1 First (woman candidate for VP) She was first on a major party ticket. Toni Nathan of the LP was the first ever.

2 Sarah Palin remembers G. F. on Fox

3 First time I was first when it was okay to say first, first!

4 Bill Maher hardest hit.

5 Damn.  I'm like Charlie Sheen (since the person in first isn't first)!  No I know how BO feels!  It's incredible!  The people....they...they...love me! 

Now, what poor, black kid, living in a hut, wants to play soccer with me?

6 Still racist.

7

Speaking of cancer, probably my favorite baseball player as a ute, Tony Gwynn was recently battling it.

Interesting story.  Pretty shocking to see him in such horrible shape. He's much improved now though.  How he keeps the bills off now.

 

 

8 I don't recall her getting savaged like Palin was, I wonder why?

9 RIP Geraldine. 

10 8 I don't recall her getting savaged like Palin was, I wonder why?

Posted by: USS Diversity at March 26, 2011 05:35 PM (gJNMj)

Because she was SMART!!!...you stupid teabagger!

11

Ohhhh.

12 I don't recall her getting savaged like Palin was, I wonder why?

Actually, she did.  After she called Obama's experience and competence into question.

Probably just a coincidence, though.

13 I believe people do sometimes "wait" .. the will to live is a powerful thing. My mothers doctor told me he has seen it happen many times. Almost like they are waiting for permission to let go from their loved ones. Geraldine battled a long fight with her illness. She was a democrat to the core but at least she stated the facts about Obama and why he was nominated and eventually elected. Rest in Peace Geraldine.

14 She was the only one with brains on the ticket!

15 RIP Ms. Ferraro.

16 I denounce myself in advance, but the press releases and rowdy glasses after someone dies always drive me nuts. How about: Wife of one felon and mother of another, who is famous for being selected, exclusively due to her genitalia, by a loser in a pathetic attempt to bail out a hopeless campaign died today. Ferraro attempted to cling to relevance in the following decades by latching on to false claims of being the first female VP candidate (as if being selected for you gender and still losing in the second greatest landslide in American history is an accomplishment of any kind) and making statements that were calculated to get headlines by supporters trumping them up as being offensive.

17 Rowdy= rosy Stupid iPad auto correct.

18 How about:

Wife of one felon and mother of another, who is famous for being selected, exclusively due to her genitalia, by a loser in a pathetic attempt to bail out a hopeless campaign died today. Ferraro attempted to cling to relevance in the following decades by latching on to false claims of being the first female VP candidate (as if being selected for you gender and still losing in the second greatest landslide in American history is an accomplishment of any kind) and making statements that were calculated to get headlines by supporters trumping them up as being offensive.

Posted by: Damiano at March 26, 2011 05:43 PM (3nrx7)

STUPID CHAUVINIST TEABAGGER!!!

19 How do you "wait to die?"  How do you know you're going to die in the next few hours?  Afraid to fall asleep or something?

20

I denounce myself in advance, but the press releases and rowdy glasses after someone dies always drive me nuts.

Other than not liking when anyone dies save the truly evil, I agree with you.  I'm sorry she is dead(particularly of such a horrible disease) but I feel no compunction to say anything nice about her on a professional level. Of course she might have been a fine mother and wife, but I of  don't have any knowledge of that one way or another.

Everything you said was pretty much spot on.  Doesn't make her terrible, just a middling affirmative action pol.

21 @19 I've been waiting to die since birth. Too lazy to put myself out of misery.

22 RIP Ferraro.  You had some class at least:

Ferraro Defends Palin, Mum on Vote.

btw:
Update: 202 arrested for offenses including criminal damage during anti-cuts protests in London - SkyNews

23 She was the running mate of whimpotard WALLEY MONDALE back in 1984 and the dims lost big time

24 Disagreed with her on virtually everything, but she was a class act who at least listened to the other viewpoint and engaged in a civil discourse. When she supported Hilary and criticized 0'brother, the left ripped into her, as typical leftist zealotry allows for no deviations from dogma. RIP Gerry.

25 My dad was sick for a long time and within 15 minutes of my bro and sis landing at the airport, we were calling a squad to take him to the hospital.

In the hospital we knew he was leaving us, yet he was still dad.  Still talking, joking, etc.

When he finally fell asleep I went into his room and told him it was ok to go. We were all there and it was ok to hold the angel's hand. My dad's breathing complications started the second after that. (I was the closest to him of all my 7 bro/sis).

They moved him up to hospice and my step mom refused to say goodbye for 15 hours.  Finally, she said good bye, dad woke up (been out the entire 24 hours) and said he told the angel.  About 5 minutes later the nurse walked into dad's room, held my step mom's hand, she closed her eyes and dad died.

He waited for his children.  He waited for me.  He waited for his wife's ok.  He waited for her close her eyes.

God bless him. If o0nly he could have waited to see his grand children.

26 The testicle count just halved in the Democrat Party. (Hillary's holding the other half.)

RIP, Ms. Ferraro.

27

Everything you said was pretty much spot on.  Doesn't make her terrible, just a middling affirmative action pol.

She knew one where she saw one and she was one of the few on the left (or the right!) who told the truth about Obama.  Even now pundits talk about the miracle of electing a black man to the presidency, but I think we all knew that that was a huge net benefit for him.  Like Ferraro said, if he were white, he would have run well behind John Edwards in the primary or would have achieved Dukakis-level defeat in the general.

28 Finally, she said good bye, dad woke up (been out the entire 24 hours) and said he told the angel.

Should say -  told the angel to wait.

29 Since we'll inevitably be bombarded with endless poetic waxing about these items for the next week or so, allow me to sake my claim now: Sexism: selecting people, based on gender, for the sole purpose of publicity- or- any person who participates, by virtue of their gender, in a farce of this kind Brave, Ground Breaking Women: Rosa Parks, Susan B Anthony, or other women who actually did things and accomplished something throughout their actions.

30

 Like Ferraro said, if he were white, he would have run well behind John Edwards in the primary or would have achieved Dukakis-level defeat in the general.

Agree, and I'm glad she had the stones to say what she did.

However....uh, pot n kettle perhaps?

 

31 Our first dog got very sick while my wife was out of the country. So sick, that when she called I urged her to come back as soon as possible, even though it might be too late. It took her three days to get a flight. Four hours after she landed, Toffee passed away with both of us there. It was eerie.

32

She knew one where she saw one and she was one

Yeah, you were probably alluding to that there amishdude.  My bad.

33 I don't recall her getting savaged like Palin was

Maybe not in 1984, but the Obamatrons bashed her to hell in 2008.  I'd be disgusted with how they're using her today to bash Palin if I wasn't completely desensitized to their violent misogyny and shit-flinging by now.

34 Geez, I hadn't known about Tony Gwynn--glad to hear he's doing better.  The first time I tried chewing tobacco, I barfed biscuits and gravy--which caused two very potent food aversions.

Sorry to hear about G.F.--she seemed to have a real nice disposition when she appeared on Fox.  Arrivederci, paesana. 

35

My mom succumbed to a blood clot that killed her bowel organs following open heart surgery on a Tuesday.  She slipped into a coma on Thursday.  Friday night they re-opened her in surgery and discovered the damage.

 

I drove back home to sleep for a couple of hours, then brought my wife and kids back up on Sunday.  Mom was surrounded by her husband, her 4 children and her 8 grandchildren, and slipped off late that morning.  The doctor told me he didn't think she'd make it past Sat morning.  I really expected her to pass soon after I left.

She never woke up, but I do think she knew.

36

 Like Ferraro said, if he were white, he would have run well behind John Edwards in the primary or would have achieved Dukakis-level defeat in the general.

Wait a minute. GF was a racist teabagger?

37

Geez, I hadn't known about Tony Gwynn--glad to hear he's doing better.  The first time I tried chewing tobacco, I barfed biscuits and gravy--which caused two very potent food aversions.

Yeah, I puked too.  Chewed for awhile because of baseball, but was never a hardcore user.  A nasty habit.  Spilling the spittoon gets old.

Plus I didn't want t ruin my purdy smile.

 

38

Yeah, you were probably alluding to that there amishdude.  My bad.

Posted by: Delta Smelt at March 26, 2011 06:01 PM (8keNg)

Yeah, she knew even at the time that she was a token, but she would tell you that she was an important token.

39 Good for her in telling the truth about Ebola. She was a Hillary supporter, so it makes sense. I wonder how much her eyes were opened later. Likely not much.

40

I love chew. Promised me poor sainted mother I'd stay away from the stuff, and I'm sure Mrs. Diversity would have something to say if I started dipping or chewing again.  Damn you, Levi Garrett!

41 Posted by: Dave in Texas at March 26, 2011 06:04 PM (Wh0W+)

My dad was never very religious.  So for him to say that he had told the angel to wait, really brought us comfort.  Especially because my dad wasn't good at saying 'white lies' for the benefit of others.  If youasked if you looked fat, he'd tall ya: Well, does a hippo look skinny in a tutu?  Does Clinton's desk make his under-the-desk-dick-sucker look skinnier?

42

Mint Skoal here.  Never really liked anything else.

43 I'm going to have to correct you people on this idea that Ferraro was the first woman on a national ticket.

44

I'm going to have to correct you people on this idea that Ferraro was the first woman on a national ticket.

I always figured William Rufus King as the female which would have made him 1st.  Heh.

45 As much as I appreciate it when anyone actually states a fact about Obama and publicly stands by it, in Ferraro's case, I find it hypocritical. Where she not a woman, she would had died as an unknown school teacher in NY.

46 This post is very good and I ripped it off from Meadiaite.  It was posted by FelixW.  Thank you Felix.

Yes, it was a sad spectacle when this fine lady ran for office. Critics questioned whether a woman could be a homemaker and also a political candidate. But it got worseÂ…..

The ideologues hacked Ferraro’s email account and made all her private correspondence public. They sent dozens of investigators to dig up any dirt they could find on her past. They made her family into the subject of ridicule. They spread lies about affairs and illegitimate children in the most disgraceful manner I remember the telephoto shot of Ferraro’s palm at the debate — some strange, demented attempt to defame this lady on the most dubious of grounds. But the worst was when the hack writer moved in next door to her and tried to spy on her family’s every move….

Oh, whoops, I forgotÂ….Ferraro was a Democrat. So all this must have happened to a different female vice presidential candidate.

47

I'm going to have to correct you people on this idea that Ferraro was the first woman on a national ticket.

Well, as far as YOU know.

48

So all this must have happened to a different female vice presidential candidate.

Ezola Foster?

49 I always figured William Rufus King as the female which would have made him 1st.  Heh.

You figured wrong, sucker.

50 Ferraro? I'd hit it.

Too soon?

51 the 1984 campaign was the first one I paid close attention to (I was , so it never seemed particularly strange to me that a woman could be VP.  The strangest part of it to me was that she had a different last name from her husband.

52 I was 8

53 Where she not a woman, she would had died as an unknown school teacher in NY.

Eh, not necessarily. She could have still been a Democrat backbencher in Congress--lots of men with family and business connections end up doing that, and no one ever complains...

54 ok, just paddin the post count now

55 Geraldine who?  It's all about me.

56 I love chew.

I hear ya, brotha.

57

: Jefferson Campaign Flack Feverishly Scribbling Copy for Anti-Adams Broadsides

Heh.

Ferraro? I'd hit it.

Too soon?

Posted by: My 1970 Me

Speechless.  Only in moronville. 

58

by the way--

Florida 57

Butler 55

3:20 remaining

59

I'm going to have to correct you people on this idea that Ferraro was the first woman on a national ticket.

Well, I'm not sure, but I may have the first woman candidate?

60

Hey, Heather, I love your Cthulu picture 

awesome

61 I'd be all about Butler but the wife's bracket has UF in the championship.

62

 I was 8

Well, I can't tell you to get on, or off my lawn. 

63 Awww, thanks Truman

I've been photoshopping it a bit, I think it would make a fun quilt.

64 OT, but will the blog go dark for Earf Hour tonight?

65 65 OT, but will the blog go dark for Earf Hour tonight?

Hell no.

/In fact, at 8:30 pm Eastern Time, I have a load of trash I'm going to burn in honor of Earf Hour,

66 RIP Ms. Ferraro.

Just found out today that one of my heroes has been fighting a GBM for over a year now. 

67

Who said Billy Donovan looks like a grown-up Eddie Munster?

68 Post on my Facebook: Every. Light. ON!!
It will be interesting just how many "friends" dump me- I lost one last year....

69 VP candidate Ferraro brought the energy to Mondale's ticket that Palin brought to McCain's campaign.

RIP Geraldine

70

Two years ago, It wasn't until we all gathered around my step dad's death bed  and exlpained to him that we could no longer properly care for him (he was in the of end stage of liver cancer) that he passed peacefully that afternoon. After nearly two months in the hospital, there was just no way he was going back. He left on his own terms, the way he led his life; he was a good man.  

Heavy duty stuff...life does suck at times.    

71 Butler's gonna fool around and win this.

72 Earf Hour during March Madness? Great plan.

73 I will be drinking whiskey and watching porn with all the lights ON tonight.

74 Earf Hour during March Madness? Great plan.

Surprised the true believers aren't bitching about the carbon footprint of the chartered flights and road trips to games. Get the low-hanging fruit out of the way before tackling the carbon wasted by the Hajj, right?

75

OT question for the musical Morons here. My aunt is giving me a violin that has been in the family for a while and I'm excited to learn a new instrument. I play guitar and I'd describe my skill level as a pretty good rhythm player and a beginner at lead.

So the question is, will that help me in learning violin or is it a completely different animal?

76 65 OT, but will the blog go dark for Earf Hour tonight?

Posted by: Cicero at March 26, 2011 06:30 PM (0pBLV)

I already have 3 tv's on, lights on in every room (my wife is out of town, I get scared // don't laugh) and the heat is cranked as it is cold as a witches tit here in beautiful Joisey. And I don't have one curley cue bulb in the house, so bite be greenies!!

 

  

77 My Mom died almost two years ago and she almost hung in for all of us to be there. My sister missed it by one day. That night before she died she opened her eyes and looked around to see her husband & three sons for the last time. Something I will never forget.

78 What in the world is he doing! Is he--

79

OT: Monica Crowley had The 'Stache on today and he said he is still considering a POTUS run.  President Bolton.  Nice.

80

"FERRARO, Geraldine Anne, a Representative from New York; born in Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., August 26, 1935; graduated from Marymount School, Tarrytown, N.Y., 1952; B.A., Marymount College, New York, N.Y., 1956; J.D., Fordham University School of Law, New York, N.Y., 1960; lawyer, private practice; assistant district attorney, Queens County, N.Y., 1974-1978; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1985); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress in 1984, but was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States; fellow of the Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1988-1992; president, International Institute for WomenÂ’s Political Leadership; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 1992 and 1998; permanent member, United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 1993-1996; is a resident of Forest Hills, N.Y."  link

you know the best thing about her was that she was so down to earth, I know for a fact that her neighbors in Forest Hills genuinely liked her.

81 Too conservative a play call right there.

82

OT: Monica Crowley had The 'Stache on today and he said he is still considering a POTUS run.  President Bolton.  Nice.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 26, 2011 06:52 PM (zgZzy)

That's almost fap worthy. Too bad he'd never get elected.

83 President Bolton.  Nice.

I'm willing to settle for Sec of State Bolton.  That's my starting position for being wooed by whichever statist squish we end up with for a nominee...

84

That's almost fap worthy. Too bad he'd never get elected

 

I know.  Spent the interview destroying Obama.

85 I didn't get the 3 try at the end of regulation.

86 Bolton, a throwback alpha male.

87 74 I will be drinking whiskey and watching porn with all the lights ON tonight.

Posted by: Delta Smelt at March 26, 2011 06:48 PM (8keNg)

Eh...maybe you should do us morons a favor and turn those lights off. Other wise,  knock your self out kid!

Me? I have a 12 pack of Polish beer, a Domincan Punch cigar and I'm listening to Canadians rockers Evans Blue (don't laugh, they were good w/the old singer )...I love multi- culturism.

 

 

 

88

Heh. Niether did I USS D.

Got three free throws coming up though.

89

oh, only two. 

Like Heather said, Bolton as Sec State would be outstanding for obvious reasons.  If the presidential field is full of retreads and dullards, I wouldn't mind seeing him mix it up in the primaries though.

Butler wins!

90

I ain't gonna wait, no sir.

I mean, first, I'm not usually that polite. Second, I'm really really fkn curious as to what's on the Other Side. Even if its Nothing.

91 Wow. Coach Jeff Goldblum is very happy.

92 82 Too conservative a play call right there.

Posted by: Delta Smelt at March 26, 2011 06:54 PM (8keNg)

What? Bolten as President or you watching porn with the lights out??   

93 Note to self next year. Duke  Butler

94 Anybody else having problems accessing the I-tunes store? Looking to get me some old Stevie Winwood stuff. 

95 OT: At pajamasmedia dot com there is a story of Biden folks imprisoning a reporter in a closet during a big bucks fundraiser. Too lazy to link. Not confirmed yet either.

96 Of course she was right about Obama.

Except for skin color, Obama was just a less-experienced John Edwards.

97

Stevie Winwood?

 

He was banned from iTunes.

98 He was banned from iTunes. Posted by: Dave in Texas at March 26, 2011 07:08 PM (Wh0W+) Why? Too British?

99 @76 Erik, practice on a mandolin. The string intervals and fingerboard scale are the same. Then find a soundproof practice area where you can learn how to scrape the bow without squeaking it. This will take a while.

If you are not past the "bleeding fingers" stage of guitar yet, consider tuning your violin a little on the slack side so you won't cut yourself.

Look up "rubato" and let it be your friend. From a fretsman's point of view, there isn't a fiddler in the world who hits a note honest and simple. They just wiggle all around it and let your ear pick out  what it wants to hear. You can get to be pretty damn good at picking out tunes on the violin and still sound amateurish to most if you don't master that damn Parkinson's technique.

100 95 - Low Spark is one of my favorite tunes. Listening to it now - thanks for reminding me.

101

Stevie Winwood?

 

He was banned from iTunes.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at March 26, 2011 07:08 PM (Wh0W+)

Eh...don't think so, I just down loaded "While You See a Chance" last week.  Unless you're just being a ball ballbreaker, then, well screw you Dave. He was better than perrenial Texas rockers- friggin ZZ-Top!

 

102 101 95 - Low Spark is one of my favorite tunes. Listening to it now - thanks for reminding me.

Posted by: gesc at March 26, 2011 07:13 PM (FZAKH)

Me too, friggin song is only availailable on a whole album on I-Tunes...12.99!

 

103

Except for skin color, Obama was just a less-experienced John Edwards.

 

 

Hey, hey, hey!  I don't like girls!

104 96 OT:

At pajamasmedia dot com there is a story of Biden folks imprisoning a reporter in a closet during a big bucks fundraiser.

Too lazy to link.

Not confirmed yet either.

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at March 26, 2011 07:08 PM (G8NKv)

Meh..they are probably playing naked beer pong too. (Not that there is anything wrong with that) But he does have the greatest nation in the world to run and trains to get to thre destination on time.

 

105 Meh..they are probably playing naked beer pong too. (Not that there is anything wrong with that) But he does have the greatest nation in the world to run and trains to get to thre destination on time. Posted by: dananjcon at March 26, 2011 07:21 PM (fGCiE) MSNBC is going to bust this story wide open.

106 My grandma did that, too. She wanted to say goodbye to everyone, but her dying words were, "I think John and Marlena will get back together." She loved Days of Our Lives, and she was right. They got back together, but only after Marlena was possessed by the devil.

107 MSNBC is going to bust this story wide open.

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at March 26, 2011 07:23 PM (G8NKv

I'm holding my breath, send an amber lamps!

 

108 "He was better than perrenial Texas rockers- friggin ZZ-Top!" Bite your tongue! Cheap Sunglasses v Higher Love?

109

Posted by: comatus at March 26, 2011 07:13 PM (W5ilH)

I have a pretty good ear for tone so I'm not too worried about that. I read a bit on tuning a violin to EADG and I was wondering if that's the same as guitar minus the BE. If that's the case, I'll be good to go.

Besides, my aim for violin is more towards country fiddlin'!

110 Whoa Black Betty da amba lamps..

111 107 My grandma did that, too. She wanted to say goodbye to everyone, but her dying words were, "I think John and Marlena will get back together." She loved Days of Our Lives, and she was right. They got back together, but only after Marlena was possessed by the devil.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 26, 2011 07:24 PM (mHQ7T)

My grandmother passed just after telling us that J-R was gonna be shot. The old bird didn't even spill her whiskey sour.

 

112 I'm gonna name my son JR, and I make a great whiskey sour. Use Santori Yamazaki 12 YO believe it or not, and add an egg white and rosemary simple syrup with lemon juice. Maraschino cherry all the way.

113 For all her faults she, like Moynihan, represented a more civil and rational brand of Democrat.  R.I.P.

P.S. Fuck the Gaytors.

114 Sorry, that's my accent. Suntory.

115 109 "He was better than perrenial Texas rockers- friggin ZZ-Top!"

Bite your tongue! Cheap Sunglasses v Higher Love?

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 26, 2011 07:26 PM (mHQ7T)

Yes, sorry. But always thought they were contribed and phoney. When they were big, AC-DC was their pappy and I was never a big fan of AC-DC either. 80's Shlock rock fer sure. Now lets discuss Clutch...they are ths shizz-nit, as the kids say.

   

116 OT, from the sidelines- just what qualifies that idiot Stupak as a Harvard Fellow? His spinning ability?

117 113 I'm gonna name my son JR, and I make a great whiskey sour. Use Santori Yamazaki 12 YO believe it or not, and add an egg white and rosemary simple syrup with lemon juice. Maraschino cherry all the way.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 26, 2011 07:33 PM (mHQ7T)

Sounds like a good hangover cure.

118 I always liked ACDC, but I like hair rock better.

119 Sounds like a good hangover cure. Posted by: dananjcon at March 26, 2011 07:37 PM (fGCiE) You gotta stir it to emulsify it before you shake it over ice, but it's a great whiskey sour going into spring.

120 119 I always liked ACDC, but I like hair rock better.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 26, 2011 07:38 PM (mHQ7T)

Oh dear, please don't say you liked Poison.

121

My Mom did the same thing.  At 54 she was dying of MS and had been in the hospital for almost a year, had pneumonia twice.  MS had affected her brain and she no longer responded to any of us.

I was in Massachusetts on business and my boss got a call from my Dad to tell her that I should come home and quickly.  Martha said nothing to me, just that we needed to get back to the office in Connecticut.  Once there she told me that my Dad had called and I made a beeline for UCONN Med. Ctr. 

I got there, my Sister, Grandmother and Father were waiting and within three minutes she was gone.  I always knew she waited for me, her oldest daughter.

My prayers go out to the Ferraro family.  I know how important it is to say goodbye.

122 I worked with hospice for a few years. You'd be surprised how many patients passed after Christmas, graduations, weddings, and births of grandchildren. How they did it, I'll never know.

123

My problem with ZZ Top is that they didn't have a "sound."

Not that they weren't talented but if they picked up their instruments and played some random shit you wouldn't know who it came from.

124

Oh dear, please don't say you liked Poison.

I'll bet he watched all the episodes of Rock of Love, . 

125

Geraldine Ferraro:  Just another liberal, leftist douche.  She may have been a good mother/grandmother/wife, but as a politician, she was just as bad as Bill and Hillary.  And I might add, comes in very close to being like Barky.

126 Me too, friggin song is only availailable on a whole album on I-Tunes...12.99!


*cough* youtube to mp3 *cough*

127

P.S. Fuck the Gaytors.

Indeed.

128 I like Poison, i didn't use to when there were actually good bands out there producing good music, but looking around the music scene these days i'd gladly take Poison or any of the other hair bands over the indie and emo crap that passes for rock these days.

129 "Oh dear, please don't say you liked Poison." If I could've gotten out of the house, I've loved to see Bon Jovi. Skid Row and Billy Squier do Wild Thing with Sam Kinison at Giants Stadium in 89.

130
*cough* youtube to mp3 *cough*

Posted by: name changed to protect my ass at March 26, 2011 07:45 PM (9RFH1)

Ahem**thanks**cough**cuogh**

131 40 minutes until Earf Hour a.k.a "Every Light and Appliance in the House is On".

132 Aaaaah...let the Dominic burn!

133 Here ya go. How much fun does this look like? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPIsv7j4fKQ

134 At least Ferraro had a shred of integrity.

DOT:  How about Butler's back-to-back Final Fours?

135 132 40 minutes until Earf Hour a.k.a "Every Light and Appliance in the House is On".

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at March 26, 2011 07:51 PM (ATsDF

Oh shit!..Hold on Kratos, I think my blender is off... 

136 Good Globe and Mail column about Libya.

It's funny, until I read I never thought of the liberal rational for intervening there as just the other side of the neo-con coin.

137

Posted by: booger at March 26, 2011 07:48 PM (9RFH1)

Well said. I'm a product of the 80's so naturally I tend towards that but as you kinda said, music is fucking garbage nowadays.

To me, music died in the mid 90's.

138 The reporter who was imprisoned by Biden is now grovelling and claiming it happens all the time and please forget it happened.  Typical MBM squish.

139 40 minutes until Earf Hour a.k.a "Every Light and Appliance in the House is On".

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at March 26, 2011 07:51 PM (ATsDF

Oh shit!..Hold on Kratos, I think my blender is off... 

Posted by: dananjcon at March 26, 2011 07:53 PM (fGCiE)

All lights on here too.... going to go fill my SUV up... and maybe leave it running.

I will also be feeding beans to various cows.

Posted by: Jackwagon at March 26, 2011 07:53 PM (qjUnn)

Buncha tree-hugging pansies.  I'm having a tire-burning party in my front yard.

140 If I would have planned this better, I would have had some diesel-powered searchlights lit up in front of the house tonight in honor of Thomas Edison and civilization.  As it is, I'll have to settle for lighting up a few old hobo carcasses I have stashed in the garage.

141

And for Earth hour I'm going to just let my truck idle. I spent 60 bucks today to fill my tank to the halfway mark.

I'm dedicating my carbon output to feeding all the hungry plant life out there.

142 I will also be feeding beans to various cows.

Posted by: Jackwagon at March 26, 2011 07:53 PM (qjUnn)

Roger that. I just fed my dog a can of corn beef hash, I don't think my wife will be happy but its fucking cold here in Jersey, I want me some global warmig. I need to play some golf!!

 

143

I'm dedicating my carbon output to feeding all the hungry plant life out there.

Posted by: ErikW at March 26, 2011 07:57 PM (Vg+Z2)

I love pointing out to lefties that the reason why so many starving people in so many poor countries get any food at all is because crop yields have increased somewhere around 15% thanks to increased (eeeevil) CO2 in the atmosphere.

Just one more of life's little ironies.

144 To me, music died in the mid 90's.

To anyone with intact hearing.

I was trying to come up with some songs from 1996-1998 to commemorate my return to Indianapolis, and everything is crap.  I ended up with a Cure song from the X-Files soundtrack and "Hero of the Day", 'cause I saw Metallica there in 1997.  But those are pretty much 80s bands still putting stuff out at that time.

145 To me, music died in the mid 90's.

Yep, grunge seems to have been rock's last gasp.

146 I'll go with the Thumper rule on this one.  Sympathies to her family.

147 40 minutes until Earf Hour a.k.a "Every Light and Appliance in the House is On".

Depends on your time zone, doesn't it? Not much point in turning off the lightsat 5:30 during DST.

I'm going out for dinner, but I'll be leaving the lights on.  And the cats will want to listen to the Sirius.

148 140 The reporter who was imprisoned by Biden is now grovelling and claiming it happens all the time and please forget it happened.  Typical MBM squish.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 26, 2011 07:55 PM (cd11S)

I bet he had his ass paddled too. All while sayin "thank you father may I have another"

149 I can sympathize (a little bit), but of course the story takes the "woe is me" factor a bit too far:

'Brain waste' thwarts immigrants' career dreams

Most of these immigrants wind up underemployed because of barriers like language, lack of access to job networks, or credentialing requirements that are different from those in other countries. Some are held back even further because they're also in the U.S. illegally.

I'm shocked! 

150 The reporter who was imprisoned by Biden is now grovelling and claiming it happens all the time and please forget it happened.

Scranton Syndrome.

151 To me, music died in the mid 90's.

Oh come on.  Amy Winehouse has made really good music, even if she is a horrible person.  And who can forget "Peace Prize" by Steven Crowder?  I've been listening lately to commemorate the Abrupt Kinetic Action.

152 Yep, grunge seems to have been rock's last gasp.

Posted by: booger at March 26, 2011 08:00 PM (9RFH1)

 

Just to be an asshole, I used to tell my grunge rocker buddies that Kurt Cobain did the music world a favor when he put that shotgun in his mouth.

153 147 To me, music died in the mid 90's.

Yep, grunge seems to have been rock's last gasp.

Posted by: booger at March 26, 2011 08:00 PM (9RFH1

You guys aren't listening close enough. Get sattelite radio if you don't already have it. Sirius has a station called Octane that plays allotta good new bands.

 

154

Just to be an asshole, I used to tell my grunge rocker buddies that Kurt Cobain did the music world a favor when he put that shotgun in his mouth.

Posted by: ErikW at March 26, 2011 08:07 PM (Vg+Z2)

Was never a big Nirvana fan. In fact I think the best thing he did for his career was off himself, otherwise-they (nirana) would have been just another GNR from the same error. Death immortalizes otherwise average artists (see Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Elvis) 

155 Hey, Elvis wasn't average.

156 Just to be an asshole, I used to tell my grunge rocker buddies that Kurt Cobain did the music world a favor when he put that shotgun in his mouth.

I say that all the time on the basis that the first two Foo Fighters albums were better than a good chunk of Nirvana's output.  (This is balanced out by the part where Kurt's suicide caused us all to be subjected to Hole).

157

It's good to see North Korea commemorating Urf Hour.  As for any satellites making a pass over the Meanie household, I've reenacted Griswold Christmas. 

158 Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Elvis

Posted by: dananjcon at March 26, 2011 08:14 PM (fGCiE)

If you'd've said Janis Joplin, I'd've agreed.  Sure you aren't letting stuff other than musical talent affect your judgment?

159 158 Hey, Elvis wasn't average.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 26, 2011 08:17 PM (op4Bf)

The only thing that wasn't average about Elvis was his sequence jump suits and his very young wife.  And for that I give him Kudos.

160

Last week I was corked up like Elvis on a cheese diet.

 

 

The more you know.

161

On second thought, I'm just going to switch off my GE appliances for Urf Hour. 

162 ClosetGate from the Orlando Sentinel: "Turns out the veep hadn’t arrived, but about 150 guests (minimum donation $500) were already in the house. So to prevent Scott from mingling with the crowd, a member of Biden’s advance team consigned him to a storage closet — and then stood outside the door to make sure he didn’t walk out without permission." WTF?

163 165, via Insty

164 Death immortalizes otherwise average artists (see Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Elvis) 

Posted by: dananjcon at March 26, 2011 08:14 PM (fGCiE)

Regardless of how you feel about Michael Jackson, you have to admit that he was an exceptional artist. Same with Elvis, he shaped the modern era of rock and roll.

John Lennon was a fucking douchebag and The Beatles weren't that impressive either.

165

John Lennon was a fucking douchebag and The Beatles weren't that impressive either.

Posted by: ErikW at March 26, 2011 08:25 PM (Vg+Z2)

Lennon was a douchebag, but The Beatles were that impressive.

166 So then I told the reporter, "Come on out of the closet, God love ya".

167 Gerry can share a bit of fire and brimstone with Ol'Teddy now.

168 161 Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Elvis

Posted by: dananjcon at March 26, 2011 08:14 PM (fGCiE)

If you'd've said Janis Joplin, I'd've agreed.  Sure you aren't letting stuff other than musical talent affect your judgment?

Posted by: FUBAR at March 26, 2011 08:20 PM (McG46)

No, maybe its my age.  I just turned forty, so maybe I don't appreciate Elvis and Lennon like others here (yu ol' bastards) and Joplin is just another example of my point.  I'm more impressed with the Stones and Aerosmith, even though I'm not big fans. They are/were just as bad addicts as the former but still kept it together (pay no mind to Keith Richards, he a zombie he don't count)

169 Gerry can share a bit of fire and brimstone with Ol'Teddy now.

Posted by: Barbarian at March 26, 2011 08:28 PM (EL+OC)

Each one's punishment is to have sex with the other one for all eternity.

170 My mother pulled off one of those "hang on until everyone's arrived" deaths back in 2004.  I raced to the hospital and was the last of the family to arrive.  She'd been unconscious for over a day.  I ran into the room, held her hand, gave her a kiss and told her I loved her and it was okay for her to go. 

She died about 30 seconds later, maybe a minute after I entered the room.

171

Lennon was a douchebag, but The Beatles were that impressive.

Posted by: FUBAR at March 26, 2011 08:27 PM (McG46)

I'm biased because drug addled, non-sensical lyrics don't do anything for me. That's why I can't stand The Beatles.

172

No, maybe its my age.  I just turned forty, so maybe I don't appreciate Elvis and Lennon like others here (yu ol' bastards) and Joplin is just another example of my point.  I'm more impressed with the Stones and Aerosmith, even though I'm not big fans. They are/were just as bad addicts as the former but still kept it together (pay no mind to Keith Richards, he a zombie he don't count)

Posted by: dananjcon at March 26, 2011 08:30 PM (fGCiE)

I'm 40, you whippersnapper.  And The Beatles weren't drug addicts.  Maybe a little when they were slumming in Germany.

173 Gerry can share a bit of fire and brimstone with Ol'Teddy now. Posted by: Barbarian at March 26, 2011 08:28 PM (EL+OC) She killed somebody?

174

Regardless of how you feel about Michael Jackson, you have to admit that he was an exceptional artist. Same with Elvis, he shaped the modern era of rock and roll.

Meh...I lean more towards the hippies of the Mamas and the Pappas, Crosby Stills and Nash and the rythem and blues bands like the Yardbirds/Zeppelin.

175

I'm biased because drug addled, non-sensical lyrics don't do anything for me. That's why I can't stand The Beatles.

Posted by: ErikW at March 26, 2011 08:32 PM (Vg+Z2)

They also had a perfectly lucid teeny-bopper phase that was moderately successful.  The most popular band in the history of bands.  Come on, people.

176 Liverpool accent: "John, Paul, George, and Ringo"

177 Janis Joplin was phenomenal, habit or not.

178

I'm 40, you whippersnapper.  And The Beatles weren't drug addicts.  Maybe a little when they were slumming in Germany.

Posted by: FUBAR at March 26, 2011 08:34 PM (McG46)

Eh.?..Lucy in the Sky with Damonds? Yellow Submarine?

 

179 Janis Joplin was phenomenal, habit or not.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 26, 2011 08:36 PM (mHQ7T)

Run current through a honey badger and you get the same noise.  Studio recordings weren't quite as painful, but the live stuff was unbearable.  Meanwhile, each Beatle went on to have a successful solo career.  Even the drummer, for feck's sake.

180 That Peace Prize song IS hilarious. I love Crowder.

  I'm not even going to get involved in music talk, nope...going to stay out of that. I AM a whippersnapper.

 Oh, R.I.P

181

Eh.?..Lucy in the Sky with Damonds? Yellow Submarine?

Posted by: dananjcon at March 26, 2011 08:37 PM (fGCiE)

I'm not saying they didn't take drugs, I'm saying it never rose to the level of addiction.  Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was his kid's drawing.  And even if it was LSD, it ain't addictive.  Wasn't aware that Yellow Submarine had any drug connotations.  Do tell.

182

They also had a perfectly lucid teeny-bopper phase that was moderately successful.  The most popular band in the history of bands.  Come on, people.

Posted by: FUBAR at March 26, 2011 08:36 PM (McG46)

So? A large fan base doesn't mean the music is any good.

Miley Cyrus sells out everywhere she goes.

Point is, The Beatles suck, in my opinion.

183

Run current through a honey badger and you get the same noise.  Studio recordings weren't quite as painful, but the live stuff was unbearable.  Meanwhile, each Beatle went on to have a successful solo career.  Even the drummer, for feck's sake.

Posted by: FUBAR at March 26, 2011 08:39 PM (McG46)

I would like to go on record and say that Ringo is my favorite Beatle. Like Honey Badger, he don't/didn't give a shit.   

184 going to stay out of that. I AM a whippersnapper.

 Oh, R.I.P

Posted by: Crazee at March 26, 2011 08:41 PM (xsoRi)

Wise beyond your years, young Paduwan.

185 I only listen to TV show theme songs!That's REAL music, guys.

186 "Hey, Elvis wasn't average." You gotta read Lester Bangs. The King phoned in his later shows. I mean, the man died under a ping pong table with a fried peanut butter and banana sandwich in his hands. Which is cool, if you thought The Mamas and the Papas (parents to Wilson Phillips) rocked harder than Janis Joplin.

187 @178, Well no, before Elvis it wasn't  "Rock and Roll." Whatever shaping he did to the 'modern era' of it had to do with seams. And no, I never liked him.

Rhythm is really kind of a simple word to use. There are two syllables (little bites of sound), and there's an H in the middle of each one. You never mix it up with another word that way. Not having rhythm is a burden one must bear, but not spelling it is an affront to the western world.

If you early Zeppelin, you're likely to get into the 70's albums of Steeleye Span. Revolutionary bass lines, surprising use of instruments, and blow-you-away source material.

188 189 I only listen to TV show theme songs!That's REAL music, guys.

I only listen to video game soundtracks. 

189

Miley Cyrus sells out everywhere she goes.

Point is, The Beatles suck, in my opinion.

Posted by: ErikW at March 26, 2011 08:42 PM (Vg+Z2)

Yeah, the world has more disposable income now.  And the Beatles did it for longer.  And she ain't selling out now that she's gone all Lindsay Lohan.

You're entitled to your opinion, of course.  It's just hard to find anything objective to back it up.  Wildly successful, as a group and individually, wide variety of sounds, and have been copied ever since.  Oh, and McCartney played guitar upside-down.  A lil respect, please.

190 "I would like to go on record and say that Ringo is my favorite Beatle." He was coked out of his skull and banging a Bond chick.

191 The coolest thing about The Beatles is they saw the potential in original material and merchandizing. They understood the importance of licensing.

192 @194 You say that as if it weren't part of the AoS LifeStyle.

193

I'm not saying they didn't take drugs, I'm saying it never rose to the level of addiction.  Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was his kid's drawing.  And even if it was LSD, it ain't addictive.  Wasn't aware that Yellow Submarine had any drug connotations.  Do tell.

Posted by: FUBAR at March 26, 2011 08:41 PM (McG46

IMO to wright these songs, they had to be on drugs. I don't buy the the kids drawing story. And Yellow Submarine just blows, I remember watching some sort of video on Zoom Zoom when I was 5(I think?)...thought it sucked then, I think it sucks now. Don't care if they were tripping, drunk or stoned...or all of the above. I just never was  fan.

194 If you early Zeppelin, you're likely to get into the 70's albums of Steeleye Span.

Never heard of 'em.  Steeleye Span, that is.  I thought you were goofing on Steely Dan til I looked it up.  Steely Dan rules, by the way.

195 Oh well shit, if you never heard of them I guess they never existed then.

196

Posted by: comatus at March 26, 2011 08:46 PM (W5ilH)

I assume you meant me and not dan.

My point was that Elvis helped bring together "white" music and "black "music into a more cohesive form that the broader listenership would accept.

197 183
She sounded fine if you were stoned out of your gourd.

198 He was coked out of his skull and banging a Bond chick.


You say that like it's a bad thing.

199 I like Metal.Preferably Thrash Metal(sometimes called Speed Metal).

200 Heh, comatus beat me to it.

201 @Kratos:

 Listening to Video Game soundtracks is probably better than listening to TV show theme songs...

 So...how about commercial tunes?

202 [sigh]
You know who did some crazy shit? Bix effin Beiderbecke, that's who.

Never heard of him.

203

IMO to wright these songs, they had to be on drugs. I don't buy the the kids drawing story. And Yellow Submarine just blows, I remember watching some sort of video on Zoom Zoom when I was 5(I think?)...thought it sucked then, I think it sucks now. Don't care if they were tripping, drunk or stoned...or all of the above. I just never was  fan.

Posted by: dananjcon at March 26, 2011 08:50 PM (fGCiE)

Of course drugs influenced them.  Thank God.  What do you listen to, Christian rock?  Don't try to tell me it's creative.  Do you really want me to believe that a 5 year old kid didn't like a cartoon of a goofy yellow submarine and the zany antics of its kooky owners?  I don't.  Even if you don't like it, could you at least throw me a bone and tell me that it's original and creative - that's my attitude toward Metallica.  I mean, compared to the vast majority of bands who have exactly one 'sound,' they had tons of sounds.

204 I still think that the early 70's Stones are the best rock ever produced, they blended the country and blues that rock was born out of perfectly during that period. Best song? Tumbling Dice o' course.

205 Rhythm is really kind of a simple word to use. There are two syllables (little bites of sound), and there's an H in the middle of each one. You never mix it up with another word that way. Not having rhythm is a burden one must bear, but not spelling it is an affront to the western world.

If you early Zeppelin, you're likely to get into the 70's albums of Steeleye Span. Revolutionary bass lines, surprising use of instruments, and blow-you-away source material.

Posted by: comatus at March 26, 2011 08:46 PM (W5ilH)

Really?? You're gonna break my balls about spelling on a saturday night?? Regradless, I'm a big Steely fan an am listening to early Bee Gee's (I starterd a joke) as we speak.

206  So...how about commercial tunes?

Don't hear that many as I don't watch much TV anymore. 

It's amazing how the ambient music in video games has advanced from the simple, MIDI synthesizer-generated riffs to soundtracks generated by full orchestras costing millions of dollars to produce. 

207 "Meanwhile, each Beatle went on to have a successful solo career. Even the drummer, for feck's sake." They all had shit solo careers. "I Got My Mind Set On You." "Photograph." Anything by Wings (a maxi pad slogan.) Yoko Ono. Get the fuck outta here. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7169910266829680918# Not even close.

208 Geraldine Ferarro, dear, may you rest in peace. Rest in a peace that neutralizes the "Left" and the "Right" politics, a peace that allows you to see God as he truly is, someone who understands. You were the only Democrat with a working brain that I can recall.

209 Never been a big Stones fan.  They have some good songs, but.  Who couldn't love this hugely successful classic?  That's talent.

210

You're entitled to your opinion, of course.  It's just hard to find anything objective to back it up.  Wildly successful, as a group and individually, wide variety of sounds, and have been copied ever since.  Oh, and McCartney played guitar upside-down.  A lil respect, please.

Posted by: FUBAR at March 26, 2011 08:47 PM (McG46)

I respect them for their talent and influence on music, I just think they're highly overrated.

211

Of course drugs influenced them.  Thank God.  What do you listen to, Christian rock?  Don't try to tell me it's creative.  Do you really want me to believe that a 5 year old kid didn't like a cartoon of a goofy yellow submarine and the zany antics of its kooky owners?  I don't.  Even if you don't like it, could you at least throw me a bone and tell me that it's original and creative - that's my attitude toward Metallica.  I mean, compared to the vast majority of bands who have exactly one 'sound,' they had tons of sounds.

Posted by: FUBAR at March 26, 2011 08:56 PM (McG46)

Actually, I am a big LIVE fan, but its not easy to peg them as a Christian band. Growing up in the 80's my prejudices do lean towards heavy metal. Hey, I've been in bands and can appreciate creativity and I know how hard it is to do something original...I just never understood the Beatles thing but give me some Zeppelin and Sabbath any time!

 

212
Not even close.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at March 26, 2011 09:00 PM (mHQ7T)

Never cared for any of it either, post-Beatles, but they all sold records.

213 Listening to Video Game soundtracks is probably better than listening to TV show theme songs...

 So...how about commercial tunes?

Posted by: Crazee at March 26, 2011 08:55 PM (xsoRi)

Heh.  I had just put in the ONT some links to the Original Score for BSG.  It's actually quite good.

214

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at March 26, 2011 09:00 PM (ATsDF)

True.  They even got Hans Zimmer to do Modern Warfare 2 which wasn't bad.

215 213 Never been a big Stones fan.  They have some good songs, but.  Who couldn't love this hugely successful classic?  That's talent.

Heh, i remember that. It's hard for me to take their lefty political nonsense seriously after they fled their country to avoid paying taxes.

216 "You say that as if it weren't part of the AoS LifeStyle." Just saying it wasn't his music.

217

I respect them for their talent and influence on music, I just think they're highly overrated.

Posted by: ErikW at March 26, 2011 09:03 PM (Vg+Z2)

I suppose I can settle for this.

Sabbath any time!

Posted by: dananjcon at March 26, 2011 09:04 PM (fGCiE)

Oh man.  I'm starting to see the vaast gulf that lies between us.

218 Actually, I am a big LIVE fan

Lakinis Juice has always been a favorite of mine

219 that's my attitude toward Metallica.  I mean, compared to the vast majority of bands who have exactly one 'sound,' they had tons of sounds.

Posted by: FUBAR at March 26, 2011 08:56 PM (McG46)

Not really. You have James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett doing their thang every song. That's the "sound."

220

Oh man.  I'm starting to see the vaast gulf that lies between us.

Posted by: FUBAR at March 26, 2011 09:07 PM (McG46)

Could be worse....you could be a libtard.

221 216 I'm not begrudging them their success, but I'm not overstating their talent, either. The Stones were good, but they killed Brian Jones. Their the Ted Kennedy of rock. Zeppelin was the heaviest. They were proto-metal, and that's huge for me. Sabbath was the first metal band. I don't even think about the Beatles or the Stones much, but I prefer the latter.

222

a person hanging on until all of their loved ones are close

25 years ago, my dad was in a coma and dying in central Missouri.  I was living in Southern Arkansas.  I drove to the hospital where he was to see him and he died one hour after I arrived.

223 EriKW,

The EADG tuning on a fiddle is backwards from a guitar. It is tuned in sevenths not fifths. The G is your lowest note. A mandolin is tuned the same as a fiddle so if you learn the neck on it first you'll have a bit better grasp of a violin.

224

Not really. You have James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett doing their thang every song. That's the "sound."

Posted by: ErikW at March 26, 2011 09:09 PM (Vg+Z2)

Like all bands...they jumped the shark; in Mettalica's case, starting with the Black album.

225 Best song evah! 145 million  views can't be wrong!

226 They really do hang on, Dave.

My grandmother was dying in a hospital (pancreatic cancer) and my mother drove from Texas to Arkansas to be with her.  She hung on until my mother got there (and said so), then died shortly after.

227 226

a person hanging on until all of their loved ones are close

25 years ago, my dad was in a coma and dying in central Missouri.  I was living in Southern Arkansas.  I drove to the hospital where he was to see him and he died one hour after I arrived.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at March 26, 2011 09:12 PM (MEEC/)

Peace be with him.

228 Mmmmmm...Polish beer good-ski.

229 229 Best song evah! 145 million  views can't be wrong!

Neither can almost 55 million views. 

Fryday.

230 231 226

a person hanging on until all of their loved ones are close

25 years ago, my dad was in a coma and dying in central Missouri.  I was living in Southern Arkansas.  I drove to the hospital where he was to see him and he died one hour after I arrived.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at March 26, 2011 09:12 PM (MEEC/)

Peace be with him.

Posted by: dananjcon at March 26, 2011 09:15 PM (fGCiE)

232 Mmmmmm...Polish beer good-ski.

Posted by: dananjcon at March 26, 2011 09:16 PM (fGCiE)

Yeah, that was tacky, sorry-I am a moron.

 

231 Using the term "passes" for Geraldine Ferraro is the right thing to do. However, for other folks may we stick to more AoSHQ-appropriate terms like "kicked the bucket" and "caught a cab"?

232 Neither can almost 55 million views. 

Fryday.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at March 26, 2011 09:17 PM (ATsDF)

We so excited!

233 Huh, i just noticed that the Fryday video references songs by the Bangles and Lynrd Skynrd at the beginning.

234 The EADG tuning on a fiddle is backwards from a guitar. It is tuned in sevenths not fifths. The G is your lowest note. A mandolin is tuned the same as a fiddle so if you learn the neck on it first you'll have a bit better grasp of a violin.

Posted by: Crom at March 26, 2011 09:12 PM (6j029)

That's the kinda shit that will fuck me up.

Is there anything preventing me from stringing the violin backwards?

_{I keed, in a frustrated way}

235 "kicked the bucket" and "caught a cab"?

The proper term is, "Stepped in front of a cab."

236 Best song evah! 145 million  views can't be wrong!
Posted by: booger at March 26, 2011 09:14 PM

Sure they can.  People's bad taste in music is legendary.

237 Yamaha makes a silent violin. It has an active pickup built into it so you can plug a set of headphones straight into it and practice without freaking out the neighborhood cats.

238 Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You, awesome Zeppelin.

239 Not really. You have James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett doing their thang every song. That's the "sound."

Oh yes. Their sound did evolve. Mostly Hetfield insisted on trying to become a singer and effed it all up.
Metallica the drunken = kickass
Metallica the navel gazing and pretentious = lameass

240

Not really. You have James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett doing their thang every song. That's the "sound."

Posted by: ErikW at March 26, 2011 09:09 PM (Vg+Z2)

I knew I was unclear.  I meant I can appreciate what Metallica did back when they were good, even though it's not my thing.  It's the Beatles that have a shitload of varied sounds, not Metallica.

241 Yamaha makes a silent violin.

My dad had a silent fart that penetrated steel walls.
Rest his soul.

242 But was it in tune?

243 Best Metallica song? Frayed Ends of Sanity. Any song that can pull off that woh-eee-woh thing has my respect.

244 Only dogs could hear it

245 Sure they can.  People's bad taste in music is legendary.

Heh, knew i shouldn't have clicked that.

246 243 Not really. You have James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett doing their thang every song. That's the "sound."

Oh yes. Their sound did evolve. Mostly Hetfield insisted on trying to become a singer and effed it all up.
Metallica the drunken = kickass
Metallica the navel gazing and pretentious = lameass

Posted by: kdny at March 26, 2011 09:27 PM (3j6OS)

Tru dat...after watching the docu-DRAMA; Some Kind of Monster...I thought,"what a bunch of pussies." Very disappointing.

247 247 Best Metallica song? Frayed Ends of Sanity. Any song that can pull off that woh-eee-woh thing has my respect.

Posted by: booger at March 26, 2011 09:30 PM (9RFH1)

Agreed it was a very frenetic album but the best song off that album i would say is Dyers Eve. Very Heavy.

 

248 249 Sure they can.  People's bad taste in music is legendary.

Heh, knew i shouldn't have clicked that.

Posted by: booger at March 26, 2011 09:31 PM (9RFH1)

I refuse to let you Rick roll me!! (yeah you did it) FUCK! Need some Slayer to cleanse the pallet.

249  It's the Beatles that have a shitload of varied sounds, not Metallica.

Posted by: FUBAR at March 26, 2011 09:27 PM (McG46)

That's not necessarily a good thing, though. Music fans want a band they can connect with, not some wild, unpredictable group. The only reason The Beatles were successful is because they dropped in during the 60's revolution when everyone was fucked up on hallucinogens.

250 That's not necessarily a good thing, though. Music fans want a band they can connect with, not some wild, unpredictable group.

I'd argue with you.  But at the very least, it proves how good they were, that they could not only make different sounds, but have them all be successful.

The only reason The Beatles were successful is because they dropped in during the 60's revolution when everyone was fucked up on hallucinogens.

Posted by: ErikW at March 26, 2011 09:39 PM (Vg+Z2)

They dropped in before the 60s revolution and were popular playing teeny-bop.  Then did the revolution and were popular.  I agree being in sync with the times helped, as it helps everyone who is.  But they were also great musicians and ridiculously creative.  Nobody has to like 'em, but honest people will at least admit they were something special.

251

 The Beatles success was due to raw talent and originality. They built a loyal following from playing small clubs. They worked for it . Here live in 65 they are playing in Shay stadium a first for any rock band that is to fill a stadium! I think the screaming girls speak for the popularity of the band. It wasn't until the band exausted the conventional format of the songs of the day that they started to experiment with different sounds and by that time they had the whole world listening.

http://tinyurl.com/c76due

252 *shea stadium

253 The Beatles look timeless due to their luck in achieving popularity during the youth of the baby boomers. The numbers and the narcissism of the boomers meant that whoever became a star during their "glory days' would have staying power.

254 Erik, I've been reading a lot of bullshit tonight, so I want to set the record straight.
1.) Music is a personal taste; one man's nectar of the Gods is another man's piss.
2.) The Beatles changed rock and roll in a way you will never understand because (a.) I suspect you don't care to, and (b.) you weren't alive to witness what really happened.
I was. Before the Beatles, rock bands were mostly pleasingly bland white folk in matching suits, with short haircuts. Elvis was considered an outlaw because he would swing his hips in a way we think is tame now, but was revolutionary then.
The Beatles, after a seasoning period in the port city bars of northern Germany, positively exploded on the British and American music scenes. This was in 1963  and 1964 - well before the drug scene caught hold. They were a teenybopper group at first, and then simply overwhelmed the "rock scene" of the time. Their chord arrangements were different, George Martin helped their overall musical arrangements to be different, and they simply blew every other act out there out of the water.
Yes, by 1969, they were producing silly, drug-addled music - like Zeppelin, the Grateful Dead, and everyone else, but to say they "dropped in during the 60's revolution when everyone was fucked up on hallucinogens." is a serious oversimplification not worthy of this smart music blog.
It is probable better to simply grant that everyone's taste is subjective, and no one will ever be able to really determine what music is better than all others. Except for me, of course.
Have a good night.

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Rest in Peace.

256 But they were also great musicians and ridiculously creative.  Nobody has to like 'em, but honest people will at least admit they were something special.

Posted by: FUBAR at March 26, 2011 09:47 PM (McG46)

I can't go there with you. Yeah they were different which that in itself made an impact but something special? No.

We can disagree on this one, friend.

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Posted by: Josef K. at March 26, 2011 09:59 PM (7+pP9)

Fair enough and I stand corrected.

258 Kinda, sorta off topic, but what's with the fear of using the word death and related words--dies, dead, dying? Why do people need to use euphimisms" Passing be not proud, for some short sleep and passing shall pass.

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Fair enough and I stand corrected.

Posted by: ErikW at March 26, 2011 10:09 PM (Vg+Z2)

Very gentlemanly of you, and I apologize for sounding pedantic. So can we talk about guns and boobies now?

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Very gentlemanly of you, and I apologize for sounding pedantic. So can we talk about guns and boobies now?

Posted by: Josef K. at March 26, 2011 10:19 PM (7+pP9)

Full speed ahead! I don't know shit about guns but I do like me some boobies!

261 My mom was the same way, when we got the news of the second tumor's aggressiveness in her brain, she hung on until my brother could get here and died that evening.

Happens often enough that I think it no coincidence.

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Full speed ahead! I don't know shit about guns but I do like me some boobies!

Posted by: ErikW at March 26, 2011 10:24 PM (Vg+Z2)

ONT is up now. Fertile ground for boobietalk, if you ask me.

263

"Heh" to  Erik.

You obviously have confused Lennon the "douchebag" with Lennon the songwriter.

My kids, now into their early 20's, both know dozens of Beatles songs by heart, and can play the songs on guitar and keyboard. 

We played the old tunes, they did the rest.

One is now a professional musician, and the other wishes he were.

We know dozens of other kids who also love the Beatles.

If you are so  tone-deaf and clueless as to NOT understand why the Beatles still appeal to millions today, I suggest you burn your comb kazoo,  put your Kanye West "douchbag"  lyrics into the microwave,  then kill yourself with a rusty old clam knife.

 

 

264 Hi, this is a good website, we know dozens of other kids who also love the Beatles.

If you are so  tone-deaf and Wholesale lingerie clueless as to NOT understand why the Beatles still appeal to millions today, I suggest you burn your comb kazoo,  put your Kanye West "douchbag"  lyrics into the microwave,  then kill yourself with a rusty old clam knife.

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This is something that I've witnessed in my life, a person hanging on until all of their loved ones are close, just to say goodbye in that way.

So did my dad though he still refused to go when we were all around and did so the one moment none of us were there.  I keep thinking that he wanted to spare us that wrenching moment.

266 "Their chord arrangements were different, George Martin helped their overall musical arrangements to be different, and they simply blew every other act out there out of the water." Every one's chord arrangements are different. Joni Mitchell played an Appalachian dulcimer. Brian Jones played every instrument you could think of and created the Stones signature "guitar weaving" with Keith Richards from listening to Jimmy Reed albums. The Ramones played three chords. They all do something different, but no one is reinventing the wheel. The Beatles were a commercially successful band that came to be perceived as the embodiment of ideals of the social and cultural revolutions of the 60s. That's why so many people think they're overrated as musicians. Zeppelin was not "producing silly, drug-addled music" in 1969. They were just hitting their stride and picking up where The Yardbirds left off as to musical evolutionary theory (where garage splits and punk and metal go their own ways.) Led Zeppelin was always a better band than The Beatles in terms of musicianship. Jimmy Page is possibly the greatest guitar player in rock history, after Jimi Hendrix. Jon Bonham beats the snot out of every drummer the Beatles had put together. Robert Plant is way hotter than Paul McCartney, but I'll give you that the Beatle frontman was a good songwriter.

267 The Beatles look timeless due to their luck in achieving popularity during the youth of the baby boomers. The numbers and the narcissism of the boomers meant that whoever became a star during their "glory days' would have staying power. Posted by: kdny at March 26, 2011 09:57 PM (3j6OS) Bingo. I won't begrudge them their success, and as someone pointed out earlier, they worked for it. But "best band of all time"? Nowhere near.

268 Here's something that isn't talked about concerning death and dying.

Anecdotal evidence throughout recorded history indicates that humans, for whatever reason, seem to have the ability to stave off death and/or recover from wounds or illness that others have succumbed to and astound their doctors who predicted otherwise.

One requirement for the miraculous recoveries, besides administrations of healing medications, food, water and protection from the elements (and sometimes even without them), seems to be an inner drive to remain alive and/or heal or an overwhelming need to accomplish some goal. This is truly an amazing phenomenon and cannot readily be explained by science.

Why do some succumb and others linger or survive?

That's the secret.

For you young'uns out there it may be difficult to comprehend but for some, continued living is not a blessing but a curse. As one ages, day to living and carrying out the normal bodily functions become difficult, painful and of limited pleasure or at best uncomfortable.

Since we all know the approximate extent of time left in one's life, regardless of physical condition or ability, as one approaches those limits one becomes more accepting and less willing to exert the will necessary to fend off illness. In other words, the prospect of death becomes less of a negative outcome and in some cases is waited for with anticipation.

This is probably why there is an increased likelihood of death or terminal disease after one loses a job or livelihood when older (and in some cases relatively young) within 3 years of that life change.

So be thankful for every minute of every day that you can spend with your beloveds and make sure that they know that you care and love them.

It may make the difference in how much time you have to enjoy each other.

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