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Shrimp Boat Captain Worn Out From Long Day Of Putting Human Face On Crisis -- (link) - con_carne Aug 13, 11:57 2
- this (older) article hits close to home sometimes -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 11:59 1
  - this one -- (link) - Reagen Aug 13, 11:59
the first movie listed on blockbuster's site as bestselling previously viewed is "ten inch hero" (pauses for p-o-r-n jokes). has anyone seen it?-- nm - b. Aug 13, 11:56 3
- errata for im. -- nm - b. Aug 13, 12:01 1
  - will there be footnotes or an appendix? -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 12:02
- i know (secondhand) the writer but never saw it. - dr. banjo Aug 13, 11:57
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- there has to be something else. he's 23. -- nm - b. Aug 13, 12:01
- The 49ers have been decaffeinated. -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 11:53
I might be able to play Halo tonight -- nm - amoxy Aug 13, 11:49 18
- *thud* -- nm - Spawn Aug 13, 12:00
- Now we need to get JaxSean - eag Aug 13, 11:52 7
  - I doubt I will tonight. I have a race tonight and have to be up at 6 am tomorrow. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:53 5
    - this running shit is getting in the way of shit talk friday nights. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 11:54
    - vag mcvagstein. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 11:54 3
      - OK, Mrs. Chaffeinwhinestein. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:55 2
        
        hey, I never had to get wheelchaired out of Quarks. - groiny Aug 13, 11:56 1
        
        Hell, I'm guilty on both counts. I never argued that. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:57
  - I am fairly sure you have not been run over by amoxy yet. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 11:53
- tell your kids to watch some porn tonight instead and get your ass on there! - groiny Aug 13, 11:51 8
  - Actually kids are out of town tonight, and son left Halo and his headset - amoxy Aug 13, 11:58
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    - Liriano looked like Carlton for a short period yesterday. - groiny Aug 13, 11:54 5
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        Danks is heads and tails better than Liriano this season. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 12:00
        
        the 2 homers in 140 innings is impressive, the 1.26 WHIP is not. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 11:59
        
        bwahahahahaha. - groiny Aug 13, 11:57 1
        
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gc talk reminded me: costco gift-card purchase psa! - b. Aug 13, 11:44 4
- can you use it on a coffin? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 11:48 2
  - chevy's doesn't sell coffins, pfm. -- nm - b. Aug 13, 11:50
  - "They have a wine collection?" -- nm - David Aug 13, 11:48
- you can throw one of those in with my blockbuster stuff. let me know where i can send the list -- nm - dr. banjo Aug 13, 11:46
pixie, since Dave Grohl lists Bonham as his major influence that right there is more bands than # of TVU albums sold -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:38 3
- so one person then -- nm - dr. banjo Aug 13, 11:41 2
  - oh fer gawd sakes, do I really have to list every guitar player who has Jimmy Page listed as an influence? -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:42 1
    - pixie is [____]. -- nm - Spawn Aug 13, 11:43
Weasels Ripped My Flesh! - prayformojo Aug 13, 11:37 9
- i'm more of a freak out guy....nm - xi Aug 13, 11:40 4
  - I like Valley Girl -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 11:50 1
    - provocateur....nm - xi Aug 13, 11:53
  - The length and breadth that some Zappaologists go to is pretty intimidating. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 11:44 1
    - yeah, it's not worth that....nm - xi Aug 13, 11:46
- 20 odd years ago a friend was FZ's assistant and got me a personalized signed photo -- nm - peglegpete Aug 13, 11:39
- Sheik Yerbouti! -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 11:37 2
  - Right! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 11:38 1
    - Billy was a mountain, Ethel was a tree growing out of his shoulder -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 11:47
Confession: I posted that B2 list because it's something a little different than the same old "Beatles, Led Zep." - con_carne Aug 13, 11:36 20
- The Kraftwerk inclusion is especially solid, given the current T-Painification of everything. -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 11:38 15
  - As much as I love 80s synth... - Mel Profit Aug 13, 11:39 14
    - have you seen that bbc british synth docu?....nm - xi Aug 13, 11:52 3
      - someone mentioned it early this week (you?) - Mel Profit Aug 13, 11:53 2
        
        mud actually brought it up first. the last bit was the weakest, you saw the good stuff....nm - xi Aug 13, 11:54 1
        
        it made me scurry to Youtube and other parts of the web to look up new bands. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 13, 11:56
    - Autobahn was 1974 :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 13, 11:43 4
      - Ok, so they influenced 80s Synth. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 13, 11:46 3
        
        practically invented it toghether with Mike Oldfield and jean Michel jarre :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 13, 11:47 2
        
        a couple of bands from Sheffield might want to have a word with you. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 13, 11:48 1
        
        perhaps but who say i'll talk to snobs? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 13, 11:51
    - Kraftwerk felt like it cam pre-parodied. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 11:41 4
      - The stuff I listened to was pretty much a head scratcher. - Mel Profit Aug 13, 11:47 3
        
        it was amzing at the time totally different and stylebreaking -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 13, 11:56 2
        
        It certainly was different for that time, yes. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 13, 11:59 1
        
        and they were quite sarcastic about them selfs -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 13, 12:01
- It's a good list, definitely. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:37
- I'd be very impressed if his daughter got into TVU. - Reagen Aug 13, 11:37 2
  - You know, I think they sound like a lot of indie bands today. They seem more relevant now than ever. -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 11:39
  - He could start her with Oh Sweet Nuthin' - Kim Pine Aug 13, 11:38
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- yes. likely not at peak times, though. -- nm - b. Aug 13, 11:46
- no -- nm - oblique Aug 13, 11:44
- I'll be there in January. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 13, 11:43
- Hell. Yes. -- nm - David Aug 13, 11:42
- After it settles down. -- nm - Spawn Aug 13, 11:41 11
  - it'll never settle down. potterheads are f'in crazy -- nm - dr. banjo Aug 13, 11:46
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    - October is a good time to go. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:49
    - i thought the Halloween night there was pretty cool, for a Halloween hater like myself. - TFox Aug 13, 11:43 7
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      - (word to your IM) - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:54
      - tired of people asking about your Giant Dog costume? -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 13, 11:50 4
        
        If I could trick or treat into eternity, I'd love Halloween too. Does Diva ring the doorbells for you? -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 11:52 3
        
        check the thatch...I think you missed a Mars bar. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 13, 11:55 2
        
        do you find the phrase "when i grow up" to be upsetting or discriminatory? -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 11:56 1
        
        You want to make some extra money? - Mel Profit Aug 13, 12:02
- I wouldn't object to be given free tickets, but I wouldn't pay for them either. (nm) - musubi Aug 13, 11:40 1
  - Universal Studios Islands of Adventure is great fun. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:40
- I sure would -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:39
- Sure -- nm - amoxy Aug 13, 11:39
- The pics I've seen were kind of a letdown, but still, I'm a big HP fan, and I'd check it out. -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 11:37 3
  - (sidenote: no way I'm waiting in those lines to get in to it, though.) - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:40 2
    - How far is it for you? A day's trip? -- nm - amoxy Aug 13, 11:41 1
      - less than 2 hrs. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:41
- Definitely. Lots of friends have and I want to try the butterbeer. - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:36
- not for me. Potentially I'd go for a small fry. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 11:36
- not upon threat of death....nm - xi Aug 13, 11:36
- what alternatives do i have? - Danedukenuuk Aug 13, 11:36
- I'd rather go sit in the woods for a week. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 13, 11:35
- hell no -- nm - dr. banjo Aug 13, 11:35 1
  - I thought that was one of the weakest Futurama ever - amoxy Aug 13, 11:40
- hell yey -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 11:35
SC Dem Senate nominee Alvin Greene indicted for "disseminating, procuring or promoting obscenity". -- (link) - TFox Aug 13, 11:34
I really need to find something to buy soon with my blockbuster gift cards, eh? -- nm - b. Aug 13, 11:32 2
- i have a list . . . -- nm - dr. banjo Aug 13, 11:32 1
  - ::adds up cards:: at least $55 worth. what do you want? and what do I get in return? -- nm - b. Aug 13, 11:41
people always want to read hierarchy into lists. i did a thing for gamasutra on 99 free games from 2009.... - xi Aug 13, 11:29 9
- Fair point. The article doesn't necessarily claim they're listed in order. (nm) - musubi Aug 13, 11:30 1
  - Since it starts with the line "this has since become arguably the most influential rock album of all time."... - TFox Aug 13, 11:39
- some people who don't want to rank list things alphabetically and don't put numbers in front of them -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:30 6
  - ok, maximum pissiness level achieved....nm - xi Aug 13, 11:31 3
    - Settle down grouchy-pants, crash was just making a point. (nm) - musubi Aug 13, 11:32 2
      - phew, i'm sure glad you're here to calm me down. i was shaking with anger....nm - xi Aug 13, 11:35 1
        
        You're welcome, I'm just glad I could help. - musubi Aug 13, 11:37
  - or chronologically. -- nm - TFox Aug 13, 11:30 1
    - Clearly. -- nm - mara Aug 13, 11:32
Can The Velvet Underground really be landmark when I don't even know who they are? (nm) - musubi Aug 13, 11:28 26
- yes, they changed the way people though of as music. have you ever heard of Link Wray -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 11:48
- The quote I heard was "only 100 people bought their first album, but every one of them went out and started a band." -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 13, 11:44 3
  - all of which failed to sell any albums -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:54 2
    - But the people who listened to those albums... -- nm - Roger More Aug 13, 11:55 1
      - failed completely as musicians, so they became critics and elevated TVU to greatness -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:56
- I just think when you say your numbered 1) made X, Y, and Z... and then your #2 says Pop music wouldn't exist really as we know it - Will Hunting Aug 13, 11:34 3
  - Yup. That's all I'm saying. But if the author *wasn't* trying to imply a heirachy, numbering them was a poor choice. (nm) - musubi Aug 13, 11:36 2
    - Yeah....the #'s make it apparent that they're ranking them to most people imo. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 13, 11:37
    - If they aren't chronological or alphabetical, then the only ordering scheme left is "the order in which they occured to me". - TFox Aug 13, 11:37
- The list is albums that changed music. You're not a musician, so they likely didn't impact your perspective. - Kim Pine Aug 13, 11:32 11
  - It was about the inferred #1 ranking, rather than the absolute nature of being influential. - musubi Aug 13, 11:34
  - You can draw a straight line through them to Broken Social Scene, for instance -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 11:33 6
    - I'd completely agree with this. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 13, 11:35
    - uh.....................who? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:34 4
      - He's just saying random words and claiming it's a band name. -- nm - David Aug 13, 11:45 3
        
        You'll hear their music tonight! - Reagen Aug 13, 11:47 2
        
        It's the Boys and Crash! -- nm - David Aug 13, 11:48 1
        
        "This song is called 'We Are So Sad, So Very Very Sad'." -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 11:49
  - See, when I think Velvet Underground, I think -> Talking Heads. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:33 2
    - try Ramones, New York Dolls, Sex Pistols, Joy Division, every other english punk band after 1976 . . . -- nm - dr. banjo Aug 13, 11:34
    - sure, although they split off from the punk scene. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 11:34
- in the eyes of actual musicians who make music, absolutely -- nm - dr. banjo Aug 13, 11:31
- Sure. Lou Reed, managed by Andy Worhol...they may have influenced a lot of music at that time frame. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 13, 11:31
- You know their lead singer for sure - Reagen Aug 13, 11:29 1
  - I've heard *of* them. - musubi Aug 13, 11:31
- sure -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 13, 11:29
*lets punk people with a list and throw Pet Sounds on it to make people think we're serious* -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:28
Shipping for Saturday: Space Camp -- nm - oblique Aug 13, 11:27 2
- Space Camp 2 should be Joaquin Phoenix's comeback movie. -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 11:31
- *throws Lea Thompson in solitary for not following directions* -- nm - Kate Capshaw Aug 13, 11:28
I don't know about Halo yet. -- nm - David Aug 13, 11:27 3
- do you hear that? - groiny Aug 13, 11:33
- admitting fear helps conquer it -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:28
- it's a computer game -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 13, 11:27
Herrrrrrrrroooooooooooooooiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnn -- nm - velvet underground Aug 13, 11:25 4
- I remember when we first talked about that list. 4 years ago. I bet people's opinions have changed since then! -- nm - b. Aug 13, 11:30
- popular is not the same as influential - dr. banjo Aug 13, 11:28 1
  - I'll take that bet -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 11:28
- great tune -- nm - peglegpete Aug 13, 11:27

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