I think Lynne is worse
leibniz leibkins ♘☮ |
11.29.08 - 10:32 pm | #
I'm in the unenviable position of running a fan full tilt to exhaust a huge cloud of bentonite dust out of my living room.
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11.29.08 - 10:33 pm | #
Which is not to underrate the malevolent might of Lynn. I have often suspected she is the actual font of misdeeds of the past 8 years...
Xan |
11.29.08 - 10:33 pm | #
Finnished! YEAH.
I hate writer's block.
Echidne |
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11.29.08 - 10:34 pm | #
DWD, how faithfully are you taking your antidepressant(s)?
Xan
Very faithfully. I think I might need a bit more, but this is close.
DWD-S☮S |
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11.29.08 - 10:34 pm | #
(beverage of choice to leibnitz...I see I am not the only one who has noted traces of her fingers throughout a surprising number of misdeeds. Starting with the ravaging of public broadcasting.)
Xan |
11.29.08 - 10:35 pm | #
Finnished! YEAH.
I hate writer's block.
Echidne
Umm, better run it through the spell checker.
I tried Gramatick once on a novel. The funniest mistake it corrected was when I had a character driving on I 96. The spell checker choked and said, "Don't you me ME 96?
DWD-S☮S |
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11.29.08 - 10:36 pm | #
and lynn is odious. truly a horrible woman.
charley |
11.29.08 - 10:36 pm | #
I don't have the reflexes for Doom and its decedents.
ThatGuy |
11.29.08 - 10:37 pm | #
DWD, what is your feeling now as to the relationship of the antidepressants to the return of your ability to eat? I seem to recall you were originally quite skeptical of the notion...
Xan |
11.29.08 - 10:37 pm | #
The spell checker choked and said, "Don't you me ME 96?
The Finnished was on purpose, me being a Finn and all. But there are probably lots of mistakes in the piece. Not spelling, though.
Echidne |
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11.29.08 - 10:38 pm | #
Oh man, I can just see his clenched expression and gritted teeth as he mows down the zombies...
Jason |
11.29.08 - 10:39 pm | #
Too young. Too beautiful.
HoneyBearKellyGoGiants |
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11.29.08 - 10:41 pm | #
Peace don't mean Universal, despite your particular current goal.
Peace is here in my breast. It is the day and the longing for what has been lost.
What now, my enemy?
I will go there and mourn no more.
Le Jackel |
11.29.08 - 10:42 pm | #
Cheney actually did a residency at Evil University, graduating summa cum laude in the same year as Dr. Evil, who graduated hot magma cum laude.
Franklin Furter III, H.D. |
11.29.08 - 10:42 pm | #
speaking of evil
go check the front pic on huffpost.
and that smarmy little bastard underneath it.
charley |
11.29.08 - 10:42 pm | #
Thank you, sidhra, and very happy birthday to you. It was today? In any case I'm parched.
Echidne |
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11.29.08 - 10:42 pm | #
Gromit and I strike the double nickel on the 30th.
sidhra صيذ |
11.29.08 - 10:45 pm | #
DWD, what is your feeling now as to the relationship of the antidepressants to the return of your ability to eat? I seem to recall you were originally quite skeptical of the notion...
Xan
Yes. I was wrong. I have to apolgize to my shrink next appt. He was right and I was wrong.
BTW, that disease was the most vexing thing imaginable. Food just tasted awful. I still can't eat fattening foods - bread, sweets, and greasy meat. But that is probably good.
DWD-S☮S |
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11.29.08 - 10:45 pm | #
even though you are inexplicably drawn to neil young's stuff.
This is the time of year where I used to wear my holiday-themed t-shirts to work. One said "All Of Your Favorite Bands Suck." The other said "Fuck The Gift of Music." Good times...
bill buckner |
11.29.08 - 10:46 pm | #
Gromit and I strike the double nickel on the 30th.
If I'm ever trampled to death at a Wal-Mart, promise me you guys will bury me in a coffin made of discounted Hannah Montana DVD's.
wÒÓ† |
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11.29.08 - 10:48 pm | #
: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade over the years...
Where is the inflatable Simels? No, wait - don't answer that!
bill buckner |
11.29.08 - 10:49 pm | #
you've seen his son ravi, perhaps at the "concert for george?"
You mean Dani, Ravi plays the sitar.
Art |
11.29.08 - 10:49 pm | #
see, i don't even really know who billy cox is (was that the guy in band of gypsies?) i love that band.
hendrix would have been a whole nuther animal had he lived.
and peace to george. all the cool people know george was the best beatle.
charley |
11.29.08 - 10:55 pm | #
getting paid mostly in promo cds and family health insurance.
I actually had a better standard of living than I've managed in the straight world. GOOD insurance, lots of free stuff, comped for a lot of stuff, didn't have to drive anywhere...
bill buckner |
11.29.08 - 10:55 pm | #
If I'm ever trampled to death at a Wal-Mart, promise me you guys will bury me in a coffin made of discounted Hannah Montana DVD's.
She has boobies?
unequal_monica_nyc |
11.29.08 - 10:55 pm | #
you've seen his son Dhani, perhaps at the "concert for george?"
truly poignant. unsettling, even.
stoat
I saw that when PBS showed it.
Clapton seemed like a surrogate father. And Dhani seems like he is close to Eric.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 10:55 pm | #
looks just like him
Kidnap |
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11.29.08 - 11:02 pm | #
Show me the way to go home. I'm tired and I wanna go to bed ...
unequal_monica_nyc
you hadda li'l drink about an hour ago / and it went right to your head...
You're gonna need a bigger boat. And don't forget: 24 ounces of water, or better yet, orange juice, before you hit the sack.
David Derbes, worried |
11.29.08 - 11:02 pm | #
I'm actually pissed at Neil right now for slapping a $300 price tag on his forthcoming "Archive" box set. He is a wealthy land-owner with a best-selling catalogue: he does NOT need the money. I'm sure that it's great, but not even high-end boxes from Bear Family or Mosaic retail for nearly that much.
(But I'll get my hands on it one way or the other - I'm crafty that way...)
bill buckner |
11.29.08 - 11:11 pm | #
G4 (a gamer-oriented cable channel)
Some WEIRD shit on THAT station.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:12 pm | #
i suspected that all the coffee i drank to keep me afloat until ten would not end well for me.
Wasn't Neil Young going through a stage in the early eighties where he thought Reagan was fucking wonderful?
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:13 pm | #
i wuz rite.
stoat
i got a new coffee maker.
and of course i had to try it out.
charley |
11.29.08 - 11:13 pm | #
i'll take jimi any day
ErinPDX |
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11.29.08 - 11:14 pm | #
i got a new coffee maker.
and of course i had to try it out.
charley
My boss hits the coffee early in the morning and starts again about 4:00.
I told him that I don't want to have to come in and peel him off the ceiling.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:14 pm | #
I like G4.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
11.29.08 - 11:14 pm | #
just curious: did anyone here buy any xmas shit this weekend?
jdw |
11.29.08 - 11:14 pm | #
he thought Reagan was fucking wonderful?
He did briefly, but has since recanted...
bill buckner |
11.29.08 - 11:14 pm | #
Anouska Shankar Concert for George
oops
Norah Jones' sister?
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:15 pm | #
No xmas shopping for me. I am going to give a print of a photograph of my parents to my cousin, though. I need to finish the Photoshop color correction, though.
It's an ancient, faded snapshot I recently found.
Chris Tucker: GOP Delenda Est! |
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11.29.08 - 11:18 pm | #
i've never been married.
ina, happy
You haven't missed anything, ina.
If I only knew then what I know now...
Your girls are adorable, BTW, and they have such pretty names.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:19 pm | #
Wasn't Neil Young going through a stage in the early eighties where he thought Reagan was fucking wonderful?
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama
neil young, is/was a repbulican.
i heard an interview where he said he was just like ronald reagan, owned a ranch in california... yadda, yadda, yadda, they also asked him about his guitar ability, said he figured he was as good as hendrix. naturally i thought he was joking, but apparently he was only half joking.
i like neilanyway. his music most matches my soul.
charley |
11.29.08 - 11:19 pm | #
Didn't buy no Xmas crap yesterday. Did find myself down at SF's Union Square around 2:00 pm. It was fucking dead.
Wasn't Neil Young going through a stage in the early eighties where he thought Reagan was fucking wonderful?
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama
Yes, he was a Reagan supporter. It may explain why Neil's music in the 1980's was the worst of his career.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.29.08 - 11:21 pm | #
Speaking of country, I hadn't seen that Toby Keith "War on Xmas" bit from Colbert's special until just the other night.
dave, we did go to Target today, but we needed glamorous things, like paper towels and laundry detergent. It was no busier than any other Saturday--we parked close, no waiting in line, easy movement within the store.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
11.29.08 - 11:22 pm | #
neil young, is/was a repbulican.
He's a Canadian, for Chrissakes.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:22 pm | #
what kinda koffee pott, charley?
stoat
now don't be too impressed, Chef Mate.
10 bucks, of/on switch.
'Let's Roll' was pretty fuck'n republican, and is an awful song.
charley |
11.29.08 - 11:22 pm | #
He's a Canadian, for Chrissakes.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama
Terry, I ended up in the odd position of being our family's keeper of the history for my lifetime. It's customarily held by the youngest son in the family, but my da died when my little brother was 14, and not interested.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
11.29.08 - 11:23 pm | #
My favorite of Neil Young's is "Harvest Moon."
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:24 pm | #
'Let's Roll' was pretty fuck'n republican, and is an awful song.
compared to "when god made me" it's fuckin' die winterreise.
i'm tryin' to pick a fight here, and not getting any takers.
just curious: did anyone here buy any xmas shit this weekend?
jdw
Confession: about $500 worth. But we have to buy for a bunch of people and the Pfalzgraff Store was going out of business and 70% off was . . . .
DWD-S☮S |
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11.29.08 - 11:24 pm | #
now stoat, look at what you've done
your little confession has generated a neil young lovefest
(don't spank me you guys!)
ErinPDX |
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11.29.08 - 11:25 pm | #
just curious: did anyone here buy any xmas shit this weekend?
no
I looked but did not see what I wanted for the wife, a digital camera for her a techno Luddite.
She's a numbers person, but hates complicated tech toys. She wants something as good and simple as an old film camera we once had an Oympus stylus. Simple good and easy is what she wants, also a large preview screen.
Doug |
11.29.08 - 11:25 pm | #
DWD, I'm anticipating a lot of going out of business sales post Christmas.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
11.29.08 - 11:25 pm | #
My favorite of Neil Young's is "Harvest Moon."
great song, to give credit where it's due.
wrecking ball, also. emmylou kills with that song.
I kind of judge long-time musicians on how many CDs I can make of the songs I love.
Beach Boys - 1
Jimmy Buffett - 2
The Beatles - 4
Neil Young - 3
And there are thousands of bands that I cannot make one cd of. . . .
DWD-S☮S |
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11.29.08 - 11:27 pm | #
Terry, I ended up in the odd position of being our family's keeper of the history for my lifetime. It's customarily held by the youngest son in the family, but my da died when my little brother was 14, and not interested.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
I was always curious about my family's history.
My dad was adopted when he was 20; my Mom was taken in her mother's half brother and his wife because her father died 5 months before she was born and her mother had a nervous breakdown (lost her mother and husband days apart).
Around 2000, I said "Okay! Let's see if I can tie up some loose ends."
Internet a huge help. Found relatives in upstate Pa near NY that I didn't know I had (dad's mother's side of the family). Ended up tracing that side all the way back to the Mayflower.
My mom never knew her mother had a brother until I started searching.
So I know where I "came from."
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:27 pm | #
When I read he was supporting Obama, I was blown away.
What always pissed me off with Toby and the jingoism was I've seen interviews with him and he is NOT some shitkicker. He is NOT a STUPID man.
It took him awhile to wise up and I think he has.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:28 pm | #
Old Ways (one of Young's 80's albums) had one really good song on it (Once an Angel), and the rest is garbage.
The song Misfits is unintentionally funny with really cheesy lyrics. Neil must have been listening to Reagan's speeches when he wrote that crap.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.29.08 - 11:29 pm | #
Being a genealogist, I would LOVE to see a complete genealogical chart for Obama.
Both sides of his family.
I'm sure it's absolutely fascinating.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:30 pm | #
no, but i never do.
stoat
no, but that is a great answer - i feel like we're bonding already, i bet we like the same kind of music too... but i'll tell you more later (the wife's up now)
toast |
11.29.08 - 11:30 pm | #
Terry, what we have of our family's history spans 10 centuries. A lot of the documentation is spotty, but my grandda put it into a single tree. It's 24 feet wide and 18 feet long. We have a safe for it. I've updated it as far as I know, but there are many branches of the family I don't know much about.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
11.29.08 - 11:30 pm | #
I did some genealogical research during my summer vacation. It was interesting. I found that two of my ancestors (a married couple) died in the same cholera epidemic a week apart.
Echidne |
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11.29.08 - 11:31 pm | #
Has anyone heard about Franken/Coleman?
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.29.08 - 11:31 pm | #
eric clapton, anyone?
Great within the confines of a group (Cream, Blind Faith, Derek & Dominoes, Delaney & Bonnie.)
Duller than toast as a solo artist. (Helllooo, billy b! Put up your dukes!)
bill buckner |
11.29.08 - 11:32 pm | #
Terry, what we have of our family's history spans 10 centuries. A lot of the documentation is spotty, but my grandda put it into a single tree. It's 24 feet wide and 18 feet long. We have a safe for it. I've updated it as far as I know, but there are many branches of the family I don't know much about.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
My dad's mother's family we have managed to trace back to the 17th Century (England).
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:32 pm | #
Echidne, we're not sure what a lot of our relatives died of. We suspect starvation was frequently involved.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
11.29.08 - 11:32 pm | #
I did some genealogical research during my summer vacation. It was interesting. I found that two of my ancestors (a married couple) died in the same cholera epidemic a week apart.
Echidne
One thing tickled me - my dad's father's side (the Irish). My great grandmother had two sisters married to the same man.
He was married to one and when she died, he married the other.
Outlived them both.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:33 pm | #
Echidne, we're not sure what a lot of our relatives died of. We suspect starvation was frequently involved.
The Finnish records give a cause of death though often it's something called 'bloat' or 'old age' or 'childhood disease'. One odd case had the whole family (excluding children who had already left home) die on one day. Nothing about the cause there.
Echidne |
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11.29.08 - 11:34 pm | #
bill buckner | 11.29.08 - 11:32 pm | #
Agree. I like some of his solo work, but he's better in a band situation.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.29.08 - 11:34 pm | #
my god, what a fuck'n asshole.
charley |
11.29.08 - 11:35 pm | #
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere:
It IS addictive.
I've even traced my daddy's adoptive parents' families.
Family history is also good to know because of health concerns.
My father's dad's side is lousy with arterio sclerotic (sp?) heart disease - hardening of the arteries - a number of them have died from heart problems.
When I went for my annual physical back in 2001, I mentioned it to my doctor and he did an EKG right there in the office.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:36 pm | #
Powderfinger....anarchist anthem
Their not here to deliver the mail......
dusty c. |
11.29.08 - 11:36 pm | #
Neil's had quite a few of those...
To be fair, he was a lot more concerned in those years with caring for his two handicapped kids than he was in playing nice with David Geffen. Somewhere, I have a mix that I made that salvages the not-very-good 80s albums - "Prisoners of Rock" is a great song..."
bill buckner |
11.29.08 - 11:37 pm | #
stoat,
A good starting point
Harvest, Out on the Weekend, Sugar Mountain, After the Gold Rush.
The Needle and the Damage Done, Long May You Run, Love Is a Rose, For the Turnstiles, Comes a Time, Star of Bethlehem, A Man Needs a Maid, Campaigner, Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets), Heart of Gold, Everybody Knows this Is Nowhere, Down by the River, Cowgirl in the Sand, Cinnamon Girl, Mr. Soul
DWD-S☮S |
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11.29.08 - 11:38 pm | #
To be fair, he was a lot more concerned in those years with caring for his two handicapped kids than he was in playing nice with David Geffen
I felt so bad for him because of that.
Two kids by two different women with the same handicap.
Damn!
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:38 pm | #
my god, what a fuck'n asshole.
I don't even have to click UR link to know that UR talking about chimpy.
fourlegsgood, darksider |
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11.29.08 - 11:38 pm | #
bill buckner | 11.29.08 - 11:37 pm | #
There's a single CD compliation of the Geffen years called Lucky Thirteen. It's actually pretty good. Neil complied it himself, and took the best songs from that era.
Granted, it only filled one CD.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.29.08 - 11:38 pm | #
Terry, for me, it's not an addiction--more of a sacred trust.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
11.29.08 - 11:39 pm | #
I put my faith in Milla when it comes to the Cheney affair.
EkCenTriK |
11.29.08 - 11:39 pm | #
One odd case had the whole family (excluding children who had already left home) die on one day.
Nothing to see here, move along...
Snugglebunny |
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11.29.08 - 11:39 pm | #
That would be my guess. It could also be an epidemic as this one in the eighteenth century. I doubt it's violence because usually the records mention that.
Echidne |
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11.29.08 - 11:41 pm | #
Echidne, we did have a number of intrafamily murders.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
11.29.08 - 11:42 pm | #
I doubt it's violence because usually the records mention that.
That's my last duchess, painted on the wall...
Snugglebunny |
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11.29.08 - 11:43 pm | #
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere:
Another thing: My paternal grandfather and his older brother both were hemophiliacs. His older brother, my Uncle Leo, served in WW I. Didn't know he had it. He was on a train, going up to see my great grandmom. Train was crowded and he was standing. Train stopped suddenly. His chest hit a bar.
He got to his mom's, took a nap, never woke up. Died of internal bleeding.
The hemophilia skipped all of us, but my first cousin had it and he caught AIDS from transfusions with tainted blood in the late 80s. Died at 47 in 1990.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:43 pm | #
apparently there are no youtubes of like an inca but Mr. Soul will do.
"is it strange i should change i don't know, why don't you ask her..."
charley |
11.29.08 - 11:43 pm | #
Helen Thomas says it's not a recession, it's not a financial crisis, it's a depression.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
11.29.08 - 11:43 pm | #
Why Dylan leaves his best tracks off his albums is a true mystery.
The new bootleg series is awesome.
The versions of Someday Baby, Mississippi (take #1), and the live version of High Water (for Charley Patton) are better than the released versions. And that's just for starters.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.29.08 - 11:44 pm | #
Xmas gifts from hell/family. Via Eric Orner's "Ethan Green" strip.
Chris Tucker: GOP Delenda Est! |
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11.29.08 - 11:44 pm | #
Helen Thomas says it's not a recession, it's not a financial crisis, it's a depression.
The stuff on the bootleg series Vol. 3 (Blind Willie McTell, Foot of Pride) are so much better than some of the songs he left on Infidels.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.29.08 - 11:48 pm | #
It's damned near impossible to believe Hendrix was only 26, when he died.
MP |
11.29.08 - 11:49 pm | #
stoat, i'm good
and the ducks creamed the beavers
more than 700 yds
ErinPDX |
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11.29.08 - 11:49 pm | #
Personally, I loathe humanity. However, here we are. I am a remorseless thug in the service of humanity.
Le Jackel |
11.29.08 - 11:49 pm | #
I bet Dick Cheney is good at Resident Evil
Naw, he couldnt even kill a lawyer..
BedBug |
11.29.08 - 11:49 pm | #
Stoat, mea culpa.
I think the problem is that I don't find Ann Coulter funny.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
11.29.08 - 11:49 pm | #
i was paraphrasing anne coulter for comedy's sake.
Would I be a bad person if I said how much I hate that bitch?
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:49 pm | #
And these, On the Beach, Broken Arrow, Crime in the City, Eldorado, Hey Hey My My, Keep on Rockin in the Free world, Round and Round, Winterlong, Wrecking Ball
(and I like the stuff he did with Buffalo Springfield and CS&N - that is a lot of good music. But his voice? Really not very good. Sometimes a good voice is appreciated by me. Not sure about you. I mean I honestly go through times when I play things like, Sinatra, Jack Jones, Mel Torme, Robert Goulet, John Gary, Al Martino, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald and the like)
DWD-S☮S |
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11.29.08 - 11:50 pm | #
It's damned near impossible to believe Hendrix was only 26, when he died.
MP
And Joplin 27.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:50 pm | #
Terry, this is, essentially, the only picture I have of them.
My cousin was very fond of them, so I think it'll be a very meaningful gift for her. I'll be doing the framing and matting myself.
Chris Tucker: GOP Delenda Est! |
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11.29.08 - 11:51 pm | #
I think the problem is that I don't find Ann Coulter funny.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
I don't find her human.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:51 pm | #
Nao! dont same the ann word its like saying Beetlejuice three times.
BedBug |
11.29.08 - 11:51 pm | #
Zimmy is hip again, and the last 3 records have been very good, but I'm convinced that for a long time that he didn't give it all that much thought. One thing that I do know about Dylan is that he's an absolute adherent of knocking things out quickly in the studio - "Blonde on Blonde" took 3 days.And from his debut to "Blood on The Tracks" - a body of work by anyone's standard - he spent less time in the studio than The Beatles spent recording "Sgt. Pepper."
(So I really believe that he just throws it against the wall, and sees what sticks. But yeah, there's an abundance of great stuff on the various "bootleg" re-issues, and that's what used to be so much fun about collecting bootlegs. Dylan, Stones, Beatles, any big act from that era have been better served by bootleggers than they have by their own labels.)/rant
bill buckner |
11.29.08 - 11:51 pm | #
I think the problem is that I don't find Ann Coulter funny.
oh, she definitely wasn't trying to be funny when she said it.
There is that little matter of thousands of collateral casualties.
EkCenTriK |
11.29.08 - 11:52 pm | #
There were few as revered within the industry of musicians as Jimi Hendrix.
MP |
11.29.08 - 11:53 pm | #
ou 61 osu 41
Kidnap |
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11.29.08 - 11:53 pm | #
Terry, this is, essentially, the only picture I have of them.
My cousin was very fond of them, so I think it'll be a very meaningful gift for her. I'll be doing the framing and matting myself.
Chris Tucker: GOP Delenda Est!
When I first doing my genealogy in 2000, I started with getting my paternal grandfather's death certificate.
When I found out what cemetery he was buried in, I contacted the cemetery. They sent me a printout of where he was buried and who was buried with him.
It had the name of a contact person. I wrote her. Turns out my granddad was her maternal uncle.
We've been in contact ever since. She's given me much info and MANY photos.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:54 pm | #
There is that little matter of thousands of collateral casualties.
EkCenTriK
True, but thats why he never went to vietnam, he knew he was a bad shot and wouldnt make it back.
BedBug |
11.29.08 - 11:54 pm | #
Night, all
Sweet Dreams. I have called - a week ago now - that the Recession/Depression will be less deep and less traumatic than is popularly believed.
The reason is very simple: gas prices. When gas prices nosedived down by $3 a gallon ($1.61 in Muskegon now) it gives EVERYONE who lives close to the margin (mostly everyone) an instant raise.
Better than Bush's phony balony $300 check too.
People will spend money they have. It is as simple as that. If you are a person who lives close to your means, then this is a boon for you.(Buy stocks now)
again, mr. buckner... you are most assuredly da man.
stoat |
11.29.08 - 11:54 pm | #
This sky display is over for the night, but after dusk tomorrow look to the west at the crescent moon.
About 15 degrees up from it will be two bright objects in the sky. The brighter of the two is Venus, and the dimmer of the pair Jupiter.
Doug |
11.29.08 - 11:54 pm | #
bill buckner | 11.29.08 - 11:51 pm | #
Dylan just likes to work quickly. He's not a perfectionist. He likes the spontaneity of it all.
Only a few albums did he take time with. Slow Train Coming (produced by Mark Knoplfer), and Oh Mercy and Time Out of Mind (both produced by Daniel Lanois).
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.29.08 - 11:54 pm | #
inca roads close enuf?
well that's sort of a whole different animal jdw.
i haven't listened to zappa since i was a kid.
he's from my neck of the woods. called glen burnie the armpit of the world. he was right, as i'm listening i also realize what a great musician he was.
charley |
11.29.08 - 11:55 pm | #
she is a nasty piece of work, to be sure.
stoat
I'll bet she had a shitty childhood.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:55 pm | #
Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford is a member of the Cherokee Nation, in that he is one-sixteenth Cherokee through his great-grandmother, Susie Walkingstick, who was a full-blooded Cherokee.
seesee |
11.29.08 - 11:55 pm | #
seesee | 11.29.08 - 11:55 pm
Er, jack?
Weren't you the one who SWORE Senator Sam Brownback (R-Nutjob) was a Native American when he is not?
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:56 pm | #
Gas prices are going back up the Saudis are already looking for ways to bring it up to 75$ a barrel.
BedBug |
11.29.08 - 11:57 pm | #
Bradford is believed to be the first Cherokee to start at quarterback for a Division I university since Sonny Sixkiller, a full-blooded Cherokee, who played for the University of Washington during the 1970-72 seasons.
seesee |
11.29.08 - 11:57 pm | #
he's from my neck of the woods. called glen burnie the armpit of the world. he was right, as i'm listening i also realize what a great musician he was.
charley
I always said that the three good things I got from my ex were my two kids and an appreciation of Frank Zappa.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:57 pm | #
called glen burnie the armpit of the world. he was right,
the world has many armpits, but glen burnie/pasadena is assuredly one.
Who cares, jack?
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.29.08 - 11:58 pm | #
Re: Depression/Recession --
I am not an economist or financial manager by any stretch, but all I can say is it was "busy Saturday" standards when I went to Target this afternoon to buy underwear. (I know how to have fun, let me tell you)
Not mobbed, not "forget it I don't need it that badly" kind of crowd - just busy and fast paced.
Depression has probably already hit, but I think we'll all admit it and feel it about/around June or Sept 09.
And it will, natch, be Obama's fault.
Snugglebunny |
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11.29.08 - 11:58 pm | #
Speaking of Jupiter, with a decent pair of binoculars, and a clear, dark night, you can see the Galilean moons.
I still recall the thrill when I first saw them for myself. This is what Galileo saw that changed the human view of the way the universe worked.
Chris Tucker: GOP Delenda Est! |
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11.29.08 - 11:58 pm | #
Bradford is believed to be the first Cherokee to start at quarterback for a Division I university since Sonny Sixkiller
Of whom I've often remarked had a completely rocking name for a quarterback.
MP |
11.29.08 - 11:59 pm | #
Zappa was a real genius, great musician, even though I don't like a lot of his lyrics as much as I did when I was younger.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.29.08 - 11:59 pm | #
Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford is a member of the Cherokee Nation, in that he is one-sixteenth Cherokee through his great-grandmother, Susie Walkingstick, who was a full-blooded Cherokee.
seesee
IF we could find someone with the requisite skill, my wife's family could reap a bonanza by proving they are Ojibwa Indian.
Her father is 1/4 Native American and my wife then is 1/8.
The problem is the records are hard to find and comb through. My FIL's grandmother's surname was Smoke and she was full-blooded Ojibwa (Chippawa)
If Fred (my FIL) could prove his blood lines he could receive part of the gaming money that is generated in the Indian Casinos in Michigan - probably an initial payment in the five figures and around 9K a year - money they could surely use.
DWD-S☮S |
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11.29.08 - 11:59 pm | #
Walmart had a 50 inch Samsung Plasma Tv on sale friday for 799$.
ric |
11.29.08 - 11:59 pm | #
yeah, i think this shopping weekend was a (false) breath of normalcy.
stoat |
11.29.08 - 11:59 pm | #
Holy fucking Christ, I could watch that Toby Keith "War on Xmas" video all fucking day. Ihaven't laughed so hard at a Xmas song since the Singing Dogs.
Zappa was a real genius, great musician, even though I don't like a lot of his lyrics as much as I did when I was younger.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Sometimes he could be a bit sexist, but 95% of the time, he was spot on.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.30.08 - 12:00 am | #
again, mr. buckner... you are most assuredly da man.
Bah. I'm just an Old Record Weasel. Pity that I can't make a living at it anymore.
Slow Train Coming (produced by Mark Knoplfer)
That would be Jerry Wexler, although Knopfler played lead. /ORW
bill buckner |
11.30.08 - 12:01 am | #
"Saudis are already looking for ways to bring it up to 75$ a barrel."
Well if Obama pulls it off, they will be happy to get what they are today.
EkCenTriK |
11.30.08 - 12:01 am | #
Chris, Monsieur and I used to love to take the telescopes out to the desert on warm summer nights. We'd go with a bunch of friends, take Mlle and her friends, and relax and revel in the wonder of the skies.
I miss those days. We have to go a lot further now to get away from the light pollution.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
11.30.08 - 12:01 am | #
Sonny Sixkiller
Of whom I've often remarked had a completely rocking name for a quarterback.
MP
I've always loved the name of the one lady who was a chief.
Wilma Mankiller.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.30.08 - 12:01 am | #
again, mr. buckner... you are most assuredly da man.
stoat
oh yes, oh yes, i would very much like to associate myself with Mr. stoats most observant, yet ingratiating, comments - you could almost say he speaks for me ... and maybe elias - but me fer sure ...
toast |
11.30.08 - 12:01 am | #
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama | 11.30.08 - 12:00 am | #
Some of his subjects were like private jokes for himself, like his love of bad monster movies from the 1950's (Cheepnis is a good example, great music, cheesy lyrics).
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.30.08 - 12:01 am | #
i don't think he's done anything GREAT since blood on the tracks.
but one thing i really like is the MTV unplugged series. the bob dylan and nirvana cds are two of my favorites.
charley |
11.30.08 - 12:02 am | #
Walmart had a 50 inch Samsung Plasma Tv on sale friday for 799$.
ric | 11.29.08 - 11:59 pm | #
"To die for " used to be just words....
rnr |
11.30.08 - 12:02 am | #
You're right. My fault. Oops.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.30.08 - 12:02 am | #
Well if Obama pulls it off, they will be happy to get what they are today.
EkCenTriK
Lets hope he does.
BedBug |
11.30.08 - 12:03 am | #
Wilma Mankiller.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama
Yikes. The trash would be taken to the curb every Friday, no questions asked.
MP |
11.30.08 - 12:03 am | #
They took the whole Cherokee nation
Put us on this reservation
Took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife
Took away our native tongue
And taught their English to our young
And all the beads we made by hand
Are nowadays made in Japan
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
So proud to live, so proud to die
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.30.08 - 12:03 am | #
Walmart had a 50 inch Samsung Plasma Tv on sale friday for 799$.
ric | 11.29.08 - 11:59 pm | #
"To die for " used to be just words....
rnr
I never thought "Doorbuster Sales" were literal.
MP |
11.30.08 - 12:04 am | #
charley | 11.30.08 - 12:02 am | #
Must disagree. He's done some great, great stuff since Blood.
But the 80's were abysmal for Dylan. Knocked Out Loaded, Down in the Groove, and Dylan and the Dead were really awful, especially Dylan and the Dead.
Simels reviewed Knocked Out Loaded, and liked Brownsville Girl (the best song on the album, a great Dylan classic), but said the rest was junk.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.30.08 - 12:04 am | #
Some of his subjects were like private jokes for himself, like his love of bad monster movies from the 1950's (Cheepnis is a good example, great music, cheesy lyrics).
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
I LOVE Japanese monster movies.
And I refer to them as "Japanese cheapness" because of Frank.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.30.08 - 12:05 am | #
i don't think he's done anything GREAT since blood on the tracks.
neither do i, but he's clearly done more worthwhile stuff than we've known about previously.
The Ojibwa have maintained great tribal continuity in Michigan and Canada.
How many other states east of the mississippi would it be likely to have DWD's share of indian blood?
si |
11.30.08 - 12:09 am | #
(personally, IMHO, I hate Neil Young's whiny little voice.)
LizDexic
One of my brother is a MAJOR Tom Petty fan. Has been since the early 1980s.
Always jokes that the three guys you can sing along with in the shower are Petty, Dylan and Neil Young because you HAVE to sound better than THEY do.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.30.08 - 12:09 am | #
Wal-Mart. Jay Gould wishes he had it so good.
Undercut every retail business in the region, and you'll get anybody to wear a blue vest.
MP |
11.30.08 - 12:09 am | #
I actually sold off Dylan and the Dead. It's the only Dylan CD I ever got rid of.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.30.08 - 12:09 am | #
JP, i'm lurking too
nothing positive to contribute
ErinPDX |
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11.30.08 - 12:09 am | #
jack is boring, as usual.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.30.08 - 12:10 am | #
Munching on some of those roasted garlic ritz crackers [w cheese and some leftover turkey]
Uh, so what was the deal with the bentonite dust?
unequal_monica_nyc |
11.30.08 - 12:10 am | #
Sally, decades ago, I had a little 3" reflector.
Thinking of building a copyscope.
Chris Tucker: GOP Delenda Est! |
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11.30.08 - 12:11 am | #
But the 80's were abysmal for Dylan...
But every once in a while there was a...glimmer. Songs like "Clean Cut Kid" or "Silvio" on otherwise totally forgettable albums. But "Dylan & The Dead" IS horrible - even I've gotta draw the line there...
bill buckner |
11.30.08 - 12:11 am | #
Yeh, didnt bentonite have something to do with anthrax..
BedBug |
11.30.08 - 12:12 am | #
I wonder if people know how much electricity those things use its like 30% more than an LCD TV.
BedBug | 11.30.08 - 12:06 am | #
"I never thought "Doorbuster Sales" were literal."
Last year we decided to go almost cold turkey. We sent modest gift cards to the various family. We have no children and the outboard family requires little and we know nil on what they want. We deferred on individual gifts in the household opting to taking a vote on a "house gift" that everyone could share. We donated directly to three local charities what we would have spent on the variety of gifts. We are much happier. The outboard family think we are being cheap and were not happy. (We asked them not to send us gifts and suggested they donate as we did). We have recently gotten a couple of "this is the way we always do it and we are not going to change).
This year I am thinking of acing out the outboard family completely.
EkCenTriK |
11.30.08 - 12:12 am | #
Some of his subjects were like private jokes for himself, like his love of bad monster movies from the 1950's (Cheepnis is a good example, great music, cheesy lyrics).
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Got to see Zappa at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA in 1987.
One dude in his band did a kick ass version of "I Am the Walrus."
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.30.08 - 12:12 am | #
I mean cat litter
BedBug |
11.30.08 - 12:12 am | #
anyone listen to xm50/sirius29: "the loft"?
franny thomas is so good. please don't squeeze franny out, guys.
To conclude my last comment, everyone thinks it is all about the shopping. The point of the holiday is almost an intrusion.
EkCenTriK |
11.30.08 - 12:13 am | #
Let's not get maudlin or anything.
Le Jackel |
11.30.08 - 12:13 am | #
We sent modest gift cards to the various family
I tell my family every year to give me gift cards.
This way, I buy what I like.
And I do the same for them.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.30.08 - 12:13 am | #
"he was right, as i'm listening i also realize what a great musician he was."
don't think the guitar solo is real strong in that clip. i prefer the version from The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life album. knocks me out.
jdw |
11.30.08 - 12:13 am | #
It's scary that after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the US officially felt that much more aggressive atomic weapon testing was necessary.
Jesus Christ, obliterating whole cities in a split second wasn't enough for them?
MP |
11.30.08 - 12:15 am | #
Thanks dusty I dint know that about NF3
BedBug |
11.30.08 - 12:15 am | #
...of course, now i have to say that as interesting as the new dylan stuff is, when franny plays (as she is at this moment) "a hard rain's gonna fall" there is no fucking comparison.
stoat |
11.30.08 - 12:15 am | #
bill buckner | 11.30.08 - 12:11 am | #
Silvio is a great song, best song on Down in the Groove. Clean Cut Kid is great, too.
I always forget those Traveling Wilburys albums were in the 1980's. Those are classic, especially Tweeter and the Monkey Man.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.30.08 - 12:16 am | #
Jesus Christ, obliterating whole cities in a split second wasn't enough for them?
Ah, well, they were small cities, you see. Not as big as Moscow or Leningrad or Stalingrad....
montag |
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11.30.08 - 12:16 am | #
unequal_monica_nyc: Uh, so what was the deal with the bentonite dust?
I spilled some cat litter, refilling the freshly-emptied box, and before letting L.E. try to pee in the spilled litter (which he clearly thought was what was required), I quickly grabbed the vacuum. Problem being, the bag was not securely fastened to the suck.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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11.30.08 - 12:16 am | #
Wish you hadn't said that:
Jesus Christ, obliterating whole cities in a split second wasn't enough for them?
Now I got to mathematically model that.
Le Jackel |
11.30.08 - 12:17 am | #
because you HAVE to sound better than THEY do
I prefer my musicians to sound better than me, and my presidents to be smarter than me
ErinPDX |
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11.30.08 - 12:17 am | #
One of my brother is a MAJOR Tom Petty fan.
The tour(s) Dylan did with The Heartbreakers are some of the wildest, without-a-net rock 'n roll that I've ever heard, and I've been collecting this shit for years. A real crime that none of it ever came out commercially. (Probably Albert Grossman's fault, he speculated without evidence..)
bill buckner |
11.30.08 - 12:17 am | #
Dylan's worst were...
Self Portrait
Knocked Out Loaded
Down in the Groove
Dylan and the Dead
Under the Red Sky
Planet Waves sucked too, but some like it.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.30.08 - 12:17 am | #
Petty, Dylan and Neil Young
Mark Knofler and the lead singer of the BoDeans would have to be included...
LizDexic |
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11.30.08 - 12:18 am | #
janeane, if you're trying to pick an argument you'll have to do better than that.
I spilled some cat litter, refilling the freshly-emptied box, and before letting L.E. try to pee in the spilled litter (which he clearly thought was what was required), I quickly grabbed the vacuum. Problem being, the bag was not securely fastened to the suck.
Damn. I hate when that kind of shit happens.
Did you get rid of the dust cloud?
unequal_monica_nyc |
11.30.08 - 12:20 am | #
Some of Dylan's best late-80s work is on "Traveling Wilburys".
unequal_monica_nyc: Did you get rid of the dust cloud?
Yeah, but it took a while. Opened the balcony door, and put a box fan in the opening.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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11.30.08 - 12:21 am | #
I spilled some cat litter, refilling the freshly-emptied box, and before letting L.E. try to pee in the spilled litter (which he clearly thought was what was required), I quickly grabbed the vacuum. Problem being, the bag was not securely fastened to the suck.
.
Jeffraham Prestonian
Oh, shit!
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.30.08 - 12:21 am | #
stoat | 11.30.08 - 12:19 am | #
That list was Dylan's WORST albums.
I didn't say best work.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.30.08 - 12:21 am | #
"The Man Trap" is showing on "my 30"!
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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11.30.08 - 12:22 am | #
stoat | 11.30.08 - 12:19 am | #
Or do you mean that you don't think Dylan did anything good after Blood on the Tracks, and I didn't answer you properly?
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.30.08 - 12:22 am | #
I thought Dylan's "born again Christian" period was embarrassing.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.30.08 - 12:22 am | #
well, one thing i'm finding is a lot of youtube you save as faves get canceled.
but anyway, if you don't like neil's whiny voice you can listen to freddie edder.
even dylan knows he can't do what he did in the beginning. it was something that came thru him, i heard it from the horses mouth on 60 minutes.
charley |
11.30.08 - 12:23 am | #
Yeah, but it took a while. Opened the balcony door, and put a box fan in the opening.
Brrr! Time for something hot to drink.
unequal_monica_nyc |
11.30.08 - 12:24 am | #
"The Man Trap" is showing on "my 30"!
A sockdologizing man trap?
MP |
11.30.08 - 12:24 am | #
i'm in trouble. a mouse was just messin' with my blankets and i have no idea where it is now.
I dig Slow Train Coming a lot. Saved is rescued (didn't want to use the obvious pun) by Dylan and his band's performances. The material isn't great, but Dylan has so much passion on that album that it works.
Shot of Love, however, was pretty bad. That was the first Dylan album I ever bought. It has two great songs, The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar and Every Grain of Sand.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.30.08 - 12:25 am | #
Planet Waves sucked too, but some like it.
Aw, c'mon - "Wedding Song" STILL makes me cry...
The WORST Dylan album - and the only one never to have been on CD AFAIK - is "Dylan" - a collection of half-finished demos that Columbia released as punishment after he jumped to Elektra for one album. It inspired one of my favorite Robert Christgau lines of all-time: "It's kind of like watching Ryan Duren pitch without glasses."
bill buckner |
11.30.08 - 12:25 am | #
but anyway, if you don't like neil's whiny voice you can listen to freddie edder.
I like Eddie Vedder.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.30.08 - 12:25 am | #
go there and help me tomorrow
helena the ol' handbasket |
11.30.08 - 12:25 am | #
i'm in trouble. a mouse was just messin' with my blankets and i have no idea where it is now.
eek!
ina, happy
You haz kitteh?
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.30.08 - 12:26 am | #
MP: A sockdologizing man trap?
More "salt-vampire-of-M-113" type.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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11.30.08 - 12:26 am | #
bill buckner | 11.30.08 - 12:25 am | #
I never heard "Dylan". It's never been released on CD in the US.
I know about it, though, that it's supposed to be awful.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.30.08 - 12:26 am | #
janeane, i agree with you that all the albums you listed sucked, beyond redemption.
the recent releases make it clear that dylan has done decent stuff since "blood on the tracks," but a lot of it hasn't seen the light of day until now.
I like Eddie Vedder.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama | 11.30.08 - 12:25 am | #
Has anyone ever thought to tell him that the lyrics to a song are supposed to make sense - even minimally?
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It's just me again! |
11.30.08 - 12:27 am | #
well, one thing i'm finding is a lot of youtube you save as faves get canceled.
veoh has a lot of the old Twilight Zone epis. But not all of them. They only have selected ones from 59-61, and haven't added any in months.
MP |
11.30.08 - 12:27 am | #
The WORST Dylan album - and the only one never to have been on CD AFAIK - is "Dylan" - a collection of half-finished demos that Columbia released as punishment after he jumped to Elektra for one album.
and i've often said that, for me, there's a pretty thin line separating mice and cats as houseguests. and until now, i've said one thing that a mouse has in its favor is that it doesn't jump up on my bed...
oh, i don't think i'll be doing much sleeping tonight!
ina, happy |
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11.30.08 - 12:28 am | #
MP: veoh has a lot of the old Twilight Zone epis. But not all of them. They only have selected ones from 59-61, and haven't added any in months.
Have you checked at cbs.com?
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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11.30.08 - 12:28 am | #
holy crap. i never thought that whole six-pack of two hearted would disappear completely this evening.
i guess i better stay up with you guys a while this evening, or i'll be hatin' life tomorrow.
veoh has a lot of the old Twilight Zone epis. But not all of them. They only have selected ones from 59-61, and haven't added any in months.
MP
My very favorite Twilight Zone is from 1964, "Night Call."
I have it on DVD.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama |
11.30.08 - 12:31 am | #
I had an ABSURD amount of live Dylan stuff of various vintages, if any of you are so inclined.
Janeane - I must put together a nice Van package for you one of these days...
bill buckner |
11.30.08 - 12:31 am | #
Has anyone ever thought to tell him that the lyrics to a song are supposed to make sense - even minimally? potato wave!
I'm becoming a Van completist. Just picked up What's Wrong with this Picture? (great stuff), Enlightenment, and The Healing Game.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
11.30.08 - 12:32 am | #
holy crap. i never thought that whole six-pack of two hearted would disappear completely this evening.
I bought one tonight for tomorrow evening's football game. It'll be neat to drink!
AndyMN |
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11.30.08 - 12:33 am | #
hulu has all of the Arrested Development series. I spent a long couple of weekends and watched them all.
MP |
11.30.08 - 12:33 am | #
Jeffraham, just hanging with Monsieur and the cats and the dog, watching Caddyshack and missing Maddy.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
11.30.08 - 12:33 am | #
There is an overnight thread due north of here.
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unequal_monica_nyc |
11.30.08 - 12:34 am | #
Don't always have to make sense.
"Stairway to Heaven" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" don't make any sense.
Most of Cream's lyrics don't make any sense.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama
Nonsensical lyrics contribute nothing. Why not just make gutteral noises for 3 minutes? I imagine Stairway to Heaven would have been just as good in Chinese - perhaps better?
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It's just me again! |
11.30.08 - 12:34 am | #
twiliggt zone is where it;s f
helena the ol' handbasket |
11.30.08 - 12:36 am | #