The Place Where The Alan Parsons Project Secret Movie Connections Are Revealed
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Originally Introduced 16.04.2002 --- Latest Movie Sync Revealed 07.11.07 --- Last Updated 07.11.07
Significant Updates 06.06.2002, 22.06.2002, 22.07.2002, 21.12.2002, 16.04.2003, 16.04.04, 10.07.04, 16.09.04, 21.12.04, 10.07.06, & 16.04.07
This page is a continuation of my Pink Floyd page on the topic of album & movie synchronicity (or synchronization). I haven't spent time describing all the connections, so please accept my apologies for now, and at some point I hope to update the content. But, until then, please enjoy the syncs.
I have two tickets to see The Alan Parsons Project on 12.01.07 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The seats are located in the floor section, row N, seats 14 & 16. I'll be wearing my "A Walk Down Abbey Road" concert shirt from 2002. My wife and I are really looking forward to this show.
16.01.07 - >I could not have predicted how awesome this day (12.01.07) would turn out when we left our home in Canton, Michigan, to drive to Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The trip was about 400 miles. We arrived at the hotel a few hours before the show. This is where we prepared a couple of signs to hold up during the show. We walked and drove around the fish town for fun and ate Perch sandwiches at a nearby fish market. Then we went to the show.
After entering the lobby of the theatre, there was a stand with concert shirts, videos, and discs for sale. I was looking at the shirts, trying to decide which one I wanted to purchase. I almost had made up my mind when my wife asked about the hockey jersey style shirt. The answer was $150. No, thank you. Then my wife noticed a sign that said the hockey jersey came with two after-show passes. I asked the lady about it. She said that we'd get to meet the band. I was immediately sold. So, I pulled out my wallet and counted 155 bucks, just barely enough. The backstage passes were ours! (At that point, the signs we had made earlier weren't needed anymore.)
We found our seats, and I thought about what I would say. Then the show began. The show was fantastic. I was really impressed how well the musicians stayed true to the original works. Their voices were great. Each one had a song to showcase his talents. We enjoyed everything about the show, including the enthusiasm of the band and the audience. Wow!
After the show ended, we waited in line for the after-show meeting. About twenty of us were led into a room where we waited for the band. One by one the band members made their way through the group of fans, chatting and signing autographs. The first one we met was the lead singer, P.J. Olsson. Coincidentally, he was born in Michigan and has family up in Houghton, near the most northern tip. He and the other band members were very down-to-earth and nice guys. Eventually, Alan entered the room, and was greeted by a couple of fans. After some photos, he started to make his way around the room. I walked up to him, shook his hand, and introduced myself and my wife to him. I asked him to sign my jersey. While he was signing it, I mentioned that I had an interesting hobby, where I play his music to movies, similar to Dark Side of the Moon & The Wizard of Oz. He didn't really say much about it, but rather deflected the topic with "I told them that they've got it all wrong. It goes with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." After chatting with us, he moved on to the other fans. It was a pleasant experience for me. Alan is a down-to-earth gentleman, and I wished I could have really talked to him. But as the code-breaker, I am on the other side of the fence looking in. The meeting went pretty much the way I expected it would, with neither admittance nor denial of the movie syncs, but rather a deflection, keeping the mystery mysterious. I know that the movie syncs are real. I have a pretty good hunch that Alan and the other sync creators are interested in the discovery of their secrets, and they probably are intrigued about the sync finders. I hope that meeting each other was as meaningful to Alan as it was to me.
Todd Ellis, a major contributor to these sync discoveries, is getting married to Laura Dickinson on 07.10.06. I am honored to be one of the groomsmen.
The weather was perfect for the beautiful outdoor wedding, and everything turned out very well. Everyone had fun at the reception, dancing the night away. Congratulations to the newlyweds!
On April 16, 2005, I asked my girlfriend Stase Schwartz to marry me, and she accepted. We are planning to get married on 11.11.05. And believe it or not, she enjoys watching syncs with me.
Well, it's official. Stase and I got married on 11.11.05 in Northville, Michigan. The reception followed in my childhood hometown of Westland. Everything turned out really nice, and we were so glad to spend this special occasion with our family and friends. David Hoak was the best man, and Todd Ellis was one of the groomsmen.
Our honeymoon was one week at the Bahia Principe Akumal resort in Mexico near Tulum and Playa del Carmen. We visited both of these towns and climbed pyramids at Chichen Itza and Coba. It was the best vacation of our lives.
I did get a chance to see Alan Parsons perform live with some other famous musicians on July 10, 2002. The concert was a Beatles tribute called A Walk Down Abbey Road. Their sound quality was excellent, and I enjoyed every tune. I was very lucky to purchase a front row center seat, the fourth seat from the end on the side where Alan was performing. This was the first time I ever had a front row seat at a concert, and I have one word for it: AWESOME! I brought with me a copy of my theory. I wanted to give it to him, but the opportunity didn't present itself. Oh, well. I have a feeling that he already knows about this web page.
For individual syncs, click on an album title or a movie title below. For the entire list of syncs, click on the link at the bottom.
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