 another black guy in the car with me he would probably be like “dude we need to get the hell out of here.”
So anyway, I’m driving right through the middle of the annual meeting of winners, in my bright red ford focus, thinking to myself, “don’t stop, just keep driving”. Every head was following my car as I slowly drove through. It was a dead end. So here I am, in my button up gingham shirt, glasses, domestic late model economy car, trying to do a k-turn at the end of this narrow street with thirty black guys staring me down. A group of youths playing basketball at the end of the street, one of which could not have been more than 15 and had his entire chest covered in tattoos, completely stopped their game to watch me. I felt like Mike Myers in Austin Powers trying to turn around the little cart in the alley. Sort of hilarious yet sort of terrifying. But how do I know, they were probably all very nice. I probably could have stopped and asked for directions and they would have been happy to help… and offer me a beer.
So that’s Dallas. All in all I had a good time. I would like to come back and explore a little more but just remember, stay away from East Magnolia Street.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I MISS TEXAS AND THE CAPRICES ON 33's!!! -RicoMovies that introduced you to songs/artists?
^ That's just been released on Criterion blu-ray, can't wait to see it via Criterion.
GoodFellas: What is Life by George Harrison (it's used extensively during Hill's final day before he's arrested).
Trainspotting: Lust for Life, Iggy Pop - shamefully, I'd not heard it until then.
The Gospel According to St Matthew: Dark was the Night, Cold was the Ground by Blind Willie Johnson - one of the most haunting recordings ever made.
I knew of him before as a singer my sister really liked, but it was Labyrinth that made me a fan, pretty much immediately.
Reverend Arthur Belling was to change our whole way of life, and every Sunday we'd hurry along to St Loony up the Cream Bun and Jam.
it's not a movie,but Breaking Bad introduced me to Ana Tijoux.I'm not even a fan of hip-hop but I like her voice and some of her songs although I don't even know in what language she sings. Her songs makes me think of Spain or Mexico and their cultures.
Biker Boys with Don't look down - David Ryan Harris. The song stuck with me after the funeral scene.
Easy Rider (1969) introduced me to the Band's original version of "The Weight"
The movie was one of the earliest to use rock songs as a sound track all the way through.
...It's the stuff dreams are made of.
Manhunter got me into Shriekback after I heard This Big Hush. Brilliant track.
Dawn of the Dead (1978) got me into Goblin/Claudio Simonetti, which kind of got me interested in Italian horror/B-movie cinema - this in turn led to other composers like Stelvio Cipriani, Fabio Frizzi, Guido & Maurizio De Angelis, and Bruno Nicolai...
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly did the same thing with Ennio Morricone and this appreciation of Italian soundtracks also opened me up to their brand of disco, synth-pop, and new wave - which in turn prompted my discovery of many other similar artist from all over.
Lion King introduced me to Elton John.
A great artist for a great movie.
Kick-Ass and Juno instantly spring to mind.
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World had a wonderful soundtrack. It also introduced me to Metric a Canadian band.
Probably other movies introduced me to music I can think of right now.
one off the top of my head was sneakerpimp in the 90s. they were in every teen movie and i heard them recently and was thinking how i would have never known about their record without all their coverage in kid flicks.
The trailer of The Watch got me into Skrillex.
First post. Woooo. More to the point, Fight Club. "Where is My Mind?" by the Pixies.
127 hours: "The funeral", by Band of Horses etc.
21: "You can't always get what you want" remix etc.
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Now, I haven't played the game since it's been patched. I've been playing through a RPG and when I finally finish it, I will return to CK2, so what I say may be a little silly but...

"Coalitions" existed in the Middle Ages and did serve as checks to power. Take, for example, the rivalry between Genoa and Venice. After Genoa aggressively expanded her control over Cyprus and had been ascendant for a long time, Venice banded together with Milan, the Byzantine Empire, and Aragon.

Early in the 100 Years War, Edward III attempted to secure relationships with continental princes to dominate the French.

Hell, the swirling diplomatic relationships between Francia, Lombardy, the Papacy, Bavaria, and the Byzantine Empire from afar prior to the Lombard War was an attempt to check and balance power in Europe.

From what it sounds like, Paradox should examine this issue, but coalitions (of a sort) were a real thing in the Middle Ages.

The disease system should be looked at again.The sad truth is, the comics really is that way, in reference to the cycle of Rick and co. finding a new place to settle down, bickering, Rick takes over, villain arrives, hell breaks loose, things get rough for Rick, Rick fights back, lots of deaths, whole place burns down, goes finding for new place again. 

I follow both the comics and the show and my personal opinion is that it's neither plot driven nor character driven. The show is a little more character driven as compared to the comics however, at least it tries to make some effort to build up the characterization of the characters especially in the last season. 

The tricky part is that in an apocalyptic world, it is meant to show that people will turn extreme to fend for survival. As a result, there really aren't that many character facets you're going to see, because everyone is just all tense up fearing for their lives. This also implies that the respective characters aren't really going to show much growth other than maybe Carl over the next few seasons.Today a very cool brandbook I made last month: Ryds - Riding your dreams. Ryds allow you to find and rent a motorcycle from a local host in your city (starting in Miami). The app is been designed to make it possible for bikers to rent their dream ride.
2019 is just starting here! Lots of cool stuff on the way. The best is yet to come!<commit_before><?php

class Music_model extends CI_Model {

    //Initialize the connection to the database
    public function __construct() {
        
        $config['hostname'] = 'us-cdbr-azure-central-a.cloudapp.net';
        $config['username'] = 'bf22456bcb329e';
        $config['password'] = '';
        $config['database'] = 'cs4380-group1';
        $config['dbdriver'] ='mysqli';
        $config['dbprefix'] = '';
        $config['pconnect'] = FALSE;
        $config['db_debug'] = TRUE;
        $config['cache_on'] = FALSE;
        $config['cachedir'] = '';
        $config['char_set'] = 'utf8';
        $config['dbcollat'] = 'utf8_general_ci';

        $this->load->database($config);
    }
    
    // Input: param songName which is a string
    // Return value: an array of some object that is to be defined later
    public function searchBySong($songName){
        $songName = htmlspecialchars($songName);
        
        //SQL string
        $sql = "SELECT * FROM some_table WHERE id LIKE '%".  $this->db->escape_like_str($search). "%'";
        
        //used to prevent sql injection attacks
        $this->db->escape($songName);
        $this->db->escape_like_str($search)