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mcnally
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response 375 of 644:
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Jul 9 07:03 UTC 2000 |
This versatile artist was once in a band named after a thermodynamics
gedankenexperiment.
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goose
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response 376 of 644:
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Jul 14 18:03 UTC 2000 |
Hmmm...
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mcnally
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response 377 of 644:
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Jul 17 18:46 UTC 2000 |
hint: the name of the band was used in a recent movie as a pseudonym
for a fictitious performer similar to the artist for whom we're
looking
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orinoco
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response 378 of 644:
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Jul 20 02:47 UTC 2000 |
I'm pretty sure there exists a band by the name of Maxwell's Demon, but web
searches for a band of that title inevitably turn up a lot of science pages
and no band page....
(Picking a band whose name is a common phrase seems like a good way to keep
us from cheating and looking up answers on the web,a ctually. Expect lots
of questions about Porno for Pyros and the Barenaked Ladies from now on.)
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mcnally
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response 379 of 644:
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Jul 20 19:24 UTC 2000 |
Heh..
Dan's on the right track -- "Maxwell Demon" is the name of the
ban in question. Now we need the famous artist who was involved
with that band early in his career..
During the past few years there was a music-oriented movie where
one of the fictitious performers in the movie used the name
"Maxwell Demon" as a stage persona. You don't have to know the
name of the movie but it might help point you towards a musical
genre and that might (or might not) help..
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brighn
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response 380 of 644:
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Aug 21 18:27 UTC 2000 |
It's dead, Jim!
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brighn
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response 381 of 644:
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Aug 21 18:37 UTC 2000 |
It's alive, Jim!
I didn't bother with the Web at first because "Maxwell Demon" did indeed turn
up sh**loads on Yahoo. Then I tried "Maxwell Demon" Music ... and got
something I recognized: "Velvet Goldmine", the movie in question. Having seen
the last half hour of Velvet Goldmine, I recalled that it was a thinly veiled
biography of Bowie's Ziggy Stardust era. That led me to a search of "Maxwell
Demon" Bowie ... which turned up, as the fifth hit or so, a phrase that caught
my eye: "... Brian Eno's high-school band ...". Followed the link, and sure
enough, I found:
It was the name... I forget where it originally came from, but I heard it was
the name of Brian Eno's high-school band, Maxwell Demon.
Makes sense, since Eno worked with Bowie extensively during and just after
that era. Anyway...
To rescucitate this item...
WHO IS BRIAN ENO?
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happyboy
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response 382 of 644:
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Aug 21 19:22 UTC 2000 |
producer, synth twiddler, songwriter,
early member of roxy music
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brighn
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response 383 of 644:
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Aug 21 19:37 UTC 2000 |
I knew that. This is the Jeopardy item, supposed to answer as a question.
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happyboy
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response 384 of 644:
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Aug 21 19:44 UTC 2000 |
doh! fergot to read the header!
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mcnally
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response 385 of 644:
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Aug 21 23:16 UTC 2000 |
Brian Eno is correct. Good job, brighn..
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brighn
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response 386 of 644:
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Aug 22 04:48 UTC 2000 |
hmmmmmm... now I need a clue. *ponders*
This rocker/ST-writer's first TV appearance was on The Gong Show.
(that should be fairly easy...)
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mcnally
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response 387 of 644:
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Aug 22 19:02 UTC 2000 |
ST == Star Trek?
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brighn
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response 388 of 644:
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Aug 22 21:04 UTC 2000 |
ST = soundtrack
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bruin
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response 389 of 644:
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Aug 22 21:59 UTC 2000 |
Who is Danny Elfman?
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brighn
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response 390 of 644:
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Aug 22 22:28 UTC 2000 |
see... toldya it was an easy one.
Bruin's up.
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bruin
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response 391 of 644:
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Aug 23 13:07 UTC 2000 |
BTW, I originally thought that ST meant "Star Trek" too. But enough of that;
let me give you the next answer.
The mother of this rock star commented on his suicide by saying he had joined
"that stupid club."
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brighn
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response 392 of 644:
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Aug 23 14:27 UTC 2000 |
Who is Kurt Cobain?
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bruin
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response 393 of 644:
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Aug 24 02:13 UTC 2000 |
Brighn has the correct response. (And I feel like a klutz because I
have so many possible clues but draw a blank when my turn comes and
spit out a no-brainer.)
Back to you brighn.
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brighn
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response 394 of 644:
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Aug 24 06:02 UTC 2000 |
Same star, much harder question:
This German group dedicated an album track to Kurt's daughter Frances, writing
in the liner notes: "I liked the music of her father, but to commit suicide
is never a solution to any kind of problem."
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eeyore
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response 395 of 644:
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Aug 24 06:20 UTC 2000 |
Was is Rammstein?
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brighn
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response 396 of 644:
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Aug 24 18:05 UTC 2000 |
Nope. This group was a fairly standard hard-rock band with only one real radio
track (at least, that I heard). Contemporary to Cobain's suicide, too.
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brighn
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response 397 of 644:
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Aug 24 18:07 UTC 2000 |
oh, wait, I almost forgot to put in a bad-pun hint:
The track after the one dedicated to Frances Bean Cobain angered me, because
they butchered a song by The Police.
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brighn
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response 398 of 644:
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Aug 28 04:09 UTC 2000 |
Is the question too hard, or have people just lost interest?
I'll come up with a new one if people are still interested...
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brighn
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response 399 of 644:
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Aug 29 16:43 UTC 2000 |
Hmmmm... I'll take that as a lack of interest, but just in case, here's a new
clue:
This mythological creature graces the covers of albums from Elton John and
The Fixx.
(Old answer: Who is Fury in the Slaughterhouse, really only known for "Every
generation Has ITs Own Disease")
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