1 | Bubblehead II May 12, 2015 5:58:14pm |
Maybe it’s just me. But it seemed stilted. No flow in the music.
3 | freetoken May 12, 2015 6:02:16pm |
re: #1 Bubblehead II
When I listen to a tune like this one my mind wanders off into what-ifs… that is, what if this was done before such great reliance on computers and synthesizers. Imagine Rundgren doing this song again, but with a real string section instead of the electronic keyboard.
4 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2015 6:05:28pm |
re: #2 Bubblehead II
No heart. Mechanical.
You know I love ya, but I couldn’t possibly disagree more.
5 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2015 6:07:26pm |
re: #3 freetoken
When I listen to a tune like this one my mind wanders off into what-ifs… that is, what if this was done before such great reliance on computers and synthesizers. Imagine Rundgren doing this song again, but with a real string section instead of the electronic keyboard.
It wouldn’t happen at all, because the cost would be prohibitive. A recording session with a string section is amazingly expensive, not to mention the rehearsals, scoring, conductor, etc. I know - I’ve been there.
6 | freetoken May 12, 2015 6:07:36pm |
Speaking of what-ifs:
Vaccine issue draws large crowd
A crushing crowd filled and spilled out of a State House conference room for a hearing to offer testimony on a bill that would remove the philosophical exemption for parents who do not wish to vaccinate their children.
Several hundred people — many wearing green stickers bearing the word “Choice” — signed up to testify Monday evening before the House Health Care Committee on a proposal to eliminate the most common exemption cited by parents who opt out of one or more vaccines for their children.
The crowd was so large it forced the relocation of the meeting to the House Chamber.
[…]
[Thomas] McLeod told lawmakers it is wrong to force a medical procedure on one person for the safety of another and said no health crisis warranted such an invasion of privacy.
[…]
There’s a strong anti-social element to the anti-vaxx crowd.
7 | freetoken May 12, 2015 6:09:03pm |
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Yeah, I know.
Back last year when DWTS announced a band change they trumpeted it as a way to appeal to a younger crowd. But I’m convinced that was just cover, because the net effect was they were paying for fewer musicians, and fewer hours for those they ended up with.
8 | Bubblehead II May 12, 2015 6:11:27pm |
re: #3 freetoken
When I listen to a tune like this one my mind wanders off into what-ifs… that is, what if this was done before such great reliance on computers and synthesizers. Imagine Rundgren doing this song again, but with a real string section instead of the electronic keyboard.
To be honest. I Listen first to the music and then the words. Music was good. Vocals. Imho, not so good. They must match. Just my opinion. An example.
9 | wrenchwench May 12, 2015 6:13:01pm |
Rare #chicken breeds: Ayam cemani, #Indonesia (all black including meat, organs and bones) @frontlinepbs pic.twitter.com/VDYSz5cIzK
— Calestous Juma (@calestous) May 13, 2015
11 | Bubblehead II May 12, 2015 6:15:32pm |
re: #4 Charles Johnson
You know I love ya, but I couldn’t possibly disagree more.
We shall agree to disagree. :-)
Probably disagree on whiskey as well.
12 | wrenchwench May 12, 2015 6:16:01pm |
13 | Eclectic Cyborg May 12, 2015 6:16:10pm |
You mean it costs a lot of money to hire talented musicians??
I’m shocked!
/
14 | RealityBasedSteve May 12, 2015 6:16:15pm |
15 | jaunte May 12, 2015 6:16:29pm |
re: #9 wrenchwench
Melanoblasts!
Gene Duplication of endothelin 3 Is Closely Correlated with the Hyperpigmentation of the Internal Organs (Fibromelanosis) in Silky Chickens
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
16 | RealityBasedSteve May 12, 2015 6:18:37pm |
re: #15 jaunte
Melanoblasts!
But… but… but all mutations are fatal. No mutation adds to the organism, they all destroy it//// or some krapola like that.
RBS
17 | jaunte May 12, 2015 6:19:13pm |
re: #16 SteveBasedSteve
“Why isn’t the chicken turning into a fish?”
18 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate May 12, 2015 6:19:21pm |
I don’t envy the songwriter’s task. All the easy songs, licks, melodies have been used up. I can’t imagine how hard it must be to come up with something, and have somebody say “No, it sounds like that old Hall and Oates thing” or something like that. Having said that, I think Rundgren could have tried some other arrangements. I say that out of respect. I don’t think it’s an necessarily an insult to say that somebody could do better.
19 | jaunte May 12, 2015 6:20:14pm |
How Bird Beaks Got Their Start As Dinosaur Snouts http://t.co/UykrJFNNyE
— NPR News (@nprnews) May 12, 2015
20 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate May 12, 2015 6:20:15pm |
re: #16 SteveBasedSteve
But… but… but all mutations are fatal. No mutation adds to the organism, they all destroy it//// or some krapola like that.
RBS
What’s up with the change in your handle?
21 | Lord Of The Pies May 12, 2015 6:20:48pm |
Ucch One of my memes got retweeted by @Jade_Helm and now my timeline is swarmed by derp.
22 | The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 12, 2015 6:21:31pm |
23 | freetoken May 12, 2015 6:21:42pm |
Ben Carson: God Gave Me a Prophetic Dream That Changed Everything
[…]
Failing his chemistry course, a prerequisite for medical school, he had one last opportunity to pull off a passing grade. But the night before his final exam, still not comprehending the material, he cried out to God for a prophetic move.
[…]
“And I said, ‘So would You please tell me what it is You really want me to do. Or, alternatively and preferably, work a miracle,’” he continued, eliciting chuckles from the audience.
After praying, Carson had picked up his Chemistry textbook, determined to learn the whole course overnight. But his efforts were futile, and he fell asleep.
His slumber, however, bore more fruit than his attempts at all-night cramming ever could. While he slept, God answered Carson’s prayers with a prophetic dream.
“I was in this large auditorium,” Carson described the dream. “Just me, and a nebulous figure working out chemistry problems.”
[…]
“When I went to take the test the next morning, it was like The Twilight Zone,” Carson said. “I opened that [test] book and I recognized the first problem; it was one of the ones I’d dreamed about. And the next, and the next, and the next.”
“I aced the exam,” he said to rousing applause.
[…]
Beware of politicians with “prophetic dreams”.
And tall tales.
24 | thedopefishlives May 12, 2015 6:22:00pm |
re: #21 The Pie Mother
Ucch One of my memes got retweeted by @Jade_Helm and now my timeline is swarmed by derp.
Time to start swinging the blockhammer indiscriminately.
25 | RealityBasedSteve May 12, 2015 6:24:32pm |
re: #20 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
What’s up with the change in your handle?
This is from downstairs, re: the Alan West comment of “Let’s just say his name wasn’t Steve”
This is the thing that really pisses me off, he makes a comment about someone’s name. To imply they are not one of us.
So fucked up, so historical.
141 #FergusonFireside
May 12, 2015 6:05:07pm replyquoteMy dog.
142 jaunte
May 12, 2015 6:05:35pm replyquotere: #140 #FergusonFireside
Imagining a world in which everyone’s name was Steve.
143 SteveBasedSteve
May 12, 2015 6:09:10pm replyquotere: #142 jaunte
Imagining a world in which everyone’s name was Steve.
What a wonderful world that would be. :)
So I decided to be SteveBasedSteve. (because SteveSteveSteve would just be gilding the lily)
RBS
26 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2015 6:25:39pm |
#JadeHelm is 2015’s Birther movement. And a lot of the Jade Helm loonies are Birthers. The right wing base is deranged.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2015
27 | RealityBasedSteve May 12, 2015 6:26:22pm |
re: #19 jaunte
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I was going to go track that down… I recall seeing it earlier. How cool would it be to have little chicken sized dinosaurs? I don’t see anything going it wrong, it would be all “Ohhs and Ahhs”!
RBS
28 | Skip Intro May 12, 2015 6:26:26pm |
re: #23 freetoken
So he’s basically admitting he didn’t know the material, but just somehow “saw” the test questions ahead of time.
I think I know how that works.
29 | freetoken May 12, 2015 6:27:40pm |
More from Bible Ben:
BEN CARSON PROPOSES BIBLE-INSPIRED TAX PLAN
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has begun his newly-launched bid for the White House with a controversial tax plan. Dr. Carson is proposing a flat-tax plan of about 10% inspired by biblical tithing - giving one-tenth of one’s income annually to God through church. He told Fox News Sunday that he got the idea from the Bible.
Because God especially loves rich people, which is why he made them rich.
30 | wrenchwench May 12, 2015 6:27:49pm |
re: #27 SteveBasedSteve
I was going to go track that down… I recall seeing it earlier. How cool would it be to have little chicken sized dinosaurs? I don’t see anything going it wrong, it would be all “Ohhs and Ahhs”!
RBS
How about dinosaur sized chickens?
31 | Belafon May 12, 2015 6:29:40pm |
re: #29 freetoken
I didn’t realize Ben was Jewish. Jesus’ tax rate would have been closer to 100%.
32 | Great White Snark May 12, 2015 6:30:16pm |
33 | bratwurst May 12, 2015 6:30:20pm |
re: #5 Charles Johnson
It wouldn’t happen at all, because the cost would be prohibitive. A recording session with a string section is amazingly expensive, not to mention the rehearsals, scoring, conductor, etc. I know - I’ve been there.
This is exactly it. A new Todd Rundgren albums is still economically viable in 2015 because he can sit in front of his computer in Hawaii and make it between tours with Ringo, speaking engagements, etc.
The man has made some truly insane business decisions over the course of his career (following up his commercial breakthrough Something/Anything? with the acid drenched A Wizard, A True Star, paying $40,000 per month to operate a video studio three hours outside New York City more than a year before MTV debuted), but this is no decision at all.
34 | RealityBasedSteve May 12, 2015 6:30:52pm |
re: #29 freetoken
More from Bible Ben:
BEN CARSON PROPOSES BIBLE-INSPIRED TAX PLAN
Because God especially loves rich people, which is why he made them rich.
Would a first-born son be an acceptable form of payment?
35 | Belafon May 12, 2015 6:30:54pm |
re: #27 SteveBasedSteve
I was going to go track that down… I recall seeing it earlier. How cool would it be to have little chicken sized dinosaurs? I don’t see anything going it wrong, it would be all “Ohhs and Ahhs”!
RBS
They covered that in the second Jurassic Park movie. It didn’t go well for the girl at the beginning, nor the guy in the middle.
36 | Lord Of The Pies May 12, 2015 6:31:01pm |
re: #29 freetoken
More from Bible Ben:
BEN CARSON PROPOSES BIBLE-INSPIRED TAX PLAN
Because God especially loves rich people, which is why he made them rich.
The tithing system worked great when people’s possessions were measured in flocks of sheep and fields of wheat. Today when you have billionaires like Pat Robertson telling impoverished elderly to send HIM their tithes, that’s fucked up.
37 | RealityBasedSteve May 12, 2015 6:32:52pm |
re: #35 Belafon
They covered that in the second Jurassic Park movie. It didn’t go well for the girl at the beginning, nor the guy in the middle.
;)
RBS
39 | #FergusonFireside May 12, 2015 6:34:30pm |
re: #14 SteveBasedSteve
If Obama had a chicken
Obamo’s son.
Gah, the many times that was brought up by the racists in the Zimmerman comments.
40 | Nyet May 12, 2015 6:34:40pm |
re: #35 Belafon
They covered that in the second Jurassic Park movie. It didn’t go well for the girl at the beginning, nor the guy in the middle.
Neither did it in the Human Centipede.
/runs away
42 | Belafon May 12, 2015 6:36:30pm |
re: #40 Nyet
Neither did it in the Human Centipede.
/runs away
LOLOLOLOLOL.
My oldest son and I watched that movie. It’s the only movie I will not watch with my other two kids.
Edit: I forgot to include myself.
43 | RealityBasedSteve May 12, 2015 6:37:20pm |
re: #38 Nyet
Pleasantly recursive.
When I was in the Army, stationed at Ft. Hood, there was a unit a couple of blocks down the street from us. The Commanders name on the plaque outside the building was “Fredwick F. Fredwick”. I so wanted to find out what that middle “F” stood for. //100%_True_Story
SBS
45 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2015 6:37:43pm |
And just as with the Birther movement, mainstream Republicans are pandering to #JadeHelm and feeding the insanity.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2015
46 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2015 6:37:58pm |
What does it say about the Republican Party that their top politicians have calculated that they can benefit by pandering to #JadeHelm?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 13, 2015
47 | Lord Of The Pies May 12, 2015 6:38:21pm |
re: #43 SteveBasedSteve
When I was in the Army, stationed at Ft. Hood, there was a unit a couple of blocks down the street from us. The Commanders name on the plaque outside the building was “Fredwick F. Fredwick”. I so wanted to find out what that middle “F” stood for. //100%_True_Story
SBS
Fuckyou
48 | Nyet May 12, 2015 6:39:09pm |
re: #43 SteveBasedSteve
When I was in the Army, stationed at Ft. Hood, there was a unit a couple of blocks down the street from us. The Commanders name on the plaque outside the building was “Fredwick F. Fredwick”. I so wanted to find out what that middle “F” stood for. //100%_True_Story
SBS
Obviously Fyodor.
49 | Bubblehead II May 12, 2015 6:41:13pm |
Lizards take it as delivered.
The we have this.
Hand me a joint.
And when I really want to go SJW?
Charles, I would really like to tweet this post out.
50 | klys (maker of Silmarils) May 12, 2015 6:42:13pm |
This crochet pattern is going much better now that I understand that *3 dc in next ch-4 sp does not mean put 3dcs in the ch and then skip 4 stitches.
Trying to read crochet patterns really makes me appreciate the simplicity of cross stitch patterns.
(I know, I should be doing work. Sigh.)
51 | Lord Of The Pies May 12, 2015 6:44:38pm |
re: #50 klys (maker of Silmarils)
This crochet pattern is going much better now that I understand that *3 dc in next ch-4 sp does not mean put 3dcs in the ch and then skip 4 stitches.
What does it mean, then? Don’t keep us in suspense!
53 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2015 6:45:45pm |
bwahahaaa:
OK, does anybody really think Ted Cruz would have opposed the Iraq War in 2003? Anybody?
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) May 13, 2015
54 | klys (maker of Silmarils) May 12, 2015 6:45:50pm |
re: #51 The Pie Mother
What does it mean, then? Don’t keep us in suspense!
Apparently it means do 3dcs in the hole you made by doing 4chs on the row below.
Instead of all in one stitch.
Which is really tricky when working with super-bulky yarn.
55 | Nyet May 12, 2015 6:48:13pm |
re: #53 Backwoods_Sleuth
I think Cruz didn’t deny that he wouldn’t have opposed it, so Erick misses the point.
56 | EPR-radar May 12, 2015 6:50:58pm |
re: #46 Charles Johnson
It says that the present-day Republican party is near-total garbage, and urgent reform is needed to prevent it from becoming an active fascist threat both domestically and internationally.
However, no possibility for such reform is apparent.
57 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2015 6:51:19pm |
re: #55 Nyet
I think Cruz didn’t deny that he wouldn’t have opposed it, so Erick misses the point.
Erick always misses the point.
58 | Nyet May 12, 2015 6:52:55pm |
re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth
Erick always misses the point.
The question is whether deliberately or not. May be shilling for Jeb,
59 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate May 12, 2015 6:53:08pm |
I don’t usually go for appointment television, but tomorrow night on Turner Classic Movies is something called “Zero Hour!” (complete with exclamation point) about a guilt ridden ex-fighter pilot who has to land a commercial airplane he isn’t familiar with. The guilt-ridden pilot’s name: Ted Stryker! From Wiki:
“In 1971, the film was reprised as a made-for-television movie, Terror in the Sky, a Movie of the Week special with Doug McClure in the title role.[7] Zero Hour! was also used as the basis for the parody film Airplane! (1980). Because Zero Hour! was owned at the time by Paramount Pictures, the makers of Airplane!, also a Paramount feature, were able to use the screenplay almost verbatim.”
The original is a drama, but somehow I think the “Airplane!” writers added a few lines.
60 | Backwoods_Sleuth May 12, 2015 6:53:11pm |
— The Cult Cat (@Elverojaguar) May 12, 2015
See y’all later. Sweet dreams…
61 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate May 12, 2015 6:55:51pm |
BTW does anybody else get a Bing page when opening a new tab in Chrome? I find that really weird.
62 | The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 12, 2015 6:55:53pm |
re: #43 SteveBasedSteve
When I was in the Army, stationed at Ft. Hood, there was a unit a couple of blocks down the street from us. The Commanders name on the plaque outside the building was “Fredwick F. Fredwick”. I so wanted to find out what that middle “F” stood for. //100%_True_Story
SBS
No Major Major Major Major?
63 | calochortus May 12, 2015 6:56:40pm |
re: #54 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Apparently it means do 3dcs in the hole you made by doing 4chs on the row below.
Instead of all in one stitch.
Which is really tricky when working with super-bulky yarn.
See? You learn something new every day!
64 | The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 12, 2015 6:57:07pm |
re: #61 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
BTW does anybody else get a Bing page when opening a new tab in Chrome? I find that really weird.
No, but when I first fire up Firefox, it tries to sign me in to Yahoo in a second tab. Grr….
65 | Nyet May 12, 2015 6:57:30pm |
“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” is a grammatical sentence in American English, used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs.
66 | klys (maker of Silmarils) May 12, 2015 6:57:33pm |
re: #63 calochortus
See? You learn something new every day!
I got mugged by some really pretty yarn yesterday.
It just jumped into my arms and wouldn’t leave me alone.
So now I have an even-more-complicated-than-this pattern to figure out.
67 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate May 12, 2015 6:59:08pm |
re: #43 SteveBasedSteve
In industry directories (like the Rubber Red Book), a lot of companies have bogus names for their principles, including us, that why the moment some phone caller asked for Mr. Crumbtree, we knew it wasn’t really important. We knew those calls were either reps calling to nag us, stockbrokers, insurance salesmen, and so on.
68 | Nyet May 12, 2015 7:00:13pm |
re: #65 Nyet
Thomas Tymoczko has pointed out that there is nothing special about eight “buffalos”; any sentence consisting solely of the word “buffalo” repeated any number of times is grammatically correct.
69 | Lord Of The Pies May 12, 2015 7:00:19pm |
re: #61 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
BTW does anybody else get a Bing page when opening a new tab in Chrome? I find that really weird.
Did you install any upgrades? Sometimes those installations stealth change your default search engine and browser start page. Java *cough*
70 | Bubblehead II May 12, 2015 7:01:17pm |
71 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate May 12, 2015 7:01:18pm |
re: #69 The Pie Mother
Been that way since I downloaded it. Don’t really care either way, I just find it amusing.
72 | GlutenFreeJesus May 12, 2015 7:05:51pm |
re: #62 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Read Admiral Butts
73 | calochortus May 12, 2015 7:06:07pm |
re: #66 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I got mugged by some really pretty yarn yesterday.
It just jumped into my arms and wouldn’t leave me alone.
So now I have an even-more-complicated-than-this pattern to figure out.
And there’s something bad about that?
74 | Belafon May 12, 2015 7:18:06pm |
re: #61 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
BTW does anybody else get a Bing page when opening a new tab in Chrome? I find that really weird.
Check to see what your home page path is set to.
75 | TedStriker May 12, 2015 7:18:57pm |
re: #59 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
I don’t usually go for appointment television, but tomorrow night on Turner Classic Movies is something called “Zero Hour!” (complete with exclamation point) about a guilt ridden ex-fighter pilot who has to land a commercial airplane he isn’t familiar with. The guilt-ridden pilot’s name: Ted Stryker! From Wiki:
“In 1971, the film was reprised as a made-for-television movie, Terror in the Sky, a Movie of the Week special with Doug McClure in the title role.[7] Zero Hour! was also used as the basis for the parody film Airplane! (1980). Because Zero Hour! was owned at the time by Paramount Pictures, the makers of Airplane!, also a Paramount feature, were able to use the screenplay almost verbatim.”
The original is a drama, but somehow I think the “Airplane!” writers added a few lines.
You rang?
///
76 | Charles Johnson May 12, 2015 7:27:05pm |
re: #33 bratwurst
This is exactly it. A new Todd Rundgren albums is still economically viable in 2015 because he can sit in front of his computer in Hawaii and make it between tours with Ringo, speaking engagements, etc.
The man has made some truly insane business decisions over the course of his career (following up his commercial breakthrough Something/Anything? with the acid drenched A Wizard, A True Star, paying $40,000 per month to operate a video studio three hours outside New York City more than a year before MTV debuted), but this is no decision at all.
And when Todd is working by himself he doesn’t have to worry about transcribing everything, or hiring musicians, or booking a rehearsal studio. And when he goes on the road to promote it, he doesn’t have to worry about tour buses, hotel rooms, insurance, egos, etc.
Yes, it would be great to hear this music performed entirely by live musicians, but that’s a fantasy in this day and age, when record companies are completely uninterested in properly funding artistic projects, and the public doesn’t seem to give a shit.
77 | The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 12, 2015 7:33:10pm |
78 | Higgs Boson's Mate May 12, 2015 7:35:23pm |
Todd Rundgren will be appearing at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, CA, on Saturday, June 6th.
79 | psddluva4evah May 12, 2015 7:40:58pm |
‘Sup LGF.
So my inner geek girl is squeeing right now!
Marvel Courting Ava DuVernay to Direct Diverse Superhero Movie (Exclusive)
So apparently the courting seems to be centered around directing Black Panther or Ms Marvel! Marvel has expressed the desire to hire an African American director to direct Black Panther and also hire a female director for Ms Marvel.
If hired for either, DuVernay would be the first AA director of a Marvel film and also the firm female director.
My fingers are crossed for Black Panther! When Marvel announced that a Black Panther movie was being made, I admit that DuVernay was at the top of my list for directors!
80 | blueraven May 12, 2015 7:41:32pm |
Horrific looking AMTRAK train crash in Philly.
81 | #FergusonFireside May 12, 2015 7:51:23pm |
So my two week notice ends Friday. Tomorrow is Wednesday. I’m wearing the outfit I wore on Monday. (washed)
I’m so over it.
82 | klys (maker of Silmarils) May 12, 2015 7:52:07pm |
re: #80 blueraven
Horrific looking AMTRAK train crash in Philly.
Shit, I’ve taken that line my share of times.
Best wishes for all those affected.
83 | stpaulbear May 12, 2015 7:56:50pm |
The Onion’s AV Club had a pretty funny interview of Rundgren recently. The interviewer was an Onion reporter’s dad. Lots of good zingers from both Todd and dad.
Edit: …but of course the thread is now dead.
84 | CleverToad May 12, 2015 8:09:45pm |
re: #27 SteveBasedSteve
Oohs and Awws and maybe a few Oopses when the adorable little velociraptors went for your ankles…
Now I’ve got the old Frank Hayes song in my ear: little fuzzy animals with big sharp teeth
85 | sagehen May 12, 2015 8:44:59pm |
re: #6 freetoken
Speaking of what-ifs:
Vaccine issue draws large crowd
[Thomas] McLeod told lawmakers it is wrong to force a medical procedure on one person for the safety of another and said no health crisis warranted such an invasion of privacy.
Hmmm. That’s not what they say about abortion, is it?