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Jazz piano 'sliding'

Ive heard the term sliding referred to when improvising on jazz piano, but Im not quite sure what it means. Any suggestions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by LCMk2 (talk • contribs) 00:30, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

It simply means that you push down on one key and then slide down the keys to another key, causing all of the ones in the middle to be depressed as you slide past them. -- kainaw™ 01:58, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Like this, but with fingers sliding across the keys, not a body. — Twas Now ( talk • contribs • e-mail ) 10:44, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Glissando is the "musicy" term for a piano slide. Fribbler (talk) 12:07, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

title of 50s/60s sci fi film (probably 50s)

This is on behalf of a friend, who remembers a film from the 60s, set on an outer solar system moon where several humans have been taken by flying saucer, educated telepathically through headsets, to man a fort on this moon to repel an invasion of the Solar System. Can anyone enlighten us? Thanks Adambrowne666 (talk) 05:10, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Could it be This Island Earth? - Joe King (talk) 12:44, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

THE REVOLS

Hello my name is David Marsden. And I have also been Dave Mickie as an entertainer.

A couple of months back I posted the TRUTH about The Fab Four - of which I was the creator and manager...my posting was both truthful and accurate.

For some reason my TRUTH was removed and the inaccurate and perhaps untruthful words were put in it's place. I would like to know why you promote fairy tales?

You will also find my own space on your site...and that information is fairly accurate.

I look forward to your response.

David Marsden --70.53.44.226 (talk) 07:51, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

I don't know exactly what you are talking about, but one basic principle of adding content to Wikipedia articles is that it should be referenced to neutral, independent, verifiable sources. Perhaps your additions were not referenced in this way, in which case they will quickly be reverted by another editor. By the way, the best place to raise this issue is the article's talk page, or the Wikipedia help desk. This page is for general entertainment-related questions. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 07:55, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

He is talking about this, which was probably removed because it sounds like the kind of twattle these entertainment types like to write. Adam Bishop (talk) 12:31, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Editing articles on subjects with whom you have been or are personally involved in real life is strongly discouraged, because of the obvious potential for a diversion from a Neutral Point of View. This is particularly an issue if the post contains no references to published information that was written by someone other than the poster. -- JackofOz (talk) 22:22, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

I want to know the complete history of Nerimon

Nerimon is a big old name on the internet with 26,000 youtube subscribers, most subscribed podcast & basically a successful finger in every pie going. I was therefore suprised when I wanted to chck something about his blogtv channel & found that he doesn't have a wikipedia page. He's got so many fans & I bet he's involved in all sorts of things I don't know about over the internet, but would know & could check out If he had a good wikipedia page. Thanksx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.107.14.210 (talk) 13:20, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

The article was deleted, as it did not meet notability guidelines. To be recreated, these guidelines would have to be met. Fribbler (talk) 13:41, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

800m freestyle times

In World record progression 800 metres freestyle many of the times have a y after them. What does this y mean? -- SGBailey (talk) 15:09, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

I think it means they were over an equivalent distance in yards. - fchd (talk) 16:17, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

In shooting, a y is used to note a "yards" course instead of the standard "meters" course. So, Bailey is most likely correct that the same is used in swimming. -- kainaw™ 16:22, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Of course it would not be exactly "equivalent", just comparable. Presumably it's 880 yards, which is accurately 804.672 m. (So for example Johnny Weissmuller's 10:22.2 would be equivalent in speed terms to a time of 10:18.6 for 800 m.) All these special notations should have footnotes added to explain them, by someone who knows for sure what they means. --Anonymous, h19:m22 zUTC, mAugust d27, y2008.

I've cut and pasted this thread into Talk:World record progression 800 metres freestyle -- SGBailey (talk) 14:12, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

The problem with a lot of record progression lists I've seen is that though they may be touted as "official progressions," often they are not. Though I am more familiar with Track and Field/Athletics, it would seem that we are seeing a similar tendency to convert near-equivalent distances - such as the 440yd/400m and 880yd/800m - into a single progression. Until 1976 in track, many yard records were kept and often a record set in 440y or 880y would be faster than the 400m/800m record - either by the actual recorded time or via a conversion - so statisticians would create progressions which were, they felt, "statistically valid." But, if swimming is anything like track, the governing body themselves don't seem to have an easily accessible progression of their own to reproduce to say once and for all what was "official." It may be the case that the governing body in question ratified the yard record as the metric record, or only as a yard record, even when the year time was superior to the shorter metric record. It's just that those progressions from the governing body is not readily at hand. Other points of confusion are the ever-changing rounding rules, rules on time accuracy, hand-timed vs electronic timed etc... IOW, this is not as clear-cut as one would expect. Canada Jack (talk) 00:52, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Slayer (Christ Illusion)

I looked at the track listing of the Slayer album Christ Illusion and I saw the two HotTopic bonus tracks.

Where can I buy that version of the album with the two HotTopic tracks?

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.239.172.228 (talk) 17:42, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

This German site sells the Special Edition. As does this UK site. What country are you in? Fribbler (talk) 17:51, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Since you mentioned Hot Topic specifically, here's the link to the special edition CD at it's website. Laenir (talk) 17:57, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Pop/rock song with vigorous accordion background

I just remembered a song that was playing on the radio sometime between 2002 and 2005 (approximately). I can't remember the words at all, only that there was a vigorous accordion part in the music. This would be a top-40 type song. -Aly —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.215.227.218 (talk) 21:35, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Is it by Weird Al? -- kainaw™ 12:30, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

No. It played on top-40-type stations, such as FM 102.7 in southern California. -Aly —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.215.227.218 (talk) 02:17, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, your timeframe puts it just past the popularity of Barenaked Ladies, which had accordion, and well past the accordion experimentation by R.E.M.. Without any idea what the topic of the song was, what a couple lyrics were, or if it was a male or female singer, it is difficult to pinpoint. Honestly, it could have been a weird local run of Come On Eileen for some reason. -- kainaw™ 02:26, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

They Might Be Giants? Bradley10 (talk) 12:57, 29 August 2008 (UTC)