Why has Little Miss Twain flopped so badly in the US?

Shania's new album Little Miss Twain has entered the Billboard 200 at #131, a huge disappointment after her last five studio albums all peaked in the top 10. It hasn't fared particularly well on the Country chart either, peaking at #26. What happened? A lack of promo? She can still sell a decent amount of concert tickets, so I don't think her audience has completely abandoned her.

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u/FruityMagician — 13 days ago

Does anyone have any information on this video for "I Can Hear Music"?

I'm a relative newcomer to the Beach Boys. Does anyone know the story behind this video for "I Can Hear Music"? Was it used for promotional reasons? Where was it filmed? I love how clumsy it all is.

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u/FruityMagician — 1 month ago

What's your favourite creepy scene?

The scarecrow scene in Murder, Plain and Simple (S07E20) is a little eerie.

u/FruityMagician — 2 months ago

Amy's Creepiness

"It's just a sitcom. It's not real!" can easily be applied to Howard and the other guys, not just when discussing Amy, Bernie, and Penny. Howard's creepiness is as funny as Amy's. It'd be a boring show if everyone acted ethical all of the time.

u/FruityMagician — 2 months ago

Scans of various Bob Welch-era articles and in-depth album reviews

I thought these articles might interest some of you. I've tried scanning them as best I could without ripping out the pages.

u/FruityMagician — 2 months ago

I wish the writers had given Debbie Reynolds (Truby) more to do.

She had a few lines, nothing particularly funny or memorable. Her character was just sort of there. In comparison, the writers on Will & Grace created the perfect role for Debbie. She was hilarious as Bobbi Adler, Grace's overdramatic mother.

What sort of character would you have liked Debbie to have played on The Golden Girls? I think she would have been a great fit as an old friend or frenemy of Blanche's, a bit like Dorothy and Trudy.

u/FruityMagician — 2 months ago

Even for a sitcom, some of Rose's storylines were ridiculous

  1. Feeling horny at weddings

  2. Her belief that Bob Hope is her real father

  3. Her addiction to painkillers

  4. Her HIV scare

  5. The entire Letter to Gorbachev episode

  6. The Cheeseman nonsense

  7. Baby the Pig

I almost always skip these episodes. Are there any overly daft episodes (not just Rose-centered ones) that you avoid?

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u/FruityMagician — 3 months ago

This guy cracked me up

"It's that chick from the eighties."

He would have been a kid when The Locomotion was a hit in the US. I always forget how strange it must have been for Americans to witness Kylie's return after almost 15 years in the wilderness in the States. It must have been an eye-opener to see the cute Locomotion singer from 1988 suddenly reappear as a 33-year-old woman with a slick, cool pop/dance track in the early 2000s.

I recall Kylie telling an American journalist in 2002 how funny she thought it was that most Americans were unaware she had continued to release music after the 1980s. Imagine hearing Better the Devil You Know and Confide in Me for the first time after rediscovering Kylie during the Fever era.

u/FruityMagician — 3 months ago

A young adult book about students finding a body at a boarding school

The book was published either in the 1960s or the 1970s. I think the main characters were two boys. I can't remember much about the cover artwork other than it was the old-school drawing design typical of that period. It isn't "A Body at a Boarding School." Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

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u/FruityMagician — 3 months ago

I'm looking for lesser-known books with a male protagonist from the 1970s and 1980s. No sci-fi or fantasy. I enjoyed Center Line by Joyce Sweeney, The Hard Way Home by Richard Shaw, Mac by John MacLean, and FirstBorn by Steven Phillip Smith.

Thank you

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u/FruityMagician — 4 months ago