Shell

7...i never thought of an author as an entertainer but i noticed you have that on your list above (post#116)...so is she an author?

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Jetée

7) not necessarily (though the person in question's profession 99.4% of the time would never be regarded as an "author", she does often creatively write in order to further the calling.)

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BadNick

8) is she an American? ...either born in America or now a naturalized American?

Jetée

8) yes. (to either/or, whichever eases thy mind in knowing I am associated as an American-native.)



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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

uncle phil

9. singer?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Jetée

9) yes. (I'm glad my clues are of use to you, or... was that just a stab in the dark?)

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

uncle phil

10. under 30?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Jetée

10) no. (but when I fell in love with her, she was well under 30.)

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

BadNick

11) Linda Ronstadt?

Punk.of.Ages

12. Is she a blonde?

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"Punk rock music is great music played by really bad, drunk musicians." -Fat Mike

Jetée

11) no. (is this parenthentical pondering growing weary, or does it actually help?)

12) no. (and I am near certain that she has never appeared as a blonde at any point in her career)

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

BadNick

(I like parenthetical exposition)

13) Joan Baez?

Jetée

13) no (you might be confusing how old I really am, Nick; that or I'm really bad at subtraction; plus, Golly. Linda Ronstadt was quite the lovely bird.)

post-script:
when I said "well" under 30, she was just a few months shy of turning 30 when I encountered her portfolio. Turns out I really do blow at math.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

BadNick

14) Patti Smith (I was not doing the math, Jet. Maybe I should)

Jetée

14) no. (Math is overrated, and I can see why most instances of its applications are eschewed in common board messaging; magnification of such, as illustrated by this example.)

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

uncle phil

15. cher?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

16. PJ Harvey?

Jetée

no and no

I'm going to consult Baraka's original process to see if I should give a clue at this point: I may be back, so don't guess yet.

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guess you are on your own

Four more attempts!

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

uncle phil

17. melissa etheridge?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Leto

Janis?

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You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey
And I never saw someone say that before
You held my hand and we walked home the long way
You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr

http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Leto_Atreides_I

BadNick

Lisa Loeb? ....hot & nerdy!

Jetée

no, no, no.

one more question left

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

ring

Joan Jett?

Jetée

20) no.


Alright that's 20 questions, more or less, rattled off. I've decided to treat this as I played 20 questions when I was younger; after 20 different proposed questions were issued to try to reveal certain characteristics, there was also allowed not questions but overtime guesses to identify the person/thing in question.

So, if only for my round, don't feel pressured to try it later on only because I set a precedent, I will allow an extra final five guesses in order to ascertain my personage.
The only thing that is absolute is that you only get one guess, so if you guess wrong, you have used up your one guess and must wait to see if any of the four players got their guess right.

Now, which living American musician am I?

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

Leto

damn, I thought LL was Canadian.... nerdy & hot alright.

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You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey
And I never saw someone say that before
You held my hand and we walked home the long way
You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr

http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Leto_Atreides_I

Jetée

I had to make sure she was American, too.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

Leto

I'll go with Pink.
(I always do!)

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You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey
And I never saw someone say that before
You held my hand and we walked home the long way
You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr

http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Leto_Atreides_I

Jetée

was that your one guess, Leto?

Pink is incorrect, but along the lines of Lisa Loeb (and Cher to a minute extent), you're getting closer in supposing an artist who has produced works within the past decade.

Four more people can guess, then the round ends.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

uncle phil

pat benatar (on the comeback trail...)?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Punk.of.Ages

Sheryl Crow?

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"The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion..." - Henry Steel Commager

"Punk rock music is great music played by really bad, drunk musicians." -Fat Mike

Jetée

unclephil - no.

Punk.of.Ages - no.


Just two lonely assumptions left, friends.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

Shell

...madonna? (also an author...her book "Sex" sold one and a half million copies in 6 months)

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Jetée

Shell - no.


Looks as though BadNick may have the last guess, but that doesn't mean he'll be right.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

uncle phil

wasn't he right once? maybe?

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

lay off, buddy! and get ready for some huge wisdom with my final, and correct, guess:

Are you Tori Amos?

Jetée

BadNick - no.

Well, so ends this round without a definite winner as well. I'll be back with the answer and a way to break the tie later.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

BadNick

Jetée

I wonder if this would've sparked anything at all had I posted it:


Beside the above, my intention and mindest from the start was centered around two musicians. Right before the round started, I flipped a coin, it came up tails, and thus I went with the female counterpart of my dual choice: Chan Marshall. (Had it been heads, you all would have been tying to guess Damon Albarn.) What was surprising about this round was that no further intimate guesses were offered after I revealed that the artist was American; I thought there could have been more prodding questions like "was she born in a southern state?" or "Is her genre R&B?", things of that nature.



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post-script:

As soon as I find a coin in this barren house of mine, I'll choose my successor.

Heads - Punk.of.Ages

Tails - ring

Best two out of three will be declared the new , and free to start the new round of questioning and complementary guessing.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

BadNick

Jetée,
she looks hot, though she seems a bit undernourished by my portly standards; but I never heard of her. Reading your info about her makes me want to explore her musical works soon. I just searched her name and Cat Power on my favorite radio station WXPN 88.5 FM :: Public Radio from the University of Pennsylvania and they have presented her to the listeners but I missed it.

Jetée

Well to elaborate, she used to abuse achohol and is defined as a bit "crazy" due to how she used to play and stop and talk and rant during her live shows.

I have one of her live shows when she played at La Cigale Paris, and she uttered no less than a dozen apologies and "I'm sorry's" during the performance. It was phenomenal, but a bit awkward. I've read in interviews that she is notoriously shy on stage as well, and combined with her perfectionism, past substance abuse, and overall aloof demeanor, it was a bit of a grating expereince to see her play live before the new millenium.

I've posted a few tidbits and samplings of her music throughout the forum, so if you are so inclined, you can search those out. She has a very smooth voice that loves to cover old style songs, as well as creating her own original music throughout the span of her career. I praise her "You Are Free" album as her best commercial success thus far, but her debut in "Dear Sir" gives you a real glimpse of the eclectic nature her music portrays.


By the way, I chose my possible successors of Punk & ring because they're guesses were the closest in genre to Cat Power, which is more of a bluesy, folk rock vibe. I flipped a coin 3 Times, and it came up tails, heads, tails.

Seems the uncanny synchronism will always rule over me.

ring, you are Free to roll.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi