USSM Lives

by davidcameron on Apr 30, 2008 3:00 PM PDT

Really, I have to write 75 words here? Doesn't the title say it all? I mean, how do you expect me to ramble on for 75 words about the fact that our site is back up.

So, instead, I'll just remind everyone that the USSM/LL get together is coming up in about 6 weeks - June 14th at a time and location TBD. It should be fun. You should all plan on coming. Jeff, Derek, and I will be there for sure, and I'd imagine Matthew will try to make it if he's around. Gomez probably won't be there - I'd bet he has a World of Warcraft meeting or a underground hipster convention to go to or something - but it will be fun anyway.

So, plan on coming.

Am I at 75 words yet? This rule blows.

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The rule is there to encourage thought

I apologize for the inconvenience of you not having any.

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 30, 2008 3:05 PM PDT reply actions

long = good(!)

just ask Metallica

by JI on Apr 30, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions

You misplaced your exclamation point

Long != good where songs are concerned. Just because a guy can hammer for 8 minutes, doesn’t mean we should all have to listen to it.

And no, I don’t hate Metallica; I just find long, wanky songs to be incredibly annoying. Say what you need to say and move on.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 30, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Too vanilla?

Is it just me, or is this AJ trade looking worse every day?

by The Alaskan on Apr 30, 2008 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Dude. Uriah Heep. Salisbury. 16 minutes of pure bliss.

And woodwinds.

I Jeff hates pho?

by Llewdor on Apr 30, 2008 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions

my brain hurts just reading that

but then I grew up being a Ramones fan.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 30, 2008 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Centre of the Earth!

1 album.

2 songs.

I Jeff hates pho?

by Llewdor on Apr 30, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions

And this is good...why?

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 30, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions

You OBVIOUSLY never saw Camelot on Ice.

Rick Wakeman is a golden god.

by Jordan of Boise on Apr 30, 2008 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't mind long songs

I mind it when songs are long for the sake of being long.

Musical exploration= good
Pointless meandering = not good

by JI on Apr 30, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions

And see, that's my problem

I often can’t tell the difference between exploration and meandering. When i was in Phoenix last month, some douchebag put the 20 minute long live version of the Allman Brothers’ “Whippin’ Post” on the jukebox. In a sports bar. On a Saturday night.

About 8 minutes into it, the entire bar started noticing it was still the same song…the bartender finally unplugged the damn jukebox at about the 14 minute mark, because if he didn’t I think he feared his jukebox would end up in pieces on the sidewalk.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 30, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Hahaha

In my younger days I would get drunk and fill the jukebox with as many 8 minute plus songs as I could find. Damn I love pissing people off like that.

All that said. I don’t think I ever wrote a song that lasted four minutes. Many lasted less than a minute.

by Sec 108 on Apr 30, 2008 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions

One time at the Terry Tavern

my friends and I wanted a drink in peace, and the place was full of old drunk men; I put on Bat Out Of Hell in its entirety, and the place cleared out less than halfway through You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth.

There are exceptions to my “no long songs” rule – that Meat Loaf album is one, Sonic Youth is another, and there’s a few more – but by and large if it’s less than 3 or 4 minutes I’m happy.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 30, 2008 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh always makes me laugh

So I give it a pass. I loved Yes as a kid and early Tool. Other than than short is sweet.

by Sec 108 on Apr 30, 2008 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm biased toward Yes

Alan White went from Paul Allen’s house to my Grandma’s once. Family friend.

But, yeah, I liked their music before that too.

Ill Ligitamus Non Carberendum

by PositivePaul on Apr 30, 2008 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Great song

Joe Walsh, fucking the man.

Yes is blissful. Roundabout particularly.

Long Weezer stuff is usually cool.

by qrsouther on Apr 30, 2008 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions

How the hell does that get on the jukebox to begin with?

Is it just me, or is this AJ trade looking worse every day?

by The Alaskan on Apr 30, 2008 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions

This is my question

Answer: It’s Phoenix, where the sports bars have neither good beer nor good jukeboxes. We get spoiled in the NW.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 30, 2008 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions

I used to go to a pool hall in freshman year high school and the table closest to the jukebox

And from then on – Guns’N’Roses, Rocket Queen. Again, and again, and again. If I was a grownup I probably would’ve gotten my ass kicked.

by Jordan of Boise on Apr 30, 2008 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Whereas, in the next month I have tickets to see both

Rush and Iron Maiden. Clearly I enjoy a longer, more complex song.

I Jeff hates pho?

by Llewdor on May 1, 2008 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah but unlike bands like Metallica, Maiden is still awesome.

Felix Hernandez may be The King, but Justin Upton is a GOD.

by Goose on May 1, 2008 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions

I would actually go see Maiden

because they are, indeed, awesome. They’re one of my exceptions to the long-song rule. Two Minutes To Midnight is a freakin’ amazing song. I wish they were playing down here.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on May 1, 2008 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Judas Priest is coming through town a month later.

It’s a good summer.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on May 2, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions

That would be a good show, I love Priest

except I’m really kind of afraid of their new album. To answer the questions: Yes, it’s a double album. Yes, it’s a concept album. Yes, it’s about Nostradamus. Yes, it terrifies me.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on May 2, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions

It must be mine.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on May 2, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions

I Laughed Out Loud...

Or “LOL’d, ” as it were.

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Apr 30, 2008 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions

That was fast.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 30, 2008 3:13 PM PDT reply actions

Are you going to tell me the wrong place again and pass it off as a "mis-communication"?

Why the hell did I buy it last year? New Jersey! What a stupid place to hold a LL/USSM meetup I should have said to myself. But noo….

by Matthew on Apr 30, 2008 3:18 PM PDT reply actions

What is it with you guys and edit buttons...

You wouldn’t’ve had to succombed to the 75 word rule, had you just edited your original fanpost or something…

Ill Ligitamus Non Carberendum

by PositivePaul on Apr 30, 2008 3:27 PM PDT reply actions

huzzah

Also… looking forward to the 14th of June

by thenatural on Apr 30, 2008 3:28 PM PDT reply actions

Cameron you jackbag

My college graduation is that day and my family’s going to be in town.

by Gomez on Apr 30, 2008 4:41 PM PDT reply actions

At least you'll be in the correct time zone

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by Corco on Apr 30, 2008 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions

College graduation is almost a hipster convention

We don't negotiate with terrorists.

by Mariner John on Apr 30, 2008 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions

You want to tell that to my mother?

I wouldn’t even go if my family wasn’t coming up for it.

by Gomez on Apr 30, 2008 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions

How receptive is your family to practical jokes?

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 30, 2008 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions

For what I'm thinking you'd have in mind

I’d probably get disowned.

by Gomez on Apr 30, 2008 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions

We could have Corco pretend to be you

by Robert on Apr 30, 2008 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh yeah they totally won't notice

by Gomez on Apr 30, 2008 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Uh...if I'm in the state of Washington I'll be at the feed

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by Corco on Apr 30, 2008 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Sorry, everyone likes Gomez more

so you gotta bite this one. Don’t worry, he’ll return the favor by driving through Nevada and taking notes about the mile markers for you.

by Jordan of Boise on Apr 30, 2008 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions

fair enough

If for some reason I’m in Seattle I’ll be Gomez and graduate college

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by Corco on Apr 30, 2008 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Elko is mile marker 180 on I-80

by Gomez on Apr 30, 2008 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions

I've been to Elko

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by Corco on Apr 30, 2008 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Ain't it exciting

...

by Gomez on Apr 30, 2008 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions

I like it actually

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by Corco on Apr 30, 2008 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions

<=O

(Emotisurprise-face)

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Apr 30, 2008 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions

That's my ancestral homeland

My mom’s family is all from Ely/Elko and that part of the world. It’s desolate but it’s beautiful.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on May 1, 2008 6:55 AM PDT up reply actions

I am officially frightened pdb

My Mom’s family is also from Ely. My Mom grew up on the Utah side of the valley that Baker, Nevada is in. I’ll bet our families new each other, or we may even be related the way things work in that area.

by Sec 108 on May 1, 2008 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions

that's crazy

I need to pursue this. My mom was born in 1941 and her last name was Hanks. So as not to turn this into Geneology Today, follow the link in my sig and send me an email.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on May 1, 2008 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions

Will do, and I am related to some Hanks BTW.

by Sec 108 on May 1, 2008 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions

I can't tell whether this would be cool or really creepy.

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on May 1, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions

We did some investigating &

I doubt we are related. However, I am fairly sure our grandparents knew each other.

by Sec 108 on May 1, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions

It's about time for you to be on your own anyway

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 30, 2008 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions

See

I’d be so much more down with ditching them if they weren’t flying up here just for the graduation. And my folks aren’t rich. And dunno about you, but I actually like my family ;P How else could I ever manage free room and board on vacations to Vegas?

All things considered, the prospects of being able to make it aren’t completely hopeless. IIRC the grad ceremony is an early event. Obviously, we’re not sure when and where on 6-14 the LL/USSM event’s going to be. If it’s close enough and the timing’s right, I may try to drag them into a doubleheader or drop them off and make it… but if it’s in Tacoma and/or if it’s a day event, well… not too sure. But IIRC we saw night games at last year’s meetups. If it’s a similar plan, it could be possible even if it’s down in Tacoma. But if it’s a daytime meet/greet… have fun!

Either way, Eric has suggested dragging my mother and brother to a game afterward. I may see at least about getting them to go to the game at Safeco that night.

by Gomez on Apr 30, 2008 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions

The 6/14 event will be in Seattle, probably downtown somewhere, but during the afternoon

that’s the official meetup, anyway. I’m sure a lot of people will then be going to the game afterwards but it’s not like we’re buying a bulk ticket package.

Might do something the next day, though. It’d be fun to play softball.

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 30, 2008 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Good to hear

I’ll definitely see about working out some arrangements. If you do something the next day, I can easily make it if my family’s taking an early flight out.

by Gomez on Apr 30, 2008 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions

I support softball.

by brayden04 on May 1, 2008 1:27 AM PDT up reply actions

As long as Jeff doesn't bring his knife.

by brayden04 on May 1, 2008 1:27 AM PDT up reply actions

Doesn't your mom read your MiLB writeups?

My memory completely sucks, but I seem to recall you giving her a shout out once. Or something.

Ill Ligitamus Non Carberendum

by PositivePaul on May 1, 2008 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions

She does

Well, she did last season at least.

by Gomez on May 1, 2008 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions

Gomez plays wow?

I used to play, quit though
My two characters are Ichirowright (human priest) on server Muradin, and Waynerooney (dwarf hunter) on server: no clue
I believe I also have a couple of low level Ichiro’s stashed somewhere, and a Seattlea (drainei shaman) on Muradin server
I’m cool like that

http://seattlesportsmaniac.blogspot.com

by LantermanC on May 1, 2008 10:58 AM PDT reply actions

That was just Dave snark

I don’t think he knew why I couldn’t go.

I lack the geek-powers or sheer will needed to play WoW.

by Gomez on May 1, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions

No one here plays WoW.

We’re all laughing at you.

I Jeff hates pho?

by Llewdor on May 1, 2008 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions

I own it (it was a gift), but I've never installed it.

I’m just not a big fan of games that don’t have an “ending”. I guess I enjoy having some type of goal to strive for.

I like midgets more than I should.

by Thingray on May 1, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions

I like games where I can achieve something significant.

Sure, I could get my character to level 70 or whatever, but lots of people do that, and it makes no real difference to the game if I do.

This is why I play single-player RPGs almost exclusively.

I Jeff hates pho?

by Llewdor on May 1, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Same here.

I like midgets more than I should.

by Thingray on May 1, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions

I <3 Oblivion

by Graham MacAree on May 1, 2008 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions

Oblivion at release sort of had the same problem as games like WoW.

With the crazy level scaling, the world advanced with you, so you never got better at anything relative to the world. No matter what I did, the world didn’t really seem to care. Oblivion’s a bad example of in-game acheivement, I’m afraid.

Plus, it was far too easy to break the levelling mechanic by accident, and the initial plot hook (Hi, I threw you in prison for reasons I won’t explain. Now that I’m letting you out because I don’t have a choice, please go talk to the commander of my personal guard) was so absurd as to dissuade even the most casual role-player.

I wasn’t impressed with Oblivion.

I Jeff hates pho?

by Llewdor on May 1, 2008 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions