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Super Bowl halftime show may be cancelled for 2014
Wash times ^

Posted on 02/04/2013 10:34:31 AM PST by Perdogg

No halftime show at Super Bowl 2014? That’s the word, according to planners who say the weather may prevent appearances at matchup XLVIII, set for New Jersey.

“It’s because of the cold weather,” said one involved with next year’s Super Bowl planning, in a New York Post report. “It’s not only the acts and the singers, but also the crews that have to put the stage together. … You just can’t assemble the stage and break it down fast enough in the cold.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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To: kidd

The coldest super bowl was Super Bowl VI with gametime temp at 39 degrees.


81 posted on 02/04/2013 12:23:58 PM PST by Perdogg (Mark Levin - It's called the Bill of Rights not Bill of Needs)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
Not sure how NJ got selected.

They promised to cover the stadium with one of Chris Christie's suitcoats.

82 posted on 02/04/2013 12:28:23 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: Jim Noble
IT'S A FOOTBALL GAME.

Oh yeah? Then why is it played with hands, armpits and crotches and not foots?

83 posted on 02/04/2013 12:33:24 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Perdogg

The truth is that the organizers were unable to book the performers appealing to the demographic that watches the extravaganza - Gerry and the Pacemakers and Johnny and the Hurricanes.


84 posted on 02/04/2013 12:35:10 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Perdogg

Good!

I think cold weather Super Bowls are a great idea....that’s how football is supposed to be played.


85 posted on 02/04/2013 12:36:58 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: BuckeyeTexan
My taste in music is very, very broad. I love the artists you mentioned.

According to some "experts", one tastes in music are formed by the age of 16 and then are set thereafter. If so, nothing after 1959 would appeal to me. I don't think that's totally true since artists such as Roger Whittaker and Karen Carpenter both rose to fame in the 1970s and are easy on my ears. Still, I think the ears become used to certain genres and reach a comfort zone whereby new musical forms (such as hard rock, in my case) become unappealing.

Since you mentioned your broad musical tastes, I think you'll like this one featuring Ft. Worth's Tex Beneke: I've got a Gal in Kalamazoo.

86 posted on 02/04/2013 12:38:33 PM PST by re_nortex
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To: hoagy62
I’d much rather have seen the Blue Devils or the Phantom Regiment compared to what I saw yesterday.

The Cadets of Bergen County (formerly: Garfield Cadets) would be local for the 2014 Super Bowl. Been out of touch with DCI for a while, so I'm not sure if they're still up to the standard.

But all of this misses the point: the Super Bowl is not about football, but merely uses football as a marketing venue for other things. That's why we get Beyonce instead of marching bands.

87 posted on 02/04/2013 12:41:46 PM PST by kevkrom (If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs...)
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To: mpreston

They probably got inspiration from the NHL Winter Classic...the ratings for that are much higher than even for the Stanley Cup Finals.


88 posted on 02/04/2013 12:41:47 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: re_nortex
According to some "experts", one tastes in music are formed by the age of 16 and then are set thereafter.

Interesting, and if true, something to fight within yourself (according to moi), because there is so much out there. I don't suffer from it, although see all the time people who apparently do.

On the other hand, it just occurred to me, perhaps by "tastes" these experts don't mean particular artists or genres, but something more general in music, that by which Pandora "scientifically" selects music for you based on an analysis of your taste AND an analysis of their experts, musicians and musicologists of their, Pandora's offerings.

89 posted on 02/04/2013 12:46:06 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: dfwgator

The 1982 AFC Championship game was awful to watch.


90 posted on 02/04/2013 12:53:29 PM PST by Perdogg (Mark Levin - It's called the Bill of Rights not Bill of Needs)
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To: re_nortex

Yes those are all great, but Roger Waters right now has the hottest Tour for the last three years. Also the Wall is timeless, every single kid in the world(ok maybe not Afghanistan) has heard Another Brick in the Wall 2. And I am speaking of pure Theatrics. I guarentee it would blow peoples minds. And it would be non- disgusting as woman shaking their asses on stages. JMO.


91 posted on 02/04/2013 12:53:36 PM PST by crazydad (Obamamohamed is a traitor)
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To: Perdogg
"You just can’t assemble the stage and break it down fast enough in the cold.”

Tell it to Patton.

Launching a Bailey Bridge in the winter of '44 along the Battle of the Bulge. Some 4812ft of bridging in 41 separate spans were bridged to support General George S. Patton's Third Army in the winter of 1944.

92 posted on 02/04/2013 12:57:38 PM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Revolting cat!
Interesting, and if true, something to fight within yourself (according to moi), because there is so much out there. I don't suffer from it, although see all the time people who apparently do.

I can't believe I'm about to link to The New York Times for this piece (and I hope I'm spared a zot for doing so) but here goes: Is 14 a ‘Magic Age’ for Forming Cultural Tastes?. Actually, long before that article was published, I've heard from other sources that for most people preferences in music and food become hardened between the ages of 13-16. Using a universe of one (me) as a metric, it's true. If I hadn't already become accustomed to something by then, my "taste habits" just stubbornly remain in place. That's probably why the 1960's music revolution just passed me by and why I still prefer smoother sounds to this day.

I also place a high value (maybe even too high) on the politics of the artist. I'll shun music produced by known leftists even if their artistic skills are otherwise without fault. And likewise, I'll give a break to those to those whose talents may be a tad subpar if they're Christian and Conservatives. That's why my favorite genre of music is Southern Gospel which even some of my colleagues at church find not to their liking.

93 posted on 02/04/2013 1:00:13 PM PST by re_nortex
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To: hoagy62
I'm "Meh" on the Blue Devils....but LOVE some Phantom and Cavi's!

Notice neither one of us mentioned The Cadets? (showoffs)

And I'm betting you know exactly what I'm talking about!

94 posted on 02/04/2013 1:06:01 PM PST by SoftballMominVA
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To: re_nortex

I have no problem with Holder’s people doing the half-time show. How about the Grambling College Marching Band?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u4pndmz-70


95 posted on 02/04/2013 1:08:27 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (What word begins with "O" and ends in economic collapse?)
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To: re_nortex

My grandparents raised me on Gospel and music from the 20’s through 50’s. My Dad introduced me to 50’s through 70’s. I am from Generation X. So “my” generation was late 70’s through the 80’s. Now I have kids. So I also like a lot of today’s music. I appreciate all types of music. I can’t stand much rap though.

Yep. I liked that song. Sounded familiar believe it or not.


96 posted on 02/04/2013 1:14:48 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: crazydad

I had to drag my spouse kicking and screaming to see Pink Floyd at Texas Stadium in the early 90’s. We even bought a ticket for a friend so they’d have “something to do” while they “endured the crap.”

They both left hollering and screaming about the BEST concert they’d ever seen. Instant Pink Floyd fans. Watching Comfortably Numb in the pouring rain was a life-changing experience for them. Nothing like it ... or the anatomically correct pig floating down over the crowd. Heh


97 posted on 02/04/2013 1:24:47 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: re_nortex

My friend, who’s now in his 50s, played drums in a proto-punk band in the 70s that went nowhere being slightly ahead of its time, and today (he) plays the mandolin, classical as well as folk, and listens to old, old record, those from before 1930, even transcriptions from old wax rolls. His brother, a guitar player in that band, plays surf and rockabilly guitar to this day.


98 posted on 02/04/2013 1:25:28 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: re_nortex

My son’s class had a competition the other day to name songs that contained certain keywords. When the keyword was “moon,” he won the team big points with Dean Martin’s “That’s Amore.” His teacher was shocked he had ever heard it let alone knew the lyrics by heart. :)


99 posted on 02/04/2013 1:31:15 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: Perdogg

No more good rock bands anymore but Ted Nugent would have been entertaining last night, or even a jazz or country band.


100 posted on 02/04/2013 1:32:33 PM PST by 1217Chic
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