Useless Trivia and Information

[Bro. Curtis]

I give up, Mike. Who wrote it ?

More trivia....

Neil Young is a huge hockey fan.

Lowell George played saxophone for Frank Sinatra's orchestra when he was only 17.

My hometown is the site of the first professional perfect game. (Baseball)

If you want to convert mph to feet per second, follow this rule... 1/2mph + mph = fps(ROUGHLY, NOT EXACTLY). (Example; 30 MPH... 15 + 30 = 45 FEET PER SECOND. 60MPH...30 + 60 = 90fps)

 

[Mike McK]

Thanks for that, John.

I knew they were doing something to it. I'm glad they're restoring it rather than doing away with it.

By the way, is the Grand Wurlitzer at the Alabama Theater in B'Ham on your list?

I remember that one from when I was a kid, too.

 

[Mike McK]

Originally posted by Bro. Curtis:
I give up, Mike. Who wrote it ?

Charles Manson.

He was so enraged that Dennis Wilson (one of his drug buddies) rewrote the lyrics to make it a tad less dark that he sent his followers to kill Wilson.

Singer Harry Nillson intercepted them and talked them out of it.

Lowell George played saxophone for Frank Sinatra's orchestra when he was only 17.

Cool. I'm a huge Little Feat fan and I never knew that.

 

[Bro. Curtis]

How anybody could not love Little Feat is beyond me.

Here's a link for ya....

http://www.jandr.com/JRMusicArtistPage.process?P_Id=P%20%20%20%20%204764

 

[Sherrie]

Alice Cooper's main hobby is collecting old watches.

Before he became "Billy Idol", William Broad [aka Billy Idol] performed in the bands: "Geration X" and "Chelsea".

Michael McDonald (Doobie Bros.) sang background "such a long way to go" on the hit single "Ride Like The Wind"

Sherrie

 

[Sherrie]

Did you know that the band name heaven 17 came from the fictional band in the book a "Clockwork Orange"

Eddie Van Halen, of the band Van Halen, played guitar on Michael Jackson's song Beat It.

Twisted Sister's lead singer, Dee Snider, is now a morning radio talk show host for WMRQ 104.1 in Hartford CT.

Sherrie

 

[Wisdom Seeker]

Of course you know the 80's band Duran Duran took it's name from the angel character by the same name in the movie Barbarella.

 

[Johnv]

By the way, is the Grand Wurlitzer at the Alabama Theater in B'Ham on your list?

Is that the organ who's console's name is "Big Bertha"? Alas, it's not in the list of top 75. It's got 21 ranks and about 1600 pipes. (The list I've got stops at 108 ranks and about 7000 pipes)

However, it's been calle the best maintained organ in the world, never having fallen out of constant maintenance since it was installed in 1927. The ornate console recently was refurbished with modern electronics.

[ January 16, 2003, 05:35 PM: Message edited by: Johnv ]

 

[Dr. Bob]

1/3 of my blood is in my legs. Same with you.

NOT in my brain tonight!

Btw, anybody under 25 tell me what a "brown cow" is?

 

[Sherrie]

The model ape used in the 1933 movie ' King Kong ' was 18 inches tall.

The statue ' The thinker ' by Rodin is actually a portrait of the Italian poet Dante.

Bilbo and Frodo (from 'Lord of the Rings') share the same birthday, September 22.

And as an added bonus:

About half the piano's in England are thought to be out of tune.

Sherrie

Oh and Dr. Bob...would you believe me if I said I was 25?

[ January 17, 2003, 12:07 AM: Message edited by: Sherrie ]

 

[Mike McK]

Originally posted by Johnv:
By the way, is the Grand Wurlitzer at the Alabama Theater in B'Ham on your list?

Is that the organ who's console's name is "Big Bertha"? Alas, it's not in the list of top 75. It's got 21 ranks and about 1600 pipes. (The list I've got stops at 108 ranks and about 7000 pipes)

However, it's been calle the best maintained organ in the world, never having fallen out of constant maintenance since it was installed in 1927. The ornate console recently was refurbished with modern electronics.

Cool.

 

[Mike McK]

Although the song, "Do the Hokey Pokey" was commonly believed to be public domain, singer, Jimmy Buffett was recently sued for copywrite infringement over his use of the song.

Buffett's hobbies include collecting and restoring WWII vintage seaplanes.

Buffett was once beaten to a bloody pulp by legendary sheriff, Buford "Walking Tall" Pusser for having dented his car. He later immortalized the incident in the song, "Presents to Send You".

Contrary to popular legend, Buffett only lived in Key West, for about a year. His house was next door to the popular "Louie's Backyard", which he popularized in the song, "Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season".

He does, however own a bar and several properties there and visits about once a month.

 

[stubbornkelly]

I'm 25-1/2 -- is that young enough? We had a soda fountain near my dancing school as a kid, and we'd order a brown cow about as often as we'd order a cherry smash.

 

[NateT]

in the same vain as Bro. Curtis' electricity fact:
Phsysicts say that current is created by the electron moving creating holes, while electrical engineers(EE) say that current is created by the holes moving.

Also, the square root of -1 is i in mathematics and j in EE (i is the symbol for current in EE)

 

[stubbornkelly]

47.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
A lot of photocopier faults world-wide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.
"Go" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

 

[Johnv]

Although the song, "Do the Hokey Pokey" was commonly believed to be public domain, singer, Jimmy Buffett was recently sued for copywrite infringement over his use of the song.

Same goes with the song "Happy Birthday". It's still under copyright.

 

[Johnv]

Speaking of copyright, the song, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame is still under copyright protection as well.

This song was written in 1908 by a man named Jack Norworth. One day when he was riding a New York City subway train, he spotted a sign that said "Ballgame Today at the Polo Grounds." Some baseball-related lyrics popped into his head, that were later set to some music by Albert Von Tilzer, to become the well known baseball song, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." Despite the fact that neither Norworth or Tilzer had ever been to a baseball game at the time the song was written, it has become the second most widely sung song in America (second only to the National Anthem).

(1927 version)

Nelly Kelly loved baseball games,
Knew the players, knew all their names,
You could see her there ev'ry day,
Shout "Hurray" when they'd play.
Her boy friend by the name of Joe
Said, "To Coney Isle, dear, let's go,"
Then Nelly started to fret and pout,
And to him I heard her shout.

"Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I never get back,
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game."

Nelly Kelly was sure some fan,
She would root just like any man,
Told the umpire he was wrong,
All along, good and strong.
When the score was just two to two,
Nelly Kelly knew what to do,
Just to cheer up the boys she knew,
She made the game sing this song.

"Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I never get back,
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game."

 

[Johnv]

47.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

How do we know you din't make that up on the spot??

 

[Sherrie]

uhhhh...John are you talking to yourself?

And I see you answer yourself.

Sherrie

 

[stubbornkelly]

You don't.

Spooky, innit?