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MSNBC: Ted Williams has reportedly left rehab. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 14:08 2
- yesterday. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 14:09
- (er, "quit", that should say) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 14:09
Speaking of covers, I heard a Kid Rock song for the first time today that mashed up music from Werewolves of London and Sweet Home Alabama. - TWuG Jan 25, 14:03 9
- Agreed on the suckage. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 25, 14:12
- how the hell did you make it 3 years without hearing that? California Gurrrls thinks that song was overplayed. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 25, 14:10 1
  - West Coast represent. -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 14:10
- yet hillbillies in Michigan, Illinois and Indiana and KY and TN love it. -- nm - Remlik Jan 25, 14:08 2
  - guilty as charged. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 25, 14:10
  - I'm not sure you know what a hillbilly is. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 14:09
- he ripped off Bob Seger most recently -- nm - Beaker Jan 25, 14:08
- I liked it. -- nm - sycor Jan 25, 14:06
- All Summer Long. it got bashed a lot here. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 14:06
Am I really broke if I have like maybe 40 bucks, but all bills are paid up through February? I'm gonna go with ... maybe? -- nm - Qale Jan 25, 14:02 4
- Maybe sounds right. Do you have food in the house, if not than you're broke. -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 14:04 3
  - Yah that's covered. As is momma money. Heh. Tips should cover me well. Next paycheck is 2/7. Tax returns next month may take out a nice chunk of debt. - Qale Jan 25, 14:07 2
    - Nice, that's good news. :-) You should be fine if you do well with the tips. - Krusty Jan 25, 14:12 1
      - Shallow is nice too. I mean you do end up drinking a little water, but bouncing off the bottom on tippy-toes is better than flailing I guess. -- nm - Qale Jan 25, 14:23
coming up on All Things Considered: "the minimum requirement is 70% beef and 30% fat to call it 'beef', and it's clear Taco Bell's products are not." -- nm - Max Jan 25, 14:02 15
- And they hate "Skins"! -- nm - Qale Jan 25, 14:08
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  - How can you eat that? Wouldn't you prefer real Mexican food? - Krusty Jan 25, 14:10 2
    - We all know the DGM really isn't two of those things -- nm - Roger More Jan 25, 14:11 1
      - heh -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 14:20
- Taco Bell makes me sad. It's a sad place. - con_carne Jan 25, 14:06
- LYC: I've never eaten anything at Taco Bell. The smell of the place makes me lose my appetitie. -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 14:06
- and nobody has seen their dog for ages :( -- nm - peglegpete Jan 25, 14:03
- that reminds me: i should get some for dinner tonight. -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 14:03
- this really makes me queasy. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 14:02 5
  - I had sworn off them awhile ago but this really seals the deal - Epiphany Jan 25, 14:04 4
    - Also Wendy's. Someone here said the meat from the chili comes from leftover broken burger patties. So I looked at it, - loosilu Jan 25, 14:05 3
      - It's not like they fell on the floor. -- nm - Ender Jan 25, 14:08 1
        
        they're old and dry. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 14:10
      - i'd consider that a good thing. Wendy's burgers are yum. -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 14:06
NRA influence stymies scientific research into gun deaths -- (link) - znufrii Jan 25, 13:59 2
- well guns don't actually kill people. everyone knows that now -- nm - dead like pixie Jan 25, 14:04 1
  - but the gun helps, y'know? - znufrii Jan 25, 14:10
Who does the best Crossroads - zeitgeist Jan 25, 13:53 9
- Cream. -- nm - TWuG Jan 25, 13:58
- nobody covers Hideaway anymore :( -- nm - peglegpete Jan 25, 13:54
- Supernatural -- nm - Beaker Jan 25, 13:53 4
  - Yes they do - your favorite cross roads demon? -- (link) - Epiphany Jan 25, 14:03 [Image] 3
    - don't you remember we hated her at the time? -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 14:04 2
      - did we? I like her over the one he married. We hated Ruby # 1, if I remember right - I long for her to come back - Epiphany Jan 25, 14:11 1
        
        she looked a lot better after Ruby 2. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 14:13
- shouldn't Britney Spears be on that list? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 13:53 1
  - and Bone Thugs N Harmony -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 25, 13:54
Other than economics why do so many cruise ships visit Astoria, OR, rather than, say, San Francisco or Seattle? - MojaveMeg Jan 25, 13:50 2
- goonies never say die!!! -- nm - amanda jones Jan 25, 14:19
- Because it's really pretty, you get to see where the Columbia river empties into the Pacific and it's the home of The Goonies -- nm - Trish Jan 25, 14:10
I'd have to compare Otis Redding's cover, but I don't think I've ever heard a better version of A Change is Gonna Come than Sam Cooke's original. - Max Jan 25, 13:47 4
- all Sam Cooke songs sound best when he does them -- nm - peglegpete Jan 25, 13:48 3
  - as well as Chuck Berry & Buddy Holly -- nm - peglegpete Jan 25, 13:49 2
    - You forgot Blind Faith covering Holly's It's Alright. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 14:06
    - ~everyday it's a gettin' faster, everyone said go ahead and ask her~ nm - Dignan Jan 25, 13:55
Whoo hoo! - znufrii Jan 25, 13:46 10
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- Fantastic!! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 13:51
- Congrats! -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 13:50
- :thumbs up: -- nm - amoxy Jan 25, 13:50
- nice! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 13:47
- it's sort of shocking that so many of us do well professionally. - Andie Jan 25, 13:47 4
  - This was my thought as well. - Dr.Vermin Jan 25, 13:52 1
    - I am far more productive when I flip through windows. I'm a month ahead of schedule now. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 14:07
  - I like to think that we're all so over the top exceptional that we can do both a tremendous work job + goof off -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 13:50
  - heh -- nm - znufrii Jan 25, 13:48
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- stay classy Greg -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 13:45
Curt Smith and Gary Jules doing a duet of "Mad World". -- (link) - Mop (214 lbs) Jan 25, 13:45 [youtube]
Also I would think the best selling woman's NFL jersey would be Cutler's. - Reagen Jan 25, 13:43 3
- I don't get it. - Epiphany Jan 25, 13:45 2
  - (He cries lady tears and gives up in the middle of the game.) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 13:45 1
    - oh okay, sounds about right. - Epiphany Jan 25, 13:46
Google is hiring like mad! Update your resumes. -- (link) - Mop (214 lbs) Jan 25, 13:43 2 1
- I'm thinking world domination -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 13:45 1
  - It happened so subtly, no one realized until it was too late. Frankly, I'd rather be on the inside when it happens. -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Jan 25, 13:46
I swear, the Wootoff has been all one-off items today. Everything is selling *so* fast. -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 13:39 2
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- I checked the blog this morning to see what I missed last night and still don't think I saw them all, and that was at 7:30 am. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 13:40
Spawn News Network: Man has the word 'mini' tattooed on his junk to win a car... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 25, 13:35 5
- He "won by a short head". -- nm - nubby trebek Jan 25, 13:41
- I'll admit, I looked through the photo gallery of worst tattoos looking for Guy. instead I found znufrii's -- (link) - oblique Jan 25, 13:41 [Image] 1
  - is that unicorn smoking a cigerette or a joint? - Epiphany Jan 25, 13:44
- But when you get him excited, it reads Miniature. - Will Hunting Jan 25, 13:37 1
  - in 3" letters :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 25, 13:39
The Net Worth of the U.S. Presidents: From Washington to Obama -- (link) - con_carne Jan 25, 13:34 1
- Clinton is wealthier than either Bush. Wealthier than most recent presidents, in fact. -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Jan 25, 13:40
6 Pieces of Music That Mean The Opposite of What You Think -- (link) - con_carne Jan 25, 13:26 10
- Wait, Americans play the 1812 Overture on the Fourth of July? -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 13:37 9
  - Yes. It rules! -- nm - con_carne Jan 25, 14:02
  - Hell yeah. PBS's "A Capital Fourth" always end on it. -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Jan 25, 13:41
  - We're dumb. Plus, it works well with fireworks. -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 13:38 4
    - I'll give you the fireworks, but it having a Russian composer should be a big clue - Reagen Jan 25, 13:42 1
      - Because if there's anything Americans should be able to identify, it's the French national anthem -- nm - con_carne Jan 25, 14:00
    - yes, it blows the shit up. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 25, 13:40 1
      - Genius. -- nm - Michael Bay Jan 25, 13:41
  - They play a lot of songs. Probably also American Pie and American Woman. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 13:38 1
    - No. -- nm - con_carne Jan 25, 14:01
LIR: Thank you Mop & Trish! -- nm - lileve Jan 25, 13:24 3
- So what the heck happened? -- nm - Trish Jan 25, 13:32 2
  - Can't right now. It's in the BB's. -- nm - lileve Jan 25, 13:34 1
    - Everything is fine now. -- nm - lileve Jan 25, 13:35
ST Poll -- Covers of songs that are better than the originals. -- nm - znufrii Jan 25, 13:23 62 1
- "Crazy In Love" -- Magic Numbers -- nm - dead like pixie Jan 25, 13:50
- *Favourites this poll* -- nm - Loyola Jan 25, 13:48
- "Dangerous Type" cover by Letters to Cleo. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 25, 13:46
- Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 25, 13:45
- Stevie Ray Vaughn doing Little Wing/Hendrix, Roches Uncle Johns Band is much better than the dead. Fiona Apple did a nice redition of a beattles tune -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 25, 13:44 1
  - I've heard over 100 live UJB's [mostly on tape, but about 20 of them in person]. and the Dead still have it :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 25, 13:47
- Beatles - Twist and Shout -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 25, 13:43
- Hallelujah - RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - Dr.Vermin Jan 25, 13:43 3
  - fail -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 13:44 2
    - Disagree, but this reminds me ... Israel Kamakawiwo'ole for the win. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 13:51 1
      - posted below. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 14:11
- Credence Clearwater Revival...Suzie Q -- nm - peglegpete Jan 25, 13:43
- I also love love love Social Distortion's cover of Ring of Fire. It's like a party in your head. -- nm - Trish Jan 25, 13:43
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Izzy whatshisname. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 13:43 1
  - note: You have most likely heard it many times in movies and TV commercials without realizing it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 13:44
- Hurt - Johnny Cash -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 25, 13:42 4
  - once again, agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 25, 13:43 3
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      - Dude's wife was either dead or dying and the Man in Black himself was dying. It's his song now. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 25, 14:03 1
        
        Amen. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 14:09
- Funkytown - Pseudo Echo. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 25, 13:42
- Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 25, 13:41 1
  - i love this song. - Andie Jan 25, 13:51
- Cake - I Will Survive. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 25, 13:40 1
  - awesome? yes. better? eh. -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 13:42
- Jimi Hendryx the National Anthem -- nm - peglegpete Jan 25, 13:40
- Eddie Vedder - Hard Sun -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 25, 13:37 1
  - His cover of "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" may be better than the original. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 25, 13:49
- John Coltrane..My Favorite Things -- nm - peglegpete Jan 25, 13:35 1
  - Seconded. \ -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 25, 13:39
- The Times They Are A-Changin, Simon and Garfunkel -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 13:35 3
  - This poll is starting to piss Bob Dylan off -- nm - con_carne Jan 25, 13:36 2
    - how can you tell thru all his mumbling? :) -- nm - peglegpete Jan 25, 13:38
    - I *love* Bob Dylan. But not like I love S&G, and it's a great cover. -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 13:37
- Baker Street by Foo Fighters -- nm - Remlik Jan 25, 13:34 1
  - Careless Whispers by Seether is decent but the Bad Company remake needs to die an evil death - Epiphany Jan 25, 13:42
- Benny and the Jets by Biz Markie. nm - Dignan Jan 25, 13:34
- ABB Mountain Jam [as oposed to Donavan] -- nm - peglegpete Jan 25, 13:33
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  - Cocker's "Friends" would be a Top Fiver for me. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 25, 13:34
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    - How did you manage to gather up so much right in one poll? -- nm - con_carne Jan 25, 13:35
- Alanis Morrisette - cover of Seal's Crazy -- nm - Epiphany Jan 25, 13:33
- all the songs the Byrds did that Bob Dylan wrote -- nm - peglegpete Jan 25, 13:33
- Alien Ant Farm's Smooth Criminal ranks high. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 25, 13:31
- Gin & Juice - The Gourds. -- nm - Max Jan 25, 13:30
- Sarah MacLachlan, Blackbird. Ane Brun, True Colours. -- nm - Loyola Jan 25, 13:30
- William Shatner's Common People ranks very very high to me. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 25, 13:30
- Clapton covering Clapton with "Layla". I prefer the slow bluesy version. -- nm - Trish Jan 25, 13:30 2
  - the only problem I have with the slow version is NO Duanne Allman playing -- nm - peglegpete Jan 25, 13:37
  - Agreed. Similarly with Sting's Roxanne, though I enjoy both versions. -- nm - Max Jan 25, 13:32
- Kate Bush's version of Rocket Man. (Also, William Shatner's version) -- nm - Roger More Jan 25, 13:28 4
  - I know there was a cover of a Kate Bush song and it was one of her hits, but I can't for the life of me remember the song's name. -- nm - Loyola Jan 25, 13:32 3
    - Running up that hill -- nm - Remlik Jan 25, 13:34 1
      - Youtubed it, wuthering heights, now to find the artist. I'm going to be riddled with Alzheimers when I'm older. -- nm - Loyola Jan 25, 13:35
    - That is to say I know there was a really great cover. -- nm - Loyola Jan 25, 13:32
- Lodi Dodi - Snoop Dogg. -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 13:28
- Sweet Jane (Cowboy Junkies), Mad World (Gary Jules). -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 13:26 2
  - I much prefer Tears for Fears "Mad World". Gary Jules puts me to sleep. -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Jan 25, 13:28 1
    - the opposite for me. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 13:30
- Smashing Pumpkins: Landslide -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 13:24 1
  - good one. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 25, 13:47
Young man just bought Mario Puzo's The Sicilian off our clearance rack. He told me he'd read the Vietnamese translation some - MojaveMeg Jan 25, 13:22 3
- Wow, you guys posted a *lot* in the time it took me to type that :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 25, 13:23 2
  - He should try it in the original Klingon -- nm - Worf Jan 25, 13:48 1
    - I'd love to talk to someone who's read Dragon Tattoo in both the original and English translation... - MojaveMeg Jan 25, 13:58

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