9.14.2011 Adam News & Info

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9.14.2011 Adam News & Info Sept 14, 2011 0:30:23 GMT -5

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Gifting Thread for Pennyroyal Peace Pendant:
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The New Adam Lambert Peace Pendant. Proceeds benefit The Trevor Project, the leading national organization providing crisis and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ youth.

Each pendant features Adam Lambert's signature and "Believe In You" inscription on the back.

"I believe that peace is exactly what the Trevor Project promotes. Peace of mind, peace amongst our youth and peace at home. With peace comes comfort and grace and that is my wish for ALL."
-Adam Lambert

www.pennyroyalstudio.com/shop/signature-collection/adam-lambert-the-trevor-project/

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Thanks Adam!
Permalink Posted by Anna on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 11:51am

"Over the past few years, our buddy Adam Lambert has helped tons of students through DonorsChoose.org. To date, he’s inspired 5,498 citizen philanthropists to contribute $530,046 to public school classrooms, ultimately supporting more than 600,000 students!"
Link: www.donorschoose.org/blog/2011/09/13/thanks-adam/

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Video-Tutka Sept.13th translation at SC adamtopia.com/index.cgi?boar… Scroll down a bit.

Translation by mia and zinnia at Sauli Central:

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YES! @adamlambert New Music Next Month youtube.com/watch?v=cVxTtI… @adamlambertfans

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WARNING: This is NOT Adam-level singing. Listen at your own risk! (A for effort though

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Uploaded by SwedishNonny on Sep 13, 2011
A guy singing Adam Lambert's Aftermath at the Swedish Idol audition.

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From our illustrious archivist 4Msrmyn, the Adam parts of Jacob's (fromTWOP) AI8 recaps compiled:

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The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time. Part 2 available for voting!!!
9.7.11 by Q3

There were 360 nominations! And the ballots are prepared. Since there were some many nominations, I have broken it up into two ballots.

The first ballot is here: qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1G04JqlxQxOdEd6

The second ballot is here: qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_agbiKnbBKYXj696

Here are the rules for ¡°The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time¡±:

1. A Member can nominate up to 5 songs in any order, by posting them in the 9.3.11 News Thread before 11:59PM Pacific Time on 9.3.11.
2. Songs nominated must be composed since 1900.
3. Nominate only songs with English language lyrics.
4. Great songs are defined by their quality, not by sales and chart rankings, but a ¡°Greatest Song¡± cannot be totally obscure.
5. Songs can be from almost any genre but the following are excluded: Classical Music, Religious (Sacred) Songs, Christmas Songs or Children¡¯s Songs

The GREATEST SONG Nominees

(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay, Ottis Redding	Epitaph, King Crimson	Lather, Jefferson Airplane	Song to the Siren, Tim Buckley
100 Ways, James Ingram	Every Breath You Take, The Police	Lay Lady Lay, Bob Dylan	Space Oddity, David Bowie's
5 Steps, Dru Hill	Every Time We Say Goodbye, Annie Lennox	Let It Be, Beatles	Spanish Caravan, The Doors
59th Street Bridge Song, Simon and Garfunkel	Everybody Hurts, R.E.M.	Let the River Run, Carly Simon (theme from Working Girl)	Speechless, Lady Gaga
A change is Gonna Come, Sam Cooke	Evolve, Ani DiFranco	Lets Get It On, Marvin Gaye	Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin
A Day in the Life, The Beatles	Faith, George Micheal	Life Without You, Stevie Ray Vaughan	Stand By Me, written by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller, sung by Ben E. King
A House is Not a Home, Luther Vandross	Falling Slowly, Glen Hansard	Light My Fire, The Doors	Stargazer, Rainbow
Across the Universe, The Beatles	Father Figure, George Michael	Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan	Strange Way, Firefall
Ain't too Proud to Beg, Temptations	Feeling Good, "The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd"	Little Red Corvette, Prince	Sultans Of Swing, Dire Straits
All Cried Out, Alison Moyet	Fever, Peggy Lee	Locomotive Breath Jethro Tull	Summertime, Ella Fitzgerald
All I want to do is make love to you, Heart	Fight the Power, Public Enemy	Long, Long Time, written by Gary B. White, sung by Linda Ronstadt	Sunshine of Your Love, Cream
Always on My Mind, Willie Nelson	Fire and Water, Free	Lose Yourself, Eminem	Suspicious Minds, Elvis Presley
Am I Losing My Mind, Stephen Sondheim	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Roberta Flack	Losing My Religion, R.E.M.	Sweet Child O' Mine, Guns N' Roses
American Pie, Don McLean	Fly Me to the Moon, Frank Sinatra	Love is a Losing Game, Amy Winehouse	Sweet Dreams (are made of this), Eurythmics
Anarchy in the UK, Sex Pistols	Folson Prision, Johnny Cash	Love Me Tender, Elvis Presley	Sweet Home Alabama, Lynard Skynard
And So It Goes, Billy Joel	For No One, The Beatles	Love of My Life, Queen	Sweet Sir Galahad, Joan Baez
And When I Die, Blood, Sweat and Tears	For What it's Worth, Buffalo Springfield	Love Song to a Stranger, Joan Baez	Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
Angel, Sarah McLachlan	Freedom 90, George Michael	Low, Flo Rida featuring T-Pain	The Boxer, written by Paul Simon, sung by Simon and Garfunkel
Another Brick in the Wall, Pink Floyd	From Her To Eternity, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Lucky Man, Emerson Lake and Palmer	The Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson
Another One Bites The Dust, Queen -	Gangsta's Paradise, Coolio Featuring L.V.	Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, The Beatles	The Door Into Summer, The Door
Aqualung, Jethro Tull	Get off of My Cloud, The Rolling Stones	Mad World, Tears for Fears	The Joker, Steve Miller Band
At This Moment, Billy Vera & the Beaters	Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar	Maggie May, Rod Stewart	The Logical Song, Supertramp
Baba O'Riley, The Who	Gin and Juice, Snoop Dogg	Mamma Mia, Abba	The Music of the Night, The Phantom of the Opera
Baby Got Back, Sir Mix-a-Lot	Girl in the War, Josh Ritter	Man I feel like a Woman, Shania Twain	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The Band
Baby I Want You, Bread	Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon, Urge Overkill	Many Rivers to Cross, Jimmy Cliff	The Riddle, Five for Fighting
Back in Black, AC/DC	Give Me Love, George Harrison	Me and Bobby McGee, Kris Kristofferson	The Rose, Bette Midler
Back to Black, Amy Winehouse	God Only Knows, The Beach Boys	Memory, from the musical Cats	The Sound of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel
Bad Moon Rising, CCR	Goodbye to Romance, Ozzy Osborne	Missing You, John Waite	The Twelve of Never, Johnny Mathis
Bad Romance, Lady Gaga	Graceland, Paul Simon	Money, Pink Floyd	The Unforgiven, Metallica
Barbie Girl, Aqua	Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen	My Girl, Temptations	The Walk, Imogen Heap
Bat Out of Hell, Meat Loaf	Harvest Moon, Neil Young	My Sweet Prince, Placebo	The Way I Feel, Gordon Lightfoot
Beat It, Michael Jackson	Have you ever really loved a woman, Bryan Adams	My Way, Frank Sinatra/Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious	The Weight, The Band
Beautiful Day, U2	Heard It Through The Grapevine, Marvin Gaye	Need You Now, Lady Antebellum	Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull
Because of You, Kelly Clarkson	Heart of Gold, Neil Young	Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley	This Is How We Do It, Montell Jordan
Because The Night, Patti Smith	Heartless, Kanye West	New York, New York, Frank Sinatra	Three Times a Lady, The Commodores with Lionel Ritchie
Beth, Kiss	Heart-Shaped Box, Nirvana	Night and Day, Cole Porter	Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper
Billy Jean, Michael Jackson	Heaven on their Minds from Jesus Christ Superstar	Nights in White Satin, Moody Blues	Time Is On My Side, The Rolling Stones
Birdland, The Manhattan Transfer	Here, There & Everywhere, The Beatles	No Woman No Cry, Bob Marley	Time to Say Goodbye, Chris Botti
Black Dog, Led Zeppelin	Hey Ya, Outcast	Not A Day Goes By, Bernadette Peters	Time, Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon)
Black or White, Michael Jackson	Hey You, Pink Floyd	Not Afraid, Eminem	Times They are a Changin', Bob Dylan
Black, Pearl Jam	High and Dry by Radiohead	Not Fade Away, Buddy Holly and the Crickets	Tiny Dancer, Elton John
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, Willie Nelson	Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Pat Benatar	Not While I'm Around, Stephen Sondheim	Tiptoe Through The Tulips, Tiny Tim
Blue, Joni Mitchell	Honesty, Billy Joel	Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor	Too Much Love Will Kill You, Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen	Honky Tonk Woman, Rolling Stones	Old Time Rock 'n Roll, Bob Seeger	Tower of Song, Leonard Cohen
Boom Boom Pow, The Black Eyed Peas	Horse With No Name, America	Oldest Living Son, written and sung by John Stewart	Tracks Of My Tears, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Boom! Boom!, John Lee Hooker	Hotel California, Eagles	Ol' Man River, Paul Robeson	Travelin Soldier, Dixie Chicks
Boy in the Bubble, Paul Simon	House of the Rising Sun, The Animals	Once in a Lifetime, Talking Heads	True Colors, Cyndi Lauper
Boys of Summer, Don Henley	I Am Woman, Helen Reddy	One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, George Thorogood	Try a Little Tenderness, Otis Redding
Break on Through (to the other side), The Doors	I Apologize, Anita Baker	Ordinary Day, Duran Duran	Tweeter And The Monkey Man, Traveling Wilburys
Break Up to Make Up, Stylistics	I Can't Make You Love Me, Bonnie Raitt	Otherside, Red Hot Chili Peppers	U and Ur Hand, Pink
Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon & Garfunkle	I Concentrate on You, Cole Porter	Outlaws of Love, Adam Lambert	Unchained Melody, The Righteous Brothers
Bring Him Home, Les Miserables	I Feel Good, James Brown	P.Y.T., Michael Jackson	Under Pressure, Queen & David Bowie
Broken Open, Adam Lambert	I Feel Love, Donna Summer	Papa Don't Preach, Madonna	Viva La Vida, Coldplay
Business As Usual, Little Feat	I Fooled Around and Fell in Love, Elvin Bishop	Paradise By The Dashboard Light, Meat Loaf	Voodoo Child, Jimi Hendrix
But Not For Me, George and Ira Gershwin	I Gotta Feeling, The Black Eyed Peas	Peaches and Cream, 112	Waiting for a Superman, Five for Fighting
Can I have this Dance?, Anne Murray	I Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You, Tom Waits	People Are Strange, The Doors	Wanted Dead or Alive, Bon Jovi
Candyman (Lollipop), Aqua	I Kissed a Girl, Katy Perry	Perfect Journey, Lou Reed	Water Runs Dry, Boyz to Men
Can't Help Falling In Love, Elvis Presley	I Put A Spell On You, Screamin' Jay Hawkins	Photograph's and Memories, Jim Croce	We Are The World, multiple artists
Cat's in the Cradle, Harry Chapin	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2	Piece of My Heart, Janis Joplin	We Will Rock You, Queen
Chances Are, Johnny Mathis	I Want to Break Free, Queen	Positively 4th Street, Bob Dylan	Welcome to the Jungle, Guns 'n Roses
Child in Time, Deep Purple	I Will Always Love You, Dolly Parton/Whitney Houston	Proud Mary, Ike and Tina Turner	We're in This Love Together, Al Jarreau
Chimes of Freedom, Bob Dylan	I'd Die Without You, PM Dawn	Psycho Killer, Talking Heads	What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
Christina Aguilera, Beautiful	I'd Do Anything for Love, Meat Loaf	Radio Ga Ga, Queen	Whataya Want From Me, Adam Lambert
Circle Game, Joni Mitchell	If I Can Dream, Elvis	Raiders on the Storm, The Doors	Whatcha Say, Jason Derulo
City of New Orleans, Arlo Guthrie	If, Bread	Rainbow Connection, Muppets	What's Goin' On, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson and Al Cleveland
Cold, Annie Lennox	I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song, Jim Croce	Rainy Night in Georgia, Ray Charles/Brook Benton	When a man loves a woman, Percy Sledge
Come Here Boy, Imogen Heap	I'm So Excited, The Pointer Sisters	Raise Me Up, Josh Groban	When Doves Cry, Prince
Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Hank Williams	Rebel Yell, Billy Idol	When I Get Where I'm Going, Brad Paisley
Crazy, Gnarls Barkley	Imagine, John Lennon	Rehab, Amy Winehouse	When You Wish upon a Star, written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney's Pinocchio
Crazy, Patsy Cline	In My Life, The Beatles/John Lennon	RESPECT, Aretha Franklin	Where the Streets Have No Name, U2
Cream, Prince	In the Ghetto, written by Mac Davis, sung by Elvis Presley	Ring of Fire, Johnny Cash	While My Guitar Gently Weeps, George Harrison
Cry My a River, Ella Fitzgerald	In The Name Of The Father, U2	Rollin' In The Deep, Adele	White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane3
Crying, Roy Orbison	In the Still of the Night, Five Satins	Sacrifice, Elton John	White Wedding, Billy Idol
Dancing in the Dark, Bruce Springsteen	Irreplaceable, Beyonc¨¦	Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy, Big and Rich	Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin
Darkness, Darkness, The Youngbloods	Is that all there is, Peggy Lee	Send In The Clowns, Judy Collins	Why, Annie Lennox
Dear Mama, Tupac	It's A Beautiful Day, White Bird	Sexual Healing, Marvin Gaye	Wild Horses, The Rolling Stones
Desperado, Eagles	It's My Life, Bon Jovi	SexyBack, Justin Timberlake	With Or Without You, U2
Diamond Girl, Seals and Croft	It's Still Rock & Roll to Me, Billy Joel	Shine a Light, Rolling Stone	Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who
Different Drum, Linda Ronstadt	It's Too Late, Carole King	Should I Stay or Should I Go, Clash	Working My Way Back To You (Babe), Jerry Valle and the 4 Seasons
Doctor Jones, Aqua	Janie's Got a Gun, Aerosmith	Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Beyonc¨¦	Yesterday, The Beatles
Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me, Elton John	Jesus Christ Superstar, from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar	Sinnerman, Nina Simone	You Are Everything, Stylistics
Don't Stop Believing, Journey	Johnny Be Good, Chuck Berry	Skyline Pidgeon, Elton John	You Look Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton
Dreams, Fleetwood Mac	Just in Case, Jaheim	Sledgehammer, Peter Gabriel	You Lost Me, Christina Aguilera
Dynamite, Taio Cruz	Just Like a Pill, Pink	Smells like Teen Spirit, Nirvana	You Make Me Feel Brank New, Stylistics
Echoes, Pink Floyd	Just Remember I Love You, Firefall	Smooth, Santana featuring Rob Thomas	You Really Got Me, Kinks
Eleanor Rigby, Beatles	Killing in the Name of, Rage against the Machine	So What, Pink	You shook me all night long, AC/DC
Emmie, Laura Nero	Knocking On Heaven's Door, Bob Dylan	Sober, Pink	You Spin Me Round (Like a Record), Dead or Alive
Empire State of Mind, Alicia Keys & Jay-Z	Lacrymosa, Evanescence	Somebody to Love, Queen	Your Song, Elton John
Empty Pages, Traffic	Ladies First, Queen Latifah	Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Judy Garland/Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole	You're No Good, Linda Ronstadt
Enter Sandman, Metallica	Land of Confusion, Genesis	Somewhere, West Side Story	You've lost that loving feeling, The Righteous Brothers

I think we put together a damn fine list. So what did we miss?

Next Thursday (9.16.11), watch for the new poll GREATEST SONG IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!

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Per Adam: October (ish)- New single released

9.16.11 Last day to order PEACE Penny Royal Adam Lambert Signature Design to benefit Trevor Project.

9.23.2011 Premiere of Majors & Minors on the Hub Network.
Adam Lambert, Avril Lavigne, Colbie Caillat and Claude Kelly are joining The Hub's latest reality series Majors & Minors. They will serve as mentors (the "majors") to young talent on the upcoming fall series, premiering Friday, Sept. 23.
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Early 2012 Adam's second album released
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9.14.2011 Adam News & Info Sept 14, 2011 3:19:59 GMT -5

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Post by seoulmate on Sept 14, 2011 3:19:59 GMT -5

rabbitrabbit wrote yesterday:

So, your rickety old folks finally put on the Adam Lambert DVD last night and were really impressed. The guy is a major talent, even though he is clearly extraterrestrial. We appreciated his persona – so unambiguously sexually ambiguous. Gay, sure. It is impressive that he seems more comfortable in his own skin than most of his straight contemporaries. And the voice and strange timbre and range are something I have never heard the like of.

Gay glam rock is a bit too Weimar Republic/techno-commercial/self-absorbed/devoid-of-social commentary (at least in that concert) for my taste. The fact that us geezers thought he was a real phenom certainly says something.

rabbitrabbit, this message from your dad was so wonderful, I had to bring it over from last night's thread!! :-*

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Bringing this over from yesterday's thread:

Sept 13, 2011 14:26:31 GMT -5 midwifespal said:

A jollier thought... What do y'all think? My bet: with the new schedule, Adam is in Finland for a white Christmas! Resident Fins: it's a little early, I know, and may seem obscene to, for example, our poor central texans in their 105 degree heat, but what's christmas like in Finland/Helsinki? I'll bet it's pretty damn magical, and I, like Adam, am a "diet Jew." judging by northern Germany, which is the Christmas tradition I know best, through my mom, those northern Europeans do it right!

WARNING! Christmas talk coming - if you're not interested in it, please scroll!

Christmas in Finland is great! It has to be - you do know that Santa Claus lives here and not at the North Pole, right?

Seriously speaking, Christmas in Finland is really great. Of course, lot's of it depends on the weather but if we have a winter like the couple past ones have been, it's going to be beautiful. Sometimes (if it's very warm in December), in southern Finland there might not be snow at Christmas, but if there is, it's really gorgeous.

It is usually celebrated quite quietly and peacefully, with your family and/or close friends. The major celebration takes place on Christmas Eve, when also the gifts are given (instead of Christmas Day). All the public services (except for the critical ones, like hospitals etc) are closed for the holidays - even public transportation stops around 3 o'clock in the afternoon on Christmas Eve and starts again on Christmas Day around midday. Also, almost all of the shops close very early on Christmas Eve and don't open until Boxing day, at the earliest.

On Christmas Eve, at 12 o'clock the Chief of Staff of the city of Turku declares peace for the Christmastide to whole Finland. This is a tradition which started already in the 14th century and the event is televised through the whole country. At least when I was a child, it was very common that everyone in the family gathered around to watch the declaration, and I still do - it's part of my Christmas.

Since Christmas is in the middle of the darkest season here (the sun doesn't come up in the Lapland at all), there are usually a lot of lights for decoration, but I have to say that some of you Americans do outdo us in that respect!

One of the major shopping streets in Helsinki, called Aleksanterikatu, is decorated from one end to the other with lights and shops put different Christmas installations on their windows, and there are lots of lights on other streets as well. You can hear Christmas music everywhere might run into Santa Claus - or two or three of them - while you're walking around the streets. Other decorations include paper snow flakes in windows, fir branches, flowers like poinsettias or hyacints, and of course, a Christmas tree.

Food is an essential part of Christmas celebration here, as well. There are traditional Finnish dishes which will be served during the whole Christmas. Many people eat the traditional Christmas ham, but also turkey has become more popular here. Also swede casserole, sweet potato casserole, and different types of fish (for example, salmon) are typical treats. And of course we have ginger bread and mince pies!

As for drinks, the traditional one is of course glögi, usually made of red wine, sugar, spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves and bitter orange, and optionally also stronger spirits such as vodka, akvavit or brandy (but there is also a totally non-alcoholic version of it available).

Okay, this was just a small peak - there's a lot more to it - but I hope you get some idea of it.

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9.14.2011 Adam News & Info Sept 14, 2011 5:01:33 GMT -5

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Post by kanadiebonttell on Sept 14, 2011 5:01:33 GMT -5

Anyone else notice that the leader girl for Team Iluminate has a giant Eye of Horus tattoo on her arm. Interesting since Neal & Adam were pimping voting for them last night. You can see it some at the first part of the video, but really noticeable towards the end.