michgoblue

December 29th, 2015 at 5:58 PM ^

You make a really good point, but I think that in the end, the whole point of the movie was that he needed to build the baseball field in the corn field so that he could have one last catch with his father. It is a really good movie.

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Everyone Murders

December 29th, 2015 at 6:35 PM ^

In 1967 John Lennon and Paul McCartney were asked who their favorite American artist was, and they said "Harry Nilsson".  The interviewer asked them who their favorite American band was, and they paused and said ... "Nilsson".

Such an amazing voice, and such a gifted songwriter ... . 

 

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rob f

December 29th, 2015 at 8:32 PM ^

with everything you posted regarding Harry Nilsson.  Lennon and McCartney chose well in naming their favorite American artist and American band, too.

Anyone here not familiar with the catalog of songs and albums performed and/or written by Harry Nilsson?  You're depriving yourself of some really great music that I just wouldn't catalog as 60's and 70's stuff.  He wrote some timeless classics, some of it for himself and his great albums, some for other performers, some for movie soundtracks/television.

Nilsson, IMO, is truly one of the most underrated and underappreciated musical artists in our lifetimes. 

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xtramelanin

December 30th, 2015 at 11:30 AM ^

things like beer and cigarette commercials, motorola products, stuff like that.   dad used to do the weekly boxing matches (thursday night fights, maybe) that were broadcast coast to coast.  well known jingles like 'what'll you have...pabst blue ribbon' (you have to know the tune) and stroh's beer commercials.  behind my desk i've got a big picture of him from the freep from like in 1958, holding a mug of stroh's beer with him saying (in print) 'stroh's bohemian style beer, the only fire-brewed beer in america'.  

he and mom were newly weds and young family at the time.  he said that was how he was able to pay for things like furniture because a check would show up for his royalties.  to a young newlywed that was a big deal. 

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bluinohio

December 29th, 2015 at 5:55 PM ^

i have no idea what anything you said even means.  apparently i went to the wrong website where some dork was talking about the "dark side"...i know, sounds scary.

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LSAClassOf2000

December 29th, 2015 at 5:59 PM ^

The Sith Incursion in this thread was beaten back, at least for the time being. I can only assume the server that MGoBlog currently inhabits has been occasionally intercepting Imperial transmissions and posting them in threads. I could be way off in this theory though. 

(for those unaware, an out-of-place Star Wars post - more of an excerpt from a blog thread - found its way here)

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Mski2812

December 29th, 2015 at 6:03 PM ^

I hate that people always talk about how Walker "isn't that good" and is "overrated." I think people still fail to realize that Kareem will be playing and being coached by Jim Harbaugh and the greatest coaching staff in CFB. This isn't Hoke developing players anymore.

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growler4

December 29th, 2015 at 9:52 PM ^

Uh ... how old are you and how long have you been watching Michigan football?

Fred Jackson coached quite a few great backs for Michigan. 

Hopefully, young Mr. Walker will be a nice addition. Hard for any RB to do well with sub-par blocking up front... whether they're coached by Wheatley, Jackson, or whomever.

People here were merciless towards Coach Funk, but our line this year under Drevno did not appreciably improve its run blocking. Yet, people here seemingly give him a pass. Perhaps its the players and not the coaches to a large extent...

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Stringer Bell

December 29th, 2015 at 6:24 PM ^

A lot of the people saying Walker isn't that good and is overrated are salty tOSU fans who were calling him a future Heisman winner when he was committed to them, and Sparties who are jealous because they still can't land a recruit of his caliber even after all the success they've had.

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Roughneck

December 29th, 2015 at 6:30 PM ^

As someone who has followed recruiting for years, I was always jealous of the successes of USC, Florida, LSU and Alabama to land monster classes year in and year out. However, this class really has the potential to be the start of our own run. With Gary and Company in the maize and blue, the sky's the limit. Go Blue!

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