Re: Four by Fours
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 6:38 pm
anyone willing to give a nudge? I've been down a few rabbit holes but nothing fruitful
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Four by Fours - October 2022
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Re: Four by Fours
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 2:28 pm
I would also appreciate a nudge … I feel like we’ve figured out step 1 but nothing else!
Re: Four by Fours
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:19 pm
Got it. Very cool. 3/3 now w WSJ and MGWCC in the bag. What will I do with the rest of the weekend???
Oh and I am a big big music guy and have never heard of the band either.
Stay well all
Oh and I am a big big music guy and have never heard of the band either.
Stay well all
Re: Four by Fours
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:33 pm
Re: Four by Fours
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:05 pm
Needed help. Thank you Cinny!
Re: Four by Fours
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:12 pm
I think I did what BarbaraK did -- had the right idea but on a first pass, I didn't look carefully enough to see it through. That took a bit more time.
Since I haven't paid close attention to rock/pop in several decades, my default assumption is "never heard of 'em." That was certainly true here, but I still had a solo solve.
Since I haven't paid close attention to rock/pop in several decades, my default assumption is "never heard of 'em." That was certainly true here, but I still had a solo solve.
Re: Four by Fours
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 8:06 pm
Filled in the grid back on Tuesday and spent the week going down rabbit holes...saw some light tonight while out at dinner with my son. Sure enough, there it was. I'm old enough to know this band and a couple of their hits. Happy to get it solved as the deadline approached.
Now to see if I can get myself unstuck on the WSJ in time.
Now to see if I can get myself unstuck on the WSJ in time.
Re: Four by Fours
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 9:51 pm
If any kind souls want to throw me a last minute nudge- I’m not getting anywhere with this one!
Re: Four by Fours
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 10:37 pm
I found the mechanism and followed a couple steps, but unfortunately I can't make a rock group out of what I've got. I fear this is RIOTGRRRL all over again when I had the letters RIOTGRR and thought my path was going nowhere.
Edit: Well I did some more Googling and finally figured out the answer before the deadline. This was a tough one.
Edit: Well I did some more Googling and finally figured out the answer before the deadline. This was a tough one.
Re: Four by Fours
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 10:40 pm
Got it. Last hour grid & meta solve. Well done!
Re: Four by Fours
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 10:54 pm
Re: Four by Fours
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 12:18 pm
From Pete's solution writeup:
"This month’s randomly chosen winner of an MMMM coffee mug hasn’t gotten back to me yet."
Everybody check your spam folders! Nothing but spam in mine:(
"This month’s randomly chosen winner of an MMMM coffee mug hasn’t gotten back to me yet."
Everybody check your spam folders! Nothing but spam in mine:(
Re: Four by Fours
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 12:25 pm
I found summa these ones:
Re: Four by Fours
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2022 12:55 pm
Just wondering if the people who haven't heard of Split Enz have heard of Crowded House?
Brothers Tim & Neil Finn were co-leaders of Split Enz, then when Tim went solo, Neil regrouped some of Split Enz and some other folks as Crowded House.
Kudos to the guy who got Matador Records mentioned in the write-up. I forgot to add into my submission my alternate, crossword-ish cluing of "Record label that (appropriately) begins their catalog numbers with 'OLE'."
Brothers Tim & Neil Finn were co-leaders of Split Enz, then when Tim went solo, Neil regrouped some of Split Enz and some other folks as Crowded House.
Kudos to the guy who got Matador Records mentioned in the write-up. I forgot to add into my submission my alternate, crossword-ish cluing of "Record label that (appropriately) begins their catalog numbers with 'OLE'."