Well-shot!

Infinite Oz!

Nice shot. Very Claude Monet.

I sense a ‘countdown to Christmas’ post coming.
/;)

All our world… the the sky and the birds that fill them… and the land and the trees that cover them… are but a reflection of a greater reality… at which we only speculate… and that we run out of time before we find the answer…

/49 more days…

The tree(?) reflection could be a Rorschach test. I see a horse head.

Doodlez

But I think either the photographer was head-down when shooting, or the photo’s been flipped…

re: #6 Sharmuta

The tree(?) reflection could be a Rorschach test. I see a horse head.

I see someone(thing) driving a sword into another thing.
/Gah, what does that say about my mind set. :)

The sky looks a little weird, is the air pollution really that bad where you live?

///

Good timing, great shot. :)

re: #6 Sharmuta

Is it always about food with you?
/ ;)

I see a drunk leaning over the neck of a bass guitar.

re: #9 Varek Raith

I see someone(thing) driving a sword into another thing.
/Gah, what does that say about my mind set. :)

Don’t be silly, it is a man on a horse running from a giant wild boar about 15’ tall that is right behind them…

re: #12 ausador

Don’t be silly, it is a man on a horse running from a giant wild boar about 15’ tall that is right behind them…

…and the bird for air support!

re: #9 Varek Raith

/Gah, what does that say about my mind set. :)

That you have an appreciation for stoner rock?

I see a Witch riding her broom through the clouds.

re: #12 ausador

Don’t be silly, it is a man on a horse running from a giant wild boar about 15’ tall that is right behind them…

It’s a horse head. It’s supposed to represent one of the Horses of the Apocalypse come to take us away into the bright, shiny future of Tomorrow where the liberal fascists will throw us in FEMA camps. Glenn Beck told me so.

re: #15 Bagua

I see a Witch riding her broom through the clouds.

You see Nancy Pelosi in her private jet? :D

In light of this Rorschach test, I feel compelled to retell this story…

While visiting a distant friend, his young daughter was showing me pictures in her little photo album. She was quite proud of her collection, giving detailed descriptions of each event photographed.

The album was only half full, so of course she eventually turned to a blank, white page. Thinking I was being clever, I busted out with the old “And that’s a picture of a Polar bear eating a marshmallow in a snow storm”.

She was too young to get the cheesy joke, it went right over her head.

She gave me a strange smile, and then went on to give detailed and fantastical descriptions of the “pictures” contained on every blank page beyond that. All of them different, all of them full of grand imagination.

That’s all for me tonight, I’m fading. Sleep well, friends.

By God, it’s the Silver Surfer!

Bravo, Charles!

House Democrats set stage for health care vote
AARP backs sweeping plan; floor vote could take place as early as Saturday

WASHINGTON - In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a history-making floor vote, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

An endorsement from the seniors’ lobby was critical when then-President George W. Bush pushed the Medicare prescription drug benefit through a closely divided Congress in 2003. House Democratic leaders are hoping it will work the same political magic for them as they strive to deliver on President Barack Obama’s signature issue.

An announcement from the 40-million member group is expected Thursday, said officials with knowledge of the group’s decision. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the endorsement is not official yet.

Dammit you just can’t trust those darned senior citizens—I just can’t imagine why they would approve of a government run health plan.

Oh, wait…

/

re: #14 Slumbering Behemoth

That you have an appreciation for stoner rock?

Saw the Sword live, loved them :D

Good Lord it’s late. Why am I still up?

re: #21 ausador

OLDY JUST WANTS FREE STUFF!
/a twist on an old meme

re: #22 WindUpBird

Have I told you lately how much I hate you? :(

/green eye off

Because of the class I was in tonight, I looked up”Romero”, in order to see if the movie about the Archbishop was online. Instead I found this. Absolutely beautiful.

re: #25 Slumbering Behemoth

Have I told you lately how much I hate you? :(

They came to Portland, I couldn’t NOT see them!

Ahhh…Christmas is on it’s way early this year:

re: #28 Oh no…Sand People!

Guh, don’t remind me, so many games I have to get that I have no time to play… Assassin’s Creed 2, Forza 3, Modern Warfare 2, Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age, Brutal Legend…

Rhode Island’s Senator Theadore F. Green, 90 and a bachelor, was one of the most popular men in Washington society and went regularly to more parties than anyone else in town. At one cocktail party he was asked how many he was attending that day.
“Six,” he said, looking up from a small black notebook.
“What are you doing, seeing where you are to go next?”
“No,” replied the energetic Senator, “I’m trying to find out where I am now!”

re: #26 Irenicum

Excellent. Quite intense. Thanks for sharing that.

re: #29 WindUpBird

Guh, don’t remind me, so many games I have to get that I have no time to play… Assassin’s Creed 2, Forza 3, Modern Warfare 2, Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age, Brutal Legend…

Last game I played was Left 4 Dead. I haven’t even had to time to crack open my Resident Evil 5…

One girl to another: “If I could just combine their qualities I’d be the happiest girl in the world. Ronald is easy-going, debonair, rich, handsome, witty, and Ralph wants to marry me.”

The joy of motherhood: What a woman experiences when all the kids are in bed.

“That woman was sexy…Out of your league? Son. Let women figure out why they won’t screw you, don’t do it for them.”

Gotta get ready for the my ‘day’ later all.

Flounce number one…

re: #38 ausador

Wot? “Pictures of water reflections suck, and ur a commie”.

Wha happon?

I don’t have any problem with mocking nutcases no matter what party they supposedly belong to, we Republicans are not sacred or anything. If you take offense at calling a spade a spade or a loon a loon then your right, you belong somewhere else.

Have fun now…

re: #41 greenmiler

wow that was fast, after 5 years my resignation gets 30 seconds

As a newbie here I have found that the vast majority of the people on this site still support the Republican party and fiscal conservatism. But we do seem to have some major problems with theocons and populist snake oil salesmen, many don’t feel that is what our party should be. Mocking them is better than crying in frustration, so we mock…

re: #43 ausador

It’s a whiner, then? I keep missing it’s posts.

re: #43 ausador

As a newbie here I have found that the vast majority of the people on this site still support the Republican party and fiscal conservatism. But we do seem to have some major problems with theocons and populist snake oil salesmen, many don’t feel that is what our party should be. Mocking them is better than crying in frustration, so we mock…

Our chief weapons are surprise, mockery, and snark…

Yes, we have changed, Charles has changed, all this place does is post about right wing extremeism and mock the right worse than KOS blah, blah, blah…

He seems to be missing the point of the exercise entirely…unfortunate.

I need some inspirational music after being called out for mocking, this might work…

BBL

re: #45 iceweasel

Our chief weapons are surprise, mockery, and snark…

The pen is mightier than the sword at times.

Hmm…maybe some older techno…along with robot girls?

About 2 or 3 weeks ago we had an attack of the flouncers. Half the LNDT was deleted.

#43
The thing that got me onto this site was its extreme pro-Evolution viewpoint. And a mistrust of extremist fundamentalists of any color.

And that the level of argument and discourse one encounters here has (with minor exceptions) not reached the dismal level of public discourse that we see in the media and public life in the ‘states in recent years.

re: #52 Cannadian Club Akbar

The late night vampire flouncers. They can’t come out in the daytime and flounce. They flounce best under moonlight.

re: #54 theheat

The late night vampire flouncers. They can’t come out in the daytime and flounce. They flounce best under moonlight.

They think Charles is sleeping. Dude asked for a deletion and got it in about 2 minutes. Funny. Then I went and watched Fringe on Hulu.

re: #55 Cannadian Club Akbar

Charles has to sleep sometime. I believe he has autonomous lizard drones to do his bidding when his eyes are closed. They’re attracted to light, so when the late night vampire flouncers fluoresce, they’re as good as gone.

re: #53 ralphieboy

#43
The thing that got me onto this site was its extreme pro-Evolution viewpoint. And a mistrust of extremist fundamentalists of any color.

That is because the extremists are really exactly alike in their core values, they both want government to tell everyone how to live their lives. The only disagreement is about what things the government is going to enforce upon us.

I have a job interview today. Pay is about 55% of what I usually make and is 30 miles from home. Ugh. And the bad thing is, last night I sent out 2 resumes where I could earn what I deserve. If I take this job, one of the others will call. If I don’t, neither will call. Stupid Murphy’s Law.

re: #58 Cannadian Club Akbar

A job in the hand is worth two in imagination…or something like that anyway, something about bushes maybe? ;)

re: #58 Cannadian Club Akbar

That’s exactly what has happened to my brother about a half dozen times. Every time he zigs left, the opportunity he wanted opens on the right, or vice versa. He’ll no sooner take a job after having his resume neglected for months or a year from another company, and that other company will call. It’s as if he’s invisible until he’s no longer available, then the phone starts ringing.

Right now he’s in a quandary about his current employer landing a nice contract that would guarantee work for X amount of time, and a company he’s applied for repeatedly in Germany called - one he figured had totally forgotten about him - and wants to talk to him right now!

Damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.

re: #59 ausador

The company I am going to interview with today runs retirement homes. They have about 20 close to me, which means room for advancement. I’ll see what they have to say.

It’s not easy to be me, Smallville edition.

re: #53 ralphieboy

#43
The thing that got me onto this site was its extreme pro-Evolution viewpoint. And a mistrust of extremist fundamentalists of any color.

[…].

I’m not sure I’d describe the pro-Evolution viewpoint as extreme, which would tend to associate with mistrust of extremist fundamentalists.

I see the viewpoint more as opposing the extremist anti-evolution types, while acknowledging the state of the science. Rather it seems a more a conservative viewpoint than an extreme one.

Is that flying object a bird flying to the left, or a boy on a scooter flying to the right?

re: #64 Mardukhai

Is that flying object a bird flying to the left, or a boy on a scooter flying to the right?

Close. Bird on a scooter.
/

When does Charles go bike riding?

;-)

re: #62 ausador

I have the distinction of probably the only person who has never watched a single episode of Smallville.

Boy on a bird.

re: #67 theheat

I have the distinction of probably the only person who has never watched a single episode of Smallville.

I’m with ya. I watch about 4 total TV shows. And football.

re: #67 theheat

You haven’t missed much, other than the unbearably cute actress who plays Chloe.

The whole show is about Superboy’s super-angst. He moralizes and whines, and whines and moralizes. It just never stops!

Come to think of it, Superbooy is probably a liberal.

re: #69 Cannadian Club Akbar

Actually 3. Fringe, House, Lie to Me.

Or Superbore.

re: #70 Mardukhai

Superboy is probably a liberal.

Or, he could be the whiny defender of straw men, like Glenn Beck. Depends on how much Superboy cries, I suppose.

White Collar is witty and literary. Burn Notice is smart.

Law and Order UK is intense, but we don’t get it here.

Rightwingers don’t suffer from “moral agony” — that’s a liberal disease.

re: #74 Mardukhai

White Collar is witty and literary. Burn Notice is smart.

Law and Order UK is intense, but we don’t get it here.

Burn Notice is good, but I don’t have cable. Hulu is my friend.

If you like Hulu, try “Dead Like Me” and “Kingdom” — both are comedies for smart people.

re: #77 Mardukhai

If you like Hulu, try “Dead Like Me” and “Kingdom” — both are comedies for smart people.

I’ve heard of “Dead Like Me” but not “Kingdom.”

re: #73 theheat

Or, he could be the whiny defender of straw men, like Glenn Beck.

That has both the ring of truth to it and hilarity, something for everyone!

re: #79 Bagua

That has both the ring of truth to it and hilarity, something for everyone!

My radio just said Beck had an emergency appendectomy yesterday. Beck started in my area 10 years ago with a talk format.

re: #78 Cannadian Club Akbar

Kingdom is an English comedy mystery in which there are no murders, just odd problems a country solicitor must solve for his clients. Its so very English, country, and old fashioned. Cheers.

They should have removed Beck’s tongue while they were at it.

re: #80 Cannadian Club Akbar

My radio just said Beck had an emergency appendectomy yesterday.

Yes, and “The Judge” filled in for him.

I’ll lay off of Beck while he is recovering… however, if it is anything like his back ordeal, we can expect to see and or hear Beck even while he is at home recuperating.

re: #81 Mardukhai

British comedy rules. You just need to have the right sense of humor for it.

re: #21 ausador

House Democrats set stage for health care vote
AARP backs sweeping plan; floor vote could take place as early as Saturday

Dammit you just can’t trust those darned senior citizens—I just can’t imagine why they would approve of a government run health plan.

Oh, wait…

/

Interesting related note: one of my coworkers will be retiring in a few months. And he’s scheduled a flurry of surgical and medical procedures during that time - knee replacement, elbow surgery, some dental work and a few other major items. His reason? He wants to get it done while he has real insurance rather than Medicare. He’ll probably carry his present policy through COBRA for a few months, just to be on the safe side.

And this guy is the King of the Liberals in our office, who’s been pounding away for socialized health care for years.

Fine for thee, but not for me, I guess, now that reality is looming.

re: #82 Mardukhai

They should have removed Beck’s tongue while they were at it.

You’re not a free-speech advocate?

re: #85 SixDegrees

My old man got a buy out from GTE/Verizon when he was 55. Part of the deal was that they paid his insurance until he was 65. Worked out well.

re: #82 Mardukhai

That wouldn’t stop him. He’d learn to sign. And he’d still cry. And it would be even more pathetic, a guy without a tongue, crying. In the long run, it would only gain more oblivious sympathizers.

Seriously, though, appendicitis can be a big deal. My son was touch and go last year when his girlfriend finally talked him into going to the hospital (he was at work when it happened). Had us pretty freaked out. I can’t stand Glenn Beck, but I certainly don’t wish him physical harm.

re: #80 Cannadian Club Akbar

My radio just said Beck had an emergency appendectomy yesterday. Beck started in my area 10 years ago with a talk format.

It is a conspiracy, Acorn’s agents had something to do with this I’m sure. Glenn Becks appendicitis is it a conspiracy?

re: #86 abolitionist

You’re not a free-speech advocate?

BWAAA-HA-HA-AH-HA-HA!

(I’m evil!)

re: #80 Cannadian Club Akbar

Actually, I believe Beck had his appendicitis attack while on the air doing his radio show. No doubt he will accuse his enemies the progressives of having put a hex on him.

I mean, one can’t rule out some ACORN thug on his way back to Chicago after stealing the election from Hoffman, stopping by his studio to put the mojo on him.

re: #91 Bagua

Yes. He left after the first hour yesterday.

re: #91 Bagua

Upcoming Glenn Beck episode: “Voodoo Dolls: A Tool of the Left.”

ACORN=Appendix Curses On Radio Newscasters!

re: #94 ralphieboy

Now I know what that acronym stands for, finally.

/

re: #94 ralphieboy

ACORN=Appendix Curses On Radio Newscasters!

Who knew the extent of their sekrit powers.

I might have to change up my bag of tricks. I was thinking second hand smoke, saturated fats, and a diet high in starch and carbohydrates could be an effective silent killer. Who knew leftist voodoo worked so well. I better write that down and send ACORN some money.

re: #97 theheat

I’m going with drinking, smoking and red meat:)

Johnny Cash live at San Quentin, “A boy named sue.”

re: #98 Cannadian Club Akbar

All I know, is when you go to the health food store and ask if they have hemlock tea, they’ll look at you funny.

re: #100 theheat

All I know, is when you go to the health food store and ask if they have hemlock tea, they’ll look at you funny.

I go to exotic pet stores and ask “which one of these taste best?”
/

It’s a perfect theme for Beck to take after his recovery (and of course we all wish him a speedy recovery).

During the Salem Witch hysteria, the entire horror show was kicked off by the girls accusing Tituba, the African slave of having engaged in sorcery. From there it just spread and they imagined all sorts of bizarre things. Had trials, make accusations, gave “evidence” and of course executions.

ACORN is the new Tituba. We’ve already seen the posters of Obama as a witchdoctor. Glenn Beck is filling the part of the three hysterical girls pointing the finger and telling tales.

re: #101 Cannadian Club Akbar

You don’t need to go to exotics. Puppies. Puppies taste best. Kittens are a close second, but the meat is stringier.
//

Gloria Gaynor-“I will survive”

re: #104 ausador

Gloria Gaynor-“I will survive”

[Video]

Careful. Sharm sees that she will break out the Donna Summer videos. (I like Donna Summer)

re: #103 theheat

You don’t need to go to exotics. Puppies. Puppies taste best. Kittens are a close second, but the meat is stringier.
//

Have you ever tried fire roasted Iguana on a stick? Thems good eatins I tells ya!

re: #106 ausador

Have you ever tried fire roasted Iguana on a stick? Thems good eatins I tells ya!

Not far from where I live is a really nice, very rich beach side community. About 20 years ago someone dropped off 2 iguanas. Fuckers are everywhere now.

re: #106 ausador

Ewww. No. Truthfully, I’m pretty much an animal lover and a vegetarian. Although, I’ve tasted some odd brand meat substitutes that might make iguana a tasty alternative, they were so awful.

Good morning LGF!

w00t!

re: #105 Cannadian Club Akbar

Look, if we’re going to bust out torch songs and disco, I’ll have to scare up some Adam Lambert. He’s my new favorite discovery.

Don’t make me go there.

re: #110 theheat

I’ve seen about 5 AI shows (I like it when the people cry) but Lambert is very talented. But you don’t need to post anything this early.:)

Controversial New Video of Obama’s Pastor. Introduced by None Other Than Robert McChesney (Co-Founder of Free Press)
***ALL CREDIT FOR THIS POSTING GOES TO CLIFF KINCAID and ACCURACY IN MEDIA***

Excerpt (not directly related to Rev Wright’s video, except for an apparently common agenda):

Fox News’ Glenn Beck, who has focused critical public attention on McChesney’s influence in the “media reform” movement and on the Obama Administration, has noted that McChesney co-authored another piece for Monthly Review, “A New New Deal Under Obama?,” in which he said, “In the end, there is no real answer but to remove brick by brick the capitalist system itself, rebuilding the entire society on socialist principles.”

Ironically, McChesney’s Free Press organization has received at least $1 million from the Open Society Institute of billionaire George Soros, a mega-capitalist who seems to have dedicated his life to overturning the system that made him wealthy. [Emphasis added]

A few bricks here, a few bricks there … who’s going to notice?

re: #111 Cannadian Club Akbar

I’ve never watched an episode of AI, not even when it was brand new. I only found out who “Glambert” was after the season was over, and that was by accident, on youtube. Then I sat back and thought who the hell is this guy - he’s really good! Turned out everyone knew who he was but me. All the same - I love the guy. The eyeliner, the theatrics, the dyed black hair - the whole thing. Clearly, he’s having fun and it shows.

re: #112 abolitionist

You know, it’s ironic Glenn finds all these nefarious connections, but is totally blind to all the unsavory organizations and people he chooses to surround himself with, support, and defend.

Pot, meet kettle.

They’re all shit. All of them.

Dread Zeppelin-“Heartbreaker”

/comic relief

Here’s the cast of the show Glee performing Queen’s Somebody to Love.

I loathed Queen back in the 70s, but now…damn, they’re really good, and the increasing number of covers they’re receiving are good to hear.

re: #114 theheat

Glenn Beck is not my President, and I can ignore him if I choose to. There’s a difference. I hope you can see that.

re: #115 ausador

I’ll see you and raise you with Metal Elvis..

re: #117 abolitionist

True, but I see Beck’s involvement in politics, combined with that of his compatriots and followers, and you can’t deny their influence. He isn’t just another nutjob on the radio, preaching to a lost audience. If that were true, I’d find him harmless.

re: #119 theheat

Please forget GB. The message of the article isn’t his.

re: #118 Cannadian Club Akbar

That’s it, dammit. Out comes the Glambert. This is the very first video I ever saw with him, and he blew me away. If you’re not familiar with him, he’s not the first guy singing, but comes in afterwards, and blows the doors off the place. Black hair. A half pound of eyeliner. Can’t miss him. Now that’s a Queen cover if I ever heard one. Freddy Mercury would be proud.

re: #121 theheat

That’s Queen’s guitarist, I think. Can’t remember his name. Brian May maybe.

re: #122 Cannadian Club Akbar

Yeah, that’s Brian May. I believe the entire band is Queen. Certainly adds that air of authenticity!

re: #123 theheat

I remember watching Queen on a show called “Friday Night Special” when I was a kid.

re: #121 theheat

That’s it, dammit. Out comes the Glambert. This is the very first video I ever saw with him, and he blew me away. If you’re not familiar with him, he’s not the first guy singing, but comes in afterwards, and blows the doors off the place. Black hair. A half pound of eyeliner. Can’t miss him. Now that’s a Queen cover if I ever heard one. Freddy Mercury would be proud.

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Damn. That other guy shouldn’t have agreed to share the stage with him; whoever he is, he all but disappears in comparison.

re: #125 SixDegrees

I won’t be buying any Adam Lambert CD’s, but the kid has pipes.

re: #125 SixDegrees

Uh, that other guy beat my boy Glambert and WON American Idol, believe it or not. His name is Kris Allen. I guess he and Adam Lambert were roommates during the season, and became good friends. Nothing against Kris Allen, but for that type of song, Lambert threw down the gauntlet, and it showed. He owned it.

re: #29 WindUpBird

Guh, don’t remind me, so many games I have to get that I have no time to play… Assassin’s Creed 2, Forza 3, Modern Warfare 2, Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age, Brutal Legend…

Yea well the total war games have lately taken up all my time, including mods thereof. My favorite mod so far is “Europa Barbarorum”, a realism modification for Rome: Total war, and its badass.
Currently playing as Spain in Medeival II: Total War, the current pope is spanish, is allied with me and loves me, I am in the middle of an invasion of the British isles and already hold Crete and Jerusalem.

I can’t wait to get Modern Warfare II though…

re: #126 Cannadian Club Akbar

I won’t be buying any Adam Lambert CD’s, but the kid has pipes.

He certainly does. I’m always impressed by singers with a huge range like his. It’s one of the reasons Queen hasn’t had as many covers as it might deserve: there just aren’t that many singers who can pull off the vocals Mercury wrote and performed.

Me, I’ve got a range of about a third, on a good day, and couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket.

re: #21 ausador

House Democrats set stage for health care vote
AARP backs sweeping plan; floor vote could take place as early as Saturday

Dammit you just can’t trust those darned senior citizens—I just can’t imagine why they would approve of a government run health plan.

Oh, wait…

/

Quoting a Futurama episode: One old man to another (outside a social security office): “I DESERVE FREE MONEY” (after years of complaining about old people freeloading).

re: #127 theheat

Uh, that other guy beat my boy Glambert and WON American Idol, believe it or not. His name is Kris Allen. I guess he and Adam Lambert were roommates during the season, and became good friends. Nothing against Kris Allen, but for that type of song, Lambert threw down the gauntlet, and it showed. He owned it.

Absolutely. It wasn’t even a contest. In fact, per your advice I wasn’t really watching the video when it started, but as soon as Glambert opened his mouth I immediately snapped to attention involuntarily.

Pity he didn’t win, but I’ve never been able to decipher AI’s judging criteria anyway.

re: #129 SixDegrees

He certainly does. I’m always impressed by singers with a huge range like his. It’s one of the reasons Queen hasn’t had as many covers as it might deserve: there just aren’t that many singers who can pull off the vocals Mercury wrote and performed.

Me, I’ve got a range of about a third, on a good day, and couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket.

That’s why I’m disappointed in Mariah Carey, she supposedly could sing 8 octaves (I think?) but for some reason went WAY too pop-ish. Unlike Christina Aguilera, who even when she went “pop”, still sang her guts out, and then later grew up and is now very mature for her age.

re: #124 Cannadian Club Akbar

I watched that too. I would stay up late every Friday and watch that while the folks were sleeping.

re: #129 SixDegrees

According to what I read, Brian May was really impressed with Lambert, and said the same thing.

re: #70 Mardukhai

You haven’t missed much, other than the unbearably cute actress who plays Chloe.

The whole show is about Superboy’s super-angst. He moralizes and whines, and whines and moralizes. It just never stops!

Come to think of it, Superbooy is probably a liberal.

I only liked Smallville for the progressive story about a boy discovering who he is and turning into Superman. The teen angst high-school drama bullcrap got annoying fast.

Hey Early Morning Lizards!

Did anything exciting happen overnight?

re: #135 ggt

greenmiler signed off.

re: #101 Cannadian Club Akbar

I go to exotic pet stores and ask “which one of these taste best?”
/

I’ve done that to a cat lady (you know, with 14 cats at home).

re: #131 SixDegrees

Near the end of AI, it’s up to the voters (Call in, computer votes) Lambert had backlash against him.

re: #130 Hengineer

Quoting a Futurama episode: One old man to another (outside a social security office): “I DESERVE FREE MONEY” (after years of complaining about old people freeloading).

In the same vein from The Simpsons, Grandpa walks into the Social Security office and declares, “I’M OLD! GIMME GIMME GIMME!”

re: #128 Hengineer

Yea well the total war games have lately taken up all my time, including mods thereof. My favorite mod so far is “Europa Barbarorum”, a realism modification for Rome: Total war, and its badass.
Currently playing as Spain in Medeival II: Total War, the current pope is spanish, is allied with me and loves me, I am in the middle of an invasion of the British isles and already hold Crete and Jerusalem.

I can’t wait to get Modern Warfare II though…

Somewhat related:

As I was shivering 12 feet up in an oak tree the other day, it occurred to me the real reason that hunting is fading away.

Video games. The new ones when played on HD sets are amazing.

Now consider. I may go all muzzle-loader season, and all modern gun season and only fire twice, three times, or maybe not at all. And I’m in the weather, uncomfortable, rained on, perched on a tiny seat or busting my way through briars and brush.

Can’t compare to sitting in my underwear on the recliner sipping a drink and munching chips while blasting away at target after target.

And you don’t even get your hands bloody.

re: #131 SixDegrees

In fact, per your advice I wasn’t really watching the video when it started, but as soon as Glambert opened his mouth I immediately snapped to attention involuntarily.

Me, too. I was thinking oh, they’re going to crap all over yet another iconic song, and I was going to switch off, and then I heard - didn’t see - but heard Lambert come in, and my head whipped around like WTF?! Then I watched it again, and wondered who the hell is this guy? It was love at first sound ;-)

re: #136 abolitionist

greenmiler signed off.

Who? (or is it, Whom?)

Jewel_”Who will save your soul” acoustic version.

Left Homer Alaska and never looked back, we couldn’t even get her to come back up to do a concert.

re: #139 SixDegrees

In the same vein from The Simpsons, Grandpa walks into the Social Security office and declares, “I’M OLD! GIMME GIMME GIMME!”

Also, Lisa and Bart were writing cartoons and had the checks sent to grandpa. When they asked why did he think he was getting free money he said, “I thought the democrats were back in charge.”

re: #140 razorbacker

Somewhat related:

As I was shivering 12 feet up in an oak tree the other day, it occurred to me the real reason that hunting is fading away.

Video games. The new ones when played on HD sets are amazing.

Now consider. I may go all muzzle-loader season, and all modern gun season and only fire twice, three times, or maybe not at all. And I’m in the weather, uncomfortable, rained on, perched on a tiny seat or busting my way through briars and brush.

Can’t compare to sitting in my underwear on the recliner sipping a drink and munching chips while blasting away at target after target.

And you don’t even get your hands bloody.

But you get carpal tunnel like a motha!.

;-)

When you think about it, its a much safer alternative. You’d think Animal Rights organizations would prop up the video game industry as a way to save animals! How many of you tried shooting pigeons as a kid with BB guns? And are now shooting deer with higher calibre weaponry?
Besides, people like PETA are for population control and think animals have more rights than humans. If someone kills virtual people, its no skin off their back.

re: #132 Hengineer

That’s why I’m disappointed in Mariah Carey, she supposedly could sing 8 octaves (I think?) but for some reason went WAY too pop-ish. Unlike Christina Aguilera, who even when she went “pop”, still sang her guts out, and then later grew up and is now very mature for her age.

Mariah Carey has serious mental problems from what I’ve been able to gather. Why anyone with talent is attracted pop, I’ll never understand - it is soul-killing, superficial drudgery focused solely on promoting teen or near-teen porn to an audience of drooling halfwits who wouldn’t recognize true talent if it walked up and bit them in their pimply ass.

…wait, did I think that or did I type that?

re: #142 ggt

He registered in 2004, and asked this AM for his account to be removed.

re: #138 Cannadian Club Akbar

Near the end of AI, it’s up to the voters (Call in, computer votes) Lambert had backlash against him.

Well, that explains a few things. See my previous rant.

re: #147 abolitionist

He registered in 2004, and asked this AM for his account to be removed.

Ha!

re: #146 SixDegrees

Mariah Carey has serious mental problems from what I’ve been able to gather. Why anyone with talent is attracted pop, I’ll never understand - it is soul-killing, superficial drudgery focused solely on promoting teen or near-teen porn to an audience of drooling halfwits who wouldn’t recognize true talent if it walked up and bit them in their pimply ass.

…wait, did I think that or did I type that?

I can at least understand Christina’s pop phase, she was brought out by a record label, then went crazy when finally able to go on her own (sort of like a preacher’s daughter syndrome I guess, she finally realized that the label doesn’t have to tell her what to do anymore). But I guess once she got it out of her system she went back to a classic style, and I think went to a Marylin Monroe kind of pinup look after that.

Good Morning LGF

In the meantime, we finally pulled in at the NATO pier on Crete to refuel. We couldn’t pull in yesterday due to high winds.

re: #151 Spare O’Lake

Good Morning LGF

Afternoon (1:45 PM on Crete) Spare

re: #146 SixDegrees

Why anyone with talent is attracted pop, I’ll never understand

It pays better. Pop, i.e popular, meaning mainstream, and more album sales. I think once they get rich, some go back to their roots, or experimental side projects, because they can afford to have an album bomb. Up and comers don’t have that luxury.

Likewise, I heard a couple tracks off the much-anticipated Lambert album, and hated them both. Tepid, very tepid. I’d rather he went off and toured with Queen, and had the world at his feet, but he doesn’t much care what I think. Odd, that.

re: #150 Hengineer

I can at least understand Christina’s pop phase, she was brought out by a record label, then went crazy when finally able to go on her own (sort of like a preacher’s daughter syndrome I guess, she finally realized that the label doesn’t have to tell her what to do anymore). But I guess once she got it out of her system she went back to a classic style, and I think went to a Marylin Monroe kind of pinup look after that.

Great southern rock song with Christina pic background

re: #155 Cannadian Club Akbar

Great southern rock song with Christina pic background

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Yea, we can’t access Youtube from the ship’s computers. Blocked out from the US Navy servers…

re: #154 theheat

It pays better. Pop, i.e popular, meaning mainstream, and more album sales. I think once they get rich, some go back to their roots, or experimental side projects, because they can afford to have an album bomb. Up and comers don’t have that luxury.

Likewise, I heard a couple tracks off the much-anticipated Lambert album, and hated them both. Tepid, very tepid. I’d rather he went off and toured with Queen, and had the world at his feet, but he doesn’t much care what I think. Odd, that.

True about the money. I dated a girl in junior high who was a musical prodigy - sang opera, played harp, piano, harpsichord, guitar, flute, clarinet and a few other instruments, wound up getting a Masters at Julliard…and got a job as a park ranger at Walden Pond. She then went on to marry well, but all her immense talent and classical training didn’t mean jack when it came to making even a modest living.

re: #157 SixDegrees

True about the money. I dated a girl in junior high who was a musical prodigy - sang opera, played harp, piano, harpsichord, guitar, flute, clarinet and a few other instruments, wound up getting a Masters at Julliard…and got a job as a park ranger at Walden Pond. She then went on to marry well, but all her immense talent and classical training didn’t mean jack when it came to making even a modest living.

But I bet she’s HIT at parties!
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re: #154 theheat

Likewise, I heard a couple tracks off the much-anticipated Lambert album, and hated them both. Tepid, very tepid.

He may be one of those talents who only does well in front of a live audience - where he’s obviously enjoying himself and feeding off the crowd in the video above. A lot of musicians lose their abilities in the studio - all that mob energy is gone, and they fall flat.

re: #145 Hengineer

But you get carpal tunnel like a motha!.

;-)

When you think about it, its a much safer alternative.

Of course it’s a safer alternative. Curling up under the covers with a thumb in your mouth is safer than actually going out in the cold cruel world, too.

Grand Theft Auto is safer than dropping the hammer on a quarter-miler and holding on for dear life, too.

Not too many adrenaline rushes coming your way, though. And that adrenaline is better than cocaine every day.

re: #157 SixDegrees

Your friend could probably pee away more talent than a person like Britney Spears ever had, but that doesn’t seem to matter. I don’t know why some make it and others don’t. Luck seems to factor in a lot more than talent. Being at the right place at the right time, knowing the right people, blah blah.

They don’t call them starving artists for nothing.

re: #159 SixDegrees

I’ve seen bands that I hated as far as CD’s go. But they would open for someone and blow me away.

re: #162 Cannadian Club Akbar

I’ve seen bands that I hated as far as CD’s go. But they would open for someone and blow me away.

I watched the same thing happen on Food Network’s The Next Food Network Star, sort of an AI for foodies. One of the contestants totally blew the rest of the field out of the water in front of a live audience, like a large dinner party for example - he could work a crowd like nobody’s business, and the crowd loved him in return. Put him in a studio in front of a camera, though, and he would go into complete vapor lock. He absolutely required that feedback from an audience to shine.

re: #131 SixDegrees

Absolutely. It wasn’t even a contest. In fact, per your advice I wasn’t really watching the video when it started, but as soon as Glambert opened his mouth I immediately snapped to attention involuntarily.

Pity he didn’t win, but I’ve never been able to decipher AI’s judging criteria anyway.

I have no clue as to how successful he’ll be as a professional singer but he was, imo, the best contestant AI has ever had. His background in musical theater, love of theatrical presentations, and incredible voice combined to make him the perfect performer on that type of show.

re: #161 theheat

Best female rock singer I ever heard lives (lived? I’ve lost touch) in Paducah, KY. She’s a wife and mother of two. And she can wail.

Sings with a little band in bars and tiny venues. Doesn’t have a chance in a billion of ever ‘making it’.

re: #159 SixDegrees

I think he made the album he wanted to make, probably influenced a lot by hitmaking producers he got to work with. But I don’t think the two songs I heard really showcase what he can do. They were those interchangeable, not very memorable songs, like you hear a million times done by other people. I see him more as that rare guy that could fill stadiums, like back in the glam rock or Queen days, and really run with it and become truly iconic. That style suits him to a T.

The Guess Who-“American Woman” live

The saw them in concert with Steppenwolf once, they played first and were great, Steppenwolf was kinda sad, must have been an “off” day for them I guess.

re: #166 theheat

Ziggy Stardust-ish?

‘Objects in reflection may be closer than they appear’

re: #165 razorbacker

Best female rock singer I ever heard lives (lived? I’ve lost touch) in Paducah, KY. She’s a wife and mother of two. And she can wail.

Sings with a little band in bars and tiny venues. Doesn’t have a chance in a billion of ever ‘making it’.

Wing probably makes more money

re: #169 Fenway_Nation

‘Objects in reflection may be closer than they appear’

Is that the name of the albumn?

re: #164 3kids3dogs

I have no clue as to how successful he’ll be as a professional singer but he was, imo, the best contestant AI has ever had. His background in musical theater, love of theatrical presentations, and incredible voice combined to make him the perfect performer on that type of show.

He’ll probably do better once he breaks from from the producers who are connected with American Idol. Look at Carrie Underwood she took OFF after that first album and now rivals Shania Twain and Faith Hill

re: #169 Fenway_Nation

Its those brave outmanned NY Yankees beating the big money best team money can buy Philadelphia Phillies.///

re: #168 Cannadian Club Akbar

Oh, yeah. He loves Bowie. You can tell. But he also loves Lady Ga Ga, and some peeps I don’t care for, but are wildly successful. But, hey, a lot of great singers didn’t hit their stride until their third album or so, so I’m hopeful.

re: #162 Cannadian Club Akbar

I’ve seen bands that I hated as far as CD’s go. But they would open for someone and blow me away.

In a different musical genre - I saw a band move me both ways once in a single concert: The Grateful Dead. I was lukewarm to the invitation, but went anyway. When they hit the stage, they really hit it - they were tight, focused, extremely high energy and actually made me want to buy one of their albums. Way better than any recordings I had heard them do.

This went on for about twenty minutes. Then they took a long break, and the drugs either kicked in or they did some more - or both - and when they came back they launched into an hour-long, rambling ad lib of what sounded like random notes and drumbeats, without a melody or even a key in sight.

re: #173 soxfan4life

Its those brave outmanned NY Yankees beating the big money best team money can buy Philadelphia Phillies.///

Tongue, meet cheek.

Sun is rising, and I need to also.

Later.

re: #175 SixDegrees

In a different musical genre - I saw a band move me both ways once in a single concert: The Grateful Dead. I was lukewarm to the invitation, but went anyway. When they hit the stage, they really hit it - they were tight, focused, extremely high energy and actually made me want to buy one of their albums. Way better than any recordings I had heard them do.

This went on for about twenty minutes. Then they took a long break, and the drugs either kicked in or they did some more - or both - and when they came back they launched into an hour-long, rambling ad lib of what sounded like random notes and drumbeats, without a melody or even a key in sight.

You sure it wasn’t Phish?

re: #178 Hengineer

You sure it wasn’t Phish?

LOL.

re: #173 soxfan4life

Hooray for the scrappy no-name underdogs who won the World Ser- wait…what?

One way to make the baseball season seem like it’s going on forever- have the World Series played well into November.

Another way to make the baseball season drag on excruciatingly? Have the Yankees in the World Series.

Combine the two? Worst WS EVAH!

re: #178 Hengineer

You sure it wasn’t Phish?

Phish is freaking TALENT!!

re: #167 ausador

Burton Cummings had a great voice, and they were a tight band.

The Police - “Walkin On The Moon” live

re: #180 Fenway_Nation

You might have to take down all your Yankee posters. Sigh.
//

Some morning loveliness. An improv piece by King Crimson for bass guitar, violin and mellotron. It starts off as noodling, but jells before your ears into a lovely melody.

Trio

re: #180 Fenway_Nation

Cuts down on the number of days we have to wait until spring training.

re: #184 theheat

You might have to take down all your Yankee posters. Sigh.
//

Those are dartboards.

re: #181 Cannadian Club Akbar

Phish is freaking TALENT!!

The only exposure of Phish I have is from a couple of 3rd Mate in trainees…Deck Cadets who were on my Senior Training cruise with California Maritime Academy. They had a DVD of Phish playing live and I couldn’t bear more than ten minutes of the drug laced hippie fest without recognizable music.

re: #180 Fenway_Nation

Way to step up Texiera and A-Rod.

re: #186 soxfan4life

Cuts down on the number of days we have to wait until spring training.

I have about 6 or 7 teams within an hour of me for spring training. Nice.

re: #186 soxfan4life

Cuts down on the number of days we have to wait until spring training.

Meh, I just pay attention to the upcoming World Cup.

I’m glad Bradley hasn’t completely fucked up yet since the CONCACAF Gold Cup fiasco.

re: #188 Hengineer

One of the guys from Phish has toured with Dave Mathews. Very nice.

re: #191 Hengineer

Meh, I just pay attention to the upcoming World Cup.

I’m glad Bradley hasn’t completely fucked up yet since the CONCACAF Gold Cup fiasco.

On a side note, I was actually there at the Gold Cup in Jersey. Maybe I’ll post what little pictures and video I had somewhere…

re: #192 Cannadian Club Akbar

One of the guys from Phish has toured with Dave Mathews. Very nice.

Not really into Dave Matthews, but ok

No worries- I’m in my happy place…

re: #195 Fenway_Nation

No worries- I’m in my happy place…

What did you think of that $3.4 billion merger, BTW?

re: #194 Hengineer

I used to think it was a thought crime to not love DMB, until I found other people that shared my lack of enthusiasm. Something about a rare combination of talent, but being really icky at the same time = unpalatable for me.

re: #197 theheat

I used to think it was a thought crime to not love DMB, until I found other people that shared my lack of enthusiasm. Something about a rare combination of talent, but being really icky at the same time = unpalatable for me.

You should see it from my perspective. I was in college when he was getting really big…

re: #197 theheat

I saw DMB once, 20 minute wait to get a beer. Left early, went to the casino and won $450:)

The Police - “On any other day”

Funny song from the ‘Regatta de Blanc’ album, with a fan made video useing dolls, cute.

re: #196 Cannadian Club Akbar

Move the decimal point over one…that deal’s estimated to be worth $34 billion.

Ballsy- I think Buffet has himself a hedge against most kinds of economic downturn (a good chunk of BNSF’s traffic is agricultural) and a moneymaker whenever the economy is…well…chugging along.

re: #195 Fenway_Nation

Sorry, Jewel ain’t doing for the females. Rusty trains, okay, but lady pinups, nooo. The day you have rusty trains and, oh, Glambert, or some hetero stud on there, I’ll give you five stars. Tonight, it’s a 2.5.

re: #187 Fenway_Nation

Those are dartboards.

I use my hope and yes we can posters for that.

re: #203 soxfan4life

I superimposed Jeter’s face on those…

re: #202 theheat

Sorry, Jewel ain’t doing for the females. Rusty trains, okay, but lady pinups, nooo. The day you have rusty trains and, oh, Glambert, or some hetero stud on there, I’ll give you five stars. Tonight, it’s a 2.5.

depends on the female

///

re: #202 theheat

That was last month’s, theheat…just felt like revisiting it for some reason.

re: #198 Hengineer

I was at a party up in the Seattle area around that time, where a bunch of DMB fans were, and all night long it was DMB and Lionel Lovett, and a bunch of guys in their freakin’ Birkenstocks and man purses, raving about DMB like they’d found the Holy Grail. I couldn’t drink enough designer microbrews to ignore how godawful it was. I was at the point of chewing my arm off to get away.

re: #207 theheat

I was at a party up in the Seattle area around that time, where a bunch of DMB fans were, and all night long it was DMB and Lionel Lovett, and a bunch of guys in their freakin’ Birkenstocks and man purses, raving about DMB like they’d found the Holy Grail. I couldn’t drink enough designer microbrews to ignore how godawful it was. I was at the point of chewing my arm off to get away.

Did it taste good?

re: #172 Hengineer

He’ll probably do better once he breaks from from the producers who are connected with American Idol. Look at Carrie Underwood she took OFF after that first album and now rivals Shania Twain and Faith Hill

Getting away from the AI producers will probably be a big help but I’m unsure that he’ll ever sell records the way Carrie Underwood or Kelly Clarkson does. Frankly, I’m surprised he made it as far as he did on the show. He certainly provoked strong emotions from both his supporters and detractors. I wasn’t a fan at first, I thought what he did with “Ring of Fire” was horrible. But the very next week he blew me away with “Tracks of My Tears” and I’ve been a fan ever since. I don’t know that I’d ever by a CD of his but I’d pay to see him live.

re: #201 Fenway_Nation

You mean old Warren actually has some smarts he uses to make his fortune? Certainly he’s not smart enough to minimize the amount of taxes he’s going to pay with the current tax the living hell out of the rich administration.

re: #208 Hengineer

My arm? Not so much. Had to chase it down with a lot of beer.

Barak Obama- 1 year later (aka ‘Grim Milestone’)

re: #209 3kids3dogs

Getting away from the AI producers will probably be a big help but I’m unsure that he’ll ever sell records the way Carrie Underwood or Kelly Clarkson does. Frankly, I’m surprised he made it as far as he did on the show. He certainly provoked strong emotions from both his supporters and detractors. I wasn’t a fan at first, I thought what he did with “Ring of Fire” was horrible. But the very next week he blew me away with “Tracks of My Tears” and I’ve been a fan ever since. I don’t know that I’d ever by a CD of his but I’d pay to see him live.

It takes a certain kind of singer to pull off a Johnny Cash song well…and that doesn’t mean that you have to sing well, either.

re: #212 Fenway_Nation

Barak Obama- 1 year later (aka ‘Grim Milestone’)

Nice.

re: #209 3kids3dogs

Agreed. Ring of Fire sucked so hard it brought tears to my eyes, but Tracks of My Tears was a wonderful. My favorite cover of Ring of Fire is by one of my favorite bands, Social Distortion. They’d pulled out all the stops, and I loved it.

re: #210 soxfan4life

Heh,,,any household that makes more than $120,000 combined annually is Daddy Warbucks as far as this admin. is concerned.

Reminder: tonight is Bonfire Night! aka guy fawkes night.

The Gunpowder plot of 1605

After Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603, English Catholics who had been persecuted under her rule had hoped that her successor, James I, would be more tolerant of their religion. James I had, after all, had a Catholic mother. Unfortunately, James did not turn out to be more tolerant than Elizabeth and a number of young men, 13 to be exact, decided that violent action was the answer.

A small group took shape, under the leadership of Robert Catesby. Catesby felt that violent action was warranted. Indeed, the thing to do was to blow up the Houses of Parliament. In doing so, they would kill the King, maybe even the Prince of Wales, and the Members of Parliament who were making life difficult for the Catholics. Today these conspirators would be known as extremists, or terrorists.

To carry out their plan, the conspirators got hold of 36 barrels of gunpowder - and stored them in a cellar, just under the House of Lords.

re: #215 theheat

Agreed. Ring of Fire sucked so hard it brought tears to my eyes, but Tracks of My Tears was a wonderful. My favorite cover of Ring of Fire is by one of my favorite bands, Social Distortion. They’d pulled out all the stops, and I loved it.

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In the reverse direction, Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt (by NIN) is one of my favorite he’s every done.

re: #216 Fenway_Nation

Heh,,,any household that makes more than $120,000 combined annually is Daddy Warbucks as far as this admin. is concerned.

What about individuals that make that much?

re: #213 Hengineer

It takes a certain kind of singer to pull off a Johnny Cash song well…and that doesn’t mean that you have to sing well, either.

Song selection is a big part of being successful on the show. Too many of the contestants like singing their favorite songs and the results are often disastrous. They should concentrate on songs that they can sing well.

re: #218 Hengineer

In both cases, the person covering the song “got it”, and made it theirs. I liked Johnny Cash’s NIN cover, too.

re: #219 Hengineer

What about individuals that make that much?

Prime targets to pay for their sweeping reforms.

re: #210 soxfan4life

You mean old Warren actually has some smarts he uses to make his fortune? Certainly he’s not smart enough to minimize the amount of taxes he’s going to pay with the current tax the living hell out of the rich administration.

He’s not a socialist or a democrat, he’s a populist…

re: #215 theheat

If I recall correctly, Smokey was the first out of his seat and applauding.

re: #218 Hengineer

In the reverse direction, Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt (by NIN) is one of my favorite he’s every done.

Same here. His cover of One is better than the original IMO.

re: #224 3kids3dogs

That’s what I read. I didn’t think anyone could really do the song justice after Smokey, but Glambert nailed it.

re: #219 Hengineer

What about individuals that make that much?

It’s still not that much —in many places in this country. Downtown Chicago? You still couldn’t afford a parking place.

re: #225 iceweasel

Same here. His cover of One is better than the original IMO.

I agree, that one was a U2 cover…

re: #217 iceweasel

Reminder: tonight is Bonfire Night! aka guy fawkes night.

The Gunpowder plot of 1605

There will be fireworks tonight.

:)

re: #227 ggt

It’s still not that much —in many places in this country. Downtown Chicago? You still couldn’t afford a parking place.

Handicapped placards cost that much on the black market now?
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On the subject of covers, Metallica’s Astronomy is better than the original Blue Oyster Cult…(imho)

re: #228 Hengineer

I agree, that one was a U2 cover…

Yep. Never really liked it much when U2 did it. Johnny though…

re: #232 iceweasel

Yep. Never really liked it much when U2 did it. Johnny though…

I agree, Johnny’s voice has so much sadness attached to it it makes you WANT everybody to love everybody else…

re: #221 theheat

In both cases, the person covering the song “got it”, and made it theirs. I liked Johnny Cash’s NIN cover, too.

Speaking of Cash, I heard some cuts from his daughter Rosanne’s latest album, The List, that are awesome. The list in question was given to her by her dad, and contained what in his opinion were the songs that made up the essence of country music. Sea of Heartbreak is especially good, and none are bad.

re: #231 Hengineer

How about Siouxsie’s cover of Iggy Pop’s The Passenger?

re: #235 Fenway_Nation

How about Siouxsie’s cover of Iggy Pop’s The Passenger?

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Don’t know it, and can’t go to youtube

re: #234 SixDegrees

Oh, I like her a lot. Did you ever see the special she did on the country music network with Steve Earle? Wow. They were amazing together.

re: #233 Hengineer

I agree, Johnny’s voice has so much sadness attached to it it makes you WANT everybody to love everybody else…

Absolutely. It’s just aching in that special Johnny way…some of the same quality that makes his cover of Hurt so amazing, come to think of it. Really makes you want to see people find each other.

re: #229 Jimmah

There will be fireworks tonight.

:)

And bonfires too! And the burning of effigies! :)

re: #210 soxfan4life

You mean old Warren actually has some smarts he uses to make his fortune? Certainly he’s not smart enough to minimize the amount of taxes he’s going to pay with the current tax the living hell out of the rich administration.

He already severely minimized his tax burden by transferring most of his fortune to various charities and foundations, leaving himself with a paltry billion to get by on in his declining years.

re: #237 theheat

Oh, I like her a lot. Did you ever see the special she did on the country music network with Steve Earle? Wow. They were amazing together.

No, missed it. If you like her, I highly recommend this album.

re: #238 iceweasel

And bonfires too! And the burning of effigies! :)

Whereas Bono has that uber-liberal “I’m better than you so I want you to love me” kind of voice.

re: #225 iceweasel

Same here. His cover of One is better than the original IMO.

I’ll have to find that. One is one of my favorite songs, the lyrics really connect with me for some reason. I’ve also never not enjoyed hearing Johnny Cash perform. Sounds like a winning combination.

re: #236 Hengineer

Oh…well…you’ll just have to take my word for it then.

Not the best, but one of the first covers I could think of…

Of course, there’s also For the Masses…an entire album of various artists (The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Rammstein) covering Depeche Mode.

Drat…’nite all

re: #241 Hengineer

Whereas Bono has that uber-liberal “I’m better than you so I want you to love me” kind of voice.

haha— yes.
Really it just struck me as your ordinary pop song when they did it. I didn’t like it at all.
Bono is pretty damn annoying.

re: #238 iceweasel

And bonfires too! And the burning of effigies! :)

Definitely! Tonight is the night.

“Oh, but the fire went wild” :)

re: #243 Fenway_Nation

Come to think of it, how about some Dave Gahan or Mike Ness next to the Jewel and Jennifer Tilly? Just throwing some ideas out there…

re: #245 iceweasel

haha— yes.
Really it just struck me as your ordinary pop song when they did it. I didn’t like it at all.
Bono is pretty damn annoying.

Beyond annoying!

re: #245 iceweasel

He suffers from serious sessy depletion. Annually, his doability quotient has dropped until he’s pulling negative numbers.

re: #242 3kids3dogs

I’ll have to find that. One is one of my favorite songs, the lyrics really connect with me for some reason. I’ve also never not enjoyed hearing Johnny Cash perform. Sounds like a winning combination.

Try this— I can’t play you tube at the moment.

re: #241 Hengineer

Whereas Bono has that uber-liberal “I’m better than you so I want you to love me” kind of voice.

Must politics infect everything. If you didn’t know his politics would you be able to identify him as an “uber-liberal” just from the sound of his voice?

re: #240 SixDegrees

No, missed it. If you like her, I highly recommend this album.

Turns out NPR likes this album, too. Here’s an interview they did with Cash that focuses on Sea of Heartbreak, along with cuts from her version of it.

another WTF?

re: #250 iceweasel

Try this— I can’t play you tube at the moment.

[Video]

Wait, those are some douchebags covering the cover…yikes.

“Voters’ memo to politicians: We’re angry and fearful, mostly about jobs and the economy.”

Think the Republican’s will get the message?

/

re: #253 ggt

Court records show that Elizabeth Baker was charged in South Carolina with assault and battery with intent to kill and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in 1987. After being convicted, she was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The sentence was suspended to 80 days.

Yeah, that’ll learn her. 80 whole days.

What a piece of garbage. Some seriously fucked up wiring there.

re: #256 theheat

Yeah, that’ll learn her. 80 whole days.

What a piece of garbage. Some seriously fucked up wiring there.

I also wonder, as usual, about child services. They looked into complaints against the parents, found nothing wrong at the home, nothing wrong with the parents, consulted a physician who said there was nothing wrong with the baby…and found the risk to the child to be “intermediate.”

Huh? You didn’t find anything wrong, but there’s an “intermediate” risk? What the fuck was it, then? Didn’t you like the blouse the wife was wearing?

bbiab

re: #256 theheat

Yeah, that’ll learn her. 80 whole days.

What a piece of garbage. Some seriously fucked up wiring there.

She was extradited to South Carolina from Chipley in 2000, and charged in the disappearance of 3-year-old Paul Leonard Baker, who has been missing since March 1987. Baker wasn’t indicted by a grand jury in the case. The child was never found, according to the Beaufort County, S.C., sheriff’s office. Police reports don’t indicate the child’s possible relation.

How horrible! She’s connected to another kid’s disappearance?

This should be Ash, Shining Light

Bye for now. :)