#speedway (1997)

[gradexmovies]

[idontwanttospoiltheparty]

Preliminary Paul album ranking

INCLUDING Wings and cover albums, not including Broad Street, classical stuff, whatever you count The Family Way and Thrillington as, or The Fireman.

I will be relistening to the whole damn thing between now and December and may revise this but here's what I'm feeling right now. Again, there's recency bias here but Whatever.

I don't hate any of these btw please don't come at me – however I would be excited to discuss and debate.

25. CHOBA B CCCR (1988)

24. Run Devil Run (1999)

23. McCartney III (2020) (← probably my hottest take + most likely to be subject to change but it's how I feel right now)

22. Press To Play (1986)

21. Driving Rain (2001)

20. Off The Ground (1993)

19. Wild Life (1971)

18. Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976)

17. Kisses on the Bottom (2012)

16. London Town (1978)

15. Pipes of Peace (1983)

14. Red Rose Speedway (1973)

13. Back To The Egg (1979)

12. Flaming Pie (1997)

11. Flowers in the Dirt (1989)

10. McCartney (1970)

9. Memory Almost Full (2007)

8. New (2013)

7. Egypt Station (2018)

6. McCartney II (1980)

5. Venus & Mars (1975)

4. Tug of War (1982)

3. Ram (1971)

2. Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005)

1. Band on the Run (1973)

[n64retro]

Rareware

List of Rareware games developed for the Nintendo 64:

Killer Instinct Gold (1996) Blast Corps (1997) 007 Goldeneye (1997) Diddy Kong Racing (1997) Banjo-Kazooie (1998) Jet Force Gemini (1999) Donkey Kong 64 (1999) Perfect Dark (2000) Mickey's Speedway USA (2000) Banjo-Tooie (2000) Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001)

[omegaremix]

Summer 1997 Mixtape.

Gravity Kills “Down” (Lords Of Acid RMX)

Atari Teenage Riot Burn Berlin Burn!

Ministry “Fucked”

Pigface “Winnebago Induced Tapeworm”

Meat Beat Manfiesto “Genocide”

Prodigy, The “Breathe”

Skinny Puppy VIVIsect VI

Download “Turin Cloud, The”

TVT label Got TVT?

Beck Stereopathetic Soulmanure

Download “Glassblower”

Meat Beat Manifesto Original Fire

Ministry Box

Skinny Puppy “Dig It”

Cleopatra label Industrial Revolution Second Edition

Pop Will Eat Itself “Kick To Kill”

Ministry “Paisley”

Lords Of Acid “Man’s Best Friend”

Spooky Reuben “Wendy McDonald”

Sepultura Blood Rooted

Meat Beat Manifesto “Asbestos Lead Asbestos”

Prodigy, The “Voodoo People”

Skinny Puppy Rabies

Prodigy, The “Speedway (Theme From Fastlane)” (Secret Knowledge RMX)

[forgeline]

Previous LS Fest Grand Champion winner Josh Leisinger and his teammate Tim Molzen teamed up to earn another pair of Grand Champion titles, at the 2023 LS Fest Texas competition at Texas Motor Speedway, in Fort Worth, Texas, on the weekend of May 19-21.

Josh dominated the Vintage class, in his highly-prepared Summit Racing & Lucas Oil-sponsored 1964 Chevrolet Corvette on Forgeline one piece forged monoblock GS1R wheels. His performances included first place finishes in the Autocross, TrackX, 3S (speed/steer/stop) Challenge, and the no-prep 1/8th mile Drag Race portions of the event. Josh set the quickest overall times in the Autocross, 3S Challenge, and the 1/8th mile Drag race, regardless of class. And he earned a perfect score in the Vintage Class, earning 300 out of 300 possible points.

Josh’s teammate, Tim Molzen, won the Grand Champion title in the Late Model class, driving his “Crusher III" Summit Racing Equipment 1997 Corvette on Forgeline one piece forged monoblock GS1R wheels. Tim came pretty close to a perfect score in the Late Model class, earning 295 out of 300 possible points.

Congrats to Josh and Tim for their successful weekend at 2023 LS Fest Texas. And thanks for trusting Forgeline to help carry you to victory!

[hirocimacruiser]

Indy Racing League FLAT OUT Infiniti

IRL is a new series that started in 1997 after splitting from the CART series, but it has now become America's most popular formula car race. The IRL series is held 13 times a year (2001) on oval courses in North America. The IRL is represented by the world's largest motor sports event, the Indy 500 Mile, which is held as the fourth race in the series.400,000 people attend this race, which has a total prize money of 1 billion yen and a winner's prize of 200 million yen. A large audience gathers.

Currently, the machines used in the IRL combine a 3.5-liter V8 DOHC non-turbo engine with an open-wheel, open-cockpit, single-seat type car body similar to F1 and CART. The engine is equipped with a rev limiter, which limits the maximum rotation speed to 10,700 revolutions per minute, and the maximum output is approximately 650 horsepower. Currently, the car bodies are produced and marketed by Italy's Dallara, Britain's G-Force, and America's Riley & Scott, and engines are supplied by Nissan and Oldsmobile, named Infiniti and Aurora, respectively.

Through IRL high-speed oval track racing, the ultimate performance testing ground, Nissan In order to prove its technological capabilities and reliability as a high-performance car manufacturer, the company has been competing in the IRL since 1997. In 1998, it took the lead against an overwhelming majority of cars equipped with Aurora engines, and finally achieved its first victory in the IRL in June of last year.

Riding on this momentum, Nissan introduced a newly developed engine to the front this year and began dominating the series. The new engine is the ``35A'' type, which is the same type as the Q45 (Cima)'s power plant and is a detuned version of the VRH50 that was entered in the 1999 Le Mans 24 Hour Race. It is the latest weapon that is lightweight and compact, with a lower center of gravity and improved fuel efficiency than last year's model. This engine was supplied to two teams, Cheever Indy Racing and Dreyer & Rhine Bold Racing, and competed in the 2001 season with Eddie Cheever and Robbie Buhl driving.

The new engine spent the first half of the season undergoing initial maturation, and in the fifth race of the series, Cheever recorded the fastest lap time, quickly proving its high potential and becoming a regular contender for the top positions. Then came the eighth round, a race contested over 200 laps around the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway. This was the first victory for the new engine. Cheever, the winner, said: ``Today I had a powerful weapon in my hands, the most powerful weapon in the form of an Infiniti.This engine is available to everyone, because it is installed in the Infiniti production cars that everyone drives.'' It was developed based on the engine ``Kara''.

After this first victory, he was unable to achieve any results, retiring in the 9th race due to an accident, and in the 10th race he was in the lead until just before the finish, but fell back due to a mistake in refueling, but in the 11th race, Buhl finished 5th. With Cheever finishing 3rd in the 12th race, Infiniti is closing out the season with a bang. Infiniti's goals for next season are, of course, winning the Indy 500 mile race and winning the series championship.

[mrxcreepypastamadness]

Friday Night Funkin: Sugar Rush Madness V2!

Hellish Cakeway Heights

Character: GV

#1:

GV (Disguised Form)

#2:

GV (True Form)

About: GV is an EXE made for the upcoming creepypasta series of Wreck-It-Ralph: Black and White. She is based off the appearance of the old Vanellope in Sugar Rush Speedway. She is specifically from a bootleg pirate copy of Sugar Rush Speedway, but her true origins are based off of Vanellope's backstory before Turbo took over the game. She likes to play with her victims who dare to play her game. She can manifest in her players' heads and come to the real world. However, mostly chooses not to, as she believes she has more to worry about that Vanellope Von Schweetz won't save her Kingdom on her own and make Turbo pay the price.

Bio: A disrupted entity created on TobiKomi's Headquarters, that uses the form and appearance of Vanellope Von Schweetz. Specifically the appearance she uses in "Sugar Rush Speedway 1 & 2" game for the gameboy.

-She comes from a bootleg pirate port of "Sugar Rush Speedway 2" for the NES, although she can also manifest on gameboy cartridges that are near her area.

-Her origins are based off of the backstory behind the original Vanellope Von Schweetz before her code was even deleted by Turbo, before she was even reincarnated into GV back in TobiKomi HQ, Thus byfar while the original Vanellope is still at large at Sugar Rush, while GV is a separate entity from the original Vanellope. She has a very clear timeline of events during the copy of the very first Wreck-It-Ralph movie, this time in a black and white version, being first spotted in 1997.

-The creature can morph her appearance at will, she can also change appearances depending on the game she possesses, however, she likes to use the Vanellope morph most of the times, to remember herself as a true princess of Sugar Rush.

-She usually uses a "disguise form" when she sees new racers and new players.

-Her colors are monochromatic, even when she uses her real form or when she leaves the console or the game itself.

-She finds enjoyment torturing and toying with the victims that dare to bully her (Like Taffyta and her friends for example), treating her like she's an unwanted glitch, and the poor victims that dare to play her game, she can manifest in the players mind ad can even leave the game arcade machine or the game console, however, she chooses not to most of the times, she thinks that there's other things to deal with other than limiting herself that make things more fun anyway, her main goal is to make Turbo pay the price of his own power-hungry actions and give him the karma he truly deserves.

-She is the omnipotent inside the cartridge, she can even turn the console on, and change the TV values.

-Her name was given by herself as her recovery reincarnation, it really doesn't mean anything.

-She can speak Chinese, Japanese and English.

Golden Land Lore: You encounter a lonely Vanellope on the chocolate shore on the horizon. She emits a strange and unsettling aura that keeps you on edge. The golden racetrack won't save you now.

Facts:

• GV didn't exist before Sugar Rush Madness.

• GV and Horror Vanellope were not the same person, as she is her very own character.

• GV can travel to other Sugar Rush games and corrupt them.

• GV can even travel to newer Sugar Rush games.

• GV used to be more powerful than Horror Vanellope. However, this was reversed in Sugar Rush Madness V2 with Ultra G taking control of her in All-Stars (Sugar Rush Mix).

• GV seems to hate this story of Sugar Rush Madness for some reason, saying the story is never coming out and trashing the devs in the final teaser.

• Even after the release she double down the statement, saying that it only released because she "Roasted their asses in front of one thousand people".

• It's most likely she acts this way because she was originally going to have a full story and was gonna be the final opponent of the final song before said full story was scrapped and Ultra G replaced her in the final song which became All-Stars (Sugar Rush Mix).

• Her Legacy Mode twin is based on the current Vanellope she remembers since she always wears a hoodie, basically that would make her a twin sister.

• GV is aware that @ask-the-virus exists long before she even knows about her. And basically Virus Vanellope is the only source she pointed out as she is aware that she's existed too.

• GV is also aware that @tobys-multiverse-official existed as well as she is aware with the characters there, though the challenges may be at hand with others, and yet she can be powerful than everyone else. She was not made to be underestimated by anyone.

• When her world is combined to an official Sugar Rush game she's included, her official racing game makes her appearance, as it is titled: "Sugar Rush Madness Speedway". As new tracks and racers are included daily. Always, except King Candy/Turbo of course, however King Virtual a red poltergeist based on King Kandy from Candy Land is added to the roster with a permission and collaboration from Hasbro.

• GV is also aware Scorpion has her own racing game according to @lady-scorpion-and-friends lore, she never even dared to manifest her game unless someone provoked her or underestimated her. Regardless, she doesn't want to be messed with. That's why she can be an exclusive racer in the roster to be unlocked.

• When GV is going for a night out she dresses up pretty and hangs out in a bar where other creepypasta creatures are, ordering a glass of red wine, referencing to Pasta Night in Friday Night Funkin': Lullaby.

[dystini]

Indycar Driver Lore

Indycar Driver Lore Masterlist

George Dario Marino Franchitti

Birthdate: May 19, 1973 Hometown: Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland Residence: Scotland Height/Weight: 5′ 9″/172lbs

Rookie Year: 1997 (CART)

Team: Ganassi (advisor)

Follow him on: Instagram Twitter

Career Stats

CART 1997 Hogan Racing - 22nd Overall 1998 Team Green - 3rd Overall 1999 Team Green - 2nd Overall (lost the title on a tiebreaker) 2000 Team Green - 13th Overall 2001 Team Green - 7th Overall 2002 Team Green - 4th Overall

Indycar 2002 Team Green (Indy 500 only) - 44th Overall 2003 3 races with Andretti Green Racing - 25th Overall 2004 Andretti Green Racing - 6th Overall 2005 Andretti Green Racing - 4th Overall 2006 Andretti Green Racing - 8th Overall 2007 Andretti Green Racing - 1st Overall 2008 Chip Ganassi Racing (Only competed in an exhibition race) 2009 Chip Ganassi Racing - 1st Overall 2010 Chip Ganassi Racing - 1st Overall 2011 Chip Ganassi Racing - 1st Overall 2012 Chip Ganassi Racing - 7th Overall 2013 Chip Ganassi Racing - 10th Overall

NASCAR

Sprint Cup 2008 Chip Ganassi Racing - 49th Overall (partial season)

Nationwide Series 2007 Chip Ganassi Racing - 95th Overall (partial season) 2008 Chip Ganassi Racing - 35th Overall (partial season)

appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2014

is lefthanded

currently serves as advisor/diver coach for Chip Ganassi Racing

started go-kart racing at age 10

won more than 100 races and 20 Scottish, British and World karting titles

raced in British F3 in 1994

made a cameo appearance as a racing driver in the 2001 film Driven

appeared on the US television shows Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson three times each in the late 2000s and early 2010s

voiced a Scottish news anchor and a male tourist in the 2013 animated film Turbo, for which he provided technical consultation

served as a television co-commentator and driver pundit on Formula E's world feed since its inaugural season in 2014

is a member of the "Brat Pack", an international group of CART drivers composed of Dario, Tony Kanaan, Greg Moore and Max Papis, who shared a desire for enjoyment, attending all-night parties, discussing life and staying in close contact with one another

Prior to the 2000 CART season, Franchitti was hospitalised after a crash during pre-season testing at Homestead–Miami Speedway; part of the car's suspension hit his head, and he sustained displaced fractures in his left hip and pelvis, and multiple minor brain contusions

sustained an anterior stable compression fracture of the lumbar vertebrae in an motorbike accident during a trip to West Lothian in April, 2003

requiring season-ending keyhole surgery to strengthen his back, missing the second half of the 2003 season

had a minor left-ankle fracture in 2008, after a crash in a NASCAR Nationwide race

Before the season-ending 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Franchitti led Will Power in the championship standings by 18 points. The race was abandoned following a 15-car accident on the 11th lap that involved Power and caused Wheldon's death, meaning Franchitti won his fourth championship win; his third in succession.

suffered a concussion and two spinal fractures, plus a fractured right ankle in the second to last race of the 2013 season

retired from competitive driving in 2013 after doctors advised him his most recent injuries and those from previous accidents put him at risk of permanent paralysis and brain damage in the event of another major crash

Iconic/memorable moments

Shopping at Target with Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon IndyCar: Scott Dixon, "We got hosed again" by Will Power IndyCar Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon Interview (part 2) RACER: Franchitti, Kanaan, Dixon Prank 20yr old Teammate Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon, part 1 Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon, part 2 3 motorsport legends compete at Goodwood Revival! | Goodwood Revival Special IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti robbed at Indy Taco Bell RACER: Dario Franchitti ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Thank You Dario Dario Franchitti: A hacksaw to Tony Kanaan’s bike Dario Franchitti: People think I have OCD Dario Franchitti: Royal Automobile Club Talk Show in association with Motor Sport Dario Franchitti: Regrets NASCAR move? Behind the Bricks: Dario Franchitti, Part 1 Behind the Bricks: Dario Franchitti Part 2 Dario Franchitti: Five weeks of my memory lost in crash Dario Franchitti: Devastated by Dan Wheldon's death Dan Wheldon Memorial Service, Part 3

Dario Franchitti Press Conference 11 in 11 with Dario Franchitti Dario Franchitti gets pied 2012 Indianapolis 500 Finish - Dario Franchitti Wins (Interviews Included) RACER: Robin Miller Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan IMS Tire Test 2013 Dario Franchitti Press Conference Drivers React to Wheldon's Death Road to the Championship: Close Competition 2011 Indycar Toronto - Will Power and Dario Franchitti controversial incident Dario Franchitti is 2010 Champion Dario Franchitti Indy Means Everything Concussions in Racing: A Case Study - Dario Franchitti & Dr. Stephen Olvey Dario Franchitti: Garage full of Ferraris, Porsches Dario Franchitti: Lack of recognition in Europe is disgraceful Dinner with Racers Episode 59: Dario Franchitti Greg Moore At 20, with Dario Franchitti, Paul Tracy, Max Papis, Mike Zizzo, and Marshall Pruett. Dario Franchitti - McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award winner 1992 Remembering Greg Moore: Champ Car’s Brat Pack having the time of their lives Dario and Greg Moore and Seibkins in Elkhart Lake

Dario Franchitti book Romance of Racing (out of print, can be found used, although not cheaply. Try your library)

The "Brat Pack" Max Papis, Tony Kanaan, Dario Franchitti, Greg Moore

Dario is now a senior member of the paddock, an advisor for Ganassi and coach, often more like a father/uncle figure, to their new young drivers. But in his youth in the 1990’s he was a wild child, a member of Cart’s “Brat Pack”, prone to staying up all night partying yet still winning races. He almost won the championship in 1999 but lost in the finale only to be told after the race that his best friend, and fellow member of the “Brat Pack”, Greg Moore had died.

He made the switch to IRL which became Indycar, in 2003, although injuries and recovering from those injuries kept him out of the car most of that year. He recovered and then began the epic prank era at Andretti Green races with his teammates on the way to his first Indy 500 win and his first Indycar championship in 2007. He decided to give NASCAR a try in 2008.

(We don’t talk about the NASCAR year)

He came back at Ganassi in 2009 and proceeded to win three championships in a row (and two more Indy 500s) while becoming the elder statesman of the series. But all of this success was not without sorrow and near disaster. The loss of Dan Wheldon hit him hard. He and his former teammate were still close friends. Another crash and the subsequent injures forced him into retirement in late 2013

He is a prime example of why we don't leave decisions on their fitness to race up to the drivers anymore, suffering more than his fair share of injuries in his career (see list above) and continuing to race when he definitely should not have.. One might call it a lack of survival instinct, which to be honest, most drivers lack, but Dario lacks it to an alarming degree. He is at risk of permanent paralysis and brain damage in the event of another major crash, yet still races vintage/historic cars on occasion, particularly at Goodwood.

I would be remiss not to mention his Scottish accent, thick dark hair that is silvering at the temples and still fit physique. He’s lost none of the charm of his youth and perhaps gained more now at the age of 50.

Fanfic Lore

Paired/grouped with the “Brat Pack” Originally comprised of Dario, Tony Kanaan, Greg Moore and Max Papis. Various later iterations included Scott Dixon, Bryan Herta, Dan Wheldon and sometimes Marco Andretti.

paired with Will Power during the height of their rivalry though they’ve became very good friends since Dario was forced to retire

sometimes used as supportive dad figure for younger drivers (sometimes as more of a “Daddy”)

Dario and TK

More Dario and TK

Even more Dario and TK

Brat Pack

Dario and Dixon

[indycar-series]

Quick Facts: Texas Motor Speedway

Round 2 of the NTT INDYCAR Series Championship.

Event Name: Texas Indy 375

Location: Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Event Dates: Saturday April 1 - Sunday April 2, 2023

Event Site: TexasMotorSpeedway.com

Track Type: Superspeedway

Banking: 20 degrees (Turns 1 and 2) and 24 degrees (Turns 3 and 4)

Track Length: 1.5 miles/2.4 km

Race Laps and Distance: 248 Laps for 372 miles/600 km

Year of First Race: 1997

Race Lap Record: 0:22.972 (Tony Stewart, 1998, Dallara Oldsmobile)

Defending Winner: Josef Newgarden

Past Winners: Arie Luyendyk (1997), Billy Boat (1998), John Paul Jr. (1998), Scott Goodyear (1999, 2000), Mark Dismore (1999), Scott Sharp (2000, 2001), Sam Hornish Jr. (2001, 2002, 2007), Jeff Ward (2002), Al Unser Jr. (2003), Gil de Ferran (2003), Tony Kanaan (2004), Helio Castroneves (2004, 2006, 2009, 2013), Tomas Scheckter (2005), Scott Dixon (2008, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021), Ryan Briscoe (2010), Dario Franchitti (2011), Will Power (2011, 2017), Justin Wilson (2012), Ed Carpenter (2014), Graham Rahal (2016), Josef Newgarden (2019, 2022), Pato O'Ward (2021)

Winningest Driver: Scott Dixon (5 wins)

Winningest Team: Team Penske (8 wins)

Winningest Manufacturer: Honda (13 wins)

Weekend Schedule:

Race: Sunday @ 12:00 pm EST (5:00 pm UTC)

Got questions about Texas or INDYCAR in general? Send me an ask, and I will get back to you as soon as I can!

Want some friends to chat with about INDYCAR or need some way to watch the race? Join the INDYBLR discord server!

[everydaym0nstrosity]

10 SONGS // 10 PEOPLE

Tagged by the wonderful @a-hulder, who's blog I very much adore! :)

List ten songs you’ve listened to lately and tag ten people. I know I'm kinda late on replying to this but I figured why the hell not!

I listen to SO much fucking music in a single day or two so I'll list 10 bonus songs. Lol please don't punish me for listing more than 10! 😂

Omnia - Infina

Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday

Tricky Disco - Tricky Disco

France Gall - Laisse tomber les filles

Peaches - I Feel Cream

Vincenzo Salvia - Outrun With The Dead

Psykosonik - Unlearn / + Silicon Jesus (Quality Mix)

Syreeta - Happy Birthday To Me

The Kills - No Wow (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Necrofilia - Sein Zum Tode (1997) [Whole Album]

*World Famous - Robby's Song (from 富江)

*The Mamas & the Papas - California Dreamin'

*Shuntaro Okino - Cloud Age Symphony

*Le Matos feat. Computer Magic - Cold Summer

*Splintered - Godsend 7" 1993

*Technohead - I Wanna Be A Hippy / + Mary Jane

*Akira Yamaoka - Overdose Delusion (Alternate Version)

*Charlie Clouser - Hello Zepp + Overture

*Nurse With Wound - Dirty Fingernails

*The Prodigy - Speedway (Secret Knowledge Trouser Rouser)

You can find all of these on Youtube, Bandcamp & Soundcloud!

If you're tagged then that means that you're special. *_*

@drorlock586 @dare-g @iamcinema @ronnymerchant @monk--shood @little-sad-lamb @starrywisdomsect @shrinrei-shashin @tvsnuff @defiledcorpse

[mrxcreepypasta1991]

For:

New Information!

Creepypasta:

SUGAR CLASH SPEEDWAY (VB)

Story: The following is a document meant to log evidence in multiple murder cases that went cold due to the culprit to blame. There is one thing that connects the victims together.

We are aware that much of the contents of this document seems absurd; that is why there is no known explanation for the deaths.

THE VICTIMS-

There are 9 known victims. None of their identities have been revealed.

The first is the designer of this particular model.

The second is a Tobikomi employee.

The third is the son of the aforementioned employee.

The fourth is one of the voice actors of Taffyta Muttonfudge.

The fifth is one of the voice actors of Candlehead.

The sixth is one of the voice actors of Rancis Fluggerbutter.

The seventh is one of the voice actors of Jubileena Bing-Bing.

The eighth is one of the officers who collected evidence.

The ninth is a criminal responsible for Vanellope's voice actor's death.

BACKSTORY-

Vanessa Von Schmidt is a voice actor for Vanellope Von Schweetz, a favorite character she loves and adores according to her inspiration. Her personality is even inspired by herself and that ain't all. Vanessa is also a real life racer at the Daytona International Speedway, her race car is all turquoise, her race car number is #97, her fans in the crowd are wearing turquoise T-shirts, and the others are other fan of other racers. One day, Vanessa became curious of an another upcoming game from 1997 after Sugar Rush Speedway's release, the next project Tobikomi is doing is Sugar Clash Speedway, a candy-coated demolition video game collaborated with Nintendo's Virtual Boy. Vanessa didn't mind this collaboration cause she loves to play Mario sometimes in her lifetime, in fact she plays Mario games when she was just an adorable little child, even her teen years she still plays any Mario related games. If she could voice as Vanellope, maybe she could help with the next project they're working on. But then again, she'll have to race at the Daytona International Speedway at 8:00 p.m. for this night event after her part time job. Until it was 8:00 p.m. Vanessa felt excited about winning this race during this event, the race started after the racers and herself pace on the racetrack following the pace car, the cars start speeding around the racetracks as the race starts, Vanessa is speeding up passing by the other racer as she has so much hope to win, cause racing is actually in her blood. Vanessa's fans are cheering for her as she continued to speed through the other racers as she is about to make it on first place, as she was about to make it on first place a mysterious unmarked black car, which is probably a maniac that doesn't belong in the racetrack, came out of nowhere and crashed into one of the race cars making it look like a horrible race car crash, much like the car crash referencing to from the scene from the first Cars movie, only much worse. The racing fans are very shocked to see this, others are horrified, and even some called 911. Vanessa witnessed it with a side view mirror, not only that she is concerned, but a bit shocked and a bit frightened as well. Eventually she too had a worst car crash after a murderous driver threw not only a rock from the back window of a race car but he threw a grenade inside of the race car too, the grenade exploded as Vanessa's vehicle exploded and crashed very badly on the racetrack, the only racer that witnessed and survived the crash is the voice of Taffyta Muttonfudge, Tiffany Madison, the racer in a real pink race car marked as #1, she was a friend of Vanessa, and number one on the racetrack, she is traumatized after the incident from a racetrack, she was worried, then she started crying after Vanessa didn't survive, she even noticed a mysterious criminal driving away, even for her beauty sleep, she won't even sleep for weeks, nor will she ever intend to race on the racetrack to win ever again cause she'll not just quit, but she also retire as a racer just for the greater good. After Tiffany quit and retired, her mascara is already running as she's already tearing up as she started to cry, she may have the same personalities as Taffyta, but in real life she is a mature woman that has a heart to care about anyone, especially her fans. Two more voice actors Caroline Haun, the voice of Candlehead, and Francis Fernandez, voice of Rancis Fluggerbutter came to see her after Tiffany invited them over to comfort her after her devastating news that happened at the Daytona International Speedway. In fact, even they both started to feel bad for her, not only she lost her only friend during a crash in the speedway, but she was killed by someone with an unmarked black vehicle. The next day, The voice actors of the Sugar Rush Speedway racers intended a funeral for Vanessa Von Schmidt, including Tiffany Madison who is completely devastated to this very day.

AFTERMATH-

(Post under construction, will edit Aftermath later. ^^)

[leam1983]

"Come with me if you want to live."

John Connors doesn't know it yet, but he owes the last pandemonium-laden six months of his life to a firmware update error afflicting the latest batch of Model 101s, as of the Year 1997 of a timeline that no longer exists.

He's been running against all sorts of characters since last summer. Musclebound Austrian-Americans with unconvincing names, brush-headed speedway cops on motorcycles, three different women who all turned out to be killer robots in disguise - at this point, whatever sick intelligence is driving this war must've run out of ideas; his last tool run at the local Home Depot ended with a six month-old toddler crawling its way over to him with a series of disturbingly cheerful coos that lashed at him with some sort of steel proboscis that erupted from its mouth.

At this point, the previously placid High School Math teacher who couldn't work a pistol to save his life is wanted in seven States. Looking at him, you'd swear he looks like what he is - a Math teacher - except some basic calamity's left him disorganized. He looks like a man whose wife just left, someone wrestling with the bottle or picking up some other substance; but this particular bedraggled forty-five year-old whose largest challenge involved imparting Pythagoras' theorem to a gaggle of slack-jawed teenagers actually picked up something else entirely.

Namely, the severed head of one such Austrian American who insistently claimed to be called Joe Smith, from Topeka, Kansas. The still-talking severed head of Joe Smith the Unconvincing American, that is.

Having picked up a few essentials for the next leg of their trip to... wherever would be safest, honestly, John returned to his stolen Budget sedan feeling like fifty pairs of eyes were bearing down on him. As soon as he'd closed the door, Joe's voice rose from the depression in the floor in front of the front passenger seat.

"Have the needed items been claimed, John Connor?"

"It's Connors, for the last fucking time, Joe. You know, you're going to have to tell me how you're still alive. Or, well, online. Technically."

"The Resistance anticipated extensive damage to all captured and reprogrammed 101 models such as myself. After replications of previously-successful attempts began to fail, the need for contingency plans arose. I was modified with a Cyberdyne Systems Mark IV coprocessor and a skull-mounted micro-fusion unit. My cortical units can now operate without the use of a chest-mounted fusion device."

"Co-processor? So you're smarter than the regular ones?"

Joe hesitates - or simulates a hesitation. "Smarter than other Model 101s by a coefficient of 75.6%. The need for guidance and increased ability was observed using the Resistance's limited temporal sensor runs, so I was allowed to remain functional beyond circumstances that would normally require all cessation of power distribution or self-termination as a means of protecting my target."

Connors sighed, briefly darting around to see if others were paying attention. The coast being clear, he brought out his cell phone to rest on its dashboard-mounted cradle and his Bluetooth earpiece, mostly to make it seem as if he were speaking to someone other than a still-living severed head...

"Okay - Verbose Mode Off," John demanded, applying a hack he'd uncovered after ROM-dumping the co-processor in question on a two-terabyte SSD. He'd seen read-write errors crop up on faulty drives before, but the way the computer had hiccuped and produced a sad little plume of gray smoke from its PSU suggested the dataset stored for random access had to be absolutely colossal in size. At best, he'd picked up a few developer-level voice commands ingrained in Joe's Coltan platform. In response to that last one, Joe's features turned more natural.

"Sorry about that, John. Without the code parser, I have to give you disambiguated answers. I need my stochastic prediction engine to affect standard speech patterns; without it I'm stuck giving you more data than most humans typically appreciate."

Connors rolled his eyes as he negotiated the highway. "Now can we talk about your case of Mistaken Identity?"

It might've been just a simulated affect, but Joe's eye-roll looked genuine enough. "Alright, fine; I'll humor you. Probability suggests I'm still right, you know, and the Resistance wouldn't just-"

Connors settled with a sharp tsk as he turned the radio on, but he didn't need to watch while the severed head affected a look of intense focus to hide whatever disk-checking or BIOS-revising operation it was running. The local station had switched to a disturbed-sounding anchorwoman describing the rampage of a homicidal au pair in Montecito, California who's somehow survived four shotgun slugs to the chest before taking for the Hollywood Hills on foot, that Joe finally deigned to speak up again.

"Um, John?"

The math teacher sighed and picked up the same tone he'd used for his students when they tested the limits of his patience. Sweet and saccharine, with a razor's edge hiding just a few syllables later.

"Yes, Joe?"

"My checksums don't match. I can't explain it. Judging by what I can access at my limited level, my platform expects a mission data file that's precisely 3.45 megabytes in size. The one I've got running passes all checks - but it's just a few bytes bigger. I'm seeing all the certificates I'd expect to denote my platform as being freed of all tampering, so I haven't been hacked or modified..."

The Math teacher felt six months of tension rise up in his arms as he gripped the steering wheel. "Let's say you're ChatGPT or some other primitive language model that doesn't have the stochastic engine needed for simulated creativity; could you admit that maybe someone made a typo before uploading that file into you? Someone human, someone prone to mistakes if they're as exhausted and desperate as you've told me they are for the past six moths?"

Another long silence, more than long enough for Jennifer Aniston to spend a minute and a half flaunting the merits of clear skin while bilingual signs began to appear on their lonely stretch of Vermont highway. More than long enough for an android from the future to swallow its pride.

"I guess. Maybe."

It takes everything Connors has for him to avoid hooting for joy in his seat. "Yes! So you admit, then, that someone could've made a mistake and that you'd probably still have your arms, torso and legs if you'd gone after John Conroy, John Cornwall, John Crumb, whoever - or just John Connor without an S."

The severed head grunts. "Sure, sure; if it makes you feel better. If you're fine with my using my oh-so-special Stochastic Engine, then, can I admit I never really thought you had what it took? I mean, the paunch, the Softball League mustache, that green cardigan you first had? Not exactly Last, Great, Late Leader of all Mankind material, if I'm honest."

The Math teacher snorts derisively. "Fuck you, Joe!"

A human or a robot capable of intuiting emotional affect would've spotted that from miles away - a trace of affection in that rebuke, or at least of amusement. It's enough for the robot to smirk.

"That's some story for the retirement party, huh?"

They both laugh, the human sounding equal parts relieved, exhausted and on the verge of a complete breakdown, and the android following rigid parameters denoting a statistically Warm and Empathetic Stroke of Emotional Weakness. Almost there, but a little too perfect for comfort.

"Poker night at the motel tonight, Mister Budget Hero?"

You are at the center of a time traveling war. For every assassin sent back to the past to murder you, another warrior is sent to protect you and kill the assassin before they get a chance. As the bodies pile up, you still don’t have the slightest clue why you’re so important to these people.

[usalatestwebstories]

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[wausaupilot]

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[brookstonalmanac]

Events 9.11 (after 1900)

1903 – The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world. 1905 – The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13. 1914 – World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka. 1914 – The Second Period of Russification: The teaching of the Russian language and Russian history in Finnish schools is ordered to be considerably increased as part of the forced Russification program in Finland run by Tsar Nicholas II. 1916 – The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907. 1919 – United States Marine Corps invades Honduras. 1921 – Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel. 1922 – The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia. 1941 – Construction begins on The Pentagon. 1941 – Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of pressing for war with Germany. 1943 – World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica. 1944 – World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500. 1945 – World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo. 1954 – Hurricane Edna hits New England (United States) as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths. 1961 – Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state. 1965 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore. 1970 – The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25. 1971 – The Egyptian Constitution becomes official. 1972 – The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service. 1973 – A coup in Chile, headed by General Augusto Pinochet, topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet exercises dictatorial power until ousted in a referendum in 1988, staying in power until 1990. 1973 – JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew. 1974 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew. 1976 – A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it. 1980 – A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today. 1989 – Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany. 1992 – Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian Islands of Kauai and Oahu. 1997 – NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars. 1997 – After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom. 2001 – The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,996 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. 2007 – Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs. 2011 – A dedication ceremony is held at the United States National September 11 Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members. 2012 – The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.

[lastchancevillagegreen]

Tuesday, 27 June 2023:

Flaming Pie (Deluxe Edition) Paul McCartney (Capitol) (reissue released in 2020; original album released in 1997)

Greed is a terrible thing. Rather than get the other McCartney reissue I was enjoying (see my last post concerning Wings' Wild Life) which would have been Red Rose Speedway, I instead opted to pick up this triple album for free. Normally it costs something ridiculous ($60 or more I believe) but Sound of Vinyl offered it for free with eight bucks and change for postage (nevermind it is much, much heavier than Wild Life was and Wild Life cost $10 to ship). Somehow this bargain made me ignore Red Rose Speedway (another double Deluxe Edition) and it made me ignore the double Richard Thompson album (Guitar, Vocals). Here's the problem with me buying Flaming Pie: I have the double CD Deluxe Edition of the album and I've yet to play it. I probably haven't even opened it. Matter of fact, I've never even heard Flaming Pie! And furthermore, I don't much care to ever hear it. Oh sure, I've heard some of the songs, whatever popular tracks that infiltrate McCartney comps, but they never make an impression, certainly not enough to convince me to rush out and hear in it's entirety. Mrs Echo owns Flaming Pie, she bought it back when it wasn't a sin to buy secular music and she played it endlessly (she only played it in her art studio down in the basement). For the record: the last new McCartney album I bought was Off The Ground (and I bought it on vinyl) and I hated it (Biker Like An Icon, anyone?) and I swore I was done with Macca (like a fool I traded the original vinyl, which if you've seen the price of it today, well, you know what it costs). So my buying a triple '90s album by the fabled bass player just because it was free was actually a terrible trade off when I could be grooving to the multiple versions of Mary Had A Little Lamb on the bonus album of the Red Rose Speedway Deluxe Edition. And for the record, I might be the only human in existence who really, really likes Mary Had A Little Lamb. Heavens knows most all the members of Wings whose last name wasn't the same as Macca's hated it.

The first two photos above are of the slipcover that contains the double album proper and a single album titled Paul's Home Demos. Below is the cover, gatefold and the back of the actual Flaming Pie album.

If you look at the gatefold photo you will see at the top of the photo of "me and Jeff" (Christ, Jeff Lynne is involved?) a Target receipt. I didn't see this until I shot another album gatefold (which was Wings' Wild Life) and if you go to that entry, you will see that yes, I did take the time to pick up the trash near the fence line. I'm not one of those people who let trash blow around in my yard. I grew up with Please Don't Litter public announcements routinely on television and they made an impression.

Below are the photos of record labels for this double album. They might be overkill since all of them follow the same format, but I religiously post my record labels and I will do so for this album.

This is a triple album and as I mentioned, the second album is titled (on the spine at least) Paul's Home Recordings and it comes in its own album cover. You can see that cover and the back of it in the next two photos.

I may carp about having bought this, but it is a very nice presentation. The album covers of Flaming Pie and the home records are both textured and very high quality. The home recording album has its own special inner sleeve, not unlike what Wild Life had. Only, obviously as you will see below, it is not yellow.

Here are shots of both sides of the record label for this bonus album.

Since this a Deluxe Reissue it includes a booklet. Below are shots of the front and back. I'm guessing the cover is a painting by Macca himself. I really like this cover.

It also comes with a letter on heavy card stock. Check it out below.

On the spine of the box is sort of like an obi which contains the track listing for all six sides of the albums. I had completely forgotten to shoot a photo of it until the last moment, so I'll stick it at the very end of this entry.

I need to mention the many thoughts about this Sound of Vinyl sale where albums were free for the taking if you just paid the shipping charges. Many people on the Hoffman Boards suspected these would be rejects that were damaged and that explained why they were free. Some seemed to delight in thinking we were all being taken for a ride with this sale. I'm not sure where that thinking emanates from, but it didn't make much sense to me. Many members on that site assured others that they were long time buyers from Sound of Vinyl (which is evidently an affiliate of Universal Music) and no such thing would happen. The sale was legit, we were all reassured, some just wanted to rain on this crazy parade.

And lastly, let me add, I'm sure this is a fine album. It is repeatedly hailed as a great Macca album and my carping aside, I'm sure I'll be happy I dropped ten bucks to give this a whirl on my turntable, Jeff Lynne's involvement or otherwise.