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He's a good guy, Mr. King. I can tell because I'm good at judging people's characters. He will get a bit stroppy if he thinks someone's having a go at him though, I think. I want to look at the documentary in full. Not because it will enlighten me but I'm interested. If I was in his position, I couldn't have a website like this because I'd be looking at what people said about me all the time and then getting angry and inventing people to log on and then venting my spleen.
 
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Mr. Cranky said:
He's a good guy, Mr. King. I can tell because I'm good at judging people's characters. He will get a bit stroppy if he thinks someone's having a go at him though, I think. I want to look at the documentary in full. Not because it will enlighten me but I'm interested. If I was in his position, I couldn't have a website like this because I'd be looking at what people said about me all the time and then getting angry and inventing people to log on and then venting my spleen.
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Is this an Australian colloquialism? Does it mean perturbed? Irritated?
 
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Doc Creed said:
Is this an Australian colloquialism? Does it mean perturbed? Irritated?
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Yes, a bit stroppy means like, Irritated, like your trying to take the Mickey out of them. It's something that might make you a bit angry and then you forget about it, but if they keep on doing it, then you know they are ( now I can't remember the term). A lot of these sayings are going out of use. My mother used to say a lot of these sayings.
 
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All This Mayhem

About skateboarders Ben and Tas Pappas who at one time, totally dominated the skateboarding scene, besting Tony Hawk many times.

It is the same old story -- poor kids, make it good, become famous and make money, start doing drugs -- and then the world crashes down on them. One of them murdering his girlfriend and then killing himself.

I think the skateboarding scene was young kids being taken advantage of my corporate sponsors and X game people making huge money on their talent. And it didn't trickle down to the extent it should have. There should have been more child advocates in this sport to make sure these kids weren't being exploited. Hopefully today, the scene is better.
 
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Janis: American Masters

This is a very good doc on Janis Joplin. Poignant. Just so much information and so many personal insights from those around her.

Please don't use heroin.
 
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Dana Jean said:
Janis: American Masters

This is a very good doc on Janis Joplin. Poignant. Just so much information and so many personal insights from those around her.

Please don't use heroin.
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One of the best voices ever, no doubt about it. Girl had some pipes, for sure. A very talented woman from Texas.
 
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ghost19 said:
One of the best voices ever, no doubt about it. Girl had some pipes, for sure. A very talented woman from Texas.
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....the only voice I've ever heard that had near the same amount of gravel in it, is Melissa Etheridge.....but NO-ONE could out sqwaul Pearl when she got into it....lungs of leather and man she could just punch you in the throat with that voice....she's one of my all time favorite ladies of rock.....
 
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....the only voice I've ever heard that had near the same amount of gravel in it, is Melissa Etheridge.....but NO-ONE could out sqwaul Pearl when she got into it....lungs of leather and man she could just punch you in the throat with that voice....she's one of my all time favorite ladies of rock.....
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Well put and absolutely true sir. She could belt it out with the best of them. Her and Jim Morrison, two of the best roadhouse voices I've ever heard.
 
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LOL, exactly. One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer, and a pack of Marlboros for the gentleman from Ohio please, Lloyd. :)
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And she was a feminist, that the feminists would trash! WTH? She was sexually free, and very strong, spoke her mind. But, there was a very raw vulnerability that would pop up every now and then.. There were times she was so unsure, self esteem nil. She listened to critics and it hurt her. Sometimes.

Part of the documentary showed her going back to her 10 year class reunion. That was one of the saddest things I've seen in this type of documentary. She was an outcast in high school. I'm sure she was bullied. And the reunion, it was all about her, paparazzi all over the place, focused on her. But I don't think her triumphant return gave her the feelings she had hoped to get. It left her sad. I was sad for her. The reunion was awkward to say the least.

Ultimately, she just wanted her family proud of her. She wrote a lot of letters to her family, she loved them. But, they were from a different era -- she tried to understand them, they tried to understand her. No matter how famous she got, she kept right on apologizing to her family right to the end that she let them down. That she wasn't the daughter they wanted.
 
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Dana Jean said:
And she was a feminist, that the feminists would trash! WTH? She was sexually free, and very strong, spoke her mind. But, there was a very raw vulnerability that would pop up every now and then.. There were times she was so unsure, self esteem nil. She listened to critics and it hurt her. Sometimes.

Part of the documentary showed her going back to her 10 year class reunion. That was one of the saddest things I've seen in this type of documentary. She was an outcast in high school. I'm sure she was bullied. And the reunion, it was all about her, paparazzi all over the place, focused on her. But I don't think her triumphant return gave her the feelings she had hoped to get. It left her sad. I was sad for her. The reunion was awkward to say the least.

Ultimately, she just wanted her family proud of her. She wrote a lot of letters to her family, she loved them. But, they were from a different era -- she tried to understand them, they tried to understand her. No matter how famous she got, she kept right on apologizing to her family right to the end that she let them down. That she wasn't the daughter they wanted.
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....all of this.....there was a very tender hearted lady under the chapped hide and braying laugh......
 
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Dana Jean said:
And she was a feminist, that the feminists would trash! WTH? She was sexually free, and very strong, spoke her mind. But, there was a very raw vulnerability that would pop up every now and then.. There were times she was so unsure, self esteem nil. She listened to critics and it hurt her. Sometimes.

Part of the documentary showed her going back to her 10 year class reunion. That was one of the saddest things I've seen in this type of documentary. She was an outcast in high school. I'm sure she was bullied. And the reunion, it was all about her, paparazzi all over the place, focused on her. But I don't think her triumphant return gave her the feelings she had hoped to get. It left her sad. I was sad for her. The reunion was awkward to say the least.

Ultimately, she just wanted her family proud of her. She wrote a lot of letters to her family, she loved them. But, they were from a different era -- she tried to understand them, they tried to understand her. No matter how famous she got, she kept right on apologizing to her family right to the end that she let them down. That she wasn't the daughter they wanted.
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Where did you see this, Dana?

Edit - sorry PBS American Masters. doh
 
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