Jason Vieaux and Yolanda Kondonassis: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Harp and guitar - a beautiful couple

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To cleanse the mental palate after all of this Chuck C. Johnson whargarrbl, here’s an excellent duo playing several gorgeous modern classical pieces, from NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series.

We rarely invite Tiny Desk alumni back to the confines of Bob Boilen’s work space, but we couldn’t resist this time. Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux have both given solo Tiny Desk performances. Since then they’ve paired up for concerts and a new album of works composed especially for their combination of instruments.

Although the harp and guitar are both instruments you pluck and strum, they seem to come from different corners of the classical world. The guitar conjures up the legacy of zesty Spanish music while the harp must contend with the clich� of its angelic role in the orchestra. But when Kondonassis and Vieaux are together, the two instruments seem to merge into a singularly evocative voice. Kondonassis joked that they could call it a “guitarp” until someone quickly Googled and told us there actually is such a contraption.

Music for harp and guitar isn’t easy to come by, so Kondonassis and Vieaux have been busy commissioning works like the opening “Elysian,” part of a larger suite written for the duo by Gary Schocker.

Anything that sounds even vaguely non-Western is a good fit for the duo because most cultures enjoy their own versions of the harp and guitar. Alan Hovhaness, an American composer with a global outlook, weaved Asian ideas into his Sonata for Harp and Guitar, subtitled “Spirit of Trees.” And the duo ends by beating out the interlocking rhythms of the African candombe, which Argentine composer M�ximo Diego Pujol placed in his Suite m�gica. — TOM HUIZENGA

Set List
Gary Schocker: “Elysian” (from Hypnotized)
Alan Hovhaness: Fuga: Allegro - Andante grazioso, Canon: Allegro (from Sonata for Harp and Guitar, “Spirit of Trees”)
M�ximo Diego Pujol: Vals, Candombe (from Suite m�gica)

Credits
Producers: Tom Huizenga, Maggie Starbard; Audio Engineer: Brian Jarboe; Videographers: Morgan McCloy, Maggie Starbard; Assistant Producer: Meredith Rizzo; photo by Meredith Rizzo/NPR

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76 comments

freetoken May 26, 2015 5:39:41pm

PR goes deep into regressive policy:

Puerto Rico lawmakers give final nod to sales tax increase

Legislators on Tuesday narrowly approved an increase in the U.S. territory’s sales tax to help generate more revenue and offset a deep fiscal crisis.

Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla is expected to sign the bill that would increase the tax from 7 percent to 11.5 percent, as well as create a new 4 percent tax on professional services. The sales tax increase would go into effect July 1 and the new tax on Oct. 1, with a transition to a value-added tax by April 1.

If approved, it would be the highest sales tax compared with any U.S. state.

[…]

Shiplord Kirel May 26, 2015 5:45:33pm

Maybe it needs to improve a little more.

Higgs Boson's Mate May 26, 2015 5:47:41pm

re: #1 freetoken

PR goes deep into regressive policy…

What’s disgusting is that within weeks we’ll be hearing about “The Puerto Rican Miracle,” and “Leopard of the Caribbean,” until PR is broken again.

Higgs Boson's Mate May 26, 2015 5:48:47pm

re: #2 Shiplord Kirel

They just spelled it phonetically.

jamesfirecat May 26, 2015 5:50:22pm

Okay, lets try this again and see if I can’t start an argument.

I think Bioshock 2 is a superior VIDEO GAME to Bioshock Infinite.

Yeah I went there.

Bring it.

Feline Fearless Leader May 26, 2015 5:52:20pm

The scanner arrived today. Tested it out on some 20-year-old 3x5 prints and the default results looked pretty good. Next test will be pulling some 50-year-old 35mm slides and seeing what I can get from those.

goddamnedfrank May 26, 2015 5:53:30pm

@CaroMT Your interview with @BurnsLawFirm ignored the fact that Chuck Johnson was banned for “targeted abuse.” pic.twitter.com/xgHI4mORan

— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) May 27, 2015

@CaroMT @BurnsLawFirm In other words, the focus on “threat” was a red herring. Burns freely admitted that his client’s intent was doxing.

— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) May 27, 2015

Higgs Boson's Mate May 26, 2015 5:54:12pm

re: #6 Feline Fearless Leader

The scanner arrived today. Tested it out on some 20-year-old 3x5 prints and the default results looked pretty good. Next test will be pulling some 50-year-old 35mm slides and seeing what I can get from those.

Lab Color is your friend.

freetoken May 26, 2015 5:54:12pm

re: #3 Higgs Boson’s Mate

For some reason the GOP always thinks they can make inroads into PR - remember the previous 2 Presidential elections and how Romney went after it?

Statehood Support Should Help Romney in Puerto Rico

I don’t know why. Maybe in some back room some GOP strategists think they can use PR as a laboratory for some sort of experiment?

Feline Fearless Leader May 26, 2015 5:54:25pm

Also took some photos of the neighboring Feline Overlords who I am playing temporary staff for.

Damn you depth of field!

Great White Snark May 26, 2015 5:56:41pm

Re: Chuckles

.@CuriousLurker I've been MISTWEETED!
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) May 27, 2015

Backwoods_Sleuth May 26, 2015 5:57:20pm

re: #10 Feline Fearless Leader

nice nose.

Lord Of The Pies May 26, 2015 5:58:23pm

I could not watch more than 3 minutes of that horrific interview. Are we sure this guy Burns is really a lawyer or did he just stay at a Holiday Inn Express and how is Chuck going to pay his fee?

freetoken May 26, 2015 5:58:47pm

OK, here is a topic which divides:

White House hits pause on editing human germline cells

The United States will hold off, for now, on clinical experiments that could alter the human germ line. John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a statement on May 26 supporting a moratorium on the clinical use of DNA-editing methods that could cause inherited changes in human genes.

New methods that could permanently fix genetic mutations have raised the specter that people may abuse the technology to create designer babies or even alter human evolution.

“The Administration believes that altering the human germline for clinical purposes is a line that should not be crossed at this time,” Holdren writes. The full implications of creating genetically altered humans “could not be known until a number of generations had inherited the genetic changes made — and choices made in one country could affect all of us.”

[…]

So, what is wrong with being a bit more concious directive in the future of the human population? Does the blurb writer not understand that we’ve been directing our own evolution both conciously and not, through how we select mates, and how we organize our societies?

For the record - I have nothing against designer humans, as long as the techniques can be shown to cause not greater incidence of “birth defects” than currently.

Feline Fearless Leader May 26, 2015 5:59:57pm

And their “show” pictures for the owners when they get home.

Lucy the book cat

Miss Kitty (not so close up)

stpaulbear May 26, 2015 6:01:08pm

re: #10 Feline Fearless Leader

Nice goth eye makeup.

Backwoods_Sleuth May 26, 2015 6:01:42pm

re: #13 Lord Of The Pies

I could not watch more than 3 minutes of that horrific interview. Are we sure this guy Burns is really a lawyer or did he just stay at a Holiday Inn Express and how is Chuck going to pay his fee?

Burns was/is a cohort with pimpdaddy James O’Keefe.

PhillyPretzel May 26, 2015 6:02:39pm

re: #15 Feline Fearless Leader

Beautiful pictures of a pretty cat.

Belafon May 26, 2015 6:02:44pm

re: #14 freetoken

OK, here is a topic which divides:

White House hits pause on editing human germline cells

So, what is wrong with being a bit more concious directive in the future of the human population? Does the blurb writer not understand that we’ve been directing our own evolution both conciously and not, through how we select mates, and how we organize our societies?

For the record - I have nothing against designer humans, as long as the techniques can be shown to cause not greater incidence of “birth defects” than currently.

Would it be a bad thing to end the appendix?

goddamnedfrank May 26, 2015 6:03:17pm

I’m just still … I can’t fucking believe this happened.

@BurnsLawFirm “I think he was just referring to doxing.” OMG LOL, you actually said that. Twitter’s argument exactly. pic.twitter.com/B3dThJVaEZ

— Photonic Gaucho (@goddamnedfrank) May 27, 2015

Chuck’s lawyer actually said that, it’s a verbatim quote. That’s his entire goddamned defense, that Chuck didn’t intend to kill @deray, he intended to dox him. He literally said “doxing.”

…

I’m just, I can’t even. Worst.lawyer.ever!

ObserverArt May 26, 2015 6:03:41pm

re: #15 Feline Fearless Leader

And their “show” pictures for the owners when they get home.

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Are they family? They seem to to have similar colors and face structure.

freetoken May 26, 2015 6:04:22pm

re: #19 Belafon

Would it be a bad thing to end the appendix?

Maybe. It wouldn’t be high on my list of “editing” (a euphemism for the older term “engineering”.)

Feline Fearless Leader May 26, 2015 6:04:39pm

re: #21 ObserverArt

Are they family? They seem to to have similar colors and face structure.

I will have to ask.

Great White Snark May 26, 2015 6:05:08pm

re: #14 freetoken

OK, here is a topic which divides:

White House hits pause on editing human germline cells

So, what is wrong with being a bit more conscious directive in the future of the human population? Does the blurb writer not understand that we’ve been directing our own evolution both consciously and not, through how we select mates, and how we organize our societies?

For the record - I have nothing against designer humans, as long as the techniques can be shown to cause not greater incidence of “birth defects” than currently.

Mega bio corp interests bring the what could/would go wrong elements to the table. That and unintended consequences. Can does not equal should. Not at such a primitive phase anyway. FTR I do not fear to eat GMO foods. Just hoping the gene pool stays wide and deep enough to resist critters and disease.

Feline Fearless Leader May 26, 2015 6:05:55pm

And this goose armada was sighted Sunday morning.

SteveMcGaziBolaGate May 26, 2015 6:08:26pm

re: #25 Feline Fearless Leader

My mother-in-law is feeding a “goose” family. It’s actually two geese and two ducks, but she doesn’t have her hearing aids in and, well, fuck it.

freetoken May 26, 2015 6:10:10pm

re: #24 Great White Snark

In the US anyway one can’t patent humans.

I think the real problem we will face is not fear of companies controlling the reproductive process (as if current economic systems don’t already do that indirectly). Rather, that a few significant changes could reap outsized benefits and a society which allows for such will be then asymmetric in social structure internally and in their relationship with the rest of the world.

But I’d be willing to accept that if, say, we could reduce mortality from cancer to a small fraction of what it is today. Why not try to eradicate leukemia like we did (or thought we did) with polio?

bratwurst May 26, 2015 6:10:45pm

I know I should be grateful that I was not seriously injured as an uninsured driver rear ended my car HARD on Friday…but that is not what I am feeling at all. I am feeling violated.

I am a person dealing with some intense and frankly awful personal issues related to my health. I have a much more finite amount of time left in this world that than most people in their 40s, and due to someone else’s negligence and irresponsibility I am having to spend a lot of that precious time talking to police, talking to insurance adjustors, talking to auto body people (the most obnoxious among generally obnoxious car people).

I would be much better off if he had simply stolen my car. I wouldn’t be physically sore and I would gladly trade a Saturn to be able to choose who I spend my precious time dealing with given my circumstances.

SteveMcGaziBolaGate May 26, 2015 6:11:09pm

Some cable channel is Philly is running the very first Happy Days episode. It’s pretty good

Sionainn May 26, 2015 6:11:32pm

re: #5 jamesfirecat

Okay, lets try this again and see if I can’t start an argument.

I think Bioshock 2 is a superior VIDEO GAME to Bioshock Infinite.

Yeah I went there.

Bring it.

I don’t know either of those games. Not a gamer. :-(

goddamnedfrank May 26, 2015 6:13:16pm

Full quote from Chuck’s lawyer.

“Well, you know my client operates on a kind of a shoestring budget, so he relies a lot on donations. I think that it’s very clear that my client is not a professional killer, and he was not actually trying to in kind of the Soprano sense “take out” or “whack” anybody. I think that he was just simply referring to doxing.”

Belafon May 26, 2015 6:13:20pm

re: #22 freetoken

Maybe. It wouldn’t be high on my list of “editing” (a euphemism for the older term “engineering”.)

Having dealt with a family history of gal bladder problems, and having known people have their appendix burst, these small things seem like good first goals, along with thinks like tweaking genes that get passed down that raise the chance of cancer.

I often do things like “Practical uses of time travel” which includes an update to the microwave microwave: It remembers the times when it is not being used so that you food gets cooked instantly.

The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 26, 2015 6:13:27pm

re: #29 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

Some cable channel is Philly is running the very first Happy Days episode. It’s pretty good

Hell, I remember the segment of Love, American Style that Spawned Happy Days.

PhillyPretzel May 26, 2015 6:13:38pm

re: #29 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

WHYY is re-running the Roosevelts.

austin_blue May 26, 2015 6:15:57pm

Yolanda is playing a Lyon and Healy Salzedo Concert Grand.

If you’ve got $37,000 lying around, you can get one, too..

SteveMcGaziBolaGate May 26, 2015 6:16:12pm

re: #28 bratwurst

I can understand. My cohort is getting to the age where our losses aren’t just from accidents anymore. I saw a crash a couple of weeks ago when some guy rammed the car in front of him. It was a traffic jam and I can’t imagine how he hit it so hard but the whole trunk was caved in. I was really angry how a simple mental lapse can do so much damage and cost somebody so much money.

Sionainn May 26, 2015 6:16:16pm

re: #28 bratwurst

I know I should be grateful that I was not seriously injured as an uninsured driver rear ended my car HARD on Friday…but that is not what I am feeling at all. I am feeling violated.

I am a person dealing with some intense and frankly awful personal issues related to my health. I have a much more finite amount of time left in this world that than most people in their 40s, and due to someone else’s negligence and irresponsibility I am having to spend a lot of that precious time talking to police, talking to insurance adjustors, talking to auto body people (the most obnoxious among generally obnoxious car people).

I would be much better off if he had simply stolen my car. I wouldn’t be physically sore and I would gladly trade a Saturn to be able to choose who I spend my precious time dealing with given my circumstances.

I’m so sorry. That completely sucks.

freetoken May 26, 2015 6:18:31pm

I guess I see the resistance to genetic engineering - humans in particular - as a remnant of the idea that the way things are now are the way they ought to be (as if we were, ahem, created this way.)

There are obvious risks to genetic engineering our own species. My belief is that those risks should not deter us from researching the ins and outs of the idea.

Human inventions often come with unanticipated side effects, and most inventions can cause harm if used wrongly.

200 years ago no one died in an airplane crash. But that doesn’t mean air-related fatalities prove inventing the airplane was wrong.

So many human physical (and probably mental) problems stem at least in part, and sometimes in whole, from our very basic beginning - our DNA.

Why shy away from working to fix that?

goddamnedfrank May 26, 2015 6:18:54pm

See, it’s funny because Chuck repeatedly denied doxing anybody. Now his clownshoes lawyer is saying he was explicitly referring to his intent to dox somebody as the argument for allowing him back on Twitter.

b_sharp May 26, 2015 6:19:00pm

re: #28 bratwurst

I know I should be grateful that I was not seriously injured as an uninsured driver rear ended my car HARD on Friday…but that is not what I am feeling at all. I am feeling violated.

I am a person dealing with some intense and frankly awful personal issues related to my health. I have a much more finite amount of time left in this world that than most people in their 40s, and due to someone else’s negligence and irresponsibility I am having to spend a lot of that precious time talking to police, talking to insurance adjustors, talking to auto body people (the most obnoxious among generally obnoxious car people).

I would be much better off if he had simply stolen my car. I wouldn’t be physically sore and I would gladly trade a Saturn to be able to choose who I spend my precious time dealing with given my circumstances.

{{{ My friend }}}

A Cranky One May 26, 2015 6:20:57pm

re: #25 Feline Fearless Leader

And this goose armada was sighted Sunday morning.

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We used to get a LOT of geese at a campus where I worked. I was surprised to see large groups of young geese being chaperoned by a couple of adults. I thought: “Damn, the geese have daycare!”

EPR-radar May 26, 2015 6:21:20pm

re: #18 PhillyPretzel

Beautiful pictures of a pretty cat.

Two pretty kitties.

The Ghost of a Flea May 26, 2015 6:21:58pm

re: #5 jamesfirecat

Okay, lets try this again and see if I can’t start an argument.

I think Bioshock 2 is a superior VIDEO GAME to Bioshock Infinite.

Yeah I went there.

Bring it.

Having just replayed Infinite…it’s a very pretty package but the gameplay is weak. Pretty, nice setting design, okay plot.

So I really can’t fight too hard with you.

In fact, having played Infinite, I have to retract my side of an earlier argument I had with you about the same game: the second half with the Vox as the villains was uncomfortable and poorly handled. My speculation about why the chose that juxtaposition were just totally off.

So…at this point, you’re actually at a net loss for conflict.

Charles Johnson May 26, 2015 6:22:52pm

re: #39 goddamnedfrank

See, it’s funny because Chuck repeatedly denied doxing anybody. Now his clownshoes lawyer is saying he was explicitly referring to his intent to dox somebody as the argument for allowing him back on Twitter.

He was ONLY doxxing him! What’s so wrong with that?

bratwurst May 26, 2015 6:23:47pm

Thanks friends. I will get the verdict on the car tomorrow. The thing is that I am likely to be forced to give up driving in the not distant future, so I was really hoping to continue driving my car until then. Being forced to get a new car (at significant expense, the KBB value of a 2007 Saturn Ion is…uh…not much) at this point would really be a capper to this lovely experience I am having.

goddamnedfrank May 26, 2015 6:23:59pm

re: #44 Charles Johnson

He was ONLY doxxing him! What’s so wrong with that?

Iknowrite? It’s not like “targeted abuse” is against Twitter’s Rules.

Oh, wait.

#FergusonFireside May 26, 2015 6:24:19pm

re: #28 bratwurst

I hope the ordeal with the car will be over soon.

EPR-radar May 26, 2015 6:26:02pm

re: #20 goddamnedfrank

In the unlikely event that this gets in front of a judge, it will be the easiest summary judgement ever. In fact, this might be so sorry a case that Twitter could get summary judgement on costs.

A Cranky One May 26, 2015 6:26:55pm

re: #45 bratwurst

Positive thoughts your way! It sucks that you have to waste time with this nonsense. Hope it gets resolved soon.

A Cranky One May 26, 2015 6:28:08pm

re: #44 Charles Johnson

He was ONLY doxxing him! What’s so wrong with that?

Lawyer isn’t representing himself, yet still has a fool for a client.

And sounds like the fool client has a fool for a lawyer.

EPR-radar May 26, 2015 6:29:27pm

re: #50 A Cranky One

Lawyer isn’t representing himself, yet still has a fool for a client.

And sounds like the fool client has a fool for a lawyer.

Client selection is one of the most important skills for a lawyer to have. Anyone that would take CCJ as a client is either an idiot, desperate, or both.

jamesfirecat May 26, 2015 6:30:14pm

re: #43 The Ghost of a Flea

Having just replayed Infinite…it’s a very pretty package but the gameplay is weak. Pretty, nice setting design, okay plot.

So I really can’t fight too hard with you.

In fact, having played Infinite, I have to retract my side of an earlier argument I had with you about the same game: the second half with the Vox as the villains was uncomfortable and poorly handled. My speculation about why the chose that juxtaposition were just totally off.

So…at this point, you’re actually at a net loss for conflict.

Wow yeah, I mean I played Bioshock 2 on normal, I played it on hard, I’ve replayed it on hard, until eventually I actually managed to beat it beat it as hard as anyone could possibly beat it, playing ONE game and NEVER GOING TO ZERO HEALTH from start to finish on hard.

I’ve only brought myself to replay Infinite 3/4ths of the way through on hard once.

Bioshock 2’s plot is not anything truly grand, but it’s a good effective shooter and the fights don’t feel stretched out the way that Infinite’s do due to the fact that you start needing like three carbine headshots to kill your standard mook instead of one rivet gun.

What most stood out to you about being awkward/off about the VOX stuff?

goddamnedfrank May 26, 2015 6:31:46pm

I wish whoever it was that ran the Chuck’s Asian Wife parody account was still active and tweeting right now about paying Lawyer Bear in buttons.

b.d. May 26, 2015 6:32:06pm

re: #50 A Cranky One

Lawyer isn’t representing himself, yet still has a fool for a client.

And sounds like the fool client has a fool for a lawyer.

Take that back! That guy is one of the best free twitter lawyers that there is!

Dave In Austin May 26, 2015 6:32:36pm

I just realized that the user column on Tweetdeck that was reserved for a certain Ginger, has no content and a spinning wheel of thinking…..

Delete….

austin_blue May 26, 2015 6:33:29pm

re: #49 A Cranky One

Positive thoughts your way! It sucks that you have to waste time with this nonsense. Hope it gets resolved soon.

I think you speak for all of us!

Lord Of The Pies May 26, 2015 6:34:12pm

So yesterday I had this awesome Grandparent moment.

My granddaughter asked “Bubbie what was your favorite book when you were my age?”

I gave her my set of LOTR.

Not my original set from 50 years ago (that’s long gone) but the set I bought when the movies came out.

*snif*

teleskiguy May 26, 2015 6:35:43pm

re: #5 jamesfirecat

Okay, lets try this again and see if I can’t start an argument.

I think Bioshock 2 is a superior VIDEO GAME to Bioshock Infinite.

Yeah I went there.

Bring it.

I quit playing video games years ago. In my early 20s you could definitely classify me as a “gamer.” Then I moved to Steamboat Springs, CO and skied and rode my bike a lot more than I played video games. Now I’d rather spend my money on bike parts, new skis, clothing, etc.

RealityBasedSteve May 26, 2015 6:35:59pm

Well, I’ve been off being semi-gainfully employed, and I see that upChucks last Twitter acct. is now history, his lawyer seems to have bread pudding for brains and GotNews is still timing out when you try to access it.

All in all, the world seemed to function exceptionally well without me watching it. (I feel a little hurt about that)

Hope all is well in the Lizard Lair, I know that some of you have had less than perfect days, but perhaps tomorrow will be a bit better. (or at least not totally suck).

RBS

b.d. May 26, 2015 6:36:17pm

Chuck’s lawyer

teleskiguy May 26, 2015 6:36:34pm

re: #31 goddamnedfrank

What a dumbass! Gave the whole game away! Twitter prohibits doxing!

Backwoods_Sleuth May 26, 2015 6:36:39pm

More storms moving in, so I’m gonna call it a night and shut things down.

pic.twitter.com/mx9t6p1yJs

— The Cult Cat (@Elverojaguar) May 26, 2015

Lizard hugs all around!

A Cranky One May 26, 2015 6:37:17pm

re: #54 b.d.

Take that back! That guy is one of the best free twit~~ter~~ lawyers that there is!

FIFY

Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) May 26, 2015 6:40:14pm

I thought this thread was here to cleanse our mental palate from CCJ.

And I don’t care a hoot about Twitter, either.

b.d. May 26, 2015 6:42:53pm

re: #64 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I thought this thread was here to cleanse our mental palate from CCJ.

And I don’t care a hoot about Twitter, either.

But twitter is just such a strange deal all around

@SweetBabbyJesus Our ads ran during this show as part of a larger buy w/ TLC. We are taking steps to have them removed from future episodes.
— Payless ShoeSource (@PaylessInsider) May 26, 2015

I mean, really?

ObserverArt May 26, 2015 6:45:16pm

re: #64 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I thought this thread was here to cleanse our mental palate from CCJ.

And I don’t care a hoot about Twitter, either.

Who???

Oh, palate cleaned.

Later…gonna watch the second half of the Cleveland Cavs and see if they can get into the finals. That long suffering sports city deserves a shot at a championship. For the sports fans and for the general good will for the city. They’ve been through a lot up there.

Love ya’ Cleveland. Rock ‘n’ Roll!

goddamnedfrank May 26, 2015 6:47:13pm

If it wasn’t for Chuck I probably wouldn’t be aware of this strange crazy subset of really bad right wing lawyers. Jonathon Burns, Mike Cernovich, Josh Smith, Patrick Frey, Todd Kincannon, the crazy Kelly Lee jasian lady.

Also, as an aside, it looks like Anonymous has taken Chuck’s sites offline again.

teleskiguy May 26, 2015 6:47:56pm

I’m going to show you the worst (best?) picture I’ve ever seen of UpChuck.

Click to Reveal

#JeSuisChuckJohnson im a horney dracula and i'll see you in court pic.twitter.com/F3zWuCkEhj

— the well wisher (@LOLY2K) May 26, 2015

CuriousLurker May 26, 2015 6:48:28pm

I really don’t get the free speech thing where platforms like Twitter & FB are concerned. This is some really basic stuff people, stuff you learned in kindergarten. If your bad words/behavior would get you kicked out of a meat world place—a party, bar, restaurant, store, classroom, whatever—then WTF makes you think it should be tolerated online??

CuriousLurker May 26, 2015 6:49:55pm

re: #68 teleskiguy

Eww. He’s so… pink. *gag*

CuriousLurker May 26, 2015 6:51:47pm

re: #64 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I thought this thread was here to cleanse our mental palate from CCJ.

And I don’t care a hoot about Twitter, either.

Meh, it’ll all die down by tomorrow. By next week he’ll be a dim memory.

makeitstop May 26, 2015 6:52:03pm

re: #20 goddamnedfrank

I’m just still … I can’t fucking believe this happened.

Chuck’s lawyer actually said that, it’s a verbatim quote. That’s his entire goddamned defense, that Chuck didn’t intend to kill @deray, he intended to dox him. He literally said “doxing.”

…

I’m just, I can’t even. Worst.lawyer.ever!

Maybe Chuck told him doxing was okay and the lawyer just went with it.

jaunte May 26, 2015 6:52:33pm

re: #68 teleskiguy

I’m going to show you the worst (best?) picture I’ve ever seen of UpChuck.

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All the magnetism of a young newt:

The Ghost of a Flea May 26, 2015 6:53:49pm

re: #52 jamesfirecat

What most stood out to you about being awkward/off about the VOX stuff?

Hard to articulate.

Partly, it’s an issue of narrative structure: the front half of Infinite establishes the ugliness and the threat of the setting…and then the back half is like “nope, here’s this other danger that doesn’t actually mesh with Comstock’s role as central antagonist *or* the pervasive ills of Columbia.” And it rather smelled of false balance/both sides are bad…which is ever so slightly a shit thing to pull up when one “side” is a band of warmongering genocidal racists with a flying super-city and magic powers. Now, I realize there’s a reality-shift within the plot, so the transition in threat is consciously inorganic, but that doesn’t make it work.

Position within a serial media changes emphasis. That the big fights at the end are with the Vox, not Columbia itself, changes the tonal quality of the game. Now maybe that’s intentional…having the Vox also be bad adds to the tone of pessimism and inevitability that leads into the game’s cinematic finale…but I still didn’t cotton to it.

The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge May 26, 2015 6:54:18pm

re: #70 CuriousLurker

Eww. He’s so… pink. *gag*

Don’t go hatin’ on us pinkies—we’re not all like Chuckie.

makeitstop May 26, 2015 6:56:46pm

re: #51 EPR-radar

Client selection is one of the most important skills for a lawyer to have. Anyone that would take CCJ as a client is either an idiot, desperate, or both.

Or as maladjusted as Chuck himself.

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