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Did anyone else watch the "Ford Bronco chase" live as it happened?
CLOSED Baker's Dozen: Actors/Actresses with a connection to the great state of Ohio (USA)
"Bron-Yr-Aur"
What the final guitar duel ACTUALLY sounded like 😃
Kent Poole (Merle): Tragic story
Merry Christmas! A couple of guitar videos from me
ESPN 30 For 30
Has she quit acting?
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After yesterday...Scottie Scheffler. I still can't believe that...going to be interesting to see how that entire situation plays out.
I do as well. I get the complaints about him (He'll always kind of be Chuckie in "Good Will Hunting" to me), but I liked him in "Shakespeare In Love" and "Gone Girl" as well. I hated the ending of "Forces Of Nature," but thought he was good in that also. I'd give him 7/10 also.
She's actually a very good golfer... just not "Tour level good." Pro golfers (both men and women) are such great players... it's humbling how great of a golfer one has to be to play on a professional golf tour.
I see everyone's points who has posted here...I enjoyed reading through this!
For me, the original ending (that we see in the film) works fine. I'm fine with Mary being an "old maid." One of my older sisters never married and she was very attractive, educated (PhD), nice person, etc. It happens a lot more than you think.
I know this is kind of "dark," but, given Mary's reaction when she sees George in Pottersville, it makes one wonder if she had been sexually assaulted previously, or something along those lines. Pottersville was such a "rough and tumble town" & the testosterone was definitely flowing in the guys' bloodstream there. It's obviously just speculation on my part... but I do like the original ending and think it still holds up even today.
Don Ross - "Berkley Springs." I just love this version (recorded at a very old church somewhere in Canada back in 2001, if I remember correctly):
https://youtu.be/_1B9Lce4kOQ?si=HMJ7Nzee-lGam7yC
I loved the Stanley Brothers clip. I think Carter Stanley (the guitar player and main singer) died fairly young and then Ralph took over as the primary vocalist. I just can't think of Ralph Stanley without thinking of his great vocals on the "O Brother! Where Art Thou?" soundtrack ("Angel Band" and especially "O Death"). My dad was a big bluegrass music fan.
I love this one...no other song better showcases the genius of Jimmy Page than this one, IMO:
"Bron-yr-Aur"
https://vimeo.com/897796482?share=copy
I called this. I don't watch the WNBA, but I watched Clark's career at Iowa pretty closely and I knew it would be an adjustment for her to transition to the WNBA, because she was pretty much given "free reign" at Iowa and the ball was in her hands pretty much every possession. It's not going to be like that for her in the WNBA.
She has skills, but, as you mentioned, she's not overly strong and not overly fast. I didn't like how she really turned into a "flopper" this season (and she pushes off with her off-hand a lot when she dribbles) and her attitude (not to mention her shot selection and decision making) can be pretty horrible at times. Even with some of her great passes at Iowa, she still turned the ball over a lot. She had 10 turnovers her first regular-season WNBA game... that's a ton!
Her challenge (besides getting stronger and quicker) is going to be fitting into a "team concept" with her style of play. It's not going to be like Iowa, where the ball is in her hands every possession and she can pretty much take any shot and attempt any pass without repercussions. We'll see if she can eventually make the adjustments necessary to be successful in the WNBA.
Yes, I'm not a real big fan of that either. I don't think he's really all that funny in "Happy Gilmore" and "The Waterboy," to be honest. In "Happy Gilmore," for example, I think the comedy mostly comes from Christopher MacDonald (who doesn't love Shooter McGavin? 😀), Richard Kiel, and Carl Weathers. Happy really isn't all that compelling of a character, IMO. But, yet, the movie works...and I love it!
Yes...I used to post on a guitar website years ago and a lot of people on the site really loved his music. He seemed like he was more of an "artist" and didn't really care about being famous (very similar to Gerry Rafferty in some ways).
I just listened to "Boom Boom Mancini" again and that was great! I really admire songwriters so much... it's a gift to be able to write so many great songs.
It sounds like his biography is an interesting read. I didn't realize until after he had died that he was from Chicago, of all places.
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