HULK SMASHED
fdsgsdg
My candidate is an asshole and so am I!
here steve, have a cup of water
Damn! You people are good. Impeach anyway.
Impeach...
Atrios is simels' Blofeld.
"Subdivisions" makes "Tom Sawyer" sound like Monteverdi.
Ooooh. that's cruel, Atrios!
My Sugar Is So Refined
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vV6VKlz0rJk
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talesoftwokitties is bitter. get ready for prez obama!
In the basement bars, in the backs of cars!
Yes?
No.
Westboro baptist showed up to a protest in Crawford today. Tenacious fux.
Fuck Bush. Jenna, too.
And Not-Jenna, while we're at it.
hey annie
I'm lissening to Bare Trees
Ever hear of it?
From the love song of Harry Reid
Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,
Deferential, glad to be of use,
Politic, cautious, and meticulous;
Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;
At times, indeed, almost ridiculous—
Almost, at times, the Fool.
I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to impeach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
How about a band that will make Single Arab Girl happy?
I started Atkins today. I don't like it. Especially being vegetarian.
"Allen's insightful critique of Camel Ultra Cigarettes is right up there with Balzac, Hemingway, and Steinbeck."
smoking filtered camels is like sucking pussy thru a flannel nightgown.
peart may be a wanker when it comes to politics but he's got killer chops.
Ya know, if anybody deserves Westboro, it's Bush. Dunno about Jenna - growing up bent in that environment would be impossible to avoid...
What's goin on in here?
Celts lose. bummer, even though I only caught the last ten minutes.
I started Atkins today. I don't like it. Especially being vegetarian.
Packin' that tofu in, huh?
I was first ... once. Now, nuthin.
Heh.
Local news reports that not only will Vito not resign, he says he's going to run for re-election and he does not understand why other Republicans want his seat.
/falls off chair laughing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W...h?
v=WXVNwkDAmis
This, billyb?
What's goin on in here?
sidhra
We've been waiting for you.
Let the wild rumpus begin.
peart may be a wanker when it comes to politics but he's got killer chops.
jdw | 05.10.08 - 11:07 pm | #
Meh. Technique for technique's sake.
Packin' that tofu in, huh?
billy b (circus boy) | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 11:08 pm | #
Yep. No fudge.
How about a band that will make Single Arab Girl happy?
Some low lights, some thievery corporation...
evening bats
happy mothers day to the mothers...
Local news reports that not only will Vito not resign, he says he's going to run for re-election and he does not understand why other Republicans want his seat
Except for Larry Craig.
This, billyb?
annie
Well, we know the Buttle can type "bare trees" into tehe Google...
At what point does post irony lap itself?
Just to hasten Simels' aneurysm.
pretty fancy trap set ya got there, son...
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happy mothers day to the mothers...
::matthew
Especially Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Ian Underwood...
Larry Craig/Vito '08
I started Atkins today. I don't like it. Especially being vegetarian.
Gilly Gonzylon | 05.10.08 - 11:07 p
Faggedaboutit. Do South Beach, good for vegheads.
Some low lights, some thievery corporation...
Anon
XM's "Chill" station plays a lot of TC.
Great driving music.
Simels was a no-show at dinner tonight. He deserves an aneurysm!
Your point? Never heard of it. It sucks. Don't quite know what you wanted but anyway, yeah.
At what point does post irony lap itself?
Salieri
I've often wondered what your take on that is.
Comeon Atrios. Jump into the thread. I dares ya.
"Meh. Technique for technique's sake."
that's what the unknowing always say about people that have mastery over an instrument.
rush without a good drummer is like, well, their first album.
pretty fancy trap set ya got there, son...
.
Tacitus Voltaire
the anti-Charlie Watts
Just to hasten Simels' aneurysm.
Aorta warned us!
Simels was a no-show at dinner tonight. He deserves an aneurysm!
The Kenosha Kid | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 11:11 pm | #
Well, I wouldn't go that far ... maybe just a few mild palpitations. Or a little agida.
Something going on, it's not like the Bush family to avoid as much of the spotlight as possible. I wonder why they hid away Jenna's marriage. But gawd, tacky tchotchkies.
Probably not too many women in that audience.
that's what the unknowing always say about people that have mastery over an instrument.
Um...
Anon, I am so bitter my head is gonna explode!
Anon, I am so bitter my head is gonna explode!
You're toast, dude!
Local news reports that not only will Vito not resign, he says he's going to run for re-election and he does not understand why other Republicans want his seat.
Now that he's forever spoiled that seat for them, I guess that statement makes sense.... 
Love Walked In - Percy Grainger
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wi-
yR...feature=related
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Steve has a crush on me.
annie | 05.10.08 - 11:06 pm | #
Like we couldn't see that coming down Broadway.
Butler's default argument: Whoever he's arguing with is obsessed with him.
Simels? Doesn't he spit on vets?
Dr Mrs Wombat likes the South Beach diet. Good recipes, loses weight, doesn't feel too deprived. I'm not sure if, say, eating a slice of bread or being in the same room as a potato is as big deal as the South Beachers claim. But it's not hard to be nutritionally sound on it.
The Atkins diet can be questioned. Not everybody thinks a ketogenic diet is a good idea.
Anon, I am so bitter my head is gonna explode!
Not possible. No American anywhere has ever been bitter for any reason. FOX news taught me that.
"Anon, I am so bitter my head is gonna explode!"
cling to guns and religion, you'll feel better.
Lifeson on a Sunburst?????
Faggedaboutit. Do South Beach, good for vegheads.
ronjazz | 05.10.08 - 11:11 pm | #
Really? You don't have to be Cuban ?
I think it's great that Vito will run again.
Awesome.
"Local news reports that not only will Vito not resign, he says he's
going to run for re-election and he does not understand why other
Republicans want his seat."
Neither will he understand how easy it was for a Democrat to win his seat.
Wait a tick -- a Rush video?
[clutches heart, falls off chair...silence....]
gotta drive to miami tomorrow, which means I'll have to fight with all the stoopit ijits from ontario and ohio doing 65 in the center lane on I75
That's Miss Dude to you, bub!
Kyle Busch is rocking tonight!
Your point? Never heard of it. It sucks. Don't quite know what you wanted but anyway, yeah.
Sorry Buttle.
You're not sufficiently cultured.
Sucks to be you.
Sorry Miss Dude, I actually thought you were Jeffraham posting under a different name.
The Atkins diet can be questioned. Not everybody thinks a ketogenic diet is a good idea.
ProfWombat | 05.10.08 - 11:15 pm | #
the bread-potato thing in South Beach has to do with glycemic stuff, is my impression. Plus, it's only the first few weeks that bread and taters are verboten.
I feel better clinging to a nice Napa Cabernet. Fuck the guns and religion!
And this just in:
Rupert Murdoch withdrew his bid to buy NEWSDAY.
Excellent!!!!!
oooooo, I'm a name stealer!
Simels may indeed spit on vets. I can't comment on his table manners though, because he never shows up...
Lifeson on a Sunburst?????
focus, other Wizardly | 05.10.08 - 11:15 pm | #
that looked like a gold-top to me, but he has a sunburst or 30.
Butler's default argument: Whoever he's arguing with is obsessed with him.
steve hussein simels
mimi: "You're obsessed with me and my foreign engineering/runway models ways!"
annie: "You're obsessed with me and my crazy, make no sense ways."
Lube: "You're obsessed with obamarama chiklits that dance on my head . . . stay tuned--"
For the Dawkins fans,
http://scienceblogs.com/
pharyngu...w_you_do_it.php
So which family will Vito have by his side during campaign events?
Also, Res Ipsa Loquitur didn't show up for dinner or the movie, because she was too busy laughing...
Oh no! I need to research bad 70's bands STAT!
Simels! To the Popmobile!
Simels may indeed spit on vets. I can't comment on his table manners though, because he never shows up...
The Kenosha Kid | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 11:17 pm | #
Heh.
So which family will Vito have by his side during campaign events?
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 11:18 pm | #
Gambino.
aiight ya'll - I'm out
catch you on the flip-flop.
So which family will Vito have by his side during campaign events?
Mitt Romney's. They're nothing if not photogenic.
damn technicians have no feel. all flash, too many notes.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nKKpoCy0a5Y
So which family will Vito have by his side during campaign events?
res ipsa loquitur
dood needs to go west to the ranch
I don't normally talk to trolls, but in this case...
A few weeks ago Johnny Benson was headed for a 2nd place finish in the NCTS race at Martinsville, until Kyle Busch deliberately spun him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v...h?
v=v4YjP8jsJ9Y
Kyle Busch is an ass.
damn technicians have no feel. all flash, too many notes.
Dude. Peterson rocks. As does Art Tatum. Peart leaves me cold. And for the record, I do this for a living. Let it go.
Rubbin is racin.
Jr fan are ya????
Joe Henry: Trampoline
Saw this same band (except for Jennifer Condos on bass) at the 8x10 in Baltimore... it remains one of the best shows I've ever seen.
A few weeks ago Johnny Benson was headed for a 2nd place finish in the NCTS race at Martinsville, until Kyle Busch deliberately spun him.
Kyle Busch is an ass.
Tralfaz
Night is dark, water is wet.
And it wasn't a spin: he was just rattlin' his cage a bit, and if Johnny were a better driver he wouldn't have lost it.
Yes, I know all the ways of driver-speak.
SteveLG: Check it.
So is everybody dancin in the moonlight, yet. Cmon. You know you want to.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nKKpoCy0a5Y
jdw | 05.10.08 - 11:19 pm | #
Ray Brown, jesus!
Johnny Benson is too nice a guy. That's his problem.
Modo, just when she could HAVE redeemed herself. Instead, why not offer a cheap dare, completely impractical and completely stupid too.
Is Obama and Hillary the best of both worlds? I don't think so.
Obama is chicken of Hillary, Obama is chicken of Hillary, - Oh please put a sock in it Modo.
Obama could make Krugman happy AND the all Hillary people too - just pick John Edwards. Edwards has ALL the Hillary campaign promises MINUS the gracelessness.
An easy choice, really. The ONLY choice really.
He raced GREAT tonight, give credit where it's due!
Who.
Guess Who.
Yes.
I ain't running no goddam Busch Gardens here!
charlie parker had more technique than anybody (well ok tatum had more than anybody) but every note he played made perfect sense and told you what was going on
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I wish gas was cheap, then I could drive to south beach. Guess I'll have to eat my bacon local.
NASCAR is for Chevies.
ron: yeah, the South Beach theory is that some foods need to be avoided because they cause a response that raises blood sugar (glycemia), causing insulin secretion, which inhibits lipolysis (fat burning), making it harder to lose weight. Agatson is trying to explain the common experience that people find it hard to lose weight by mere calorie restriction. He may be right, and there isn't anything wrong with his diet. The recipes are even pretty good.
Most of the time, as any dietitian will tell you, people have trouble losing weight because they're eating a lot more calories thay they think they are, and not exercising enough. Some folks, like hypothyroiders, haava a specific problem, but they're in the minority.
"Peart leaves me cold. "
to each his own. there's a place for everything. a ringo or a levon helm would be totally out of place in a band like rush.
like i said, rush with a shitty drummer sounds like their first album.
Good Lord, Elizabeth, we all feel for you, but calm down. Obama will pick who he picks. Show a little dignity, dear.
don't envy anybody who has to drive on the 75, the Highway of Death. matthew, are you gonna slip down the Turnpike?
the worst part of the 75 is the Triangle of Death, Columbia/Alachua/Marion, just a real accident trap. be careful, dood.
BTW, if you get a chance make sure to check out Mark Evanier's book on "Kirby: King of Comics".
The pictures are great, of course, but don't read the words if you're feeling particularly suicidal.
Let's just say that I'm going to start referring to Stan Lee as the Mike Love of comics...
(well ok tatum had more than anybody)
Horowitz was blown away by Tatum, starting a long-standing tradition of us classical types secretly wishing we could play jazz.
I ain't running no goddam Busch Gardens here!
dave™© | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 11:24 pm | #
Conquest Concerts -- nothing but class!!!!
ok, last YouTube
all the big dogs are in this one except jimi.
it's worth waiting past the john and mick weirdness at the beginning.
not exercising enough. Some folks, like hypothyroiders, haava a specific problem, but they're in the minority.
ProfWombat | 05.10.08 - 11:25 pm | #
I like South Beach because it tastes good. Lost 15 pounds in 2 weeks, very easily. Losing weight like that inspires me to exercise. It all works together.
Wow RIL, who knew you could write like that?
that looked like a gold-top to me, but he has a sunburst or 30. - ronjazz
si, will call the proper authorities - iffn he aint blitzed
The special 50th issue of the Jack Kirby Collector also came out recently, and is not to be missed.
Johnny Benson is too nice a guy. That's his problem.
Tralfaz,
That is true. Probably the reason it was thought he wasn't aggressive enough to run the big leagues.
nice post res
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nKKpoCy0a5Y
jdw | 05.10.08 - 11:19 pm
Sound good to me.
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Simels may indeed spit on vets. I can't comment on his table manners though, because he never shows up...
The Kenosha Kid | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 11:17 pm | #
Consider yourself lucky.
I usually do my fellow Jew tribute to Roy Cohn, i.e. take food from everybody else's plates without asking.
Horowitz was blown away by Tatum, starting a long-standing tradition of us classical types secretly wishing we could play jazz.
geor3ge | 05.10.08 - 11:26 pm | #
is it horowitz in the story where the classical pianist proudly plays tatum his variations on tea for two that he has prepared especially for him, only to have tatum sit down and play hours of variations on tea for two?
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Butler's default argument: Whoever he's arguing with is obsessed with him.
So?
Horowitz was blown away by Tatum, starting a long-standing tradition of us classical types secretly wishing we could play jazz.
geor3ge | 05.10.08 - 11:26 pm | #
I spent two weeks trying to get some classical tips from John Williams, he kept bugging me about jazz. Couldn't swing from a rope, one of the greatest guitarists of all time. It's cultural.
Art Tatum was wonderful with all those notes. The Modern Jazz Quartet was wonderful with each note conserved and polished like a jewel.
Lots of ways to make good music.
I usually do my fellow Jew tribute to Roy Cohn, i.e. take food from everybody else's plates without asking.
LOL. And actually, I think Gore Vidal tells a story about Nixon doing exactly that. Probably got the idea from Roy.
is it horowitz in the story where the classical pianist proudly plays tatum his variations on tea for two that he has prepared especially for him, only to have tatum sit down and play hours of variations on tea for two?
And Horowitz never played "Tea for Two" in public again. Something like that. It may be apocryphal, but it's a cool story.
Uh, thanks, TKK (I think).
I usually do my fellow Jew tribute to Roy Cohn, i.e. take food from everybody else's plates without asking.
I had that one covered.
20 minutes after 3...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_...h?v=_3a1-
ay2tnE
The special 50th issue of the Jack Kirby Collector also came out recently, and is not to be missed.
Yeah, I gotta check that out... no comix shop in my neck of the woods, so I have to schlep to one near the Trader Joe's I frequent.
BTW, the greatest graphic in that Kirby book? The photo on the interior back cover that shows the set-up Kirby worked from during the heights of his Marvel tenure - a battered drawing board in front of a beat-up desk chair in the corner of his dingy Long Island basement.
From these shabby environs, a multi-billion dollar empire sprung fully formed from Kirby's forehead...
is it horowitz in the story where the classical pianist proudly plays tatum his variations on tea for two that he has prepared especially for him, only to have tatum sit down and play hours of variations on tea for two?
Damn, what a bitch.
Well, I have had company all weekend. Have I missed anything particularly grievous?
(Wings won. Pistons won. Tigers lost. And asparagus is at the Farmers' Market today. The extent of my knowledge of the world outside)
the worst part of the 75 is the Triangle of Death, Columbia/Alachua/Marion, just a real accident trap. be careful, dood.
mrs. ibrahim al-jafaari
I10-I75-Turnpike-95-Miami Beach-Sleep
Thanks for the link, res... I didn't know all those things about Nita Lowey. I like the comparisons you make. A nice post.
Tonight I went to my younger daughter's HS to see the "Broadway Revue" she and a friend conceived, produced, directed and appeared in.
I figured it would be fun. It was inspiring.
They did it all themselves, from selecting the songs (not a "High School Musical" number in the bunch) to casting (30 kids in the ensemble, and everyone was featured in some number), choreography (Hallie did the whole thing)... everything.
I've never seen her so happy and proud... not after Antigone, not after Kindertransport. The kids who performed didn't know anything about any of the music, most of them knew nothing about Broadway musicals at all. But they were amazingly good... I've seen a number of productions at this HS over the years and none of them approached the level of this one.
ron: I like the South Beach recipes too. They taste good, and are nutritionally sound.
Once was drafted to play 'Turn, Turn, Turn' on guitar with a pianist at a church service. Found out she could only play in C; I had it scoped out in G. She's a superb pianist and music teacher and like that; I'm at best a half-assed fingerpicker. But I could play it in C for her close to instantly, and she couldn't play it in G easily. Always wondered about that. She played Chopin to die for...
on wind instruments, jazz no problem
on piano, not so much.
my conclusion: piano teachers should spend much more time (at least some time!) on chords and comping. why don't they?
Conquest Concerts -- nothing but class!!!!
I have you to thank for finally cluing me in on who did that routine.
They used to play it on the great KSAN now and again back in the good old days...
Proud papas are cool.
res - nice writing!
Riding High in April, Shot Down in May
makes me thing barack oughta make nita lowey his vp choice
if nothing else, the irony would be historic
.
SteveLG: the kids are all right...
bonsoir!
ouch! SNL is not nice with Hillary!
"my supporters are racists"
SNL opens by destroying Hillary.
hey plum
Proud papas are cool.
res ipsa loquitur
Honest to goodness, it was the best thing ever.
Good medicine.
I figured it would be fun. It was inspiring.
SteveLG
sniff
hey ::matthew! how's the family?
I'm laughing at a SNL skit! I didn't know that was possible!!!
SNL is still running?
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But I could play it in C for her close to instantly, and she couldn't play it in G easily.
She needed Irving Berlin's magic piano.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A tornado that spun across the Oklahoma-Missouri border killed several people as severe storms raked the nation's heart Saturday, taking at least 11 lives, mangling buildings and trapping people in rubble in the storm-weary region.
At least six people were killed as the tornado flattened the northeastern Oklahoma town of Picher before the funnel struck about 15 miles away near Seneca, Mo., and killed at least three, authorities said.
mme voltaire & i will now proceed to go see keanu reaves in his latest, a policier called Street Kings
later...
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freakin postage is going up again. I wish they'd bump the bulk rate stuff way up and leave 1st class alone. My shredder could use a break
BTW, if you've never heard the Credibility Gap's great "Who's On First?" routine...
Make sure to check out "Where's Johnny?" too... a true classic!
res: then there was, a while earlier, Elizabeth Holzman, who would have won her race for the Senate save for Javits' run on the Liberal Party ticket, which cleared the way for the effervescent Al D'Amato's SOlonic career...
Amy Poehler is ripping HRC.
ProfWombat - That's when a capo would come in handy.
Always wondered about that. She played Chopin to die for...
ProfWombat | 05.10.08 - 11:34 pm | #
piano teachers should spend much more time (at least some time!) on chords and comping. why don't they?
ErinPDX | 05.10.08 - 11:35 pm | #
Piano is still taught is a very "rote" fashion, while guitar is very pictorial. Playing in a different key on guitar is easy because the relationships are smaller. Piano is taught from the paper, so many piano teachers teach the way they learned. It's like my wife folding the towels the way her mother did, and me making coffee like my father.
I have you to thank for finally cluing me in on who did that routine.
They used to play it on the great KSAN now and again back in the good old days...
dave™© | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 11:35 pm | #
I haven't looked in a while, but it was on Harry's website for years and years....
my conclusion: piano teachers should spend much more time (at least some time!) on chords and comping. why don't they?
ErinPDX | 05.10.08 - 11:35 pm | #
Improv in general used to be SOP for all musicians. It fell out of favor in the last century or so, mostly from a growing insistence on "fidelity to the score", which has its virtues but sadly ignores the study of performance practice. It seems to be coming back into favor, but several generations of otherwise great musicians are all the poorer for having missed out.
Amy Poehler is ripping HRC.
res ipsa loquitur
man, i laughed out loud! Miracles do happen!!!
Jeez, Harry - Real Player?
freakin postage is going up again. I wish they'd bump the bulk rate stuff way up and leave 1st class alone. My shredder could use a break
::matthew | 05.10.08 - 11:39 pm | #
They should just make it a buck. It'll reduce the amount of junk mail, and an increase won't happen for a long time.
SteveLG: the kids are all right...
ProfWombat
Yes, they are. These kids were so proud of themselves and each other. At the beginning it was a real struggle for Hallie to get them to take it seriously... even a week ago she wasn't sure how it was going to go.
When I left about two thirds of the kids were just up on stage dancing... no one wanted it to end.
ronjazz, newer piano methods include long neglected skills like imrov and transposition. I make sure my students get the benefit.
plum, we're all doing good. We went down to the coast tonight for fresh seafood. Devon likes grouper. Kiera thinks seagulls are teh bomb
ProfWombat,
I bet that bastard D'Amato is on Vito's speed-dial this week.
Gilly: don't own a capo. Don't sing much, if at all--trust me it's better that way--and rarely play with others...
Maybe they should learn how to play serious barrelhouse and boogie, too. Meanwhile, I can't sight read, and will have to learn how one of these days.
I haven't looked in a while, but it was on Harry's website for years and years....
Yeah, I just posted the link.
I had no idea who Harry Shearer was back when I first heard it, of course... and never made the connection even after he became "famous".
For some reason, I thought it was done by a group called "Congress of Wonders," actually...