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"I've Been Everywhere" Game for 3/11/11

#1 Post by Snaxx » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:29 am

"I've Been Everywhere" Game for 3/11/11
The current batch of ten (randomized) as as follows:
Spanning the Waters
Twists and Turns
Who's Playing Tonight?<-today's topic
History among the Skyscrapers
Castle Rock, CO: 3 points
Portland, OR: 3points
University of Delaware: 2 points
Hatteras Lighthouse, NC: 2 points
Peoria, AZ Spring Training: 5 points
Detroit, MI: 3 points
After an adventure yesterday, time for some fun today. This game will be open until Monday morning.

It is somewhere in the USA or Canada.

The subject is "Who's Playing Tonight?"

To play, please reply with an answer or guess of the specific town/city and the state/province.
One point for the correct state/province even if the town/city is wrong or unknown.

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#2 Post by Bob Juch » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:53 am

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Asbury Park, New Jersey. I've been there.
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#3 Post by ulysses5019 » Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:21 am

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I'll tell you who's not playing... Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. This is Asbury Park, NJ.
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#4 Post by Jeemie » Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:40 am

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Have no idea.

The house in the background looks shore-y, so I'll guess Wildwood, NJ.
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#5 Post by BackInTex » Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:55 am

I'm gonna have to wait for Wintergreen's post to get this one. :D

But I'll provide my usual, and incorrect analyisis. Though my analysis yesterday was pretty good. I just picked heads when I should have gone tails.
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Where ever it is, its flat. The building/house in the background has a very steeply pitched roof, indicating the location receives a lot of snow.
The street/parking lot looks pretty clean, very clean. Not sure what that tells me. Maybe a tourist area?

It 'feels' like a coastal location as well. Maybe somewhere around New Jersey. Do they get snow in Atlantic City?

Oh well, can't be any more wrong than I have been.

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#6 Post by BackInTex » Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:58 am

Hey, my analysis was pretty good, even if I do say so myself. Missed it by only 77 miles.
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#7 Post by megaaddict » Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:59 am

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Is it Austin, Texas?
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#8 Post by Jeemie » Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:02 am

BackInTex wrote:Hey, my analysis was pretty good, even if I do say so myself. Missed it by only 77 miles.
I missed it by a bit more than that, but it looks like we came to a similar analysis of the photo that the place looked
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beachy/shorey.
Although your analysis had more detail.
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#9 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:02 am

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feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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#10 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:05 am

Will there be some sort of recognition for the contestant that misses by the most number of miles during the game?
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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#11 Post by christie1111 » Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:48 am

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I am not even a huge Springsteen fan and I know this one! Asbury Park NJ
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#12 Post by andrewjackson » Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:51 am

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Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!

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#13 Post by Jeemie » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:05 am

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D'OH!!!!

Springsteen never came to mind!

Not even with the similarly-named "B Street Band" in the marquee!!
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#14 Post by MarleysGh0st » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:07 am

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<sigh> It's like I'm trapped in another LS game. The Stone Pony must be famous in pop music circles for something or other, right?

My hunch is that it's where Bruce Springsteen got his start, in Asbury Park, NJ.
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#15 Post by Bob78164 » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:10 am

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No real idea. Let's try Trenton, NJ, just because the sign reminds me of White Horse Pike
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#16 Post by Bob78164 » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:10 am

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Will there be some sort of recognition for the contestant that misses by the most number of miles during the game?
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#17 Post by Saucinator » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:12 am

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#18 Post by a1mamacat » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:30 am

Like my friend said...
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#19 Post by ulysses5019 » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:31 am

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Will there be some sort of recognition for the contestant that misses by the most number of miles during the game?

How about the one who is closest yet is still wrong?
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#20 Post by flockofseagulls104 » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:37 am

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I think its Los Angeles CA
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#21 Post by flockofseagulls104 » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:42 am

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Shoot, if I looked at the larger picture, I might have recognized it. I don't know if I would have said Asbury Park, but I grew up about 30 miles from there. I'm a Jersey boy, but I never was a big Springsteen fanatic. But I come from the same background and generation as he did.
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#22 Post by ShamelessWeasel » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:43 am

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I know it is New Jersey since Bruce Springsteen made it famous. Is it in Asbury park?
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#23 Post by mcd1400de » Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:04 am

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Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J!

In high school I was friends with a girl named Sue Springsteen, back in the early-to-mid 70's -- not long before her cousin Bruce and his band began to get some major media attention...
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#24 Post by clem21 » Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:36 pm

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Well I don't see a way for anyone to know of a random club somewhere w/o being there so I'll guess that there's other clues. I see two potential ones: 1) The B Street Band would seem to maybe be a Springsteen reference thus indicating New Jersey and 2) John Brown's Body which would sorta indicate Harpers Ferry 'cuz that'd probably be the only place where people would get the reference. Since we just had a Northeast city, I'd guess you wouldn't put two in a row so essentially my quasi-reasoned WAG is Harpers Ferry, VA
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#25 Post by clem21 » Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:40 pm

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Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! Stupid John Brown and his stupid raid and stupid guns and stupid abolitionism and stupid freaking band who named themselves after him! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
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