colterphoto1 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 The 'passing of the Klipsch speakers' shot (aka 'the money shot) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyKlipschFan Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 I was so embarassed, Roger sang along to Hanna Montana for the first hour or so.... I did know who Hanna was.... LOL If you have kids, you do too! And no I did not sing to her for 1 hour.. But did skip a few songs through to educate Michael...LOL I wonder if older people felt this way about Pat Benetar too. 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And Tuesday, it earned another $2.8 million, leaving Hollywood insiders scratching their heads. “It was unexpected,” said Jeff Bock, a box-office analyst for Los Angeles-based Exhibitor Relations, “especially for a film targeting young females, which the studios usually don’t target.” Michael Wood, vice president of TRU, a market-research firm based in Northbrook, Illinois, specializing in tween and youth audiences, says he sees Cyrus on her way to billion-dollar status. “At this rate, she’s certainly positioned to,” Wood says. “I don’t see this ending anytime soon. This is not a fluke.” Films are just one aspect of the cultural and corporate phenomena that is Hannah Montana. Her talents and earning potential span the spectrum of the entertainment industry in a way that few tween or teen stars — including her fellow minimoguls, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, whose Dualstar Entertainment is a billion-dollar-a-year merchandise business — ever have. “She’s moved into the space that the Olsen twins used to own,” Wood says. “She has almost more potential. The Olsen twins’ empire was built slowly over many years. But Hannah Montana has risen so quickly she’s exploded into every genre.” getCSS("3053751") Since her eponymous show debuted in 2006 as the No. 1 cable show for kids age 6-14, she’s had two chart-topping CDs, Hannah Montana and Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus (more than 8 million copies sold worldwide); four bestselling DVDs (more than 2.5 million copies sold); a series of young adult novels (3.7 million copies and counting); video games (1.7 million sold); and a sold-out national tour that has been expanded to 70 dates (and has already generated more than $24 million).She landed on Billboard’s list of the 20 top-earning artists of 2007 in the No. 11 spot with $64 million from her CD sales and tour receipts, which was good enough to leapfrog over veteran road acts like Faith Hill and Bon Jovi. Perhaps the Olsen twins comparison is a bit unfair — to the Olsens. “This is more like Beatlemania,” says Wood. Disney has launched a line of Hannah Montana-inspired merchandise — 140 items, including clothes, watches, bedding, luggage, shoes, makeup, spa kits, and toys. These products sell in mass-market retailers like Macy’s, Kmart, and Target, and on January 29 Wal-Mart announced that it would be creating specialized Hannah Montana boutiques within many of its 750 U.S. stores, insuring that the global retail powerhouse would become Hannah Montana central. getCSS("3088867") Video Hannah Montana rulesFeb. 5: Disney has a surprise hit on its hands in a new 3-D movie based on its Hannah Montana franchise. Julia Boorstin reports. CNBC Even in the annals of Disney’s vaunted history of childhood icons, there’s never been anyone quite like Hannah Montana. “Miley is the first star to have multiple deals across several aspects of the company, includingTV, film, music, and consumer products,” said Patti McTeague, a spokesperson for the Disney Channel. While she notes that the company has had recent success with tween stars like Hilary Duff and Raven Simone, both of whom continue to be revenue-generating celebrities for the company, “as a franchise, it’s a unique association we have with Miley."Disney praised the Hannah Montana properties in its upbeat first-quarter earnings report for fiscal 2008, which found revenues for the company rising by 9 percent compared with the previous year. The concert tour, merchandise, and video games all got positive mentions in Disney’s earnings statement. Unlike stars who had a hard time translating teen fame into adult stardom, Cyrus (who turns 18 in 2010) is already laying the foundation for the future. On her TV show, she plays Miley Stewart, a teenager with a secret identity: international pop star Hannah Montana. Only her family — and viewers — are in on the secret. On her sold-out tour, she sings the first half of each concert “in character” as Hannah Montana, then the second segment as herself, Miley Ray Cyrus, teenage singer-songwriter. Besides being a neat marketing trick worthy of a metafiction book, Cyrus is making sure she’s not limited to the tween persona that she will, inevitably, outgrow. It’s a deft move on her — or her management team’s — part, says Wood. “Her audience loves Miley and they love her character Hannah,” he says. “It gives her a lot more options in terms of how she can develop her character and herself. It’s the best of both worlds.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyKlipschFan Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 I know twisted thinks he knows what he has..... But at the same time, I have no idea if he really does? ........ really. A home theater with 7 of these. I mean seriously.... WOW..and OUCH! Your gonna have to build a BIG room for these Twisted Roger. Michael, as always, your a great road buddie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HudsonValleyNoah Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 only 10 months ago - wow, how the world has changed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HudsonValleyNoah Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I resurrected this thread because of the fine photography by Colter and the views of the cool La Scala split tops (with metal trim) that Roger got from me. I missed those LSI tops from the moment I shipped them to Roger. Now, less than a year later, I found another pair! I am going to do everything that I can do to keep them Even if I have to sell my pair of 1967 Vertical Cornwalls! Umm, I think. I can't keep both pair... OK, which pair should I sell? My new / old LSI split tops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HudsonValleyNoah Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Or my old OLD Cornwall Verticals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted December 21, 2009 Moderators Share Posted December 21, 2009 Sell the Cornwalls ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HudsonValleyNoah Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 that's what I'm thinking. I think. those split tops sure are cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted December 22, 2009 Moderators Share Posted December 22, 2009 Michael had bought a set of split LaScalas with metal trim about 2 hours from here with the bottoms to match and I went and picked them up for him. I have no idea how much he paid for them even now. It was a big mistake on my part, he told me he would pick them up in a few months but feel free to use them. [] At the time all I had was Forte's which I still love. But when I put the split industrial LaScalas in my living room I was ruined, I fell in love with them and was thinking about telling Michael if he changed his mind and did not want to bother trying to get them back to Indy I would buy them from him, but I never told him and he made arraignments to get them to his home. From then on I was trying to find some at a reasonable price and distance for the workshop and yard and never did find any. For a while they were not very easy to find at all, and you would be lucky to beat Michael and Indy to them if you did find them, they drove from Indy to I think Miami and picked up a van load of them. []. I ended up making a top like that without the metal trim but same drivers/horns and putting each of them on top of a single MWM cabinet with the same crossover AA. It's like a split LaScala with a big BUTT, and it sounds really good. Not that those are average Cornwalls by far, they are very cool and I would think a little rare with those grills and also being verticals, but to me there's just something special about split industrial LaScalas ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Those Cornwalls sure would look good in my HT as mains! I just am not up to a week long road trip [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 N- get the bottoms and keep em all D- sorry about that, once you get hooked on horns, well you know how it goes R- can't wait for good weather again, some good times wheeling the beasts out for breathing room M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistedcrankcammer Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Bumpity-Bump for Indy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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