Archive for July 2010

 

Seriously Legit Contest to Win Rock N America Tix!

Wanna party with some wicked cool rock legends? Then you won’t want to miss the Rock N America Music Festival this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the mondo* concert venue, the Zoo Amp.

Don’t be a narbo because I have a righteous deal for all you hessians out there – a free pair of tickets for all 3 days!

Follow the brill instructions below for your chance to win 2 tickets:

1. Leave a comment below with your fave Ratt, Twisted Sister or Scorpions song.

2. Find my bombdigity update on Twitter and follow the instructions.

Get amped!  I’ll choose 10 winners Thursday, July 22, around 3:30 p.m. Click here for more info on the bangin’ Rock N America Music Festival.

Later –
Wendy with wimgo

*Glossary of 80′s lingo used:

Amped: Totally pumped or psyched about something.
Bangin’: Cool, or spectacular.
Bombdigity: It means that something is good.
Brill: British slang for great or wonderful, brilliant.
Hessians: Group of kids that like heavy metal music.
Mondo: Cool; nice; neat.
Narbo: Dork, nerd.
Righteous: Same as awesome or cool.
Wicked: Something favorable.

p.s. I’m not crazy. I got my deadly 80’s lingo here.
WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT:

Clifton Boroff

Daniel Lee

Chris Johnson

Matt Johns

Robert Dick

Greg Yarbrough

Missie Morgan Tosee

Sheri Odom

Daniel Brown

James Molloy

@Katfire

Winners were randomly chosen from blog and Twitter entries. Congrats!

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DVD review: ‘A Star is Born’ Blu-ray Edition

No multigifted performer could have wished for a more perfect showcase than Judy Garland was given in “A Star Is Born,” the music-filled romantic drama from 1954 that displayed her singing, acting and dancing talents to fuller advantage than any other film in her stellar career.

This remake of William Wellman’s 1937 tale of Hollywood success, love, self-destruction and studio-system cruelty might well have been re-titled “A Star Is Re-born,” as it revived 32-year-old Garland’s flagging real-life film career, playing struggling young singer Esther Blodgett, who blossoms into screen sensation “Vicki Lester” under the tutelage of husband Norman Maine (a brilliantly heartbreaking James Mason), a once-great film actor spiraling downward into alcoholic doom.

Under the direction of George Cukor, working from a script by Moss Hart, Garland is at the top of her game, belting such Harold Arlen-Ira Gershwin torchers as “The Man That Got Away” with her distinctively genuine powerhouse emotion in state-of-the-art stereo.

In the Blu-ray edition, the colors are as rich as the first day they were printed, the images are crisp, and the 5.1 Dolby Digital sound puts the viewer in the midst of it all. This is film historian Ronald Haver’s restored version, containing 170 minutes of the original 181-minute premiere, with sepia-toned stills filling in the visual gaps, while the completely restored soundtrack keeps up the narrative continuity.

The package also contains a bonus DVD of alternate takes, deleted scenes, excerpts from Garland’s recording sessions, newsreel and television footage from the 1954 premiere and a collectible book of rare photos, press materials and a fascinating essay by film historian John Fricke.

For fans of the ’54 version of “A Star Is Born” — one of the most inspired and inspiring musical dramas ever filmed, and Garland’s crowning achievement — this special edition is a must-own.

— Gene Triplett

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Post a Review and You Could Win a Trip to Great Wolf Lodge

Wimgo® is celebrating National Make a Difference for Children Month! And we’re giving you a chance to make a difference too. For each review posted to wimgo.com in the month of July, we’re giving $1 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, up to $5,000. So, get your friends and family and start reviewing!

But wimgo® isn’t stopping there! No siree! We’re also giving away a fabulously fun family vacation to Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Texas. It’s perfect for some quality time with the fam! Indoor waterparks, spas, restaurants, shopping, comfy suites and lots of other activities all make for safe, weatherproof family fun. What more could you ask for?

Reviewing is easy: Register and/or login to wimgo.com or use Facebook connect. Search wimgo® for a business, event or restaurant. Then write a review to be entered to win, and give $1 to Big Brothers Big Sisters. It’s that simple!

Let’s get started!

Click here for the rules and details.

Oh, and please remember wimgo® is in BETA so if you have any problems, suggestions or other comments let us know by clicking the green “Feedback” button located on the right-hand side of any page on wimgo.com. Thanks for your help!

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Lady Gaga Ticket Winners Announced

If you didn’t already know, the incomparable Lady Gaga is coming to the Ford Center on Tuesday, July 20th. We here at wimgo absolutely love to give stuff away and gave away five pair of tickets to this concert! Many thanks to all who entered and congrats to these five lucky winners:

Jenna Ford, Norman (who won the awesome Grand Prize of two floor tickets and an iPod loaded with Gaga music)

Melissa Sandusky, Pryor

Mary DeGiusti, Oklahoma City

Adrian Crawford, Edmond

Mark Steman, Oklahoma City

Bummed you didn’t win? Don’t worry – I didn’t get tix, either. But stay tuned for other cool contests and giveaways on wimgo.com.

-Wendy with wimgo

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