Tagged With "Time on Earth"
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Re: Donny Osmond and DDIO
I heard it at Borders Books...he has a new CD out of cover tunes from the 70's and 80's called "Somewhere in Time," so I'm doubting that he's releasing anything as a single. I'm getting eerily curious to see what on earth made the guy want to cover Crowded House, the Eurythmics, Air Supply and Hall & Oates all on the same album, and to see whether the latter two's selections will even somehow be made suddenly palatable!?!?! I wonder whether he chose songs he liked or whether someone came...
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Re: Aussie Music Fans Please Help!!!
Good list, Bono . I think you pretty much covered it. Most of those songs are probably the ones you'd use to get someone into the artists. Donovan - Your list wasn't really all that much different to Bono 's (the one you ripped shreds into) - you just selected different bands with basically the same style... although your selection must be way superior! The Mavis's - cry george (probably not "party music", but classic stuff) Paul Kelly (take your pick!) Savage Garden (again, take your pick.
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Re: Aussie Music Fans Please Help!!!
Aw c'mon enough Donovan bashing already already. Surely at this time of "Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all Men", we can send just a LITTLE of that Donovan's way?
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Re: KGSR-FM webcast
you are a complete superstar for requesting log cabin fever and was it just me or did everyone drift off for 2 mins during that song and then check back in when he said time to break away what a total bugger he 'ran out of words' and did not do the last chorus which says scared to show our colours to the world but at least it was ****ing great and what on EARTH is going on with this so-called ONE ALL promotion !?!?!!? One song so far and I love those but i'm not complaining !!
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Re: Merry Christmas/Happy New Year, Frenz...
Nollaig Shona Dhuit everyone. I'm off back home to God's Own Country now, so I won't be around for a bit. Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas. See you in the New Year. Much love, Siren x PS - couldn't resist this one: Do you know what would have happened if� it had been the Three Wise Women instead of Three Wise Men? They would have: Asked directions, Arrived on time, Helped deliver the baby, Cleaned the stable, Made a casserole, Brought practical gifts, and........... There would be...
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Re: LOTR (Non-spoilers only)
I found this review in the Daily Telegraph (UK) - written by a woman (as if that needs to be said after reading it, LOL). I particularly like the first paragraph............... (not sure exactly what constitutes a 'spoiler' so if worried please skip this post!!!) Is this the longest computer game in cinematic history? The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is like being trapped in a nerd's bedroom. Whenever you take a step toward the door, he cries: "No, you must watch this bit, this really...
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Re: City Boy!
KaySee, did you ever get a hold of that tape, or even a c.d. of Young Men Gone West ? If not, I could make you a tape, as I have a nearly mint vinyl album of the same. I remember being blown away by City Boy at a concert of the Canadian power pop band, Prism, in 1979. I'd never heard of them before, but they astounded the audience. This was at the time of their The Day the Earth Caught Fire album. It was the first time I'd seen an opening act called back for an encore. I've been trying to...
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Re: Relevance of the Finns in the music industry
who.can.it.be.now , are you saying the reason Neil Finn's relevance in the music industry is being questioned here is because he's a lapsed Catholic? I don't understand your point. Why on earth would Hollywood or MTV censor Neil's lyrics? Why would a secular market give a flip about Neil's status as Lapsed Catholic ? This is a good topic, and I would prefer not to see it sidelined onto some bizarro tangent.
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Re: What Split Enz live material is available on cd?
I think that it's problems with the record company. Split Enz were/are with Mushroom, Crowded House with EMI/Capitol/Parlophone, EMI et al were happy for CH club CDs, presumably Mushroom have a problem. I'd also imagine that the recordings would need a fair ammount of work on them due to age, and this would all cost money. Having heard True Colours and Nightmare Stampede from Oddz and Enz on the tape of the concert it is obvious that Eddie Raynor spent a lot of time tweaking the sound, as...
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Re: ABBA and Ally McBeal
lots of stuff by Madness, James, Simon and Garfunkel and of course Crowded House. Boston "more than a feeling" Katrina and the Waves - "walking on sunshine" Blur - "charmless man" and "country house" belinda carlisle - "heaven is a place on earth" handel - "the arrival of the queen of sheba" kate bush "wuthering heights" ryan adams "new york new york" and "answering bell" whitney "i wanna dance with somebody" a-ha "take on me" erasure "a little respect" b*witched and s club are usually quite...
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Re: re: neil arrogant
This thread brings to mind the part in the 'Once Removed' book where Neil talks about how difficult it is in the music industry to constantly be polite and friendly to everyone and how he sometimes has surly, uncooperative moments. I think he does pretty well, actually. To me he comes across as being real in comparison with a lot of other rocks stars. Sometimes a little bit of arrogance or aloofness creeps in but I'd take that anyday than him being some sort of Cliff Richard 'saintly'...
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Re: re: neil arrogant
He truly and utterly deserves it, Heidi. I've lost count of the excellent things he's done for me and my Frenz over the years... including giving us a job on the merchandise table at the Auckland 20th Anniversary shows... (selling t-shirts alongside a pre-pubescent Liam Finn, getting to meet Richard and Mary Finn... ah special memories!) As well as encouraging me to sell an article and pictures of the shows to the Australian music mag "Juke" (even if he didn't pass on the letters of praise...
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Re: PINCH ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nonononooooo...GRACE is the person who won the WHTX contest, not me. I'm posting a lot today, true....(can you say...DISTRACTED????) but should clarify that your regards go to Grace instead. And that said...I think you are the ONLY person on earth capable of getting a few bars of Convent Girls!!! I was floored when you GOT IT!!!!
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Re: Gentle Hum, Tme on Earth
When Neil was recording new songs for One All in 2001 he had more songs than the two which were released (Human Kindness and Lullaby requiem) Time on earth is one of those songs. How it will be released? That's still a mystery. For Spirit of the stairs go here :
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Re: In Honor of Elvis' Birthday...
OK, so why on earth did that other Mommy at my son's daycare say it was Elvis' birthday on Sunday? (Scratches head...) Oh well. Better late than never!?!?! And yes, my husband (pfellah) is UNBEATABLE most of the time at the 6 degrees thing. I think I beat him once, but ONLY ONCE. He kicks pretty brutal butt at Trivial Pursuit, too.
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Re: Gentle Hum, Tme on Earth
Just the morning after the big finale in Vancouver, (awesome show, hands down)and Neil did Gentle Hum/Time on Earth as his last song. The melody and overall feel of the song sounds a lot like Billy Joel's "And So it Goes" from his Storm Front Album (1989), and luckily my friends I went with agreed with me. Beautiful song.......... Just a matter of time before I get the hum back into my memory, hope I follow everyone else's lead....
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Re: portland show
The Portland show was ABSOLUTELY amazing. I'm pretty sure "concert going" doesn't get any better than that. The highlight, for me, was singing "backup" with everybody else in the front row (most notably Anne Francis who happens to have a great voice--hey, didn't we do an especially good job on FAYF? ) and us-all being told, a couple of times "I can hear you," and "That sounds really good" by Neil himself! The energy was completely warm and welcoming throughout the audience that night, and...
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Re: Vancouver show!!
Oh yes Martine.....consider me OFFICIALLY freaked out! Neil just HAS to be the coolest "ROCK GOD" on the planet! I hope he really knows just HOW MUCH JOY he brings people. I guess he does.....otherwise why on Earth would he be touring during the cold and flu season?? lol
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Re: Vancouver show!!
To bastardize a saying from Lurch of The Addams Family: Y'all rang? Luckily, I remember that specific fortune... it was (altered somewhat from the original lyric to make it more fortune-like): "Stop your complaining. Leave them defenseless." This was one among maybe 50-75 others. A couple of my other favorites were "You're about to be the victim of a holy visitation" and "It's 3 a.m. and you're awake--go to bed!!" There were other more straightforward ones... I'd bet that if you went through...
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Re: The Story so far.........
...The House of the Rising Sun. But how ON EARTH had she ended up here?
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Re: job search
I think we're all missing something. Personally, I've been out of the job market for a while now due to illness and other reasons (one being it's illegal for me to work in the USA on my current visa), but as a graduate from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's BA (Journalism) class of 94, I KNOW how difficult it is to find work in the field you want, Mabelle... Freelancing is a PITA (Pain In The....) option, but it is far easier to pick up work in this day and age, what with the...
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Re: What other artists do Neil Finn fans like????
Okay, my list would be ENORMOUS (I am a musical pig) if I wrote them all, and I'm definitely a child of the 70s/80s. Here's just a few that I can think of right now (I know that I'll forget about 20): The Smiths (second in my heart only to Neil/CH) The Beatles They Might Be Giants The Police Depeche Mode (not nec. the most recent stuff) Style Council The Sundays Rufus Wainwright Jonathan Richman Trash Can Sinatras Kings of Convenience Erasure Pet Shop Boys Abba The Housemartins Stevie Wonder...
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Re: Neil's Use of Ukuleles
Well, I for one think it's marvelous. If you are not familiar with Neil's use of ukeleles--check out his NILFUN webpage--under Webcasts/Basements--there is a wonderful performance of a song called "Time on Earth" where he utilises this instrument beautifully. It's like he's using it as garnish. Oops, time for dinner.
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Re: Opinion on NF/CH listener demographics?
aah...dear playwright, as Ferdinand said on hearing Ariel: Where should this music be? In the air or the earth?...I have followed it, or it has drawn me rather... You CAN crowd surf to HIS music,..I can and I don't need a crowd, cos I'm on cloud 9!$%!$@#%!$
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Re: Phill Judd's Use of Ukuleles
From Russia with Sarcasm, hey? Right. Already been to the Enz of the Earth. I am curious about Phil's solo (or other) work. Paka, Sir Francis Bacon (Mrs.) (as agent for W. Shakespeare on behalf of Monsieur Marlowe)
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Re: Researching My Welsh Heritage
How wonderful to read all of your posts! Thank you for responding. That's funny, Sam and Tina, that you mention the stay-at-home feeling relative to folks from Wales. Perhaps that's why I've always been such a home-body. It took a big deal of negotiating for me to leave my childhood home for good, and since I have I've often noticed a strong pull to stay in the immediate area of whatever new home I've set up. Perhaps I come by that honestly! Sam, thanks for your offer to send me something...
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Re: Let's talk about EnzSo II
crikey, lots of stuff here wetting my whistle.. camus... >Well, it's a bit of a let down after EnzSo isn't it?<<br /> yeah >And it has nothing to do with no Finns.<<br /> nope >I quite like Pioneer and Six Months<<br /> not for me >and One Step Ahead is fantastic<<br /> yes it is >but then I realised that they are left overs from the original EnzSo.<<br /> ahem ! >Maybe (the song) could have been so much better, it's rather...
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Re: What does everybody do for a living?
1) I am an air traffic controller, but I envy anyone of you who work in the media, or the arts. I was presented a choice way back when, to enter Radio and Television Arts, of go to Controller school and I chose the latter. I often regret that decision, but at least it's a decent living. [It's not easy, it's not easy to escape all the decisions that you've already made.] 2) At this point in life my ideal job would be travel guide to some of the most remote places on earth. I've had no...
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Re: Time For A Change guitar solo question.
Gee...I...um....saw Phil play the "Time for a Change" solo live and it followed the "Second Thoughts" version fairly closely. At that time, I had been completely unaware of an earlier "Mental Notes" than the US version I had become addicted to. Neil's version impressed me because of the effort it must have taken to actually learn a solo over those many many chord changes. Neil's strengths are numerous and intimidating at times, but as a guitarist, he can stand in line with the rest of the...
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Re: Time For A Change guitar solo question.
The rest of planet earth huh? I can think of many lead guitarists who are much better than Phil. Slash, Gilby Clarke, Eric Clapton, Lenny Kravitz, Liam Finn, Dave Dobbyn, Mark Hart, Stone Gossard and Mike McCready just to name a few. And whilst I don't rank Neil among the very best lead guitarists in the world, IMHO he's a better guitarist and soloist than Phil. I'm not at all saying that I don't love much of Phil's work, just that I prefer Neil as a guitarist. Does anyone know if Phil Judd...
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Re: Mushroom Problem
I reckon neil would groove to Neil's "whole earth acoustic numbers." Yeah! Everybody say "MUSHROOM!" Shakespeare
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Re: job club
I just went on a job interview on Tuesday, and it was AWFUL. The HR guy was a condescending prick. HR: So, I see here that you have 60 college credits with a 4.0 average, Dean's list every semester, and an honors fraternity. What on earth was going on in your life that would cause a decision like dropping out of school at a time like that? ME: Well...actually it was more of a pregnancy decision, Chris. HR: (cruelly and haughtily, very clipped Oh. (long pause.) Have you any ambition of...
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Re: Music lover seeks music loving E-pal/s
That's a heck of a music collection! Where on earth do you keep all your stuff?
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Re: When are you too old?
I was even thinking I was too old to go see Neil (yea, like that thought lasted 2 seconds) I never danced or sang like that at a concert EVER even in my twenties and the only thing that brought me down to earth with a thud was when everyone started jumping up and down when he sang I GOT YOU. The reason it brought me down with a thud and reminded me that I wasn't 15 years old anymore was (looks around to make sure no men are listening) I had to hold my chest down or some people around me...
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Re: PLeeeeeeese tell me a joke
Not really a joke, but worth a chuckle or two 25 Things You Should Have Learned By Middle Age: Submitted by Will N. from Casa Grande AZ 1. If you're too open-minded, your brains will fall out. 2. Don't worry about what people think; they don't do it very often. 3. Going to church/temple/mosque doesn't make you religious any more than standing in a garage makes you a mechanic. 4. It ain't the jeans that make your butt look fat. 5. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. 6.
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Re: Isn't the world a small place
Yeah Border Gurl, That sounds pretty cool. You mean we mark the place where we are, so we get to know where is eachother and see how full are other countries and how empty are single-fan countries like mine? Yeah why not!! PS: Anybody knows how on earth is this done?
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Re: Perseid meteor shower
I saw *one* Perseid the other night, a bright one. It was so hot we tried sleeping in the garden! The problem this year, is that the full Moon is about the same time as the peak of the meteor shower, and, here (London), along with the horrible sodium glow (light pollution) it's going to be difficult to see much. I think the Perseids should be visible in all of the Northern hemisphere, not just Europe. NZ is probably too far south, but there are more and brighter stars in the sky there, and...
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Re: HELP for a newbie!!!!!!!!
Oops, to answer your question... Yes, my aunt is quite the FrenzFriend! She's followed Neil from Split Enz. A truly loyal fan! She gave me Seven Worlds to listen to last summer, I wasn't really into it, except for I See Red, which I thought was pretty cool, but I gave it back and forgot about it. Then I borrowed CH's first from her for a long car trip and I was hooked! All the info I know has been collected from her. She has a gazillion Finn related items, and I have them at my disposal, as...
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Re: 5 Random Things About Yourself
Simply amazing people we have here!! OK, 5 more: 1. No biscuits for me, thanks! You know those cylinders that Pillsbury biscuits come in?? Well, I can't open them. Let me clarify: I could PHYSICALLY open them if I wanted to, but when they finally POP and burst open, it scares the bejeezus outta me! Makes me a nervous wreck! 2. Love the southwest..... and have always felt particularly at home there. I recently found out that I'm 1/8th Chiricahua Apache on my father's side. I'm finding that...
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Re: I said....OUCH!
I ended up buying two shirts, two pairs of pants and a maternity bathing suit at iMaternity for "only" $156. I'm still underpantsless. Wait. That didn't sound right. What I want to know is...if 60% of US citizens are overweight and 30% obese (with all of aforementioned people wearing sizes larger than 14, as the national average size of 16 suggests), why on earth are these marketers suddenly "only carrying slimmer styles?" I realize this belongs more on the "Chill Scale" thread, but the...
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Re: 5 Random Things About Yourself
Random food things I am addicted to crunchy peanut butter therefore it never graces my shopping trolley. I would be found under the stairs with a tablespoon gibbering and excited if it did. I'm a starch/carb addict. The Atkins diet would be pure hell on earth for me *chomps on a massive chunk of crusty bread and peanut butter* I hated garlic until the age of 19 when a friend of mine got me very drunk and I was force fed garlic bread. Now I am a no go area for all vampires....except maybe...
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Re: Mick Hucknall???
elvis presley had a hit with the song crying in the chapel written by artie glen. do these lyrics look familiar? you saw me crying in the chapel the tears i shed were tears of joy i know the meaning of contentment now i'm happy with the Lord just a plain and simple chapel where humble people go to pray i pray the lord that I'll grow stronger as i live from day to day i've searched and I've searched but I couldn't find no way on earth to gain peace of mind now i'm happy in the chapel where...
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Re: the OTHER laminated list
Hopefully no one will be too offended by this - I do intend this to be slightly tongue-in-cheek! 1.Matthew McConaughey: maybe you think I'm crazy(my friends do - they worship him! )...I used to actually like him (he's awesome in Dazed and Confused )but for some reason, I really think he's creepy now, not sure why. I don't think he is all that great an actor either... 2.Tom Cruise: I so agree, what is the fascination with him? So-so actor again. He smiles too much...the only justification for...
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Re: the OTHER laminated list
oh I knew I've forgotten some. so let's go on #6 Russel Crowe - A priest at a funeral seems to have mor humor then him. #7 Leo di "I'm the king of the world" Caprio. I think "I'm the queen of the world" would match better for him. #8 Michael "hello I love you all *wink wink*" Jackson - Mulder was right, there are aliens on earth and they wanna damage us. #9 Ben Afflek and Matt Damon - Are this guys twins? Both are the biggest disaster of the filmindustry since Ed Wood. #10 David Hasselhoff...
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Re: the OTHER laminated list
now we know who's to blame for the overpopulation on earth Keith Richard - yes you are all right actually he died years ago. But the Stones mummified him for the Buffy the vampire slayer show Baldwin - My personal opinion on them is, they are the result of a secret clon study which totally went wrong. Who knows how many Baldwin clons are hide in the underground ??By the way have you ever seen them all together at once? That's very spooky !!! Edit: There is another one who just blew in my...
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Re: NOBODY LOVES ME!!!
Erm, am I missing something? xor, who on earth told you the fan club was "full"? Sounds like a load of **** to me... I rejoined the club recently myself (after an absence of ten years)... all it takes is the requisite $$$ and number of IRC's. Not a quota system!!!
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Re: Amelie's bootless question
I'm an ENFP by the way...my mom is an MBTI trainer and uses me as an example in every class because my scores were the most extreme she's ever seen! Like, 100% to that side of the scale, for all 4 letters! In any case...back on topic... What is the actual number of ballpoint pens, earring backs, and gloves I've lost in my lifetime? What is the relative ratio of human beings who go barefoot to human beings who are wearing shoes? People who are starving vs. people who aren't? Sick people, well...
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Re: NEWS: Nick Seymour Slams Neil Finn
I can't believe you're all getting so worked up over this. It's the Herald-Sun , fer Chrissakes... just a mere step upwards on the bottom-feeder journalistic ladder from that other (now-defunct) Melbourne bastion of fair and balanced reportage, The Truth (remember them, Peter? Or indeed anyone else in the Melbourne area over the age of about twenty-eight?) In other words, this paper caters to the lowest common denominator. To a paper like this, tension (or better yet, intense bitterness etc)...
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Re: Songs That Make You Cry
Great topic... "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" by the Platters "He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones "Little Green" by Joni Mitchell "Late For The Sky" by Jackson Browne "Good Time Charlies's Got The Blues" by Danny O'Keefe "Silver Spring" by Fleetwood Mac "Misty" by Sarah Vaughn "Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning" by Willie Nelson "This Bitter Earth" by Dinah Washington "Hello" by Lionel Ritchie ....er, that's a lot...and I know I could think of more (Not even mentioning the...
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Re: The Politics of Dancing...
Thanks for your confidence, guys! If our neighborhood suddenly declares a holiday in the name of John Lennon, or paints all the manholes to look like the earth, you'll know where it came from...hehehehe....(nah, probably not...but it'd be cool, wouldn't it!!!)