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so on that list of dutch performers there was a band called 'the hunters'. some one earlier mentioned Herbie Hancock and the HeadHunters (the newer group has john mayer)
herbie has been around for forever. just throwing that out there. now to fit it to the riddle.......
(freeway was in that list of dutch musicians...he is already heavily rumored...)
I've been trying to make that work...good catch on the "freeway". I can't make sense of the other clues though.
That can work...George Bailey is obviously from It's A Wonderful Life where the angel was named Clarence and Clarence Clemmons is obviously the saxaphonist for Bruce
i'm still sticking with peanut butter wolf for the first one, makes more sense to me than snoop - i see the logic in peter bjorn and john, but i guess its wishful thinking on my part that its PBW and not PB&J.
Post by flanagan13 on Jan 20, 2009 14:50:08 GMT -5
has anyone been checking the myspaces for djjd and that Operator one? I know we've been keeping tabs on the inforoo, zimmy and twitters, but I thought I read a few pages ago about some myspace hints also. I just cant find the links
and I posted on the other thread about it but for clue 2, there was a guy named George A Bayle Jr who started selling the ground peanut paste way back in the day. I just thought it was too big a coincidence that his name looks like 'george bailey' and with the whole peanut connection of clue#1
Post by CarpetFarmer on Jan 20, 2009 15:04:22 GMT -5
could it also be that he calls us bee's ... like in creating the buzzz, like the original clues to find twitter or did I remember wrong?... I guess what I'm saying is that " three more coming at you besok. " mean there are clues or nads coming ok, bees
Post by steveternal on Jan 20, 2009 15:10:36 GMT -5
He makes a point of saying that he sees or doesn't see the answers, indicating that he has seen someone mention the correct answer(s), but not necessarily that they are the popular choices. I'm inclined to think they are, I just wanted to point out that if we go back and look at all the guesses made for each we can just narrow down from those lists.
Post by viciouscircle on Jan 20, 2009 15:12:09 GMT -5
The tweet said he's not looking all the way through. I'm wondering if that means he has been looking in the main thread but not the individual threads. Not every guess has been posted in both this thread and the sub-threads. Something's up with the not looking all the way through.
Post by steveternal on Jan 20, 2009 15:13:56 GMT -5
^^^I hear ya. I don't believe he has yet posted in any of the individual threads, so it's possible he hasn't looked at them or maybe doesn't even know about them, depending on how he's accessing Inforoo.
Post by monkeymonkeyjoyjoy on Jan 20, 2009 15:19:05 GMT -5
Vermin is a term applied to various animal species regarded as pests or nuisances and especially to those associated with the carrying of disease. Since the term is defined in relation to human activities, which species are included will vary from area to area and even person to person. The term itself derives from the Latin vermis, meaning worm, and originally had reference to the vermiform larvae of certain insects, many of which infest foodstuffs.[1]
Disease-carrying rodents and insects are the usual case, but the term is also applied to larger animals, on the basis that they exist out of balance with a desired environment, consuming excessive resources. Pigeons, which have been widely introduced in urban environments, may be considered vermin, or, pejoratively, "flying rats." Some varieties of snake are also referred to as vermin from time to time.
The term is also used as an extremely pejorative characterization of a particular class or group of people as inferior and subhuman, and often considered social parasites. Application of the term can be wide, having been applied over the centuries in different languages, to various groups, and its use is usually based on a perception that the target group's views are "disease-like," or that such groups exist out of sociological balance with the common society.
Just in case anyone needs an information on vermin refresher....it may not just mean an animal or rodent, or even insect vermin....HMMMMMM...?
There's a lot of spec on the other board about Robyn Hitchcock - I take it that must be a dead end.....
Actually, I believe they think that one was correctly guessed as Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus3.
Hmmmm, DJJD seems to point to the fact that 1 and 3 were at least at some point correct, but 2 wasn't.....I don't recall seeing Robyn mentioned in this section, maybe he is not looking at the individual threads?.....RH was the suggested answer to #2 I think....
Actually, I believe they think that one was correctly guessed as Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus3.
Hmmmm, DJJD seems to point to the fact that 1 and 3 were at least at some point correct, but 2 wasn't.....I don't recall seeing Robyn mentioned in this section, maybe he is not looking at the individual threads?.....RH was the suggested answer to #2 I think....
Post by monkeymonkeyjoyjoy on Jan 20, 2009 15:40:02 GMT -5
Hillbrow is the inner city residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is known for its high levels of population density, unemployment, poverty and crime. In the 1970s it was an Apartheid-designated 'whites only' area but soon became a 'grey area', where people of different ethnicities lived together. It acquired a cosmopolitan and politically progressive feel but unfortunately due to poor planning its infrastructure could not cope with the rapid population growth. This, together with lack of investment and increase of black population led to an eflux of middle class residents in the 1980s and the decay of major buildings, leaving in its wake an urban slum by the 1990s. Today the majority of the residents are migrants from the townships, rural areas and the rest of Africa (particularly Nigeria), many living in abject poverty. An urban regeneration programme is underway. There are street markets, mainly used by local residents, and the Johannesburg Art Gallery contains work by major local artists including William Kentridge.
Here's more...this may all be for nothing, but information can't be bad...and in case this hasn't been posted yet!