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He's a session drummer with a very distinctive look. He's either pacific islander (Hawaiian or Samoan, etc.) or hispanic, with a shaved head, and usually a medium length, shaggy, "soul patch" style beard. He's a BIG dude, like 300 pounds or so. I've seen him at least twice on TV, both times on VH1 Classic: Once was backing Eric Clapton during Hard Rock Calling 2008, and once backing Paul McCartney on some recent tour. Besides drumming, he also sings harmony vocals. I keep seeing him all over the place, he's sort of like a 21st century Leland Sklar in that way; a guy with a very distinctive look who shows up as a backing musician all over the place. Any one know any famous Samoan drummers who work with British musicians from the 60's? -- Jayron 32 00:03, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Ah ha! I knew he had something to do with Paul McCartney! And I didn't even read the entire question! Moptopstyle1 08:42, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
How is Maura Tierney doing with her breast cancer treatments? Has there been any updates so far? 24.90.204.234 ( talk) 00:34, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
I have part of a song stuck in my head and cannot figure out where it came from. It sounds a bit like the theme to Josie and the Pussycats but it's about "(someone) and the warblers". It may have accompanying animation. I think they also sing it in German. Help! -- KathrynLybarger ( talk) 03:26, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
I'm looking for surveys and studies on what proportion of a given population have been exposed to certain famous works of fiction (of any medium). For example, I'd be very interested to know if there was a survey done which asked people whether they'd ever watched, say, The Godfather, Gone With the Wind, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Titanic and so forth — something that would tell me that, for example, 50% have seen X, but only 20% have seen Y. Or, I'd like to know what proportion of people have ever read To Kill a Mockingbird, Finnegans Wake, Brave New World, The Great Gatsby, Moby Dick, The Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potter. Or, what proportion of people have watched a play by Shakespeare. Or, what percentage of people have watched more than one episode of The Simpsons, Star Trek, or Survivor.
I don't have any specific medium or survey population in mind — really, I'm just looking for broad overviews of the whole topic, but I don't know whether and where statistics have actually been collected. I'm mainly trying to get a general sense of how far different well-known works have actually penetrated into the public consciousness. Some works may be famous, but that doesn't mean that the average person will actually have been exposed to them — I'm looking for anything that would give me a general, big-picture sense of what works of fiction people are likely to have seen, and what they are likely not to have seen. -- 203.97.105.173 ( talk) 04:10, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Could someone help me identify this piece of classical music (played by a string orchestra). I have no sound file, only my own attempt to write down the notes from memory. Hopefully they are accurate enough to identify the piece, which I think is relatively well-known.
Thanks in advance! decltype ( talk) 13:47, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
What is the name of the 'James Bond' music played at the beginning of the flight of the orange balloon in Top Gear series 14 episode 3, and currently visible online through iPlayer? 89.242.106.49 ( talk) 16:17, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. Fifteen different bits of music for one short clip - that's a lot. Those forumists must have got a lot of time on their hands to catalogue it all. 89.242.106.49 ( talk) 20:10, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
I am in the UK. Thanks. 89.242.106.49 ( talk) 16:18, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
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He's a session drummer with a very distinctive look. He's either pacific islander (Hawaiian or Samoan, etc.) or hispanic, with a shaved head, and usually a medium length, shaggy, "soul patch" style beard. He's a BIG dude, like 300 pounds or so. I've seen him at least twice on TV, both times on VH1 Classic: Once was backing Eric Clapton during Hard Rock Calling 2008, and once backing Paul McCartney on some recent tour. Besides drumming, he also sings harmony vocals. I keep seeing him all over the place, he's sort of like a 21st century Leland Sklar in that way; a guy with a very distinctive look who shows up as a backing musician all over the place. Any one know any famous Samoan drummers who work with British musicians from the 60's? -- Jayron 32 00:03, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Ah ha! I knew he had something to do with Paul McCartney! And I didn't even read the entire question! Moptopstyle1 08:42, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
How is Maura Tierney doing with her breast cancer treatments? Has there been any updates so far? 24.90.204.234 ( talk) 00:34, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
I have part of a song stuck in my head and cannot figure out where it came from. It sounds a bit like the theme to Josie and the Pussycats but it's about "(someone) and the warblers". It may have accompanying animation. I think they also sing it in German. Help! -- KathrynLybarger ( talk) 03:26, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
I'm looking for surveys and studies on what proportion of a given population have been exposed to certain famous works of fiction (of any medium). For example, I'd be very interested to know if there was a survey done which asked people whether they'd ever watched, say, The Godfather, Gone With the Wind, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Titanic and so forth — something that would tell me that, for example, 50% have seen X, but only 20% have seen Y. Or, I'd like to know what proportion of people have ever read To Kill a Mockingbird, Finnegans Wake, Brave New World, The Great Gatsby, Moby Dick, The Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potter. Or, what proportion of people have watched a play by Shakespeare. Or, what percentage of people have watched more than one episode of The Simpsons, Star Trek, or Survivor.
I don't have any specific medium or survey population in mind — really, I'm just looking for broad overviews of the whole topic, but I don't know whether and where statistics have actually been collected. I'm mainly trying to get a general sense of how far different well-known works have actually penetrated into the public consciousness. Some works may be famous, but that doesn't mean that the average person will actually have been exposed to them — I'm looking for anything that would give me a general, big-picture sense of what works of fiction people are likely to have seen, and what they are likely not to have seen. -- 203.97.105.173 ( talk) 04:10, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Could someone help me identify this piece of classical music (played by a string orchestra). I have no sound file, only my own attempt to write down the notes from memory. Hopefully they are accurate enough to identify the piece, which I think is relatively well-known.
Thanks in advance! decltype ( talk) 13:47, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
What is the name of the 'James Bond' music played at the beginning of the flight of the orange balloon in Top Gear series 14 episode 3, and currently visible online through iPlayer? 89.242.106.49 ( talk) 16:17, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. Fifteen different bits of music for one short clip - that's a lot. Those forumists must have got a lot of time on their hands to catalogue it all. 89.242.106.49 ( talk) 20:10, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
I am in the UK. Thanks. 89.242.106.49 ( talk) 16:18, 2 December 2009 (UTC)