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June 29

NCAA Football 11

I live in the UK and I own a PS3. My TV is a Samsung 19 inch, or to be precise, it a LE19B450. I'm thinking of getting NCAA football 11 for the PS3, even though It's only released in America - I live near a games shop who are able to import games. I just want to ask: Will this game work on my PS3, and will my TV be able to get a picture? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.219.118.101 (talk) 11:00, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Don't know about the importing question, but if your PS3 can be hooked up to and work with the TV, then it will still work if it plays an imported game. The trick is figuring out whether it can play that imported game. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 12:49, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Our Regional lockout article claims that PS3 games are not region locked, though blu-ray content can be region locked and so can online play; so you probably won't be able to play online. (It's for the best, anyway. All your opponents would have a 1000ms ping time.) If the article is correct then the game will probably play, since your TV is a 720p TV and there's no worrying about whether EA decided to take the effort to support PAL video. But I recommend e-mailing EA support and asking them. Comet Tuttle (talk) 18:07, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mustaine joins Metallica?

The official Megadeth site says it was in 1982 but our article says 1981. Which is correct? Ericoides (talk) 13:56, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Which article of ours do you mean? Our Metallica article says the band started in October 1981, but omits the date Mustaine joined, as far as I can see. Comet Tuttle (talk) 17:05, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sorry. The Dave Mustaine one, which says "In 1981, Mustaine left Panic to join Metallica as the lead guitarist." Most sources on the web support this, apart from the place one might imagine would be precise and reliable, viz the Megadeth site. Ericoides (talk) 21:24, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Haven't got it yet. Sound of the Beast goes into detail starting on page 59, but unfortunately Google Books omits the next few pages. (Of course, info printed in a book is arguably not more reliable than info in a blog post, if there are no references in either.) Comet Tuttle (talk) 00:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here's one printed source that says Mustaine joined in 1982: "Metallica: this monster lives", page 122. Here's the Google Books link. Comet Tuttle (talk) 18:54, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

According to Martin C. Strong's The Great Metal Discography, Mustaine joined in January 1982. This doesn't necessarily mean he couldn't have left Panic in 1981.--Michig (talk) 19:02, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"The Last Waltz"

The famous 1976 farewell concert of The Band, The Last Waltz, features a host of guest performers such as Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell etc. etc. Did these guests get together and rehearse with The Band prior to the concert, or were the performances unrehearsed? --Viennese Waltz ^talk 14:29, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The remastered four-disc box includes a few recordings of rehearsals for the concert ("Caravan" with Van Morrison, e.g.). It seems as though at least some of the guest artists rehearsed with The Band (but I don't know whether all of them did). ---Sluzzelin talk 15:17, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They likely all did. Professional musicians usually don't need a lot of rehearsal, but they likely all did at least a few songs during "sound check". The people running the sound system need to be able to correctly mix the sound, so there's usually a brief rehearsal a few hours before a show. Generally, every instrument gets tested in a full-band setting at least once during a sound check, so there would have been an opportunity to do it then. No proof that soem of the musicians didn't perform "cold", but under standard practices they generally would have had at least some opportunity to rehearse. --Jayron32 14:18, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Identify brass band piece?

Can anybody help me by identifying the piece played by the brass band in this YouTube video? It's an upbeat one, begins at 05:18 :) ╟─Treasury Tag►sundries─╢ 16:54, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't ring a bell, sorry. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:59, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, very good...! ╟─Treasury Tag►without portfolio─╢ 20:35, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But seriously, not one I recognized. You could listen to www.brasscast.com for a while and see if it comes around on one of the podcasts...--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 03:06, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Or you could try contacting the Holme Silver Band who are playing it. --188.222.58.219 (talk) 08:46, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I don't know this march, but I will point out that the first four bars strongly reminded of the German folk song "Die schöne Agnina" (aka "Es wollt' ein Nickelmann freien gehn"). Here is a score. It's not the same key, or melody, or rhythm, but the similarities are still striking enough for me to post this here. Not that I expect this to help, and I think 188.222 's suggestion sounds most promising. Here is their website. ---Sluzzelin talk 17:05, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Congo Mama - Shebeleza

What is the meaning of the South African song Congo Mama - Shebeleza? According to the Youtube comments the lyrics are:

Ha i-Congo mame, Congo,

Congo mama.

Hayi bathi shebeleza njalo mama

ekuseni mama

entambama.

The singer that made it popular seems to be Joe Mafela. So what does it talk about? What is the language? Is it a folk song? --Error (talk) 17:14, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It is apparently Zulu. If it is actually Zulu, it appears to literally say: Hey, Congo mother. Congo mother. Hey, say Shebeleza is the mother. Morning mother. Afternoon. Translated in normal English, it would be more like: Hey, Congo mother. Shebeleza is the Congo mother all day. If it is not Zulu, then that translation will be off by a lot. -- kainaw ™ 17:30, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. What is Shebeleza then? Google finds some Doc Shebeleza, but I hoped it had some common meaning. --Error (talk) 17:39, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It is a family name, like Smith. It may mean something, but it is not a common word. I don't see it in any Zulu dictionaries (or anything of similar spelling or phonetic pronunciation). -- kainaw ™ 12:34, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Film title Needed

I am trying to recall the title of a film. It isn't modern - 1980s or earlier, I think. It is a classic Western setting and the plot revolves around a man hired as a sort of watchman over an old disused mine. Somehow a young girl who we believe to be his daughter enters the plot and she seduces him. There is a trial for incest and he gets off when it is somehow proved that she is not, actually his daughter.

That is all I can remember. Can anyone help? Gurumaister (talk)

Sounds like Butterfly, starring the ineffable Pia Zadora. Deor (talk) 19:39, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Ineffable" meaning, of course, "unspeakable". +An gr 19:54, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Though in the context of this film, it could mean something else :-) . 87.81.230.195 (talk) 20:50, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pia originally made a splash by appearing in public at the appropriately-named Cannes Film Festival[1] which led to a huge amount of scorn and ridicule. She has done better than a singer than as an actress. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:50, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Clicks Bugs's link... Eewww!! Eye bleach! Eye bleach! +An gr 14:59, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]