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Points: 3013 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2004 at 14:36
Jack Black is my hero
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Points: 5187 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2004 at 14:38

Originally posted by Useful_Idiot Useful_Idiot wrote:

Jack Black is my hero

He was great in the Stranglers, too.Smile



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Points: 169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2004 at 14:41
Awesome movie...haven't seen it in quite some time.
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Points: 12812 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2004 at 12:39
Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

Originally posted by Useful_Idiot Useful_Idiot wrote:

Jack Black is my hero

He was great in the Stranglers, too.Smile

 Jet Black - but he was also in the Shadows................
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I liked the movie, although the author (can't remember his name, although I've read a couple of his books) is a bit harsh towards prog...
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Points: 2779 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 14 2004 at 06:02

Good film. Bit miffed that it got moved to an American setting but hey, money talks and authenticity walks...
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Points: 1298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 14 2004 at 22:17
In School of Rock, Jack Black gives the drummer a copy of Rush's 2112 and tells him to "study up" on peart. 
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Originally posted by Sweetnighter Sweetnighter wrote:

In School of Rock, Jack Black gives the drummer a copy of Rush's 2112 and tells him to "study up" on peart. 

And a copy of Fragile to the keyboardist... who later appears at the final concert with a cape!. Talk about perverting the youth...
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Points: 1261 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2004 at 14:10
The book is also excellent.
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Points: 5187 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2004 at 14:13

Originally posted by Useful_Idiot Useful_Idiot wrote:

Jack Black is my hero

During the film he walks into the store "humming" or screeching Jacob's Ladder

http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/references/HighFidelity.mp3

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Points: 1298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 16 2004 at 00:21
yea wow... i don't know who ever identified that as jacob's ladder... i listened to that clip four or five times and listened to the actual song... you can hardly tell.
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Points: 5187 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 16 2004 at 10:32

Originally posted by Sweetnighter Sweetnighter wrote:

yea wow... i don't know who ever identified that as jacob's ladder... i listened to that clip four or five times and listened to the actual song... you can hardly tell.

Then you are deaf Streetfighter LOL

it is the bit of the song where Aex goes into his really high solo piece.

 



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