DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. Its primary competitors are Dish Network and cable television providers. At the end of 2011, DirecTV had 19.89 million subscribers. DirecTV's name is a portmanteau of direct (as in direct broadcast satellite), and TV, the common abbreviation for television.
DirecTV provides television and audio services to subscribers through satellite transmissions. Services include the equivalent of many local television stations, broadcast television networks, subscription television services, satellite radio services, and private video services. Subscribers have access to hundreds of channels, so its competitors are cable television service and other satellite-based services.
Most subscribers use reception antennas which are much smaller than the first generation antennas, which were typically a few yards (meters) across. Advances in antenna technology, including fractal antenna layouts, have allowed a general reduction in antenna size across all industries and applications. Receiving equipment includes a satellite dish, an integrated receiver/decoder and a DirecTV access card, which is necessary to operate the receiver/decoder.
Robert Hepler "Rob" Lowe (/ˈrɒb ˈloʊ/; born March 17, 1964) is an American actor. Lowe came to prominence after appearing in films such as The Outsiders, Oxford Blues, About Last Night..., St. Elmo's Fire, and Wayne's World. On television, Lowe is known for his role as Sam Seaborn on The West Wing and his role as Senator Robert McCallister on Brothers & Sisters. He is currently a main cast member of Parks and Recreation, playing the role of Chris Traeger. Early in his career Lowe gained notoriety as a life-in-the-fast-lane playboy, ending up in the spotlight for various personal indiscretions and tabloid scandals, including one of the first "sex tape" scandals to hit Hollywood.
Lowe was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, the son of Barbara Lynn (née Hepler), a teacher, and Charles Davis Lowe, a trial lawyer. His parents divorced when Lowe was young. He has a brother, actor Chad Lowe, and two half brothers. Because of a virus during infancy, he is deaf in his right ear (he later played a deaf character in Stephen King's The Stand). Lowe was baptized into the Episcopal church. His father is of German , English and Irish ancestry and his mother was of German, English, Welsh, and Scottish descent. He was raised in a "traditional midwestern setting" in Dayton, Ohio, attending Oakwood Junior High School, before moving to the Point Dume area of Malibu, California with his mother and brother. He attended Santa Monica High School, the same high school as fellow actors Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, Chris Penn, and Robert Downey, Jr.
Oh I've spent the past few evenings tearing off these
webs,
My hands are crampin' up, I'm not even close to done.
I've got some rust through my core that shows more than
the spark I thought we had in store
I'm down to drown in this red plastic cup in my hand.
All I need is to keep my palms from beading
With all this pressure in my chest it's sure to burst
Cross my arms just like my heart and hope tonight ends
quick
(My backs pressed against the wall like yours to some
bed)
Make my way to the back porch and out of the smoked out
room
I need to breath: here's me behind the scenes
But then how is it that nights like these always end up
with me headfirst into a toilet
or backside into a coffin?
All I need is to keep my palms from beading
With all this pressure in my chest it's sure to burst
Cross my arms just like my heart and hope tonight ends
quick
(My backs pressed against the wall like yours to some
bed)
West coast states we've grown fond of your ways
With every kid out east who think they're great cause
they're fake
Show up alone at a party, spill a coke and Bacardi,
turn the heads of the barbies
Your an exception? I'm sorry, your not.
I might as well put slick gel through my hair
and throw my fists repeatedly through the air, since I
don't care
All I need is to keep my palms from beading
With all this pressure in my chest it's sure to burst
Cross my arms just like my heart and hope tonight ends
quick
(My backs pressed against the wall like yours to some
bed)
I might as well put slick gel through my hair
and throw my fists repeatedly through the air, since I
Touch to keep from talking, to keep us guessing,
to keep complacent and I can't complain
This feels too right to be wrong
I try to hide a broken heart, but you could just read
my sleeves
I! I never thought that it would come to this
I! I think we're in the clear
But each tick tock counts me out
Never mind the clock it's only you that concerns me
You see I've got a lot of things to tell you
But my mouth is hushed your lips are stopping them,
stopping them from speaking every word I'd construct
and every thought that'd come up can't compare,
another tack on the things that I can't do
First time we kept our tongues pressed to our cheeks,
this time around lets make it less discrete.
Felt a touch to my fingers, now it's out of my hands
And then we're at it again, at it again, at it again
Touch to keep from talking, to keep us guessing,
If only I could focus on controlling my breathing.
We never thought that it would come to this
You think we're in the clear, I can't be in too deep
You see I've got a lot of things to tell you
But my mouth is hushed your lips are stopping them,
stopping them from speaking every word I'd construct
and every thought that'd come up can't compare, another
tack and I can't
First time we kept our tongues pressed to our cheeks,
this time around lets make it less discrete.
Felt a touch to my fingers, now it's out of my hands
And then we're at it again, at it again, at it again
Touch to keep from talking, to keep us guessing,
to keep complacent and I can't complain
First time we kept our tongues pressed to our cheeks,
this time around lets make it less discrete.
Felt a touch to my fingers, now it's out of my hands
Here we are, we've always wanted this
Right now's our time if only we could hold on to it
Move your body over to mine, don't sacrifice a good time
by saying goodnight
Good night
By the way I think there's something here
Maybe we can find out what it is
With all the la la lies that keep me from giving up
Ba da but I can't seem to get enough
She said (she said), "boy, make your move while we're
still young"
And I replied, "we've got all night long" (Let's make
this count)
we've always wanted this so here we are
Find a way past
As the bottles smash and hearts that clash It's not the
end there's no need to say goodbye
By the way I think there's something here
Maybe we can find out what it is
With all the la la lies that keep me from giving up
Ba da but I can't seem to get enough
By the way I think there's something here
Maybe we can find out what it is
With all the la la lies that keep me from giving up
We won't stop or slow things down, even after we take
this state to the ground
Fight on young ones
To start things off we've gotta finish this right
Follow your heart when you've lost your mind
I'd like to say that it's not a part of me
But it runs through my veins, the state that you hate
You'd do anything to destroy that name
Don't care much for the scene we're in just the friends
we've always been running this town with
We don't need your wake up call, we're awake all the
time
We don't need your wake up call to remind us all where
we're supposed to be
But don't belong, no we don't belong (we don't belong)
My friends won't stop until their dead and so we're
never gonna fall asleep again
To start things off we've gotta finish this right
Our wounds don't seem to bruise with these dudes and
what we've been through
We sing this for you
To start things off we've got to finish this right
Our wounds won't bruise we sing this for you
We don't need your wake up call, we're awake all the
time
We don't need your wake up call to remind us all where
we're supposed to be
But don't belong, no we don't belong (we don't belong)
My friends won't stop until their dead and so we're
never gonna fall asleep again
To all the kids who say they're done with this place
You call this hell we call this home
And we sing to all the kids who say they're done with
this place
We don't need your wake up call, we're awake all the
time
We don't need your wake up call to remind us all where
we're supposed to be
But don't belong, no we don't belong (we don't belong)
My friends won't stop until their dead we're never
gonna fall asleep again
I should have never held your guilty hands and now im
washing mine
I can finally breath, finally see
You didn't ask, I didn't tell.
Hey it's me again I know that you've probably forgotten
Here's the sound of my voice and I'm hoping it's
haunting
You've gone away, yet had a way of making me stick
around
The ice in your breath was cold like when your shoulder
turned and then I froze
Showing I was down and out, while you had 2 feet out
the door
Right now I sought through sleeplessness to sing me
(Give it all you've got) Still it won't sedate me to
sleep
Not another hour will pass, wasted, I'll make them
last.
I'll make the most of my time alone
I lie awake in the wake of another day
When you lied to my face and said that it was okay,
okay
I used to walk on broken glass,
now I walk with pride in tact
(you didn't ask, I didn't tell)
Not another hour will pass, wasted, I'll make them
last.
I'll make the most of my time alone
I lie awake in the wake of another day
When you lied to my face and said that it was okay,
okay
These inconsistencies are telling me I should sleep it
And those pictures show that it's not just in my head
(I'll Try)
To sleep it off sleep it off (I'll try)
Because that's all I have it's all I have
Don't you know that you left me with nothing?
Don't you know you that left me with nothing,
and now you've got the guts to say, give it all you've
got.
Hey it's me again I know that you've probably forgotten
Here's the sound of my voice and I'm hoping it's
haunting
You've gone away, yet had a way of making me stick