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= June 11 =

The Seattle Supersonics
I was a major fan of the Sonics, and the night they won the championship over the Bullets in 1979, I was listening to KJR radio. They played songs: We are the Champions and The Supersonics song on KJR. Was that the name of The Sonics song that they played or was it named something else, and by whom was it sung? I have searched and searched, and can never find it. This info would be appreciated on Sonics Wiki. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.120.64.238 (talk) 02:53, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
 * It's just called "Sonics Basketball Theme Song" on the tracklist of the album JCPenney Presents Sonic Boom, and this site describes it as "the team's unofficial theme song." Tevildo (talk) 09:22, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Wrong one, KJR radio played a different Sonics theme song only heard on KJR 95.0 AM radio. I listened to the other one and it's not the one I am looking for. Thanks for your input, hope you can locate the other one??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.120.64.238 (talk) 18:35, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Have you contacted KJR?  → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 17:45, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Vampires in sunlight and Kryptonite
So, a bit of an odd question. I've been recently watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and in those shows vampires tend to burst into flames when exposed to direct sunlight. I was wondering if there's anything in culture about what would happen to a vampire should it come upon a sun lamp. Furthermore, should someone manage to send a vampire to another solar system, would they be able to survive in the sunlight there, given it would no doubt have a different spectral profile to ours (along the lines of Kryptonians from the DC Universe acquiring superpowers when exposed to our sun).

So... that's your weird question. Any thoughts? -mattbuck (Talk) 18:46, 11 June 2016 (UTC)


 * You are asking a question about fiction. It is going to be up to each writer (past, present and future) to play with the genre in whatever way they wish. In other words there is no right or wrong answer. It is worth noting that in Stoker's original novel Dracula can walk around in bright sunlight though it does limit his powers. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 19:01, 11 June 2016 (UTC)


 * There are plenty of folk traditions about vampires from many cultures (see Vampire folklore by region) but they bear only a limited similarity to the vampires of modern fiction. They were traditionally dead people who came out of the grave to feed - and not surprisingly they were usually considered to be nocturnal. That may simply be because no-one actually saw them during the day - hardly surprising as they didn't actually exist. Wymspen (talk) 20:52, 11 June 2016 (UTC)


 * You, Mattbuck, have the example of vampires in Buffy and Angel where they (I'm taking your word for it) burst into flames. Meanwhile, the Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, they can eventually walk in sunlight and hardly suffer at all. And as you mention, these changes in abilities and physiology aren't limited to classic characters. Every comic book writer brings their own ideas to the characters that they're writing for. For a related take on this, see retcon.  Dismas |(talk) 21:11, 11 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Two observations. In "Triangle", Willow and Tara mention that they're trying to work up a spell to simulate sunlight; one could take that as implying that sun lamps have been tried and failed.  In "Over the Rainbow", just as I was thinking how stupid it is to jump dimensions in a roofless car, Angel arrives in Pylea by day and remarks with delight, "Can everybody just notice how much fire I'm not on?" —Tamfang (talk) 03:58, 12 June 2016 (UTC)


 * There is fiction about vampires on other planets, e.g. The Space Vampires and Vampire Whores from Outer Space. Oh, and in Twilight they sparkle. All authors can decide for themselves what the rules of their made-up universes are. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 07:42, 13 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Underworld established that any large concentration of UV light was sufficient to kill vampires (within their fictional world at any rate). From what I understand of science, if someone is going to burst into flame from daylight even under an umbrella during a cloudy winter day, but suffer no effects whatsoever while dancing around a 3 meter high bonfire under a full moon and stadium lighting in the Caribbean during the summer, it's not just UVA rays, bright light, and/or heat that's causing them to combust.  It could be some bizarre reaction to UVB rays specifically, which would eliminate most common tanning lamps but not germicidal lamps and UV lasers.  It would also mean that other stars are just as likely make them go poof.  But in a world where magic exists, science can't really be counted on.  I seem to recall an expansion for Vampire: The Requiem stating that vampires (in their fictional world) were only harmed by Earth's sun (the weakness being supernatural) by default and only lists other considerations as game balancing points.  Ian.thomson (talk) 08:32, 13 June 2016 (UTC)


 * I found a silly website that says: "All members of the vampire species suffer from an extreme form of xeroderma pigmentosum – the inability to repair cellular damage caused by exposure to UV radiation. Any protracted exposure to UV light will set off a chemical reaction that causes the creature’s exposed epidermal layer to oxidize and combust within a matter of seconds." I know that Hannelore Kohl suffered from what she believed to be a light allergy, but that was probably a psychosomatic reaction. I also found one guy that says: "it is the sun as a spiritual symbol which does the damage to a vampire, not UV rays.", see here. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 08:41, 13 June 2016 (UTC)


 * That's some interesting ideas. Thankyou all. -mattbuck (Talk) 07:04, 15 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Note that if UV light is the issue, then, on other planets, an important factor would be if they had an ozone layer, or equivalent, thick enough to absorb it all. StuRat (talk) 00:25, 18 June 2016 (UTC)


 * One other possible reason for the concept that vampires can't stand the sunlight is the parallel with vampire bats, which are nocturnal. They avoid the sunlight, not because they would burst into flame, but rather because their all black camouflage would fail them. StuRat (talk) 00:29, 18 June 2016 (UTC)