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Did Led Zeppelin steal the majority of their first album from other sources?
Over the years Led Zeppelin has been accused of borrowing music and lyrics from other artists, especially some of the greatest blues legends of all time.
Led Zeppelin has been taken to court over the matter on numerous occasions. Several of the cases are yet to be resolved.
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Maurice Sendak’s ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ is my favorite book of all time. So much so, my next tattoo will be one based on the book… I just haven’t decided the what and where for right now. But I digress. As has been reported in this blog before, there is a movie in the works – and the image above, is the first that has made its way onto the internet! Although the photo doesn’t reveal too much – the character of Max looks friggn amazing!
via Wikipedia
Where the Wild Things Are is a film adaptation of a Maurice Sendak picture book of the same name. The film will be directed by Spike Jonze and written by Dave Eggers. It was originally set for release from Universal, and a teaser of the film was attached to How the Grinch Stole Christmas, a vehicle from the same studio. However, disagreements with Jonze led him to take the film to Warner Bros. The movie is expected to combine live action and CGI.
The film’s target release date is October 3, 2008. Filming began in April of 2006 at Central City Studios in Melbourne, Australia. Some location filming happened in the Queensland rain forest early in 2007.
(Central City Studios which is owned by my employers! Holy fuck I gotta get a tour of the place!)
Fox just gave the green light and ordered 13 episodes of a new reality show starring Elvira, a.k.a. ‘Mistress of the Dark’ to begin airing on October 13th, with the live finale on Halloween night.
The idea behind this series is that the real Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) is searching for a double – someone who can make public appearances and represent her. She’s still in pretty high demand, with her manager claiming that she gets requests for “hundreds” of public appearances each year.
All Elvira wanna-bes can audition for the show on July 13th at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California.
Tony Soprano… is dead.
Why? Because…
i) First episode of this season Bobby says you don’t hear it when you’re shot.
ii) Second to last episode of this season, Tony flashes to Bobby saying you don’t hear it when you’re shot.
iii) The entire story arc was about Tony – when Tony’s gone, the arc is done.
iv) In the diner, every time someone walked through the door, the perspective changed to Tony’s as he looked up
v) After the last bell jingle, just as the perspective changed to Tony’s everything went black and silent – as though the person whose perspective we were to shift to was no longer alive
vi) The cat was a reminder that Tony killed Chris, and had Adriana killed. The cat was a reminder that Tony’s a bad guy – who has it coming.
vii) There was so much symmetry between Phil’s execution in front of his family and Tony’s last moments
viii) We all know how much Godfather III ruined the Godfather movies. I think the focus on Meadow was a reference to the Godfather. David Chase didn’t end it the way Godfather III ended. This time the boss gets killed.
ix) Every other episode ended in music during the credits. This one had no music because Tony’s dead.
x) Episode titles have always meant something. This episode’s title referred to Bobby’s gift of the gun to Tony. When he gave it to him he made the comment about how everything would just go silent when you were shot.
xi) The ending was so incredibly brilliant. We all felt what it was like to be Tony in those final five minutes. We all felt nervous, anxious, just as he must have felt. After being absorbed into Tony’s experience, we were left with silence and blackness like death because…
Tony Soprano… is dead.
