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July 31

Strange electronic instrument

I've just been watching a hilarous DVD of british comedian/.musician Bill Bailey in concert. At one point he plays a weird electronic instrument which sounds vaguely theremin-like and reacts by the proximity of his hands - he just waves his hands over the thing and it makes whooshes and squawks. What is this instrument? Thanks in advance. Grutness...wha? 01:41, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Ah... skip it - I see from the theremin article that it actually was a theremin! Grutness...wha? 01:46, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

I love Bill Bailey. Avnas Ishtaroth _{drop me a line} 01:49, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Me too, and he's mentioned in the theremin article. Julia Rossi (talk) 04:17, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

I’ve started watching The Melancholy of Haruhi Suznmiya dubbed in English. I wanted to know whether things in the English dub have been changed as much from the Japanese version, as, say, Cardcaptors was changed from the original Cardcaptor Sakura. Also, many people consider Cardcaptors an abomination, as compared to Cardcaptor Sakura. Is that the case with the English dub of Haruhi as well?? 117.194.227.31 (talk) 16:02, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

do u have any good fashion magaziens —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.59.172.128 (talk) 17:02, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Err... what kind of an answer is that?? 117.194.224.196 (talk) 09:19, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

I think the previous response was possibly a new question, since they're unrelated. But for your question.... I have no idea, and I could barely sit through the dubbed trailer that they released, so I don't think I'm willing to open my DVDs to watch the dubbed version and tell you. I'm not going to just suggest that you should just watched the subbed version, but... --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 15:33, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

So, how’s the English dub different from the original? Is it just that the voices sound weird or that the details have been “lost in translation”?? 117.194.228.11 (talk) 16:29, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Who to contact to forward mail

Without giving home address information, can you advise how to, and who to write to get the permission to send mail to the following:

Peter H. Fonda and Dennis Lee Hopper

Thank you

Larry Sanders —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.196.152.85 (talk) 22:00, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Here's a google search that looks promising. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 22:54, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

That was an easy rider. cheers, 10draftsdeep (talk) 13:23, 1 August 2008 (UTC)