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I was actually just thinking about the first clue, so I figured I'd preface what I'm about to say with this, as not to be confused with speaking about the second clue. Because I'm not.
"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."
A good roast = HOT
ocean spray = cranberries = RED
from a westward bay = California
invites you to take a big gulp = Chili Peppers would make you take a big gulp.
I really don't have an answer for the Peter Pan connection though. Sorry if anyone mentioned RHCP before me and it was dismissed for some reason.
I was actually just thinking about the first clue, so I figured I'd preface what I'm about to say with this, as not to be confused with speaking about the second clue. Because I'm not.
"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."
A good roast = HOT
ocean spray = cranberries = RED
from a westward bay = California
invites you to take a big gulp = Chili Peppers would make you take a big gulp.
I really don't have an answer for the Peter Pan connection though. Sorry if anyone mentioned RHCP before me and it was dismissed for some reason.
I was actually just thinking about the first clue, so I figured I'd preface what I'm about to say with this, as not to be confused with speaking about the second clue. Because I'm not.
"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."
A good roast = HOT
ocean spray = cranberries = RED
from a westward bay = California
invites you to take a big gulp = Chili Peppers would make you take a big gulp.
I really don't have an answer for the Peter Pan connection though. Sorry if anyone mentioned RHCP before me and it was dismissed for some reason.
Thats a good one, ecspecially since they have been brought up a lot in the previous 2 months
Post by BonnarooDetective on Jan 19, 2009 14:30:33 GMT -5
What I meant was, our productivity is at an all-time low . . . as in we are doing a terribly unorganized job of working on these clues. A lot of irrelevancy and convoluted logic . . .
Sorry if anyone mentioned RHCP before me and it was dismissed for some reason.
Someone somewhere posted a link about them taking some time off and having no current plans to play music together. I have no clue where that is at this point, though!
What I meant was, our productivity is at an all-time low . . . as in we are doing a terribly unorganized job of working on these clues. A lot of irrelevancy and convoluted logic . . .
I was actually just thinking about the first clue, so I figured I'd preface what I'm about to say with this, as not to be confused with speaking about the second clue. Because I'm not.
"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."
A good roast = HOT
ocean spray = cranberries = RED
from a westward bay = California
invites you to take a big gulp = Chili Peppers would make you take a big gulp.
I really don't have an answer for the Peter Pan connection though. Sorry if anyone mentioned RHCP before me and it was dismissed for some reason.
I wouldn't be surprised if someone did (the thread is endless), but this makes sense. And there was someone over in the speculation thread hinting that there would be a third headliner who was "pretty funky." I think everyone immediately thought Prince, but RHCP are about as funky a headliner act as there is and would fit with the random sourceless rumors we've been hearing for months.
The definite article "The" is used to distinguish the band from a group of European techno artists that previously used the name "Mars Volta."
Maybe those are the European Pop Tarts who Zinged?
I think I am now in the TMV camp on this one.
Nice!
I think the Mars Volta fit real nicely in there for this clue and it is not just my wishful thinking. It makes sense to me.
Mars (fraction of universe) Europoptarts who zinged could refer to those techo artists or Bjork, who had an album titled Volta. Zing is the sound volts would make.
But then George comes into the picture and I'm trying to tie in his depressed outlook into one of the volta's album characters, possibly De-loused?
Corinne Bailey Rae was married to Jason Rae. Who died of an overdoes. So would that be where we get the subtraction of mr ra(e)? She sings about him in many songs.
Post by The Wookie Monster on Jan 19, 2009 14:39:08 GMT -5
For some weird I thought of The Dead reading clue #2...only because I know Charles Mingus and Sun Ra were the jazz artists that had most influence on the Grateful Dead
and because the theme of the movie "It's A Wonderful Life" has to do with life without George Bailey
and fraction of planet or whatever...The Dead is known for their spacey music
Corinne Bailey Rae was married to Jason Rae. Who died of an overdoes. So would that be where we get the subtraction of mr ra(e)? She sings about him in many songs.
Interesting line of thought...but perhaps that would be a clue made in bad taste?
Oh oh oh! OK so George Bailey wanted to jump from a bridge, right?!?
The Mars Volta stated in interviews that the album's protagonist is based on their late friend Julio Venegas, or "Cerpin Taxt," who was in a coma for several years. When he woke up, he jumped from the Mesa Street overpass onto Interstate-10 in El Paso during afternoon rush-hour traffic. Venegas' death was also referenced in the At the Drive-In song "Ebroglio" from their album Acrobatic Tenement.