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Off-Topic / Bob Welch (former guitarist for Fleetwood Mac) dead at 65

« on: June 07, 2012, 04:18:12 pm »Message ID: 549807

Former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch found dead
June 7, 2012, 3:58 PM EST
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Bob Welch, a former member of Fleetwood Mac who also had a solo career, died Thursday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. He was 65.

Police spokesman Don Aaron said Welch's wife found him with a chest wound at their south Nashville home around 12:15 p.m.

Bing: More on Bob Welch

Welch was a guitarist and vocalist for Fleetwood Mac from 1971 to 1974. He formed the British rock group Paris in 1976 and had hits including "Sentimental Lady" in 1977 and "Ebony Eyes" in 1978. Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham did backing vocals on "Sentimental Lady."

Aaron said Welch apparently had had health issues recently. He said a suicide note was left.

Fleetwood Mac's career took off in the mid-1970s after Welch left the band. "Dreams" was a No. 1 hit in 1977 and "Don't Stop" the same year. "Don't Stop" later became the anthem for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign. "Hold Me" was a hit in 1982, as was "Little Lies" in 1987.

Welch, a native of Los Angeles, scored his biggest hit with "Sentimental Lady," which reached No. 8.

R.I.P. Bob, thanks for the gift of music. 

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Off-Topic / ***The Walking Dead***

« on: June 02, 2012, 08:47:00 am »Message ID: 546684

Any Walking Dead fans here?


Has anyone heard or got any idea when the new season 3 will start?

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Off-Topic / Donna Summer, The Queen of Disco DEAD at age 63

« on: May 17, 2012, 09:12:06 am »Message ID: 538879

The Queen of Disco is dead.

Donna Summer died Thursday morning after succumbing to a long battle with cancer, TMZ.com reported. She was 63.

Born in Boston on New Year's Eve 1948, Summers came to define the sound of late '70s and early '80s radio with hits including "Last Dance", "Bad Girls" and "She Works Hard for The Money".

The five-time Grammy winner leaves behind a husband, songwriter Bruce Charles Sudano, and three daughers, Mimi, Brooklyn and Amanda Grace.

Sources told TMZ that the singer was trying to complete an album at the time of her death.

R.I.P.

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Off-Topic / I just requested my.......................

« on: April 29, 2012, 05:29:58 pm »Message ID: 528736

21st

Cashout!!!!!!!!!

$33.59
Thank You Fusion Cash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Off-Topic / You should all see these gas prices!

« on: April 09, 2012, 08:04:26 am »Message ID: 518058

So, you think you have high gas prices where you are? Catalina Island California April 8th 2012

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Off-Topic / FUSION CASH GOING OUT OF BUSINESS ON 4-14-12?

« on: April 01, 2012, 06:52:19 am »Message ID: 513730

(MADE YA LOOK!!)




APRIL FOOLS!!!!!! LOLOL

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Off-Topic / 3/27/12 No Paid Email

« on: March 27, 2012, 06:59:14 am »Message ID: 510818

I did not get my paid email today ...........anyone else?

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Off-Topic / Singer Davy Jones dead at age 66

« on: February 29, 2012, 10:22:53 am »Message ID: 497384

Singer Davy Jones of The Monkees has died of a heart attack at 66, the medical examiner's office in Martin County, Fla. has confirmed to NBC News.

The news was originally reported by TMZ.

Jones was most famous for his role in the pop group The Monkees, which was put together in 1965 for the TV show of the same name. Their hits included "Daydream Believer," "Last Train to Clarksville," "I'm a Believer," and "Pleasant Valley Sunday." They also charted with the theme song from the show.

Rest in Peace

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Off-Topic / EXTRA EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT...............

« on: February 28, 2012, 07:23:48 am »Message ID: 496750

I just cashed out for my


20th time

$35.59

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Off-Topic / Please leave the ACCOUNT PAGE the way it is

« on: February 20, 2012, 07:12:57 am »Message ID: 493190

They (the admin) is possibly going to change the format of the Account Page, what do you think? change it or leave it?


I say LEAVE IT the way it is.


I like FC the way it is. 

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Off-Topic / Whitney Houston Dead at age 48

« on: February 11, 2012, 05:22:31 pm »Message ID: 489349

*****News Flash*****

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.

Houston's publicist, Kristen Foster, said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown.

News of Houston's death came on the eve of music's biggest night — the Grammy Awards. It's a showcase where she once reigned, and her death was sure to case a heavy pall on Sunday's ceremony. Houston's longtime mentor Clive Davis was to hold his annual concert and dinner Saturday; it was unclear if it was going to go forward.

At her peak, Houston the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world's best-selling artists. She wowed audiences with effortless, powerful, and peerless vocals that were rooted in the black church but made palatable to the masses with a pop sheen.

Her success carried her beyond music to movies, where she starred in hits like "The Bodyguard" and "Waiting to Exhale."

She had the he perfect voice, and the perfect image: a gorgeous singer who had sex appeal but was never overtly sexual, who maintained perfect poise.

She influenced a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey, who when she first came out sounded so much like Houston that many thought it was Houston.

But by the end of her career, Houston became a stunning cautionary tale of the toll of drug use. Her album sales plummeted and the hits stopped coming; her once serene image was shattered by a wild demeanor and bizarre public appearances. She confessed to abusing cocaine, marijuana and pills, and her once pristine voice became raspy and hoarse, unable to hit the high notes as she had during her prime.

"The biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy," Houston told ABC's Diane Sawyer in an infamous 2002 interview with then-husband Brown by her side.

It was a tragic fall for a superstar who was one of the top-selling artists in pop music history, with more than 55 million records sold in the United States alone.

She seemed to be born into greatness. She was the daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston, the cousin of 1960s pop diva Dionne Warwick and the goddaughter of Aretha Franklin.

Houston first started singing in the church as a child. In her teens, she sang backup for Chaka Khan, Jermaine Jackson and others, in addition to modeling. It was around that time when music mogul Clive Davis first heard Houston perform.

"The time that I first saw her singing in her mother's act in a club ... it was such a stunning impact," Davis told "Good Morning America."

"To hear this young girl breathe such fire into this song. I mean, it really sent the proverbial tingles up my spine," he added.



R.I.P. Whitney, I hope you are at peace.

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Off-Topic / A Scary thought...........

« on: February 07, 2012, 07:31:22 am »Message ID: 486858

JAKARTA — Lion Air's slogan "We make you fly" came a bit too close to home this weekend when one of the Indonesian airline's pilots tested positive for crystal meth after being arrested just hours before he was due to take off.

..The 44-year-old pilot for Indonesia's largest domestic airline by passenger volume was arrested in a hotel on Saturday in Surabaya, Indonesia's second city, Sumirat Dwiyanto, spokesperson for the National Narcotics Agency, told Reuters.

He was due to head to fly to Makassar on Sulawesi island, Balikpapan on Borneo and back to Surabaya, Dwiyanto said.

"The pilot ... was arrested (on Saturday) at 3:30 a.m. with 0.04 grams of crystal meth slipped in an envelope and he was later tested positive for the drug," Dwiyanto said.

He is the second pilot to test positive for Lion Air in 2012. Crystal meth is known as "shabu-shabu" in Indonesia and between 2010 and 2011 it overtook marijuana as the number one drug in the country of 240 million people, a senior narcotics agency official said.

Budget Airline Lion Air serves domestic flights and routes from Indonesian cities to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh. A spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment.

Can you imagine?

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Off-Topic / mc1962's Superbowl Prediction:

« on: February 05, 2012, 06:39:07 am »Message ID: 485813

NE   28                      NY  13

Time and date of prediction: 2-5-12 @ 6:55 a.m. (PST)


*****UPDATE*****

Man, I was way off!!!!! 

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Off-Topic / Attention Fusion Cash members............

« on: January 21, 2012, 09:21:25 am »Message ID: 478431

I am in the process of getting my




19th

Cashout!!!!!!!!!!

I love Fusion Cash!!!!!!!!!!!

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Off-Topic / Anyone get stuck on the "Sprite Zero" survey? (Fun beverage survey)

« on: January 17, 2012, 08:06:02 am »Message ID: 476544

I was wondering if anyone else got stuck on the $2.00 "Fun beverage" "SPRITE ZERO" survey?  at the point of entering the "amount we think it should cost"?

It is frustrating!!!!!!!!!
But, as i tell the newbies, it is the nature of the beast.  lolol