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Mercedes SLS AMG gets the Gran Turismo 5 cover - stewie Jan 6, 14:30 1
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college humor presents ... (possible avatar spoilers? :) ) -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 6, 14:27
I finally opened my first checking account today! I wonder if the guy thought I was weird because after every benefit, I asked, "what's the fee on - Hotkiss Jan 6, 14:21 2
- Just don't ever bounce a check on one of those 'free' accounts -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 6, 14:26
- the banker was right to laugh at you, Ralph -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:22
thanks for the input folks, btw I should mention that Trish made an incredible shrimp etouffe last week -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 14:20
Poll: Pick three out of this list to be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame: - Dignan Jan 6, 14:18 65
- Fishbone, Suzanne Vega and either Joe Satriani or Faith No More -- nm - Krusty Jan 6, 14:29
- Megadeth, Indigo Girls, and Joe Satriani. (Isn't Jefferson Starship already in?) -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 14:28 5
  - "We Built This City" would be the equivalent of mark McGwire shooting steroids in front of Congress while on the phone with his bookie. -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 14:30 4
    - You're only pretty as you feel...pretty as you feel, feeling so pretty, (repeat about 200 times) -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 6, 14:33 1
      - oh, and let's not forget, nor forgive "the girl with the hungry eyes) repeated about 500 times -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 6, 14:34
    - (and shooting a hooker) -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 14:31 1
      - (while banging her) -- nm - Subversive Jan 6, 14:32
- Bono, maybe. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 14:28 8
  - How does Bono get in as a solo? He really has no body of work on his own. -- nm - pmb Jan 6, 14:30 7
    - yes, totally true. i think U2 actually deserves a spot. Bono is odd on his own. (maybe it's for his philanthropy as much as music.) -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 14:30 6
      - I'm pretty sure U2 is in already. -- nm - pmb Jan 6, 14:32 3
        
        as mentioned below, they are. here's a link to the transcript of the great springsteen speech for them. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 6, 14:33 1
        
        I remember it. It was great. He also did a great induction speech for Jackson Browne. -- nm - pmb Jan 6, 14:41
        
        i would hope so - making Bono an ever odder addition. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 14:33
      - "He's totally famous, he's in rock & roll, and this is the rock & roll hall of fame. It fits!" -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:31
      - he's a shoe-in for the Worthy Causes HoF, but R&R? no way -- nm - Guy Jan 6, 14:31
- Bono, -- nm - Jammed Uzi Jan 6, 14:27 1
  - King Diamond, Sepultura and Megadeth -- nm - Jammed Uzi Jan 6, 14:28
- Do I have to? I don't think any deserve it out of that list. -- nm - pmb Jan 6, 14:27
- Dinosaur Jr, Indigo Girls, Joe Satriani -- nm - nubby Jan 6, 14:26
- I'll go Joe Satriani, Dinosaur Jr (for longevity) and My Bloody Valentine (for creating a new genre) -- (link) - Guy Jan 6, 14:25
- Edgar Martinez -- nm - Dano Jan 6, 14:25
- Joe Satriani, the insider's dark horse candidate (starship was just mediocre shell of what they once were -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 6, 14:25 4
  - Starship's first couple of albums were good, but without Jorma & Jack, they ain't no Airplane -- nm - peglegpete Jan 6, 14:29 2
    - hasn't "we built this city" been on several Worst Song Ever lists? - Andie Jan 6, 14:29 1
      - not sure. after Red Octopus, I stopped listening to them -- nm - peglegpete Jan 6, 14:30
  - oh, it's not including the earlier days for starship? then, eh. -- nm - b. Jan 6, 14:28
- (I just heard that they're considering lowering the eligibility requirements to 20 years (from 25.) nm - Dignan Jan 6, 14:24 1
  - god i'm old - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:25
- I think an argument can be made for Satriani and I suppose David Lee Roth. -- nm - Callisto Jan 6, 14:23 10
  - I don't see how you do DLR as a solo. With VH, yes, but as a solo he was lame. Same reason I leave Bono off. He's part of U2, but hasn't accomplishe - pmb Jan 6, 14:29 3
    - yeah, but do you do VH with him or with Sammy? - Callisto Jan 6, 14:30 2
      - I think VH goes in (actually they already went in didn't they?) and it includes both versions. -- nm - pmb Jan 6, 14:32 1
        
        But... Oh. -- nm - Gary Cherone Jan 6, 14:32
  - I was under the impression that Dave Mustaine was a fairly influential dude. - groiny Jan 6, 14:25 5
    - he's just such a tool. -- nm - Callisto Jan 6, 14:28 4
      - word. you're never going to get over on Metallica, dude - give it up -- nm - Guy Jan 6, 14:30
      - he may be. - groiny Jan 6, 14:29 2
        
        so which of the 22 band members should be included? - Guy Jan 6, 14:35
        
        Any dude who is responsible for writing and playing "Holy Wars (The Punishment Due)" is OK in my book -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 14:31
- Joe Satch, Megadeth and DLR -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 14:23
- Chumbawumba! What they did for getting knocked down and getting back up again can't be overestimated. -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 14:22
- Satriani, DLR, Megadeth. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 6, 14:22 4
  - Hee -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 14:26
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    - upon reflection, I should have included him. it isn't just his work but his influence. (btw, 15 grammy noms and no award? joe lucci!) -- nm - b. Jan 6, 14:26
    - lots of peeps I like in there, but not for HOF. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 6, 14:24
- sorry. I feel nobody on the list is influencial/important enuf to join. some are close, but none of them changed the world of music -- nm - peglegpete Jan 6, 14:22
- Indigo Girls, Bono, and Joe Satriani if I have to have three -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 14:22
- Satriani for his exposition, The Outfield because I like them, and Suzanne Vega for her talent. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:22
- Primal Scream, Stone Roses, Suzanne Vega -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:21
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- just bono? starship, and umm.. (I really like some of those, but they're not quite and/or yet hof material). -- nm - b. Jan 6, 14:20 5
  - Sonny isn't worth it without Cher :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 6, 14:24
  - Like, U2, OK, but what's Bono done as a solo artist to deserve it? -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 14:23 3
    - U2's already in there (great springstreen speech). bono alone wouldn't be for his solo music or even collabs. -- nm - b. Jan 6, 14:32
    - Make kissy faces -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 14:24
    - Same thing with DLR, though I like a lot of his solo stuff as much as his work with Van Halen. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:23
- Camper Van Beethoven, Chris Isaak, Erasure -- nm - Dano Jan 6, 14:20 1
  - I see your erasure and your chris isaak (but not because I like him, because i think he's important), but I insist upon the screaming trees. -- nm - all about andrea Jan 6, 14:25
- No? -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 14:20 2
  - (If Mike & the Mechanics get in, I'm burning the motherfucker down) -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 14:21 1
    - say it loud, say it clear. -- nm - b. Jan 6, 14:21
- Faith No More, Indigo Girls, Megadeth -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 14:20
- Starship! Chumbawumba! -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:19
Brainstorm with me, ST: Gimmie a clever name for a weight-loss/get-healthy /fitness-challenge program. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 6, 14:16 6
- "Begin Again 2010" - Subversive Jan 6, 14:31
- Common sense - con_carne Jan 6, 14:18 2
  - (and now that I read the actual question, this makes no sense) -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 14:19 1
    - *FAIL* -- nm - Subversive Jan 6, 14:31
- Pound Down -- nm - Dano Jan 6, 14:18
- Behind the Shed: Your Guide To Shedding Weight - Beryllium Jan 6, 14:17
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- "My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is *not* a porn star! " -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 14:35
take that andie: free lunch from Wolfgang Puck bistro cause they took too long bringing my food out - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:15 1
- also included: free ego flakes sprinkled on top. - Beryllium Jan 6, 14:17
LOL... "Stealing shoes in Scandinavia 101" - Jammed Uzi Jan 6, 14:13
ST Yahoo Fantasy Golf League: Season starts Tomorrow! - jack foley Jan 6, 14:10
Avatar opens huge in China -- (link) - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:03 29
- Avatar should pass Return of the King worldwide today. -- nm - Inigo Jan 6, 14:15 14
  - How great that it's going to make LOTR *and* Batman fanboys cry. nm - Dignan Jan 6, 14:20 10
    - Will there wind up being Avatar fanboys? That's kind of hard for me to imagine right now, but I guess it could happen. -- nm - David Jan 6, 14:26 9
      - The whole thing is just weird. I mean, people seem to like it, but is anyone really *passionate* about it? nm - Dignan Jan 6, 14:31 2
        
        Most empty blockbuster I can remember - Will Hunting Jan 6, 14:37
        
        Redmond rubs it out thinking about the Na'vi chick - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:33
      - I think so but they'll be rarer. Someone posted a discussion board for people who became depressed after seeing Avatar and realising they'll never - Roger More Jan 6, 14:28 5
        
        That's kind of what I meant. Obviously, a film of this scale will have some strong supporters. The question is whether there will be enough of them... - David Jan 6, 14:30 2
        
        It'll be interesting to see what spinoffs are developed - novels, toys, merchandise etc -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:33 1
        
        fanfics. fetishes, conventions. (the fandom gets scary nt.) -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 14:34
        
        The term Avatards has already been easily coined. -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 14:29 1
        
        I am responsible for bring both of these things to ST, I think. :) (The link and #Avatard :)) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 14:31
  - suck it hobbits! -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:16 2
    - *brick* -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:17 1
      - "I made fun of "Lord of the Rings" so hard, it made some supergeek puke all over the counter." -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 14:22
- despite being availible on dvd for a month from their street vendors :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 6, 14:15
- (what's most surprising to me is that $4.8 million is a record figure in a country the size of China) -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:11 4
  - cheaper tickets, fewer cinemas, possibly gov't restrictions on Hollywood films -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:17 1
    - now I've read the article, cheaper tickets don't seem to be a factor :) -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:19
  - I was just about to post that. Plus it's a record? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 14:15 1
    - for a Monday, apparently -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:16
- *draws a random analogy to Tibet* -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 14:04 7
  - It's actually very similar to Zatoichi #20, "Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 14:12 2
    - and Fern Gully! -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:14 1
      - I will be very amused when, in a future interview, Cameron confides he was inspired by his kids' love for Fern Gully -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 14:15
  - no way, manosan, that's Japanese invasion of Manchuria. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 14:07
  - Tibet mixed with Xianjing -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:07
  - some of the Chinese filmmaker quotes are funny: "We ought to be ashamed in the face of the purity of 'Avatar.'" - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:07 1
    - He has already been executed -- nm - Guigue Jan 6, 14:08
IRS *goal* is to only answer 71% of calls. -- (link) - Max Jan 6, 14:01 2
- The $32B 'revision' is even funnier to me. -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 14:04
- i'm gonna make that my goal in paying taxes this year -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 14:03
i don't even know what prorogueing is -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 13:56 12
- it's basically just putting parliament on *pause* for weeks, or months. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 13:57 11
  - You can't stop da funk, snowy sister -- nm - George Clinton Jan 6, 14:01
  - For all the outage over that, didn't he just extend it by like 2 weeks until after the Olympics? - Subversive Jan 6, 14:00 3
    - it's because he's done it specifically to avoid having to deal with the Afghan prisoner issue, and then offered up the lamest excuse possible for why. -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 14:02 1
      - Ah, I see. -- nm - Subversive Jan 6, 14:12
    - it's ridiculous. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 14:00
  - Down here we just call that "In Session". -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 13:59 3
    - Well, proroguing puts it out of session - but the US doesn't have a Prime Minister who decides when Congress sits -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:03 2
      - See, it was a joke... because even in session nothing gets done... ah, nevermind.... -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 14:04 1
        
        Heh - well, I didn't see the US Congress as being any different from any other Parliament :) -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:06
  - you were on a break? -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 13:58 1
    - Argh! -- nm - Ross Jan 6, 14:00
aww, sully the pilot whale. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 6, 13:54
Rumours is where I stop listening to Fleetwood Mac. I think the previous version with Peter Green & Bob Welch was far superior creatively & artisticly -- nm - peglegpete Jan 6, 13:54 2
- who? - Remlik Jan 6, 14:05 1
  - they may not have been as popular, but they were light years better -- nm - peglegpete Jan 6, 14:11
This makes me want to vote for Fred McGriff for the HOF. (link) - musubi Jan 6, 13:54
Inspiration please: I've got a pound of shrimp and a bunch of king crab legs. What should I do with them for dinner? -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 13:54 10
- eat them. duh. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 14:24
- Shrimp scampi. The king crab, IDK but - con_carne Jan 6, 13:59
- saute some veggies and make a spicy stir fry -- nm - peglegpete Jan 6, 13:56 1
  - and take your allergy pills -- nm - peglegpete Jan 6, 13:57
- aside from giving some to the kitties.... nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 6, 13:56 1
  - or lasagna. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 6, 13:57
- Seafood gumbo! nm -- nm - groiny Jan 6, 13:56
- Cap'n Sig Special! -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 13:55
- Freeze them and send them to me as an apology. (nm) - musubi Jan 6, 13:55
- cook em -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 13:54
znu : stick up my ass about it? -- (link) - groiny Jan 6, 13:50 [Backboard]
I mean, it's from fucking Rumours! -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 13:49 6
- ...which i am listening to for the first time right now. -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 13:50 5
  - As a kid, I remember lumping in FM with adult contemporary - con_carne Jan 6, 13:52 4
    - The shocking thing you really learn when you see them live is how hard Lindsey Buckingham can rock. -- nm - pmb Jan 6, 14:34
    - Definitely. It was music my Dad listened to, along with Billy Joel and Elton John -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 13:53 1
      - this is part of the issue: my parents listened to a very specific slice of music from the 60s and 70s. a lot of expected stuff was not on the list. -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 13:55
    - They were a mainstay of the dentist office waiting room radio station, for sure. I'm with you. -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 13:53
First impression: "Rumours" is basically a slightly more chickish version of Boston's "Boston". -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 13:49 4
- Boston. Now there's a guy who can *sing*. -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 13:55
- thematically there is a lot of heartbreak in Rumours which you won't find in Boston -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 13:55 2
  - unless you talk to Sib Hashinan. -- nm - Remlik Jan 6, 14:06
  - yep, it's not a perfect analogy. but stylistically not that different, and both chock-ass full of radio juggernauts. -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 13:56
so now I come to you with open arms. -- nm - b. Jan 6, 13:48 1
- That's a Mariah Carey song, right? (nm) - TFox si Jan 6, 13:50
Today's word of the day - con_carne Jan 6, 13:47 2
- Also known as "burning". - Subversive Jan 6, 13:49 1
  - if it was dawson I'd say don't smoke while peeing especially after drinking the night before -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 6, 13:52

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