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Do You Agree With This Billionaire's Bearish Bets?
Meena is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
Paul Singer founded Elliott Associates in 1977, and since then has taken an activist approach to investing. Singer takes meaningful positions in companies that are distressed and underperforming in an effort to encourage management to unlock shareholder value, either by a spinoff or a reorganization. Singer holds a BS in psychology from the University of Rochester and a JD from Harvard. Before founding Elliott, Singer spent time at various law firms and DLJ. In reviewing Singer's most recent 13F filing, we found five stocks that he was selling during the third quarter (check out Singer's newest picks).
VMware (NYSE: VMW) is expected to see total revenues up 17% in 2013 on the back of server virtualization trends. These trends should eat up a good portion of company IT budgets going forward, so why is Singer selling out of this virtualization leader? At first glance, VMware trades well above its peers at 55x earnings, but its forward P/E of 30x suggests investors may still be under-appreciating the stock.
Despite an uncertain economic outlook, the expected spending on cloud computing remains strong. The strength in VMware's virtualization software continued last quarter, with enterprise license agreements up 24% year over year. One negative for VMware is that earnings growth is slowing. The sell-side expects it to grow EPS by 22-23% a year over the next half-decade; this is far below the 45% growth rate VMware has averaged since 2007. Billionaire Jim Simons is still VMware's top fund owner, but also reduced his stake by 40% last quarter (see Jim Simons' top picks).
Nike (NYSE: NKE) recently divested its Cole Haan and Umbro brands in an effort to better focus its operations. Nike has a global presence, but weakness in China brings to light growth concerns. The shoe company's initiatives to align products with the Chinese economy will also lead to elevated marketing expenses, which will pressure margins over the interim. A build-up of inventories in this region is also a cause for concern.
This leads us to question the shoe company's valuation. Sales from China saw 20% growth two quarters ago, but then a 6% growth decline last quarter. Nike's current P/E of 20x is above its major peers Steven Madden (16.6x) and Adidas (17x). Interestingly, billionaire Ken Griffin - founder of Citadel Investment Group - is still one of Nike's top owners after a 600% stake increase last quarter (see Ken Griffin's latest picks).
Dicks Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) saw a 7% sales increase in 2012 and future growth will be driven by store expansion. A increased focus on outdoor and fitness products will lead the charge, but one headwind for the stock will be continued weakness in the overall economy, which limits discretionary spending.
Dicks Sporting Goods does trade in line on a P/E basis with peers, despite its expected continue rapid store expansion. Recent EPS showed higher year over year results, with quarterly 3Q EPS at $0.40, compared to 3Q 2011 EPS of $0.32. This comes on the back of 5% same-store sale growth and 11% higher sales, both on a year over year basis.
Despite Singer's selloff of DKS, we still believe investors can find value in the stock. Trading at only 15x earnings and paying a modest dividend that yields 1.1%, the stock is a value play with above-average growth prospects. Famed investor Paul Tudor Jones did up his stake by over 1,400% last quarter, so there are still some bulls in the hedge fund industry.
Melco Crown Entertainment (NASDAQ: MPEL) is facing similar pressures as Nike with a potential slowdown in China. Melco was the ninth largest 13F holding for Singer in 2Q and saw a 40% selloff last quarter. The casino company still trades in line with major peers despite its over exposure to the Macanese region of the country. At 22x earnings, Melco is slightly above Wynn Resorts (21x) and Pinnacle Entertainment (21x) on the valuation side. Assuming Melco could put its $1.7 billion cash to work with expansion into other markets, we would be more inclined to consider the stock as a "can't miss" high-growth opportunity.
QLogic (NASDAQ: QLGC) expects revenues to be down 19% in FY2013 after a 2% decline in 2012. This small-cap network infrastructure provider has seen its slowdown caused by a struggling Europe and weak IT spending globally, led by a decline in server sales. A bearish market environment is expected in the near future as well, as overall IT spending is expected to rise at a low single-digit pace in 2013. QLogic looks cheap on the surface at 10x earnings, compared to EMC (21x) and NetApp (26x), but when coupled with its five-year expected EPS CAGR of -6%, it is easy to see why.
To recap: VMware has a leading position in one of the fastest growing tech markets, and Dicks Sporting Goods is one of the few retailers that is looking to expand operations over the interim. We do agree that the China slowdown will have a negative impact on Nike and Melco. QLogic is also expected to continue to see weakness as IT spending lags.
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A dangerous fashion trend to follow even if Hollywood celebs are doing it!
It would appear in celebs-ville there is a new area of flesh to flash: the 'side cleavage' - which is defined as the area that extends from armpit to mid-rib and takes in a small (or as we've found through research, sometimes large) semi-circle of bare breast.
We first noticed this fashion phenomenon at the Cannes Film Festival where Nicole Kidman was baring a bit of breast at the Hemingway and Gellhorn film premiere but a quick look through our fashion files reveals that the trend has been sneaking into more daring celebrity fashion ensembles for quite a few months. And the trend looks like it is here to stay with Yves Saint Laurent and Roberto Cavalli both pushing the silhouette in their collections next season.
In my opinion, when done right the side boob is a lot more seductive than regular cleavage. It leaves a lot more to the imagination and as it requires you going braless to show off your side flesh it is most suited to a smaller cup (something I can certainly relate to!) That said, fashion critiques everywhere have been deeming the look scandalous and too revealing.
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ATHENS — What a difference a year makes.
When Georgia was getting ready to play Tennessee about this time last season, coach Mark Richt was still feeling uncomfortable heat related to his his job performance. The Bulldogs were 3-2 at the time, had lost the only meaningful games they had played (to Boise State and South Carolina) and were headed to Knoxville, Tenn., a place where they lost the previous two times by the combined score of 80-33.
A year later, Richt's team has won 14 of its past 16 games, and the pressure is off. The No. 5-ranked Bulldogs (4-0, 2-0 SEC) are two-touchdown favorites, and it's the Volunteers and — coach Derek Dooley in particular — who are feeling the heat.
Dooley, an Athens native with the familiar last name, is in his third season as Tennessee's head coach. He comes to Sanford Stadium in search of his first victory in 12 tries against ranked opponents. The scuttlebutt on Rocky Top is that he needs to score one pretty soon.
Such is life in the rugged SEC. Beloved today, beleaguered tomorrow. It's why the league's coaching fraternity is as tight as it is. That's especially true for Dooley and Richt, whose very presence in this game Saturday can be traced to the same man — Vince Dooley.
"I think we all know we have a job to do and our highest responsibility is to our own programs," Richt said of being friends with Derek. "When we were struggling, I didn't expect anybody to do me a favor. I expected them to prepare their teams the best they could and do everything they could within the rules to win the game. That's our posture every week, whether we're having positive noise or negative noise."
The noise is decidedly negative in Tennessee at the moment. The complaint about the Vols (3-1, 0-1) has been their inability to win games such as Saturday's. Their latest attempt at dumping the ranked-opponent gorilla was Sept. 15 against then-No. 17 Florida, and that didn't go well. The Gators surged in the second half for a 37-20 victory, their eighth in a row over Tennessee.
That set the Tennessee fan base to grumbling once again, and there isn't much optimism as the Vols enter the Georgia game. Dating to 2008, Tennessee is 1-18 against ranked opponents, with 15 of those losses coming by double figures.
"Derek's certainly on the hot seat," said Jimmy Hyams, a Knoxville talk-show host who has covered the Vols for radio and newspapers since 1985. "Being the son of a longtime coach, he knows it and understands it. He realizes he's got to win to keep his job."
Suffice it to say, beating a top-5 Georgia team on its home turf would go a long way to salving the situation.
"That's our next step," said Dooley, who's 14-15 with the Vols. "We're going to have to go out there and perform and beat one of these teams if that's where we want to be."
Tennessee has a history of breaking the Bulldogs' hearts in games such as this. On Monday, Richt reminded the team of what happened in 2004. The Bulldogs were coming off a resounding 45-16 victory over defending national champion LSU at Sanford Stadium and had just been bestowed a No. 3 national ranking when an unranked Tennessee team showed up with a freshman quarterback. Georgia was left dumbfounded as 19-14 losers.
This year's game would seem equally as dangerous. While beating Vanderbilt can't be equated with knocking off the defending national champions, the game was an emotional contest, and Georgia played a near-perfect game in scoring a 48-3 victory. Meanwhile, Tennessee comes in a week before the Bulldogs' highly anticipated matchup against No. 6 South Carolina in Columbia.
Is it possible that Georgia is having to guard against a letdown versus a traditional rival such as Tennessee?
"Outside [the program] people may think that," senior linebacker Christian Robinson said. "But I think everybody [on the team] has pinpointed this game as one we have to have because it's the next game. We're really focusing hard on what we have to do to win."
To win it, the Bulldogs will have to contain Tennessee's 6-foot-6 quarterback Tyler Bray and his band of big-play receivers. The Vols come in with the SEC's top passing attack at 341 yards per game.
But Georgia can play a little offense, too. The Bulldogs have averaged an SEC-best 47.5 points per game. So expect some fireworks in Sanford Stadium — and a Tennessee team desperate to score an upset.
"This is probably the best team they've had in a while," Dooley said of Georgia. "It's going to be a challenge."
As both coaches can attest, it always is.
September 29th, 2012
2:41 pm
Look for UGA to flex its muscles in this game midway 3rd qtr Georgia imposes its will 42-17
September 29th, 2012
2:49 pm
But not today!
September 29th, 2012
3:00 pm
Yes, Middle Tennessee State is going to win.
September 29th, 2012
3:36 pm
September 29th, 2012
3:44 pm
Ajc, why didn't it post then
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7:07 pm
[...] here to read the rest: Hot seat on the other sideline as Georgia and Tennessee renew rivalry ← Back to Home Tags: bulldogs, coach, derek, feeling, heat, lost, richt, score, [...]
September 29th, 2012
7:50 pm
Jeez, that was too much of an adventure.
September 29th, 2012
8:11 pm
I hate Tennessee. Always have. But that being said Dooley is a very good coach who inherited a very big mess. I hope Tennessee people are smart enough to get that. If they fire him his replacement will have early success just watch. One more good class and Tennessee will be back in buisness. Which pains me to say
September 29th, 2012
8:39 pm
UT played with passion and heart hats off to the Vols and their coaches. However we were better a lot better than the score showed great win ..Now the game hens…chicken plucking anyone?
September 29th, 2012
9:04 pm
Way too close for comfort. Give Tennessee the credit (except our gift wrapped TOs), they ran their game plan to a T. We had no answer. Very lucky to get the W.
Spurrier is licking his chops….
September 29th, 2012
9:16 pm
@beanster I'm thinking this was the best thing that could happen…we show that we can dominate a team but screw up and let them hand around and almost ..wel give them a chance to win..I don't think we will under prepare for SC and anyone on the team not realize we have to play lights out every down.
September 29th, 2012
9:30 pm
Beanster , Spurrier is looking for his visor in Kentucky he just threw.
September 30th, 2012
10:53 pm
I hope Derek can pull off an upset (South Carolina?). Even if they dump him, Tennessee won't be substantially better in 2013. Hunter, Patterson and Bray are all going to the draft.


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The hosts pressed for an equaliser but it was United who looked more likely to score again as substitute James Wilson and Barmby were denied in quick succession by Rudy. The Reds survived a stoppage time scare after Iqbal Hussain was bundled over by Patrick McNair just outside the penalty area, but Safirul Sulaiman fired his free-kick high over the bar.
United had done enough to claim a deserved victory and with it third place in the NexLions Cup.
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Date of News Release: 01/22/2007
(FRANKFORT, Ky.) - Preliminary statistics* indicate that 13 people died in 12 separate crashes on Kentucky's roadways from Monday, Jan. 15 through Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007.
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One double fatality crash occurred in Boone County. Two single fatality crashes occurred in Letcher County and two in Clay County. Single fatality crashes also occurred in Bullitt, Clark, Marshall, Rowan, Shelby, Warren and Webster counties.
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A primary mission of the National Park Service is to preserve native plants and animals on lands it manages. In cases where native species have been eliminated from park lands, the Park Service may choose to reintroduce them. Successful wildlife reintroductions in Great Smoky Mountains National Park have included the river otter, Peregrine Falcon, and three species of small fish.
The experimental release of elk into Great Smoky Mountains National Park began in February, 2001 with the importation of 25 elk from Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area along the Tennessee-Kentucky border. In 2002, the Park Service imported another 27 animals. Some elk are radio-collared and are monitored so biologists can learn more about their movements and life spans. Project partners include Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Parks Canada, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Land Between the Lakes, Great Smoky Mountains Association, Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the U.S.G.S. Biological Resources Division, and the University of Tennessee. An Environmental Assessment of the project is currently underway. For more information go to http://www.nps.gov/grsm.
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In Tennessee, the last elk was killed in the mid-1800s. By 1900, the population of elk in North America dropped to the point that hunting groups and other conservation organizations became concerned the species was headed for extinction.
Viewing Elk
The best times to view elk are usually early morning and late evening. Elk may also be active on cloudy summer days and before or after storms. Enjoy elk at a distance, using binoculars or a spotting scope for close-up views. Approaching wildlife too closely can result in real harm to you and the animal. If you approach an animal so closely that it stops feeding, changes direction of travel, or otherwise alters its behavior, YOU ARE TOO CLOSE!
During May, June, September, and October the fields in Cataloochee Valley and the vicinity of Oconaluftee Visitor Center will be closed to the public to minimize conflicts with elk.
Elk are large animals—larger than any of the park's black bears—and can be dangerous. Female elk with calves have charged people in defense of their offspring. Males (bulls) may perceive people as challengers to their domain and charge. The best way to avoid these hazards is to keep your distance.
Never touch or move elk calves. Though they may appear to be orphaned, chances are their mother is nearby. Cows frequently leave their newborn calves while they go off to feed. A newborn's natural defense is to lie down and remain still. The same is true for white-tailed deer fawns.
The use of spotlights and wildlife calls is illegal in the national park. It is also illegal to remove elk antlers or other elk parts from the park. Never feed elk or other wildlife or bait them for closer observation. Feeding park wildlife is strictly forbidden by law and almost always leads to the animal's demise. It also increases danger to other park visitors.
Willfully approaching within 50 yards (150 feet), or any distance that disturbs or displaces bear or elk, is prohibited.
Beyond Park Boundaries
Elk sometimes travel beyond the boundaries of Great Smoky Mountains National Park in search of new territories. Elk outside park boundaries fall under the jurisdiction of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission or the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. If necessary, park staff works cooperatively with the NCWRC or TWRA to address conflicts involving elk. Most of the land adjacent to the park is not cropland and complaints from land owners have been few. Currently, one small elk herd resides primarily on private property just outside the eastern boundary of the park.
Seasons of the Elk
S P R I N G : Most elk shed their antlers in March. The antlers, which are rich in calcium, are quickly eaten by rodents and other animals. (It is illegal to remove antlers from the national park.) After they have shed their antlers, elk immediately begin growing new ones. In the late spring elk shed their winter coats and start growing sleek, copper- colored, one-layer summer coats.
SUMMER: Most calves are born in June. Male elk roll in mud wallows to keep cool and avoid insect pests. By August, elk antlers are full grown and have shed their "velvet." Calves have lost their spots by summer's end.
FA L L : Male elk make their legendary bugling calls to challenge other bulls and attract cows. Their calls may be heard a mile or more away. Large bulls use their antlers to intimidate and spar with other males. Most encounters are ritualistic and involve little physical contact; only occasionally do conflicts result in serious injuries to one or more combatants. During the "rut" in September and early October, dominant bulls gather and breed with harems of up to 20 cows.
WINTER: Elk wear a two-layer coat during the colder months. Long guard hairs on the top repel water and a soft, wooly underfur keeps them warm. Elk may move from the high country to valleys to feed.
Elk Facts
SIZE: Adult males weigh an average of 600-700 pounds. Cows average 500 pounds. Adults are 7-10 feet long from nose to tail and stand 4 1/2-5 feet tall at the shoulder. Adult males have antlers that may reach a width of five feet.
DIET: Grasses, forbs, acorns, bark, leaves, and buds.
PREDATORS: Black bears are the main predator inthepark,butcoyotesandbobcatsmayalsokill young, sick, or injured elk. Gray wolves and mountain lions, both of which have been extirpated from the Great Smoky Mountains, are successful predators of elk elsewhere.
OFFSPRING: Cows usually give birth to only one calf per year. Newborns weigh about 35 pounds. They can stand within minutes of birth and calf and cow usually rejoin the herd within a couple of weeks. Calves nurse for one to seven months. Females are ready to breed in the second autumn of their lives.
LIFE SPAN: Elk can live as long as 15 years.
SENSES: Elk have an acute sense of smell and excellent eyesight.


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The Secretary shall arrange for counseling and testing for each enrollee at regular intervals to measure progress in the education and vocational training programs carried out through the Job Corps.
(b) Placement
The Secretary shall arrange for counseling and testing for enrollees prior to their scheduled graduations to determine their capabilities and, based on their capabilities, shall make every effort to arrange to place the enrollees in jobs in the vocations for which the enrollees are trained or to assist the enrollees in obtaining further activities described in this subchapter. In arranging for the placement of graduates in jobs, the Secretary shall utilize the one-stop delivery system to the fullest extent possible.
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The Secretary shall determine the status and progress of enrollees scheduled for graduation and make every effort to assure that their needs for further activities described in this subchapter are met.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas football fans heading to the campus for the Razorbacks' Sept. 14 game against Southern Mississippi are being asked to come up a day early for a concert as part of the school's Family Weekend.
Singer-songwriter Justin Moore will perform at a free public concert on Sept. 13 in a parking lot near Razorback Stadium and stay afterward to sign autographs. Moore will also attend the game as a guest of the school.
Moore is an Arkansas native. He was raised in Poyen and lives in Little Rock.
Moore has a new album, Off the Beaten Path, due for release on Sept. 17.
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Bournemouth have released club captain Warren Cummings, defender Mathieu Baudry and forwards Lyle Taylor and Michael Symes.
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After the unveiling of a new cheaper iMac on 18 June, there's already chatter about the next iMac update from Apple, which we expect could involve the introduction of a Retina display to the all-in-one desktop Mac.
Here, we bring you the new Retina iMac's release date, features, specs and price, so you'll know the latest iMac news. Read on for all of the new iMac news and future iMac rumours.
Didn't Apple just announce a new iMac?
On 18 June Apple launched a new, cheaper iMac and reduced pricing for its other iMac models. It wasn't the update we've been waiting for but it's still exciting news that makes the iMac much more affordable. You can find out more about the new, cheaper iMac for 2014 in our 2014 iMac review.
The iMac was last properly updated in September 2013 when Apple added the Haswell processor, new graphics, next generation Wi-Fi and faster PCIe flash storage options. Read our review of the 2013 iMacs, 2014 iMac with Fusion Drive review and 2014 budget iMac review . You can read all our iMac reviews here.
When will Apple update the iMac range for 2014?
We can be quite confident that the reason why Apple hasn't yet updated the iMac for 2014 is that it is waiting for Intel to release its new Broadwell chips.
The good news is that despite rumours of major delays, Intel has confirmed that it is finally shipping the Broadwell chips to its customers, like Apple. In a conference call about Intel's second-quarter results on 15 July, Intel's chief executive Brian Krzanich confirmed Intel's hardware partners will have Broadwell systems on store shelves in the run up to Christmas. He said: "We said we would have products on shelves for the holiday season and we continue to work with our partners and we're on schedule to have product on shelf in the holiday."
However, anyone awaiting the new Retina MacBook Pro, Retina MacBook Air, iMac and Mac mini should note that there are various Broadwell chips being developed by Intel, and the chips that Intel confirmed are shipping now are the M variety, destined for fanless two-in-ones. The new MacBook Air is likely to use the U Broadwell processor, which may not ship until 2015.
When it does ship, Broadwell, which uses the 14nm manufacturing process. It is said to consume 30% less power than it's predecessor Haswell, and that should be good news for battery life on the portable Macs, especially those with power hungry screens.
However, in a conference call about Intel's second-quarter results on 15 July, Intel's chief executive Brian Krzanich confirmed Intel's hardware partners will have Broadwell systems on store shelves in the run up to Christmas, so it is still possible that we could see new iMacs before the end of the year. Even winter seems a long way away to those who have been waiting for updates to Macs for so long. We are sure that Apple is equally frustrated with Intel.
Evidence that the iMac will have a Retina display
Apparently there is evidence that Apple is building an iMac with a Retina display in the developer preview of OS X Yosemite.
French site, MacBidouille claims that the developer preview includes a file that refers to a display scaling resolution option for the iMac. Apparently, the file includes a collection of scaling resolution options for the new iMac. They max out at 6400 x 3600 pixels, or 3200 x 1800, which is a Retina display.
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The cost involved in producing a 27-inch iMac with Retina display would also prove prohibitive.
New Retina iMac release date: When is the Retina iMac coming out?
Now that Intel is shipping the chips you may be hoping that a new iMac will launch soon, but it is unlikely to be available before the autumn. We expect Apple to make an announcement in October and start shipping that month.
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Daum's Falcons
Rob Daum is a qualified pro hockey coach and he took over the Falcons around Valentine's Day. I thought it might be an idea to post each player's numbers under the new AHL coach (in context) to see if anyone broke loose from the crowd in an unexpected manner.
A couple of comments to begin the process. We know that Ryan Potulny, Rob Schremp and Ryan Stone were the likely offensive weapons up front and that the checking line was Colin McDonald, Tyler Spurgeon and Tim Sestito or thereabouts.
We also know that the young defenders (Peckham, Wild, Chorney) were getting the tougher minutes earlier in the season at the expense of older hands like Mathieu Roy and Bryan Young.
Let's begin by listing the powerplay scorers for Daum after he took over in Springfield:
- Potulny 28gp, 7-4-11
- Schremp 28gp, 1-7-8
- Wild 28gp, 1-7-8
- Stone 28gp, 1-5-6
- Chorney 22gp, 1-5-6
- Roy 17gp, 0-3-3
- Eberle 9gp, 1-2-3
- Jacques 3gp, 1-1-2
- O'Marra 23gp, 0-1-1
- Gabinet 23gp, 0-1-1
- Trukhno 22gp, 1-0-1
- Brule 11gp, 1-0-1
Daum clearly liked the top 5 listed here, in fact that was probably the #1 unit for all of the games until Chorney's recall. Later in the campaign, he seems to have added Roy (possibly when Chorney got the call) and we see Eberle had some impact in his 9 games.
PK under Daum
- McDonald 28gp, 1-1-2
- O'Marra 23gp, 0-1-1
- Paukovich 17gp, 1-0-1
- Brule 11gp, 1-0-1
- Stamoulis 6gp, 0-1-1
This isn't interesting for the offense but as an indicator of the names Daum called upon when shorthanded. McDonald's two points are a tell: he was one of the top 2 forwards (or the luckiest man on earth) in these games, and I suspect Brule would have been the other top choice. Stone is a guy one would expect might have been in the top 4 but that's me filling in the blanks instead of reading the math.
Daum's Falcons at EVs (F)
- Stone 28gp, 5-11-16 -1
- Potulny 28gp, 9-6-15 -2
- McDonald 28gp, 4-6-10 -5
- Trukhno 22gp, 1-5-6 -4
- Eberle 9gp, 2-4-6 -5
- Schremp 28gp, 0-4-4 -16
- G Lefebvre 21gp, 1-3-4 -8
- Sestito 13gp, 2-2-4 -5
- Paukovich 17gp, 3-1-4 -3
- O'Marra 23gp, 0-3-3 -6
- Brule 11gp, 0-3-3 -5
- Spurgeon 21gp, 1-1-2 -5
- Urquhart 8gp, 1-0-1 -2
- Goulet 3gp, 0-1-1 E
- Czuy 2gp, 0-1-1 E
- Huddy 2gp, 0-1-1 +1
A couple of quick notes. If a player didn't score at EVs then he's not listed, so JF Jacques doesn't appear despite his PP success. The surprise name in the top 6 scoring forwards is Colin McDonald, and one suspects he may have been moved to a more offensive line (I believe Trukhno was hurt/ineffective and Lerg disappeared during this period). Eberle was playing with skilled men but that's a nice number no matter how you look at it. Schremp was beyond awful, that -16 is impossible based on the other F's +/- in the same number of games. I imagine the line that was bleeding every night was the one he was on, and despite the PP numbers over the period Sugartits can't dance at EVs in the AHL based on this snapshot (three years into his AHL career. He's the hockey equivalent of "Blind Man in the Bleachers" in terms of bad storyline). Lefebvre and Paukovich seem to have moved up the depth chart under Daum as well. One imagines the top 3 on this list would get good reviews from Daum when the new coach calls his cell this summer.
- Young 28gp, 3-3-6 +5
- Wild 28gp, 1-3-4 -13
- Gabinet 23gp, 1-2-3 -12
- Chorney 22gp, 1-2-3 -9
- Bina 21gp, 1-2-3 -10
- Bisaillon 4gp, 1-0-1 -3
- Constant 3gp, 0-1-1 +4
I wish Roy had scored because I want to talk about him and Bryan Young. It looked to me all season like one of the problems is that they had way too many young D (Chorney, Wild, Bisaillon, Bina) and you can't bring that many along at the same time. It looks like Daum used Young, Roy and maybe Gabinet to add experience until Jake Taylor returned to the lineup. Young's plus minus is as ridiculous as Schremp's in this context, except at the other end of the scale.
Dubnyk's SP has improved (.908) under Daum; he was .905 when the new coach took over.


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Kennesaw State will present its financial plan for football to the State Board of Regents on Tuesday in the last step needed before the Owls can start the program.
If the Regents approve a $100 per-semester increase in student fees, Kennesaw State will make official at a pep rally on campus Wednesday what was first discussed in 2010 when the students approved the fee increase: a football team.
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|Henry Lee Lucas
Mug shot of Henry Lee Lucas.
|August 23, 1936
Blacksburg, Virginia
|March 13, 2001(aged 64)
Cause of death
|Heart failure
|Other names
|The Confession Killer
Criminal penalty
|Death, commuted to Life imprisonment
|11; confessed to more than 600
Span of killings
|January 11, 1960–1983(?)
|United States
|Michigan, Texas, possibly Florida
Date apprehended
|June 11, 1983
|This article needs additional citations for verification. (December 2012)
|Henry Lee Lucas
Mug shot of Henry Lee Lucas.
|August 23, 1936
Blacksburg, Virginia
|March 13, 2001(aged 64)
Cause of death
|Heart failure
|Other names
|The Confession Killer
Criminal penalty
|Death, commuted to Life imprisonment
|11; confessed to more than 600
Span of killings
|January 11, 1960–1983(?)
|United States
|Michigan, Texas, possibly Florida
Date apprehended
|June 11, 1983
Henry Lee Lucas (August 23, 1936[1] – March 13, 2001)[2] was an American serial killer convicted of murder in 11 different cases. He had claimed to have committed a number of murders (shortly after his arrest he confessed to having killed 60 people, a number he raised to 100 while in court, and outside of court he claimed to have committed up to 3000 murders[3]) although he later recanted the confessions. He received a death sentence for the murder of an unidentified woman in Texas, but the penalty was commuted to life imprisonment on the basis of evidence that he was likely in Florida on the date of that murder.[4]
While Lucas became known in the press as America's most prolific serial killer, he later recanted his confessions, and flatly stated "I am not a serial killer" in a letter to researcher Brad Shellady.[5] Lucas confessed to involvement in about 600 murders, but a more widely circulated total of 350 is based on confessions deemed "believable" by a Texas-based Lucas Task Force, a group which was later criticized by then-Attorney General of Texas, Jim Mattox, and others for sloppy police work and taking part in an extended "hoax".[6]
Beyond his recantation, some of Lucas's confessions have been challenged as inaccurate by a number of critics, including law enforcement and court officials. Lucas claimed to have been initially subjected to having been left naked in a cell with the air conditioner turned on and coercive interrogation tactics while in police custody, and to have confessed to murders in an effort to improve his living conditions.[3] Amnesty International reported "the belief of two former state Attorneys General that Lucas was in all likelihood innocent of the crime for which he was sentenced to death".[7]
Lucas's sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1998 by Governor George W. Bush. It was the first successful commutation of a death sentence in Texas since the re-institution of the death penalty in that state in 1982. Lucas died in prison of natural causes. Lucas still maintains a reputation, in the words of author Sarah L. Knox, "as one of the world's worst serial killers – even after the debunking of the majority of his confessions by the Attorney General of Texas".[8]
When Lucas was 10, his brother[citation needed] accidentally stabbed him in the left eye while they were fighting. His mother ignored the injury for four days, and subsequently the eye grew infected and had to be replaced by a glass eye. Lucas was bullied by his peers for his glass eye, and later mentions mass social rejection as a cause for his hatred of people.[9]
In December 1949, Anderson Lucas died of hypothermia, after going home drunk and collapsing outside during a blizzard. Shortly after, Henry dropped out of school in the sixth grade and ran away from home, drifting around Virginia. Lucas claimed to have committed his first murder in 1951, when he strangled 17-year-old Laura Burnsley, who refused his sexual advances. As with most of his confessions, he later retracted this claim. On June 10, 1954, Lucas was convicted on over a dozen counts of burglary in and around Richmond, Virginia, and was sentenced to four years in prison. He escaped in 1957, was recaptured three days later, and was released on September 2, 1959.
In late 1959, Lucas traveled to Tecumseh, Michigan to live with his half-sister, Opal. Around this time, Lucas was engaged to marry a pen pal with whom he had corresponded while incarcerated. When his mother visited him for Christmas, she disapproved of her son's fiancée and insisted he move back to Blacksburg. He refused, and they argued repeatedly about his upcoming nuptials.
On January 11, 1960, in Tecumseh, Michigan, Lucas killed his mother during the course of an ongoing argument regarding whether or not he should return home to his mother's house to care for her as she grew older. He claimed she struck him over the head with a broom, at which point he struck her on the neck and she fell. Lucas then fled the scene. He subsequently said,
All I remember was slapping her alongside the neck, but after I did that I saw her fall and decided to grab her. But she fell to the floor and when I went back to pick her up, I realized she was dead. Then I noticed that I had my knife in my hand and she had been cut.[this quote needs a citation]
She was not in fact dead, and when Lucas's half-sister Opal (with whom he was staying) returned later, she discovered their mother alive in a pool of blood. She called an ambulance, but it turned out to be too late to save Viola Lucas's life. The official police report stated she died of a heart attack precipitated by the assault. Lucas returned to Virginia, then says he decided to drive back to Michigan, but was arrested in Ohio on the outstanding Michigan warrant.
Lucas claimed to have attacked his mother only in self-defense, but his claim was rejected, and he was sentenced to between 20 and 40 years' imprisonment in Michigan for second-degree murder. After serving 10 years in prison, he was released in June 1970 due to prison overcrowding.
Lucas drifted around the American South, working a number of mostly short-term jobs. In Florida, he made the acquaintance of Ottis Toole and his niece Frieda Powell in 1976. Lucas and Toole both called Powell "Becky", partly to disguise her identity and because Powell preferred it over her given name. In 1978, Lucas and Toole formed what has been called a "homosexual crime team" and embarked on a cross-country murder spree.[11] Lucas would later claim that during this period he had killed hundreds of people, with Toole assisting him in 108 murders. The trio left Florida and eventually settled in Stoneburg, Texas, at a religious commune called "The House of Prayer". Ruben Moore, the commune owner and minister, found Lucas a job as a roofer and allowed Lucas and Powell to live in a small apartment on the commune.
Powell became homesick, so Lucas agreed to move to Florida with her. Lucas said they argued at a Bowie, Texas truck stop and claimed that Powell left with a trucker. Lucas would eventually be charged with Powell's murder, although a waitress at the truck stop supported Lucas's account in court.[6] Lucas allegedly carried out many of his later murders with Toole as an accomplice.
Lucas was arrested on June 11, 1983 by Texas Ranger Phil Ryan.[12] He was later charged with killing 82-year-old Kate Rich in Ringgold, Texas, and was also charged with Powell's murder. Lucas claimed that police stripped him naked, denied him cigarettes and bedding, held him in a cold cell, and did not allow him to contact an attorney. After four days of this treatment, Lucas claimed he decided to confess to the crimes in a desperate bid to improve his treatment. Lucas confessed to the murders but claimed to be unable to take police to the victims' bodies. He closed out his confession with a hand-written addendum that read:[13] "I am not aloud [sic] to contact any one I'm in here by myself and still can't talk to a lawyer on this I have no rights so what can I do to convince you about all this." When he was finally allowed counsel, Lucas's lawyer described his client's treatment as "inhumane" and "calculated solely to require the defendant to confess guilt, whether innocent or guilty".[13]
The forensic evidence in the Powell and Rich cases has been criticized as inconclusive.[14] A single bone fragment recovered from a wood-burning stove was said to be Rich's, and a mostly complete skeleton roughly matched Powell's age and size, but Shellady reports that the coroner stopped short of positively identifying either remains. As with most of his alleged crimes, Lucas has confessed to these murders only to deny involvement later, but the consensus seems to be that Lucas did indeed murder Powell and Rich. Lucas pleaded guilty to the charges, and in open court stated he had "killed about a hundred more women" as well. This was an unexpected confession, and Lucas later claimed to have been despondent over being suspected in Powell's disappearance. Shellady reports that Lucas said, "If they were going to make me confess to one I didn't do, then I was going to confess to everything."[6] These claims were quickly seized upon by the press, and Lucas, accompanied by Texas Rangers, was soon flown from state to state, to meet with various police agencies in an effort to resolve a number of unsolved murders.
In November 1983, Lucas was transferred to a jail in Williamson County, Texas, where the Lucas Task Force was soon established. While in Williamson County, he was interviewed by then-Sheriff Jim Boutwell. Boutwell is said to have played an important role early in the task force as well as Bob Prince of the Texas Rangers. Shellady describes the task force as "a veritable clearinghouse of unsolved murder". Police officially "cleared" 213 previously unsolved murders via Lucas's confessions. Lucas reported that he confessed to murders only because doing so improved his living conditions, and that he received preferential treatment rarely offered to convicts. Others have offered accounts that seem to support Lucas's claims, for example, that Lucas was rarely handcuffed when in custody or being transported, that he was often allowed to wander police stations and jails at will – including knowing the security codes for computerized doors – and that he was frequently taken to restaurants and cafés. It was later learned that Boutwell and other task force agents purposely fed Lucas information about other unsolved murders so that Lucas would make "credible" confessions. Lucas was also granted favors while incarcerated that other inmates never received.[15] On one occasion, in Huntington, West Virginia, Lucas confessed to killing a man whose death had originally been ruled a suicide. The man's widow received a large life insurance settlement that had been denied after the initial suicide verdict.
Texas Ranger Phil Ryan reports that Lucas became so accustomed to such treatment that he began "dictating orders" that were often obeyed by Rangers. Ryan also reported that he became concerned about the veracity of most of Lucas's confessions, feeling confident in the accuracy of two of Lucas's confessions, and further stated to the Houston Chronicle that "I wouldn't bet a paycheck on any of the others".[16] Shellady reports that in order to expose Lucas's claims, Ryan invented utterly fictional crimes, to which Lucas would generally "confess" involvement, a tactic also employed by Dallas detective Linda Erwin. Ryan reports the manner in which Lucas typically confessed to a number of unsolved murders: If a police agency suspected Lucas, and if Lucas admitted involvement – and his total of some 3,000 confessions suggests he rarely denied complicity – they would send the Lucas Task Force a case file with information pertaining to the unsolved crime. Lucas would be questioned at length and sometimes even allowed to read police reports, thus learning any number of details previously known only to police, which he could then use during interviews.
The same Houston Chronicle article reports that Erwin interviewed Lucas after he confessed to 13 murders in Houston. Erwin reports that "when I heard it got to be hundreds and hundreds (of confessions), it was unbelievable to me". Erwin further reports that, like Ryan, she assembled an utterly fictional crime: She "fabricated a case using random photographs from old murders long since solved and details pulled from her imagination ... He claimed credit for the phony crime, and his confession, containing facts she had dribbled out to him, probably could have convinced a jury to convict him, she said". Erwin admitted she was uncomfortable fabricating a crime, but felt it necessary in order to settle questions of Lucas's reliability. Lucas was not charged with any of the crimes he confessed to committing in Dallas.
Lucas's claims gradually became criticized as outlandish and less likely: He claimed to have been part of a cannibalistic, satanic cult called "The Hand of Death",[8] to have taken part in snuff films, to have killed Jimmy Hoffa, and to have delivered poison to cult leader Jim Jones in Jonestown prior to the notorious mass murder/suicide of Jones' group. In response to these claims, and to reports of the Lucas Task Force's questionable investigative methodology, the Texas Attorney General's office issued a study (sometimes called "The Lucas Report") in 1986.[17] The bulk of the Lucas Report was devoted to a detailed timeline of Lucas's claimed murders. The report compared Lucas's claims to reliable, verifiable sources for his whereabouts; the results often contradicted his confessions, and thus cast doubt on most of the crimes in which he was implicated. Attorney General Jim Mattox wrote that "when Lucas was confessing to hundreds of murders, those with custody of Lucas did nothing to bring an end to this hoax" and "We have found information that would lead us to believe that some officials 'cleared cases' just to get them off the books".[13]
Ultimately, Lucas was convicted of 11 homicides. He was sentenced to death for the murder of an unidentified woman dubbed "Orange Socks," as those were the only items of clothing found on her. Her body was discovered in Williamson County, Texas, on Halloween 1979.
Dan Morales, Mattox's successor as Texas Attorney General, concluded that it was "highly unlikely" that Lucas was guilty in the "Orange Socks" case.[18] Though initially skeptical of the Lucas Report, he came generally to support its findings.
Williamson County prosecutor Cecil Kuykendall discounted Lucas as a suspect in the "Orange Socks" case and has stated his opinion that Lucas's confession drew attention from a far more viable suspect, further noting evidence that Lucas was in Florida, working as a roofer, during the time that "Orange Socks" was killed.[19] As cited in an Amnesty International report, Mattox stated that during the time "Orange Socks" was killed, there were "work records, check cashing evidence, all information indicating Lucas was somewhere else. We found nothing tying [Lucas] with the crime he confessed to and was convicted of."[20] Mattox's office decided not to intervene, so certain they were that the state appeals court would overturn Lucas's conviction in the "Orange Socks" case.
Lucas told Shellady that he confessed to the murder in an effort at "legal suicide," and that he "just wanted to die." Lucas expressed what Shellady describes as "deep regret and sorrow" for offering false confessions, stating that he "was not aware how crooked they [Texas authorities] were until it was too late." The Houston Chronicle article also notes that Lucas offered various motives for his confession spree: Improving his conditions, a desire to embarrass police, and feeling guilt over killing Powell and Rich.
Adding to the confusion, however, was Lucas's habit of making confessions, recanting them, then offering more confessions, and again recanting them. Mattox, wary of Lucas's many false confessions, suggested in 1999 that, in the case of Rafael Resendez-Ramirez, "I hope they don't start pinning on him every crime that happens near a railroad track."[21]
Lucas's supposed confidant, Ottis Toole, died on September 15, 1996, from cirrhosis of the liver. He was serving six life sentences in a Florida prison. In 1998, the Texas Board of Pardon and Parole voted to commute Lucas's death sentence to life imprisonment, in accordance with Governor George W. Bush's request. It remains one of only two successful commutations of a death sentence in Texas since the restoration of the death penalty after Gregg v. Georgia in 1976, the other being Kenneth Foster in 2007 who was controversially convicted under Texas' law of parties statute. On March 13, 2001, Lucas died in prison from heart failure at age 64.
He is buried at the Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville. His grave is unmarked because vandals had continually stolen or damaged his gravestone.[22]
Lucas was a diagnosed psychopath.[23] Several authorities and interested parties remained sure of his guilt in a number of murders, regardless of his recantations and the controversy surrounding his many confessions. Jim Lawson, a sheriff's department investigator in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, questioned Lucas in September 1984 regarding the unsolved 1978 murder of schoolteacher Stella McLean. Lawson says he asked deceptive questions to test Lucas, but insists Lucas offered compelling testimony to support his claims of killing McLean.[24]
Texas General Land Office Commissioner Garry Mauro, then standing for election of Governor of Texas, stated his opinion that, "There is no doubt in my mind that Henry Lee Lucas is guilty enough of the murders he confessed to that he earned the death penalty."[25]
The Houston Chronicle article quotes Harold Murphy of Marianna, Florida, who remained convinced that Lucas killed his daughter Jerilyn in 1981.
As cited in the above Houston Chronicle article, Texas Ranger Phil Ryan – while strongly criticizing the Lucas Task Force for their questionable methods, and while rejecting the vast majority of Lucas's confessions – concluded that Lucas was a strong suspect in two cases (those of his 15-year-old traveling companion, Becky Powell, and Kate Rich), and thought Lucas was "at most ... responsible for 15 murders." This was still a considerable total, qualifying Lucas as a serial killer according to the FBI's definitions, but well below Lucas's claims. Eric W. Hickey cites an unnamed "investigator" who interviewed Lucas several times, and who concluded Lucas had probably killed about 40 people.[26]
A 1986 film, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, loosely based on Lucas's crimes and further confessions, was released in 1990. It starred Michael Rooker as Henry. The 1985 film Confessions of a Serial Killer, also based on Lucas, preceded it. The childhood of the fictional serial killer and Spider-man character, Cletus Kasady, seems to be loosely based on Henry Lee Lucas's childhood.


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There is so much to love about Stephen Chbosky's "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," which opened at the Tara and Lefont Sandy Springs last week.
Aside from the gut-wrenching performances by Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller and the alternately heartbreaking and exhilarating story by Chbosky, there is the music.
Movie fans who grew up in the John Hughes era remember how every soundtrack from his films delivered one of those songs that changed your life as a teenager.
"Wallflower" should do the same for this current generation. Though, since the film is set in the early '90s, many of the songs reach back – far back in the case of The Beatles' "Something," which has pivotal meaning, and David Bowie's "Heroes," which becomes the theme song of the film.
Last week, Chbosky, a smart, funny, friendly fellow who hasn't lost his blue-collar Pittsburgh down-to-earth-ness though he lives in Los Angeles with his family, stopped by the W in Buckhead to discuss the film, which is based on his book of the same name.
Rather than ask the usual movie-related questions, I kept the focus on the strong musical elements in the film and Chbosky, 42, seemed happy to answer questions that had nothing to do with casting or plot points.
Here's our chat:
Q. So, were you a mixtape guy?
A. Oh, I loved them. I loved making them, I loved compilations. And I was a big driver. I loved to drive around and listen to music, I took many cross-country road trips, and, you know, you needed 'Alternative Music 2' and 'Mellow Sounds 3' and the ones that people gave me, like 'Steve's Death Mixx,' with two x's of course. I never threw them away; I have every one of them.
Q. When you were writing the book, were there any big differences between them as far as music?
A. 'Heroes' was not in the book. The only songs that translated were The Smiths' 'Asleep' which is THE song in the book and two of the songs form 'Rocky Horror.' I referenced a couple of Nick Drake songs in the book, but they are not in the movie. Everything else grew out of Alexandra Patsavas, our music director. This was our era, and the movie became our mix tape back and forth to each other.
Q. Why 'Asleep?
A. I think it's simply one of the most beautiful songs ever written and recorded. It captures the emotional side of being young and being lost in a way that no other song captures it. It was a perfect fit for the book and the movie.
Q. With 'Heroes,' when I was watching the movie, I did think, 'Did they really never hear that song before?'
A. OK, let me set the record straight. Here we go. You represent Russ Smith and John Malkovich, two of our producers, who were like, 'Come on.' I said, listen, all right, in the early '90s to me – and this is based partly on my life – Bowie was the 'Let's Dance' guy. He was a Top 40 guy and then later in life is when I discovered the '70s Bowie. So it may not be realistic for people, but it is entirely real, I assure you. I was into grunge and Nirvana and Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers and Soundgarden and so Bowie was like, 'What's that?' So I wanted to capture that moment when you first heard the great '70s Bowie.
Q. Was 'Heroes' always the song you had in mind?
A. No, I tried other things. There's a song by Ride called 'Vapour Trail' that I love. I tried it, but it didn't quite work. I tried a song by Spiritualized called 'Sway.' Really, I dug deep into my time back then to find a song. We tried some [Smashing] Pumpkins, even Radiohead, but then Alex brought 'Heroes.' It's an immortal song as far as I'm concerned. I think people will be listening to it in 1,000 years.
Q. I loved that scene at the dance when they started playing Dexys Midnight Runners.
A. I love that song, it's great. There were a few gems from the '80s and' 90s that we either lost for the new generation or never got the street cred they deserved. 'Come on Eileen,' to me, is one of the great dance tracks. But not only is it fun – if you really listen to it, it is so scandalous and so subversive, but no one gets it because it's so poppy.
Q. Were you specifically going for alt New Wave?
A. It naturally happened. Alex is alt New Wave; I'm a little more mainstream, so we met in the middle. It really was our mix tape back and forth. I would throw in some Indigo Girls, but it felt too mainstream to her. Indigo Girls cross a lot of paths, but I would say how about Indigo Girls for this sequence and Alex would say, 'How about L7?'
Q. What about the Rocky Horror? Why that particular movie?
A. When I was growing up, 'Rocky Horror,' if you were left of center, that's where you were. I didn't go to a lot of live music and because I had more mainstream tastes, it was 'Rocky Horror.'
Q. Were you one of the ones who would go to the singalongs [like in the movie]?
A. I'd go to all of them, but I would not dress up. I was the guy in the audience who desperately wanted to be on stage, but I just couldn't do it. I was doing 'Fiddler on the Roof' and 'Annie' in high school instead. Just a little too shy. It is the perks of being a wallflower, after all, not the perks of being an exhibitionist.
Q. Is music still a big part of your life now?
A. Absolutely.
Q. What do you listen to?
A. I love the Swell Season, the Strokes. I love Albert Hammond's first solo album, it's fantastic. I think The Fray is really great. And Coldplay even though they're a little more Top 40, I think those bands are so passionate. I love Mumford and Sons. Brandi Carlisle, oh my God, her voice is incredible. There are a few artists if they release a record I will buy it, I don't have to hear anything. I think I've just listed all of them.
Q. Do you still do today's version of mixtapes?
A. Yeah, I do. I categorize playlists by either the project I'm writing or by year and I just document it. Like, oh, right, 2011, that's when I bought Kris Allen's version of 'Live Like We're Dying,' and it will always be associated with that time. Or, this year Rachel Crow, that girl from 'X-Factor,' I love that song 'Mean Girls.' I think it's so cute and so earnest and perfect, I'll always think about that, the YouTube sensation Rachel Crow.
Q. "Something" [by The Beatles] has a significant role in the movie, though we never hear it.
A. [Laughs] Well, we didn't have $40 million. How are we going to afford 'Something'? But in a way, that song was really important to me growing up. Frank Sinatra called it the most beautiful love song ever written.
You should know this story: Normally how it works in Hollywood is, you do a test screening and put in every song you want and show the movie and when the test screening is done they say, 'That's great! Now replace everything with cheap songs'. And the response was so overwhelming to the movie and the music that Summit, to their credit, released our contingency and said you can have all of your songs, which is unheard of, and it made the difference because this soundtrack, as a time capsule of that era…I'm very proud of it.
It's humbling to me that all of these artists, that somewhere out there someone said, 'Hey, Morrissey, there's this movie called 'Perks of Being a Wallflower…' and that he said yes and that David Bowie said yes, that Cocteau Twins and Dexys and Cracker said yes. It's very cool.
Q. Being that your cast is pretty young, were they familiar with some of the songs or did you have to explain their significance?
A. I feel that for whatever reason, music travels back 20 years, so they were more '80s. I graduated high school in the late' 80s, so I went to the late '60s – the Beatles, The Doors, things like that. So for these guys they were really into '80s, so they knew some of it. They did know 'Dear God,' [by XTC]. Logan did, he's a real musician, he plays piano. Actually, they all are. Emma sings, Ezra plays piano and drums and sings. They kinda formed a band. One of their bonding moments was staying up all night, writing songs together and also, I know specifically Logan wrote a couple of pieces on piano that helped him get into the character of Charlie. Emma made me a mix CD, Logan made me two of them.
Q. What did they put on there?
A. Oh, God. [Logan] loves the band Yes, he also loves the Velvet Underground, so he had some old school tastes. Emma she's a little more Top 40. These bands from England I'd never heard of before. I always say you know when you're getting a little older…it's not when bands you've never heard of are in the Top 10, it's when band's you have literally never heard of have greatest hits albums. That's when you've know you've gotten older.
Take a listen to The Smiths' "Asleep" and Dexys Midnight Runners' "Come On Eileen."
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