Tuesday Night Music: Tommy Emmanuel and Jake Shimabukuro

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(Hat tip: Michael.)

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1 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:25:45pm

Oh, thank goodness. The last thread was getting too depressing.

2 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:25:46pm

Awesome!

3 Danny  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:26:23pm

Cool, Jake looks to be the Bela Fleck of uke.

4 Joo-LiZ  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:26:34pm

I've been checking this out all day today:

"Big Country" - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

5 Randall Gross  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:26:55pm

wow

6 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:27:45pm

This is quite a remarkable video.

7 jaunte  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:28:12pm

I got blisters on my listener.

8 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:29:13pm

re: #6 Occasional Reader

This is quite a remarkable video.

Of course, it's faked, just like the moon landings, but still.

9 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:30:26pm

I think Tommy can take any song and make it a remarkable thing to hear.

Simply amazing.

10 Killgore Trout  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:30:32pm

Very cool arrangement.

11 Fenway_Nation  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:30:41pm

Why is it for eight years cartoonists did their utmost to charichturize Bush as a chimp when Ahmedinejad looks like a disheveled chimp in a bad suit with hardly any help...?

/apologies to disheveled chimps in bad suits everywhere.

12 Danny  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:32:07pm

re: #4 Joo-LiZ

Love it.

13 Idle Drifter  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:34:19pm

I thought the ukulele was going to catch fire at the end.

14 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:35:34pm

The White Album is such a great recording- so musically diverse. And I love how Tommy has done justice to every Beatles song I've ever heard him play.

15 Danny  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:36:44pm

re: #4 Joo-LiZ

Wow, check out the "Continuum" quote around 4:10. Reggie rules!

16 neomexicon  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:37:36pm

I don't play guitar but i showed this to my friend (a jazz musician like Charles) who does.
all she could say is: wow

17 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:37:55pm

re: #11 Fenway_Nation

Why is it for eight years cartoonists did their utmost to charichturize Bush as a chimp when Ahmedinejad looks like a disheveled chimp in a bad suit with hardly any help...?

/apologies to disheveled chimps in bad suits everywhere.

Because Bush is an American patriot and they hate those more than they hate raving Islamists. Bad, suicidal, sick.

18 Danny  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:38:41pm

re: #15 Danny

And so does Victor. LOL. Woo wee, bed time.

19 Sleepyone  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:39:14pm

Awesome. Never heard of Jake Shimabukuro so thanks for the introduction.

20 formercorpsman  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:41:56pm

Slick video.

21 OldLineTexan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:43:04pm

re: #8 Occasional Reader

Of course, it's faked, just like the moon landings, but still.

The moon landings were real.

The splashdowns were fake. No one has ever come back.

/

22 ArchangelMichael  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:43:06pm

re: #11 Fenway_Nation

Why is it for eight years cartoonists did their utmost to charichturize Bush as a chimp when Ahmedinejad looks like a disheveled chimp in a bad suit with hardly any help...?

/apologies to disheveled chimps in bad suits everywhere.

I think Ahmadinejad is more like a gracile australopithecine.

23 OldLineTexan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:43:42pm

re: #11 Fenway_Nation

Why is it for eight years cartoonists did their utmost to charichturize Bush as a chimp when Ahmedinejad looks like a disheveled chimp in a bad suit with hardly any help...?

/apologies to disheveled chimps in bad suits everywhere.

Apology accepted.

/

24 Steffan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:44:19pm

Charles, I would like to suggest a quote from Isaac Asimov, who was quoting someone far more special:

Against stupidity, the Gods Themselves contend in vain.

Pray keep that in mind when you contend against the many morons you encounter in your day-to-day activities, and know for certain that we've got your back. Check Six is not a problem when we're on the case.

25 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:44:24pm

re: #21 OldLineTexan

The moon landings were real.

The splashdowns were fake. No one has ever come back.

/

I just hope the Hubble Telescope can get photos of those American flags that the astronauts ALLEGEDLY planted on Mars.

26 ArchangelMichael  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:44:38pm

re: #21 OldLineTexan

That must be why Fry and Leela found the lander on the Moon with the crew module still attached to it.

27 jaunte  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:46:02pm
28 OldLineTexan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:46:26pm

If the guitar is weeping, the ukelele-size thing must just be throwing a hissy fit.

/

29 OldLineTexan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:47:08pm

re: #26 ArchangelMichael

BINGO!

30 OldLineTexan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:47:54pm

re: #25 Occasional Reader

I just hope the Hubble Telescope can get photos of those American flags that the astronauts ALLEGEDLY planted on Mars.

Capricorn One was fake. See Simpson, O.J.

31 Mich-again  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:47:55pm

That was pretty cool. Nice selection.

32 swamprat  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:48:03pm

So will we get electric guitar trolls telling us that all acoustic stinged things are inferior.

Now I've done it.

They will ask; "Charles, why do you post so many threads with non-amplified instruments?"

33 SteveC  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:48:21pm

re: #21 OldLineTexan

The moon landings were real.

The splashdowns were fake. No one has ever come back.

/

Hell, if there was a classy joint like The Blue Moon Hotel, I might just miss the bus, too!

34 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:49:21pm

re: #25 Occasional Reader

I just hope the Hubble Telescope can get photos of those American flags that the astronauts ALLEGEDLY planted on Mars.

The Moon is too bright; it would burn out the sensors.

35 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:50:11pm

re: #30 OldLineTexan

Capricorn One was fake. See Simpson, O.J.

"So, how's Mom?"

"Well... she was up on the roof chasing squirrels..."

36 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:51:04pm

Shameless self promotion, pimping or what ever you want to call it. For any of the Colorado Lizards who enjoy this sort of fine guitar work, Miners Alley Playhouse just booked Masakazu Ito for a concert.

I'll let his website speak for him...

[Link: www.masakazuito.com...]

The date will be Sat. June 7th, details to follow in May at our website...

[Link: www.minersalley.com...]

37 Steffan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:52:28pm

re: #11 Fenway_Nation

Why is it for eight years cartoonists did their utmost to charichturize Bush as a chimp when Ahmedinejad looks like a disheveled chimp in a bad suit with hardly any help...?

/apologies to disheveled chimps in bad suits everywhere.

Because lefties find it far more insulting than conservatives ever did.

Chimpy McBushitler was a lefty icon. Anything related to chimps and leftist heroes like Obama and Ahmadinnerjacket are abominations not to be tolerated.

It's a matter of semantics, after all.

38 SteveC  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:54:46pm

re: #25 Occasional Reader

I just hope the Hubble Telescope can get photos of those American flags that the astronauts ALLEGEDLY planted on Mars.

I have read that the Apollo missions were followed by high powered telescopes all the way to the moon. There's even a photo of Apollo 13 taken just after the explosion.

Page down to the Apollo 13 photographs

39 Van Helsing  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:54:54pm

Nice arrangement of one my favorite songs. Thanks, Charles.

40 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:55:48pm

re: #38 SteveC

I have read that the Apollo missions were followed by high powered telescopes all the way to the moon. There's even a photo of Apollo 13 taken just after the explosion.

Page down to the Apollo 13 photographs

LIES! ALL LIES!

41 SteveC  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:56:33pm

re: #30 OldLineTexan

Capricorn One was fake. See Simpson, O.J.

"You take the gun."

""I'll shoot myself in the foot."

"OK, you take the gun."

"I'll shoot him in the foot."

"I'll take the gun."

42 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:57:44pm

re: #40 Occasional Reader

LIES! ALL LIES!

Says the nutcase. ;)

43 aaronmartin1651  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:58:00pm

I had to good fortune to see Jake Shimabukuro in concert when I lived in Chattanooga. I had seen him on YouTube, but after seeing him in concert I bought all of his CD's that night. I have to say, seeing him live is worth it if you can swing it.

44 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:58:20pm

re: #27 jaunte

Although it is a ukelele, this is who I loved to hear. May he rest in peace.

45 SteveC  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:59:02pm

re: #40 Occasional Reader

LIES! ALL LIES!

Photos don't lie! :)

46 Steffan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:59:06pm

re: #41 SteveC

"Darkness beyond twilight."

Apropos of not a lot...

47 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:59:08pm

re: #42 Dark_Falcon

Says the nutcase. ;)

The moon landings were FAKED by the Jewish Freemason Trilateral Commission Templars. If you don't accept that, you're just another patsy of THEM.

48 jaunte  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 8:59:44pm

re: #44 NY Nana

GMTA; I was just listening to that in another window!

49 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:00:08pm

re: #47 Occasional Reader

The moon landings were FAKED by the Jewish Freemason Trilateral Commission Templars. If you don't accept that, you're just another patsy of THEM.

Good parody. There are a lot of nuts out there and you mock them quite well.

50 jaunte  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:00:23pm

re: #43 aaronmartin1651

I had to good fortune to see Jake Shimabukuro in concert when I lived in Chattanooga. I had seen him on YouTube, but after seeing him in concert I bought all of his CD's that night. I have to say, seeing him live is worth it if you can swing it.

Here's his tour schedule:
[Link: www.coasttocoasttickets.com...]

51 OldLineTexan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:00:28pm

re: #47 Occasional Reader

The moon landings were FAKED by the Jewish Freemason Trilateral Commission Templars. If you don't accept that, you're just another patsy of THEM.

Sure, but Ron Paul invented the Jewish Freemason Trilateral Commission Templars. I read it on Stormfront.

52 Silvergirl  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:00:56pm

re: #44 NY Nana

Although it is a ukelele, this is who I loved to hear. May he rest in peace.


Yeah. I have an old VHS of Iz. Sadly, it doesn't have Over the Rainbow on it.

53 Occasional Reader  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:01:23pm

Lights out. Buenas noches.

54 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:01:42pm

The other night I was thinking about George Harrison, John Lennon and The Beatles.

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it need sweeping
Still my guitar gently weeps

I don't know why nobody told you
how to unfold your love
I don't know how someone controlled you
they bought and sold you

I look at the world and I notice it's turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weeps

I don't know how you were diverted
you were perverted too
I don't know how you were inverted
no one alerted you

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at you all
Still my guitar gently weeps

George Harrison
25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001

55 OldLineTexan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:01:52pm

re: #53 Occasional Reader

Lights out. Buenas noches.

Bonus knockers, amoeba.

56 Silvergirl  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:02:15pm

re: #53 Occasional Reader

Lights out. Buenas noches.

Good-night moon. ;-)

57 SteveC  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:02:52pm

re: #53 Occasional Reader

Lights out. Buenas noches.

So you're saying Hugo Chavez controls the world's power supply?!?!?!?!

58 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:03:38pm

re: #45 SteveC

Photos don't lie! :)

Did you see the Mythbusters episode where they replicated the photographs?
But there are plenty of sites that will explain why the landings weren't faked.

59 Charles Johnson  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:03:59pm

Some really excellent hate mail coming in tonight.

60 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:03:59pm

re: #47 Occasional Reader

The moon landings were FAKED by the Jewish Freemason Trilateral Commission Templars. If you don't accept that, you're just another patsy of THEM.

But if you are a member of the JFTCT, you would never admit it, or else we would know you are lying, and not really a member. We stole that from the Illuminati (no you didn't, yes we did).

61 No. Just, no.  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:04:40pm

re: #47 Occasional Reader

The moon landings were FAKED by the Jewish Freemason Trilateral Commission Templars. If you don't accept that, you're just another patsy of THEM.

Ha! You're just trying to take credit away from the Bilderberger-Cloud Elder-Roswell Sekret Scientists convergence. The Jewish Freemason Trilateral Commission Templars couldn't fake their way out of a paper bag!

/Admit it!

62 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:04:41pm

re: #59 Charles

Will you share some?

63 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:05:23pm

re: #61 EmmmieG

Ha! You're just trying to take credit away from the Bilderberger-Cloud Elder-Roswell Sekret Scientists convergence. The Jewish Freemason Trilateral Commission Templars couldn't fake their way out of a paper bag!

/Admit it!

Staring to sound like a chapter out of "Foucaults Pendulum."

64 calcajun  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:05:37pm

re: #59 Charles

Any reasoning to it -or is it the same profanity-laced tirades?

65 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:05:40pm

re: #59 Charles

Some really excellent hate mail coming in tonight.

Please do share some. I'm really enjoying laughing at the nuts tonight.

66 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:05:44pm

re: #62 Sharmuta

Will you share some?

Addict!

67 No. Just, no.  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:05:48pm

re: #63 Walter L. Newton

Staring to sound like a chapter out of "Foucaults Pendulum."

Either that or a psychiatrist's notebook. Your choice.

68 Charles Johnson  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:06:00pm

Titled "That's so cute!"

"A little light breaks through"

It's so cute to see you take one compliment from an obscure
nothing-burger and hold it to your chest like a photo of grandma.

You move me, Chuckie!

69 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:06:07pm

re: #47 Occasional Reader

The moon landings were FAKED by the Jewish Freemason Trilateral Commission Templars. If you don't accept that, you're just another patsy of THEM.

/You will pay a terrible price for revealing this very secret information. I am reporting you to The Secret Chief. Be warned.

70 SteveC  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:06:09pm

re: #59 Charles

Some really excellent hate mail coming in tonight.

Oooh! As a good Southern Gentleman, I am inclined to say "Do tell!"

71 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:06:33pm

re: #61 EmmmieG

Ha! You're just trying to take credit away from the Bilderberger-Cloud Elder-Roswell Sekret Scientists convergence. The Jewish Freemason Trilateral Commission Templars couldn't fake their way out of a paper bag!

/Admit it!

We can simulate anything we like with modern technology.

Especially with a device we call an air brush.

//

72 calcajun  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:06:34pm

re: #63 Walter L. Newton

Staring to sound like a chapter out of "Foucaults Pendulum."

Now you're getting into the swing of things.

73 Silvergirl  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:06:57pm

re: #59 Charles

Some really excellent hate mail coming in tonight.

Oxymoron?

74 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:07:21pm

re: #59 Charles

/Not fair! You get all the good stuff.

75 Charles Johnson  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:07:38pm

From a reader whose IP address traces to the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services:

Charles,
I am amused to find you bored enough to go back to the whole Vlaams
Belang controversy to stir the pot back up and get some clicks. Truth
be told, I hadn't visited this site in some time since you threw your
first fit over the GoV actually getting off their asses and doing
something tangible, as opposed to what it is you do. But I saw this
Washington Post article on Fark.com mentioning LGF a few days back and
it piqued my interest on what was going on back here. Nice to see not
much has changed, although a review of some of your recent headlines
seems to suggest you've turned even more against your adopted political
hosts, specifically your recent "Creationist" rants. I've even seen you
attempt to use the term as an insult. It of course proves me prescient;
I correctly identified back when I left LGF that as time progresses from
9/11 your ingrained leftist tendencies would retake. The reason
Republicans have been losing elections, by the way, has nothing to do
with "Creationists" or "Paulians" or whatever. It's because of folks
like you. You're the folks who went running for the GOP after 9/11,
bringing in this entire neo-conservative philosophy of big government
used to fund foreign wars in perpetuity. As someone who was solidly
conservative long before 9/11 ever occurred, I find it fascinating that
someone with a solid intellect like you fails to understand that you're
the odd man out here. Quite frankly, you've become the Perez Hilton of
the conservative blogosphere, which is amusing in its own right. For
the record, I'd rather ally myself with the folks who adhere to
intelligent design and supporters of Ron Paul than someone who seeks to
effectively eliminate the core competency of the conservative side of
the American political spectrum, namely: 1) smaller government, 2) lower
taxes, and 3) isolationist foreign policy as espoused by, say, the U.S.
Constitution. How you believe your ancestors sprang into being from
nothingness doesn't really come into the equation, and certainly doesn't
warrant the level of vitriol you fling at the issue. Keep doing what it
is you're doing; it's good for a laugh every now and then.

- John

76 SteveC  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:08:13pm

re: #69 NY Nana

/You will pay a terrible price for revealing this very secret information. I am reporting you to The Secret Chief. Be warned.

So now we have to stand under the Cone of Silence? Bummer!

77 OldLineTexan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:08:53pm

I love an obscure nothing burger. With cheese. And extra onions.

78 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:09:09pm

re: #75 Charles

From a reader whose IP address traces to the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services:

He's using your tax $$$ to insult you? Lovely

79 Charles Johnson  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:09:11pm

A really crazy one from the University of Cambridge in the UK:

Well, thanks, Charles. Thank you so much. What those of us who are
trying to resist the Jihad as well as any creationist tomfoolery really,
really needed was loud tantrum convincing everyone that to accept the
truth of evolution is to become a mendacious and amoral coward with
severe difficulty with the truth. Thanks for that. I really appreciate
it. Thanks for stacking the deck so that our future is now either
Shariah or some creationist nonsense. Thanks for completely gutting the
secular right with your nonsense.

Thanks a whole bunch.

Fanusi Khiyal

80 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:09:19pm

re: #75 Charles

Pay dirt!

Was it actually one long paragraph?

81 calcajun  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:09:35pm

re: #68 Charles

Titled "That's so cute!"

We should critique these as though they were fine wines.

This has only a hint of nuttiness and a somewhat absurd bouquet. Somewhat sweet, but not too heavy. A bit dry with a bit of tartness.

What say you all?

82 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:09:47pm

re: #78 NY Nana

He's using your tax $$$ to insult you? Lovely

And at this time of night. Is he getting overtime on the tax payers dime?

83 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:10:12pm

re: #76 SteveC

So now we have to stand under the Cone of Silence? Bummer!

/That is a given. Cone? Chocolate or vanilla?

84 jaunte  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:10:38pm

re: #75 Charles

21st century isolationists are always good for a laugh. No one else on earth can build a ship, fer sure.

85 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:10:55pm

re: #75 Charles

Biting the hand that feeds him.

86 OldLineTexan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:11:05pm

re: #79 Charles

A really crazy one from the University of Cambridge in the UK:

The Fanusi is not as dangerous as the Fanyudont.

/ancient proverb

87 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:11:47pm

Ronald Reagan didn't espouse isolationism.

88 calcajun  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:12:21pm

re: #79 Charles

Ah, a fullsome, heady bouquet. But ripe with a mellow woody tone. I think this is a bit immature and a somewhat misdirected vintage. It needs more time in the barrel.

89 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:12:33pm

re: #75 Charles

From a reader whose IP address traces to the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services:

That one was too long to really savor the lunacy. Crazy is only fun in small doses; large doses just make you sick.

90 OldLineTexan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:12:53pm

re: #82 Walter L. Newton

And at this time of night. Is he getting overtime on the tax payers dime?

No, gubmint cheese is a 24/7 effort!

91 jaunte  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:13:10pm

re: #87 Sharmuta

He probably read some history.

92 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:13:22pm

re: #82 Walter L. Newton

And at this time of night. Is he getting overtime on the tax payers dime?

Damn it. Why didn't I think of that?!?!?

93 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:14:35pm

re: #88 calcajun

Ah, a fullsome, heady bouquet. But ripe with a mellow woody tone. I think this is a bit immature and a somewhat misdirected vintage. It needs more time in the barrel.

And the poster needs to spend more time in contact with reality.

94 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:14:35pm

Modern day proverb:

An adult that spends his time to write a childish email rant to a blogger is a lunatic.

95 SteveC  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:15:15pm

re: #83 NY Nana

/That is a given. Cone? Chocolate or vanilla?

Either, but tonight we need to break out the NUTS!

96 Sharmuta  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:16:04pm

re: #88 calcajun

Ah, a fullsome, heady bouquet. But ripe with a mellow woody tone. I think this is a bit immature and a somewhat misdirected vintage. It needs more time in the barrel.

I think the last serving has clearly turned to vinegar.

97 No. Just, no.  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:16:19pm

re: #79 Charles

A fulsome bouquet*nevertheless the hints of severe denial sauce render it inedible.

*Full disclosure: I have no idea what that means, I just like the sound of it

98 Fenway_Nation  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:16:24pm

Mmmm...nothingburgers.

I like mine medium rare

99 jaunte  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:16:47pm

It's odd that someone working for a government agency describes themselves as 'solidly conservative'. If they were actually prescient, they could have a stellar career on Wall Street or in Las Vegas.

100 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:17:20pm

Can anyone deconstruct this:

What those of us who are trying to resist the Jihad as well as any creationist tomfoolery really, really needed was loud tantrum convincing everyone that to accept the truth of evolution is to become a mendacious and amoral coward with severe difficulty with the truth.

?

101 OldLineTexan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:18:37pm

re: #100 Gus 802

Can anyone deconstruct this:


?

I did. You don't want to know.

102 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:18:40pm

re: #95 SteveC

Either, but tonight we need to break out the NUTS!

ROTFL! Got any suggestions? How about going after them with a net? Wait a minute! I just found a photo of one of them!

103 No. Just, no.  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:18:42pm

re: #100 Gus 802

If he really thinks that Charles has severe difficulty with the truth, he could have sent evidence. Lack of solid point-by-point rebuttal, accompanied by pejorative adjectives is a very bad thing.

104 Racer X  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:18:54pm
105 calcajun  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:18:56pm

re: #97 EmmmieG

A fulsome bouquet*nevertheless the hints of severe denial sauce render it inedible.

*Full disclosure: I have no idea what that means, I just like the sound of it

Oh God, what have I created.//

106 freetoken  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:19:18pm

Very much enjoyed the sound of the Uke with the guitar in the video.

107 No. Just, no.  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:19:55pm

re: #105 calcajun

Oh God, what have I created.//

I'm only a zombie until I get the chocolate.

108 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:21:01pm

re: #100 Gus 802

Can anyone deconstruct this

/Try translating it into proper English. He must be the janitor at Cambridge.

109 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:21:33pm

re: #103 EmmmieG

If he really thinks that Charles has severe difficulty with the truth, he could have sent evidence. Lack of solid point-by-point rebuttal, accompanied by pejorative adjectives is a very bad thing.

Here I turned into Kook Poetry:

What those of us who are trying to resist.
The Jihad.
As well as any creationist tomfoolery.
Really, really needed was loud tantrum.
Convincing everyone that to accept.
The truth of evolution.
Is to become a mendacious and amoral coward.
With severe difficulty with the truth.

/Burma Shave

110 OldLineTexan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:21:54pm

re: #108 NY Nana

/Try translating it into proper English. He must be the janitor at Cambridge.

No that guy is into maths.

/

111 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:22:21pm

re: #108 NY Nana

/Try translating it into proper English. He must be the janitor at Cambridge.

Ah, you mean like one of those decoder rings I can order from the back of comic book? :)

112 swamprat  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:22:54pm

re: #100 Gus 802

re: #100 Gus 802

only makes sense if accept is changed to reject

Guy probably was cutting and pasted and editing and got confangled

113 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:23:00pm

re: #75 Charles

From a reader whose IP address traces to the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services:

Wow, someone who works there who seems to be both a Paulian and a creationist.
And "John" will probably be running government health care. Feel safe now?

114 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:23:41pm

re: #112 swamprat

re: #100 Gus 802

only makes sense if accept is changed to reject

Guy probably was cutting and pasted and editing and got confangled

Me speak. Know how. I know understand me do I know English.

//

Maybe it's Yoda?

115 calcajun  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:23:44pm

re: #100 Gus 802

Can anyone deconstruct this:

?

This is known in scientific circles as a "vowel movement". It's an involuntary reflex coupled with a fear of all forms of punctuation and sentence structuring. It happens among those for whom English is a first language and ones afflicted with PPDS--Political Party Dissipation Syndrome. That's where you see the party in which you have so much emotional investment going down the tubes and you gravitate to the most outlandish fragments of that party in order to keep it going. It's sad, really.

116 OldLineTexan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:24:26pm

re: #112 swamprat

re: #100 Gus 802

only makes sense if accept is changed to reject

Guy probably was cutting and pasted and editing and got confangled

Try again, reading it as an insult containing the allegation that Charles is throwing the fit.

117 swamprat  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:24:53pm

re: #109 Gus 802


Stewardess, I speak Ferlinghetti.

/"Airplane!" reference

118 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:26:05pm

re: #116 OldLineTexan

Try again, reading it as an insult containing the allegation that Charles is throwing the fit.

I know. It's just so awkward.

119 jaunte  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:26:22pm

Here's a song for the emailers listening in:

On a day like today
We pass the time away
Writing love letters in the sand

How you laughed when I cried
Each time I saw the tide
Take our love letters from the sand

You made a vow that you would ever be true
But somehow that vow meant nothing to you

Now my broken heart aches
With every wave that breaks
Over love letters in the sand

120 calcajun  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:26:25pm

bbl

Still at office. Need fud.

121 swamprat  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:27:03pm

re: #116 OldLineTexan
holding poly conversations at once. Spouse-al unit texting

122 redc1c4  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:27:19pm

my advice is that we all start drinking heavily...

it appears that our critics already have, and we have to close the "booze gap". i'm doing my part, are you?

/white smoke

123 OldLineTexan  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:27:45pm

re: #121 swamprat

holding poly conversations at once. Spouse-al unit texting

Texting is the only way I ever hear from our 19 year old.

/goodnight

124 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:27:54pm

re: #110 OldLineTexan

No that guy is into maths.

/

I don't think he could use any method to find out that 2+2=4, as he is so clueless, and totally devoid of any writing skills. He does not sound like any student in the Oxbridge crowd.

125 calcajun  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:28:43pm

re: #122 redc1c4

my advice is that we all start drinking heavily...

it appears that our critics already have, and we have to close the "booze gap". i'm doing my part, are you?

/white smoke

Dammit-- I have NOT had my Scotch ration yet. Garcon...attention s'il vous plait.//

126 redc1c4  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:30:08pm

re: #125 calcajun

Dammit-- I have NOT had my Scotch ration yet. Garcon...attention s'il vous plait.//

/pops cap, throws it away...

here's your first shot.

/quantity has a quality all it's own.

127 realwest  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:30:55pm

Evening y'all - geez, it seems as if I've missed a productive day on LGF today! DRAT!
Charles, you've received I think something like 124 positive scores on the Holocaust thread and rightfully so, but I was wondering if this is a record for a thread?

128 swamprat  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:31:09pm

re: #118 Gus 802

129 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:32:14pm

re: #111 Gus 802

Ah, you mean like one of those decoder rings I can order from the back of comic book? :)

Wow! Seriously, do they still have them? My sons are no longer into comics...they had them years ago as freebies in cereal boxes where you sent in the boxtop(s) to get one! NY Grampa says he used to do that.

130 swamprat  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:32:23pm

re: #128 swamprat

I act i missed the sarc means I am far too Iron- Fisted to continue.

131 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:34:37pm

Hey Walter!

This might actually make an interesting play considering the characters it could include.

Buffoonish Author on Islam
Long Island Housewife Turned Blogger
Jazz Musician Blogger
President of the United States (1)
President of the United States (2)
Variety of European and American Neo-Nazis
Crazy Talk Show Host
International Terrorist
Liberal Blogger

Could be a musical!

132 swamprat  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:35:13pm

OK. I will stop bloggoing and begin my nightly rituals.

(looks around for a flat rock, a sharp knife, a poodle, and some candles)

133 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:35:55pm

re: #129 NY Nana

Wow! Seriously, do they still have them? My sons are no longer into comics...they had them years ago as freebies in cereal boxes where you sent in the boxtop(s) to get one! NY Grampa says he used to do that.

Not that I know of. They probably sell those at one of those "groovy" little shops on Broadway though. Maybe.

134 lazardo  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:37:44pm

re: #131 Gus 802

That last one could make up a choir. And one of them can be the "doubtful" one, ready for preying on conversion seeing the light.

135 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:39:21pm

re: #134 lazardo

That last one could make up a choir. And one of them can be the "doubtful" one, ready for preying on conversion seeing the light.

A choir of liberal bloggers? Hmm, that might work.

/Edgy

136 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:39:27pm

re: #111 Gus 802

Aha! Look what I found! ;)

137 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:40:43pm

re: #136 NY Nana

Aha! Look what I found! ;)

Ha that's good.

Maybe that's what we need! A decoder ring!

138 lazardo  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:40:45pm

re: #135 Gus 802

Hipster-rock fueled choir in trendy/punk outfits.

And protest signs on which are mounted several of those sets of placards like you see in big sports matches that form a picture when raised.

/hmm...

139 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:41:30pm

re: #133 Gus 802

Not that I know of. They probably sell those at one of those "groovy" little shops on Broadway though. Maybe.

We have not gone into NYC since 9/11, as I just could not stand it. Too many memories. And we are about 45 minutes away.

140 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:42:47pm

re: #137 Gus 802

Maybe that's what we need! A decoder ring!

I agree, at the very least. His English was very stilted, and I am being kind.

141 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:42:53pm

re: #138 lazardo

Hipster-rock fueled choir in trendy/punk outfits.

And protest signs on which are mounted several of those sets of placards like you see in big sports matches that form a picture when raised.

/hmm...

Might have something here. There are so many characters in real life to mimic.

142 realwest  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:43:11pm

Hey y'all - this is a very fine comment: [Link: www.daybydaycartoon.com...]

143 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:46:34pm

re: #139 NY Nana

We have not gone into NYC since 9/11, as I just could not stand it. Too many memories. And we are about 45 minutes away.

45 minutes? I lived in Ulster County for a year. Brooklyn for 8 years or so.

I can understand you not wanting to go back in. It's like re-living the shock of the event. You know in the ensuing months I was in a bit of shock.

That day I drove to work and turned on the radio and couldn't believe my ears. At first I thought: what is this a play or something? I'm not kidding I really thought they were doing some kind of "War of the Worlds" thing on the jazz station I listened to. Then it hit me: this is really happening. When I got to work they had the TV on and when they replayed the WTC collapsing, I just started sobbing.

144 jaunte  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:51:07pm

One last 'over the rainbow' from Tommy Emmanuel:

145 lazardo  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:52:17pm

re: #143 Gus 802

I went to Ground Zero in 2005, having been all the way over here in Manila on 9/11. The place was so profoundly silent for New York City and it was easy to understand why. It was a silence complimented only by the flute-playing of that one old firefighter guy.

It was also my first experience with twoofers. I was like "wtf lol" until I ran into one of the more violently-fanatical types on a gaming forum. In trying to kick his ass all over the place with actual facts I ended up on Screw Loose Change, and then ended up following a link here.

/at the depths of Pandora's Box, there is (actual) hope.

146 Pvt Bin Jammin  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:53:01pm

Just getting here. This is my favorite! Thanks, Charles.

My dad played the ukelele as well as the tipple.

147 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 9:53:58pm

re: #145 lazardo

I went to Ground Zero in 2005, having been all the way over here in Manila on 9/11. The place was so profoundly silent for New York City and it was easy to understand why. It was a silence complimented only by the flute-playing of that one old firefighter guy.

It was also my first experience with twoofers. I was like "wtf lol" until I ran into one of the more violently-fanatical types on a gaming forum. In trying to kick his ass all over the place with actual facts I ended up on Screw Loose Change, and then ended up following a link here.

/at the depths of Pandora's Box, there is (actual) hope.

You know. If I ever ran into a toofer near ground zero they someone would have to subdue me.

148 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 10:27:50pm

re: #143 Gus 802

45 minutes? I lived in Ulster County for a year. Brooklyn for 8 years or so.

I can understand you not wanting to go back in. It's like re-living the shock of the event. You know in the ensuing months I was in a bit of shock.

That day I drove to work and turned on the radio and couldn't believe my ears. At first I thought: what is this a play or something? I'm not kidding I really thought they were doing some kind of "War of the Worlds" thing on the jazz station I listened to. Then it hit me: this is really happening. When I got to work they had the TV on and when they replayed the WTC collapsing, I just started sobbing.

I heard a bulletin in newsradio880, and ran into the living room, half asleep, without my slippers on (a no-no for a diabetic), and turned on the TV...I, too, could not believe my eyes. I screamed, and my husband actually woke up, as I screamed so loud. When he came running, all I could do was point at the screen. We had a daughter, and 2 of our 3 sons working in Manhattan...when the second building went down? I still cry envisioning it. I thought, when Tower 1 was hit, that it would be like the plane that hit the Empire State Building decades ago...I was still in such a state of shock that my husband had to test my blood glucose, give me my insulin, and feed me. He was trying to be calm, and at least to put on my slippers.

Until we heard from our kids? The first one to call was at that time a bank manager at the Chase Bank near Bloomies, (he is now an attorney) and had phone service. He had heard from my daughter in law, who worked in a high rise in mid-town, and she was walking to the bank. She wears a pacemaker, BTW. They planned to sleep at a friend's condo in the city, who works in CT, as they live on the Island, and no cars could, at that point, exit or enter, and there was no public transportation. My oldest granddaughter was just over a year old, but had a nanny living with them.

Later on, when they allowed outgoing traffic, they actually hitched a ride with a stranger.

The next kid to call was the youngest son, who worked way uptown, and actually emailed us to let us know he was OK, and our only daughter walked across the bridge from midtown to Astoria, and could not use her mobile..the tower that held techies from the local channels and phone service had gone down. She was able to call from home.

That left our oldest son, who lives and works in NJ. He never said a word until a few years ago..he was driving to give a speech, on the NJT, and pulled over to the side with so many others, as they saw it across the river. His boss called and told him to go home. My daughter in law was at home, thank G-d, that day, as she worked for NBC...and was safe at home.

I still cannot wipe the memories away, and when we go on the bridges, I do not look across the river.

BTW, our daughter, son in law and toddler son live in Brooklyn. She married post-9/11.

Our middle granddaughter was not yet born..and lives in NJ.

That so many people, right here in the metropolitan area choose to forget 9/11? That scares me so much. There are far too many children growing up here (Westchester County) that lost 1 or both parents.

Those who forget history...

149 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 10:32:20pm

re: #148 NY Nana

Are doomed to repeat it.

Thanks for that by the way.

150 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 10:40:12pm

re: #149 Gus 802

Exactly. Thank you, BTW.

I actually left out a lot. I doubt that the memories will ever go away...and to be honest? I feel very uneasy with Hussein in the White House.

There have been Presidents in my 71 years that I did not like, but never one that not only do I dislike so intensely, nor that I actually fear.

151 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 10:54:47pm

re: #150 NY Nana

Exactly. Thank you, BTW.

I actually left out a lot. I doubt that the memories will ever go away...and to be honest? I feel very uneasy with Hussein in the White House.

There have been Presidents in my 71 years that I did not like, but never one that not only do I dislike so intensely, nor that I actually fear.

I've been a little uneasy from time to time. It comes in waves. I hope that the people in the DoD and those serving in the military are willing to come forward if they perceive a threat from his policies and warn us in due time -- if it comes to that. I know that there are limits to that sector of the government but it can be seen as a form of checks and balances. Beyond that it is also up to other sectors of the government and its citizens to remain vigilant.

However, one of the things I find perplexing is that Obama seems to be sending mixed messages to the intelligence community. On the one hand doing the right thing while on the other doing the wrong thing. I don't know what the balance of that is but allowing the release of the interrogation memos was a severe break of trust. The more recent threat of prosecution is also a break of trust. This applies to the civil sector of the intelligence community so one has to wonder how this will apply within the DoD if you consider the presence of leftist activists Obama has placed in the Pentagon: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Michele Flournoy.

152 NY Nana  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 11:15:32pm

re: #151 Gus 802

Excellent post. I am on my way to sleep, as I can't see straight. You know your stuff. I have saved the post, BTW.

G'nite, sweet dreams! It is after 2 AM here, and I have to try and cure my addiction to posting so late! It ain't easy.

153 Gus  Tue, Apr 21, 2009 11:16:24pm

re: #152 NY Nana

Excellent post. I am on my way to sleep, as I can't see straight. You know your stuff. I have saved the post, BTW.

G'nite, sweet dreams! It is after 2 AM here, and I have to try and cure my addiction to posting so late! It ain't easy.

Thanks. Good night and have a good one!

154 Hucbald  Wed, Apr 22, 2009 12:33:11am

Wonderful.

155 tokyobk  Wed, Apr 22, 2009 5:38:37am

I saw Jake play at, of all places, a mall in Tokyo. He seemed really friendly and was waving to many people who seemed like long time fans. Even though he is Hawaiian, he seems to have a big following in Japan.

156 notutopia  Wed, Apr 22, 2009 6:28:58am

Wow! Fantastic! Saved as a favorite.

157 arf  Fri, Apr 24, 2009 3:15:01pm

Jake was at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley in Seattle a week or two ago.

Had to work, missed his show. Dang.

I'm still trying to figure out how he gets that sound from the ukelele.

Not sure if he sold his soul to the devil, or if he's from another planet, taking human form.


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