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It just sounds dumb, I get the marketing perspective but I hate when the same thing is changed with names over and over again. Blah.

I know, and they do it over everything. I go to the club and hear "dub step" which is really just House dance played with better equipment. "Retro wave" is the synth pop/new wave of the 80's. 

"Duh step"? Now my intelligence truly IS being insulted.........

I don't think i could blow your ears out, since all of my recording stuff is leveled around 70%.

Many metal guitar players make the mistake of just turning everything up loud, loud, loud...that's not how to get that solid metal tone. It's more about evening things out. Loudness don't always drown out poor quality, and more often times than not, it amplifies existing noise (pedals plugged in, effects) 

No need to worry. my compressors are set, and I keep everything leveled out so it's not super duper loud. 

You work volume control well, some just want to make it LOUD LOUD LOUD since thats like super duper uber cool.

I do like metal, but I swear a full Motley Crue show was VERY harsh. Those guys must have been so insane in their prime.

I will listen to those tomorrow during the games.

Kansas City Chiefs song today.

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Jules, that's BB-8 you're talking about, the new droid. He's the cutest thing ever 

 

 

Cutest thing ever, sorry but it stole the show.  

OMG

That.

Just WOW.

Thats the best!!!!!!!

LOL I didn't even realize Pacino was in that, that movie was the butt of a lot of jokes many years ago. I think yeah Ben and JLo were an item once. Was that Bennifer? It was that time period when couples names got combined.

I have not seen anything with JLo since American Idol when I still watched it.

I thought "the wedding planner" was a cute film with her and Matthew M. though in the early 2000's.  

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209475/

Back when Matthew M was stuck in the romantic fantasy leading roles that nobody took seriously. I remember the wedding planner too since she played someone smart in the movie who worked hard at her job.

LOL any guys on this forum who come in this status now to see about the batman/superman film are going to be like WTH?

LOL someone here just posted a status update that Batman vs. Superman is awful.  They saw it.

Al Pacino is in "Gigli" really? I believe you Bogie. I just hold him in high esteem from his work with director Michael Mann with "The Insider" & "Heat" that I don't want anything to tarnish my opinion of his acting ability. I even liked him in "You Don't Know Jack" as in Dr. Jack Kevorkian as an HBO TV special. 

Well I didn't want to get into it, but this is the brand you have to buy at the mall or order online. It's more pricey but it's the best option for money when it comes to higher end products. And it's all 100% fragrance free.

http://www.clinique.com/

Clinique is love.  I splurge sometimes on it.

You cannot buy this in a store unless it's a department store.

But, at that link you can get all kinds of free gifts too.

This is Christmas stuff kinda worthy gifts.

Ok I will stop.  

I always get a lot of Axe and shaving cream for Christmas. I can't complain, still have razor sets that have been good since last Christmas, just with a routine maintenance. 

I need some hair cutting scissors for Christmas this year, probably going to ask for that from one of my relatives so I can cut my own hair. 

Yeah you can cut your hair but be careful since you want it even in the back and stuff too. Maybe get some help from your mom or sister.

I gotta run, time to sleep soon.

Onto game 7 we go......*gulp* This is a beat down tonight at the moment.

Good night!

I like Bowie's song "Seven" as my tribute to this groundbreaking musician, civil rights advocate, & deep thinker overall. 

Vanity passed a few months before Prince, which speaking of....she did Miami Vice, the episode "By Hooker By Crook" 

And Melanie Griffith and George Takei were in the same episode

80's awesomeness 

I should see if that Miami Vice TV episode is available online via You Tube. I've always liked George Takei as an actor. 

I forget all about Vanity's passing. Talk about a brutal yr for actors & high profile celebrities. Man. 

You always come up with fascinating material in Status Updates Bogie. 

Chuck Berry was around forever like BB King. It really is sad to see him go. Now only Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis remain living from that old era, and as for the Blues, we got Otis Rush and Buddy Guy still with us (Buddy who has now been grandfathered into that role of "king of the Blues" since BB passed).

Chuck Berry outlived BB King, that was a surprise to me. I thought he was a few years younger.

I imagine for your father, he was the coolest thing in the world back then. Just watching videos of Chuck Berry is a great pleasure. 

Worth noting; Chuck Berry's 12 bar blues style of rhythm playing rocker songs is so influential. You hear it in practically everything. While he didn't invent the 12 bar blues, he certainly influenced how it's used - fast paced for a rocker. 

The Rolling Stones used his style of 12 bar blues rockers a lot. Even Bowie's Suffragette City uses the 12 bar straight out of the playbook. 

Thanks for starting this status update on Chuck Berry Bogie. I have a great deal of respect for the diversity of your historical musical knowledge across a variety of genres. I sincerely mean that. I'm not exaggerating either. 

I appreciate that nugget you shared on how Berry's death affected your father too Jules. 

Motorhead had a few great classic metal albums. Never was big on them but 'Overkill' is a classic. 

I know the name but nothing pops into my head. My sister was well aware though just like she knew the name of the shredder dude with the name I can't say or spell who everyone worships. 

He wasn't the best singer ever, but Motorhead had a great raw sound. Hard to believe they were a trio too. Lots of talent in there. 

He was in a lot of stuff. Voice actor too, and mostly known for TV shows like Crossing Jordan and NCIS. One of those little known names lurking in movies putting up memorable performances as secondary characters. 

He actually was in Miami Vice twice. He's in season 5, I just don't have the DVD set to do a screen cap. He had a little part in season 4, but an episode where he played a villain in season 5. 

He was a big villain for NCIS, which fans of that series were worried months ago when his last appearance had him slurring lines and speaking badly. They thought he suffered a stroke but he died of throat cancer and had been suffering for a while. 

Heard he was such a very nice guy in real life. As may he RIP!

Thanks for your additional insights on actor Miguel Ferrer Bogie. I apologize for not replying sooner. I have to be in the right mood to stroll through status updates. I wasn't ignoring you or anything like that. 

Yeah, voice over work can be quite lucrative too. A distinctive voice can generate a nice, steady paycheck long after Hollywood bad boy roles start drying up. 

First Kurt, then Layne Staley, and now Scott; all gone, and I'm only 33 years old. Shocking to see. 

I respectfully disagree but it's a toss up.  Wicked Garden, Big Empty, Interstate Love Song and Plush were great as well

Sun record legend along with Jerry Lee Lewis & Johnny Cash. Darn, this has been a tough year for losing groundbreaking musicians. 

Thanks for posting this Bogie. I appreciate it. 

RIP I have heard of him. Man it was a bad day for people passing away. Bad year actually for musicians and sports figures.

I am just glad I am not famous since if I was I might think 2016 is my last year.

This year is getting scary!!!!

I did not like the Miami Vice movie at all. I've seen so much of the show, and there's so many issues with it. Farrell and Fox have absolutely no chemistry as Crockett and Tubbs. That's really like the #1 problem of the movie. I wasn't even sure they liked each other in the movie, whereas in the show, there's that whole "I got your back" mentality about them with this brotherly bond. In the movie, he leaves Tubbs behind to go on that cruise with the girl to Cuba...in the show, this only happened once, he left Tubbs behind in the episode 'Nobody Lives Forever' and Tubbs gets the crap beat out of him, and this leads to Sonny feeling guilty and trying to make up for it later. People can make fun of Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas all they want, but those two had a chemistry together that has largely been unmatched in buddy cop films and shows. 

If you do like that movie though, I would highly recommend checking out the episode 'Smuggler's Blues'. The entire movie is really like a 2 hour long re-write of the Smuggler's Blues episodes. And yep, it's the one with Glenn Frey pretty much playing himself in it, but he still pulls off a good performance. There is only minor differences between the film and that episode, most notably, Trudy doesn't die but Tubbs is given such a crappy situation at the end. (he jumps, Trudy dies. He don't jump, she still dies)

and the point of where in the film, Sonny leaves Tubbs behind, in Smuggler's Blues, there's the scene where of him and Glenn Frey talking about Vietnam and he says "I had to leave fallen comrades behind, but this one, I CAN'T leave behind". 

I don't know if that movie should've even been made though cause Vice pretty much is a product of the whole 80's era, and it's a definite necessity for the younger generation of 80's loving hipsters, and I don't know if that formula can work in modern setting. Crockett and Tubbs benefited from that environment of the wild wild west mentality of the cocaine cowboys. That all changed in later decades. 

To be completely candid with you Bogie, I never followed the Miami Vice TV show as closely as you clearly did & still do apparently. I viewed Miami Vice the 2006 movie more like co-workers who know what makes each other tick, but they're not hanging out after work going to a local cop dive eating brats, buffalo wings, swallowing an ice cold beer together & bonding. It's not that they don't care about each others welfare; they just appreciate space apart from each other so that when they are in life & death situations respect for their colleague doesn't blur or get in the way of arresting the big criminal fish or killing him as an absolute, last resort. 

Chemistry between central characters matters yes, but in my estimation, Crockett & Tubbs are more like 2 guys who appreciate 1 another's skill sets under cover & they have no desire to be blood brothers or bosom buddies at all. Why them come together against that drug smuggler who hurts Trudy is because these bad guys bleeped up the professionalism & smoothness of their vice unit collectively. Sure Trudy is considered a friend that no harm should come to. However, when a unit gels professionally & you know each members tendencies; when a bad guy messes with that cohesion that took yrs to build an aggressive response of revenge is required. 

I actually liked the feature film better than the series because if you are that close to a partner & something horrific happens to them or a loved one they care about....Your professional relationship is forever tarnished & compromised now because your objectivity is totally lost & you're too emotionally invested in the protection of your parter rather than completing the mission in the field. Some level of distance is mandated to see the big picture, lock up the bad guy, & not become yr partner's guardian angel. 

I like that we don't know if Tubbs will retire from police work to tend to Trudy's needs. I like that Crockett has regrets over falling in love with this money manger & flipping her world upside down. I like that the audience has no idea if this Vice Unit will split up or not at the end of the movie. That's real life. Not a 40 minute show where everybody will be back next week no matter what. 

I do appreciate the insights & familiarity you have with Michael Mann's early work in TV before he became a major motion picture director though Bogie. Thank you. 

Yes, the original Miami Vice TV show was perfect for the era it was produced in. All that is true. However, I applaud Mann for modifying the storyline to fit in a 21st Century backdrop about cops, drug smugglers, people caught in the crossfire; & the toll this kind of work transforms a person into--cold, calculating, stoic, & indifferent with jaded attachment issues. 

I did see some of the original series when it was originally released on network before cable & satellite widened an audiences viewing choices at large. It was a well made show with solid script writing. I just like Micheal Mann now as an established director who cut his teeth on the original TV show, but he doesn't plan on living there forever. TV was a steeping stone to bigger productions in cinema & he's not gonna be a slave to that small screen medium unless Hollywood says Mike you can't cut it as a big screen director anymore. 

He doesn't despise TV perse. No, it's more like his grand visions & storylines are better suited for wrap around surround sound environments with outstanding picture clarity. I also like that his high intense action scenes are few & far in between. He understands that less is more in terms of explosions, chase scenes, & gun violence. All that really matters is the emotional investment the audience has with the characters on both sides of the law. 

Star Trek is far more technical and complicated than Star Wars ever could be. 

Most Sci Fi material tends to be a bit complicated since a lot of the writers tend to focus on sociological factors besides science. 

Star Wars really is just fantasy with a coat of space paint over it. All the stories and the characters have their parallels to various mythologies and it's not a coincidence why you see biblical sounding names in Star Wars, and stuff that looks like it's from mythologies. Since a lot of mythologies and old tales have meanings that are easy to relate to, the same goes for what is in Star Wars' context with a lot of the characters. 

Star Trek is really complicated and is kinda hard to get into at first, and it's far more politically thought out than Star Wars ever was. In Star Wars, you have good and evil. Star Trek is a lot more branched out besides simple black and white good/evil themes. To put it simple; had the Empire or the Sith been in Star Trek, it would have been far more thought out and explained what their ideology and goals are, besides THEY'RE EVIL BAD GUYS. 

Another big Sci Fi series but I have not sat down with it is Battlestar Galactica. Not as complex as Star Trek but still complex. I almost began watching this recently after I realized that Edward James Olmos gets to play Lt. Castillo in space, and managed to get some Emmy nominations. 

My allergy ridden brain just fried but I gave you a like.

Bogie, 

I do agree that JJ Abrams deserves considerable credit for paying homage to the original trilogies saga [the folklore mystique of the original 1977 classic] while at the same time promoting a new female heroine to pull in a greater number of women fans to give this version of Star Wars a twist with some new teeth or fangs to it. 

The difference between Star Wars & Star Trek as feature film franchises regarding the most contemporary versions recently released as trilogies is this: Star Wars appeals to pirates, smugglers, pilots, & a Messiah myth thru the Force to reinforce the notion a poverty stricken individual or rebellious person who came from nothing can achieve greatness courtesy of an innate gift. 

Star Trek, on the other hand, canters to scientists & military families in a space aged Air Force built on tradition, reputation, repetition, following orders in the interest of structure for the greater good i.e. 'the Borg' beehive mentality; & honoring your family name thru yrs of service for your country or StarFleet. Freelance behavior is frowned upon because this desire for independence or self recognition runs counterproductive to 'the needs of the many, the few, or the one.' No one is born with a special power to hone & harness here. The only to survive & achieve success is to accomplish tasks as a group or trusted unit operating on all cylinders especially during a moment of crisis or impending calamity. 

Star Trek is more jargon based too as opposed to Star Wars which revolves around a supernatural energy called 'the Force' that only a chosen few possess like a magical strand of DNA. Star Trek is all about structure, heirarchy, chain of command, & no defiance vs Star Wars which perpetuates controlling your emotions & feelings by almost becoming a deity or larger than life invincible leader yourself. 

Send me what you want Jules and I'll make you a banner. 

OMG, I will have to think this over. I wonder what I should use? Whooo hooooo. Thanks. I have to sleep on this probably too. 

That's fine, take your time. I have the dimensions of the cover written in my notebook, so I can make some. They are like Facebook covers but slightly smaller. I made some for some friends on there last year, so I don't have a problem doing graphic work for you. 

I'll save it, no idea what this is........lol

They're making fun of nerdy "geek culture" and all the stuff on Youtube of people over-analyzing move trailers and how VERY COOL everything is. 

lol I can attest that it is possible too now.  I heard your work.

Thank you Jules! I work hard on those recordings. Still need to learn how to edit them on the multi-track editor. My next learning project. 

HOJ is sounding good lately!

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Okay if they are imports then they probably do cost too much and it's best to just find them online for free.

That is a solution but you would be surprised at video game nerds, or just nerds in general that will fork out money for something they love. And I'm not innocent either, I've blown a lot of money in the past on old records, sometimes crazy excessive amounts of money on trash albums. I stopped collecting a few years ago, I just don't have the money to afford to blow it on CD's and old records left and right anymore (and to be honest, I'm running out of room for CD's. So many take up a lot of space) 

I think I would rather buy the Miami Vice stuff if I am going to blow some money lol.

That would NOT be wasting money. Miami Vice is the bomb, and right now some of those DVD sets are dirt cheap with the new 2016 boxed reissues coming out in October. 

I can't wait for my birthday, I'm ordering season 5 so I can go back and re-watch the finale. 

"Panic in Detroit" the title always reminded me of "Panic in the streets".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042832/

You just found an old film noir I haven't ever watched, and that's my favorite genre of old movies. 

Thats a very very famous old movie. I only seen bits and parts but the title is hugely famous.

And omg......your new background and avatar are........

Falcons outscored 25-0 tonight in 4th quarter

Really Falcons choked big time!

Jules, the Falcons have choked like this for YEARS....Usually against the Saints and sometimes Carolina too. 

Boring predictable team. Matt Ryan won't win MVP next year....Everyone will forget about him after he goes back to being an average QB. 

Note* This is the first and probably will be the only year they had a 100% healthy Julio Jones.