10.28.11 Countdown to Halloween

OMG... *snort*

I was not aware of that thread.. thx for the link



ETA.. very remiss of me... congrats Susiefierce on the win...

and congrats to all the runner ups... all the ads were awesome..


was also doing some musing on just what Nina was talking about... we all know Adam is awesome and talented etc... but, what is she connecting the word "genius" to.. ?

I am wondering if he mentioned some of his ideas or plans .. but, why would he do that ... and give away some of his ideas .. hmmmm

This is OT, but thought we might want to revisit this link after Adam releases his album in a few months. Chart for iTunes stores worldwide:

www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10albums.html

I had no idea that Coldplay was this huge around the world! :oI also found it interesting that Kelly Clarkson isn't at the top off many of these countries' top ten albums.

It will be exciting to see this same chart in February-March to see what type of impact Adam #2 has on the markets outside of the US!!!

I know!! So sad for someone so young. I hope she's able to make a full recovery, but nothing seems to be working so far. This is particularly interesting in light of that Rolling Stone article about touring being where artists make their real money. How devastating for this to be happening to her right now when her career has been going stratosphere.

Just goes to show you, album sales are not everything.

The Julie Andrews story is so sad. All those years I didn't even know she lost her ability to sing. I saw an old Oprah with the cast reunion of Sound of Music where she talked about it.

Couldn't find the exact video.

www.oprah.com/video_search.html?video_query=julie+andrews

By the mid-1990s, a lifetime of singing had taken a toll on Julie's voice. She had throat surgery in 1997, an operation that left her legendary voice permanently damaged. "It was not a successful operation, and tissue was removed. I didn't have cancer, I didn't have nodules, I didn't have anything," she says. "When you work on Broadway eight shows a week for a very long time ... a certain kind of muscular striation happens on the vocal chords. A lot of Broadway singers get it. So, sadly, I had to work to deal with the loss of a voice because it just didn't come back."

The specific problem with her vocal chords is that they don't meet, Julie says. "Wind just whistled through the vocal chords that would not come together because tissue was missing," she says. "I have a about six good low, low notes, and I can sing the hell out of 'Old Man River.'"

Read more: www.oprah.com/oprahshow/The-Making-of-The-Sound-of-Music/3#ixzz1c66cnaqK