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so when do the chiefs get to start kicking falcon butt tonight? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 13, 11:17 5
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  - I still remember my XFL fantasy league... fun times. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 11:22
- When the third stringers go in...so the second quarter. -- nm - David Aug 13, 11:19 2
  - are you going to halo tonight? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 13, 11:21 1
    - too scared -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:23
crash, the only problem with your weekend plan thoughts - tRuMaN Aug 13, 11:15 4
- Well, since groiny and I have already stated we are going to kill crash, you are right. -- nm - Spawn Aug 13, 11:25
- I doubt it, we'll all play big team and I'll coast while you guys break a sweat -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:19 2
  - So you admit it! -- nm - David Aug 13, 11:19 1
    - no, its what I wish would happen - usually I have to work because you won't show up. Get over your fear. -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:23
I think the idiot at Wendy's charge me more for my meal by making it a combo. Or they raised their prices in the last week. - sycor Aug 13, 11:07 2
- Mmmm... delicious investigation... -- nm - sycor next week Aug 13, 11:08 1
  - L3 -- nm - sycor Aug 13, 11:08
Guardian's The 50 Albums That Changed Music -- (link) - con_carne Aug 13, 11:06 30
- weak -- nm - Spawn Aug 13, 11:24
- the Spice Girls at #21? Really? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:14 1
  - very brittish -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 13, 11:16
- That's a very cruel summary of Radiohead's influence -- nm - Roger More Aug 13, 11:14
- good list...very brittish though -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 13, 11:12
- *reads #1, crumples up list, moves on* -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 11:09 24
  - aw, man. i believed in you....nm - xi Aug 13, 11:12 2
    - #1? no way. -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 11:15 1
      - (for proof, look at who they say it influenced. that's a shitload of *shrug* in one list.) -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 11:16
  - word -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:11
  - I used to feel that way about TVU. Used to. -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 11:10 19
    - I have nothing against TVU itself, I can't stand the critics who think it is way more important than it ever was -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:12 18
      - It had a great deal more influence in the 60's, Its the musical equal to Catcher in the Rye -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 11:24
      - you don't have to particularly like them to recognize that their legacy grew deep roots. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 11:15 8
        
        deeper than Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, BB King, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, and on and on? - crash davis Aug 13, 11:17 7
        
        just because something is orange, doesn't mean it's orangey. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 11:19 6
        
        the very same writer says "Dylan invented modern rock music", and yet ranks TVU higher because they influenced Roxy Music? -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:22 5
        
        more people follow Dylan today but TVU did way more to open up the kind of music that people recognized as music. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 11:24 1
        
        more people followed Dylan back then too! -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:25
        
        me, i don't even think that list is meant as a ranking.... - xi Aug 13, 11:24 2
        
        read that way, i can get on board with it. -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 11:25
        
        then they shouldn't put numbers in front of their listings -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:25
      - i couldn't disagree more. v.u. is hugely influential....nm - xi Aug 13, 11:14 7
        
        no it isn't - whoever heard of a musician saying "I picked up a guitar after I heard The Velvet Underground" - crash davis Aug 13, 11:16 6
        
        You gotta admit, they sound a lot like today's indie bands -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 11:26
        
        yeah, seriously...nm - xi Aug 13, 11:19 1
        
        the #1 landmark, no way -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:20
        
        exactly. "No Jesus and Mary Chain?!? Music will never recover from this!" -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 11:17 1
        
        psycho candy is *brilliant*....nm - xi Aug 13, 11:20
        
        good god man, that line's practically a cliche now. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 11:17
The Kansas City Royals traded veteran outfielder Jose Guillen to the San Francisco Giants on Friday in exchange for a player to be named later & cash. -- nm - David Aug 13, 11:06 1
- ..and a bag of baseballs -- nm - budice Aug 13, 11:09
Gotta love South Carolina Politics -- (link) - decline Aug 13, 11:05 1
- *hoping it's not DeMint* Whew! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 11:06
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- *flips you off* -- nm - Spawn Aug 13, 11:26
- History chan show suggested such an event could cause massive power failure as transformer stations around the world fried, each takes six months to.. - zeitgeist Aug 13, 11:01 1
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LYC: I was *this* close to beating a campaign on Left 4 Dead 2 using only melee weapons - oblique Aug 13, 10:56 9
- I can't wait for Dead Space 2... fun fun. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 11:05 1
  - I want to get the prequel to play on my wife's Wii but she won't let me. hehe -- nm - sycor Aug 13, 11:08
- Nice. I died one campaign just as the helicopter pulled away. I was so pissed. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:03 1
  - I think I screwed it up anyways because I fired my gun when lying on the ground. I don't think I can do that but I think I can throw things -- nm - oblique Aug 13, 11:11
- Are you playing on the computer or on Xbox? - amoxy Aug 13, 11:01 4
  - He's PC. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:04 3
    - I'm a Max. -- nm - Max Aug 13, 11:05
    - Does the PC do achievements? I ask because I keep seeing his on FB. -- nm - David Aug 13, 11:05 1
      - Yes -- nm - amoxy Aug 13, 11:05
Scott Pilgrim is 80% fresh at RT. This pleases me on a fundamental level. -- nm - David Aug 13, 10:51
RS4R: The acronym FCCM -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:50 26
- *spoiler* - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:53
- Oh, RS4R trivia from NTN yesterday: what does the third letter in HTTP stand for? -- nm - David Aug 13, 10:52 22
  - hyper text transfer protocol is what I think it means. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:56
  - Raise your hand if you replied to this and you are not Reagen. -- nm - David Aug 13, 10:55 9
    - RS4D: What is the difference between public and private? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 13, 10:56 8
      - The R in RS4D is for *Reagen*! -- nm - David Aug 13, 10:56 7
        
        RS4D would be Random Stuff 4 *David*. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:02
        
        He's not going to succeed at Jeopardy unless he can beat other players to the buzzer. -- nm - Roger More Aug 13, 10:58
        
        Reagen Shits 4 David? -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 10:57 4
        
        Was there any filter control before you posted? Maybe a "I could do better" twinge? -- nm - David Aug 13, 11:01 3
        
        i forgot my WWRP bracelet on my dresser this morning. -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 11:04
        
        carve that fucker on my *tombstone*. -- nm - TFox si Aug 13, 11:02 1
        
        "Here lies TFox. This was the best he could do. No one misses him for obvious reasons." -- nm - David Aug 13, 11:04
  - transfer...nm - xi Aug 13, 10:54
  - I don't know the first two letters, but the last two are - mafic Aug 13, 10:54 6
    - Yes to all three replies. -- nm - David Aug 13, 10:56
    - Hyper Text. (the 3rd one was the one I didn't know, dammit) -- nm - Roger More Aug 13, 10:54
    - hyper text...nm - xi Aug 13, 10:54 3
      - which seems so laughably dated now. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 11:00 2
        
        not now - Danedukenuuk Aug 13, 11:05 1
        
        as a term. "Ohhhh. *hyper* text! Well, we must be in the future, mustn't we?!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 11:07
  - Protocol? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 13, 10:53 2
    - Never mind, i'm mentally gone. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 13, 10:54 1
      - you should argue that you thought he meant third unique letter. -- nm - mafic Aug 13, 10:55
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  - I've been waiting for this one, Trebek! -- nm - Sean Connery si Aug 13, 10:54
Crash, yeah I did Halo last night. But I wasn't feeling it, I was just terrible...plus a really loud buzzing from someone's set.. - Remlik Aug 13, 10:47 2
- i think we figured out that that noise was groiny's fault. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 13, 11:15
- oof - I know what you mean about not feeling it. -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 10:48
the coolest thing about ac/dc is that they seem to be nice guys living the dream... - xi Aug 13, 10:42
Jax- For the 60's you need to add Motown, the Who (60's/70's), Stones (60's-80's) and Hendrix. 70's add Elton John, Springsteen (70's-80's), Ramones, - pmb Aug 13, 10:40 10
- Kinks, Chuck Berry & Buddy Holly -- nm - peglegpete Aug 13, 10:48
- Also, because Jax's daughter may think as album-oriented as we all, this deserves a repost. Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time -- (link) - con_carne Aug 13, 10:46
- Oh snap, I have two big Motown mixes under my compilations. Motown too. -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 10:41 7
  - stax > motown...nm - xi Aug 13, 10:42 6
    - Personally, I'd take Chess Records over both of them probably. -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 10:44 5
      - chess and stax i really love. motown is good, but is sometimes too prettied up for me....nm - xi Aug 13, 10:49 1
        
        Jax should just show her Cadillac Records. Use Beyonce and Mos Def as the hook. - TFox Aug 13, 10:50
      - I know where both of you are going with that, but there is something about Motown that just puts a smile on your face -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 10:45 2
        
        On my iPod, I'd be listening to Chess. Throwing a party, I'd be spinning Motown. -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 10:46 1
        
        spin them right round, right round -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 10:47
This was soooooooo *unexpected*: Blockbuster warns it may liquidate......(link) - Walt_Disney Aug 13, 10:37 7
- I saw a Droid phone ad that pimped some sort of blockbuster streaming service. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 10:51 2
  - My Samsung Bluray player has that -- nm - oblique Aug 13, 10:55 1
    - Yup, most new Blu Ray players and TVs come with access to services like this. -- nm - David Aug 13, 11:07
- I think in the (near) future, Blockbuster will be used as an example of large corporations that don't adapt to changing technologies fast enough. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:43 2
  - I figure the brand has more value than the underlying infrastructure -- nm - budice Aug 13, 11:04
  - also the (recent) past. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 10:45
- The one in town here just went out of business, not shocking at all.. -- nm - Subversive Aug 13, 10:38
Since we're on the subject and I have the iPod handy, here's all the pre-1990 artists on my iPod. - TFox Aug 13, 10:36 14
- mine, in the random order they appeared in: - mafic Aug 13, 10:52
- She likes Public Enemy. I may need to sprinkle that in with the Run DMC. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:38 11
  - Yeah, you need NWA or PE if we're talking sub-genres -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 13, 10:43 3
    - "Straight Outta Compton" is such an amusing record now. Like, still awesome, but... - TFox Aug 13, 10:45 2
      - When the white-est kids in America, like me, started listening to it...you knew it was all over. - Mel Profit Aug 13, 10:47 1
        
        In junior high, I thought "The Chronic" was one of the more fascinatingly scary things I'd ever heard. - TFox Aug 13, 10:49
  - When I was a teen, the way I got into older bands was reading interviews with my favorite bands, where they talked about their faves. - TFox Aug 13, 10:42 6
    - Yeah, I would like to be able to "tie" them together in a timeline. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:46 5
      - Who does she like now? Like, top 5? That's the easiest way to find a few that will hook her ears. -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 10:47 4
        
        Hmm. Good question. I'll have to find out. - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:50 3
        
        TMBG is a hard one to pull influences for. :) -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 10:54 2
        
        She's pretty scattershot. She likes a lot of Japanese bands now, too. (She watches a lot of anime since she's drawing a lot.) -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:01
        
        Frank Zappa -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 10:55
- I've been thinking about you-oooo. -- nm - Subversive Aug 13, 10:37
motorhead!....nm - xi Aug 13, 10:36 1
- "this will be the segment we'll call 'The Decline of Western Civilization,' complete with a video..." -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:38
Why does Max want to be my son-in-law? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:35 2
- Because I dig smart chicks! -- nm - Max Aug 13, 10:38 1
  - *cleans shot gun* -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 10:40
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- Yanks, Rays, Twins, Rangers, Braves, Phils, Cards, Padres (nm) - musubi Aug 13, 11:11
- Yanks, Rays, Twins, Rangers - Braves, Phillies, Cardinals, Padres -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 10:45
- Yanks, Rays, Twins, Rangers .... Phillies, Cards, Giants, Padres. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 13, 10:41
- Phils, Cards, Pads, Giants, Yanks, Twins, Rangers, Rays -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:39
- I can't answer this poll. -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 10:37
- Yanks, Rays, Rangers and a tossup between Sox/Twins for the Central -- nm - budice Aug 13, 10:36 3
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  - NL: seems like a crapshoot between the top 2 in each division. -- nm - budice Aug 13, 10:37
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Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsky -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 10:32 3
- name 3 decomposers -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 10:57
- Roll over Beethoven tell Tchaikovsky the news -- nm - eag Aug 13, 10:34
- Who are three composers who have never been in my kitchen? -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 10:32
have we mentioned this? swedish man hit with a million dollar speeding fine in switzerland. -- (link) - mafic Aug 13, 10:30 9
- to elaborate: for the speed he was going, the fine is three times the value of the car you're caught speeding in. -- nm - mafic Aug 13, 10:33 3
  - he was doing approx. 187mph - decline Aug 13, 10:34
  - That is interesting. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 13, 10:34
  - (at least that's what the radio here told me) -- nm - mafic Aug 13, 10:33
- Yeah, they had a similar story a while back. It is based on your wealth. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 13, 10:32
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  - previous year's tax return, as I understand it. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 10:33 1
    - Plus anyone who tries to hide money in a Swiss bank account is boned -- nm - Roger More Aug 13, 10:37
- "'I think the speedo on the car, which is new, is faulty,' the driver told police." - Reagen Aug 13, 10:32
Sure, but was B2 genre-defining? -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 10:29

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