, Toby. Most newspapers are very good...
...for lining garbage cans, wrapping fish, starting fires, washing windows... just not for reading. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Or for packing guitar boxes for shipment. |
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Location: closely held secret | Oh, and the comics. Well, some of them. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | And the crosswords. |
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| CS...........I don't think you insulted anyone but I can only speak for me. You surely did not insult me. I just like mindless tv sometimes to relieve day to day job pressure of seeing children that were murdered by parents; teenage girls prostituted out by their mother due to a drug addiction; or what have you.
I do get away to that special place and watch Mr. Roger's every so often and go to Make Believe Land! Heck, I stay in make believe land who am I kidding....LOL!
I do prefer the movie over reading but I am a visual person. There are alot of folks like me that are visual. In fact most men are that way. The only book I ever saw fit to read cover to cover is the Bible. Other than that most are a waste of my time but that is for me and in no way means one that likes to read is wasting their time.
And yes, I read Playboy for the articles and not the pictures......once again, who am I kidding! LMAO! |
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Location: south east Michigan | A little song, a little dance.... a little seltzer down the pants.
Well said Wabbit.
There is soooo much out there to choose from that you don't have to watch anything that you don't absolutely enjoy.
Do the DVR thing for convience and to avoid commercials. Pick & choose. If your spouse really likes something, find enough interest to watch it together.
Learn a little, think a little, laugh a little, cry a little.
Anyone else watching AMC's Breaking Bad? |
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Location: closely held secret | No, but we just got done watching the only season (sadly) of Now and Again. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | My favorite show currently is "Lie To Me".
Excellent storyline and the way they relate the various "facial expressions" to todays current crop of politicians and famous people is priceless. |
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Location: closely held secret | I've been meaning to catch that one. I found it hilariously ironic that that was the show Fox was airing in the time slot they refused Obama... |
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| Hmmm, Breaking Bad. No, and because that is what I do day to day for the most part.............dismantle clandestine labs so no one gets blown up! I am expendable according to the government and go in to do these things. Hey..........I like playing with explosive chemicals and such! I told you guys I was half loaded! |
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
I own every "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" DVD set. Me too. I've tried turning my bandmates, my students, my wife, my friends on to ATHF, and they just don't get it. At all. I tried telling them that if you need to "get it" then you don't get it. But that didn't help.
Best episode ever - Season 6 "Bible Fruit"
Notice the end credits? Master Shake is a Gibson endorsee. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Dang short attention span... I'm down to watching "LOST", "eureka" and "House". Maybe some "24" and a few of the acronyms like "NCSI".
It takes me two hours to watch "60 Minutes", I have to wear my glasses to watch "20/20". |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by MWoody:
It takes me two hours to watch "60 Minutes" I know. Too many commercials. |
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| Originally posted by msheron:
... It was stated, "Why should I read books and live life through that book on other peoples experiences, I choose not to read and live life and create my own experiences".
I can understand why people want to just "turn off" as it were but books allow you to experience some of the greatest minds in history and to benefit from same. |
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