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Post by BonnarooDetective on Jan 16, 2009 22:41:43 GMT -5
Back from work . . . I've been mulling it over and I really don't know where to go with this one. Peter, Bjorn and John would have been my best guess, but it doesn't seem like that is right (also, it seems to easy).
On a somewhat related note, I will now be exalting viciouscircle every chance I get because she has immortalized me in her signature. I'm temporarily famous (again)!
Post by viciouscircle on Jan 16, 2009 22:45:25 GMT -5
Yay!!! Thanks Detective!
Another thing you can take a big gulp out of is a Samovar. Salt and Samovar works, to me, going with the subjects of both parts of the clue combined (both are salty) and a Samovar being something you can get a drink from. But I don't know if they are big enough. But they should be, because they are fantastic. Check them out if you like - kind of Americana, kind of psychedelic... profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=3933388
Not sure on how the second half of the clue would fit, but peanut can be synonyms with small or little. First thing i thought of were bands with small or little in their name.
Maybe someone can help build off the small/little idea.
Not sure on how the second half of the clue would fit, but peanut can be synonyms with small or little. First thing i thought of were bands with small or little in their name.
Maybe someone can help build off the small/little idea.
Hmm well there is little joy (fabrizio moretti, drummer for the strokes other band, based in Los Angeles) little boots (who was rated as BBCS top sound of 09 whatever that means, from Blackpool England which is on the west coast of Britain.)
Post by plasticpepper on Jan 16, 2009 23:04:52 GMT -5
Wowwww. Good news: I'm famous, and the hockey team I follow won the game tonight. Bad news: This thread dissolved into an argument, calmed down for a while, and then dissolved into the same argument again.
Guys. This is the first time I've EVER seen any real amount of antagonism on the boards that didn't blow over immediately. And I might regret this, because it'll probably just start the argument again, but it really makes me sad so I want to weigh in. In the interest of trying not to make people mad again let me preface it with this: I have nothing against anybody here, there's nobody I want out of the thread, and I really, really don't want to offend anyone with this.
But guys, this is not helping anything, it's making this less fun, and it's very un-Inforoo-like. So... To the "newbies" (or the people who haven't posted as much, or the people who didn't do the whole clue thing last year, or whatever): It's NOT that we don't want you here, or anything like that. We do! Really! But you should know that insults and smiting and that sort of stuff is considered very bad form here. And I don't mean to imply that the newbies are the only ones at fault, it's just that Inforoo is (usually) a much nicer place than a lot of message boards, and I get the feeling some people who are new here just honestly didn't realize that the insults don't fly here.
And to everyone: Please, PLEASE, read through the posts before you go throwing out guesses. I had hoped that my website might help with that problem, and quite frankly I seem to have completely failed at that. I'm sorry, I really am. So yeah, we're all pretty much going to need to read through everything. It's not as bad as you think. I've been doing it all along, both years, and plenty of other people have too, and I can promise you it's not a big deal. I read through the 8 pages I missed while I was at the hockey game in...oh, around 20 minutes? And it's fairly enjoyable seeing what people come up with, which is why we're all in here in the first place. Yes, things are always going to get repeated. But you can see how quickly the thread blows up. If you come back and there's 10 pages you haven't read, and you think maybe you'll post without reading them, just remember: your post is only making everything longer, and if you're saying something that was already mentioned, you're making it longer for no reason other than the fact that you didn't want to spend a few minutes catching up.
And finally, I've been feeling sort of bad about one or two of my earlier posts, because I think I was sort of unintentionally snippy just because I was stung by some things that were directed by me. So I sincerely apologize to anyone I offended or bothered. And I also apologize to anyone who doesn't like this post. I promise I'm not trying to accuse or scold or yell at or offend anyone with this, but we all know how the internet is, and I'm sure I've probably worded something poorly or said something that someone will take exception to, so again, I'm sorry. Really.
Phew. Okay. I'm done. *climbs off soapbox* Thank you all for being so excited about this that you got me mentioned by FREAKING MTV! How awesome is that?!
Post by viciouscircle on Jan 16, 2009 23:25:50 GMT -5
;DPepper, you really have a great way of saying things without making them come across mean. And your web page is a great tool for everybody and you most certainly have NOT failed at helping with the redundant posting problem. People just may sometimes need to be a little patient and accepting of the fact that you can't always be at your computer updating everything.
Especially now that you're famous and will be interrupted for autographs and interviews and such. ;D
OK I just read this entire thread(that's a couple hours of my life I will never get back). I'm thinking Robin Williams best fits the riddle. The first has been discussed, but no one has mentioned that Williams is from the San Francisco bay area.
I really don't think this is the answer. It's just the guess that fits best(but not perfectly).
***edit*** If we get this much response for every clue, this thread is going to be a huge clusterf***.
Post by plasticpepper on Jan 16, 2009 23:31:34 GMT -5
Hmm, I still think we're thinking too hard about the first half of this. If you ask me, the first half is peanut butter or peanuts, and that's it. I don't see how it could NOT be, honestly. We just need to somehow put that together with the second half and work a little hocus pocus until it leads us to a band, but I think we're off track with all this geography and comedy roasts and stuff.
Post by viciouscircle on Jan 16, 2009 23:40:38 GMT -5
The only way I can think of to connect both parts of the clue is the salty thing - both peanut butter and ocean sprays are salty/cause thirst, and structurally the clue seems like it could be leading to that. But I can't think of any bands with thirst or any similar word in their names. Except for Salt & Samovar, who aren't from a westward bay, and who noone has really heard of, probably.
I agree completely that it s either something to do with peanut butter or peanuts but i feel like it just needs to go one step further but i just cant come up with anything directly related to peanut butter one thought was peter pan peanut butter is based out of sylvester, GA but didnt get anywhere???
Post by nodepression on Jan 16, 2009 23:44:26 GMT -5
Thinking about peanuts getting beat to a pulp, maybe an animal that eats them...like elephants. The White Stripes have a record called Elephant, there's Elephant Six records out of Athens GA with former bands Neutral Milk Hotel and Of Montreal.
Post by experiencehaze on Jan 16, 2009 23:50:42 GMT -5
OK, just to look at the clue differently. What if "gulp" doesn't mean to drink but to swallow, as in when in fear. So maybe "the ocean spray from a westward bay invites you to take a big gulp." Out of fear.
Since we have gone pages without any sort of breakthrough I thought we should try something different.
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Post by waitingfornextyear on Jan 16, 2009 23:58:01 GMT -5
west⋅ward /ˈwɛstwərd/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [west-werd] Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective 1. moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west: a westward migration of farm workers.
I couldn't help but notice in this definition of westward, it says facing or situated toward the west. I know some others have posted that we might not be talking about the west coast of the US, but this might reincarnate the idea for discussion. Thoughts?
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Post by plasticpepper on Jan 16, 2009 23:58:56 GMT -5
I am staring and staring at this clue without getting anywhere.
What about Cranberry Bay in Minnesota? It happens to be in St. Louis county, if that helps. I guess the midwest could count as westward.
And on that note, why "westward" rather than "western"? I'm always suspicious of unusual wordings in riddles since they're so often significant. I've been plugging bits of this into anagram generators with no luck (unless you count "wayward bets" as luck, haha).
I'm not seeing where any of this leads anywhere, but I figured I'd throw it out there in case it sparked something for someone else.
Edit: Haha, looks like I sort of got beat to the punch in bringing up "westward" while I was busy anagramming.
OK, just to look at the clue differently. What if "gulp" doesn't mean to drink but to swallow, as in when in fear. So maybe "the ocean spray from a westward bay invites you to take a big gulp." Out of fear.
Since we have gone pages without any sort of breakthrough I thought we should try something different.
Based off that alone, the first thing I thought of was Arcade Fire. "Stop now before it's too late Been eating in the ghetto on a hundred dollar plate Nothing lasts forever That's the way it's gotta be There's a great black wave in the middle of the sea For me For you For me It's always for you"
Highly doubt thats it though.
As far as the "Peanut" part goes, is there any connections we can make with the Peanuts comic strip perhaps?
Post by viciouscircle on Jan 17, 2009 0:02:50 GMT -5
It happened right before you posted. And all this unresolved clue (non)solving is making me paranoid!
I agree with the word "westward" being an odd choice. Which way is a bay facing, anyway? Would that be toward the side of land? In which case it would be on the eastern coast of whatever continent, not the western coast?
Post by TheArgonauts on Jan 17, 2009 0:03:28 GMT -5
Food for thought: - Random thought #1 --- Peter Pan is also a famous statue. Most famously known in Kensington Gardens, London. From what I gather, the famed Royal Albert Hall is part of or on the outskirts of these gardens...Perhaps some sort of "western bay" band that played a big show there?
- A complete 180 from the above theory --- Peter Pan is, as we all know, a peanut butter brand. At one time, the big shot in the PB world until they were beaten to a pulp by Skippy (from Cali) and later Jif(Kentucky) outsells both of them...Any "western bay" band connections to Skippy or Jif?
- Thirdly, this clue rhymes too well for all of the main focus to be on all the rhyming words/phrases. May I suggest that the importance is either Pulp or Gulp but not both combined...or ocean spray is nothing more than a rhyme for western bay. It just seems too ironical that the DJ were able to properly rhyme clues without use of some nonsensical words.
this is why this thread is so long. Not to be an a-hole, just pointing it out.
A random guess though. Hot Buttered Rum.
"roast" could refer to it being hot. "peter pan" etc. leads to peanut butter and then to buttered. Rum from a "big gulp" and "westward bay" because I thought of Pirates of the Caribbean.
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This takes a different direction than most people are taking and ignores some parts of the cloo but then again some herrings are red.
Peter Pan had a good roast before he was beat to a pulp and the ocean spray from a westward bay invites you to take a big gulp
This is my theory the "roast" is a CHUCK roast. "Ocean spray from the westward bay that invites you to take a gulp" is refering to the company founded and based in Massachusetts AKA the bay state which is famous its cranBERRY juice.
Chuck Berry!
The only connection I can make with peanuts is that both CHuck Berry and George Washington Carver are from Missouri. Chuck Berry stills plays about one show a month in St. Louis and he played Virgin Fest last year.
To add to this, Peanuts main character was Charlie Brown, which is the same initials as Chuck Berry. Also, Chuck Berry's last single released was California, a quintessential Western state.
Post by plasticpepper on Jan 17, 2009 0:10:32 GMT -5
Hmm, Hot Buttered Rum sounds reasonable. It's a possibility.
And I would say a bay "faces" the ocean. But..hmm. Is a westward bay the same as a west-facing bay? I guess it COULD be. Or a...west-moving bay? Is there any other interpretation of the word bay besides a body of water?
Post by ParanoidAntelope on Jan 17, 2009 0:15:11 GMT -5
^^ a bay is a body of water surrounded on 3 sides by land...so im guessing...whichever way the mouth of the bay opens is the direction it "faces"...but even if it opens to the west...im not sure that makes it westward??
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I like the idea that "peanuts" and "ocean spray" are both salty... but peanut butter also sweet. I did a little researching and found a band called "Bitter:Sweet" I don't know much about this band, but they do have a popular song called "Salty Air" which goes with the "ocean spray" part of the clue.
According to last.fm, Bitter:Sweet is an electronic/trip-hop duo with jazz-like qualities from Los Angeles. The band is comprised of Shana Halligan, who provides vocals and lyrics and composes the songs, and Kiran Shahani, who produces and composes the songs. They are often compared to, or appeal to, fans of Zero 7, Morcheeba, Björk, Portishead, Everything But the Girl, and Serge Gainsbourg.
They are an up and coming band and currently on tour. They recently played at the LA Weekly Detour Music festival in LA with bands like The Mars Volta, cut copy, Gogol Bordello...
im sure this is a complete long shot but i thought it was interesting enough to post about.
Post by plasticpepper on Jan 17, 2009 0:29:47 GMT -5
Iiiinteresting! Good thinking, cupcake. There's more we could do with the word "bittersweet" too if that seems like a possible direction. I'd say bitter is the way to describe cranberry juice, and sweet sounds right for peanut butter....hmmmm.
Also, it might be worth remembering that there's no reason we have to use every part of a clue to get to the answer. Once again I'm thinking of the Ben Folds clue from last year - there were definitely extra bits in there that were just red herrings, in a way. So something like this - if we come up with an answer that sounds right that doesn't really use the westward bit or the big gulp bit or something....that doesn't necessarily mean it couldn't be right.
another definition for bay is: bay Noun 1. a deep howl of a hound or wolf
This could mean someone who "howls" (sings) from the west and with the whole peanuts and snoopy connection which really i know its been said but snoopy = snoop and bay as a deep howl from a hound = dogg