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October 28

Release of The Endless River

Can someone explain the release of Pink Floyd's new album, The Endless River, to me? According to the official site, the album will come in four editions: vinyl, CD, CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray. I'm in the US and want the deluxe edition with DVD (I don't have a Blu-ray player).

The way I'm reading the chart at the bottom of our article, it seems to say that there will only be a digital release of the deluxe edition in the US. But this seems strange for at least two reasons. A) I doubt that PF would not release the album in the States in a physical version since it would make quite a bit of money. And B) it's available on Amazon.

So can someone explain these seeming contradictions? Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 01:35, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

I can't explain them, but do note that the corresponding footnoted reference (a link to iTunes) merely confirms Nov 10 as the Deluxe edition's expected date of release for downloading on that site. I saw no reference stating that this is or will be the only means of purchasing it in the US. ---Sluzzelin talk 11:07, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Michael Jackson's classical song

several years ago I heard a song of Michael Jackson, unfortunately I can't remember the song right now, but I remember that it had a classical theme, like songs in the WWII era. 2.179.230.117 (talk) 10:09, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

"Heal the World"? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 10:53, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Another guess is his cover of "Smile", a song from the thirties (lyrics from the fifties), lush strings and all ... ---Sluzzelin talk 10:57, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Scrooge McDuck

It's well known that Scrooge McDuck is a Scottish immigrant to the USA. The first coin he ever earned, the famous Number One Dime, is an American dime, yet he earned it when he still lived in Scotland. At least Don Rosa has made a contrived explanation how Scrooge earned an American coin in Scotland. Was all this known and set right from the beginning, when Carl Barks first introduced Scrooge? Or was he invented as having been born in the USA first, where his first ever coin being an American dime would be natural? And if so, when and why did he become Scottish? JIP | Talk 19:13, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

While Scrooge has always been of Scottish descent, right back to the first story (where Scrooge was the owner of an old Scottish castle he had inherited), Barks never addressed where he was born. It was Rosa who made him a Scottish immigrant. John M Baker (talk) 11:29, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Correction: Right back to the second story. John M Baker (talk) 15:48, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I felt it a bit odd that Scrooge would have been mentioned as having inherited a castle in Scotland in Christmas on Bear Mountain, as I have read that story, and don't remember any mention of Scotland or a castle. But the second story The Old Castle's Secret clearly mentions them. This raises another question: Barks originally invented Scrooge as a one-time-only character, but the good reception he got for the character caused him to keep using him, and now he's one of the most central characters in the Duck universe. Did Barks have any idea about Scrooge's nationality when he made the first story? It's a bit unfortunate we can't just ask him, as he's already dead. JIP | Talk 19:46, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

There is an easy way to check: Was Scrooge's stereotypically Scottish surname, McDuck, used in Christmas on Bear Mountain? I don't have a copy handy (it's somewhere in the house, but I can't narrow it down more than that), but perhaps someone else can check. John M Baker (talk) 02:30, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

It was. -- BenRG (talk) 05:52, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Reign TV series music (possibly)

What music is playing in the background? It's a trailer for the Russian run of Reign, but the series' soundtrack list looks quite long. Thanx in advance. Brandmeister^talk 20:52, 28 October 2014 (UTC)