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August 22

Episodes of CHiPs that took place in Compton and Watts.

I grew up watching this show. However, when I later studied the subculture of Gangland L.A., the Bloods, Crips, and etc., I wanted to find which episodes of CHiPs took place in those two gang-infested suburbs of LA, given that this show took place in the entire L.A. basin.

Therefore, which episodes of CHiPs take place in any gang-infested area of L.A., and do we get to see any such gang-member interact with the main characters? --70.179.163.168 (talk) 01:43, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'd hazard a guess that a trip to the old specialist wiki for CHiPs is your best bet - you can find these rather obsessed chaps at http://www.chips-tv.com/wiki/Main_Page. Good luck finding what you want old boy! Quintessential British Gentleman (talk) 18:02, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Was that a major concern in the 1970s? And would the highway patrol have any jurisdiction over areas like that? Adam Bishop (talk) 07:30, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't assume that the CHiPs writers placed any high-value on jurisdictional issues. --LarryMac | Talk 12:32, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ARKHAM CITY (VIDEO GAME TO BE RELEASED SOON)

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS(APPROX.) OF THIS GAME AS WELL AS THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE GRAPHICS AND SOFTWARES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

≈≈≈≈ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.180.66.134 (talk) 10:42, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I guess the official requirements aren't released yet, but this site gives some predictions. Staecker (talk) 12:00, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I say old boy would you mind awfully not posting in ALL CAPS - it comes across like you're shouting. Thanks! Quintessential British Gentleman (talk) 17:58, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Did Stevie Ray Vaughan ever play at Tufts University (College) in Medford, MA? If so when. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.48.166.146 (talk) 15:16, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I added a section header to this question. Comet Tuttle (talk) 16:39, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, which google told me in less time than it took to type this response. See the first link here, which is this setlist from April 30, 1988. --Jayron32 22:25, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dark Reign

I have recently seen an issue of the Dark Reign crossover of Marvel Comics, one of the series "The List". The Avengers were discussing what to do with Norman Osbourne; Ronin proposes to kill him and insist in comparing him with Hitler. At one point he raises the classic moral question of whenever it would be right to go back in time and kill Hitler before he gets to power... and Captain America (Bucky, not Steve Rogers) says that he had killed Hitler once. Eeehhh... when did that happen? Which comic and issue? That sounds as something interesting. Cambalachero (talk) 20:47, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This very issue is mentioned, albeit elliptically IMO, at the TVTropes "Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act" page. (You have to click a button mid-page to open all folders to read the tropes.) Comet Tuttle (talk) 22:28, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

SALES

In the list of best selling artists of all time Paul McCartney appears with 100 million records. Is this Including Wings? Wings is part of Paul McCartney's solo career. It was his touring and recording band in the 70's.It wasn't a band like the beatles. Paul McCartney just wanted to give credit to his recording band so he named it wings. But I think it should be included in Paul McCartney's solo sales. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshespinocho (talk • contribs) 23:33, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As much as we would like to believe that, the band existed and was called Wings, even if he did most of the heavy lifting. That said, Denny Laine wasn't quite a nobody; he was an original Moody Blue. Therefore, not solo. Mingmingla (talk) 01:02, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And to the point, Wings was a fairly cohesive band; there was some turnover from time to time, but it wasn't like he brought in a new bunch of musicians for every album. There have been other bands (c.f. The Lemonheads, Steely Dan, Five for Fighting) which were really just names for one or two people and which were mostly a revolving door of session musicians. Paul McCartney did do solo projects before, after, and alongside of Wings to add credence to the idea that the Wings project was always intended to be a band and not just a front for McCartney's solo career. --Jayron32 02:54, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't the Jimi Hendrix Experience the same kind of thing? It was a band, and some of the members were accomplished in their own right (and had much less turnover than The Wings as I recall), but it was really just Jimi Hendrix's back-up band when you get down to it. Quinn ^{❀ BEAUTIFUL DAY} 03:20, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, really, where is the line. How do you distinguish between a "real band" and a "backing band for a singer". I mean, by your logic I can claim that AC/DC has been the backing band (successively) for Bon Scott and Brian Johnson. Sometimes the band has the singers name in it (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers); sometimes it has the name of another member of the band (The J. Geils Band); sometimes it has no one's name in it. None of that makes it not a band. The Jimi Hendrix Experience was the same three musicians for its entire lifespan, that's pretty much a cohesive band as far as I can tell. --Jayron32 03:28, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]