#jimmy marinos

[the-hottest-band-tournament]

Round Two

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Defeated opponents: Skinny Puppy

Formed in: 1978

Genres: Electronic, electro, experimental, new wave, synthpop

Lineup: Haruomi Hosono – bass guitar, synth bass

Ryuichi Sakamoto – keyboards, vocoder, drum machine

Yukihiro Takahashi – drums, electronic drums, vocals

Albums from the 80s:

Public Pressure (1980)

×∞ Multiplies (1980) (a.k.a. Zoshoku)

BGM (981)

Technodelic (1981)

YMO Best Selection (1982)

Naughty Boys (1983)

Naughty Boys Instrumental (1983)

Service (1983)

After Service (1984)

Sealed (1984)

Y.M.O. History (1987)

Propaganda: 

The Romantics

Defeated opponents: Cold Chisel

Formed in: 1977

Genres: Power pop, new wave

Lineup: Wally Palmar - lead vocals and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica

Mike Skill - lead guitar, backing vocals

Rich Cole - bass, vocals

Jimmy Marinos - drums, percussion, vocals

Albums from the 80s:

The Romantics (1980)

National Breakout (1980)

Strictly Personal (1981)

In Heat (1983)

Rhythm Romance (1985)

Propaganda:

[spilladabalia]

The Romantics - Talking in Your Sleep

[blackros78]

Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush

[zepuckinghockey]

NHL Wedding Season 2024

We're back again for another summer of NHL weddings! If you'd like to see last year's, check out this post.

If you see something wrong or someone missing, let me know! I'll continue to update this list until September when the weddings fizzle out. I appreciate the replies, reblogs, and asks with corrections and additions ❤️

6/7/24: Adam Larsson: (private wedding, no idea)

6/19/24: Jake Evans: Brendan Gallagher, Joel Edmundson, Tyler Toffoli, Nick Suzuki, Joel Armia

6/22/24: Max Jones: Trevor Zegras, Jacob Bryson

6/26/24: Adam Fox: (looked to be just family)

Josh Anderson: Nick Suzuki, Max Domi, Nick Foligno, Seth Jones, Cam Atkinson, Scott Hartnell

6/29/24: Ryan Pulock: Matt Martin, Noah Dobson, Casey Cizikas, Oliver Wahlstrom, Adam Pelech, JG Pageau, Josh Bailey, Mat Barzal, Anthony Beauvillier, Cal Clutterbuck, Bo Horvat, Simon Holmstrom, Pierre Engvall, Mikey Reilly

Jake Oettinger: Mason Marchment, Tyler Seguin, Ty Dellandrea, Wyatt Johnston

7/3/24: Mason Marchment: Jake Oettinger, Tyler Seguin, Ty Dellandrea, Brandon Montour, Mike Carcone, Owen Tippett, Sam Reinhart

7/6/24: Nic Hague: Cody Glass, Owen Tippett, Zach Whitecloud, Alec Martinez, Shea Theodore, William Karlsson, Keegan Kolesar, Nic Roy

Brendan Gallagher: Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Carey Price, Jeff Petry, Chris Wideman, Tanner Pearson, Nate Thompson, Philip Danault, Christian Dvorak, Jake Evans, Sam Montembeault

7/7/24: Adam Fox 2.0: Ryan Reaves, Kevin Rooney, Will Cuylle, Vincent Trocheck, Jacob Trouba, Barclay Goodrow, Alexis Lafreniere, Blake Wheeler, Jimmy Vesey, Jonathan Quick, Ryan Lindgren, Braden Schneider, Sammy Blais, Ryan Donato, John Marino

7/10/24: Elias Lindstrom: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/11/24: Jared McCann: Jordan Eberle, Yanni Gourde, Vince Dunn, Jamie Oleksiak, Jaden Schwartz, Matty Beniers, Will Borgen, Kailer Yamamoto, Justin Schultz, Andre Burakovsky, Ryan Donato, Darnell Nurse, Brandon Tanev

7/13/24: Jack Campbell: Tyler Toffoli, Jake Muzzin, Kyle Clifford, Evander Kane

Alex Carrier: Frederick Gaudreau, Mathieu Joseph, Jimmy Oligny

Pierre Engvall: Simon Holmstrom, Owen Wahlstrom

Andrew Mangiapane: Johnny Gaudreau, Rasmus Andersson, Mikael Backlund, Noah Hanifin, Erik Gudbranson, Mack Weegar, Troy Stecher, Jonathan Huberdeau

Kyle Connor: Zach Werenski, Evgeny Svechnikov, Connor Hellebuyck, Tony Calderone

Eetu Luostarinen: Niko Mikkola, Lundell Anton, Aleksander Barkov

Tyler Madden: Alec Turcotte, Akil Thomas

Zack MacEwen: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/18/24: William Carrier: Mathieu Joseph

7/19/24: Kaapo Kahkonen: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/20/24: Jamie Benn: Tyler Seguin, Joe Pavelski, Jordie Benn, Jason Robertson, Roope Hintz, Joel Kiviranta, Miro Heiskanen, Esa Lundell, Ben Bishop, Luke Glendenning, Ty Dellandrea, John Klingberg

Alex Killorn: Yanni Gourde, Pat Maroon, Brandon Hagel, Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman, Zach Bogosian, Anthony Cirelli, Luke Schenn, Ryan McDonagh, Tyler Johnson, Blaine Gabbert, Cam Brate, Andrei Vasilevskiy

Thomas Chabot: Josh Norris, Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stutzle, Mathieu Joseph

Sebastian Aho: Teuvo Teräväinen, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Seth Jarvis, Antti Raanta, Nino Niederreiter, Jesper Fast, Jani Hakanpaa

7/22/24: Michael Bunting: Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Jake Muzzin, Morgan Reilly, Fred Anderson, Wayne Simmons, Alex Kerfoot, TJ Brodie, Kyle Clifford

7/26/24: Jake Lucchini: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

7/27/24: Connor McDavid: Leon Draisaitl, Darnell Nurse, Zach Hyman, Evander Kane, Cody Ceci, Evan Bouchard, Vinny Desharnais, Brett KUlak, Connor Brown, Ryan Mcleod, Derek Ryan, Stuart Skinner, Philip Broberg, Warren Foegele, Devin Shore, Kyle Turris, Luke Gazdic, Zack Kassian, Patrick Maroon, Sam Gagner

Carter Verhaeghe: Matthew Tkachuk, Aaron Ekblad, Evan Rodrigues, Stolarz, Ryan Lomberg, Nick Cousins

8/3/24: Travis Sanheim: Travis Konecny, Scott Laughton, Shayne Gostisbehere, Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost, Tyson Foerster, James Van Riemsdyk

Connor Ingram: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

Cody Glass: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

8/4/24: David Pastrnak: Taylor Hall, Tukka Rask, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, Zdeno Chara, Charlie Coyle, Hampus Lindholm, Jeremy Swayman, Linus Ullmark, Torey Krug, David Krecji

8/9/24: Alex Tuch: Shea Theodore, Zemgus Girgensons, Tage Thompson

8/10/24: Tyler Johnson: Yanni Gourde, Ondrej Palat, Mathieu Joseph, Ryan McDonagh, Alex Killorn, Pat Maroon, Reese Johnson, Adam Gaudette

8/17/24: Cale Makar: Gabe Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon, Erik Johnson, Bo Byram, Darren Helm, Andrew Cogliano, Josh Manson, Kurtis Macdermid

Zachary Sanford: (haven't seen any NHL guests)

Mike Amadio: Zach Whitecloud, Ben Hutton, Brett Howden, Nic Hague, Nic Roy

Andrew Copp: JT Compher, Tyson Jost

Ryan Johansen: Colton Sissons, Luke Kunin, Roman Josi, Matt Duchene, Dante Fabbro, Cam Atkinson, Ross Colton, Miles Wood

8/23/24:

Roope Hintz: Tyler Seguin, Esa Lundell, Patrik Laine,

[nwonitro]

VALE 2021

Angelo Mosca, Ann Casey, Art Michalik, The Assassin, Astro Negro, Barry O, Bert Prentice, Bill White, Blackjack Lanza, Bobby Davis,  Bobby Eaton, Brazo De Plata, Brick Bronsky, Bryan Debord, Buddy Colt, Butch Reed, Cpt Ed George, Chris Youngblood, Corporal Kirchner, Daffney Unger, Dean Ho, Deepak Singh, Don Wayt, Doug Anderson, Dick Cardinal, Dino Nero, Dominic Denucci...

Don Kernodle, Don Serrano, Drezden, El Hijo de Aníbal, Ethel Brown, Harry Steck, Jack Veneno, John Da Silva, Jim Crockett Jr, Jim Davies, Jimmy Rave, Jocephus Brody, Joe Cornelius, Jon Gallagher, Johnny DeFazio, John Justice, John Renesto, Kal Rudman, Kirk White, Mac McMurray, Mark Bujan, Markus Crane, Melissa Coates, Mike Reed, Moses Manson, Natasha, New Jack, Pat Barrett...

Pete Marquez, The Patriot, Paul Christy, Paul Orndorff, Reggie Parks, Rob Russen, Roger Francoueur, Ron McFarlane, Ronnie Sutton, Royce Profit, Rumi Kazama, The Russian Brute, Rusty Brooks, Ryan Sakoda, Sarah Bridges, Scott Reynolds, Sergio El Hermoso, Shaun Vexx, Snowman, Steve Cain, Steve Lawler, Stu Schwartz, Ted Lewin, Tom Cole, Tony Marino, Vinnie Valentine, Mark Morton.

[michito202]

Missing Halloween AU

Notitas random:

-no se si vuelva esto una especie de fanfic que suba aqui o no, pero aprovechando que estoy muriendo en mi cama y no puedo dormir decidi escribir mas antes de que las medicinas me hagan efecto jaja xd

-este sera el punto de vista de martin, de como acabo en el bosque y de un poco de su vida antes de eso (solo un poco)

-mencion de mutilacion y muerte

10 de septiembre

Un grupo de 4 amigos se encontraba reunido en la casa de uno de ellos, la casa de Jimmy si somos mas especificos, los 4 niños estaban en la sala mientras la madre del de cabello naranja horneaba galletas y algunos otros bocadillos para los niños, los cuales habían decidio hacer una pijamada, cosa que para nada era raro

Los 4 amigos eran muy unidos, la mayoria se conocian desde muy pequeños, martin y aviva se conocian prácticamente desde que nacieron asi que se consideraban hermanos, a koki la conocieron cuando empezaron a estudiar, eran compañeros y no tardaron en entablar una conversación que llevo eventualmente a una estrecha amistad, y el ultimo en unirse al grupo habia sido jimmy, el cual se habia mudado a ese vecindario con su madre y padre cuando tenia 7 años y se habia unido al grupo desde entonces

No era raro verlos paseando juntos por el vecindario, jugando, riendo, o buscando algo nuevo para observar, y aquel dia habian decidido hacer una pijamada, aunque ese no era el motivo principal de su "reunion"

-debemos ir pensando en que trajes usar para halloween- dijo aviva mientras dibujaba en un cuaderno que solia llevar a casi cualquier lado -deberiamos tener una tematica-

-si pero aun es pronto para pensar en eso, faltan...- martin empezo a contar con sus dedos -amm... Como... Dos meses?-

-solo no quiero que se nos haga tarde y no consigamos trajes lindos-

-porque no nos disfrazamos de mermeladas como el año pasado?- pregunto jimmy mientras estaba sentado en el suelo al frente de aviva -a mi me gusto ser una mermelada de melocoton- concluyo con una sonrisa -mmm... Mermelada de melocoton...- murmuro casi saboreando la mermelada, podia ser algo gloton en especial cuando se trataba de algo dulce

-yo no quiero ser una mermelada otra vez- se unio koki a la conversacion con un leve tono de reproche mientras se cruzaba de brazos -ademas a martin ya no creo que le quede ese traje, ya se hizo mas alto-

-claro porque soy un niño grande- dijo en un tono orgulloso, era el mayor del grupo por unos pocos meses, aun asi portaba ese título con orgullo -pero es verdad ya no me queda el disfraz de mermelada-

-y porque no se disfrazan de animales? A ustedes les gustan no?- pregunto esta vez la madre del pelinaranja mientras dejaba un plato de galletas recien hechas en medio de ellos

Los ojos de los infantes se iluminaron de emocion, no se les habia ocurrido realmente pero sonaba como una buena idea

-si! Pero... De que animal nos disfrazamos?- koki miro a sus amigos en busca de ideas, mientras la madre de jimmy reia un poco y volvia a alejarse para darles su espacio a los niños

-debe ser algo a juego- el rubio penso un poco - que sean animales marinos!- dijo sonriendo, no era misterio para nadie que a martin le encantaban los animales marinos, aunque la cara de sus amigos le hizo saber que ninguno estaba de acuerdo con esa idea

-no, porque seriamos peces fuera del agua- jimmy fue quien se cruzo de brazos esta vez, ganandose una risa por parte de martin ante aquel comentario

-ya se- aviva tomo la palabra con una sonrisa entusiasta -animales nocturnos! Pediremos dulces de noche, asi que animales nocturnos es la mejor idea, de nada-

-oh si! Yo quiero ser... Uhm... Un mapache!- dijo emocionado con la idea

-yo quiero ser una luciernaga, son pequeñas pero hermosas- koki sonrio ya imaginando el disfraz

-y yo un buho! Y jimmy podria ser... Uhm...- intento pensar en algun animal que encajara con su amigo, aunque no supo bien que decir -que quieres ser jimmy?- aquello hizo reir a koki pues era claro que a aviva no se le habia ocurrido nada

-quiero ser un zorro rojo- dijo feliz

-los zorros son nocturnos?-

-lo eran la ultima vez que lei sobre ellos- dijo simple tomando una galleta antes de comerla

-sera divertido- dijo martin antes de tomar una galleta, pronto siendo imitado por ambas niñas pues si no comian ya, seguramente jimmy se comeria todas las galletas

Estuvieron hablando sobre eso por horas, dibujando como imaginaban los trajes, comiendo galletas y buscando imagenes de aquellos animales pensando en como imitar la apariencia de los animales, aunque claro ninguno de ellos sabia realmente sobre costura, aviva estaba aprendiendo pero aun no podria hacer un traje decente, por lo que al final fueron las madres de koki y martin quienes se ofrecieron a hacerlos

El tiempo paso, y mas pronto de lo esperado aquel dia habia llegado

31 de octubre, Halloween

Martin, koki y aviva se habian preparado y disfrazado antes de atardecer, la idea era ir a pedir dulces pronto y asi obtener, segun aviva, los "mejores dulces", aunque cuando fueron a buscar a jimmy este se habia tomado una siesta asi que aun no estaba listo

Decidieron esperarlo, claro que no irian a buscar dulces sin el, se aburrieron en unos 5 minutos, comieron algunos dulces que koki tenia aunque martin guardo el suyo en su disfraz para comerlo luego, esperaron un poco mas, se aburrieron de nuevo, pero aun asi estaban decididos a esperar a jimmy

-deberiamos jugar a las escondidas- propuso martin para que no se aburrieran -seguramente jimmy apenas se esta metiendo a bañar, asi que juguemos para no aburrirnos-

-bien pero tu cuentas!- koki sonrio y apenas martin empezo a contar fue a esconderse junto a aviva

Estuvieron jugando durante un rato, escondiendose en diferentes sitios como los arbustos, detras de las decoraciones, detras de alguna casa, incluso aviva habia subido a un arbol en una de esas ocasiones

No tardaron realmente mucho en alejarse de la casa de jimmy, aun asi aun podrian ver si este salia de su casa, pero necesitaban mas escondites mientras esperaban

Esta vez le tocaba a koki buscar, aviva y martin ya no sabian donde esconderse, y entonces lo notaron, no estaban lejos de la cerca que dividia al bosque del vecindario

Ninguno de los dos habian entrado nunca ahi, sus padres siempre les decian que no entraran a pesar de que ellos habian querido ir en algunas ocasiones en busca de algun insecto nuevo, se miraron con complicidad y ambos sonrieron, se esconderian en el bosque

Rápidamente pasaron la cerca, aviva no se adentro mucho al bosque, en parte por el miedo de no saber volver, asi que subio a un arbol y se quedo arriba, llego a escuchar los pasos de martin pero debido a que estaba concentrada en no caer mientras escalaba no se habia percatado de donde se habia escondido, aun asi confio en que no seria muy lejos, seguramente solo se habia metido en un arbusto no?

...

Empezo a preocuparse cuando pasaron mas de 10 minutos sin señales de el desde que ella habia sido encontrada por koki

Martin habia acabado por perderse

Ni siquiera el lo noto, talves se habia emocionado mucho adentrandose al bosque, talvez tuvo que esconderse con aviva, o al menos haber llevado su linterna con el pues la luz de la luna no era suficiente

Ahora caminaba por el bosque, perdido, intentando volver sobre sus pasos para volver con sus amigos, aunque tenia la sensacion de estar dando vueltas en circulos

No estaba seguro de cuanto tiempo llevaba caminando, minutos? Horas? No lo sabia, pero ya estaba agotado, logro visualizar un pequeño claro con un gran arbol en el centro y decidio que iria ahi, comeria el dulce y talvez tomaria una siesta, seguramente por la mañana tendría mejor vision y podria volver a su casa

Empezo a caminar hacia aquel arbol, y lo siguiente que sintio fue un dolor agudo en su pierna derecha, cosa que lo hizo gritar y caer al suelo

No sabia que era peor, el dolor o el hecho de que habia reconocido el sonido y sabia de que se trataba

Una trampa para osos

Una trampa para osos que ahora tenia su pierna dentro

Ni siquiera quiso ver, empezando a llorar sin consuelo, sabia que su pierna ya no era parte de el

Grito y suplico por ayuda, esperando que alguien lo escuchara y salvara, pero sus gritos fueron escuchados únicamente por el viento

Como pudo se arrastro hasta el arbol, recargandose sobre el antes de observar los daños, debido a sus ojos llorosos y la poca luz de luna no podia ver con completa claridad, aun asi pudo notar la sangre salir a montones de donde antes estaba su pierna, el corte era irregular, la trampa se habia quedado con la mayor parte de su pierna, y dolia como nunca creyo que algo podria doler

Intento temblorosamente hacer presion en lo que quedaba de su pierna para parar el sangrado, pero no habia nada que pudiera hacer, no tardo en empezar a temblar por el frio y a sentirse aun mas cansado

No queria morir, no asi, tenia miedo, queria abrazar a su madre, a sus amigos, queria volver a su casa, deseaba despertar y que solo fuera una pesadilla

Pero sabia que no era un sueño, era real, estaba muriendo, desangrado y completamente solo

Con sus manos temblorosas tomo el dulce que habia guardado antes, comiendolo esperando que al menos el azucar hiciera un poco llevadera su muerte mientras observaba el empaque con dificultad

"me encontraste"

No... Nadie lo encontraria... El lo sabia...

Cerro los ojos aun con lagrimas bajando por sus mejillas, mientras su corazon dejaba de latir y su ahora palido cuerpo empezaba a enfriarse

Para cuando abrio los ojos de nuevo, no era mas que un fantasma... O talvez era mas acertado llamarlo un alma en pena? No lo sabia, dejo su cuerpo ahi sin siquiera volver a verlo y camino durante un rato hasta salir del bosque

Intento pedir ayuda, pero nadie lo veia, el simplemente no existia para nadie, eso lo hizo ponerse aun peor, si aun tuviera corazon estaria latiendo con desesperacion

Completamente derrotado fue a sentarse frente a la acera... Siendo sorprendido por un niño vestido como demonio de tasmania, el cual parecia demasiado inocente y pequeño como para que martin tuviera el valor de mencionar el pequeño detalle de que estaba muerto

[rockandrollpicsandthings]

Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush, promo card, 1981

Frank Marino, Paul Harwood, Jimmy Ayoub and Vince Marino

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #446:

Over the 67 years of Eurovision, quite a few American contestants have taken part, one American even won the contest.

To begin, non-qualifying artists include:

Cyprus' 2006 representative and former backup singer for Brittany Spears, Annet Artani; both Austria and Slovenia's 2013 representatives, Natália Kelly and Hannah, respectively; finally Jimmie Wilson, who represented San Marino as part of a duo with Valentina Monetta in 2017.

Next, there were many qualifying American artists. Many of which made it into the top 10. For starters, artists that did not make the top 10 include:

1979's representative for Luxembourg, Jeane Manson; Denmark's 1981 representative Debbie Cameron, who took part as a duo with Tommy Seebach; Kim Cooper of The Rounder Girls, who represented Austria in 2000; Poland's 2008 representative Isis Gee; Oscar Loya of Alex Swings Oscar Sings, who represented Germany in 2009; Tamar Kaprelian of Genealogy, who represented Armenia in 2015; Bulgaria's 2018 contestants Trey Campbell and Johnny Manuel of the group Equinox; in 2021, Flo Rida featured in Senhit's performance for San Marino; and Poland's 2022 contestant Ochman.

Finally, a total of 6 American contestants have made the top 10. In order of placing, they are:

Rhonda Heath of the Silver Convention, who represented Germany in 1977, earning 8th place; Romina Power, who represented Italy twice with her then husband, Al Bano, once in 1976 and 1985 -- earning 7th place both times; Hungary's 2014 representative András Kállay-Saunders, who placed 5th; Wess, who performed with Dori Ghezzi in 1975 for Italy, placing 3rd; also placing 3rd was Greece's Kalomira, who took part in 2008; finally, taking home first place in 1997 was Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves, who represented the United Kingdom.

[Sources]

'Made in the USA - Americans who have competed at the Eurovision Song Contest,' Aussievision.net.

Participants of Athens 2006: Annet Artani, Eurovision.tv.

Annet Artani Biography, IMDb.com.

Participants of Malmö 2013: Natália Kelly, Eurovision.tv.

Natália Kelly, Wikipedia.org.

Participants of Malmö 2013: Hannah, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Kyiv 2017: Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Jerusalem 1979: Jeane Manson, Eurovision.tv.

Biografie, JeaneManson.com.

Debbie Cameron, IMDb.com.

Theroundergirls.at.

Participants of Belgrade 2009: Isis Gee, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Stockholm 2000: The Rounder Girls, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Moscow 2009: Alex Swings Oscar Sings!, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Vienna 2015: Genealogy, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Lisbon 2018: EQUINOX, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Turin 2022: Ochman, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of London 1977: Silver Convention, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of The Hague 1976: Romina and Al Bano, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Gothenburg 1986: Al Bano and Romina Power, Eurovision.tv.

Romina Power, IMDb.com.

Participants of Copenhagen 2014: András Kállay-Saunders, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Stockholm 1975: Wess and Dori Ghezzi, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Belgrade 2008: Kalomira, Eurovision.tv.

Dublin 1997, Eurovision.tv.

Participants of Rotterdam 2021: Senhit, Eurovision.tv.

[halipula-aika]

Alright last night was wild. I've slept and am not drunk anymore, so, Eurovision thoughts:

I'm not actually that upset that Loreen won. She's an amazing singer. As a Finn I obviously wish Käärijä had won, but losing to Loreen isn't a bad thing. This is the second best result Finland has ever had, and if anyone deserves to win twice, it's Loreen, on pure skill alone.

What kinda pisses me off is how calculated Loreen's win was. Next year is infact ABBA's 50 year anniversary! What a coincidence Sweden gets to host it!

I also wish they would have marketed Loreen as a flex. She is genuinely an amazing singer. She clearly knows it. Yet when the hosts interviewed her she was all "oh, I'm so overwhelmed, I don't know what to think" which comes off super weird from someone who has won previously. Wouldn't it have been more fun to see her be confident in her ability? Her voice is amazing. Market the fact that she's a returning champion!

But the thing that I want more people to be upset about with me? The swedish Eurovision hit factory. Fun fact, the team behind Loreen's song also wrote the entry for Cyprus this year!

This year wasn't even particularly outrageous, as only two entries were made by swedish professionals, but the previous years have had so many more entries written by the same circle of, at this point, Eurovision professionals, whose entire industry is churning out songs for Eurovision.

I see a lot of people saying we should ban previous winners, and I completely disagree. Loreen's voice alone makes her deserve this win. It's a singing competition, and having an op icon return is a good and fun move.

But I 100% think the EBU should ban songwriters from working on multiple entries in the same year.

I especially want to talk about one person in this year's team, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt.

Thörnfeldt wrote two of the entries this year, Sweden and Cyprus'. He also wrote three entries in 2021, those of Sweden, Cyprus and San Marino. He was behind 6 entries in this AND last year's Melodifest (the swedish national selection) and five entries in 2021.

Jimmy Jansson and Thomas G:son are also prolific members of this team, but their Wikipedia pages are more confusing, and frankly, I don't want to spend my time focusing on them so much. Their discography is listed as which songs they sent to various national finals, which, in my humble opinion, is something they should not... be... doing? I know countries like Cyprus and San Marino kinda have to buy their songs from outside, that's not the issue, it's the fact that these professionals are competing against themselves in Eurovision.

Don't allow the swedish Eurovision hit factory to do this, EBU. Restrict them to only submitting one entry per year.

Of course, the executive supervisor of Eurovision, Martin Österdahl, is a Swedish television producer, so the chances of doing anything that might harm the swedish entertainment industry are slim.

[aijamisespava]

The Last Place Squad

There's a saying my mother tells me when I do rankings of any kind, "Someone's always gotta be vanilla." The implication is that you could have a great batch of anything to rank, but someone has to rank at the bottom (apologies to my vanilla ice cream fans it is a good flavor). And with Eurovision, we have to have one song that ranks not last in the Grand Final (that's a future post though), but last of all the songs. Which I will be ranking (in my pure opinionation)!

Disclaimer: I won't be ranking "Europapa" as dead last because *technically* it was dead last with the disqualification, but it *did* qualify for the grand final. Same goes for my last in Grand Final post later.

2022: "Disko" by LPS (Slovenia) 2015: "Time To Shine" by Mélanie René (Switzerland) 2024: "Scared Of Heights" by Hera Björk (Iceland) 2016: "Play" by Jüri Pootsmann (Estonia) 2019: "22" by Sarah McTernan (Ireland) 2018: "Our Choice" by Ari Ólafsson (Iceland) 2023*: "Like An Animal" by Piqued Jacks (San Marino) 2017: "Spirit Of The Night" by Valentina Monetta & Jimmie Wilson (San Marino) 2021: "The Moon Is Rising" by Samanta Tīna (Latvia)

*: Technically speaking, "Like An Animal" by Piqued Jacks from San Marino and "D.G.T (Off And On)" by Theodor Andrei from Romania ranked dead last in Eurovision 2023 with nul points in their semi. HOWEVER, the tie has been canonically broken by running order. Since Piqued Jacks performed after Theodor Andrei, Piqued Jacks ended up ranked dead last.

Well that does it! I wanted to note here that my Eurovision 2006 ranking originally slated for today will be coming out tomorrow, and my rankings may come out on Saturdays from this point out because it's a lot easier. Just assume for now that you get rankings on weekends.

[adspaan]

Jimmy Marinos from the Romantics. Early eighties power pop group from Detroit. Jimmy played open handed and was as solid as you'd want. Early on played Slingerland and moved to Ludwigs just before their hit "What I like about you". He seems to have disappeared from view and from all reports lives a quiet life thanks to the $$$ from songwriting royalties.

[justforbooks]

When Ry Cooder famously made his debut appearance at Glastonbury, playing on the Pyramid stage on a damp day in June 1990, he chose not to be backed by a band but by a second guitarist who came on sporting bright red trousers, and hair and sideburns that were very long, even by rock music standards. The duo perched on stools, surrounded by a dozen guitars, mandolins or bouzoukis, and proceeded to prove that they were both virtuoso players who could sound as thrilling as any amplified band as they switched from the atmospheric Paris, Texas to songs made famous by Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly or Jerry Lee Lewis.

Cooder’s companion, David Lindley, who has died aged 78, was a musicians’ musician. He may never have been as well known as those he played with, but he was one of the most sought-after session players in the US. Best known for his collaborations with Cooder and Jackson Browne, he also recorded with an astonishing list of musicians that included Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Iggy Pop, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, John Prine, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Ben Harper, Rickie Lee Jones and Bruce Springsteen. They wanted to work with Lindley not just because he was a great musician who could play almost any stringed instrument, from guitar and fiddle to slide guitar and mandolin through to oud and bouzouki, but because he knew how to interpret the mood of a song, adding texture and emotion without ever dominating.

His own musical taste was far more varied than the rock or singer-songwriter styles of the stars for whom he acted as sideman. When leading his own band, El Rayo-X, he was able to branch out and demonstrate his sense of humour as he explored blues, funk and reggae. Like Cooder, he was fascinated by musical styles from around the world, and some of his most original recordings were with musicians from Madagascar, Hawaii, Norway and Jordan.

Born in San Marino, Los Angeles, he was the son of Margaret (nee Wells) and Jack Lindley, a lawyer and music fan. He grew up listening to his father’s eclectic record collection, which included music from the Middle East and Asia, and he learned to play his father’s ukulele, then the banjo. While at La Salle high school in Pasadena he formed a bluegrass band, the Mad Mountain Ramblers, and then the Dry City Scat Band, which played around the Los Angeles folk clubs and at Disneyland. He was still a teenager when he first won the annual Topanga Canyon banjo and fiddle contest, but was asked to stop competing after he had won it five times.

Lindley’s reputation was growing fast, and in 1967 he landed his first major session, playing on Cohen’s debut, Songs of Leonard Cohen. By then he had formed his first electric band, Kaleidoscope, along with Chris Darrow, with whom he had played in the Scat Band. They released their first, wildly experimental album, Side Trips, in 1967, mixing Middle Eastern music with rock, cajun, country and bluegrass, but, though they were praised by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, their unique brand of “psychedelic folk” didn’t sell records. They broke up in 1970, after recording four albums, and Lindley moved to England to work with the singer-guitarist Terry Reid, who had famously turned down Led Zeppelin.

Moving back to the US, Lindley teamed up with Browne, with whom he spent the rest of the 1970s, touring and recording as a key member of his band, playing acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar and fiddle. He perfectly complemented many of Browne’s best-loved songs, playing lap steel on Running on Empty and fiddle on Before the Deluge. Browne called him “my hero”, and other musicians asked him to play on their records when Browne did not require his services. His recordings during that period included three albums for Ronstadt, including her first No 1 album, the exquisite Heart Like a Wheel (1974), two with Rod Stewart, including his bestselling Atlantic Crossing (1975), along with albums with Crosby & Nash, Taylor, Warren Zevon and Parton.

He first recorded with Cooder on Jazz (1978) and Bop Till You Drop (1979), after which the duo began performing live together, touring in Australia and Japan. A 1979 live radio recording from Osaka was released on CD in 2021. On their tour in 1995 they were joined onstage by Cooder’s son, Joachim, and Lindley’s folksinger daughter, Rosanne, and released the album Cooder/Lindley Family Live at the Vienna Opera House.

After leaving Browne’s band in 1980, Lindley moved from sideman to band leader with El Rayo-X, which he called “more or less a party band”, and in which he matched his own songs along with a bravely varied assortment of old favourites. The band’s self-titled debut set in 1981 included a glorious, furious treatment of KC Douglas’s Mercury Blues, while Win This Record, released the following year, included the Toots and the Maytals song Premature. Mr Dave (1985) included his own reggae composition Alien Invasion, and the band’s final album Very Greasy (1988) continued to demonstrate his fascination with the Caribbean. Produced by Ronstadt, it included Ronstadt adding harmony vocals on Lord Kitchener’s calypso classic Gimme da Ting (on which Lindley played guitar and kora) and a reggae reworking of Zevon’s Werewolves of London.

While running the band, he still managed time to visit London to play alongside Richard Thompson and Rory Gallagher, and revive his love of flamenco with Juan Martin, at a Guitarists Night concert in March 1984. And he continued his session work, including albums for Browne, and for Emmylou Harris, Ronstadt and Parton on Trio (1987). In 1990 he worked with Dylan on Under the Red Sky.

Still keen to expand his musical range, he travelled to Madagascar with the guitarist Henry Kaiser to record the musicians and unique instruments of the vast island off the east coast of Africa. The aim was to present local stars to an international audience, but Lindley and Kaiser joined in several of the sessions. The resulting albums, A World Out of Time, Vols 1 and 2 (1992-93), included Lindley playing slide guitar with the traditional band Tarika Sammy and joining guitarist Rossy on a reworking of I Fought the Law, the Crickets song popularised by the Clash.

Moving on to Hawaii, this time in the company of Cooder, he recorded with the Pahinui Bros (1992) on a set that included a Hawaiian reggae treatment of John Lennon’s Jealous Guy. Further musical travels included recordings in Norway with Kaiser for The Sweet Sunny North (1994). In 1994-95 he also recorded with the Jordanian oud player Hani Naser, and between 2000 and 2004 with the reggae percussionist Wally Ingram. Their third album together, Twango Bango III (2003) included When a Guy Gets Boobs, a comment on the American diet. “I have always liked songwriters like Warren Zevon who could write something goofy and also really serious,” he explained.

In 2006 he was reunited with Browne for a short Spanish tour on which they were backed by a flamenco percussionist. Love Is Strange, a live album recorded on that tour, was released in 2010, when Browne and Lindley toured Europe and the US, and played at Glastonbury, with a set that included Running On Empty and Mercury Blues. In the same year Lindley also worked with Bruce Springsteen on The Promise. His own final solo album, Big Twang, was released in 2007.

Lindley had a wild stage image, thanks to his colourful clothes and long hair, but he never favoured a rock’n’roll lifestyle, and would often retreat to his hotel room to rehearse after a show. He hated being disturbed in the morning by hotel workers, and would imitate a dog, scratching at the door and barking, to keep them away.

He lived in Claremont, California, in a house filled with musical instruments, and was married to Joan Darrow, the sister of his Kaleidoscope colleague Chris Darrow. He is survived by Joan and Rosanne.

🔔 David Lindley, musician, born 21 March 1944; died 3 March 2023

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[superhero2003]

Wolverine, cuyo nombre de nacimiento es James Howlett (también conocido como James Logan o simplemente Logan),​ es un superhéroe y antihéroe ficticio que aparece en los cómics publicados por Marvel Comics, principalmente en asociación con los X-Men. Es un mutante que posee sentidos afinados a los animales, capacidades físicas mejoradas, poderosa capacidad de regeneración conocida como un factor de curación, y tres garras retráctiles en cada mano. Wolverine ha sido representado de diversas formas como miembro de los X-Men, Alpha Flight, Fuerza-X y Los Vengadores.

Primera apariciónThe Incredible Hulk #180 (octubre de 1974, cameo)

The Incredible Hulk #181 (noviembre de 1974)

☆Creado por :Len Wein

John Romita Sr.

Herb Trimpe

☆Interpretado por: Hugh Jackman (2000-presente)

☆Nombre de nacimiento:James Howlett

James Logan

☆Alias:Logan

Patch

Arma X

☆NacimientoAlberta, 

Canadá

Nacionalidad: Canadiense

☆Raza: humano mutante

☆Sexo:masculino

☆Estatura1,60 m (5′ 3″)

☆Peso90 kg (198 lb),

180 kg (396 lb) (con Adamantium)

Color de pelocabello negro

Color de ojos azul

Familia y relaciones

PadresThomas Logan (padre biológico, fallecido)

Elizabeth Howlett (madre, fallecida)

John Howlett (padrastro, fallecido)

Pareja(s)Jean Grey, Tormenta, Mariko Yashida, Zorra Plateada, Native, Yukio, Mystique, Domino y Elektra NatchiosCónyugeItsu (esposa, fallecida)

Ophelia Sarkissian (Víper) (exesposa)

Hijos: X-23

Daken

Rina Logan (hija de otra realidad)

Erista (hijo secreto)

Amiko Kobayashi (hija adoptiva)

Gabrielle Kinney (hija adoptiva)

Jimmy Hudson (hijo de otra realidad)

Otros familiares

John Howlett Jr. (hermano, fallecido)

Información profesionalOcupaciónmilitar, instructor, barman, cadenero, espía, mercenario, marino, minero y superhéroe

Especialidad:

Fuerza sobrehumana, resistencia, durabilidad, velocidad, agilidad, reflejos y sentidos.

Huesos indestructibles mediante adamantium

Garras retráctiles

Factor de curación

Maestría en combate

Aliados:Charles Xavier, X-Men, Yukio, Spider-Man, The Punisher, Cíclope, Jean Grey, Mystique, Mariko Yashida, Los 4 Fantásticos, Daredevil, Los Vengadores, Nick Fury

Enemigos :Magneto, Dientes de Sable, Samurái de Plata, William Stryker, Viper, Ogun, Wendigo, Lady Deathstrike, Juggernaut, Cañonero, Deadpool, Mystique, Omega Red, Arcade, Daken, Apocalipsis, Thanos, Galactus

Afiliaciones anteriores:X-Men

Fuerza-X

Los 4 Fantásticos

Los Nuevos 4 Fantásticos

La Mano

Los Vengadores

Los Defensores

Jinetes de Apocalipsis

Arma X

Departamento H

Alpha Flight

S.H.I.E.L.D.

Hydra

[gadawg-404]

“Navigate the buoys and set it up,” Jimmy Buffett said.

There was a lyrical lift to his voice over the phone decades ago that said he was smiling. Or maybe I just heard that. The singer and actor Bill Murray bought a sliver of the Miami Marlins, then a minor-league baseball team, and the floated idea was to have a young sportswriter sit with them at a game in Key West. Me.

Buffett died Friday night and the obituaries naturally center on the tropical lifestyle of songs that made you want to sail off to the Keys. “Margaritaville”. “A Pirate Looks at Forty”. “Changes in Latitude/Changes in Attitude”.

But Buffett also was a South Florida sports fan in a way that also expressed his fundamental irreverence, passionate search for fun and over the years could leave you snorting in your tropical drink.

His appearances were regular, his glimpses anecdotal. There was a rumor he bought a 5 percent stake in the minor-league Marlins in 1989 when I called his Key West office. His assistant asked how I heard. I didn’t want to tell how.

“Ah, you heard it on the Coconut Telegraph,” said the assistant, Sunshine Smith. Life imitated lyrics.

Buffett came on the phone and explained his interest: “I’ve been a baseball nut for years and thought it would be fun. I like the fact it’s a non-polluting industry with no tall buildings.”

That kind of verbal dexterity was welcome in a sports world often lacking in its fundamental function of fun. The minor-league Marlins didn’t work with the planned split of games Key West and the Mark Light Stadium. But that didn’t matter. He took his swing.

Buffett’s perpetual irreverence was never mistaken for lack of passion, as any Miami Heat fan remembers. He was a Heat season-ticket holder for years who showed up to games in a trademark tan and philosophically flowery shirt. He was a friend of the team. He joined team president Pat Riley in singing, “Heard it through the Grapevine” at a charity event. He partied on New Year’s Eve with Heat owner Micky Arison. He could be seen watching a game with Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino in 2005 or playing the steel drums during a timeout at the 2013 NBA Finals.

Buffett regularly was a real fan, too, as best represented in a 2001 game against the then-hated New York Knicks. Referee Joe Forte stopped the game in the fourth quarter, called security and pointed for them to remove someone.

It was Buffett.

“He was using profanity,” Forte said afterward. “There was a little boy sitting next to him and a lady sitting by him. He used some words he knows he shouldn’t have used so I asked security to move him to another location. We don’t have to take that kind of thing.”

Riley, then the coach, motioned Forte over to him after Buffett walked up the stairs to a higher-level seat.

“Do you know who that is?” Riley asked the referee, who said he didn’t know. Forte still didn’t know when Riley said it was Jimmy Buffett.

“Do you mean to tell me you’ve never been a ‘Parrothead,’ in your life?’’ Riley said, referring to the nickname of Buffett fans. Riley then said of Forte, “He thought I was insulting him and wanted to give me a technical for calling him a Parrothead.’ ”

For years, it was a wonderfully South Florida subplot to sports scene. The Knicks had Spike Lee. Buffett was ours. All ours. Or so we thought until the Marlins — the major-league Marlins by this time — showed up for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series in Chicago in 2003.

There was Buffett in a No. 22 Chicago jersey, the same as Cubs starter Mark Prior. Our Jimmy was theirs. He stretched out of the press box in the seventh inning to sing, “Take Me Out To The Ballgame.”

As a South Florida columnist, I couldn’t allow this to happen without questioning him. I waited in the hallway outside the small booth he sang. When he came out, I asked him, “Jimmy, how could you do this to South Florida?”

He laughed, as he should have and said, “I’ve been a Cubs fan for 32 years.”

So, he really was like many South Florida fans. He had allegiances rooted elsewhere. Buffett also said that night he let Marlins have the rights to his minor-league team’s nickname for free.

“As a gift, I gave it to them, let them have it,” he said.

Buffett came to fewer sports events as the years moved on. The last time I saw him was on a Key West stage in January. The idea of going to a minor-league game with him in Key West was long forgotten, just as that team was.

But as the world mourned a musician Saturday, South Florida also lost a sports fan. He was irreverent and tropically tanned but genuinely passionate as any son of a son of a Heat fan should remember.

Author

Dave Hyde | Sports Columnist

Dave Hyde is Sports Columnist for the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

[snuggerudism]

who i write for (college hockey/nhl)

college hockey

university of minnesota

jimmy snuggerud

ryan chesley

oliver moore

boston college

gabe perreault

drew fortescue

university of michigan

mark estapa

nhl

boston bruins

jeremy swayman

matthew poitras

carolina hurricanes

andrei svechnikov

chicago blackhawks

frank nazar

kevin korchinski

dallas stars

wyatt johnston

los angeles kings

brandt clarke (ahl)

minnesota wild

matt boldy

brock faber

montreal canadians

juraj slafkovsky

nashville predators

brady skjei

new jersey devils

nico hischier

dawson mercer

luke hughes

seamus casey

new york islanders

mat barzal

philadelphia flyers

jamie drysdale

san jose sharks

will smith

toronto maple leafs

matthew knies

joseph woll

fraser minten (drafted)

utah hockey club

john marino

clayton keller

dylan guenther