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6 March 2014 10:30 AM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
In this week's all new edition of 'The Vault,' we're going back to one of the Italian master of horror's most well regarded pieces of cinematic work. That's right. We're talking about Dario Argento and the movie in question is 'Opera!' For this commentary, we invited filmmaker and occasional Fearnet blogger Drew Daywalt ('Red Clover') along with actor Aj Bowen ('The Sacrament,' 'You're Next,' 'The House Of The Devil') to offer their insight into the wild world of Argento's unique horror!
After directing a slew of classics such as 'Deep Red,' 'Suspiria,' 'Tenebre' and 'Phenomena,' Argento returned with 'Opera,' one of his most ambitious films yet in which a budding opera singer (Cristina Marsillach) is stalked by a deranged fan hellbent on making her famous. He also makes her watch his heinous murders »
- Rob Galluzzo
27 February 2014 8:00 AM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
The 1970s were a weird time. I'm glad I didn't have to live through any of it... but thanks to the internet, I can marvel (and mock) at the wonders of the 1970s.
Lalo Schifrin is best known as a composer who has scored hundreds of films, everything from The Amityville Horror to Dirty Harry to Thx 1138. He also put out a number of albums, mostly jazz instrumentals. In the late 1970s, he did a disco cover of John Williams' classic Jaws score. The BBC music show Top of the Pops decided to choreograph a strange dance to the song, complete with waggling legs, a swimming cut-out shark, and scared looks on the dancers' faces. The icing on this disco cake is that the dance troupe was called Legs & Co.
Sit back and enjoy the weirdness.
Legs & Co - 'The Theme From Jaws' Top Of The Pops Lalo Schifrin »
- Alyse Wax
24 February 2014 3:00 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
To mark the release of Phantom of The Paradise on 24th February, we've been given 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray Steelbook.
Brian De Palma's inspired rock 'n' roll fusion of Faust, The Phantom of the Opera and The Picture of Dorian Gray boasts an Oscar-nominated score by Paul Williams, who also stars as an evil record producer who not only steals the work of composer/performer Winslow Leach (William Finley) but gets him locked up in Sing Sing – and that's not the worst that happens to him along the way.
Few revenge scenarios have ever been so amply justified, but the film is also constantly aware of the satirical possibilities offered by the 1970s music industry, exemplified by Gerrit Graham's hilariously camp glam-rock star. Jessica Harper (Suspiria) appears in her first major role as the naïve but ambitious singer, on whom Winslow secretly dotes.
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23 February 2014 10:18 AM, PST | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Stars: Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, Gerrit Graham, George Memmoli, Archie Hahn, Jeffrey Comanor, Peter Elbling | Written and Directed by Brian De Palma
If I was to confess that I'd not seen Phantom of the Paradise before I was sent the Arrow Video Blu-ray release for review I'm sure there are many out there who haven't seen it too. For somebody like me though who has an obsession with films I've not seen yet (they tend to pray on my mind), I jump at the chance to see films like Phantom of the Paradise – and with this release I'm very glad I did.
Phantom of the Paradise is a rock opera that takes a little dash of Faust, a little Phantom of the Opera and some The Picture of Dorian Gray and creates something pretty spectacular. It tells the tale of Winslow Leach (William Finley »
- Paul Metcalf
20 February 2014 10:30 AM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
For most of you, I expect the band Goblin needs no introduction, since they're responsible for some of the most iconic horror film scores of the '70s and '80s – most notably George Romero's Dawn of the Dead and Dario Argento's Suspiria – but their influence on the world of horror movie music cannot be overstressed. Seattle-based label Light in the Attic – whose eclectic catalog includes everything from vintage R&B, folk and reggae recordings to rare works from Iggy Pop, Roky Erickson and Public Image Limited – is now offering imported vinyl editions of nine Goblin records, representing several chapters of the band's amazing career. LPs available now include the Cinevox issues of the aforementioned Dawn of the Dead (a.k.a. Zombi) and Suspiria, as well as scores to Argento's Tenebrae (not "legally" a Goblin release, but featuring founding trio Claudio Simonetti, Fabio Pignatelli and Massimo Morante), Profondo Rosso and Non Ho Sonno, »
- Gregory Burkart
4 February 2014 2:18 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
While there is a likely Oscar-winner, a massive box set from HBO, and some true crowd-pleasers in this week's What to Watch, it's a bit of a downer compared to some more recent jam-packed weeks of Blu-ray and streaming greatness. We also couldn't find an On Demand title this week worth mentioning, although Denis Villeneuve's "Enemy," starring Jake Gyllenhaal, hits DirecTV On Demand this Thursday and you can bet we'll be there to check it out before a March theatrical release. Until then, rent or buy something below.
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HBO's "Treme" never became the cultural touchstone that "The Wire" turned into over the year but it does have a loyal, devoted following who will be overwhelmed by the ability to own it all in one box set. One also gets the feeling that "Treme, »
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3 February 2014 5:42 AM, PST | The Backlot | See recent The Backlot news »
The Motion Picture Academy is embroiled in a minor dustup involving the disqualification of one of the five nominees for Best Original Song because of some shady campaigning. The songwriter of "Alone, Yet Not Alone" is fighting back, and most aggravatingly, "Godless Hollywood" is being blamed for unfairly picking on this plucky underdog of a nominee, which is the theme song to an obscure Christian film that has only played in a few theaters. Why, it's a regular "David vs. Goliath!"
It doesn't help the songwriter's case that the song is terrible, and sounds like an outtake from the Sandi Patti box set.
Of course, this wouldn't be the first time The Academy nominated terrible songs and left out more deserving fare. In fact, here are a few Best Original Song nominees from the past that should have been disqualified instantly. Not for any impropriety … but because they suck. »
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31 January 2014 10:59 AM, PST | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
Phantom of the Paradise is coming to Blu-Ray on February 24, 2014. It's a features packed release presented in High Definition for the first time on UK shores. Special features include a 50-minute documentary on the making of the film featuring Brian De Palma, and an all new 72-minute interview with Paul Williams by Guillermo del Toro. We'll be reviewing this cult classic - courtesy of Arrow Films - in the coming weeks so keep a look out. Few revenge scenarios have ever been so amply justified, but the film is also constantly aware of the satirical possibilities offered by the 1970s music industry, exemplified by Gerrit Graham's hilariously camp glam-rock star. Jessica Harper (Suspiria) appears in her first major role as the naïve but ambitious singer, on whom Winslow secretly dotes. Prodigiously inventive both musically and visually, this is one of De Palma's most entertaining romps, not least because »
30 January 2014 9:05 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by Dario Argento
Written by Dario Argento, Enrique Cerezo, Stefano Piani, Antonio Tentori
Italy, 2012
More than his fellow giallo maestros (Bava, Fulci, Martino, and others), Dario Argento has had to live and work in the burdensome shadow of his earlier successes. After nearly two decades of exceptional films boasting glorious cinematic artistry and blood-soaked thrills, Argento established quite the reputation. In recent years, though, since 1993′s Trauma, these prior landmarks of genre perfection have become a distressing caveat added to nearly every negative criticism of his newest release: "Ah, Argento, how far he's fallen. Remember when…." His latest offering, Dracula 3D, now available on an American-issued 3D Blu-ray (an Italian disc, still playable in the Us, has been out for while), is no exception. Does it rank with Suspiria, Tenebre, Deep Red, or Opera? No. But is it as bad as some detractors would suggest? Certainly not. »
- Jeremy Carr
16 January 2014 12:30 PM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
One does not walk lightly into a criticism of Italian filmmaker Dario Argento. The lovable auteur behind horror classics like Deep Red, Suspiria, and Tenebre, Mr. Argento is inarguably one of the most influential genre filmmakers imaginable. Yes, right up there with Romero, Craven, and Carpenter. So even when the man turns out a bad movie, there should always be a degree of respect.
Having said all that, I don't know what the hell was in Dario Argento's head as he directed this hilariously woeful rendition of Bram Stoker's immortal novel. It almost feels like Argento, who used to direct smart, subversive horror films, is playing a game in which he sees how close to an Uwe Boll movie he can get. It's difficult to get angry at a man who has given us so many excellent horror films, but make no mistake: this is one seriously bad rendition of Dracula. »
- Scott Weinberg
8 January 2014 6:29 PM, PST | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
There's no denying that Italian director Dario Argento is something of a legend among horror fans, myself included, but equally there's no denying that he hasn't really done anything not only of note, but even remotely interesting in the film department in perhaps the last couple of decades. Granted, he did turn in a couple of half decent episodes of Mick Gariss's mostly enjoyable Masters of Horror offerings, but even they weren't a patch on his earlier work, of which one of the finest examples is Tenebrae.
Lumped in with the Video Nasties business nearly thirty years ago (yes, it was that long ago), Tenebrae is a wonderfully deceptive film in that every time I sit down to watch it, and I confess it's been a good decade since my last viewing, I always remember it as being a dark, serious movie, but in reality it's a very funny film, »
4 January 2014 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
You can watch a trailer for it online, but artist Jamie Shovlin's 1970s-style exploitation film is not all it seems…
Jamie Shovlin is a conman, a trickster, the most artful of dodgers. His entire career consists of elaborate hoaxes. He has faked any number of artworks, quite apart from inventing the artists themselves, beginning with the teenage prodigy Naomi V Jelish (spot the anagram), whose words and images were bought wholesale by Charles Saatchi after her strange disappearance – though that may be a fiction in itself.
Shovlin was born in Leicester in 1978 (or so it is claimed by the various galleries that represent him). He was shortlisted for the Becks Futures award in 2006 for his terrific archive of invented memorabilia for the German cult band Lustfaust, who never recorded an actual record. You got their music by sending a blank cassette (they despised the record industry) and designing your own label. »
- Laura Cumming
2 January 2014 7:15 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Another year has come to an end, which means it's time for the Dread Central staff to weigh in with their picks of the best and worst of 2013's horror offerings. We're giving you a full dozen lists this time, and per usual they come in a variety of formats, each reflecting the unique styles of our writers.
We've also compiled them to come up with the year's overall winners and losers. We averaged out the top and bottom five vote getters on everyone's lists, and here are the results:
Best: Maniac
Runners-up: The Conjuring, Evil Dead
Worst: Texas Chainsaw 3D
Runners-up: The Purge, The Last Exorcism Part II
Check out the Dread Central staff's Best of and Worst of lists for 2013 by following the links below!
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Why is Osama still at large???Why didn't President Clinton catch Osama bin Laden since the towers were attacked in 1993?
Asked By: loisaida chica - 9/30/2007
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Clinton wasn't allowed to give the order to apprehend Osama bin Laden because the Republican-majority Congress wouldn't authorize the funds to send the troops to go get him...
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Cause he's hidden that well probally hiding in the states beardless
Answered By: jondaily - 9/30/2007
Because the powers that put both Clinton,Reagan, and both Bush's into the white house make a hell of a lot of money off of terrorism.
When we pull back the curtain of "terrorism" how many American corporations, government agencies, and free lance terrorists will we find?
Answered By: dstr - 9/30/2007
Bill didn't put enough money on his head and now bin Laden is too smart.
Answered By: Fred W - 9/30/2007
He didn't have a fistfull of campaign donation dollars so he didn't even appear on Clinton's radar.
Answered By: ret_roch_cop - 9/30/2007
Because of the refusal of the Repubs to support his attempts to get him. They weren't interested. Now ask yourself why Bush let Osama get away after 9-11 and went after Saddam Hussein instead? Now Osama is hiding in the millions of caves somewhere in Afghanistan where it is next to impossibe to find him...
Answered By: notyou311 - 9/30/2007
Osama is the Islamo Fascist boogey man Bush needs to maintain support for his war on terra. More valuable free and alive than incarcerated or dead.
Answered By: planksheer - 9/30/2007
1) The world is a big place.
2) An image to focus hate onto. It unites people. Its also nice to have him at large in case any other countries need to be invaded in the future. A reason to justify almost anything.
Answered By: -=Seta San=- - 9/30/2007
Who could he say he's warring against if he didn't have Osama ?
Answered By: HEY!!! - 9/30/2007
It's because President Clinton did not want to make any trouble with him as he is very powerful. He has lots of followers around the world and he can affluence lots of idiots to say "I WILL FOLLOW YOU". Thats why.
Answered By: Kingston D - 9/30/2007
Clinton was to busy bombing Iraq!
Answered By: realitycheck - 9/30/2007
Read a history book or a newspaper.......there was a bounty on his head.
Answered By: daljack - 9/30/2007
Don't you mean Obama? Seriously, it would have caused Billy to use the military he so despises.
Answered By: a person of intrest - 9/30/2007
Bush doesn't care, and Clinton was never given the abundance of resources that were given to and squandered by Bush...
Answered By: The Idealist - 9/30/2007
Osama is a smart guy heck he was CIA trained and stuff for a long while. But you cant really find someone your not looking for and i dont think he is just gonna hop into our laps and go BOOGA IM HERE!
Answered By: supersaiyan4elby - 9/30/2007
Don't be a fool. They know where he is, and are perfectly capable of getting him and bringing him to justice. They have technology at thier disposal that can take a picture of you nude sunbathing in your backyard sharp enough to see that cute little birthmark you have you-know-where (LOL). Yeah, they know where he is...
Answered By: buckstopshere27 - 9/30/2007
It's a big world with a lot of places to hide and a lot of people who are working hard to frustrate the search.
Answered By: gunplumber_462 - 9/30/2007
Why don't you ask why your current commander and chief hasn't found him yet either.
Answered By: JAW - 9/30/2007
Because Clinton was a pussy who was too afraid to do what was needed while getting a hummer in the oval office...
Answered By: Tom K - 9/30/2007
He is still at large because despite attending Weight Watchers, he hasn't lost any weight.
Answered By: Doc Adams - 9/30/2007
that would be because the American government were probably behind the 1993 bombing of the WTC...
don't believe me?? it's well documented...
New York Times did a story on it..
look up Emad Salem WTC recordings..
It wasn't Osama who was behind the first bombing or the second...
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Apr 22, 2011 | Posted by: roboblogger | Full story: WUSA9.com Washington, DC
A week after his death at 51, the family of Washington blues guitarist and singer Ben Andrews wants an investigation to determine whether he was the victim of foul play.
I was blessed to have seen, heard and chatted to ben on several occasions,what legend,he will be missed but never forgotten, godbless ya ben.
1. they both were family members of karen bell... david bell was karens father... ben andrews was karens ex husband... 2. they both owed money to Karen bell... david bell borrowed money from karen bell and when asked to get back with karens mother, he refused... ben andrews probably owed a lot of child support... 3. the way they were both killed was very personal... there are items common to both of these deaths... how many unresolved deaths can one person be linked to... |
considering that karen bell aka stephanie from Joannas strip club had a following of different types of people, some capable of many kinds of deadly acts... |
the reason I say this is because I heard that back in the late 90's, one night when stephanie(karen bell) worked, another stripper, from new jersey, also worked that night and she had taken a shirt from stephanie(karen bell) or so I heard from this guy who said he was dating stephanie(karen bell). he went on to say that someone was sent to jersey to get the blouse back and if she was there, was told he could rough her up, thats what I was told... so you see put this along with the other facts and it gets wierd... anyway, I have got to go, checking out a new casino this afternoon... |
If Cornered whould she throw the guy who did these crimes under the bus for a deal... |
Adam from Vegas,
Was Ben even murdered? How was Ben's death "personal"? Just curious, as I haven't heard anyone even say he was murdered for sure. |
from stories I have read, he has been beaten up, which can kill someone and the only reason I can tell he didn't call the authorities is because he did owe child support and could have gone to jail for that. use of a knife and fists to kill is personal. to hit someone hard enough to kill indicates rage. or so I am told. I wait, like yourself, for the results of their investigation. again I ask, how many deaths can one person be centered around. |
if anyone hears anything, let me know... |
Met someone from the day and she told me a story. Seems karen bell was at a party where there was a girl that was drunk and being bothered by a guy who she know would take advantage of the girl who was drunk. she looked the other way. this goes top karen bells character. better she doesn't notice you, you will be a lot safer.
someone needs to go to west vinginia and copy the police reports...corroners reports and any pictures that were taken. I was told he died during the day...there was a bum living at his house with liz and he was drinking vodca. Ben had been getting into fights because of his drinking and Ben told me he was tired of it and couldnt keep on like this. BEN was definetly having mental problems...not just because of the alcohol and other things....his Dad passed....he couldnt see his children...he had gained weight which i thought looked great...but he didnt like it....and the reality of getting older With out any friends that could get through to him left him very isolated. He had stopped listening to me years before, but we made up a coupla weeks before he died. Ben said he stopped crack but truthfully the damage of crack and crackheads is the hidden story...where the answers are to Bens death....West Virginia....is not where Ben should have been living...what the fuck was ben living in West Virginia for..he was a rich kid from chevy chase md.....he had no friends there...drugs.
Ben looked good but was confused when i played with him 2 weeks before he died. Im afraid to say his friends were druggies and dealers and alcoholics so good luck getting any facts. I love you benny even though you stoped playing the blues and became a casulty. I miss playing blues with you.I miss that i couldnt save you...your death damaged me...that said Ben will always be my friend. |
in case you wondered why I wrote the above, well some people I talked to told me about a time when karen bell working as stephanie at joannas bar and grill one friday told someone that a dancer that worked there from out of town had stolen a shirt from her, she went on to say that someone would go to her house and retrieve the shirt with instructions to rough her up if she was there. see what I mean? |
Are you people serious? I knew Ben and Karen from way back when, I knew Karen was a stripper and call-girl -- but so did Ben. I was at their wedding -- knew Ben since HS -- are you people seriously saying Karen had Ben wacked? I mean, I will find her and ask her face to face and know if she's lying -- I am not scared of her or anyone in their world, gimme a break -- in fact I'd be highly amused if she sent someone after me -- I am much meaner and harder of heart then Ben ever was -- and he evoked great love from me -- I am shaking and appalled at what I am reading -- why can't I find details of the coroner's report? This is all so unreal -- I will freaking go to Sheperdstown if I have to -- does anyone have the address of his house there or any info that can help me find out what the fu k happened?
the question isn't did karen have ben wacked, the question is did ben owe her child support and did she send someone to collect it from him the same way she sent someone to collect what was owed her from her father when he refused to get back with her mother. |
ROCKVILLE, Md.(WUSA)-- A week after his death at 51, the family of Washington blues guitarist and singer Ben Andrews wants an investigation to determine whether he was the victim of foul play.
Andrews was found near death in his West Virginia home and could not be revived. "Criminal activity was suspected in his death and we're just hoping, urging West Virginia authorities to to conduct a thorough investigation on that and hopefully find some answers," said Andrews' daughter, Amelia from her Rockville home. Friends say Andrews had long been a victim of domestic abuse. "He came to my beach house one year...and he literally came in and asked us to take pictures of him. "He was beaten up terribly, both eyes bloody, his face scratched and torn up everywhere and basically asked us to take photographs of him just in case anything ever happened to him, that there was a history, that people knew that this was not...the first time," said Bill Duggan an Adams Morgan bar owner who had booked Andrews for 16 years. "Ben was just this amazing performer..Delta Blues is something that's not as well known to people, and Ben was both a performer and a teacher. He would spend the time. He talked it through and let people know the history of the music. "He was just a gentle soul and was just an incredibly talented individual. He connected with people. People came to hear Ben, they would come week after week. They returned for many years. He played for me for over 16 years and, every week, it seemed fresh. Every week, it seemed new because he was always adding something. He was never satisfied as a performer. He was always trying to push himself... his death is tragic and if his death is not natural, it is even more tragic," Duggan told 9News Now. West Virginia authorities have begun an investigation and say they are aware of that history of domestic abuse. Autopsy results are pending. Authorities say anyone withy information should call the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department. |
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Does anyone know the result of the inquiry yet?
Played with him a couple of times when he was in the UK. |
Does anyone have any usefull info about Ben Andrews.
you would think that about now they would have a clue as to what happened?
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yes, i do. ben worked for me as a messenger long ago. real cool nice kid. lots of us had committees roaming round our brains, but such is an artists plight. sorry to hear he died, he was a sweet person
to check out karen bell go to facebook or karenbellartist.com
I was a friend of Bens back in Gainesville FL 1979-1984. We were roomates for a while and jammed together for a bit. He introed me to Bo Diddely. He had been a partier back in those days and a drummer friend of both of ours told me that his usage had increased to a problem stage. I would guess that had something to do with his death. I always dug Ben and hope they get to the bottom of this. He had his issues but never was a violent person. Peace Ben!! Paulie
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One game will get rained out against Pittsburg that will never get made up.
One game will get rained out against Pittsburg that will never get made up.
Rob Neyer: "Any writer who says he'd be a better manager than the worst manager is either 1) lying (i.e. 'using poetic license') or 2) patently delusional. Which isn't to say managers don't do stupid things that you or I wouldn't."
The opposition and the Reds will both claim 81 games, shake hands and call it a year.
"Hyperbole is the greatest thing ever" Redsland
This is going to go down as one of the worst years in recent memory 64 up and 98 down. On the bright side Wayne K is not afraid to make moves and totally blows it up.
I was in the ORG once, best 6 months of my life.
Im feeling lucky
gonna be a long year.
I'm going for 84 wins.
Griffey will be up for MVP honors, the Reds will stay relatively healthy and a pitcher to be named later will be the key to our success. Also, you heard it here 1st - Milton will get 14 wins despite giving up 39 HRs.
Go Reds!
And This One Belongs to the REDS!!!
They will win 10 more games because of improved starting pitching.
They will lose 10 more games because of a weaker offense.
They will fall back an additional 6 games because of a bad bullpen.
Prediction 67-95.
If they improve to 80 wins, I will be quite pleased. Later I will wonder why.
Right now, I will say 78-84. Another deal or two could change that, though.
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Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down. --Ray Bradbury
What begins at the water shall end there, and what ends there shall once more begin. --Straka
I make no predictions until gonelong says it's time to predict.
Baseball isn't a magic trick ... it doesn't get spoiled if you figure out how it works. - gonelong
I'm witchcrafting everybody.
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I was going to start a thread on Thur/Friday, figured we might have a better idea of when Larue was going to be back.
Here are the old ones if anyone is interested:
2002 http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4202
2003 http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9414
2004 http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21619
2005 http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33108
I have nothing against Jerry Narron. I'd love to see him manage in AAA where he can mix and match scrappy baseball players with older guys who do the little things.
I'd love to see this pitching staff fool the world but....
With this pitching staff and this manager an 81-81 season bet would be a long shot.
My heart wants to say 88-74.
My head says 74-88. (hope i'm wrong)
90 and 72
88-74 and in contention for the Wild Card.
Here's how I think it will play out (in my wildest fantasies--or at least those not involving Elizabeth Hurley).
The Reds get off to a decent start in April as they get decent starting pitching (ERA of 4.5 for the month) and the bullpen blows only a couple of leads/saves. Womack is benched for a low OBP and lackluster defense--Freel and Aurilia basically split time at 2b after tax day.
As Memorial day winds closer, the Reds are a few games over .500. Wilson replaces Williams as the 5th Starter. Aurilia and Dunn see more time at 1b and Denforia is recalled from AAA to share time with Freel as the 4th OF when Dunn is at 1b. Dunn and JR. are both vying for the HR lead and Kearns, Ed. E and Lopez are having sold offensive years. Coffey becomes the closer and saves 90% of the leads he inherits.
Come summer, Williams and Milton (who has pitched sub 5.00 ERA) are dealt as part of a blockbuster deal (maybe 3 team) that gives the Reds another solid starting pitcher. They continue to play well until the last weekend of the season when they only need one victory to beat the Phillies out for the WC. They win on a Jr. home run, but the Phillies are in extra innings and we all have to sit on our hands until its over....
Win the Division
I like the wild card scenario, but I'm not as optimistic. 80-82
Note: This is a good chance for all those lurkers out there to get a first post under their belt.
Ok, time for Gonelong's 5th annual Reds Win prediction thread. Similar to years past my requests are minimal:
1) We are not predicting a record here, but a range of 5 Wins you think the Reds will fall into. (Max range of 5 Ws, and not give or take 5 (a 10 W range).
2) Lets make our prediction as if your house was being bet on it. (Please no 162 Ws, etc ? we have other threads available for this)
3) I will be at home on opening day this year, not having a ticket, I'll be watching the game on the tube. (Please let this be on in HD!) I'll average the range in and come to a "Redszone consensus" (Hey, I just invented an Oxymoron!)
4) If I am feeling particularly sassy, I might just retroactively figure the first 4 Redszone's predictions and see how we "optimistic", "pessimistic", or "realistic" we are as a group.
Here are the historical prediction threads, if anyone wants to check on their past performance:
2002: http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4202
2003: http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9414
2004: http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21619
2005: http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33108
I realize there is a VERY similar thread on sticky at this point. Feel free to ignore this one, I won't be put out either way.
My prediction for 2006 Range of Reds Wins is between 72-77 Ws.
Edit: Ok, shame on all of you for not calling me out on "range of 5 W's" for the past 4 seasons. 72-77 is actually a range of six ... 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, & 77


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In the past, the talking head illusion was produced by projecting the image of a real face from an external projector, onto a white mannequin's head. This had to done in a darkened room set up so that no one could walk in front of the projection beam. It also required very precise alignment of the projected image and face.
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This month's best new romances include secret spies, a standout romantic suspense debut and a "sensational" trip to Dare Island.
Our Top Pick in Romance for February is Karen Rose's newest romantic suspense, Watch Your Back. While Baltimore detective and single mother Stevie Mazzetti is still recovering from a gunshot wound, she discovers that she's the target of a very persistent killer. When the clues lead Stevie to believe the trouble might be coming from inside her own department, she enlists the help of a sharp-minded former Marine, Clay Maynard.
Maya Banks is a powerhouse contemporary romance and erotica writer whose Breathless Trilogy sprinted to the top of several bestseller lists. Because Banks is renown for her explicitly steamy love scenes and suspenseful storytelling, the launch of a new series is a highly anticipated event. Her latest novel, Letting Go—the first in her new Surrender Trilogy—definitely delivers the heat. (In fact, be advised that it contains graphic erotic content à la Fifty Shades of Grey.)
If you're looking for sweet, feel-good love stories to read this Valentine's Day, our romance expert Christie Ridgway has highlighted several in her February column. For those of you craving romance with an edge, some thrills or a paranormal slant, here is a trio of steamy, suspenseful books. If the edge-of-your seat intrigue doesn't send your pulse skyrocketing, the gorgeous and courageous heroes certainly will.
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It's wildfire season out West. Three fires are burning now in the southern part of California. Last week, a fire outside Los Angeles went through nearly 25,000 acres, but only three homes were lost and nobody was injured. It was luck, experts say, but also a lot of planning that's making California a model for the nation. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports.
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It was about three in the morning last Thursday when sheriff deputies pounded on the door of Bob Rosenzweig's Ventura County home.
Mr. BOB ROSENZWEIG (Ventura, California, Resident): And they said, `You've got about 15 minutes and you need to get out.' So immediately, you know, you pack up what you can. We got our dog and our wedding album and left and headed off to my parents' in Tarzana.
KAHN: Rosenzweig was one of hundreds of residents evacuated over 48 hours last week as the wildfires spread over two counties and through dozens of densely packed suburban subdivisions. By the time he was retelling his story to a reporter later that day, Rosenzweig and his family and the dog were already back home.
Mr. ROSENZWEIG: What's amazing is how these firefighters, with how close it is to our home, can protect the homes--it's shocking to me how they do it.
KAHN: Residents weren't the only ones commending firefighters' quick control of the blaze. Politicians lined up at press conferences to congratulate officials. Even the media piled on the praise. Los Angeles County Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman says a lot went right in fighting the fire. Foremost, the winds died down and cooler weather prevailed. But he says from the evacuations to setting up a unified command, everyone followed the plans.
Chief P. MICHAEL FREEMAN (Fire Chief, Los Angeles County Fire Department): That means that we come together at a common point, we make joint decisions, and we develop one plan of action, and then we executed in a unified way.
KAHN: Executing disaster plans has become California's forte, says Eric Lamoureux of the state's Office of Emergency Services, so much so that federal planners are now using California's standardized emergency system as the model for the nation. Lamoureux says the key to the system's success is getting all emergency personnel trained exactly the same way.
Mr. ERIC LAMOUREUX (Office of Emergency Services, California): No matter what community they've come from, they can integrate into an emergency and they're speaking with the same terminology that the commanders of the incident are using. They operate with the same operating systems and same understanding of how to deal with that particular emergency.
KAHN: In California, that means taking care of the basics, like making sure emergency responders from different agencies can always talk to each other, something that was a major problem in New Orleans dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. LA County Fire Chief Freeman says every year without fail he's dealing with another California natural disaster and getting another chance to learn from his mistakes. He says first responders in other parts of the country have to find ways to practice.
Chief FREEMAN: To attempt to teach and to train first responders in various agencies in incident command without some realistic practical exercise, to me, is like trying to teach somebody how to ride a bike by reading a book.
KAHN: Even with all its practice, California doesn't have a perfect record. The response to a major fire in San Diego two years ago, a blaze that claimed more than 2,000 houses and 14 lives, was found severely lacking. That disaster was claimed on scarce resources and bad communication, two missteps that officials say were not repeated during last week's fire. Carrie Kahn, NPR News, Los Angeles.
CHADWICK: DAY TO DAY continues just ahead. Stay with us. I'm Alex Chadwick.
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