I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Frist?
Second?
Third?
Home Run?
Out in the dugout
Let the Swift-Boating/Phony Soldiering begin
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/
2...rdenwerper.html
Home Run?
Too bad Rip wasn't at shortstop, Gomez. You'd have never made it to first base...
We've got a Khyber Klub here, too.
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga!
and now...
SPOON!!!
Having been a Philly musician back in the day, I can tell you that part of the Khyber Magic was that the sound man was inevitably deaf and smoked crack. Plus, the doorman would grift you, and the bookers were even more obnoxious than the other bookers in town, which was some kind of accomplishment. We wound up booking New York more often, because the people there were friendlier. Honest.
The Cambridge/Boston area is rocking this weekend. We have the Charles Regatta on the river, Harvard vs Princeton at the football stadium, NHL hockey this afternoon at the Garden and Redsox pennant baseball tonight at Fenway.
I'm going to the football game and expect to walks there from home, as parking is crazy!
Anyway, there seems to be a thing about bands who hit it bigger joking about the bad old days when they played the Khyber when they come through Philly.
It beats playing in a NYC subway.
I like the song in the video. My wife and I can't stand "The Underdog."
I came across this gem this morning that's from another site (for financial news), but too good to not pass along:
Could be that most of you would like to change your minds regarding the French. Some of those dumbbells forget who saved their butts form Germany in TWO world wars. If there is a 3rd time, maybe we should let them have France.
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Back when Colin Powell was Sec. of State he was being interviewed in England by a group of international reporters when a French reporter asked him: "Does America expect to retain control of any of the territory you have conquered recently?"
Powell slowly responded with: "Yes. We will surely retain control of some territory. It will be like the territory we retained in France after World War II. If you will check you will see that we retained an area of about six feet by three feet for each American lost in France who is buried there."
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Then there was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break one of the French engineers came back into the room saying "Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intend to do, bomb them?"
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?"
Once again, dead silence.
I liked "Gimme Fiction" a lot, but I haven't gotten into the new album quite as much.
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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those countries.
Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, 'whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'
You could have heard a pin drop!!
Lessee...Milwaukee's Khyber: the Cactus Club (pre-pre-remodel).
Madison's Khybers: O'Cayz Corral (RIP); Club de Wash (RIP); and the Crystal Corner.
Wonder what David Copperfield did to that woman in the Bahamas that's got the FBI raiding his place and The MGM Grand?
You could have heard a pin drop!!
That one's older than the grass stains on yer undies!!
Well, Master Black has already named a Wanker of the Day so I'll submit Nancy Pelosi for Jackoff of the Day.
http://www.mercurynews.com/break...?
nclick_check=1
Those aren't grass stains.
Cut and paste trolls are the lamest.
You know, he loved to drink good whiskey while laughing at the moon.
Hey dumbshit, there wouldn't be a United States if it wasn't for France.
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'
What a great story, if only it were true.
After 8 years of Bush, Texans will be exiled to within the State.
If this guy is selling, "Bushboy is good and the French are bad," he should know that there are no buyers here.
We know Bushboy for the lying, depraved moron that he is and has always been.
Actually, I found myself wondering which candidates Copperfield has been donating to....
Why is it that yellow-belly Chickenhawks like TCB always have to hide behind the bravery of others?
The conservative Christians will never, ever, ever vote for Romney, no matter how much they pretend otherwise.
His religion is not Christian to them period. Worse than Catholic to most.
They'll admire his values, treat him like an odd, but interesting pet, but when the curtain closes, the vote will go to a "real" Christian.
A lot of the Left just do not understand this. and I dare say, some king makers on the right don't understand this wither.
Wonder what David Copperfield did to that woman in the Bahamas that's got the FBI raiding his place and The MGM Grand?
plantsman, areligious
Sawed her in half and ended up with the part that ate?
An Englishman, Frenchman and a German go into a bar...
Oh wait, you've probably heard that one.
Did you know that AL GORE is in first place in the recent Democracy for America (DFA) Poll? And that is as a Write-In candidate. I'm assuming that most of the lefty liberals get info from DFA in their e-mail boxes at least a few times a week.
The standings are as follows:
Al Gore 12267 26.82%
John Edwards 10898 23.83%
Barack Obama 8207 17.94%
Dennis Kucinich 6759 14.78%
Hillary Clinton 3025 6.61%
Bill Richardson 1806 3.95%
Other 1200 2.62%
Joe Biden 637 1.39%
Mike Gravel 539 1.18%
Christopher Dodd 399 0.87%
Point being, it ain't just me who ♥ Al Gore, folks.
Sarkozy is our main-man in Europe just now, too.
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'
Don't say that to the Russians!
I saw the interview with the author of the book on Blackwater on Moyer's show last night. Chilled me right to my fukkin core, that did.
Good grief. I have well and truly created a monster. My friend Ellery has contracted blogger fever and now insists I pimp every post.
Fortunately, he's doing pretty well for the geezer he is (yes, I know you're lurking, you ancient pansy) and he makes the best damned strawberry cheesecake in the civilized world.
So, do me a favor and see what the US press hasn't mentioned about the Canadian we renditioned to Syria.
Want to hear me on the radio?
Click here. I should be on momentarily ...
Hey, I remember the Khyber 
I saw the interview with the author of the book on Blackwater on Moyer's show last night
I saw that, too.
Boy oh boy, did he have the family nailed down to perfection.
Russian planes still say Aepoplot on 'em.
Texaschilibean
I wondered why it smelled like a fart up here.
Moe--I left a water/sewer pipes question for you before I knew Wudder was deadthreaded--10:45am. I'm really curious--
Sorry Texas, that joke should have been in Russian.
A few French, English and assorted other ambassadors were standing around at a white house function when George Bush came into the room. One of the foreign generals asked why it is called the white house. Bush looked him in the eye and said, what, you want us to call it nigger house? You could have heard a pin drop.
Hey, I remember the Khyber
That's where Nim and Jen's drunken affair started.
Assrocket
JOHN adds: This is good news, but it is also a testament to the continuing power of the mainstream media. There is no doubt that conditions are getting better in Iraq, but only a quarter of respondents are aware of the fact. This is reminiscent of poll data on the economy, where most respondents will say (during a Republican administration) that the economy is "fair" or even "poor" when in fact, by any objective measure, it is booming.
It is reasonable to assume that the facts on the ground will eventually make their way into the awareness of most Americans, but one can only wonder how different things would be if we had a mass media without a political agenda.
Russia lost more tens of millions of people in WWII, more than any other country. Although, if it wasn't for FDR's pouring arms and equipment to them, Stalin would have been hung by his mustache.
Point being, it ain't just me who ♥ Al Gore, folks.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Dare say Dodd's ranking is no longer so abysmal.
Well, I'll be on the air if the host ever fucking stops talking ... 
Was that a Texas accent Streep was using in her role in "Rendition"?
It was like a nightmare world where Karen Hughes was CIA director.
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'
Kind of glossed over that Russian thing there, didn't you TexassFuckStick?
How come the wind blows so hard in Oklahoma, TexassFuckStick?
Because Texas sucks.
Which helps explain the tight leash and economic privation the Russians kept East Germany under.
Texaschilibean??
Reminds me of the story where the bear says "Say you're not really here to hunt are you?"
Dare say Dodd's ranking is no longer so abysmal.
he raised $ 150,000 in 24 hours after he announced that he'd put the hold on.
jawbone-- of course water (and sewage) can flow both ways through cracked pipes. True, pressurized pipes won't tend to leak in that much, but there's still plenty of opportunity for it.
You could have heard a pin drop!!
Texaschilibean | 10.20.07 - 10:49 am | #
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Wow! I never heard that story before. I bet Erik Prince hates that story because it reminds him that America was on the other side in WWII.
Wonder if JP got the kitteh chow?
The Khyber isn't a bad place to see a band, but it's probably an awful place to perform as a band. There's a tiny little stage, and it seems you have to sneak through a little panel door out the front to get your equipment in.
Sounds like the old Czar Bar in Chicago. The stage was the size of a postage stamp, and behind it there was a door that opened right onto Division Street. I remember one night when my band was playing there one of the neighborhood winos somehow found his way through that door and into the club, right in the middle of our set. He couldn't fit onto the stage, so he kind of stumbled around in front of it for a few minutes, until someone came and led him away. Those were the days...
Okay, now the host is losing his mind. Maybe I don't want to be on the show now after all ...
Speaking of bear stories, ever heard the one about the bear and the rabbit who were sitting side by side out in the woods taking a crap? The bear said, "Do you have problems with getting shit on your fur?" "No," the rabbit said.
So the bear picked him up and used him to wipe his ass.
Re-HICA!
I bring new kitteh pixels!
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Dare say Dodd's ranking is no longer so abysmal.
he raised $ 150,000 in 24 hours after he announced that he'd put the hold on.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
I'd speculate Gore's clearer "thanks, but no thanks" stance - especially given the high-profile speeches of this week - has allowed Dodd to pick up a lot of the Gore hold-outs.
TCB seems to ignore the fact that 750,000 Americans died in WWII ... compared to over 12,000,000 Russians (including 1/3 the civilian population of Leningrad).
Yeah, we bad! We bad!
The alternative rock station here is playing the Beatles' "Happiness Is A Warm Gun." Possibly for the first time ever.
plantsman: Wonder if JP got the kitteh chow?
Of course. Priorities!
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he raised $ 150,000 in 24 hours after he announced that he'd put the hold on.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
And what about Colbert?
Bang bang shoot shoot
TCB seems to ignore the fact that 750,000 Americans died in WWII
And a significant percentage of those were probably phony soldiers.
Bushboy will go down as the single greatest disaster in American history.
Aside from a the unnecessary Iraq War, which he foisted with false pretexts, the sonofabitch has left NOLA high and dry with phony promises and has devastated the federal treasury with so much debt and deficits that SS and Medicare will need life support once the Dems takeover.
The alternative rock station here is playing the Beatles' "Happiness Is A Warm Gun." Possibly for the first time ever.
Marcellina | 10.20.07 - 11:01 am | #
Um ... do they know that they're a bit late on that one?
Diane and her stalker-- the Globe & Mail had a look at some previously classified documents on the Arar case. In short, the US keeps Arar on the don't fly list on the word of convicted liar.
Why U.S. won't remove Arar from no-fly list
MINNEAPOLIS — Maher Arar's denials that he ever went to Afghanistan are contradicted by a man convicted of immigration fraud and a self-confessed mujahedeen instructor who says he spotted him there in the early 1990s, according to classified American documents seen by The Globe and Mail.
The intelligence documents are said by U.S. sources to be key to understanding Washington's argument that, even though Mr. Arar has been cleared of any wrongdoing and paid $10-million in compensation by the Canadian government, he should remain on a no-fly list and remain barred from entering U.S. territory as an alleged security threat.
Until now, the files have been accessible only to those with security clearance, and appear to be the invisible hurdle as Mr. Arar fights to clear his name in the United States.
Bears use Charmin 'cause Cottonelle leaves stuff "behind." I saw it on TV.
Re: Texaschilibean: killfile is a wonderful thing.
Gore's clearer "thanks, but no thanks" stance
I don't know about that. He hasn't said anything remotely different from anything he's previously said.
Um ... do they know that they're a bit late on that one?
No classic rock stations in my area.
[reposted from downstairs]
Steve's Movie Reviews:
GONE BABY GONE.
Absolutely great. Casey Affleck, amazing. The rapper who plays the scary drug dealer: Oscar worthy. Great script. Michelle Monaghan is my new favorite babe of all time (she was the only thing worth watching in THE HEARTBREAK KID, and here's she's to die for). Amazing feel for the blue collar Boston milieu. Just a terrific movie.
Have I mentioned that Michelle Monaghan could have me if she played her cards right?
RENDITION.
Multiple converging plot movie, kind of like Babel or Syriana except not terribly believable. Reese Witherspoon gets to scream a lot, but not much else. I didn't mind, though, because Reese Witherspoon looks exactly like my college sweetie. Alan Arkin has little to do; Meryl Streep is evil. I think the theme is that torture is bad.
Have I mentioned that Reese Witherspoon could have me if she played her cards right?
Oh, baby.
Too bad I haven't already sold the Kymco!
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Don't make Al clean up the man he beat's mess - that's mean!
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Sallyh! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
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I should go on record here as saying that the only Spoon song I know is the one on the jukebox at my watering hole. The one with the repetitive bass line that sounds like Talking Heads.
Does that make me a bad person?
RENDITION.
Multiple converging plot movie, kind of like Babel or Syriana except not terribly believable.
And did the way they played with the timeline (when it was revealed to the viewer) annoy you as much as it did me?
Al Gore has a history of folding when the chips are down and that's what he is doing now.
Just does not have the steel for the job.
steve,
Wouldn't the list of women who COULDN'T have you save a lot of time and space?
I don't know about that. He hasn't said anything remotely different from anything he's previously said.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Well, if EVER there was a time to come forth - it would have been this week. He keeps getting asked "the question." The Norweigan press seems to have got him to state - rather clearly - that he'd devote his efforts to the GW issue as a global leader.
Yo steve s -
I ever tell you I work with Reese's ex's dad?
Ryan Phillipe is a major league dumbass.
Well, that was a thoroughly weird radio experience.
I didn't even get to rant about the erosion of the separation of church and state like I'd planned. I saw a bumper sticker this morning that read "Bring Prayer Back to School." Ugh.
And I couldn't even mention God's team, the Colorado Rockies.
Oh, well, there's always my own show on Monday.
Hmm. Less than 1 more hour of the last Alex Witless Saturday broadcast from Secaucus. Can I bear not to see it?
Just does not have the steel for the job.
rootless-e
You mean like Bushboy? The feckless, incompetent, depraved fucking moron???
Does that make me a bad person?
Hardly. Atrios' favorite all time band is Gogol Bordello.
heh.
I ever tell you I work with Reese's ex's dad?
Ryan Phillipe is a major league dumbass.
billy b - slippin' into darkne
See if you can get me Reese's e-mail address or phone number.
I'd hit that so hard ... oh, you know the rest.
Al Gore has a history of folding when the chips are down and that's what he is doing now.
Just does not have the steel for the job.
rootless-e
Bullshit. He didn't fold in 2000. He had no where else to go. Jeezus Christ, he went all the way to the SCOTUS. What the fuck more could he have done?
NOT. ONE. GOD. DAMNED. THING.
The people in this country, and especially the media, did not have his back. We the people had no idea what we were facing, and apathy ruled the day.
Wouldn't the list of women who COULDN'T have you save a lot of time and space?
Rudy | Homepage | 10.20.07 - 11:06 am | #
Yes. That list would be limited to the late Minnie Pearl and that woman in the state department who went around last week hustling coalition partners. And Coultergeist.
Al Gore has a history of folding when the chips are down and that's what he is doing now.
Not to mention that NAFTA thing which he embraced and defended against Perot.
Not sure if it reflects a conservative love for corporations over labor or corruption from corporate money.
Okay, off to go Good Thangs.
bbl
♥
I should go on record here as saying that the only Spoon song I know is the one on the jukebox at my watering hole.
Check out "Girls Can Tell", their 2000 album. One of the decade's best, IMHO.
So Malkin could have you?
ewwwwww.
Malkin has a very, um......gymnastic-looking mouth.
Ryan Phillipe is a major league dumbass.
billy b - slippin' into darkne | Homepage | 10.20.07 - 11:07 am | #
Is he actually a different person from Ryan Gosling?
I have trouble distinguishing between today's hot young actors....
it would have been this week.
I somewhat agree with this, roadmaster.
The Norweigan press seems to have got him to state - rather clearly - that he'd devote his efforts to the GW issue as a global leader.
What he said to the NP was the exact same thing he's been saying for months..."I have no plans..." "Plans" being the coin word here. But regardless, shit needs to meet pot wrt the Goracle.
Malkin has a very, um......gymnastic-looking mouth.
plantsman, areligious
It ain't purty, that's fer sure.
I was thinking it was rather simian ...
May I be the first here to wish a big Eschaton Happy Birthday to former poster/now lurker Jenny from the Blog?
Thank you.
Is he actually a different person from Ryan Gosling?
Phillipe was married to Reese W. He ran around on her and she divorced him, ergo he's a dumbass.
Jeffraham, thems is adorable kittehs!
Many Hollywood beauties have dumped their unfaithful mates. Uma Thurman and Halle Berry come to mind.
I always wonder what those guys were thinking?
Well then, Happy Birthday Jenny von der Blog!
So Malkin could have you?
ewwwwww.
Jennifer | 10.20.07 - 11:09 am | #
I have a soft spot for frothing psychos.
hoot gibson
The people in this country, and especially the media, did not have his back. We the people had no idea what we were facing, and apathy ruled the day.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore | Homepage | 10.20.07 - 11:08 am | #
He told Jesse Jackson not to organize counter protests.
He move the legal team to Boies to make a very narrow legalistic appeal
He allowed Bush the initiative
He didn't put a sock in Lieberscuzz's mouth.
He CONCEDED MEEKLY.
I'm not saying that he had an easy path. But he had the opportunity to be a hero and he chose order over justice as MLK put it.
Oh, and I picked up a brand new remastered copy of Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) for $10 last night.
heh...heh...heh...
I'm not saying that he had an easy path. But he had the opportunity to be a hero and he chose order over justice as MLK put it.
rootless-e |
You know what? Fuck you. Seriously. No one will ever do anything good enough for some of the people here.
owls!!!!!!!!!!
Hmmm. I'm transparent today. Maybe I'll have better luck upstairs.
You know what? Fuck you. Seriously. No one will ever do anything good enough for some of the people here.
Thank you.
...of course water (and sewage) can flow both ways through cracked pipes. True, pressurized pipes won't tend to leak in that much, but there's still plenty of opportunity for it.
Moe Szyslak, all wet | Homepage | 10.20.07 - 10:59 am
Ewwwwww. And, shit!
I'm not saying that he had an easy path. But he had the opportunity to be a hero and he chose order over justice as MLK put it.
rootless-e
Um - you do realise that this entire litany is the authorised version as endorsed by the in-crowd in Washington politics? That it really isn't particularly accurate, either in fact, tone or nuance?
Thought you did.
But he had the opportunity to be a hero and he chose order over justice as MLK put it.
What have you done for democracy lately?
When did it stop being the Khyber Pass? Why shorten the name?
no, everyone does not love spoon . . . .
now, the dead milkmen . . . thats a good band!
Man I loved the Khyber when I lived in Philly... used to go on Fridays with $10 in quarters and play the Doctor Who pinball machine, drink guiness and snack on the free hoagies they would have.
Good times, good times... especially when I would look up and Guided By Voices would be playing. Ah, youth...
Tell ya what was really interesting -- the Clash at the Cleveland Agora in February of 1979. "London Calling" was about 8 months in the future. The Agora holds about 640 people. Man, that was cooooool!
Of course they're gonna make jokes about the Khyber. They tease because they love. The Khyber is one of those places -- a venue that's always been there, always been open to booking unknowns, funky layout, no guarantee that anyone is gonna be there. It's a cool place -- I've only visited, never played -- and I'd play there in a heartbeat if I were passing thru Philly.
Don't get Britt and the Spoon boys wrong. They've got fond memories of playing lots of places like the Khyber -- including memories of the Hole in the Wall in Austin, which isn't much different ...
iirc, the sound on stage at the Kyber is terrible because you're actually playing in front of a blacked out window, and the sound doesn't reflect back well.
I saw gogol bordello at a tiny east village storefront when they started. seeing spoon tonight at Roseland. rock!
I do not love Spoon. In fact, I dislike Spoon.
Been to the Troc, the Tower, the Mann the TLA and the bigger stadiums but never the Khyber or the Electric Factory. Definately on my to do list.
the decemberists are one of the worst bands ever.
There is no spoon.
i was there last night, too. a pretty good show by a good band. audience was appreciative but sorta listless, which surprised me considering how danceable most spoon songs are. some nice shows this upcoming week in philly......yo la tengo monday, hold steady tuesday, new pornographers friday.....
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