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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #4470 on: August 13, 2018, 01:22:18 pm »
If you would have posted this in my thread where I answer all things Olivia Wilde and hate on Jason Sudeikis, I could have told you sooner that she's saying "I'm Olivia Wilde, Welcome to the GQ Comedy Issue"

ok, fine.
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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #4473 on: August 20, 2018, 03:32:00 pm »
"Avril Lavigne's "Rock N Roll" video is a live-action comic book in which she fights a bear-shark, encounters Billy Zane on a Segway, blatantly shills for Sony, and kisses Winnie Cooper from "The Wonder Years":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuNTO31FlY8


Happy 5-year anniversary of one of the greatest videos ever made:

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« Reply #4474 on: August 20, 2018, 04:53:08 pm »
kisses Winnie Cooper from "The Wonder Years":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuNTO31FlY8
happy 5-year anniversary of one of the greatest videos ever made:
Really wish I had that 5 mins back
but danica's delivery of the classic line 'No one could lick his balls quite like he could"
Avril "neverforget"
kinda makes it worth it...just barley
what a horrible song too
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« Reply #4476 on: August 27, 2018, 01:53:48 pm »
Ariana Grande is wrong about Crohn’s disease causing ‘butthole eyes’


... or is she?...

You've put me in quite the bind here.  I either have to agree with Ariana Grande or Page Six?
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« Reply #4477 on: August 27, 2018, 02:06:52 pm »
A 20-something celebrity who has been to rehab multiple times has sunken eyes?!?! 

Real medical mystery there....

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« Reply #4478 on: August 27, 2018, 03:37:23 pm »
This actually also happens to people with autism...they get bags under their eyes and just look so tired...I have not investigated much

The term “butthole eyes” seems real offensive and not sure I get it

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #4479 on: September 07, 2018, 12:31:11 pm »
Good read here on Apple's move into streaming music and video:

Inside the World of Eddy Cue, Apple’s Services Chief

It's behind a paywall, but in exchange for an email address, you can get access to one article.
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« Reply #4480 on: September 14, 2018, 01:57:45 pm »
https://twitter.com/Ukraine/status/869532150760165377
Yes, I loved that.

Also looking forward to the downfall of Paul Manafort and to see who he takes down with him.

It's on.

Manafort is going to be put in jail so that he stops obstructing justice.

Plea deal in DC on Conspiracy, likely to change his stance and work with special investigation because his 4 months in jail have not been so good for him.  Interesting balance between waiting for his pardon vs cooperating and jeopardizing his pardon.  Conspiracy is a tough one to pardon though.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/us/politics/manafort-plea-deal.html
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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #4481 on: September 21, 2018, 02:30:21 pm »
RIAA Mid-Year: Revenue Hits $4.6 Billion as Paid Streaming Subscribers Rise 47 Percent Across U.S. Music Industry

Highlights:

- U.S. revenue expanding to $4.6 billion in the first half of the year, a 10 percent increase over the $4.18 billion recorded in the corresponding six months of 2017

- streaming is driving the growth with revenue increasing to $3.35 billion, up 28.4 percent from the $2.83 million generated in the first half of 2017.
-- paid subscriptions grew to $2.55 billion, up from $1.91 billion, or a 33.3 percent increase
-- paid subscribers totaled 46.3 million subscriptions, a nearly 15 million increase, or 47.4 percent, from the 31.5 million subscribers counted at the mid-year point in 2017.
--ad-supported revenue nearly $498 million, a 15.6 percent increase over the $430.6 million paid out to labels and artists by services last year.

- digital download sales revenue fell 26.5 percent to $562.2 million from nearly $767 million.

- physical media sales, revenue fell 24.9 percent to $461.6 million from $615 million garnered in the first six months of 2017.
-- CD sales fell precipitously to $245.9 million from $420 million, a 41.5 percent drop as the unit count fell to 18.6 million units, or nearly half of the 35 million units shipped in 2017.
-- Vinyl LPs increased by nearly a million units to 8.1 million for total revenue of $198.6 million, up about 12.7 percent from the $176.1 million garnered in 2017 when the unit count was 7.2 million units.

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« Reply #4482 on: September 21, 2018, 02:55:39 pm »
- physical media sales, revenue fell 24.9 percent to $461.6 million from $615 million garnered in the first six months of 2017.
besided CDs and Vinyl...what other format makes up the diff
198.6+254.9=453.5
can't imagine cassettes are a 8 million dollar market?
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-- CD sales $245.9 million
-- Vinyl LPs  $198.6 million
wow that's getting close
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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #4483 on: September 21, 2018, 03:00:02 pm »
besided CDs and Vinyl...what other format makes up the diff
198.6+254.9=453.5
can't imagine cassettes are a 8 million dollar market?

According the to the report, it's DVD's and "Other Physical Media" - the footnote points to CD Singles, Cassettes, Vinyl Singles, DVD Audio, SACD. 
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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #4484 on: September 30, 2018, 09:01:27 pm »
Happy 9/30 Day, everybody!

I picked up new merch for me and the newest 930 fan (who will visit the club in the next decade?)...
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