I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
First, again.
Second?
Is everyone lost in the blizzard?
bonsoir Ralphie
Rust never sleeps.
Must be lost.
Bonsoir Plum.
we're all alone Ralphie, want to dance?
I see the sociopathic fascists are out playing again.
C'mon NTodd is a nihilist.
Dude, they just won't leave it alone. Pick, pick, pick at the scab.
Forty MPH wind and lots of snow. I love it here.
Oh Lordy, I see the sociopathic fascists are out playing again.
Who, us?
I am NOT a fascist!
Yes they are! Big sillyheads.
Oh Lordy, I see the sociopathic fascists are out playing again.
Geeze, that could refer to so many things...
(You kids keep on dancing, I'm just gonna grab a beer)
want to dance?
Sure, but I lost my slippers in the wind.
I'm serious, Thers. What kind of proof can you possibly provide that will make these assclowns give up the fight?
Okay, since I received such a rousing welcome downstairs (NOT), I'll come in again.
Well, howdy, everyone.
It's lively around here tonight. Glad to see you all discussing important topics, like NTodd's (alleged) size (remember, though, it's not the length, it's the girth) and SNL. Fascinating ...
atrios! you big bad editor, you!
Elvis Costello does RADIO RADIO on SNL.
Your tax dollars at work:
The other kid that i can not forget was in Fallujah, he is laying down suffering bullets injuries and his father, mother and aunt were killed in the car behind him and he can not see them… he refused to let the ambulance take him to the hospital only if I swear to him that his family are alive… he pulled my shirt and said “don’t lie to me”.. I was looking at them all killed in front of me and he is laying down, an American sobbing soldier beside him was treating him till the ambulance arrived, and I had to swear to him that they were alive and he will find them in the hospital if he allowed the ambulance to take him, he and his one year old sister who were covered with here mother’s blood all over her body…
I am sorry but I had to write this down...
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YOU SOCIOPATHIC FASCISTS GET OFF MY LAWN !
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I couldn't get this post to show up - had to go through archives.
Say what you want about the tenets of national socialism, at least it's an ethos.
I'm so old I can remember when pasty wasn't pathetically insane, and was actually pretty amusing.
Atrios is OLD.
I'm so old I can remember when pasty wasn't pathetically insane, and was actually pretty amusing.
Puh-leeeeez. You're a whippersnapper.
Actually, I'll bet you're in the younger half of the denizens of your own blog. Don't tell me 35 is hitting you that hard ... 
I'm serious, Thers. What kind of proof can you possibly provide that will make these assclowns give up the fight?
watertiger
It makes me think of the scene from last weeks Rome when Brutus was informed that his side had essentially lost the battle. Some of the soldiers threw down their helmets and took off. Brutus took off his armor and went into the middle of the advancing enemy to die.
Kinda similar, except the wingers lack the dedication or the courage.
i'm ready to be cruxified: i always thought that Elvis Costello is way overated. There. Shoot me.
Arcade Fire on NOW!
I'm just hanging out here until my fleets from one of my colonies reaches the homeworld with a load of crystal. I'm trying to save up to research plasma tech level 7...
Pasty went directly from "young and stupid" to "adult and clinically insane" without even pausing.
It makes me think of the scene from last weeks Rome when Brutus was informed that his side had essentially lost the battle
Is there no new Rome this week b/c of the Academy Awards?
Atrios isn't old - he's merely been around Pasty too long, apparently.
I can see you Atrios. I'm in your house. I'm in your head.
y'know, i was banned from hugh hewitt's blog for no reason the other day, and now he's accusing me of hacking his email.
what a goddamn loon.
i'm ready to be cruxified: i always thought that Elvis Costello is way overated.
And hard to dance to.
Arcade Fire may be good, but they're no Lily Allen!
Say what you want about the tenets of national socialism, at least it's an ethos.
Say what you want about insanity, at least it's a state of mind.
I'm serious, Thers. What kind of proof can you possibly provide that will make these assclowns give up the fight?
It ain't about that. Natch.
Anyway, I'm not really bothered this time around. It's just silly.
I cant see!
.
what a goddamn loon.
jay,
You know, I've never visited Hugh Hewitt's blog - because he is a goddamn loon. I'm surprised you bothered to go over there and post something. I'm not surprised you got banned - he's a loon and an asshole.
I'm just hanging out here until my fleets from one of my colonies reaches the homeworld with a load of crystal. I'm trying to save up to research plasma tech level 7...
Sounds like a pussy game to me. Be a real man and face me on Halo. I'll stick a sniper rifle up your bitch ass, sucka!
Are these guys Irish or something?
I must have missed something.
What's the deal with pasty? I thought it was just a meat pie you eat by hand, common especially to Cornwall and northern Michigan ...
Arcade Fire may be good, but they're no Lily Allen!
The Kenosha Kid
i like Lily too
they're hoping our side escalates so they can play victim. It's all pasty has left anymore, 'cause he's such a goddamn loser.
So, on with the mockery.
Anyway, I'm not really bothered this time around. It's just silly.
Thers
I'm apparently late to the party, they decided to go after you and your kids again?
Sweet.
Say what you want about the tenets of national socialism, at least it's an ethos. | NTodd, Stalker
The fact that the tenets of national socialism don't include a George Tenet reinforces this point.
It ain't about that. Natch.
Y'know, dog piss isn't good for trees. They keep pissing on the trees, pretty soon there won't be any trees left to piss on.
The pathology is remarkable.
Escalation, bitches!
Is there no new Rome this week b/c of the Academy Awards?
Jim
That will really suck. I'm already behind on my viewing of Big Love.
Arcade Fire sucks.
HelloGoodbye is the new black.
Oh look who thinks he's Pete Townshend all the sudden?
ok. now i know why the arcade fire annoy me, it is the emo-influenced earnestness.
i'm ready to be cruxified: i always thought that Elvis Costello is way overated.
I'm glad to hear someone else say that. Seems to me he's been singing the same goddamn non-melody for about fifteen years now.
'cause he's such a goddamn loser.
A loser among losers.
He's the most pathetic, really, of the bunch.
y'know, i was banned from hugh hewitt's blog for no reason the other day, and now he's accusing me of hacking his email.
Good grief.
Like you would possibly bother.
Oh look who thinks he's Pete Townshend all the sudden?
attaturk
The triangle player?
Are these guys Irish or something?
The Kenosha Kid
from MONTRÉAL, you silly. But the Win brothers (singer and xylophone) are from Texas. And they have national healthcare now!
What kind of proof can you possibly provide that will make these assclowns give up the fight?
Assclowns are the forgotten heroes, people.
A pastie is a meat pie, a pasty is an idiot.
That was Arcade Fire?
Color me unimpressed.
All right, I guess no one's going to ask me about my date tonight. That's cool.
So, what else is going on?
Is Arcade Fire also art school spawn?
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ok. now i know why the arcade fire annoy me, it is the emo-influenced earnestness.
What is it with these young folks and their obsession with emus?
i'm ready to be cruxified: i always thought that Elvis Costello is way overated. There. Shoot me.
Arcade Fire on NOW!
Plum P
Without the Attractions, I have little use for him.
Arcade Fire sucks.
HelloGoodbye is the new black.
SteveAudio
not true, Simels, and you know it!
I am seriously considering getting a hooker, but the cocaine part is a joke.
they're hoping our side escalates so they can play victim. It's all pasty has left anymore, 'cause he's such a goddamn loser.
Pauvre victimized middle class white men. Those are some pretty hollow lives right there.
Damn.
That will really suck. I'm already behind on my viewing of Big Love.
Allie
NO - this is a great thing! I won't miss Rome - the hotel doesn't have HBO, my son doesn't HBO - I was resigned to missing it this week. Hooray!
What's going on with Goldstein, Thers? More of the same?
I stand by my comparison of engaging with these creeps to whacking at dung-filled pinatas. You can break 'em apart with no effort, but the payoff's not so great....
Y'know, dog piss isn't good for trees. They keep pissing on the trees, pretty soon there won't be any trees left to piss on.
That explains why all the trees in our woods are dying.
ok. now i know why the arcade fire annoy me, it is the emo-influenced earnestness.
Atrios
There's some british group that had a lush orchestral sound about a decade ago that had like two hits that they remind me of but I can't remember their name.
I got the fever for cowbell.
You know what?
It's kind of astonishing to me how many people from all over the world will visit my blog to see kitten pictures.
A pastie is a meat pie, a pasty is an idiot.
Ralphie
Ah, well, I've seen it spelt both ways. The classic place in northern Michigan (I think it's in St. Ignace, at the northern end of the Mackinac Bridge) does spell it "pasty."
But I'm being hyper-semantic (and also highly caffeinated).
ok. now i know why the arcade fire annoy me, it is the emo-influenced earnestness.
I draw the line at xylophones.
Vibes, now those are a different story.
ANCIENTS of MU MU
Arcade Fire sounded like (based on that one song) Irish lout drinking songs as played by The Magnetic Fields.
ok. now i know why the arcade fire annoy me, it is the emo-influenced earnestness.
Atrios
shut up!
OK, so I've been vegging out on the couch watching the Back to the Future trilogy and I've missed all the context.
What up?
Pauvre victimized middle class white men. Those are some pretty hollow lives right there.
Damn.
watertige
Chyeah there's nothing like the chorus of a bunch of pasty white middle class men whining about how rough they have it.
Pauvre victimized middle class white men. Those are some pretty hollow lives right there.
Damn.
watertiger
Bigotry. Nice.
There's some british group that had a lush orchestral sound about a decade ago that had like two hits that they remind me of but I can't remember their name.
attaturk
The Verve?
All right, I guess no one's going to ask me about my date tonight. That's cool.
So, what else is going on?
Sinfonian, kissing & telling
?
/
From the Sadly No stuff, I got the sense that JG is worried about posts like Retardo's being used against him if he should ever try to jump into another sort of a position -- that what happened to Amanda would happen to him. And this is part of his brilliant plan to avoid that fate.
Gah. It's again, very silly.
Did Weekend Update just steal a joke from The Onion?
Color me unimpressed.
Steve French | 02.25.07 - 12:16 am | #
Having heard some album of theirs about a zillion times, I can tell you that if you don't like one of their songs, you really won't like all the others that sound just like it.
No dynamics and no imagination. Energetic, though, for whatever that's worth.
There's some british group that had a lush orchestral sound about a decade ago that had like two hits that they remind me of but I can't remember their name.
attaturk
The Verve?
Buzz Bomb
I remember The Verve ... if not them, though, maybe Oasis?
JG should try boiling a rabbit on Atrios' stove.
Chyeah there's nothing like the chorus of a bunch of pasty white middle class men whining about how rough they have it.
Tena
I just can't imagine why white people dislike liberals.
It boggles the mind.
This blog sucks so bad even the trolls aren't entertaining.
And it talks about religion too much. When it should talk about the threads of American history, as exemplified by "Good Night, and Good Luck." Which I just watched on DVD.
If this blog was any good, that would be the topic of discussion. And it would be held earlier, so I wouldn't be sleepy, and about to go to bed.
Good night. And good luck.
It's kind of astonishing to me how many people from all over the world will visit my blog to see kitten pictures.
fourlegsgood, kittenslave | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:18 am | #
I know I'm a big fan, and Miriam even more so.
Meanwhile, my own cats also love to pose.
Did Weekend Update just steal a joke from The Onion?
The Kenosha Kid
If they did, it's the best writing they've had all year
I'm a white dude, and my life sucks. So fuck you.
Not the Verve or Oasis they weren't that big.
I am NOT a fascist!
And I am NOT a sociopath.
Psychopath, OK. I'm cool with that. The bottom line is that I do understand the impact of what I'm doing.
Unlike George Bush, who is clueless and personifies the definition of true sociopath.
Just sayin'.
JG should try boiling a rabbit on Atrios' stove.
NTodd, Stalker | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:20 am | #
I need to come up with some shocking scheme to force Atrios to notice me, lest my existence have no meaning...
I always thought Oasis were overrated
I never kiss and tell.
Gah. It's again, very silly.
Thers, Extant | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:19 am | #
It's slowly dawning on Goldstein that he may've burnt a few bridges, huh? Go figure.
"Sak vide pa kanpe", on the Arcade Fire guy's guitar, is a Haitian proverb that translates as, "An empty sack cannot stand up."
And Costello's "Radio Radio" thing on SNL was awesome, but got him banned from the show for like a decade. And no, he's not overrated.
love the kitties pics, Ro
I always thought Oasis were overrated
Jim
Agreed. They're like Coldplay with more angst.
I just can't imagine why white people dislike liberals.
It boggles the mind.
hookers and cocaine |
And what color do you think I am - purple?
Glad ya like 'em, Plum!
Not the Verve or Oasis they weren't that big.
attaturk
The Surge, with an umlaut. Boffo disc sales.
I always thought Oasis were overrated
Jim
and their egos overinflated
I stand by my comparison of engaging with these creeps to whacking at dung-filled pinatas. You can break 'em apart with no effort, but the payoff's not so great....
Oh, I agree. But a response was necessary. I'm done after this, tho.
A pastie is made from round steak, onions, turnips or rutabaga and enclosed in a crust made with lard. very popular in the UP of Michigan. Originated in Cornwall by miner's wives as a lunch that would stay hot. Tasty, but artery clogging.
I need to come up with some shocking scheme to force Atrios to notice me, lest my existence have no meaning...
I suggest nuking Philadelphia.
Oh, we're not talking about that little authoritarian shit Goldstein, are we?
Cripes, I've scraped more intelligent organic matter off my shoe.
Actually, pasty and his ilk remind me of the tigers in the story of Little Black Sambo, who race around the tree and turn into butter.
I always thought Oasis were overrated
Jim | 02.25.07 - 12:22 am |
Oasis was an arguably competant alternative rock band that aspired to become and became a Beatles cover fangroup.
Not the Verve or Oasis they weren't that big.
Lush?
Chyeah there's nothing like the chorus of a bunch of pasty white middle class men whining about how rough they have it.
Tena
Damn, I missed that, too?
I love a good whinge-fest.
Not the Verve or Oasis they weren't that big.
attaturk
Verve weren't the Beatles or anything. But "The Drugs Don't Work" is pretty indispensable. "Lucky Man" ain't bad either.
BIttersweet Symphony was killed by radio though.
Goddamn radio.
Sans link, I'm baffled by this post.
BTW -- the guy from Arcade Fire just smashed his guitar on SNL.
...anybody who can do that in 2007 is...
well, let's just say I think they're a profoundly silly band.
Oasis was an arguably competant alternative rock band that aspired to become and became a Beatles cover fangroup.
I personally find that aspiration to be extremely self-defeating.
I always thought Oasis were overrated
Jim
Agreed. They're like Coldplay with more angst.
Sinfonian, kissing & telling
No, no...Oasis are overrated. Coldplay just suck.
I always thought Oasis were overrated
Pfffffttttt.
I heard some geek on NPR describe them as the new Beatles.
Sooooooo much suckage.
I need to come up with some shocking scheme to force Atrios to notice me, lest my existence have no meaning...
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot
Too late....
"Sak vide pa kanpe", on the Arcade Fire guy's guitar, is a Haitian proverb that translates as, "An empty sack cannot stand up."
And Costello's "Radio Radio" thing on SNL was awesome, but got him banned from the show for like a decade. And no, he's not overrated.
puppethead
good catch! Régine is from Haiti descent. And i never got into Costello after the 1st album. I still have the old vinyl of it.
Did Weekend Update just steal a joke from The Onion?
What makes you think that? Was it actually funny or something?
oh, oasis wasn't great, but they came along at time when actually writing something which resembled a song was a novelty.
DREAM ACADEMY, they remind me of "Dream Academy".
Sans link, I'm baffled by this post.
Yeah, I've found several of Atrios's posts these past couple days to be needlessly obscure, referencing incidents without explanation.
Feels very clique-ish.
Hey Robert - what are you up to? I ought to hang around at night more often - I didn't know you showed up.
I love spending time with rorschach - I hardly see you any more, ror. Just once in awhile.
A pastie is made from round steak, onions, turnips or rutabaga and enclosed in a crust made with lard. very popular in the UP of Michigan. Originated in Cornwall by miner's wives as a lunch that would stay hot. Tasty, but artery clogging.
When some men find it appealing to see women with these on their breasts escapes me.
Not the Verve or Oasis they weren't that big.
attaturk
Inspiral Carpets? Although that's more like 15 years ago, I think.
Kids today. Dumber than a sack of hammers!
And all the white boys on his myspace page, calling each other "nigga".
I fear for The Republic!
Did Weekend Update just steal a joke from The Onion?
The Onion would sue just for making it feel like shit.
From the Sadly No stuff, I got the sense that JG is worried about posts like Retardo's being used against him if he should ever try to jump into another sort of a position -- that what happened to Amanda would happen to him.
He's making a pretty big assumption there.
oh, oasis wasn't great, but they came along at time when actually writing something which resembled a song was a novelty.
Atrios
Could you narrow that down to a period shorter than the past 4 decades?
well, let's just say I think they're a profoundly silly band.
steve simels
non, non, NON!
I need to come up with some shocking scheme to force Atrios to notice me, lest my existence have no meaning...
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot
Too late....
Rev. Rmj, Curiously Refreshing | 02.25.07 - 12:25 am | #
It is?
Cheney's plane had mechanical problems. Cheney radioed to the CIA, "Not my small plane, damnit!"
Best musical performance on SNL ever:
Now that I've made you wait...
oh, oasis wasn't great, but they came along at time when actually writing something which resembled a song was a novelty.
Atrios
Oh, so are you saying "Baby Got Back" wasn't genius?
Philistine.
Actually, pasty and his ilk remind me of the tigers in the story of Little Black Sambo, who race around the tree and turn into butter.
RACIST!
DREAM ACADEMY, they remind me of "Dream Academy".
Life in a Northern Town?
oh, oasis wasn't great, but they came along at time when actually writing something which resembled a song was a novelty.
Atrios | 02.25.07 - 12:25 am |
You're just angry that you didn't see the Dostoyevsky shining through in "Horny Horny Horny."
oh, oasis wasn't great, but they came along at time when actually writing something which resembled a song was a novelty.
That and the trainwreck PR they generated.
But yeah, the trippy Manchester thing had about run its course.
After the headache I got after reading the latest go around between HTML and I can't even remember whether it was Pasty or Ticky Tack, I'm going to avoid whatever it is I missed earlier.
Thers, you're a better man than I.
Ah, the post has been updated with a vintage blogroll.
Five years is a fucking long time in the blogosphere, no?
RACIST!
AND a bigot.
Don't forget the bigotry.
Hey Robert - what are you up to? I ought to hang around at night more often - I didn't know you showed up.
I'll last another 5 seconds, at best.
I'm already turning orange. The green stem should sprout any minute.
Simels,
Only one guy can "smash" his guitar and have it not be stupid.
Only only one guy can light his guitar on fire.
And the later guy is dead.
Actually, pasty and his ilk remind me of the tigers in the story of Little Black Sambo, who race around the tree and turn into butter.
That cat had some crazy purple shoes.
As far as musical appearances on shows go, I find it very interesting that The Daily Show actually broke their usual format to have the White Stripes on.
They were brilliant, IMHO.
I was determined to hate Oasis for years because everyone kept claiming they were the next Beatles, but now that their star has faded I have to admit their first album is pretty good.
they're hoping our side escalates so they can play victim. It's all pasty has left anymore, 'cause he's such a goddamn loser.
What a silly bunch of gits they are.
Inspiral Carpets? Although that's more like 15 years ago, I think.
God, that's some shit I sometimes played on my radio show in college.
Ugh, could never stand Oasis.
It is?
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot
Yeah, we proved existence was meaningless back in the 40's.
Or was it the '30's?
YOU KIDS WITH YOUR ROCK-N-ROLL GET OFF MY LAWN !
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well, let's just say I think they're a profoundly silly band.
steve simels
non, non, NON!
Plum P | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:27 am | #
Is this a Canadian thing?
DREAM ACADEMY, they remind me of "Dream Academy".
Life in a Northern Town?
watertiger
Right. It took me so long to remember the song and the group that I may have been completely off.
I'm already turning orange. The green stem should sprout any minute.
Rev. Rmj,
Yeah, it's getting late down there. Still early here - it always throws me for a couple of days. You wouldn't think 2 hours would make that much difference, but it does.
Lordy, the Pope ventures his favorite SNL performance was the Stones in '78. The Stones were a real band, with one of their last real albums under their belt - Belushi was alive, life was good.
I am afraid there can never be a "next Beatles".
It's just not going to happen.
Yeah, we proved existence was meaningless back in the 40's.
Or was it the '30's?
Rev. Rmj, Curiously Refreshing | 02.25.07 - 12:29 am | #
Why am I suddenly craving smelly French cigarettes all the sudden?
Thers, you're a better man than I.
In the latest influence, it came to me, not I to it.
It breaks my heart
to see those stars
smashin' up perfectly good guitars
Ah, the post has been updated with a vintage blogroll.
I'll note I wasn't on that blogroll, either (although that was when I really truly didn't have a blog).
Watertiger you should have saved your vomit joke.
Because it was funny.
Lordy, the Pope ventures his favorite SNL performance was the Stones in '78.
Too much mascara.
I have to admit their first album is pretty good.
Buzz Bomb
yes, the 1st one is still listenable. After that we all realized they had only 2 songs in their repertoire: slow with fast. They've been re-writing the same 2 sonds for 15 years. And of course they stole The Beatles strings arrangements for a bit of variety.
God, I miss Ethel the Blog...
Lordy, the Pope ventures his favorite SNL performance was the Stones in '78. The Stones were a real band, with one of their last real albums under their belt - Belushi was alive, life was good.
I was in college then. Yes, life was good.
Sucks now.
"
It is?
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot"
Welcome to the void.
Or was it the '30's?
The 20s.
Looked what happened to the old Beatles. Who the hell wants a reprise.
Okay -- here tis:
Best all-time musical performance on SNL:
Joan Osborne, "One of Us."
A perfect song and record, performed live even better than perfect.
Not a wasted note or superfluous gesture.
If it's on YouTube, don't miss it....
What is frustrating about Oasis being called the "next Beatles" is (1) their whole thing was trying to be the Beatles directly. The "Next Beatles" should be as different as the first. (2), especially in Japan, there is a whole subgenre devoted to Beatling (Puffy, also this new pseudoBeatleness called Brilliant Green), and several groups are a lot better than Oasis. And (3) in high school we plotted on several occasions to distort "Wonderwall," then overplayed to death, with recordings of actual screams and car crashes, because it was played so often and would not get off the radio.
Welcome to the void.
EkCenTriK
By god, I've been looking for that everywhere - how did you find it?
God, that's some shit I sometimes played on my radio show in college.
NTodd, Stalker |
In college I was very interested in a woman who was into the whole Manchester thing, and so I listened to a lot of it. Went to a bunch of shows maybe even including Inspiral Carpets, can't remember. She wrote the music review column for our college independent weekly.
The links are broken on the vintage blahgroll.
Or was it the '30's?
The 20s.
Tena
Marie, Marie, hold on tight
If I was the producer of SNL, (is it still Loren Michaels?) I would hire NTodd and Thers and Watertiger and Attaturk as the writers, give em whatever $ they want and a 10 year contract.
If it's on YouTube, don't miss it....
Yes, hurry before the Ferengi slime of Viacom get it taken off YouTube, and behind a pay-per-view wall.
The 20s.
Tena
Anyone for tennis?
Lordy, the Pope ventures his favorite SNL performance was the Stones in '78. The Stones were a real band, with one of their last real albums under their belt - Belushi was alive, life was good.
Geezer.
"Welcome to the void.
EkCenTriK
By god, I've been looking for that everywhere - how did you find it?"
Sort of a family heirloom.
What is frustrating about Oasis being called the "next Beatles" is
'nuff said.
Ah, the post has been updated with a vintage blogroll.
I'll note I wasn't on that blogroll, either (although that was when I really truly didn't have a blog).
NTodd, Stalker
Well, I'll never be on this blogroll, so I'm just not going to worry about it.
Hell, I'm still living off the last vestiges of glory from a link in 2004 ...
That's a good rebuttal, Thers. Very even-tempered and factual and cold. In my crazier moments I almost imagine Goldstein feeling abashed by it.
Hey, a boy can dream.
Actually, pasty and his ilk remind me of the tigers in the story of Little Black Sambo, who race around the tree and turn into butter.
Except that butter is actually delicious.
If Pasty ran about a tree until he melted, all he'd leave behind would be some putrescent scum.
yes, the 1st one is still listenable. After that we all realized they had only 2 songs in their repertoire: slow with fast. They've been re-writing the same 2 sonds for 15 years. And of course they stole The Beatles strings arrangements for a bit of variety.
Plum P
Agreed on all counts. But I'll still take them over R.E.M., actually. God, I can't believe I used to like R.E.M.
If I was the producer of SNL, (is it still Loren Michaels?) I would hire NTodd and Thers and Watertiger and Attaturk as the writers, give em whatever $ they want and a 10 year contract.
Cobalt Richie
I'd do that too.
Actually maybe they should just bring back the quality blow?
If I was the producer of SNL, (is it still Loren Michaels?) I would hire NTodd and Thers and Watertiger and Attaturk as the writers, give em whatever $ they want and a 10 year contract.
Cobalt Richie
It would be too good.
Look what they did to Edward R. Murrow.
Only only one guy can light his guitar on fire.
And the later guy is dead.
attaturk
Did he die in a freak guitar burning incident?
"If I was the producer of SNL, (is it still Loren Michaels?) I would hire NTodd and Thers and Watertiger and Attaturk as the writers, give em whatever $ they want and a 10 year contract.
Cobalt Richie"
Shoot, if you are going to do that, just have someone read Saturday Night Eschaton Threads on camera.
Is this a Canadian thing?
steve simels
i'm not being just chauvinistic! They are really good live. This format of "one song on tv" is not good for them. Their gigs are full on experience.
And i hear a lot of Echo and the Bunnymen in their music.
Simels,
Only one guy can "smash" his guitar and have it not be stupid.
Only only one guy can light his guitar on fire.
And the later guy is dead.
attaturk | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:28 am | #
Uh...exactly right.
attaturk,
Which vomit joke?
[I've made so many...]
Anyone for tennis?
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot
Wasn't that a Sam Peckinpah film?
What the frack happened to When In Rome? The Promise (perhaps you recall the credits from Napoleon Dynamite) was as perfect, as polished, as beautifully produced and as apt as pop gets.
First time I saw SNL it was Talking Heads doing Take Me To The River. Still the most memorable musical performance I saw, SNL used to be something good.
Actually maybe they should just bring back the quality blow?
attaturk | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:34 am | #
I like the way you think.
If I was the producer of SNL, (is it still Loren Michaels?) I would hire NTodd and Thers and Watertiger and Attaturk as the writers, give em whatever $ they want and a 10 year contract.
Yes! I would write sketches with one note characters with some sort of exaggerated physical characteristic or behavioral tic. These sketches would recur weekly for years and be introduced with perky "theme songs."
Anyone for tennis?
rorschach
O you kid! 23 skiddoo.
Best performance on American Bandstand?
Hands down, Public Image. Lydon pushing dancers off their pedestals and dropping the lip-synching halfway through 'Poptones'. Now do they got that shit on YOUTUBE? The Pontiff wants to know.
attaturk,
Which vomit joke?
[I've made so many...]
watertiger
You used it to great effect in the last thread.
If I was the producer of SNL, (is it still Loren Michaels?) I would hire NTodd and Thers and Watertiger and Attaturk as the writers, give em whatever $ they want and a 10 year contract.
I believe that's called "30 Rock", which is quite good, but I liked it a little better when it was called "The Dick van Dyke Show".
Blogroll, hell. Even the Wanker of the Day Hall of Fame got no traction. Harumph.
Wasn't that a Sam Peckinpah film?
Rev. Rmj, Curiously Refreshing | 02.25.07 - 12:35 am | #
Have some salad.
Funny, Jim NEVER vomits at home!
Yes! I would write sketches with one note characters with some sort of exaggerated physical characteristic or behavioral tic. These sketches would recur weekly for years and be introduced with perky "theme songs."
Thers, Extant | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:36 am | #
It'd only work if you could somehow find actors who never stop smirking, no matter what emotion they're trying to project.
Hey, a boy can dream.
Hee hee. I doubt it. Thanks for the kind words, though. "Cold" is what had in mind.
That's not mine, btw.
From "Airplane."
Yes! I would write sketches with one note characters with some sort of exaggerated physical characteristic or behavioral tic. These sketches would recur weekly for years and be introduced with perky "theme songs."
Thers
"Bobby, the Dry Humping Teen"
i actually like the later uncool REM which all the real REM fans hate, and don't like most of the early stuff
Robert Bly looked at guitar destruction as extremely mindless anti-patriarchal rebellion: some old guy worked for hours on this representation of how beautiful crafting something with your hands can be, and here it goes! But for Hendrix to do this really was more like saying, there is no point to this insttrunent's continued existence because anything further from this moment and this genius would be base violation. Neither of which have any place in 1982, let alone 2007.
Best performance on American Bandstand?
Hands down, Public Image. Lydon pushing dancers off their pedestals and dropping the lip-synching halfway through 'Poptones'.
How the hell did I miss that? My favorite song of theirs, no less!
Plum P:
I was mostly being snarky.
Some days, though, I just have a hate jones for bands tying to be ambitiously arty in the anthemic U2 sense.
Funny, Jim NEVER vomits at home!
Hurl?
You're soaking in it!
I believe that's called "30 Rock", which is quite good, but I liked it a little better when it was called "The Dick van Dyke Show".
driftglass
But does Alec Baldwin trip over an ottoman?
Ha! I've got you beat Sinfonian. I had one in 2004 and one in 2003. Actually, I kind of blew the one in 2003 by not having a blog yet, hence nothing to link to. Still, the mention kept me going for weeks, nay, months.
Course that was all a long time ago.
That's not mine, btw.
From "Airplane."
watertiger
That's okay, SNL stole its vomit sketch from Python.
Yes! I would write sketches with one note characters with some sort of exaggerated physical characteristic or behavioral tic. These sketches would recur weekly for years and be introduced with perky "theme songs."
Thers, Extan
Ah. The Letterman Effect...
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Yes! I would write sketches with one note characters with some sort of exaggerated physical characteristic or behavioral tic. These sketches would recur weekly for years and be introduced with perky "theme songs."
Thers, Extant
Belushi hated recurring characters.
One easily understands why.
But for Hendrix to do this really was more like saying, there is no point to this insttrunent's continued existence because anything further from this moment and this genius would be base violation.
You've gotta be kidding me.
Some days, though, I just have a hate jones for bands tying to be ambitiously arty in the anthemic U2 sense.
steve simels
that's not what they're about, babe. Oh well, i wont convince you tonite it seems...
Ha! I've got you beat Sinfonian. I had one in 2004 and one in 2003. Actually, I kind of blew the one in 2003 by not having a blog yet, hence nothing to link to. Still, the mention kept me going for weeks, nay, months.
I've gotten 2 or 3 links on Eschaton, but only from guest-bloggers, never from Atrios.
i actually like the later uncool REM which all the real REM fans hate, and don't like most of the early stuff
Atrios
Wait, lemme guess ... "Green"?
I have that CD. Used to listen to it regularly. Now, not so much.
("Orange Crush," "Stand," "Turn You Inside Out," etc.)
But does Alec Baldwin trip over an ottoman?
No, but he is secretly bald...
Oh, when I saw U2 in concert during their War tour (1983), I said to my friends they could end up being big like the Beatles.
Sadly I was right, although they've gotten back to being somewhat good. I haven't liked much of their stuff since War.
You east coasters have this headed your way.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/
You've gotta be kidding me.
Phila, The Next "Weezer" | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:39 am |
Okay, so what's your explanation? Drugs?
REM "green" wasn't bad at all
Funny, Jim NEVER vomits at home!
watertiger
That HAS to be an Airplane reference, only because I can't remember that line being included in any Leave It To Beaver episode.
Ah. The Letterman Effect...
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MisterX
He's Kenny, Kenny the Gardener
I've gotten 2 or 3 links on Eschaton, but only from guest-bloggers, never from Atrios.
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:40 am | #
Don't the massive surges you get from my links satisfy you?
I've often wanted to set a guitar afire. Not mine, though.
Atrios | 02.25.07 - 12:38 am |
Okay, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this sets a record for most comments by Dad in a single thread.
Belushi hated recurring characters.
One easily understands why.
Rev. Rmj, Curiously Refreshing
hmmm ... cheeburger cheeburger ... Samurai [blank] ... he did OK with 'em ...
green? no. that was just crappy.
out of time, around the sun, automatic for the people.
It'd only work if you could somehow find actors who never stop smirking, no matter what emotion they're trying to project.
That would of course be ideal.
Don't the massive surges you get from my links satisfy you?
Phila, Pizen Sarpint | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:41 am | #
Yes, dear. Thank you.
no, Green was good!
There is a vagueness and an incompleteness in the earlier REM, where the newer stuff is more finished. It's very different.
Don't the massive surges you get from my links satisfy you?
Get a room, you two!
I'd not heard of Arcade Fire before today. First impressions from 4 songs at YouTube
The accordionist knows how to make her instrument sound as if she's hurting it, a technique applied with restraint. The drummer has a nice bagful of jazzy tricks. Plenty of energy
But the compositions sound like my college jukebox circa 1980. Neighborhood 3 and Arcade Fire could be the A and B sides for the new Talking Heads. Byrne-esque yelping to boot
Rebellion and No Cars Go could be A and B for U2. Henry Rollins likes to complain that The Edge milks the same chord up the fretboard til Doomsday. These guys make it til Doomsday, Day 6 And Beyond. Fortunately no Bono-esque declamatory wail
Maybe they'll grow on me, if I remain still long enough
Okay, so what's your explanation? Drugs?
klf&y, the future cream | 02.25.07 - 12:41 am | #
Sounds like a safe bet. But really, I wouldn't bother trying to interpret it, because I don't think it's ultimately all that interesting, y'know? And romanticism about that sort of thing gives me a pain anyway.
You east coasters have this headed your way.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/
Ralphie
Damn ... "crippling blizzard"?
Thank Jeebus I live in south Florida (current temp, 68F). Stay safe, east coasters ...
hmmm ... cheeburger cheeburger ... Samurai [blank] ... he did OK with 'em ...
Sinfonian, kissing & telling
Blues Brothers.
It's money that matters, not integrity.
You can't buy drugs on integrity alone.
I ♥ REM's drunken rendition of King of the Road.
Wait, lemme guess ... "Green"?
That was where I got off the bus.
green? no. that was just crappy.
out of time, around the sun, automatic for the people.
Jeebus, Atrios sounds like NTodd's Pa...
Green was not crappy.
Not even close.
Yes! I would write sketches with one note characters with some sort of exaggerated physical characteristic or behavioral tic. These sketches would recur weekly for years and be introduced with perky "theme songs."
You left out the part where really crappy movie projects are launched based on said one note characters.
I've gotten 2 or 3 links on Eschaton, but only from guest-bloggers, never from Atrios.
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot |
Well, the ones I got were just mentions for things I mentioned in comments, I think, not anything I wrote. Course, I haven't been a particularly consistent blog-type-person with the putting up of the posts thing.
eh, it's late. came back from a very long performance of Porgy & Bess. The cold on the walk home from the venue woke me up, and Mrs. A went to bed.
Me, I'm reading Thers' smackdown.
you so smaht, Thers.
green? no. that was just crappy.
out of time, around the sun, automatic for the people.
Atrios
Thanks for restoring my faith in your musical taste.
I liked Automatic too. Green was OK, but I agree, mostly crap. (Sorry Plum)
Phila, the next "Britney" | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:43 am |
You know what's interesting is that if a drummer lit his drums on fire, it'd just look stupid.
I have an idea for a new TV show.
It's called 'Chalabi.'
I'm not sure what it's about yet.
Sinfonian: did you finally get you Jeopardy money?
I wish I understood what Michael Stipe was actually singing.
green? no. that was just crappy.
out of time, around the sun, automatic for the people.
Jeebus, Atrios sounds like NTodd's Pa...
NTodd, Stalker
This is why I have retreated to 13th century plainsong and polyphony.
Besides, anything after '68 sucks.
I liked it a little better when it was called "The Dick van Dyke Show".
I like Alec Baldwin better when Carl Reiner played him.
You left out the part where really crappy movie projects are launched based on said one note characters.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
the spinoffs from hell.
Okay, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this sets a record for most comments by Dad in a single thread.
sdf (Stu), several tiers below
I dunno ... last week I think he had a dozen or so.
He likes hangin' with us kids lately, which is teh kewl.
Atrios,
What good music sounds like (the vid is...meh)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X...h?
v=XnOknvbdJhs
BJORK.
SNL stole its vomit sketch from Python.
Now, SNL steals from SNL: The Tim Kazurinsky Years.
Last night, meanwhile, I got an endorsement beyond compare, which I've since put up on my blog:
"rorschach, have I told you how good your blog is? You find stories nobody else does." --Echidne of the snakes
That's had me smilin' all day.
For me, REM meant Rapid Eye Rolling.
With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
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eh, it's late. came back from a very long performance of Porgy & Bess. The cold on the walk home from the venue woke me up, and Mrs. A went to bed.
Atrios
Bess, you is my woman now.
was that 1268, Rev.?
Sinfonian: did you finally get you Jeopardy money?
Plum P
My son was talking the other night about this guy on Jeopardy who went a long way - and I said, yep, I know him.
[smile]
eh, it's late. came back from a very long performance of Porgy & Bess. The cold on the walk home from the venue woke me up, and Mrs. A went to bed.
Atrios |
Hell, you don't have to explain yourself, guy who runs the place is pretty cool with letting whatever riff raff walks in say whatever the hell they want.
I liked it a little better when it was called "The Dick van Dyke Show".
I like Alec Baldwin better when Carl Reiner played him.
dave™©
Mel Cooley was much better looking than Tina Fey.
Fuck Bush!
Besides, anything after '68 sucks.
1468.
I wish I understood what Michael Stipe was actually singing.
watertiger | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:45 am | #
Asked by an interviewer about his mumbled lyrics, Stipe once replied that sometimes he doesn't even know.
He said, "Sometimes, I just syllable-ize."
You know what's interesting is that if a drummer lit his drums on fire, it'd just look stupid.
klf&y, the future cream | 02.25.07 - 12:44 am | #
As often happens, the subtleties of your judgments elude me.
Blues Brothers.
It's money that matters, not integrity.
You can't buy drugs on integrity alone.
Rev. Rmj, Curiously Refreshing
I started to say "Blues Brothers," but I couldn't remember whether that actually came from an SNL sketch originally.
He likes hangin' with us kids lately, which is teh kewl.
Sinfonian
but Duncan never listen to us about the kitties...it seems like we haven't seen them since he promised around New Year's that regular fridaycatblogging would come back. Yeah...right.
One thing about REM. I think its Mills who plays bass. Well, he SUCKS. There's no funk to him. They could of plugged in the dork from Van Halen, Mark Anthony, and ended up with the same effect. I actually like some REM songs, but there is no bottom to them, and hence little soul.
Late-period REM over early? Arcade Fire annoying?
Bah. Atrios is dead to me.
Now, SNL steals from SNL: The Tim Kazurinsky Years.
Thers, Extant
4onthefloorgasm
When I was in the Army, I toyed with the notion of trying to put together a screenplay or a teevee series based on the hijinks around my battalion in Germany.
I mean, you could make something like "Dallas" around the misadventures of various personalities associated with my unit.
Then they did it on TV in the mid 80's and really messed it up.
Oh well.
Sinfonian: did you finally get you Jeopardy money?
Plum P
Yes, a week ago.
Mel Cooley was much better looking than Tina Fey.
attaturk
Mel Cooley was perpetually pissed off, like any self-respecting bald man would be.
Mel Cooley was much better looking than Tina Fey.
Tina Fey is quite fetching.
I dunno ... last week I think he had a dozen or so.
Musta missed that one.
He likes hangin' with us kids lately, which is teh kewl.
Sinfonian, kissing & telling |
'tis indeed.
A blogwhore before I brush my teef.
eh, it's late. came back from a very long performance of Porgy & Bess. The cold on the walk home from the venue woke me up, and Mrs. A went to bed
NTodd you is my woman now!
Myself, I'm terrified. My wife tells me I have to take her to see "Music and Lyrics" next weekend.
I find this a worrisome development.
Besides, anything after '68 sucks.
That'd explain your interest in Leonard Cohen and Randy Newman.
Seven Chinese Brothers
Don't Go Back to Rockville
Driver 8
Them were good songs, but their rhythm is monolithic.
eh, it's late. came back from a very long performance of Porgy & Bess. The cold on the walk home from the venue woke me up, and Mrs. A went to bed.
Atrios
Bess, you is my woman now.
Porgy and Bess trivia- my SIL's grandfather was the original director of the original broadway staging of Porgy and Bess.
My son was talking the other night about this guy on Jeopardy who went a long way - and I said, yep, I know him.
[smile]
Tena
Well, there've been a few others who went at least as far as I did ... but thanks.
I started to say "Blues Brothers," but I couldn't remember whether that actually came from an SNL sketch originally.
They were a Belushi/Ackroyd "summer project" that seemed to have been inspired by some off duty bar hopping when Belushi was doing "Animal House" here in Eugene.
My wife tells me I have to take her to see "Music and Lyrics" next weekend.
I find this a worrisome development.
It's the Adam Schlesinger effect.
And even on that basis, it's not worth going to.
Myself, I'm terrified. My wife tells me I have to take her to see "Music and Lyrics" next weekend.
I find this a worrisome development.
I think Simels said it was okay.
Well, there've been a few others who went at least as far as I did ... but thanks.
Sinfonian
I was you - I described you from the pictures and it was you.
You know what was really good?
Chris Elliot's short lived series "Get a life" with "Stand" as the theme song.
The Alley Cat ep is a classic.
You know what's interesting is that if a drummer lit his drums on fire, it'd just look stupid.
klf&y, the future cream
I never tire of watching that footage of Keith Moon blowing up his drums on the Smothers Brothers show, resulting in hearing loss for Pete Townsend. It was just such chaotic stupidity.
Late-period REM over early? Arcade Fire annoying?
Bah. Atrios is dead to me.
SteveNS
finally! A confrère.
I find this a worrisome development.
Thers, the next "GWAR" | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:48 am |
Show her how the internet tunbes can be used to obtain free pictures of naked Hugh Grant, at little or no cost.
They were a Belushi/Ackroyd "summer project" that seemed to have been inspired by some off duty bar hopping when Belushi was doing "Animal House" here in Eugene.
Apprentice to Darth Holden | 02.25.07 - 12:49 am | #
I heard they buried a black cat at the crossroads at midnight, and the Devil appeared and taught them how to dance.
snl sucks so bad these days I even stopped tivoing it (for a long time I'd tivo it and if I heard about something funny I'd fast forward to watch it...then I stopped hearing about anything funny). There were a couple decent bits last year, but a couple decent bits over the course of 35+ hours. no thanks.
Myself, I'm terrified. My wife tells me I have to take her to see "Music and Lyrics" next weekend.
I find this a worrisome development.
Thers, Extant | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:48 am | #
I shall suffer this fate at some point as well. Luckily, the reviews I've read are better than I'd've expected.
4onthefloorgasm
attaturk
(praying by all that's holy that nobody posts a "sniglet"...)
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klf&y, the future cream:
Hey, did I tell you guys that I just got signed to write and direct SPEED 3?
And you guys are gonna star in it.
You play two over-educated obsessives who post all night on a blog, but then somebody sabotages your computer so that it will blow up if you ever type below 60 words per minute.
Have your rep call my gal....
You know what's interesting is that if a drummer lit his drums on fire, it'd just look stupid.
Lighting up a cello could be dangerous.
Speaking of worrisome, this kitten has been napping for a few hours now.
Sinfonian, face it, dood, you the man.
You know what was really good?
Chris Elliot's short lived series "Get a life" with "Stand" as the theme song.
The Alley Cat ep is a classic.
Steve French
Truly one of the most bizarre shows ever put on the tube. I loved it.
snl sucks so bad these days I even stopped tivoing it
The digital shorts are frequently amusing. That's about it, though.
I was you - I described you from the pictures and it was you.
Tena
Ah, well, then, a sincere thank you from here in America's Glans™.
Still no word, btw, on the Tournament of Champions. Probably later this spring ... if not in the fall.
snl sucks so bad these days I even stopped tivoing it (for a long time I'd tivo it and if I heard about something funny I'd fast forward to watch it...then I stopped hearing about anything funny).
Really, this sounds so much like NTodd's Pa that I'm getting concerned.
I shall suffer this fate at some point as well. Luckily, the reviews I've read are better than I'd've expected.
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:50 am | #
I'm just interested to know if the Bruce Berman who produced it is the same one who has all those horrible "instant millionaire" ads on AAR.
Steve French, the next "Radiohead" | 02.25.07 - 12:50 am |
Oh sure, nothing bad ever happens in the suburbs, no one ever burns their tongue on pea soup!
I find this a worrisome development.
Thers
i worry now about Molly!
snl sucks so bad these days I even stopped tivoing it
Atrios, you wasted Tivo space on SNL? Delete everyone's account!
You play two over-educated obsessives who post all night on a blog, but then somebody sabotages your computer so that it will blow up if you ever type below 60 words per minute.
Have your rep call my gal....
I just spit mexican coca-cola all over my laptop.
SNL hasn't been any good since Tina Fey left, and that was ONLY Weekend Update.
For actual decent SNL, you have to go back to the mid 80's.
The first four years or so were brilliant.
Speaking of worrisome, this kitten has been napping for a few hours now.
fourlegsgood, kittenslave | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:51 am
Put a feather under her nose...
Lighting up a cello could be dangerous.
Tell that to the glockenspielist.
I am absolutely flabbergasted, stunned, shocked I tell ya, blindsided, t-boned on a green! How the hell could this be? It is so unexpected, unanticipated, unprecedented. We never saw it coming. Never.
"VIENNA, Austria -- Despite growing international concern about Iran's nuclear program and its regional ambitions, most U.S. intelligence shared with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency has proved inaccurate and none has led to significant discoveries inside Iran, diplomats here said."
http://tinyurl.com/ypwbjg
Lighting up a cello could be dangerous.
spinoza Neque lugere, neque in | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:51 am | #
I just wonder why flautists haven't taken up this particular form of showmanship.
There's more comedy in a 10 minute episode of "Robot Chicken" then there is in a year's worth of SNL's.
It's the Adam Schlesinger effect.
Exactly.
But I am afeared.
You know what's interesting is that if a drummer lit his drums on fire, it'd just look stupid.
Lighting up a cello could be dangerous.
To avoid just this embarassment is why I took up the six-chamber bong in band.
Made 2nd chair, I did.
You play two over-educated obsessives who post all night on a blog, but then somebody sabotages your computer so that it will blow up if you ever type below 60 words per minute.
Whatever impact this gag would've had evaporated when you referred to them as "over-educated." They're walking on air right now.
I say this with love for all concerned, of course.
snl sucks so bad these days I even stopped tivoing it
I haven't watched it in years.
"Lighting up a cello could be dangerous."
Huh?
I am curious, Cello?
Really, this sounds so much like NTodd's Pa that I'm getting concerned.
NTodd, Stalker | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:52 am | #
No wonder you're scoring linkies! Nepotism!
Speaking of worrisome, this kitten has been napping for a few hours now.
fourlegsgood, kittenslave
I'd think it would be a relief, as active as she is.
It's like when my granddaughter finally conks out. We just exhale at last.
I just wonder why flautists haven't taken up this particular form of showmanship.
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:53 am | #
Or bagpipers.
ronjazz:
Thanks, man.
Tell that to the glockenspielist.
Now, THAT sounds dirty...
"Lighting up a cello could be dangerous."
Huh?
I am curious, Cello?
EkCenTriK | 02.25.07 - 12:54 am | #
You look hungry.
Have an oranj.
this kitten has been napping for a few hours now.
fourlegsgood
poor 4LG...
I am absolutely flabbergasted, stunned, shocked I tell ya, blindsided, t-boned on a green! How the hell could this be? It is so unexpected, unanticipated, unprecedented. We never saw it coming. Never.
I too am shocked, shocked to hear of this news.
We are so fucked. The rest of the world so hates us.
SNL has always sort of sucked. National Lampoon Radio Hour was funny.
Lighting up a cello could be dangerous.
If YoYo Ma went all Townshend with his cello at Carnegie, that would rock.
I think Simels said it was okay.
fourlegsgood, kittenslave | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:50 am | #
Not a good movie, but Adam Schlesinger's music is genius as period pastiche.
So far, he's done the 60s and the 80s note perfect....
I wish I understood what Michael Stipe was actually singing.
watertiger | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:45 am | #
People were so desperate to make sense of REM lyrics that Don't Fall On Me was hailed as a milestone. It was actually about something--acid rain.
Stipe immediately denied any such thing
Or bagpipers.
Phila
Everybody would cheer cause they'd be so happy to see them go up in smoke.
Except me- I actually like them.
They're walking on air right now.
See, Phila (the next "Queensryche") can see ou Godheads. Why can't people willing to send money?
(what the hell is "over-educated"? proficient in algebra?)
I just wonder why flautists haven't taken up this particular form of showmanship.
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:53 am | #
Or bagpipers.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:54 am | #
Heh.
Or cathedral organ players.
I just wonder why flautists haven't taken up this particular form of showmanship.
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot
Maybe because flautists are doing other things with their instruments?
I have an out-of-town friend with whom I speak on the phone every week. Every week he asks me, "Dude, did you watch SNL last weekend?" You'd think by now he'd know the answer's always going to be "No," but he keeps asking.
Jack Benny, now that was some funny shit.
The original SNL was really built from the ashes of "National Lampoon," or, more specifically, "The National Lampoon Radio Hour," which was produced by Michael O'Donoghue and written and performed by O'Donoghue, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, and Bill Murray, amongst others. Chase and Belushi were also in the Lampoon's live show "Lemmings," which also featured Chris Guest, Michael McKean, and Paul Schaeffer (if you ever see the cast album, Guest's Dylan impression, "Positively Wall Street," is fucking brilliant).
Lorne Michaels was just lucky enough to go along for the ride.
Lighting up a cello could be dangerous.
Stem cellos can cure Parkinson's.
Or bagpipers.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:54 am | #
Heh.
Or cathedral organ players.
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:55 am
Or monkey organ grinders...
Maybe because flautists are doing other things with their instruments?
Sinfonian, kissing & telling | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:56 am | #
Ahem. Oh my. NO FLIRTING!
Lighting up a cello could be dangerous.
If YoYo Ma went all Townshend with his cello at Carnegie, that would rock.
I'd pay double to see him windmill it.
Except me- I actually like them.
Tena | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:55 am | #
I have an album of Pibroch, but that's as far as it goes.
Actually, that's not quite true...I have some Sardinian and Eastern European stuff that's basically bagpipes.
And of course, the AC/DC album where the singer plays one.
the far side of the moon
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod...d/
ap070225.html
Good night bats - I'm not clever enough tonight to keep up.
Sweet dreams.
So far, he's done the 60s and the 80s note perfect....
He hasn't tackled 70's punk yet, but the new single has some very disco-sounding drumming...
Except me- I actually like them.
Tena
Me too.
I have a friend who teaches double reeds (specifically, he's a bassoonist) at K-State.
He also plays the bagpipes. It gives me chills every time I hear him. (Good chills, I mean.)
Aside: he formed a bassoon quartet, and he used a legal term I once shared with him for the group's name: "Depraved Indifference."
I'd love to see Jean Pierre Rampal light up his flute after a great Vivaldi concert. Very entertaining.
Not a good movie, but Adam Schlesinger's music is genius as period pastiche.
Oh.
NEVERMIND!!
Is it safe to post yet? Atrios gone?
Lorne Michaels was just lucky enough to go along for the ride.
dave™© | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:56 am | #
"Magical Misery Tour" was one of the funniest things ever, IMO.
Or bagpipers.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:54 am | #
Heh.
Or cathedral organ players.
Or carillonists
The best use of cello in a post punk band: The Psychedelic Furs 'Yes I Do' off of Forever Now. Cello and calliope -glorious noise.
I'd love to see Jean Pierre Rampal light up his flute after a great Vivaldi concert. Very entertaining.
Especially given he is dead.
YOU FUNNY KIDS GET OUT OF MY HALL !
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Apparently, God is pissed at Wisconsin:
The snow will be heavy with embedded thunderstorms possible through Sunday morning. Expect hourly snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches within thundersnow bands.
this arcade fire song is john cafferty & the beaver brown band's "on the dark side" as covered by the decemberists.
Is it safe to post yet? Atrios gone?
R. Manhammer | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:59 am | #
He's busy linking to Rorschach.
I'd love to see Jean Pierre Rampal light up his flute after a great Vivaldi concert. Very entertaining.
Is this a euphemism?
*snort*
OK, I'm gonna go pop a Tylenol PM and go schluffen.
thundersnow bands? There is such a thing? Thunder and snow?
this arcade fire song is john cafferty & the beaver brown band's "on the dark side" as covered by the decemberists.
Atrios | 02.25.07 - 1:01 am | #
Tough, but fair.
I'm crushing your head!
Eeeeeeeevil!
I love KITH. Have the DVDs and saw 'em live a few years ago. Funny as shit.
this arcade fire song is john cafferty & the beaver brown band's "on the dark side" as covered by the decemberists.
Oh.
Dear.
"The original SNL was really built from the ashes of "National Lampoon," or, more specifically, "The National Lampoon Radio Hour,""
I always thought that was the reason the early shows were so successful. Maybe Michaels should hire folks from the Onion now.
Having now seen Arcade Fire perform live twice, my reaction is "meh."
this arcade fire song is john cafferty & the beaver brown band's "on the dark side" as covered by the decemberists.
Atrios
Don't be dissin' the Beaver Brown Band!
this arcade fire song is john cafferty & the beaver brown band's "on the dark side" as covered by the decemberists.
Atrios | 02.25.07 - 1:01 am | #
Is it safe to post yet? Atrios gone?
R. Manhammer | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 12:59 am | #
He's busy linking to Rorschach.
Phila, The Next Heino | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:01 am | #
Masterful timing there, Phila!
thundersnow bands? There is such a thing? Thunder and snow?
ellroon, Leave Iraq/n now! | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:02 am |
My thought precisely. But I better get to bed, so I guess I'll have to wait for the answer.
God is pissed at Wisconsin, or maybe just me because I live here. My barbeque tools make an interesting wind chime.
thundersnow bands? There is such a thing? Thunder and snow?
ellroon, Leave Iraq/n now!
As they would say in Wisconsin:
Oh, yah, you betcha!
"Magical Misery Tour" was one of the funniest things ever, IMO.
"Positively Wall Street" is right up there, believe me!
Okay -- just went under the headphones for that second Arcade Fire song.
Not bad. Apparently, they totally dig the concept of the modal drone, which so do I.
this arcade fire song is john cafferty & the beaver brown band's "on the dark side" as covered by the decemberists
I didn't note the Decembrists influence, but it immediately reminded me of "On the Dark Side" the first time I heard it.
this arcade fire song is john cafferty & the beaver brown band's "on the dark side" as covered by the decemberists.
LOL!!!!!!!
Dreams, they complicate my life.
'kay, 'mout. l8h9rs.
stop being mean to Arcade Fire, dammit!
What's all this I hear about brown beavers?
"thundersnow bands? There is such a thing? Thunder and snow?
ellroon, Leave Iraq/n now"
Yes, Viking snowmen show up right afterwards because it is really a Nordic SnowTHORm.
Not bad. Apparently, they totally dig the concept of the modal drone, which so do I.
steve simels
i do to. And i don't like when music is too slick and produced. They make me happy, dammit!
More Wisconsin weather:
Travel will become impossible tonight. Do not travel unless absolutely necessary. If you must travel, bring a severe winter weather supply kit with you incase you become stranded.
Day-amn. I mean, I've heard of dangerous travel, but "impossible?"
Here's hoping no one there goes into labor ... or cardiac arrest.
What's all this I hear about brown beavers?
Winnona had a big brown beaver.
Best use of a cello in a rock song: chorus of "Good Vibrations" (suggested by Van Dyke Parks); close second - the original "Cabinessence", where it's teamed with a toy piano.
Oh, we're not talking about that little authoritarian shit Goldstein, are we?
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Saw david brooks last night and thought the same of him. These people may be otherwise bright, but definitely not wise. They've always resembled little babies to me who need gratification NOW, and so out of touch with human suffering, and so wrongheaded and now, when their vision is disintegrating, they seem more mentally deranged than ever.
this arcade fire song is john cafferty & the beaver brown band's "on the dark side" as covered by the decemberists.
LOL!!!!!!!
dave™© | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:04 am | #
Ohmigod -- I was gonna say that.
Confession: I like Eddie and the Cruisers.
stop being mean to Arcade Fire, dammit!
Plum P
If it makes you feel any better, I've heard of Arcade Fire, but I've never actually heard them. So I can't properly get my hate on for them.
Here's hoping no one there goes into labor ... or cardiac arrest.
Sinfonian, kissing & telling | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:06 am | #
Cross your legs and remain calm, everyone.
Right now it is thundering with alternating bands of snow and sleet powered by 40 MPH winds directly off Lake Michigan. It just doesn't get any better than this. Time for another Point brewery Cascade Pale Ale.
i do to. And i don't like when music is too slick and produced.
Except for Echo and the Bunnymen?
Via Kos:
SOME of America’s most senior military commanders are prepared to resign if the White House orders a military strike against Iran, according to highly placed defence and intelligence sources.
Tension in the Gulf region has raised fears that an attack on Iran is becoming increasingly likely before President George Bush leaves office. The Sunday Times has learnt that up to five generals and admirals are willing to resign rather than approve what they consider would be a reckless attack.
“There are four or five generals and admirals we know of who would resign if Bush ordered an attack on Iran,” a source with close ties to British intelligence said. “There is simply no stomach for it in the Pentagon, and a lot of people question whether such an attack would be effective or even possible.”
A British defence source confirmed that there were deep misgivings inside the Pentagon about a military strike. “All the generals are perfectly clear that they don’t have the military capacity to take Iran on in any meaningful fashion. Nobody wants to do it and it would be a matter of conscience for them.
“There are enough people who feel this would be an error of judgment too far for there to be resignations.”
A generals’ revolt on such a scale would be unprecedented. “American generals usually stay and fight until they get fired,” said a Pentagon source. Robert Gates, the defence secretary, has repeatedly warned against striking Iran and is believed to represent the view of his senior commanders.
Right now it is thundering with alternating bands of snow and sleet powered by 40 MPH winds directly off Lake Michigan. It just doesn't get any better than this. Time for another Point brewery Cascade Pale Ale.
Ralphie | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:07 am | #
Can't wait to move there...
Best use of a cello in a rock song: chorus of "Good Vibrations" (suggested by Van Dyke Parks); close second - the original "Cabinessence", where it's teamed with a toy piano.
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Weren't cellos and other strings used to large and great effect in "Eleanor Rigby?"
Bobby St. Chomsky, the next "Dandy Warhols" | 02.25.07 - 1:06 am |
It is worth noting that psycho killers are sometimes criminally shallow and given to immediate gratification. There is a book called Snakes in Suits, which is totally mainstream so it won't bring up the obvious screaming parallel to the Finders, but it describes how the qualities that make a good Corporate Executive are also the cardinal tells of a psychopath.
I have no idea what to do in a snowstorm. An earthquake, yes, but snow? Nope.
Ohmigod -- I was gonna say that.
For the record, that was Atrios' comment - all I added was the "LOL".
Confession: I like Eddie and the Cruisers.
My wife likes that movie, oddly enough...
A generals’ revolt on such a scale would be unprecedented. “American generals usually stay and fight until they get fired,” said a Pentagon source.
Said it before, but I never thought I'd see the day when I'd be longing for a military coup.
I have no idea what to do in a snowstorm. An earthquake, yes, but snow? Nope.
ellroon, Leave Iraq/n now! | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:09 am | #
Drink and make snow angels.
Oy, now I have a John Cafferty song in my head...
Phila, i lost the link to that Jon Wurster "hipster" parody bit -- you still have it? I wanted to send it to someone.
I have no idea what to do in a snowstorm. An earthquake, yes, but snow? Nope.
ellroon, Leave Iraq/n now! | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:09 am | #
Write your name in it.
“There is simply no stomach for it in the Pentagon, and a lot of people question whether such an attack would be effective or even possible.”
Shorter unnamed source with close ties to British intelligence:
"President Bush is insane."
I have no idea what to do in a snowstorm. An earthquake, yes, but snow? Nope.
ellroon
euh...you stay inside and look at the storm from the window?
"
Drink and make snow angels.
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot"
ANd don't forget to sign your artwork.
Weren't cellos and other strings used to large and great effect in "Eleanor Rigby?"
I was referring to the single cello category... "Eleanor Rigby" used a string quartet.
Tough, but fair.
Phila, The Next Heino | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:02 am | #
Dude -- there is no Next Heino.
There is only the Unsurpassed Genius that is the atual current Heino.
Sing!!!!!!
Can't wait to move there...
You'll love it. The beer is good and they sell snow shovels everywhere. Even Walgreens. You can peruse the shovel isle while waiting for your nitroglycerine prescription.
I have no idea what to do in a snowstorm.
Try not to open windows; if on the road drive slowly and carefully, trusting steering and inertia over brakes.
I have no idea what to do in a snowstorm. An earthquake, yes, but snow? Nope.
ellroon, Leave Iraq/n now!
You hunker down and try real hard not to be outside. When it's over you dig yourself out and get on with your life. Being outside on the road is the deadliest thing to do.
I have no idea what to do in a snowstorm.
Eat, read, nap, go out and play. Repeat as necessary.
Okay, so Saddam Hussein was an anti-union conservative republican who hated liberal democrats?
Does that seem weird to you guys?
.
As Pope, I'm bound to denounce all vestiges of pagan propitiary sacrifices. But I got to tell you, this Cheney fellow, he needs to be laid out on a stone slab and eviscerated with a paperclip. And the fucker still probably wouldn't shut up.
Drink and make snow angels.
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot"
ANd don't forget to sign your artwork.
EkCenTriK | 02.25.07 - 1:11 am | #
I've never written my name in the snow, actually...
But I have made snow angels while naked.
Phila, i lost the link to that Jon Wurster "hipster" parody bit -- you still have it? I wanted to send it to someone.
Thers, Extant | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:10 am | #
You betcha.
Here you go.
Said it before, but I never thought I'd see the day when I'd be longing for a military coup.
Phila, The Next Heino
I thought we had already suffered the militarist coup. To me, it seems a needlessly fine point of honor to be OK with killing a million or so Iraqis, but be prepared to resign over the invasion of Iran.
Best use of a cello in a rock song
Unless it was played like a guitar, then no.
puts on sunglasses, doesn't worry about snowstorms
"My goal is to de-sensitize young people to violence."
Preceded by:
"The true savagery in this war is being committed by the American left on the minds of the young men and women serving over there by repeatedly telling them that their cause is lost."
Anybody who has a Beaver Brown Band can't pretend to seriousness.
snow's easy as long as you don't have to drive or shovel large land masses.
other than that, unless there's some storm related power failure it really isn't a big deal
To me, it seems a needlessly fine point of honor to be OK with killing a million or so Iraqis, but be prepared to resign over the invasion of Iran.
R. Manhammer | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:13 am | #
Funny how that works, huh?
"
But I have made snow angels while naked.
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot"
Facing which way?
Tension in the Gulf region has raised fears that an attack on Iran is becoming increasingly likely before President George Bush leaves office. The Sunday Times has learnt that up to five generals and admirals are willing to resign rather than approve what they consider would be a reckless attack.
“There are four or five generals and admirals we know of who would resign if Bush ordered an attack on Iran,” a source with close ties to British intelligence said. “There is simply no stomach for it in the Pentagon, and a lot of people question whether such an attack would be effective or even possible.”
Uh guys...is it just me or...
is this some kind of nightmare scenario unprecedented in American history?
Shit....we're at a place that we've never been before...
Confession: I like Eddie and the Cruisers.
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Actually the music was not at all bad.
Best use of a cello in a rock song
AC Newman's "The Town Halo"?
is this some kind of nightmare scenario unprecedented in American history?
Shit....we're at a place that we've never been before...
steve simels
and Cheney will call the generals traitors...nice
Facing which way?
EkCenTriK | 02.25.07 - 1:15 am | #
Funny you should ask.
Both.
Brr...
"is this some kind of nightmare scenario unprecedented in American history?"
Unfortunately. Mock it else it drives you insane.
You betcha.
Here you go.
Gracias!
Shit....we're at a place that we've never been before...
steve simels
Dude. We've been here/there since December 2000 when the SCROTUS swung into action to place the Boy Codpiece on the throne.
No no no. The Furs' Yes I Do. It's got calliope too.
Shorter unnamed source with close ties to British intelligence:
"President Bush is insane."
Which means there is a constitutional way to get out of this mess.
The 25th Amendment.
Phila--I'm still pretty certain I don't want a military coup.
"Funny you should ask.
Both.
Brr...
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot "
You get the "Seriously Sick Puppy" award for the night.
And I mean that literally. You will be receiving one large puppy with a very upset digestive system as your reward.
Best use of a cello in a rock song
Neko Case's "Dirty Knife" makes good use of one, IIRC.
is this some kind of nightmare scenario unprecedented in American history?
Shit....we're at a place that we've never been before...
steve simels
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I think mutiny against bush can only grow larger once active admirals and generals begin challenging his decisions. Totally unprecedented in our lifetime and extremely refreshing.
Soroush Shehabi, a grandson of a Pahlavi-era minister of Iran, used a presidential reception to warn, Bush, as though he didn't already know, that "one US bomb on Iran and the regime will remain in power for another 20 or 30 years and 70 million Iranians will become radicalized." Bush answered, "I know," to which Soroush responded, "But does Vice President Cheney know?" Bush walked away, chuckling.
Wasn't ThündërSnöw an 80s metal hair band from Sweden?
They were all albinos, right?
Phila--I'm still pretty certain I don't want a military coup.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 02.25.07 - 1:18 am | #
A bit of hyperbole on my part. Still, if we don't invade Iran, or nuke someone, it'll probably be due largely to opposition from career military people.
Back on the topic of random linkies, I just got a hit on my blog from a link on Steve Gilliard's site from way back in January 2006.
Not as odd as it sounds, perhaps, as that story has come up again, now that the anti-gay preacher is asserting his constitutional right to hook up with hustlers...
i hope we get the Libby guilty verdict on monday, that should calm Cheney a bit.
I just put up a post about the Thers/Pasty blogwar on my site. I thought it might help traffic.
Phila--I'm still pretty certain I don't want a military coup.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
This is how stupid it's gotten. We now look to the military for civilian advice. This is the worst civilian military leadership at least since the Vietnam debacle.
You get the "Seriously Sick Puppy" award for the night.
And I mean that literally. You will be receiving one large puppy with a very upset digestive system as your reward.
EkCenTriK | 02.25.07 - 1:19 am | #
Tista, Zora, and Gramsci would like to file a formal protest.
Well, I'd better call it a night.
Thanks for the laughs and chat.
Oh, and the date was mah-velous, thanks.
Phila--you're right about that.
And I'm viciously insulted over Bush's delusion that he's the commander in chief of the entire US.
I'm a fucking civilian, and I don't have a commander, thank you.
"Tista, Zora, and Gramsci would like to file a formal protest.
rorschach"
Wow, your guys have forms and stuff too?
This is the worst civilian military leadership at least since the Vietnam debacle.
Max Planck
And the military military leadership sucks mass ass as well.
A bit of hyperbole on my part. Still, if we don't invade Iran, or nuke someone, it'll probably be due largely to opposition from career military people.
Phila, The Next Klaus Nomi | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:20 am | #
A military coup would be especially cool if it were the Coast Guard that carried it out.
i hope we get the Libby guilty verdict on monday, that should calm Cheney a bit.
If Libby is found guilty I predict Fitz's career as a federal prosecutor will be over.
Plum P:
I hope you're not taking this Arcade Fire dissing personally.
As George Bernard Shaw once said -- criticism (as in the arts) is nothing more than prejudice made plausible.
:-
If Libby is found guilty I predict Fitz's career as a federal prosecutor will be over.
Ralphie
That I seriously doubt. However, I think if he is smart Fitz will never fly on another small airplane. Ever.
Speaking of traffic, putting the word Nude in your post generates some traffic.
http://rantsfromtherookery.blogs...7/02/
nudes.html
And this title has caused some interest:
Britney Spears found in Bush's pants!
http://rantsfromtherookery.blogs...ushs-
pants.html
I'm sure the person who googled Britney Spears Bush was ... disappointed...
A military coup would be especially cool if it were the Coast Guard that carried it out.
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot
Led by the Surgeon General, no doubt.
The idea of a military revolt, strikes me as something holy is being defaced. Odd as that remark sounds, there is something akin to crossing the Rubicon here again.
My dad is (was?) Pro-Bush and Repubs. We have discussed politics in quite a while now. Last time, we got into a tiff over it. I really wonder what he thinks about his precious president and what he has done to the military.
Meant have not.
Speaking of traffic, putting the word Nude in your post generates some traffic.
I once had a post that said something like "Hitchens gets spanked over at HuffPo".. I got a lot of weird searches from that one.
EkCenTrik--I'm sorry that your da is batshit insane.
I hope you're not taking this Arcade Fire dissing personally.
steve simels
don't worry, i'm not.
I just put up a post about the Thers/Pasty blogwar on my site. I thought it might help traffic.
You're a darlint man.
I'm to bed. Nite.
Led by the Surgeon General, no doubt.
R. Manhammer | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:26 am | #
Heh. And that other general, the postmaster.
As George Bernard Shaw once said -- criticism (as in the arts) is nothing more than prejudice made plausible.
:-
steve simels | 02.25.07 - 1:25 am | #
What Steve said.
It's odd how you can diss someone's favorite food (okra!) without hurting anyone's feelings, but when it gets to art, people are a lot more prickly.
No matter how many times I remind myself of that, I always forget and shoot my mouth off and end up feeling like a jerk.
Bobby St. Chomsky, the next "Dandy Warhols"
klf&y, the future cream
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Hey, I like Dandy Warhols and Nada Surf too, so there.
In other words, WILL SOMEONE FUCKING TAKE CHARGE ALREADY? It's always this command general or that command general whose purportedly at fault.
...is this some kind of nightmare scenario unprecedented in American history?
The problem with generals resigning is, President Tillson will just cut someone's hand off so he can launch the first strike, anyway...
It's odd how you can diss someone's favorite food (okra!) without hurting anyone's feelings, but when it gets to art, people are a lot more prickly.
No matter how many times I remind myself of that, I always forget and shoot my mouth off and end up feeling like a jerk.
Phila, The Next Klaus Nomi | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:28 am | #
I had a particularly vitriolic altercation with NTodd a while back for precisely that reason.
Don't diss the okra, yankee-boy.
I generally have found that putting "hard cock jesus intelligent design S&M" in a post will draw a lot of hits.
The problem with generals resigning is, President Tillson will just cut someone's hand off so he can launch the first strike, anyway...
dave™© | 02.25.07 - 1:29 am | #
Wasn't there a story a while back that intimated that the football was with Cheney rather than Bush?
"EkCenTrik--I'm sorry that your da is batshit insane.
Sallyh,"
He is not, or wasn't. But he definitely fell into the camp after 2000. I just cannot believe he can sit and watch what that asshole in D.C. has done to the military and have a single word of praise left. He knows too damn much, too many damn people. Ignorance is not an option for him.
It's odd how you can diss someone's favorite food (okra!) without hurting anyone's feelings
Okra is the wind beneath my wings, you sonuvabitch!
(In actuality, I despise the stuff too.)
Don't diss the okra, yankee-boy.
R. Manhammer | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:29 am | #
I love okra.
When I think about it, jeez, he really should know better. He dealt with LeMay and was at the end of LeMay's spear at one time.
Wasn't there a story a while back that intimated that the football was with Cheney rather than Bush?
Either one can fumble it.
I hear NTodd puts maple syrup on his okra.
I had a particularly vitriolic altercation with NTodd a while back for precisely that reason.
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:29 am | #
Yeah, ditto. Actually kept me off Eschaton for over a month, 'cause it left such a bad taste in my mouth.
Not the personal abuse...I don't care about that. Just the overall approach.
Ignorance is not an option for him.
EkCenTriK
Ah. So, your father is not human, eh?
Denial is the most powerful force in the known universe.
Cheney with the nuclear football?
Gee, I feel so much better. Not.
anytime I post something close to a book/movie/music review i get far more hate comments/email than anything else. It's frustrating because I don't think I generally engage in "if you like this you're an idiot" kind of rhetoric, which some people do, and I assume that it's understood that Opinions Vary and Your (or my) Taste In Stuff Does Not Make You A Superior Person.
re: Arcade Fire specifically, I commented on them because they're something I'm supposed to like, given their basic approach, but for some reason I don't.
You know what we need? A Blogroll Old Home Week. You know, since the Blogroll Amnesty Day was such a smashing success and all.
Frank Rich asks us: Where Were You That Summer of 2001?
Speaking of searches--Late night google dadaist poetry time!
judi werthein
jed rakoff let me tell you
canadian air force "maximum age"
what compensation for innocent bystander in a night club
Hayden Symphony No. 43 Mercury
national pta is against extended daylight saving time
kamil solomon hate
HIV and kwong
A pet peeve of mine: general is an adjective, not a rank. Surgeon, Postmaster, Attorney. They are general as in serve everyone, not wearing silly medals like stuffed roosters. And drug czar? As in monarch? King of Dope? Come on.
And Joe Biden is one of the biggest offenders of this.
My dad is (was?) Pro-Bush and Repubs. We have discussed politics in quite a while now. Last time, we got into a tiff over it. I really wonder what he thinks about his precious president and what he has done to the military.
EkCenTriK
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Maybe revisit him on this and you may discover that you're both closer to agreement than before.
I love okra.
Phila, The Next Andy Devine
Better.
Yeah, ditto. Actually kept me off Eschaton for over a month, 'cause it left such a bad taste in my mouth.
Not the personal abuse...I don't care about that. Just the overall approach.
Phila, The Next Andy Devine | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:32 am | #
I believe, in fact, that that was the same incident. It was most unpleasant.
So it goes.
As someone who's only lived in New England and SoCal, I do not do the okra.
I liked Arcade Fire on SNL. I like drony repetitive stuff like Stereolab though.
I love okra.
Phila, The Next Andy Devine
Better.
R. Manhammer | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:33 am | #
I'm no yankee-boy, yet okra is loathesome unto me.
I assume that it's understood that Opinions Vary and Your (or my) Taste In Stuff Does Not Make You A Superior Person.
That's my assumption too, and it always seems to get me into trouble.
I mean, I'm a fuckhead in any number of ways...but I honestly don't look down on anyone for anything they like. If I don't get it, it's my problem...one less thing for me to enjoy.
Anyone who likes okra is an idiot with no taste and is just plain wrong.
"I'm so confused"
old an in "Moonlighting"
As someone who's only lived in New England and SoCal, I do not do the okra.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Fine so long as you don't diss the okra either.
We are quite firm on this point.
"
Ah. So, your father is not human, eh?
Denial is the most powerful force in the known universe."
Hoss, you would be surprised how insightful that remark is. But I am going to cease and desist on this any farther. No sense in laying out the family b.s. here to bore folks to death. And I am a bit to soused to keep it all straight anyway.
I commented on them because they're something I'm supposed to like, given their basic approach, but for some reason I don't.
I think they suck.
(Sorry plum p)
I'm supposed to like, given their basic approach, but for some reason I don't.
Atrios
i still think you're wrong, but that okay! I'm so used to people not caring for the bands i love. So no arm done, just silly teasing.
As someone who's only lived in New England and SoCal, I do not do the okra.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
The fact that okra and snot share the same number of letters is not accidental.
but I honestly don't look down on anyone for anything they like. If I don't get it, it's my problem...one less thing for me to enjoy.
Phila, The Next Andy Devine | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:35 am | #
I do! In fact, I deem anyone who does not adore the genius that is American Idol to be a vile cretin.
Okra has it's place. It's place is not here.
But how far does this tolerance for other people's taste have to go? Am I supposed to respect someone that listens to Toby Keith and Kenny Chesney?
Hoss, you would be surprised how insightful that remark is.
EkCenTriK
And you might be surprised at my mother who is a major Bush fan and supporter who is nevertheless appalled at the things the Neo-Clowns have done and said.
Why her head has not exploded from the cognitive dissonance I will never know.
Bah...the critical niceties are nice as far as they go...but I will not refrain from attacking certain vacuities - say an affinity for Ayn Rand or the 'music' of Journey? I mean, if someone comes in hear as says that Loverboy is the greatest rock band in the world, they should get the shit stomped out of them, right?
Speaking of searches--Late night google dadaist poetry time!
japanese word for courage
india, blue eyes
summers echidne
palingenetic nationalism in fascism
how to dig a pond anfo
ass conservation energy
at what age do chimpanzees die
can blue eyes over power brown
problem of developing a common definition be linked to efforts by police and community officials at
bioterrorism research vs. health research
is candyland real?
china's cashmere sweaters are inexpensive
Okra fascists will be violated.
Repeatedly.
"I'm so confused"
old an in "Moonlighting"
Feldman
"Moonstruck"
Bye Joe you're done Joe Biden
what's okra? Not a common thing up north.
Loverboy is the greatest rock band in the world.
Phila, The Next Andy Devine | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:38 am | #
You always have better searches than I.
*sob*
is candyland real?
Yes. This has been another edition of...
I love okra.
I mean, if someone comes in hear as says that Loverboy is the greatest rock band in the world, they should get the shit stomped out of them, right?
Pape-Clement
that's a tough one...but I tend to say "yes".
what's okra? Not a common thing up north.
Don't ask, don't tell.
what's okra? Not a common thing up north.
Plum P | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:39 am | #
It's a slug that masquerades as a vegetable.
if someone comes in hear as says that Loverboy is the greatest rock band in the world, they should get the shit stomped out of them, right?
Pape-Clement | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:38 am | #
If they enjoy it, good for them. It's no skin off my nose.
And you know, I'd rather hear someone explain to me why they really, sincerely believed that, than listen to some hepcat praise the latest big deal 'cause they think they're supposed to.
Jello, dears.
SD
I love okra.
Steve French
I love you too, Steve.
Mr. Cheney, we still have a catherine wheel in the basement of the Vatican Museum.
"I'm so confused"
old an in "Moonlighting"
Feldman
"Moonstruck"
Shaw Kenawe
Eleventeen beers and I still know you're right. Many thanks.
Hokey smokes - a newspaper doing actual reporting???
Officials at the Navy's brig in Hanahan developed elaborate plans to dodge public scrutiny of its operations to detain enemy combatants, plans that include destroying "critical info," scrubbing public Web sites, and warning brig staff about the temptations of "high priced offers from news agencies," a Navy report shows.
The 17-page document also describes how, with relatively short notice, the Naval Consolidated Brig created an expensive prison-within-a-prison, in part to prevent regular inmates from retaliating against the detainees. In this separate facility, a brig official said detainees are accorded protections under the U.S. Constitution, "except where curtailed by higher guidance."
The document provides a rare insider's glimpse into what has emerged as one of the most secretive installations in the government's anti-terrorism effort. It reveals new details about the challenges of housing high-profile terrorism suspects. It also comes amid a backdrop of lawsuits alleging that the solitary confinement of detainees constitutes torture, and that the administration's policy of holding terrorism suspects without charges is unconstitutional.
It's a slug that masquerades as a vegetable.
rorschach
so i'm not missing much, then
It's a slug that masquerades as a vegetable.
I prefer escargot.
there's a difference between "journey is greater than beethoven" and "i like journey."
Most of us have a healthy appetite for all kinds of crap. There's a difference between expressing an opinion/preference, and elevating those opinions to the level of objective categorization/truth.
I love okra.
Steve French
I never watch her.
Between that gigantic turkey sub at 10:30 and the chocolate bar a half hour ago, I think I've pretty much negated any benefit I might have gained from my afternoon run.
I prefer escargot.
Ralphie
love 'em. With lots of garlic butter and a nice dry white wine. Miam
I liked Arcade Fire on SNL. I like drony repetitive stuff like Stereolab though.
The Kenosha Kid | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:34 am | #
I'm sorry, I can't take any band seriously that has a featured triangle player.
Hey, you make jokes about how old I am...
I will not purchase tickets to the Okra-Loverboy Reunion Tour.
*sob*
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:39 am | #
I just post the good ones, is all.
"Is Candyland real?" That might be the best search phrase I've ever gotten. I wonder if this searcher got the answer he or she was hoping for from me.
The Alamo Drafthouse movie theatre had one of its big "singalong" events last night at midnight--and the theme was "power ballads." Miriam, liking the kitsch, went and returned home with tales of Whitesnake and Journey and Heart.
I for once was glad I had to work.
I think I've pretty much negated any benefit I might have gained from my afternoon run.
SteveNS
you bet
"Why her head has not exploded from the cognitive dissonance I will never know.
R. Manhammer"
An eternal question isn't it.
so i'm not missing much, then
Plum P
Without okra, darling, there is no gumbo, shrimp or otherwise.
love 'em. With lots of garlic butter and a nice dry white wine. Miam
Make mine on toast points please.
Who is this "Atrios" fellow?
I dunno, I think Okra is your typical example of modern musicians with little or no knowledge of the world of music pre 1980, who create two or three listless and uninteresting chord arrangements and consider their creations new and exciting.
Mr. Cheney, we still have a catherine wheel in the basement of the Vatican Museum.
I'd prefer strappado myself.
And now to bed...gotta get up early to drive to south Jersey for a memorial service for a second cousin who dropped dead at the age of 18 from some weird congenital illness.
Feh...
SteveNS--I could help you get a...workout.
Most of us have a healthy appetite for all kinds of crap.
Viva cultural coprophagy!
I'm sorry, I can't take any band seriously that has a featured triangle player.
You would've hated my fifth-grade school band's version of "Jambalaya."
"I for once was glad I had to work.
rorschach, 5th-Tier Atriot "
This from a man who made naked snow angels? A little sing-a-long?
well, I doubt this will make me temporally relevant, but I do love okra.
Without okra, darling, there is no gumbo, shrimp or otherwise.
R. Manhammer | Homepage | 02.25.07 - 1:43 am | #
The Indians have a way with it, too.
But how far does this tolerance for other people's taste have to go? Am I supposed to respect someone that listens to Toby Keith and Kenny Chesney?
The Kenosha Kid
Last week I got an excited e-mail from a co-worker informing me that Genesis was re-forming and touring and that she was "so there." In my reply I unleashed a torrent of splenetic Phil Collins hatred. So far we're still friends. I think.
Be gentle, Sallyh -- my right hamstring is a little tender.
there's a difference between "journey is greater than beethoven" and "i like journey."
Atrios
But unless and until you man up and post, "If you prefer Beethoven to Journey, you are an America-hating elitist fag-boy," you'll never be greater than Hugh Hewit.
I'm just sayin'.
Feh...
steve simels
my sympaties. Drive safe.
I'm sorry, I can't take any band seriously that has a featured triangle player.
"I've got a fever, and the only cure is more triangle!"
Okra: You have to know how to cook it or you do get snot.
Last week I got an excited e-mail from a co-worker informing me that Genesis was re-forming and touring and that she was "so there."
Regenesis?
Steve--I'm so sorry.
Travel safely.
g'night. No bedbugs, sweet dreams.
I'm tempted to link to The Shaggs on youtube...
This from a man who made naked snow angels? A little sing-a-long?
EkCenTriK | 02.25.07 - 1:44 am | #
Hey, I went to the ABBA singalong and enjoyed it.
But power ballads? The very idea makes me shrivel more than a face-down naked snow angel.
Regenesis?
SteveNS | 02.25.07 - 1:47 am
Regenerator?
Genesurrection?
well, I doubt this will make me temporally relevant, but I do love okra.
Sarah Deere, Recalcitrant
A goddess on so many levels....
"
Regenesis?
SteveNS"
Did you ever see the movie Genesis II?
Though I still admit, I remember Mariette Hartley and her two belly buttons in that.
Yeah, I gotta go to bed too.
Not sleepy, but if I don't go to bed now I'll be screwed Monday morning.
"But power ballads? The very idea makes me shrivel more than a face-down naked snow angel."
Surely Heart would have been okay.
I'm tempted to link to The Shaggs on youtube...
Steve French | 02.25.07 - 1:47 am | #
Only Shaggs film I ever saw didn't have audio...
Hey, I went to the ABBA singalong and enjoyed it.
Priscilla, is that you?
Good night, all you fine folks.
Even the ones who like Loverboy...
Not sleepy, but if I don't go to bed now I'll be screwed Monday morning.
SteveNS | 02.25.07 - 1:49 am | #
Damn! You need, like, 30 hours of sleep!?
Am I supposed to respect someone that listens to Toby Keith and Kenny Chesney?
The Kenosha Kid
It's the old "other than that" territory needs looking at. I wouldn't kick a neighbor to the curb over musical preference. Unless they like Celine Dion, because those people are assholes.
Bonne nuit à tous
I'm out too...gotta go fetch the wife from work. G'night.
I'm out too...gotta go fetch the wife from work. G'night.
Bonne nuit.
Damn! You need, like, 30 hours of sleep!?
I have to admit that the thought of a 30-hour sleep puts a smile on my face.
"But power ballads? The very idea makes me shrivel more than a face-down naked snow angel."
Surely Heart would have been okay.
EkCenTriK | 02.25.07 - 1:49 am | #
Oh, I suppose.
And apparently they also played "Total Eclipse of the Heart," which was the final song at my wedding reception, and all of us still standing sang it loud whilst swaying in a drunken circle...
So I imagine it wasn't all bad.
Dang! You people are so unenlightened! Celine Dion is a goddess and anyone who listens to Kieth and Chesney are closet fag-bashers. Ick!
Myself, I refuse to associate with known criminals. I do have some standards.
Only Shaggs film I ever saw didn't have audio...
Phila, The Next Andy Devine
The Shaggs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t...h?
v=tC976ydqE3g
"And apparently they also played "Total Eclipse of the Heart," which was the final song at my wedding reception, and all of us still standing sang it loud whilst swaying in a drunken circle..."
Okay, that was funny.
"And apparently they also played "Total Eclipse of the Heart," which was the final song at my wedding reception, and all of us still standing sang it loud whilst swaying in a drunken circle..."
Okay, that was funny.
EkCenTriK | 02.25.07 - 1:53 am | #
And there's even photographic evidence!
(Scroll down--it's the next-to-last photo.)
ror...sleep tight. Think kind thoughts about my g'dtr. Thanks.
Schlafen Sie gut as well, Deere.
I shall, never you fear!
(Meanwhile, unpleasant music sheets.)
New sheets above.
I would like to see Cheney on American Idol.
Good morning -
George Bush is: Done, ruined and fucked.
thanks
who's pasty? instadumbass?
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