I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Hot. Hot. Hot here.
bbbb
My MoDo moment.
Damn you mer!
Bush presidency: FIERY WRECK!
watertiger, I'm not sure how you find your photo gems, but they certainly can make me laugh when I mostly feel like crying.
wt -- why does he wear a helmet? He's protecting the part of his body he uses least, and it's just gonna make him sweat.
Does Fredo wear all that protective gear when he's not biking with Lance Armstrong?
And didn't John Kerry take no end of shit for wearing that sort of protective gear?
How did the bike ride go? Or are we still waiting?
mer: Hot. Hot. Hot here.
Aye -- here, as well.
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But Kerry is French! Or French looking. He didn't eat Freedom Fries. He is an evil do'er.
Sorry, I was alluding to watertiger's MoDo moment post when I asked about Fredo's little cycling costume upthread.
From Below:
OT: I read for a part today
in a bunch of training videos, for mental health/substance abouse providers...both as the doc and the patient...dunno if i'll get the gig; but i nailed the readings...foookin nailed 'em...
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The quote in the caption that accompanies that photo reads:
"Armstrong, the seven-time winner of the Tour de France, has been generous in his praise of Bush's biking skills _ to a point. He says there's no way the president will be able to take him."
I hope Lance kicks his ass.
WGG -- very cool.
Come and see the scenic ceiling fans and card door handles of sunny La Jolla!
Oh, okay. I have pelicans too. Hrmf.
Erm, car door handles, that is - what kind of weirdo would want to take pictures of *card* door handles? Sheesh.
Well. I just don't see how I can procrastinate any longer. I've gotta start getting organized for my departure Wednesday or Thursday.
waaah.
Later, folkses.
98 degrees here. Ach. I am staying in the house. All day.
With kittens and penguins.
Eli: Oh, okay. I have pelicans too. Hrmf.
I always heard if one can, toucan... but pelican?
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mer: Hot. Hot. Hot here.
Aye -- here, as well.
jeffraham
Here in the High ChiHuaHuan Desert (alt: 5200'/1550m), the temp is an amazing 85, partly cloudy...we actually had about 24 hours of solid overcast recently (little or no rain, though)...
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Somebody just came into the store asking for Christian books. Again.
Is the name "Aliens & Alibis" that vauge, or what?
Gnashvegas is @ 95F, 47% humdidity and feels like 101F, according to the weather channel.
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Afternoon, freethinkers
Somebody just came into the store asking for Christian books. Again.
It is creepy how popular the Left Behind series is at the library where I work...
WGG,
Congrats! That's always such an amazing feeling when you know you've made that nice solid thwak sound when your bat connects with the ball.
watertiger,
Bush looks like the idiot he is. Shame on Lance Armstrong for consorting with that asshole. For helping him to "get on with his life." Lance, you're either with us or you're against us. Just sayin'
Good afternoon all. Hot here too, but I'm not complaining - we'll be gray and wet soon enough.
Woody - you got mail.
Though Chris Walken's publicist got a chuckle from the Walken '08 website, he would be an interesting candidate.
No, no! You're tone... it's all wrong, see.
"Armstrong, the seven-time winner of the Tour de France, has been generous in his praise of Bush's biking skills _ to a point. He says there's no way the president will be able to take him."
i find it distressing in the extreme that the little, pampered, simpering, scampering, smirking simian would think it possible that he COULD "take" Armstorng...
does he think tossing out that pitch at the lil league game put him in the same class as Pedro Martinez?
this narcissism/solipsism is evidence of a very, very, very thoroughly fucked up person...
jeezis!
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98 with a heat index of 107 currently. God bless air conditioning.
Hi Jeffraham Prestonian!
It's gotta be 95 here at least. And I had to take a 40 mile round trip trip a little while ago. No air conditioning. I feel like Atrios. Still sweaty.
FYI, I'm working on a podcast right now about my project to turn used kitty litter into biofuels by the time Bill Clinton's next birthday rolls around.
Pere Ubu, I don't think it's the name that's vague, I think it's the folks askin' the questions.
Shame on Lance Armstrong for helping Bush to "get on with his life."
You're= your.
The Preview button holds no charms for me.
And didn't John Kerry take no end of shit for wearing that sort of protective gear?
res ipsa loquitur | 08.20.05 - 2:52 pm | #
Wind surfin' is effete. Bicyclin' ain't.
You people are all so useless, discussing weather and such when you should be freeping some poll or something!
/hesiod
rorschach-Speaking of military penguins (or Mon Ami the pigeon, etc.):
A small white mongrel dog named Bobbie was owned by a sergeant but was the pet of the entire regiment, had served throughout the Afghan War and even had been with the 66th at the disaster of Maiwand where ten officers and 275 men of the regiment were killed and two officers, thirty-one men and Bobbie were wounded
Poor Bobbie! Only eighteen months after being presented with his medal by Queen Victoria, Bobbie was run over and killed by a hansom cab in England. The regiment had him stuffed, and you can still find him in the Regimental Museum in Reading - in a glass case, with a red and green ribbon around his neck to hold his Afghan medal.
I only post this to suggest an appropriate way to honor Rumsfeld when he kicks the bucket.
FYI, I'm working on a podcast right now about my project to turn used kitty litter into biofuels by the time Bill Clinton's next birthday rolls around.
"I always said that NTodd was an ambitious boy!"
/NTodds Aunt
I'm only sorry Cindy Sheehan is not in Crawford at the moment - makes Bush seem even MORE callous than he is.
Eli, I really like your colorful photos.
Since it is an open thread and Hesiod isn't around, I'm just putting the finishing touches on this queen sized quilt. Such an easy pattern. I only started it about a month ago.
muah you lovely libs!
gtg, just skirting by... well not literally in a skirt... *blush*
The latest Pickler
Bush Begins 5-Day Push to Defend Iraq War
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - With anti-war protesters continuing their vigil outside President Bush's ranch, the commander in chief began a five-day push Saturday to tell Americans why he thinks U.S. troops must continue the fight in Iraq.
In his weekly radio address, Bush argued that the war in Iraq will keep Americans safe for generations to come. He'll try to drive the point home with speeches in upcoming days in Utah and Idaho.
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Bush is making a sell to a skeptical public. According to recent polls, a majority of Americans do not approve of his handling of the war.
Why on earth would we be skeptical when he spouts rhetoric like this:
``We're spreading the hope of freedom across the broader Middle East,'' Bush said. ``By advancing the cause of liberty in a troubled region, we are bringing security to our own citizens and laying the foundations of peace for our children and grandchildren.''
Fool.
FYI, I'm working on a podcast right now about my project to turn used kitty litter into biofuels by the time Bill Clinton's next birthday rolls around.
clumping or non?
Eli, what do you think of this camera?
I can get this one for much less then the flagship Canon, Fuji, or Nikon cameras.
http://tinyurl.com/a55rd
I'm not joking.
Family visits Aziz in Iraq prison
Relatives of former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz have visited him in jail for the first time since he was detained in 2003.
It is believed to be the first time that any of Saddam Hussein's former aides have been allowed a family visit.
His daughter Zeinab, who travelled from neighbouring Jordan for the meeting, told the BBC he had lost weight and looked old.
But she said he had not complained about how he was being treated.
mer: It's gotta be 95 here at least. And I had to take a 40 mile round trip trip a little while ago. No air conditioning. I feel like Atrios. Still sweaty.
No a/c at the West Gnashvegas Outdoor WiFi Cafe, either... but, y'know, it'd be a waste of a good shower if I didn't just hand tough until it cools down enough to do the landlord's lawn this evening...
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spinoza--I have vague memories of that little pup. A valiant canine, to be sure!
pie,
I simply see these "tours" as more fodder for attaturk, holden and me. that's the only purpose they serve, as far as I'm concerned.
Bush made appearances on ESPN twice in two days
They are making him ther kinder gentler goebbels on ABC's parent corporations.
He has time for lil' league world series and no time at all for Gold STar families or war discussions that interfere with bike rides and baseball.
CNN had Larry Johnson and Powell's former ass't who was Colonel on.
Burn the house of Bush/Saud down!
Its a fairly cool 20°C (68°F) in Devizes.
Its a fairly cool 20°C (68°F) in Devizes.
clumping or non?
After a great deal of analysis over the past couple of days I have come to the conclusion that it absolutely must be clumping. Because that's what I've got in my basement.
I'm not joking.
nobody assumed you were, that's the scary part.
No a/c at the West Gnashvegas Outdoor WiFi Cafe, either...
Where is West Gnashvegas?
Eli- did someone lock you in a room for a bit in La Jolla? (just kidding, I really like your photos)
I'm not joking.
NTodd the Irrelevant
Good, because joking is forbidden until you send me an e-mail.
Have you seen this latest li'l Ricky McCarthy debacle (via Buzzflash)? Seems Man-on-Dog was going to do a booksigning at a B&N in Wilmington DE and a bright young 18-year-old progressive thought she'd take the opportunity to ask her senator a question. Local Gladys Kravitz overheard her joking to her friends that it would be funny to get him to sign a copy of Dan Savage's book and promptly enlisted the aid of an offduty (and outrageously overzealous) DE state trooper to throw them all out and threaten arrest if they ever came back to the mall again, ever. It got ridiculously worse when they went back with her mom.
B&N is ducking responsibility for the entire incident, and the DE state police see nothing wrong at all. Apparently even when you're off-duty playing mall-cap, you still have a duty to prevent difficult questions from reaching the ears of brave neocons.
Greetings from Agawam, MA, moonbatses!
watertiger: clumping or non?
I, personally, prefer the non-clumping podcasts.
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Heh, I have a new way to waste time: making snarky comments about Hesiod's bitching about how we waste time. Now I'll NEVER get any relevant stuff done!
I think Bush has given up caring anymore. The handlers will bring him out, but his heart isn't in it. If they would let him, he would stay on vacation for the 3 years.
71% humidity and 27C in Asheville-without-the-N.
It's like a fucking sauna.
So, I understand Bush is going to spout platitudes for the next five days, in an attempt to defuse Cindy Sheehan. Good luck with that.
Not only do I have a wireless hotspot, but it's FREE!!!
rorschach has mail.
Aiiight. Tix to see "Red Eye" tonight. I'm in the mood for a scary movie.
Cuz I'm tired of this scary reality.
Not only do I have a wireless hotspot, but it's FREE!!!
Sallyh
It's the spot that gets me hot, but you ain't been to it.
F.Zappa
Ntodd announces use of clumping pants as biofuel. At the local rollout, little old ladies fainted and children were sufficiently traumatized to require hospitalization.
it absolutely must be clumping. Because that's what I've got in my basement.
Clumping in your basement?
I recommend Pepto.
Not only do I have a wireless hotspot, but it's FREE!!!
Lucky girl!!!
Max Planck: Where is West Gnashvegas?
As the crow flies, about five miles west of the State Capitol building. Just drive down Charlotte Ave.; I'll wave ya in.
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So, I understand Bush is going to spout platitudes for the next five days, in an attempt to defuse Cindy Sheehan.
Well, if as predicted, an Iraqi Tet Offensive kicks off, platitudes aren't going to suffice. At least, one would hope so, but who knows from the DC press pack, encamped in Waco?
"Fool."
--pie
Idiot too.
We're spreading the hope of freedom across the broader Middle East,'' Bush said.
Well, it seems to be a particularly Islamic version of freedom, given what's going on in Iraq... probably not quite the idea they had going into this!
Why in watertiger's bicycling photos is W wearing an aerodynamic helmet with all the grooves and stuff? Is that going to give him the edge he needs to beat Armstrong?
His fondness for dress-up games is truly laughable.
watertiger, this is hilarious. I addition to speechifying, Bush is spending two days vacationing in a town in Idaho.
DONNELLY, Idaho (AP) - The announcement that President Bush would spend two days vacationing in Donnelly next week mystified reporters at his ranch in Texas, prompting comments like ``I can't find it.''
Not even White House spokeswoman Dana Perino could say just where it was.
``We can look at a map and try to figure it out,'' Perino said.
His speech is going to be given afterwards in Nampa, west of Boise.
Are they going to be new platitudes, or just the old ones? Say what you want about his environmental record, but virgin fields of platitudes have been spared in the Bush administration's quest to reduce, reuse and recycle.
"probably not quite the idea they had going into this!"
They had an idea?
"Left Mr. President! On your left!"
CNN breaking news: Lance Armstrong, 7 time winner of the Tour De Frog, biking with President Chimp today at Camp Stay The Course, attempted to pass Miserable Failure as they approached his ranch's infamous incline, affectionately called "Quagmire Hill" by his Secret Service bodyguards. Armstrong, who is currently boning Sheryl Crow, and Preznit Lucky, currently boning Secretary of State Condi Rice, inadvertently passed the Chimp-in-Chief on the left, prompting a swift response from his Secret Service agents. Each of the five agents emptied "five in the noggin" in Armstrong, prompting Fox News analyst John Gibson to masturbate on camera a short time ago.
Armstrong, who suffered flesh wounds, said from his hospital bed, "I didn't get the memo that Shrub likes to be in the lead and doesn't want anyone talking to him when he rides his fucking piece of shit Schwinn!" As he passed out from the morphine drip, Ms. Crow, who was at his side in the hospital, was heard to mumble, "I wish the Pentagon had asked ME to perform instead of Clint Black. Didn't they know I went country? Haven't they heard my hit The First Cut Is The Deepest (country version)? It's soo hot. So is Don Rumsfeld."
At that moment, Armstrong sat upright in bed, ripped the IV out of his arms, and announced he's running for Congress.
pie, he's running! He's going to towns nobody's heard of! That's running! Hahahaha!
They had an idea?
Officially, it was an 'ideer'.
can Bush even read a map let alone read it the right way up?
Max P--hey, I heard 'Joe's Garage' on the drive from the airport
(((Jeffraham!!! Curly!!!)))
We're spreading the hope of freedom across the broader Middle East
Okay, I was kidding about the podcast topic. But I do have one uploading right now about Bush's radio address.
Why in watertiger's bicycling photos is W wearing an aerodynamic helmet with all the grooves and stuff? Is that going to give him the edge he needs to beat Armstrong?
Because this one kept falling off.
U.S. concedes ground to Islamists on Iraqi law
BushCo has completely lost it. Taking the stand that being resolute and crispy on the date of the Iraqi constitution is more important than what is in it, they have lost the Freepers.
?Well, if Islamic law gets in, we might as well never have gone into Iraq. PERIOD. The death of our soldiers will have been a waste.
3 posted on 08/20/2005 7:53:40 AM PDT by EagleUSA
An Iraqi Tet offensive is going to add at least five years onto the occupation, because the government will refuse to leave after such a thing. But if Seymour Hersh says there will be one, I believe him.
NTodd has mail.
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Sallyh! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
I never did hear about this mysteriously early trip east... meeting with publishers for the cookbook?
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eeeeew.
I just got a catalouge for somehthing called "Encounter Books", which looked innocuous enough until I started reading the details.
They not only have a book called "A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America", but a book by John "Make Shit Up" Fund on how voter fraud is endangering democracy. (Surprise! He reveals it's them damn Dems what been stealin' elections! Whoda thunk?) Oh, and a book about how icky the French are.
pie,
donnelly is northeast of Beer Bottle Crossing.
You can't make this shit up.
NTodd - figure out a way to convert keystrokes to energy. We'll be rich! Actually, I was visiting with friend's three-year-old testerday, we need to find a way to hook theses little guys up - free energy forever.
Hey Sallyh!
"It's like a fucking sauna."
--pseudonymous in nc
After an afternoon downpour yesterday, the streets had steam rising at least two feet high. Walking from the car into the grocery store, I said to the cashier, " Glad I haven't paid for a sauna, got one right outside my house."
jeffraham--visiting relatives. Idee de Monsieur.
Hey Mena!
Here's my favorite town name from my home state.
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donnelly is northeast of Beer Bottle Crossing.
He'll be right at home.
More hilarity from the cowardly preznitwit:
Wherever he will spend the night, some locals think they know why Bush is skipping Sun Valley, the tony resort across the Sawtooth Mountains to the southeast where stars and politicians typically head in Idaho. In 2004, 72 percent of Valley County voters chose Bush, while Blaine County, home of Sun Valley, was the only one in Idaho that favored John Kerry, who has a home there.
God forbid he runs into people who didn't vote for him. That's some bubble he's in.
Nota -
I would give so much to be able to get on "Free"Republic and respond to that with "Nyaaah! Told you so!" but Chucky would ban me before I even hit the "return" key. Shame.
Pere Ubu: the only right-wing book publishers worth their salt are The Liberty Fund, a bunch of Hayekians who produce very nice, cheap editions of Adam Smith, David Hume et al. I do enjoy buying from them, knowing that my evil liberal ways are being subsidised by rich uber-capitalists.
Some freepers are in for the long haul, though:
Unfortunately, the Iraqi's were going to fashion their own brand of democracy filtered through Islam. We knew that from the start but thought it worth the gamble. Only time will tell, but we'd better be prepared to protect this fledgling for quite some time. Giving them a sense of pride and accomplishment as a people would help. Education, universal literacy, jobs, etc.
God forbid he runs into people who didn't vote for him. That's some bubble he's in.
He's a petty little man.
We know this already.
Thanks, ror. And now, I'd like to provide you all with my exegesis of the history of Hesiod-based Biofuels and Their Implications for American Energy Independence and Peace in the Middle East.
First, a little background on energy and entropy...
Get ready for Iraq war III!
Here we go is right. This decision is pivotal. If shari'a's nose is allowed under the tent, we will have to go into Iraq a third time. Fat chance.
Back later, wonderful ones. Must...visit...family.
Best town name ever:
Toadsuck.
And there's one in Arkansas and ANOTHER one in Texas.
Life is totally surreal in Bushworld.
Fucking Haloscan! My post was incredibly relevant and important, and it got wiped out by this shit-for-brains comment system. Atrios, I DEMAND you implement something better ASAP.
First, a little background on energy and entropy...M/i>
I love Jane Austen ! wait...
First, a little background on energy and entropy...
I meant: I love Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder!
It's been observed numerous times before, but I think it's clear that Shrub is tired of being the Preznit.
Giving them a sense of pride and accomplishment as a people would help. Education, universal literacy, jobs, etc.
Dear me, Freepers are dumb.
Education, universal literacy, jobs, etc.
everything, indeed, they enjoyed under Saddam, but which the USer invasion/conquest/occupation/rape of their country destroyed...
funny as shit how that happened, aint it?
First, a little background on energy and entropy...
Uh, I have to go walk the vacuum and dog the floor. Or something.
Bye!
NTodd-- you are so serious! Hesiod would recommend that you get down off your high horse.
Jeffra, Rors - *almost* as good as Doosewallops and Humptulips here in the grand old state of WA.
You know, one way to bring a sense of pride to a people is not to bomb the shit out of them.
" Education, universal literacy, jobs, etc."
What is the literacy rate in Iraq? How would this compare with red staters literacy?
Giving them a sense of pride and accomplishment as a people would help. Education, universal literacy, jobs, etc.
We bombed the shit outta them. Didn't that give them something?
Ntodd, put *something* on, for god's sake. We can see your tallywhacker.
Re: Toadsuck
there's a settlement/chapter house out in the Dineh rez called "Toadlena"--the pronunciation, though, is "toe-odd-lay-nuh"
just sayin'
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Energy and entropy! We have so much in common, NTodd.
NTodd-- you are so serious! Hesiod would recommend that you get down off your high horse.
I'm sorry...what were you saying? I was busy preening and missed it.
Did you know they used Bosco chocolate syrup for blood in the shower scene in Psycho?
Night of the Living Dead, too.
(Food Channel)
Hesiod-based Biofuels and Their Implications for American Energy Independence and Peace in the Middle East. NTodd
Children round the world put camel shit on the walls. Maybe you could do something with that.
Fucking Haloscan! My post was incredibly relevant and important, and it got wiped out by this shit-for-brains comment system. Atrios, I DEMAND you implement something better ASAP.
NTodd, Pantsless Sparklepony
Damn you haloscan!
pseudonymous in nc | 08.20.05 - 3:23 pm | #
Hilarious.
Giving them a sense of pride and accomplishment as a people would help.
Cant.Stand.the.Racism.
Must.Go.for.a.Walk
Later.Moonbats!
Humptulips
setting of Tom Robbins' first, and in some ways his best, novel: "Another Roadside Atraction" (though i prefer "Jitterbug Perfume")
UNICEF put total adult literacy at 39% in 2003, and youth literacy at 75%. School enrollment was 76% in '03.
Believe it or not, Saddam got an award from UNESCO for literacy programmes in 1982. When you're in a nasty trench war, I suppose it helps to have soldiers who can read...
Giving them a sense of pride and accomplishment as a people would help.
Cause, ya know, being heirs to 4000 years of history and culture in the Fertile Crescent would make anyone feel inferior compared to us Merkans.
Just like a town down the road from us, called Smyrna. A lot of the locals pronounce it "SMUH-urrr-na." Three syllables. Very odd.
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Did you know they used Bosco chocolate syrup for blood in the shower scene in Psycho?
Night of the Living Dead, too.
And they used KY in "Alien."
Not telling you what channel I got that from!
Did you know they used Bosco chocolate syrup for blood in the shower scene in Psycho?
Night of the Living Dead, too
thereby proving brown is easy to confuse with red in black-and-white, i guess?
The World Health Organisation has different numbers: 56% adult literacy.
Did you know they used Bosco chocolate syrup for blood in the shower scene in Psycho?
Yah. Fake blood didn't look bloody enough in b/w. Too washed out.
Was George Costanza the production designer for Psycho?
thereby proving brown is easy to confuse with red in black-and-white, i guess?
Yep. Also cheaper than using the real thing.
That Freeper thread is very interesting. If Iraq fails, many freepers will be very disappointed in the Iraq war.
"Did you know they used Bosco chocolate syrup for blood in the shower scene in Psycho?"
Sounds like a Quik fix to me.
I've always thought that this administration's penchant for describing a complex process as "standing up", as in "it's imperative for the Iraqis to stand up a constitution", or "we will stand down when the Iraqi police and military have proven that they can stand up", is kind of penisy.
Another town: When I was working on a documentary on Route 66 for NPR, I spoke with a number of folks from Miami, OK.
Pronounced "Mah am ah"
there's a settlement/chapter house out in the Dineh rez called "Toadlena"--the pronunciation, though, is "toe-odd-lay-nuh"
Thanks, WGG. I always wondered how that was pronounced -- or at least since I first read the name in a Tony Hillerman novel.
If Iraq fails, many freepers will be very disappointed in the Iraq war.
To what will they then turn their attention, one wonders.
NTodd:
I just got finished listening to your interview of Filk. Execellent.
Yah. Fake blood didn't look bloody enough in b/w. Too washed out.
pseudonymous in nc
And did you know that in Vampire's Kiss, Nicholas Cage actually ate a roach, because the fake ones looked too fake!
Yep. Also cheaper than using the real thing.
pie
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I don't know, pie. The real thing's getting cheaper every day.
"we will stand down when the Iraqi police and military have proven that they can stand up"
"Our military will not be permitted to go flaccid until the Iraqi military is erect."
That better?
"Nicholas Cage actually ate a roach"
I always knew Cage was weird, but that's an image I could have missed out on.
I'm heat-strokin' out here... gonna go home and make a tall guzzler of Aldi iced tea.
And drink it all.
Then, I'll make another one to bring back for the mowing.
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To what will they then turn their attention, one wonders.
pie - 3:32 pm
us, i'm guessin'
keep your powder dry,
and your weapon oiled...
so to speak
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Then, I'll make another one to bring back for the mowing.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
You got to bring it on home.
Bring it on home, to me.
thereby proving brown is easy to confuse with red in black-and-white, i guess?
Yeah. Red comes through as too gray in black-and-white.
And is that a very strange sounding sentence, or what?
thereby proving brown is easy to confuse with red in black-and-white, i guess?
which, now that i think of it, is just another way of saying "all cats look grey in the dark"???
QL - cool! I already knew filkertom was funny and stuff because his personality projects so well online, but man, that was only the tip of the proverbial iceberg...
watertiger, please tell me that woman was not from a Bush rally, even though she was.
Oh, good. Now I know where to avoid the music sections:
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Country superstar Garth Brooks has signed an exclusive multiyear contract with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
No details of the agreement were released by Wal-Mart officials Friday, but Billboard and the Los Angeles Times reported the deal will make Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and their online outlets the only places where Brooks' music will be commercially available.
Brooks, among the all-time best-selling recording artists, retired from performing in 2001.
"We understand the Wal-Mart customer and know that bringing them Garth Brooks exclusives in the upcoming years is something that'll excite them as much as it excites us," said David Porter, vice president and divisional merchandise manager for Wal-Mart, a leading retailer for country music sales.
Brooks' hits include "Friends in Low Places," "Shameless" and "Longneck Bottle."
"9/11 Changed Everything."
Let's see if I'm getting this - some Islamic fundamentalists flew planes into the World Trade Center, which required us to go into Iraq to help establish an Islamic state.
Right.
I've also heard that some of the dresses and gowns used in old b&w films were really odd colors because they were designed to show up well in b&w with no regard to how the color scheme looked in real life.
Yep. Also cheaper than using the real thing.
pie
...blood is a big expense Tom
Giving them a sense of pride and accomplishment as a people would help. Education, universal literacy, jobs, etc.
Do these dipshits even know what country they're talking about anymore, or is it all just one big desert with a tent and some camels to them?
Oh, fuck, I know the answer to that; it was a rhetorical question. The latter, definitely.
No details of the agreement were released by Wal-Mart officials
There's never any details.
Moe Howard could rule the world due to the fact that there are no details.
"Country superstar Garth Brooks has signed an exclusive multiyear contract with Wal-Mart Stores Inc."
Just another reason to avoid both Wal-Mart and Garth Brooks, as if we needed one.
mail for Ms. Mena
back in a long flash
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I've also heard that some of the dresses and gowns used in old b&w films were really odd colors ...
I heard that for "The Ten Commandments," they could only get a decent Moses "color" by dipping Charlton Heston in pigshit.
Education, universal literacy, jobs, etc.
Just exclude 50% of the population and you'll get your fucking "universal."
Fuckwits.
Just repeating what the guy said about using real blood.
The real thing's getting cheaper every day.
What is one life worth? Bush sure doesn't seem to want to answer that question.
Iraqapalooza: The Pimping of 9-11...
"We understand the Wal-Mart customer and know that bringing them Garth Brooks exclusives in the upcoming years is something that'll excite them as much as it excites us," said David Porter, vice president and divisional merchandise manager for Wal-Mart
"WHOO-WEE, Marge! Looky here, Garth Brooks'ses new see-dee! And whah, it's ten percent off! I'm shore glad we drove twenty miles to the Wal-Mart today! *BELCH* Here, toss this in the buggy there with your McDonald's clothing and NASCAR potaoes, and let's go get us some them cammo-flauge diapers for lil' Toby there!"
I think I "understand" Wal-Mart customers a little more than Mr. Porter, having seen FAR too many of them up close.
BTW, in case you missed it earlier, here's Daily Catblogging with special guest star Rex Rabbit!
The "give 'em an education" guy, silverleaf (Colonel), looks like one of the propagandists that show up when a thread is heading off the reservation. Don't think it's gonna work this time, though. What was that noble cause again?
Also, anybody betting that Chimpy wouldn't be an
ass on the bike ride today has lost their bet.
''Recognizing what the world has known for years, the president said, 'He's a good rider,'' Duffy said.
[snip]
After the presentation, Duffy said, they posed for pictures and the president announced, ''OK, let's go swimming.
The NYT has yet another article up about all the wonderful conservatives who have come out of Harvard in the early '70s and how they are now running the world and isn't it all so wonderful and fascinating.
I am getting a little sick of the NYT's constant pandering to conservatives and I wonder ... If in 2006, a lot of Republicans are thrown out of office, will the NYT write loads of "the world has changed" editorials (as it did after the 2004 election); form another "credibility committee" that will decide that the solution to the paper's problems is more coverage of progressive people and secular causes and institutions; and write loads of articles about fish-out-of-water progressives in red states and in elite schools and corporations during the conservative-dominated '80s, '90s, and '00s?
Sorry, rambling here. But I really loathe the NYT.
Watching AMC.
Didn't remember that Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for You Only Live Twice.
Well, company and Stuff to do calls. See you all later.
I liked the freeper who said the media would prevent the 'old school' clerics from taking away women's rights. Nice pipe dream, pal.
res ipsa loquitir, I agree. The editorial board of the NYT lives in a bubble, much like Bush and most of the talking heads in Washington. It's a bigger bubble, arguably, but just as limiting.
Roald Dahl. I love that man.
Reuters headline this afternoon:
Bush invokes Sept 11 to defend Iraq war
Dog bites man, details at 6.
"Didn't remember that Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for You Only Live Twice."
That explains all the Dahl-faces in the movie.
"I think I "understand" Wal-Mart customers a little more than Mr. Porter..."
--Pere Ubu
Pretty soon Walmart customers are not going to be able to afford to drive to Walmart. So, Mr. Porter, stick that in your hat.
That explains all the Dahl-faces in the movie.
Withnail
That was so bad it gave me cancer.
Didn't remember that Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for You Only Live Twice.
Actually, Dahl came up with the story, too - it was the first Bond film not to follow the corresponding Fleming novel.
"That was so bad it gave me cancer."
That made me laugh.
I could have said, that explains all the people who get Roald.
That explains all the Dahl-faces in the movie.
Okay, that one went right over my head.
So, seriously, what's going to happen if gas prices get a lot higher? When I'm up at school, I can walk places. And my parents live close to their work. But the potential for harm is enormous...
QL I found an old American Prospect post about our congress critter, the reprehensible Gregory Meeks.
Here's a link.
And I quote:
Representative Gregory Meeks, an African-American lawyer and assistant district attorney elected to Congress in 1998 to represent a middle-class black neighborhood in Queens, New York, was undecided last year on the divisive issue of trade rights for China. Lobbyists for big business were battling the AFL-CIO and environmental groups on Capitol Hill for every vote, and Meeks, who'd previously voted against granting fast-track negotiating authority to President Clinton, was a prize.
Sensing an opportunity, Representative Cal Dooley, a moderate California Democrat closely allied with that state's high-tech sector, moved in. As co-chairman of the House New Democrat Coalition, a bloc allied with the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), Dooley was targeting fence-sitters to vote aye. Along with fellow New Democrats Harold Ford, Jr., of Tennessee and Bob Matsui of California, Dooley hooked Meeks up with a stream of corporate officials from Silicon Valley and the New York financial district. "My boss made sure there'd be support for Meeks from the business community," says a Dooley aide. "He spread the word, through groups like the Business Roundtable, that here was a guy who deserved their support."
"Congressman Dooley helped bring in businesses who otherwise Congressman Meeks would not have known, and didn't have a relationship with, to knock on his door. As a result, scores of meetings were held with the congressman," says an aide to Meeks, citing sit-downs with the CEOs of American Airlines and New York Life Insurance Company. High-tech executives helped ensure that Meeks would be one of two undecided members to accompany President Clinton on his high-profile trip to China before the vote, the aide said; and Meeks also won significant backing from industry political action committees, which ended up nearly matching labor's donations to Meeks's campaign treasury. Included were $5,000 PAC contributions from American Airlines and New York Life. And in the end, Meeks voted business's way.
when you take a picture of the sky with B+W you use a yellow filter, to get cloud seperation. or red if ya want to go crazy and get a black sky.
B+W film is sensitive to the blue end of the spectrum, blue records more exposure relative to other colors.
but it's all digital these days with fancy gigitmahoos on the camera that render all these concerns pointless.
green and red also record with equal values and require filtration to create seperation.
late to the party.
I'll reiterate what I said on wt's blogs. Since when is POTUS allowed to indulge in product placement.
Oh, for a POTUS with SCROTUS.
"Okay, that one went right over my head."
rorshach is right - I probably should have kept that terrible pun to myself. "Doll face" means someone who's really cute. It's a term that's about sixty years out of date.
Actually, Dahl came up with the story, too - it was the first Bond film not to follow the corresponding Fleming novel.
dave™©®
Well, the book would have been impossible to film -- odd story about Blofeld's "suicide" park and all. Plus, since they were doing them out of order the "motivation" in YOLT was lost, since in the film series it does not follow the death of Bond's wife in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
And, yes, as a teenage boy in the 60s, I was a Bond geek.
"Didn't remember that Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for You Only Live Twice."
His word was his Bond.
Its a fairly cool 20°C (68°F) in Devizes.
Moonbotica - a quick question: What's the weather like generally in southern England (London and environs) in mid-September?
rorschach, you keep changing your personality. Now you look like a rip-off of spinoza's last gravatar.
But it's kinda cool. And it is a blot. So you've got that going for you.
rorshach is right - I probably should have kept that terrible pun to myself. "Doll face" means someone who's really cute. It's a term that's about sixty years out of date.
Withnail
No!! I never meant to imply that you ought not have said it! It was horrid and brilliant!
Well, the book would have been impossible to film -- odd story about Blofeld's "suicide" park and all. Plus, since they were doing them out of order the "motivation" in YOLT was lost, since in the film series it does not follow the death of Bond's wife in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Of course, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" suffers a big continuity problem anyway, since Blofeld doesn't recognize Bond despite having personally captured him in the previous movie.
Too bad they didn't keep the original ending of "YOLT," though - Bond with amnesia, not knowing he's James Bond.
I still would like to see the books redone "straight." Bond was a real cold-hearted bastard in most of them.
"It was horrid and brilliant!"
Thanks. That's what I was shooting for.
I'll reiterate what I said on wt's blogs. Since when is POTUS allowed to indulge in product placement.
Yeah. I wondered about that, too. I suppose the Murikan sheeple are so numbed by corporatism that most will not even notice that the Preznit is wearing advertising for a private company--nor will they care when it is pointed out to them.
The whole fucking thing is just a big joke--a game where their team must win no matter how much they cheat.
Soooooo glad I'm leaving the country next week.
rorschach, you keep changing your personality. Now you look like a rip-off of spinoza's last gravatar.
But it's kinda cool. And it is a blot. So you've got that going for you.
mer
I rip off no one. And I change gravatars rather regularly; this time, I sped it up because the previous one disturbed a couple of commenters here.
"Doll face" means someone who's really cute. It's a term that's about sixty years out of date.
Nah, don't worry about that, air mac.
I still would like to see the books redone "straight." Bond was a real cold-hearted bastard in most of them.
dave™©®
That's one reason I prefer the books(that and the lack of outlandish gadgets, which got sillier and sillier).
But in the books, that's also the basis for Bond's "sex appeal." Can't really do that in the movies anymore.
So, seriously, what's going to happen if gas prices get a lot higher?
Exxon's going to get lots richer.
the previous one disturbed a couple of commenters here.
I wonder what that says about them?
BTW, did you take your nick from the comic book character (with all the changing gravatars, it would make sense), or is it actually reality-based?
His word was his Bond.
Withnail | Email | Homepage | 08.20.05 - 4:06 pm | #
Okay, what film is the following
line from:
"I may be a chancre, but my word
is my bond."
Winner gets a cool MP3....
Hmmmm )
"I rip off no one."
--rorschach
Oh rorschach, I knew when I typed that you might take it the wrong way. Sorry. I loved spinoza's last gravatar.
"Doll face" means someone who's really cute. It's a term that's about sixty years out of date.
Nah, don't worry about that, air mac.
Now you're on the trolley!
If you haven't seen this yet:
http://www.thebattleforamerica.com/
This was linked in the previous thread with little or no comment...
Please email the URL to everyone and ask them to watch it too.
"As a woman, he wanted to make love
to her."
--Ian Fleming (I forget which
book)
Now you're on the trolley!
Yeah, I'm hip to that groove. Oh wait, that's meta-anachronistic...
And stop calling me a troll!
"Okay, what film is the following
line from:
'I may be a chancre, but my word
is my bond.'"
My knowledge is "sorely" lacking.
mer--No worries.
NTodd--Both, really. Inspired by Watchmen, but it works because what are we all doing here but looking at black squiggles and projecting meaning upon them...?
"As a woman, he wanted to make love
to her."
Dangling modifier alert.
Withnail:
I had a hunch you might know....
"It was a room-shaped room with furniture-shaped furniture" -- description of a nondescript hotel room from a James Bond novel I don't remember the name of either.
And didn't Roald Dahl live for a time in Japan? Was that why he got the screenwriting gig?
Inspired by Watchmen
Good on ya, mate.
but it works because what are we all doing here but looking at black squiggles and projecting meaning upon them...?
And how do you feel about that?
Steve s
We was discussing the Berserkly label earlier here. What are your thoughts?
Also, what are your thoughts concerning Iggy?
"I had a hunch you might know...."
If it's from "Withnail & I," I'll be completely embarrassed. It's one of my favorites, as you've probably guessed. But I can't remember that line. I picked the wrong week to give up sniffing glue . . . .
"Nah, don't worry about that, air mac."
Now, that was over MY head!
Air mac. Kind of like it.
Withnail:
You're close....it's from "How to
Get Ahead in Advertising," which
of course is written and directed by
whats his name who did Withnail and I.
The Spy Who Loved Me would be interesting done straight -- a James Bond novel from the female perspective (as imagined by Ian Fleming) in which JB doesn't show until at least a third of the way through it. They'd have to resurrect Hitchcock to do that one.
Billy B;
Iggy's great....
Berserkly Records?
They had some good stuff...first
Modern Lovers album, particularly.
What brought it up?
And didn't Roald Dahl live for a time in Japan? Was that why he got the screenwriting gig?
Seeing the name Roald Dahl makes me wonder how MERKIN PATRIOT might massacre it.
Here's your Saturday poem:
Sleeping in the Forest by Mary Oliver
I thought the earth remembered me,
she took me back so tenderly,
arranging her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds.
I slept as never before, a stone on the river bed,
nothing between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths
among the branches of the perfect trees.
All night I heard the small kingdoms
breathing around me, the insects,
and the birds who do their work in the darkness.
All night I rose and fell, as if in water,
grappling with a luminous doom. By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better.
The moon's still almost completely full tonight. Go sleep in the forest.
We was discussing the Berserkly label earlier here.
You're kidding! Where?
I'm an old Berserkely fan from waaaaaay back. I once interviewed the Rubinoos (fun fact: they opened for Elvis Costello on his "Get Happy" tour)!
steve simels - thanks. As you note, Bruce Robinson wrote and directed "How to Get Ahead in Advertising," and Richard E. Grant, who played Withnail in "Withnail & I," starred. I've been meaning to see that one. I think it involves an ad executive who gets a boil on his neck that starts talking to him. I'm guessing the boil gives the chancre line.
Holey moley.
Speaking of Roald Dahl, I'd give good
money to see a few episodes of his
great 50sTV show, "Way Out." Ran one
season in the time slot before
"Twilight Zone," and if memory serves
it was way scarier.
Never been re-run, to my knowledge.
Hmm....I wonder if the Museum of
Broadcasting has any copies?
When I go, I want to be put in a dragon ship and sent out to sea on the retreating tide, just far enough that the fire-tipped arrows can reach the dragon ship. But this is cool, too:
DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- Firework shells carrying the sealed ashes of "gonzo" journalist Hunter S. Thompson arrived in an armored truck at his mountain home as final preparations were being made for his star-studded farewell.
The shells were scheduled to be launched Saturday night from a 150-foot-tall monument erected behind Thompson's house in Woody Creek, just outside Aspen. The event will be private, open to about 250 invited guests including Thompson's longtime illustrator, Ralph Steadman, and actors Sean Penn and Johnny Depp.
Now, that was over MY head!
I got it from Karen Allen in Raiders: 'airmac'.
Of course, I didn't mean it. Well, I meant the 'no worries' part.
this bit of non-continuity always bugged me: in ROTK, when Aragorn and crew go to the Black Gates, they're on horses.
Then, when they're about to storm the gates, they're on foot.
I mean, WTF?
wow, I passed out there for a good half hour. Freakin' humidity.
I think it involves an ad
executive who gets a boil on his neck that starts talking to him. I'm guessing
the boil gives the chancre line.
Yes, indeedy.
An amazing, wonderfully sick
film.
Grant's unbelievable in it.
BTW, the Pickle gets positively snarky:
...Bush is making a sell to a skeptical public. According to recent polls, a majority of Americans do not approve of his handling of the war.
"We need a strategy to win in Iraq or an exit strategy to leave," former Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia said in the Democratic radio address. "The present course will lead us to disaster. More of the same just means more precious blood spilled in the desert."
Cleland, who noted that he lost three limbs serving in Vietnam, ticked off numbers indicating this war's toll — nearly 2,000 service members killed, more than 15,000 wounded and some soldiers returning for their third tour in Iraq. "Iraq is still not secure and we don't have the forces there to make it secure," he said.
Dozens (I think it's more than that, but she's gotta kiss ass somewhere) of the disillusioned remain outside his ranch as their inspiration, grieved mother Cindy Sheehan, left to tend to her hospitalized mother in her home state of California. Sheehan started the protests by traveling to Crawford to ask Bush why her soldier son, Casey, had to die in what she calls a senseless war.
Although he didn't mention him specifically, Bush spoke of the soldiers who have died. "We offer their families our heartfelt condolences and prayers," he said.
The protesters at "Camp Casey" can claim some victory for forcing Bush to talk so extensively about the military deaths when he'd rather focus on indicators of progress in Iraq. The campers' call to bring the troops home now dominated news coverage out of Crawford this week while Bush stayed on his ranch with no public events.
You just know that's gonna piss of Karl!
...As he has before when he has been challenged, Bush invoked the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in his radio address.
"On that day, we learned that vast oceans and friendly neighbors no longer protect us from those who wish to harm our people," he said. "And since that day, we have taken the fight to the enemy."
In the Democratic address, Cleland also brought up the Sept. 11 attacks — to remind Americans that al-Qaida terror group leader Osama bin Laden has yet to be captured.
No turkee for Pickle!
"Of course, I didn't mean it. Well, I meant the 'no worries' part."
Nope, it fits.
dave™©® :
Just downloaded the Rubinoos
"I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" a couple
of weeks ago.
What a great song....
new gravatar test
"Ze time for maturity is OVER!"
this bit of non-continuity always bugged me: in ROTK, when Aragorn and crew go to the Black Gates, they're on horses.
Then, when they're about to storm the gates, they're on foot.
I mean, WTF?
Just speculating out my ass (that kinda hurts), but they didn't appear to have all that many horses. Perhaps not enough to do an effective massed charge, so maybe it would actually be a disadvantage to be mounted?
Either that or Peter Jackson was smoking crack.
And how do you feel about that?
NTodd
Somewhat vulnerable, as though I were naked from the waist down.
Continuity, shmontinuity.
I want more Cate Blanchett!!!!!
Just downloaded the Rubinoos
"I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" a couple
of weeks ago.
Check out their first album - ever song a gem. I esp. like "Rock and Roll is Dead (And We Don't Care!)".
(And for a good time, notice that every song sounds like it's written about unrequited gay love!)
Berserkly - As MYMary is such a power pop fan, I asked if she'd ever listened to any of the bands on the label. She hadn't heard of Berserkly per se, but had listened to a lot of Jonathan Richman. I liked Greg Kihn and Earthquake quite a lot.
Kihn is from B'mo. Played in a band with Michael Tierson long ago. Anyone from Philly should know who Tierson is.
steve s. -
I mentioned that I had seen the Igster on a VH1 concert recently. He kicked ass. Played his version of Louie, Louie from Metallic KO. Note-note. Which surprised me.
has this been posted? it looks like the real leadership for the democratic party is going to come from the local ranks. the democratic mayor of friggin salt lake city has something to say.
Article Last Updated: 8/20/2005 12:38 AM
Rocky's call to protest Bush makes vets see red
Mayor's e-mail: 'Nothing radical,' supporters say
By Glen Warchol
The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson called for "the biggest demonstration this state has ever seen" to protest President Bush's appearance Monday before a national veterans convention.
"This administration has been disastrous to the country," Anderson said Friday. "If people could organize and speak out in an effective manner from the reddest state in the country, that would garner a lot of attention."
In an e-mail Wednesday to about 10 activist leaders, the maverick mayor of Utah's capital called for a diverse demonstration to greet Bush when he speaks to the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Salt Palace Convention Center. The mayor plans to join the protesters.
"There should be a collaboration of health-care-provision advocates, seniors, the [gay, lesbian and bisexual and transsexual] community, anti-Patriot Act advocates and other civil libertarians, anti-war folks, pro-Social Security advocates, environmental advocates, anti-nuclear-testing advocates, and anti-nuclear-waste-shipment-and-storage advocates," the mayor wrote in the e-mail.
The mayor's message drew a howl of outrage from Mike Parkin, senior vice commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Atomic Post 4355 in Salt Lake City.
''Excuse my French, but - that son of a bitch!'' he said. "It makes the mayor look very, very unpatriotic. It makes him look despicable."
..."I voted for the son of a bitch and I'll never vote for him again," said the Vietnam War veteran.
Anderson disagrees with that measure of patriotism.
"Patriotism," the mayor said, "demands that people speak out when we see our government officials acting in such anti-democratic and deceitful ways to the people of our country."
He also said: "I don't understand people simply blindly going along with the sort of deceit and utter cruelty of this administration. It's not just we have the right to speak out, but we have the obligation to speak out when we see misconduct on the part of the government. The most patriotic thing we can do is stand up against the misuse of governmental power."
...Anderson, who is scheduled to make welcoming remarks to the conventioneers, says veterans will understand. "The veterans of foreign wars are heroes in my view. To stand up against government misconduct is in no way expressing a lack of support for those who defend our country."
Even though Utah gave Bush his largest margin of victory of any state in the 2000 and 2004 elections, Anderson, a Democrat, wrote in this e-mail: "Don't let him come to Utah and not see huge opposition, even in the reddest state! This would send such an important message."
"A tepid response will just send a message of apathy and resignation. Let the Bush administration - and the world - hear from Salt Lake City!"
Meanwhile, peace activists already were gearing up for the president's visit. Erin Davis, a veteran who opposes the war in Iraq, predicted at least 1,000 anti-war activists would begin gathering in Pioneer Park early Monday. The demonstration will be joined by a national group of military families who oppose the war.
Anderson plans to participate at Pioneer Park demonstration against the war and is scheduled to speak.
Axford described the rally at Pioneer Park, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., as a "pro-peace rally." It isn't being held near the Salt Palace, where the president will speak, because organizers didn't want to make the convention attendees feel unwelcome, the mayor said.
"We didn't want to invite any kind of confrontation. We wanted to focus on our positive message."
That message, Axford says, is: "We'd just like [the president] to explain and justify this war in light of the fact so much of what we were told we were fighting for clearly we weren't fighting for."
---
Reporter Heather May contributed to this story.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_2958368
Hey, Steve, if you want, I'll burn you a CD or send you MP3s of that first Rubinoos elpee... it's the least I can do!
Boy. The New York Times really likes John Roberts. They think he's just a helluva guy and did a lot of neat things back when he was working for Reagan.
Me, I still gotta wonder why no one can really explain why this guy's the tippy-top best choice for this rather important gig.
NTodd,
thanks for the clarification.
And yes, Lance Armstrong looks better on a bike than the Preznit.
NYMary didn't know about Berserkeley?
WOW!!!
Oh, jesus. They just posted this:
WACO, Texas - It's no yellow jersey, but President Bush on Saturday presented Lance Armstrong with another shirt to show off his biking experiences — a red, white and blue T-shirt emblazoned "Tour de Crawford."
I. Hate. DirecPC. (And Blogmatrix.)
Upload of my latest podcast got to 99.08%. Then a hiccup (happens way too fucking often with Hughes' shitty network), and the transfer starts all over at 0%. If I had faster upstream connectivity, it wouldn't be so bad, but the satellite is significantly slower than what you get with DSL--all for a mere 2-3 times more money per month!
The things I put up with so the 12 of you who listen can hear incredibly relevant stuff...
And yes, Lance Armstrong looks better on a bike than the Preznit.
Okay, I'm gonna ask again ... didn't John Kerry take no end of shit for wearing all this protective gear when he took bike rides?
Why isn't the president manly enough to ride a bike without a freaking helmet?
Steve--do you know the Rubinoos song Gorilla? It was the first I'd heard of them and insanely catchy with plenty of intricate harmonies. And the lyric made no sense at all: "Gorilla is what I want you to call me/I'm so big you've got to love all me." Huh?
Robert Christgau was no fan of theirs, but liked the way they choreographed Walk Don't Run on stage. Surely there's some video around, or they could do it on a reunion for PBS pledge week.
The MAYOR of Salt Lake City?
wow.
dave™©® :
It's been years since I heard their
first album. Don't really recall
the rest of the songs.
If they're as good as you say,
though, I'd love a copy.
New Republican Jesus 'toon from the General.
Neither Bush nor Armstrong spoke to reporters, although White House spokesman Trent Duffy said the president was impressed with the seven-time champ's skills.
"Recognizing what the world has known for years, the president said, 'He's a good rider,'" Duffy said.
(snip)
After the presentation, Duffy said, they posed for pictures and the president announced, "OK, let's go swimming." Armstrong and the rest of the group were invited to stay for lunch.
watertiger ... Do you watch "Six Feet Under?"
steve, re: Way Out: these guys say that bootlegs are available, but give few real hints as to where to find them. My cursory search a couple weeks ago failed. I assume you are much hipper in these matters (i.e., searches for audio and video rareties) than I.
As for the Museum, I seem to remember finding that at least one MTR carries at least some eps. Do you mean NY or LA? And doesn't Chicago have a broadcasting museum?
Thanks for the info HBK. Looks like we may have to work on getting rid of the sell out.
I'm watching Globetrekker or something on PBS. A twit is traveling around China. Whenever they show pics of kids playing, the kids are all boys. I'd like to say they are screwed, but with no girls around. . .
res,
i didn't get into this season, but I have HBO on Demand, so I can go back and watch it all.
Draco:
Sounds cool...I'll see if I can
download it.
BTW, they're still around....
they have a website that's not
half bad.
watertiger ... I just started watching the first season. If I'd have known about this guy I would have been watching a long time ago. Ooo la la!
Robert Christgau
Draco - I was never a fan of Christgau.
As a matter of fact, I never liked many of the Rolling Stone critics. Snotty bastards, frustrated rockers that didn't have the talent to make the big time and were going to exact their pound of flesh.
(cover your eyes, steve s.)
Which is why I always thought so much of Master Simels. Even if he didn't like an album, he wasn't a flaming ass about it.
Shit, a Rolling Stone critic panned Led Zeppelin 2, for chrissake
Crooks & Liars has video up of Hackett on Bill Maher.
Why isn't the president manly enough to ride a bike without a freaking helmet?
Cos he's a whussy ponce.
res,
yeah, he's a great character in the series, too. I love when he had the "J. Lo-wannabe" bodyguard job.
The things I put up with so the 12 of you who listen can hear incredibly relevant stuff..
My last post praising your podcast was cut off, not by haloscam, but by my cat. You sound like you are really finding your voice. The interaction with Filk was smooth and I only detected on hummina hummina pause. Not bad.
I'll whore my latest quilt again since everyone completely ignored it the first time. While certainly not my best, it does not deserve to be completely ignored.
watertiger ... I just started watching the first season. If I'd have known about this guy I would have been watching a long time ago. Ooo la la!
res ipsa loquitur
I was really worried about who you might mean, but... damn right! Ooo la la indeed!
a red, white and blue T-shirt emblazoned "Tour de Crawford."
watertiger
Barf.
watertiger ... This pic of Michelle Malalalangadingdongdipshit cries out for one of your captions.
I liked Greg Kihn and Earthquake quite a lot.
IIRC, Berserkley started out with Earthquake, then Kihn, who was working as a clerk at the legendary Rather Ripped Records in Berkeley. Rather Ripped was also running a bootleg operation on the side, and there may have been some connection with that and Berserkley's founder, Matthew King Kaufman - can't recall. They put out that Modern Lovers album (made up of some recordings done with John Cale in the early 70s and some subsequent demos) in '76 on a side label called "Home of the Hits" (also the Berserkley motto), which I believe was mail-order only. Kihn's first album, IIRC, was done mainly with Earthquake personnel, though he put his band together for the next release, featuring a great guitarist named Dave Carpender who really kicked the band into gear. I don't know where the fuck the Rubinoos came from, but they were strongly committed to a bubble-gum sound that was so anachronistic for the time, yet oddly compelling. The label put out a wild "all the bands playing together" compilation called "Berserkley Chartbusters" with all the songs credited to fake bands.
I used to see Kihn and the Rubinoos play all the time in the Bay Area in the late 70s - early 80s. Did a great interview with the Rubinoos at a club in San Jose, where they had some funny stories about touring with Elvis (including how they'd work little musical bits from his songs into theirs). And Greg Kihn tried to pick up my date at the same club once - he was young, thin, and looked like a God then - now he's old, fat, and working as a DJ at some oldies station in the South Bay!
The things I put up with so the 12 of you who listen can hear incredibly relevant stuff...
NTodd
And sometimes we even think its worth it!! 
H. G. Bergeron :
I'm in NYC.
I love that museum....I don't know if
you can look up what's in their
collection on the web, though --
you have to actually go there, I
think.
Saw an incredibly rare Moby Grape
performance from a local rock special
that aired once on Channel 5 in 1967.
They have all sorts of stuff like
that.
And they have the world's coolesbb gift
shop.
'
Oy vey, they're playing the "Frito Bandito" song again in the courtyard next door. REALLY loudly. I can hear it over the AC.
res,
been there! That's the famed "grouper" shot. That's one hook I wouldn't feel bad about leaving in a fish's mouth.
Christgau was no fan of theirs, but liked the way they choreographed Walk Don't Run on stage.
They used to do a live version of "Sugar Sugar" that was just fucking killer - the fuzztone guitar was what made it work!
I was really worried about who you might mean, but... damn right! Ooo la la indeed!
rorschach ... To whom did you think I was going to point?
although White House spokesman Trent Duffy said the president was impressed with the seven-time champ's skills.
"Recognizing what the world has known for years, the president said, 'He's a good rider,'" Duffy said.
What this really means is that Jeebus has now officially declared Lance a good rider. Speaking thru his mouthpiece Bunnypants.
A fine quilt, I must say.
"Oy vey, they're playing the 'Frito Bandito' song again in the courtyard next door. REALLY loudly. I can hear it over the AC."
Sounds like it's crunch time.
rorschach ... To whom did you think I was going to point?
res ipsa loquitur
I did not know. But when you think about it, almost anybody but Keith would be...just wrong.
...a Rolling Stone critic panned Led Zeppelin 2, for chrissake.
Lester Bangs panned "Exile on Main Street" in Creem when it came out.
That's a good looking quilt, QL.
bkny, i did see that. gives one hope for change. if democrats can get over the disease of,
SWNS
When things are “fucked up,” say so openly and not just to a Rolling Stone interviewer. If personally attacked, challenge the accusers immediately and forcefully with withering contempt. Temper that frankness with an ounce of self-deprecating humor, a dash of laughter at the expense of the sitting President and the national press Corps, and voila, you have a winning recipe.
QL,
I can't wait to see what you produce from that bag of fabrics you had the other night.
I love your quilts QL. This one is wonderful. ANd I didn't ignore it, I just didn't see it before.
And sometimes we even think its worth it!!
And you wonder why I cheat on you when you're at work...
Shit, a Rolling Stone critic panned Led Zeppelin 2, for chrissake
Billy B | Email | 08.20.05 - 4:48 pm | #
John Mendelssohn. It was actually
a very funny review -- he referred
to Jimmy Page as the worlds best blues-
based guitarist under 5'8" .
Hackett on Maher: "News flash: the war is over. Let's get them home."
watertiger ... Damn. She does look like a fish in that shot. Fuck her, btw.
res:
your c&l posts links to 6 feet under.
One correction to that little ode to Berserkley Records above: the songs on "Berserkley Chartbusters" were all credited to one fake band, the Spitballs, which was really different permutations of all the groups recording for the label at the time.
I regret the etc...
Lester Bangs panned "Exile on Main Street" in Creem when it came out.
dave™©® | Email | Homepage | 08.20.05 - 4:55 pm | #
Lester Bangs also panned the first
MC5 album in Rolling Stone.
And Dave fucking Marsh made vicious
fun of Springsteen's first album
in CREEM.
Hah!
"The hills are alive... ARGGHHHH!"
...a Rolling Stone critic panned Led Zeppelin 2, for chrissake.
Lester Bangs panned "Exile on Main Street" in Creem when it came out.
And for some reason people panned the soundtrack from Xanadu...
Shit, a Rolling Stone critic panned Led Zeppelin 2, for chrissake
I'll never forget the RS review of Joe Jackson's second album--a great record which I loved then and still love today. The review basically said: This guy's just not up to it, not professional level.
And Dave Marsh, I think it was, reviewed Rickie Lee Jones's second album--a pretty good record--by pulling that high-school-press trick of addressing the artist in a snotty way: "Oh by the way, Rickie, the reason that ..." I should find out if it really was Marsh, because if it wasn't, I've been keeping a grudge against the wrong guy for twenty-five years.
John Mendelssohn.
Didn't he hate "Sgt. Pepper's"?
And you wonder why I cheat on you when you're at work...
NTodd
Never wondered. Nope.
You can't be trusted.
Simple.
dave -
Thanks for the Berserkly primer. I have the Chartbusters on vinyl and also Spitballs which was another album of covers from the same label.
It has a cool version of the "Batman Theme" and a nice one of "Just Like Me"
of Paul Revere and the Raiders.
Berserkly seemed to do everything tongue-in-cheek.
"The hills are alive... ARGGHHHH!"
That still fucking KILLS me!
You can't be trusted.
I can be trusted, if I'm not treated as though I'm irrelevant.
Sam, on the other hand...
You can't be trusted.
I can be trusted, if I'm not treated as though I'm irrelevant.
Sam, on the other hand...
Lester Bangs also panned the first
MC5 album in Rolling Stone.
You're kidding! Maybe he was just trying to piss off his Creem colleagues?
And Dave fucking Marsh made vicious
fun of Springsteen's first album
in CREEM.
Wonder if Bruce ever brings that up?
BTW, I see Jaan Uhelezki's byline in the SF Chronk every now and then...
Damn. My laptop, it has been determined, is thoroughly fucked. As in dead. The shop can save all my files, but the hardware is doomed...
Shitty day all of a sudden.
I have the Chartbusters on vinyl and also Spitballs which was another album of covers from the same label.
Oops! Another mistake.
The memory, she's not so good...
"I'll whore my latest quilt..."
--QL
Now that is one I could sleep under.
Damn. My laptop, it has been determined, is thoroughly fucked. As in dead. The shop can save all my files, but the hardware is doomed...
Oh man, having gone through a 3-week saga with my (ultimately dead) laptop, I can totally empathize.
John Mendelssohn.
Didn't he hate "Sgt. Pepper's"?
dave™©® | Email | Homepage | 08.20.05 - 5:00 pm | #
Have no idea.
He turned me on to the Move, however,
for which I'm profoundly grateful.
Actually, he quoted me a couple of
times in a book he wrote in the 80s
about the
Kinks.
"Damn. My laptop, it has been determined, is thoroughly fucked. As in dead. The shop can save all my files, but the hardware is doomed..."
Mac or PC? Just curious.
can we bottle that salt lake mayor?
Sorry ror. At least you can save the files.
I don't know if
you can look up what's in their
collection on the web, though
I think I tried and didn't have much luck. Maybe you could ask them by phone.
I've spent several days inside the MTR--looking at old news footage and other ephemera of the mid-sixties for a novel I'm finishing, and I went there to see the old Doonesbury TV special and the unaired Stage 67 version of Eat the Document, complete with vintage commercials! Back when I got to write a little for a living, I could get in free.
ror - you already submitted your diss, though, right?
Well, I broke down and Googled "Berserkley"... here's a good overview.
Mac or PC? Just curious.
Withnail
oh jebus. i'm just gonna say macs are prettier, and if i could afford one...
And Dave fucking Marsh made vicious
fun of Springsteen's first album
in CREEM.
Marsh also dissed the Kinks often, opining that the Davies brothers and crew were not up to the same standards as the Who, Zep, Beatles, Stones.
He was full of shit.
Thanks for the critic's name on Zep 2.
Bangs actually capitulated on Exile in the CREEM tribute issue to the Stones in late 72. Said he listened and listened and could not make himself like the album even tho he wanted to. He said he stopped listening toit for a couple of months and then when he put it on the turntable again, it blew him away. I guess he wrote the review prior to that.
can we bottle that salt lake mayor?
We could, but it would be unethical because we would have to harvest his DNA by grinding up his entire body and then [incredibly complex but almost somewhat plausible scientific explanation in the Star Trek vein].
H.G.
They have Eat the Document? Damn,
I gotta get over there pronto.
"oh jebus. i'm just gonna say macs are prettier, and if i could afford one..."
Fair enough. The price difference is a lot smaller than it used to be, with the Mac Mini at $499 and the iBook at $999 (before educational discounts). Maybe not the cheapest, but not too bad.
They have Eat the Document?
Wait, steve! It was a special showing ... don't know if it's part of the collection.
However, down on St. Marks Place there used to be a guy selling bootleg copies of it. Hell, he might even have it on DVD by now. He had the outtakes too--stoned Dylan and Lennon riding around in the back of a limo, etc.
PC. And no, I submitted my thesis for my 2nd Master's. And three chapters of my diss are on that laptop.
Gah!
Had to break down and turn on the a.c. It's not the heat ya know.
rorschach, that sucks. Just glad to hear that the files can be retrieved.
He had the outtakes
too--stoned Dylan and Lennon riding around in the back of a limo, etc.
H. G. Bergeron | Email | Homepage | 08.20.05 - 5:10 pm | #
That I've actually seen. Dylan
is babbling incoherently, Lennon
is inching his way away from him in
terror and embarassment, and then Dylan
actually throws up on John's shoes.
Swear to god, if that had been
widely circulated, the counter
culture would have stopped dead in
its tracks.
I've always used a Mac since I do graphics. I have no problem with my husband using a PC. I think this is a silly argument.
That I've actually seen.
One of the NYC public access channels showed that scene one night. Yeah, I like living next to a park and being able to own a car and all, but I miss the New York public access. Ira Gallow, the unscreened phone-in shows, The Church of Shooting Yourself ... good times.
Sheets, but they're not that clean.
Swear to god, if that had been
widely circulated, the counter
culture would have stopped dead in
its tracks.
Nah.
I've always used a Mac since I do graphics. I have no problem with my husband using a PC. I think this is a silly argument.
mer
What argument?
From The Nation Max Blumenthal writes:
With the revelation of Roberts's involvement in the Romer case, right-wing activists began jumping ship. The leader of a Virginia antigay group, Public Advocate, yanked support with the declaration, "'Freedom' is not embracing perversion." Joseph Farah, editor of the heavily trafficked far-right webzine WorldNetDaily, attacked Justice Sunday's planners in thinly veiled language in an August 12 column: "We now have 'conservative' organizations leading the fight for confirmation of a man [Roberts] who is certain to be a grave disappointment to them." Perhaps most important, Gary Bauer, the former Family Research Council president who built the organization into one of Washington's largest conservative operations during the 1990s, denounced the Bush White House in his daily newsletter for picking a "stealth nominee" and questioned their refusal to release 50,000 pages of Reagan-era Roberts documents.
Just what the fuck to these fuckwits want? Zell Miller for SCOTUS?
Next question. If the repukes can come out against Roberts, why are the Dems saying they are not going to put up a fight. Roberts has demonstrated a marked antipathy for civil rights. Especially as they pertain to women. Don't we cound anymore? Or have the American Taliban already taken over.
(Although these days, the idea of being forced to stay home doesn't sound quite so bad. I just want to be the one to make the choice.)
nd three chapters of my diss are on that laptop.
Peers over reading glasses, adjusts bun, and clears throat. "Ahem, young man. Haven't we had this discussion about discs and saving and emails before?"
Actually saw "Eat the Document" a few years ago when it played an "art house" in SF.
Incredibly maddening, disjointed, non-linear... came out thinking there was a God! A must-see!!!
The price difference is a lot smaller than it used to be, with the Mac Mini at $499 ...
Plus all the new software... and a monitor.
"Plus all the new software... and a monitor."
The cool thing about the Mac Mini is that you can use your existing monitor. And you can get the Student/Teacher edition of Microsoft Office for Mac for about $100 (after rebate). Out the door, then, it's about $600 to switch.
Mer, I wasn't trying to start an argument on the Mac/PC thing. I use a PC at work, and it's OK. If rohrschach's PC died because of a virus, though, buying a Mac is worth thinking about. They're a lot less susceptible to viruses and are much lower maintenance in the long run.
Billy B,
Saw Mr. Pop & The Asheton Brothers play a free ACOUSTIC set at my neighborhood record shack last year.. Pretty. Goddamned. Cool...
Maher was sickening last night:
"Well, he DID get elected twice to the highest office in the country..."
And if Maher BELIEVES that, he's as dumb as Bush.
I really don't play attention to what music critics say.
There's something in me that says "Don't tell me what I should like."
My take on music critics has always been: "Those who can't perform, pontificate."
Sorry, PAY attention.
Heat making concentration difficult
"Dylan actually throws up on John [Lennon's] shoes."
Isn't it generally much easier to throw up on your own shoes, from a logistical standpoint? Sounds like Dylan was aiming, which strikes me as typical of him.
"Dylan actually throws up on John [Lennon's] shoes."
The angels wanna puke on my shoes....
Peers over reading glasses, adjusts bun, and clears throat. "Ahem, young man. Haven't we had this discussion about discs and saving and emails before?"
Hecate
I am fairly sure I have them elsewhere, Mistress Hecate.
mentioned this at Eschaton, but it's funny how W likes to play dress-up with his hyper-aerodynamic helmet, as if such a thing is going to help him. Was he decked out in full lycra or spamdex or whatever pro bikers wear? Specially made, with a presidential seal on the chest.
Draco
I guess he thinks if he wore a Superman outfit, he'd be faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a locomotive?
Lazy
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