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Now that Rock Band has released the six albums they announced last year, those of us who play the game are anxiously awaiting the next round of announcements. My excitement is somewhat tempered with the Rock Band: Beatles game coming out, but I'm still hopeful that Harmonix won't completely forget about their flagship game. This is a sample of albums I'd like to see come to Rock Band in the near future:

  • "Dirt" - Alice in Chains
  • "Pet Sounds" - Beach Boys
  • "Perfect From Now On" - Built to Spill
  • "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" - The Flaming Lips
  • "Flight of the Conchords" - Flight of the Conchords
  • "You'd Prefer an Astronaut" - Hum
  • "Grace" - Jeff Buckley
  • "Are You Experienced" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  • "Greatest Hits" - Journey
  • "Hot Fuss" - The Killers
  • "Above" - Mad Season
  • "It Still Moves" - My Morning Jacket
  • "Twin Cinema" - The New Pornographers
  • "In Utero" - Nirvana
  • "Satellite Rides" - Old 97's
  • "Vs." - Pearl Jam
  • "Mer de Noms" - A Perfect Circle
  • "Animals" - Pink Floyd
  • "Rated R" - Queens of the Stone Age
  • "Murmur" - R.E.M.
  • "The Bends" - Radiohead
  • "Sweet Oblivion" - Screaming Trees
  • "Chutes Too Narrow" - The Shins
  • "( )" - Sigur Ros
  • "Greatest Hits" - Simon & Garfunkel
  • "Siamese Dream" - Smashing Pumpkins
  • "Badmotorfinger" - Soundgarden
  • "This is Spinal Tap" - Spinal Tap
  • "Temple of the Dog" - Temple of the Dog
  • "Tenacious D" - Tenacious D (minus the talky skits)
  • "Greatest Hits" - Tom Petty
  • "AEnima" - Tool
  • "Joshua Tree" - U2

I don't expect any of these to happen. They'd either be too expensive (U2, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix), unattainable because of Warner Bros. vs. Music Games (Built to Spill), or just plain unpopular, but dammit I'd love to see some of these.

Any other thoughts? What would you like to see in Rock Band (if you play it)?

As usual, have at it. Oh, and, um, I can't believe that one thing happened in Lost last night. I did NOT see that coming.

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I have not yet seen last night's Lost so no spoilers please anybody

but I will say that if NBC doesn’t bring Chuck back there will be much anger.

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 9:40 AM PDT reply actions  

That's not true.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 30, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

I will disagree with this and argue that this show delved into

some of the themes and ideas at the very heart of the series. And because there is a request for no spoilers, I will stop there.

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by Eyebrows on Apr 30, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

Agreed.

We found out a shit-ton of stuff yesterday, including something that potentially sets up the rest of the series.

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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 30, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

I adore the idea of Built to Spill and FOTC albums in Rock Band.

I don’t know why I’ve suddenly become the defender of all things Audioslave, but they really would make a good Rock Band group. Plenty of funky Tom Morello guitar work, vocals, and the right length of song in general. I’d go with Out of Exile. CALLING JI! CALLING JI!

by abender20 on Apr 30, 2009 9:42 AM PDT reply actions  

Listen to Cornell's latest album and Out Of Exile will sound like Exile On Main Street though

seriously. I haven’t heard the whole thing but from the bits I have listened to it’s one of the worst albums I have ever heard.

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

Eye-opening is a good word for it

He was here last night and I was tempted to go see it just for laughs, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it.

I have no problem with R&B style club music, but Chris Cornell’s voice is not suited for it and he makes no attempt to change his voice or delivery to accommodate the style in which he was singing – which thus ends up being a trademark Chris Cornell yowl and lyrics, done over club beats. Cringeworthy.

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

oh god this is amazing

and I’m only 45 seconds into it.

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions  

Scream is the first single

but just do a youtube search for “Chris Cornell Timbaland” and all sorts of goodness awaits.

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not entirely true, these lyrics are not Chris Cornell lyrics

and for the most art he uses his bluesy pop voice and avoids going for the high notes

by JI on Apr 30, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions  

Having listened to it all the way through

I don’t think it’s nearly as bad as everyone thinks it is. Don’t get me wrong, it’s terrible, but not for the reasons you’d think. The album is never at any point boring and the production is superb, the problem is that Chris Cornell is singing misogynistic lyrics and trying to sound like he’s a mac daddy . Dude, you grew up in Seattle playing heavy metal you are not black. Quit acting like it. It’s embarrassing.

by JI on Apr 30, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

Agreed, but GH already stole Cochise. They'd be better off to steal a few songs from each album.

Gasoline, Set it Off, I am the Highway , Like a Stone from the self-titled. Out of Exile, Be Yourself, Doesn’t Remind Me, and Drown me Slowly from Out of Exile. The rest aren’t really great RB songs.

by abender20 on Apr 30, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, but there are a few songs that are available on both games

I wouldn’t rule out the possibility of seeing Cochise on RB.

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by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

They hated it because it sounded like RATM and not an original band

Cornell sings his fucking ass off too, he totally changed his style on that record and I love it.

It’s too bad the lyrics to Exploder suck because otherwise I think it would have been a classic: the vocal 100% goes for the balls. It’s ridiculous in a very pleasing was.

by JI on Apr 30, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

I just care about whether it flows with the song

Actually listening to the lyrics happens after I decide whether I like it or not.

by Graham MacAree on Apr 30, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions  

Of course

But songs that are superficial tend to get old quickly. If they’re about something the replay value is much much greater

by JI on Apr 30, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

Totally agreed. Their first album is pretty good.

Everything since then has sucked donkey balls, though.

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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 30, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions  

Audioslave's first album was good

The last two sounds like they were thrown together over a weekend. There’s no reason Cornell needs RATM backing him on those two since the best songs are the singer songwriter types like Yesterday to Tomorrow and Dandilion

by JI on Apr 30, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

Oh and

If I played Rock Band I’d want to see:

 - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables – Dead Kennedys
 - Sound Affects – The Jam
 - Gluey Porch Treatments/Ozzma – Melvins (and I’m not even kidding about this)
 - Boys And Girls In America – The Hold Steady
 - Alien Lanes – Guided By Voices

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 9:43 AM PDT reply actions  

Iggy Pop - Lust for Life

Just cause I love singing the black and strong line from “Turn Blue”

by sammy on May 1, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

No.... that's interesting.

What varietals do they grow up there?

by marc w on Apr 30, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

Interesting....

nothing too different, eh? Nothing like Red Mountain’s weirdness (Mourvedre? How is this possible? I like it, but I’m shocked). I’ll see if I can grab one of those Lake Chelan winery offerings.

by marc w on Apr 30, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

Lake Chelan should be on your bucket list

Lake Chelan which just received its AVA yesterday is in North Central Washington and has been producing award-winning, distinctive wines for years but no one has known about them. So they finally get some recognition with this AVA. All are small boutique wineries selling mainly from the tasting and locally in Washingon State. For full disclosure, I am a winemaker and vineyard owner there. You can find more information about Lake Chelan Wineries at http://www.lakechelanwinevalley.com. Also visit Hard Row To Hoe Vineyards (www.hardrow.com) and order some of the Barbera. It is awesome, made with grapes from a high altitude vineyard at Lake Chelan in the foothills of the North Cascade mountains. So not only are the wines fantastic , the place has beautiful scenery and is absolutely pristine. Feel free to contact me for more info.

by hardrow on Apr 30, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

What aftershave are all the cool kids using these days?

I have just run out of mine on the eve of the weekend stag doo FROM HELL [erm think they are called Bachelor Parties in Yankee] and I need to sort this out within the next 24 hours. What do you guys [and especially girls!] recommend?

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by EnglishMariner on Apr 30, 2009 10:16 AM PDT reply actions  

2 POLOS AT ONE TIME

BOTH WITH POPPED COLLARS

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ain't no collar like a lotta popped collar

cuz a lotta popped collars don’t stop

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Bloomin' onion.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 30, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

I wore 4 popped collars to a theme party one time.

It was really uncomfortable.

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by joof on Apr 30, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

Seconded.

Nothing spoils the mood like a babe sneezing in your face when she catches a whiff of the aftershave.

by msb on Apr 30, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

'stag doo'

I love it.

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by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 30, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

What is the location of said stag do?

Is it in your town or are you flying somewhere?’

/pleasedon’tsayDublinpleasedon’tsayDublinpleasedon’tsayDublin

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions  

Just Leeds, because everyone is skint at the moment so trips to Newquay/Brighton/Abroad would have resulted in about four of us going.

Should be a good weekend. Karting, curry, boxing, booze, shaving all the grooms hair off and tying him to a lamppost outside Elland Road with a Man United shirt on…

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by EnglishMariner on Apr 30, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

I never really saw a benefit to using aftershave.

Maybe my facial hair isn’t manly enough to require a salve.

by Teej on Apr 30, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

I am sorry that you needed my help and I was not here.

I don’t agree with the no aftershave policy. I like a very faint classic aftershave. I like:
Armani Code
Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme
Polo Blue
And my favorite, Hugo Boss Hugo

by Kirsten Schlewitz on May 1, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

Mer de Noms would be pretty good for Rock Band, I think

Judith, 3 Libras, and The Hollow would all be awesome to perform

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 10:28 AM PDT reply actions  

We just watched Role Models and it's hysterical

we also just watched Bigger Stronger Faster, which was really interesting. Cinema Paradiso’s always an awesome choice.

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

Me too

I can’t stand Sean William Scott and I’m starting to tire of the Apatow school of comedy, but I kept hearing so many good things about this I had to see it, and I’m glad I did.

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

Anything by Miyazaki.

That’s the recommendation I give to everyone.

by BrianL on Apr 30, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

I completely agree.

Spirited Away is in a class by itself, but Mononoke, Totoro, Castle in the Sky, and Howl’s Moving Castle are all a blast too.

by Decatur on Apr 30, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions  

I recently rewatched Swimming with Sharks which I enjoyed.

Seconded on Role Models. I seriously suggest watching the deleted scenes and other extras on that one. Just as funny as the movie itself.

by Sec 108 on Apr 30, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

Absolutely hysterical movie.

And if you like dark comedies, War Of The Roses is fantastic.

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions  

God that movie was overhyped and just generally poor.

(This may yet turn into a new version of ‘why do they gotta put so much stuff in a cell phone’)

by marc w on Apr 30, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions  

Why do you think it was poor?

I don’t like Colin Farrell at all, but In Bruges was hysterical, at least to me.

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

Because none of it makes any goddamn sense.

The whole premise of the movie is the old hitman trying to save/redeem the younger one, but there’s zero reason for this to happen. They try to set it up as the odd couple with guns, but the dialogue, pacing, plot, etc. don’t support the central premise of the movie. So you’re left with archetypes + a midget, which just seems like laziness.
Did I mention that the dialogue is crap?

by marc w on Apr 30, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

No, seriously, how do you really feel?

I actually thought the dialogue was the best part of the film, but then I liked McDonagh’s stage stuff before I saw In Bruges so I was predisposed to like this.

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

Sometimes a really good movie is a really bad movie

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by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

This is true.

Uschi Digart is better than Liv Ullman. There, I said it.

by marc w on Apr 30, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

Note to the uninitiated

Do not do a google image search for Uschi Digart if you are at work.

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ohhh, good save

I honestly was about to do this…what’s the reason for not doing so?

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by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

Oh, makes sense

The Nazi-blockade they have here at work may not have even let me get that far though, but it’s good to not try these things

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by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

If your work is like mine

that nazi blockade also dumps what was blocked into a log file containing user ID of the searcher. Probably best not to step on that particular third rail, on the off chance that someone ever looks at that log file (which they really don’t at my company).

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

Ah, but the fun part about ours is...

That we don’t need to log into the computers to surf the web, only to access the POS system associated with each computer. But still, I’m almost positive that if I was able to access any of the system files and settings on these damn things that there is a logging function going on somewhere

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by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

Just throwing this one out there...

Teeth…it’s creepy, but somewhat entertaining as well

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by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

oh god that movie is bizarre

I’m not sure if I liked it or not, but it was definitely something I haven’t seen done before.

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I saw it and really wasn't sure how to comprehend it

But the same thing for me, I hadn’t really seen anything like it done before. Good concept for a horror movie, but it was just really odd

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by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

I only caught a little bit of John Adams, but I really enjoyed it

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by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

They're both equally good,

But I relate to action/cop movies better than zombie movies, so I liked Hot Fuzz much more. But I started with Shaun of the Dead.

by Decatur on Apr 30, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

I have yet to see Hot Fuzz, but I hear good things about it

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by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

Do it, do it now.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 30, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions  

Calm down

My brother works at a movie store, I’ll have him pick it up so I can watch it this weekend

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by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

I like Hot Fuzz better than Shaun of the Dead.

I love love love Hot Fuzz and I like Shaun ok, but zombie movies aren’t my thing. Still I’m glad I saw Shaun first because of the few callbacks to it in HF.

Yay I have an opinion!

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by Eyebrows on Apr 30, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm the same way. Pretty tired of zombie flicks over here.

Hot Fuzz had me rolling while Shaun had spots that annoyed me.

by Sec 108 on Apr 30, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions  

Shaun of the Dead works better if you've seen Dawn of the Dead.

However, the fact that it is both a perfect parody and also stands alone on it’s own merit is what I enjoy so much.

by abender20 on Apr 30, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe I should say what they're about.

Das Leben der Anderen is about the Stasi in East Germany
You know Wall-E and Blood Diamond.
Hot Fuzz is quite possibly the funniest movie I’ve ever seen (excepting only Monty Python movies).
Der Untergang is about Hitler, and internet videos that change the dialogue of his epic tirade are funny.
La Haine is about the French Banlieus in the 1990s
The Wire is the best show ever.
And North and South is a 4-hour badass like Jane Austen but way way better BBC miniseries

by Decatur on Apr 30, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

How people here think Scarecrow is the greatest movie rental store ever?

It’s like a university film school library. You can find absolutely anything there. I don’t watch enough movies to justify getting my own netflix, so I’m not sure how good its selection for obscure stuff is, but Scarecrow is the King Felix commanding his fastball of movie rental stores.

by Decatur on Apr 30, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

Just don't try to work with the staff at all

I love Scarecrow, and miss it now that I don’t live there. But the people that work there are insufferable for the most part – and I say this as someone who worked in a video store for five years. Don’t hold the fact that I don’t know Japanese grindcore against me when I ask where your copy of Kill Bill Vol 2 is, please.

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

Probably so.

But I have an irrationally special place in my heart for Scarecrow nevertheless.

by Decatur on Apr 30, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions  

You'd be wrong.

Scarecrow beats our asses in terms of selection.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

True, but outside of location,

I know for a fact you’re going to wait until I leave the store to laugh at me for getting “Never Been Kissed.”

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by kevin_ess on Apr 30, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oldies (relative) but goodies:

Greg the Bunny (TV)
People Under the Stairs
Shakes the Clown
Engineering an Empire (History Channel)
Dark City
In the Mouth of Madness

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Apr 30, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

Haha, Greg the Bunny. Haven't seen that in forever and a day

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by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions  

It doesn't age well, but it's great in small doses.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Apr 30, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

PDB-STYLE DISCLAIMER

I thought it didn’t age well. Your mileage may vary.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Apr 30, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

Julius Caesar's Rome, maybe?

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Apr 30, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Also, the War of 1812 one was good.

And while I’m not into planes, so I didn’t like the Dogfights series, it was very highly sold to me by others.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Apr 30, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

Lost Worlds

The Universe
Engineering an Empire is amazing
Battles BC

by seattlebruin on Apr 30, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Better that you've already seen them

that’s quality television right there, even if none of them quite stack up to Engineering an Empire

by seattlebruin on Apr 30, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

I expected this comment from Fogel.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Apr 30, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

Suggestions

The Fast and the Furious
2 Fast 2 Furious
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Twilight
Twilight – Director’s Cut

by seattlebruin on Apr 30, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

You know you could have just called.

Let the Right One In, the Third Man, Night of the Hunter, Night and the City, Thieves Highway, F is for Fake, Ninotchka, the Sweet and Lowdown, Bringing Up Baby. I could keep going if you’d like.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Alright then.

Oldboy, Biozombie, Aguirre the Wrath of God, Grizzly Man, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, Encounters at the End of the World, Hype!, the Searchers, Heavy Metal in Baghdad, Once Upon a Time in the West, Harvey.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Absolutely. I unfortunately ruined most of the surprise by checking out a review or two beforehand.

One of the reviews I read gave away a little too much, but i was still very pleasantly surprised. Are the other movies in your above recommendation all on par?

by abender20 on May 1, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

Eh, Oldboy is one of my favorite ever movies.

Biozombie is a lot of fun and is somewhat similar stylistically, but it’s not even on the same planet as Oldboy. Heavy Metal in Baghdad is really interesting and really well done, but it’s not one of those documentaries that’s going to redefine the genre or anything. The rest are equal to or surpassing Oldboy in quality, but they’re obviouslly very different movies.

by Aaron Campeau on May 1, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

Alright. I'll look into the others on the list to see what may tickle my fancy.

Also, you never weighed in on In Bruges yesterday. As LL’s resident movie fanatic, how do you feel about it?

by abender20 on May 1, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions  

I started it,

but I couldn’t finish it. I couldn’t get past Colin Farrell. To be fair, though, I had just gotten home from seeing The Boredoms live, and really any movie I would have seen would have paled in comparison.

by sammy on May 1, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

[Seinfeld voice] What is the deal with the subtitles on Let the Right One In??

I was trying to find out (a) why Magnolia insists on calling them “narrative subtitles” and (b) why there is nothing there when you pick “narrative subtitles” and © why everyone is hating on the translation of the regular subtitles.

by msb on Apr 30, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

The translator wanted more money for her translation for the DVD release.

Mark Cuban is a dumbass and told her to go piss of a rope. Nerds started bitching. Mark Cuban is a dumbass but is remarkably adept at knowing which way the wind is blowing and a new version with the theatrical subtitles will be released soon.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

And ....

Baby face, The lady Eve, Ball of fire, Lady of Burlesque, The file on Thelma Jordan, Night nurse, Four on a match

The more the merrier, Easy living, Talk of the town, Only angels have wings

Bachelor mother, The major and the minor, Once upon a honeymoon, Tight spot, Roxie Hart

by msb on Apr 30, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Out of the past.

Can’t believe I forgot it.

by msb on Apr 30, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Also,

Badlands, 4 months 3 weeks 2 days, Dead Ringers, The Killing, Sweet Movie, Holy Mountain, Mishima, Cat People (the 1942 version), Lovers on the Bridge, Assault on Precinct 13 (Carpenter version), Blood simple, City of Women, The Descent, Fat Girl, Junebug

Some of these are rather harrowing to watch but they’re some of the cream of my crop. For lighter fare: American Movie, Logan’s Run, Barbarella. I recently enjoyed Hamlet 2.

by sammy on May 1, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Also, I saw Wicker Man the other night, which is really good.

The 70’s version, though the Nic Cage version is also pretty good but for totally different (and unintentional) reasons.

by sammy on May 1, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Windows 7 RC is out on MSDN for any of you that happen to have a subscription. More info is coming out from Microsoft:
Windows 7 RC Reflects New Advancements

New to the Windows 7 RC are advancements such as Remote Media Streaming, Windows XP Mode (beta) and the upcoming beta of the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor:
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Remote Media Streaming. Enables highly secure, remote Internet access to home-based digital media libraries from another Windows 7-based PC outside the home.
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Windows XP Mode. Utilizing Windows Virtual PC, Windows XP Mode allows Windows 7 users to run many Windows XP productivity applications, launched right from the Windows 7 desktop. Windows XP Mode will be available to Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate customers via download or, for the best experience, pre-installed directly on new PCs. As part of today’s announcement, Microsoft is releasing the beta of Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC. For larger businesses where management is important to reduce the total cost of ownership, Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) within MDOP adds management to Windows Virtual PC including centralized policy, administration experience and deployment.
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Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. To help enable a smooth transition, Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor will help people analyze their PCs in preparation for a Windows 7 upgrade. Available soon, Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor will be a downloadable tool that will help people determine their ability to upgrade from their Windows XP-based or Windows Vista-based PC to Windows 7.

In addition, a number of enhancements were made to existing features based on feedback from beta testers, including the following:
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Refined navigation. Several enhancements to the Windows taskbar, JumpLists and search make navigation and finding exactly what you want much easier.
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Internet Explorer 8. InPrivate browsing in Internet Explorer 8 prevents browsing history, temporary Internet files, form data, cookies, and usernames and passwords from being retained by the browser. With Windows 7, you can start an InPrivate session straight from the JumpList. You can also open a new tab from the JumpList.
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Windows Touch. Controlling the computer by touching a touch-enabled screen or monitor is a core Windows 7 user experience. Improvements in the RC include several Windows Touch updates, including the ability to drag, drop and select items with touch, even inside Web sites that scroll both horizontally and vertically.

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by Goose on Apr 30, 2009 10:46 AM PDT reply actions  

Wooo Vista pt 2!

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

by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

Vista done right.

I haven’t booted up Windows XP on my home desktop since installing Windows 7 on it in January.

by BrianL on Apr 30, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

I booted into XP last night for the first time since early February just to update some programs.

And while doing so the only thing I could think was “Wow, XP kinda sucks now.”

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by Goose on Apr 30, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

I love everything about Windows 7 save for the networking interface.

Then again, I bitched about XP’s networking interface for about two years but eventually got used to it.

by BrianL on Apr 30, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

I have no idea what you're talking about.

There was nothing that existed between 2000 and XP.

by BrianL on Apr 30, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Windows ME

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

Uhhhhh....

Windows 2000 was released in Feb. 2000 and ME was released in Sep. 2000

Granted one was MS-DOS based and the other was NT based, it still counts

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions  

It's OK, JI doesn't really exist anyways.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Apr 30, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

When ME came out, I was still pretty new to PC's as most of my computing experience up until then had been on Macs.

So my first desktop had Windows ME and it was….ON A COMPAQ! I shudder to remember those days.

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by Goose on Apr 30, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

I was eleven or twelve when it came out.

My dad got a promotional copy from one of the vendors for his office. I eagerly installed it on my shiny, new Pentium III desktop.

Two days later I went back to Windows 98 SE.

by BrianL on Apr 30, 2009 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not surprising.

When I bought a computer back around 2001 or so, I didn’t have the money for XP and I would have been saddled with ME, but my parents had been doing their research and covered the extra $150 for me.

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions  

Hot diggity damn! I found 64 bit drivers for my phones USB cord!

Now that Bitpim is functional in Windows 7, that brings the number of programs I have that don’t work down to just five before the RC!

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by Goose on Apr 30, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Something you may be the only one to sympathize with me over:

What the hell is up with the fucking R2 builds? Like they couldn’t be more obviously trying to get people to pay for service packs. (Shells out dough from budget)

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Apr 30, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions  

I just worked my way through the Ford at Fox box set.

An interesting collection of titles; nice clean copies of some of the silents and includes some oddities.

As they all come from the Fox years, the set is missing the wonderful ‘Calvary trilogy’, and when the hell is someone going to put out a DVD of Wagonmaster?

by msb on Apr 30, 2009 10:49 AM PDT reply actions  

Someone needs to release the Complete Works of John Ford.

It would cost $75,000 and come with a free box truck because that’s the only way you could get it around.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Bahahahahahaha.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 30, 2009 11:00 AM PDT reply actions  

That's a good approach to getting out of jury duty

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

A friend of mine was called for jury duty 4 times in a year.

He finally just showed up at court with a tshirt that said “I fucked the judge’s wife”. He was dismissed.

by royalcurve on Apr 30, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hahahahaha

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've been called on for jury duty a few times

and there was never a problem with my note that said “I am an hourly employee and missing even a day or two of work would but me in serious financial peril.” Now that I’m salaried I actually kind of want to get called for jury duty. I can see it being an interesting experience.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've never once been called on, somehow

*knocks wood

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Though I do agree with ac

Since I’m salaried I could see it being interesting

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

I got called for the first time ever last spring

and it turned out to be a personal injury case, which was infuriating. After it was over, I told my wife about it (you’re not supposed to talk about it while the trial is ongoing), and after hearing me vent about the injustice of a guy getting $110K for a fender-bender, she let me rant for a while and then said “well at least you didn’t have to sit through four days of a child abuse case”. I never thought I’d appreciate personal injury lawsuits until I heard that rebuttal.

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

by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

I suppose I should clarify

I think the selection process would be interesting. I would hate to be on an actual trial because of both examples you have presented just now.

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Just call me Mr. RefutePants

The selection process for my jury went as follows:

30 of us were called from the jury waiting room into the courtroom. 12 of us sat in the jury box, the rest sat in the gallery. The lawyer for the defense uncovered a white board with four questions on it:

1. Have you ever been in a traffic accident?
2. Have you ever had a judgment brought against you?
3. What was the outcome of that judgment?
4. Do you drive a motor vehicle?

Elaboration was not allowed – just answers. After all 30 of us answered the questions (it was a verbal process, they went around the room), they excused us for 30 min, and then brought us back in. The 12 of us that were already seated in the jury box were chosen to be on the jury.

It was a very uninteresting process. Now, if the subject of the case were more intriguing, I can see this process being better, but for what I was there for it was dumb.

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

by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

My day in voir dire

Attorney: Has anyone here ever played a team sport outside of high school – maybe a club team, semi-pro, whatever.
Me: Raises hand
A: What did you play?
M: Basketball and Australian Rules Football
A: Were you ever referred to by your teammates as a ‘ballhog?’
M: I’m sorry?
A: Did your teammates, or members of other teams call you a ballhog? Did you think in your own mind, "I’m a ballhog?’
M: Uh, no. I like to dish the rock.
A: You’re excused.

At that point I was pretty intrigued as to what the hell the trial was all about…..

by marc w on Apr 30, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

When I got jury duty

I got selected for a pool at the end of the day. It was some sort of drug case (possession, I think). Anyway, they selected 14 of us from the pool. Then the prosecution and defense were allowed to ask a few questions of the jurors and dismiss one each, no reasons given. The prosecution dismissed me, I am assuming because I was the youngest one on the jury.

angels fan in seattle

by Eyebrows on Apr 30, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Much like mine.

except they didn’t ask questions of all of us … I didn’t get a chance to try my “family member in law enforcement” card.

by msb on Apr 30, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

I never seem to get a summons

Maybe has something to do with my NRA membership

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

I got called a few months ago, but didn't actually have to go to the courthouse.

I just had to call after 5 p.m. five days in a row to see if I would be needed the following day. Kinda cool, but also a bitch for scheduling at work.

by Teej on Apr 30, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

So...who else is really bummed that the new Terminator movie pulled a PG-13 rating?

Goddammit, I was trying to stay positive about this movie (even with a director who is “named” McG), but now I just can’t be excited about it any more.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 30, 2009 11:06 AM PDT reply actions  

Meh. It's still gonna be awesome.

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by Goose on Apr 30, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions  

Nice.

It lacks the subtlety of that one, but matthew’s comment a few down is right on, and equally prescient.

by marc w on Apr 30, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

???

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/6/29/561488/the-acme-approaches#7069810

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Apr 30, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

This is hilarious

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

I bet Carlos Silva will get Swine Flu.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Apr 30, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions  

Sigh...we're all gonna die.

You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.

by Goose on Apr 30, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

BUT IT'S A GLOBAL PANDEMIC DON'T YOU REALISE???

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Apr 30, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions  

GRIFFEY!!!!!

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

GRIFFEY SUCKS DUDE.

YOU GOTTA LET GO.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Apr 30, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

Overwhelming sarcasm

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

Here's the thing.

I’m fully prepared to catch this shit. I’m not especially worried; I’m sure it will suck, but I have health insurance and I’ve never been afraid to go to the doctor if I need it. One of the first things people do when they start feeling sick is load up on movies to watch. All the Purell in the world isn’t likely to save me.

But I hate hate hate the fact that this is happening during the time of year when my allergies make it feel like I’m perpetually on the verge of coming down with the flu. If it were summer, winter or fall it would be one thing, but pretty much every day during the spring I wake up with a runny nose, sore throat and mild headache. The timing blows.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

At this point, I'm rooting for the pandemic.

I have a hearty immune system and I just had a flu a few weeks ago. Depopulation here we come!

by Matthew on Apr 30, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well, we're going to have a pandemic.

But based on what I’ve heard, it’s going to be a lot closer to 1958 to 1918. That could change, sure, but pandemic != mass death. Sorry Matthew.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's a pandemic that only kills Mexicans.

If only that’d extend to Cubans I’d be happy.

by Graham MacAree on Apr 30, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Oh fo sho.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Apr 30, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Looks like Sanjay Gupta found Typhoid Edgar

(This is from Al Giordano’s The Field – the rest is way, way, way too political for here, so google “the field swine” if your interested in more. But this bit here is worth sharing).

CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta, reporting from Mexico, has identified a La Gloria child who contracted the first case of identified "swine flu" in February as "patient zero," five-year-old Edgar Hernández, now a survivor of the disease.

By April 15 – nine days before Mexican federal authorities of the regime of President Felipe Calderon acknowledged any problem at all – the local daily newspaper, Marcha, reported that a company called Carroll Ranches was "the cause of the epidemic."


Here’s Gupta’s video on CNN.

by Decatur on Apr 30, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Isn't calling someone a "survivor" of flu

like saying someone endured sleep? IT’S THE FLU. PEOPLE GET IT ALL THE TIME.

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

by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've decided I'm not buying into the media exploitation of this "epidemic," since I heard that

the terrifying symptoms of this horrible affliction include nausea, body aches, congestion, vomiting, and diarrhea. Hmm. That sounds…. Likesomething I get every few FUCKING YEARS. IT’S CALLED THE FLU. NOT THE UNICORN FLU. NOT THE TIGER FLU. NOT THE PUMA FLU.

Next time I’m hungover at work (when I find a fucking job), I’m going to protest that it’s a giraffe hangover – caused by consuming too many longnecks.

Fuck the media.

Illegible

by kevin_ess on Apr 30, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Here is the problem.

The media is a prude and has not given it up in years. So while saying “fuck the media” may feel good, you will in fact not be fucking the media.

by Sec 108 on May 1, 2009 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

Here's the thing.

It’s especially virulent, and when the initial reports were coming in from Mexico it was somewhat worrying because the death rate per infection was in the 20%-30% range. But now that news is coming out that the initially reported cases were ridiculously underestimated, and that the death rate per infections in Mexico was only very slightly above normal, and that every confirmed case in the United States has been no more severe than any expected seasonal strain, well, yeah. Don’t close schools for a week, don’t cancel sporting events/public gatherings, just fucking stop freaking out. It’s getting pretty ridiculous.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Have they actually found a million more cases

or is NOLA’s theory of a secondary infection the way to go?

I’m not sure, but it’s pretty undeniable at this stage that it’s a flu with absolutely normal mortalitly rates. This makes sense from the virus’ point of view, etc. etc.

And yes, don’t cancel sporting events, stop freaking out, and at the risk of getting political, somebody muzzle VP Biden.

by marc w on Apr 30, 2009 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

See my reply above.

Also, email me. Did you get mine?

Illegible

by kevin_ess on Apr 30, 2009 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

The always worthwhile PFSC

Although how can anyone be sick of graphs? That just makes no sense!

by Matthew on May 1, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

At this point I agree

Unlike Mexico most of the people here are not living in isolated squalor and can actually get to and afford to visit decent hospitals, among other things.

The only reason I would be concerned that this would be worse than the normal yearly flu is that we’ve already had the flu this year and maybe that will somehow weaken people’s immune systems from fighting another strain so soon.

by OlSalty on May 1, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not speaking of this particular strain since I cannot be assed to care

but people that go to the hospital for the flu are retarded and are probably endangering their health by doing so.

by Matthew on May 1, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Things that kill more Americans annually than the flu:

Automobile accidents
Cancer
Heart disease
Stroke
Diabetes
Alzheimer’s
Lightning strikes (approx. 85 people are killed each year by lightning, and 85 Americans have not died from this flu yet)

So it’s crystal clear to me – we have an automobile pandemic in this country.

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Because this is a new strain of the flu and there were a not-insignificant amount of deaths recently associated with it

I understand the need to be cautious, I do. But if it keeps developing the way it has so far (no more serious than seasonal influenza) WHO needs to stop referring to this as a pandemic threat and tone down the rhetoric.

by Aaron Campeau on May 1, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't blame the WHO as much as I blame the media

the word “pandemic” means something to the governments that need to prepare for disease, and something different entirely to the population as a whole. The WHO is right to try to force governments to be ready for the worst; the news media took the word PANDEMIC and stirred it up into a giant shitstorm for no reason other than ratings.

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't blame them at all for their reaction

but if this is just a late-season strain of the flu that is no more serious than any other seasonal strain there doesn’t need to be a whole lot of hullabaloo.

by Aaron Campeau on May 1, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Agreed.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on May 1, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

And I get that.

Which is why I chose the wording “if this is just a late-season strain of the flu that is no more serious than any other seasonal strain.” And understand, my problem isn’t with WHO at all and it’s not really against public agencies being cautious. It’s with media outlets either burying the fact that there is not currently any cause for alarm in the middle of fear-mongering articles or just flat out neglecting to mention it at all. It’s infuriating.

by Aaron Campeau on May 1, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

I KNEW IT!

Cilantro is the king of herbs.

One plant, two herbs, infinite ass-kicking.

by marc w on May 1, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

I hate it.

Lucky for me, so does my wife.

Illegible

by kevin_ess on May 1, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not a big fan of cilantro.

I’m probably genetically inferior though, I have no argument with this.

by royalcurve on May 1, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

HOW?

If it’s in great mexican food, thai food and indian food, you know it’s good.

by marc w on May 1, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Just one of those things.

I don’t hate it like I used to, I won’t go to the trouble of picking it out of anything, but I also don’t use it as an ingredient when I cook.

by royalcurve on May 1, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

I like cilantro just fine

but the only thing I use it for at home is salsa. If I have some left over I’ll throw it in a burrito or something.

by Aaron Campeau on May 1, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

The cilantro I grew last year had no flavor at all.

I have no idea why, it looked healthy enough.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on May 1, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

I haven't started my herbs yet ...

but cilantro will be out there someday

by msb on May 1, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

I didn't need that article to know

my first wife was genetically inferior, but I’ll take it.

by Sec 108 on May 1, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

So take lightning strikes off the list then

most everything else still kills more people annually.

I’m not saying the flu can’t be serious, it’s just that the coverage of this flu is WAAAAAAAY out of proportion.

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't think this can be true.

The CDC reported 83 deaths in the 2007-08 flu season from kids 0-18. Unless people start keeling over ridiculously rapidly, I simply don’t buy this at all.

(Incidentally, the CDC reports mention a new strain of swine flu being reported in a boy in Iowa in 2006. It’s been HERE ALL ALONG! Our government has been LYING to us! Who is RESPONSIBLE? We could have been panicking YEARS ago!)

by marc w on May 1, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

I see another source claiming 20,000 deaths from flu per year, but I wonder how many

are simply cases of people at the end of their lives/severely compromised immune systems. Hmm.

by marc w on May 1, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

The virulancy has been greatest in Mexico DF, where most people are not living in "isolated squalor"

And it’s unlikely that the two (or more) strains would have that much of an effect. Each flu season we see a great variety of strains, which is why flu shots are rarely more than 50% effective. The issue would be if this was a particularly virulent strain or, as has been theorized, it is actually working concurrently with another disease.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on May 1, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

You obviously know more about it than I do

I’m not going to change my routine or avoid public places unless people start dropping like flies.

by OlSalty on May 1, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

And you shouldn't.

I find epidemiology fascinating. The background that comes out of this flu will be interesting because of Mexico’s response—they didn’t hunt down the first cases. They didn’t track associations. They first didn’t know the latency period or the attack rate. They only theorize that swine are carriers, they don’t know about vector transmission, and who knows about the chain of infection.

These are all things that will come out later, when the media brouhaha dies down and only the WHO and CDC and nerds like me are interested.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on May 1, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why is the picture of Choi instead of Jose Canseco?

Is Canseco THAT forgotten already? That must be a hell of a blow to Canseco’s ego. If so, yay.

by Decatur on Apr 30, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hee Seop Choi?

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 30, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

So this is entertaining

I think a few of you might get a kick out of this

Ozzy is a baseball genius

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 1:45 PM PDT reply actions  

That article needs more jokes about

Ray Lewis murdering someone and Peyton Manning being gay.

by Jed MC on Apr 30, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Who the hell designs a site that way?

You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.

by Goose on Apr 30, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

My favorite quote

“Stop being f-ggots, show you’re a man, mount a blowup doll and let’s get back to winning baseball games, a—holes."

by appleshampoo on Apr 30, 2009 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe his walk-up song should be "Hot and Cold"

I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ

by Fuzz on Apr 30, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

This makes one of the most eloquent cases against Democracy that I've ever read.

Online vote makes Podsednik All-Star

Article from: Chicago Sun-Times
Article date: July 7, 2005
When it became official their efforts were successful, the guys who helped put Scott Podsednik on the All-Star team were nowhere to be found.

As the Sox took the field for the top of the third inning Wednesday night, it was announced on the U.S. Cellular Field scoreboard that Podsednik had gotten the final American League All- Star roster spot. So as Podsednik ran out to left field, the Sox stayed back and let their teammate have the stage all to himself.

Podsednik tipped his cap to acknowledge a standing ovation and later was greeted in the outfield by Aaron Rowand, who gave him a handshake and a hug.

After finding out Sunday that Podsednik was part of a five-man online vote with the New …

by Decatur on Apr 30, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

Jason Puckett can't believe the Mariners are having peanut-free sections at several games.

He apparently missed they had them last year, or that a child with severe nut allergies might have a reaction if around them.

by msb on Apr 30, 2009 2:28 PM PDT reply actions  

who is Jason Puckett? Radio guy?

Why do you continue to do this to your poor brain? Turn off sports talk radio before it’s too late!

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

by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, he's on KJR

Although, I’ve been very impressed with KIRO Sports so far. It’s nice having some non-homers on the airwaves talking about stuff. Mike Salk has been absolutely destroying Yuni all day today, and shutting down every person that has called and said he’s being too hard on him by essentially calling them stupid. It’s been quite entertaining to listen to

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

I just got back to the office from doing some calls

I listened to Salk the whole time to check it out and I love him. He ranted about Yuni the whole time. I think he is trying to hit on me.

by Sec 108 on Apr 30, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't really know a lot about sports that aren't baseball

so it’s entirely possible he’s a total moron about the NFL/NBA/etc. But he’s spot-on in his appraisals of the Mariners, he’s willing to not dumb himself down and I have never once heard him say anything that wasn’t at least well thought out. I don’t always agree with him, but I think his thought process is above reproach.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

He's not that bad when it comes to the NFL.

Not nearly as good as his baseball analysis, but passable.

by BrianL on Apr 30, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

It seems to me that the NFL is a lot harder to analyze

because it is less easily quantifiable and much less an individual sport. It’s tough to be definitive.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Very true.

Still, Salk has had been fairly decent when talking about football. A number of times he’s talked about his belief that the Seahawks need to be looking for a new franchise quarterback sooner rather than later, which is dramatically different from other local radio personalities. Just about everyone on the KJR dial will tell you that Matt Hasselbeck is a pro-bowl quarterback for the next 3-4 years. Salk worries about his injury history and age.

by BrianL on Apr 30, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

As Aaron mentions below, he has been perfect in his Mariners coverage since day 1

My favorite part, though, is that he loves to get listeners involved and then just completely undress them when they try to disagree with him. A guy called up today and said that they were being too hard on Yuni, and that they aren’t pointing out other problems like Adrian’s slow start. Salk responded with “Adrian has always been just fine, it’s just a slow start and nothing to really complain about. Yuni has been in the league 3 years and has somehow gotten worse each year because he refuses to try and get better.”

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Cowherd is on until 11

He was also a guest with Brock and Salk right out of the gate on their show, because Cowherd apparently said that Seattle sports fans aren’t very good fans when compared to other sports cities

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

As Cowherd's from seattle, he undoubtedly knows this.

And yes, I shuddered when I discovered Cowherd’s local.

Worst of the worst.

by marc w on Apr 30, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well, the two ads they run for Cowherd?

The first he talks about being a homeboy, and how he remembers the first Mariner opening day at the Dome; the second is a clip from an on-air rant where he bitches about baseball being all about the numbers and that is why he loves football because it is all about the passion.

by msb on Apr 30, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, it's a bit retarded

Brock and Salk turned the discussion towards how there are different tiers of fans in all areas. A “tier 1” fan is the type of fan that is always there for the team, good or bad (like all of us with the M’s). His point was that there aren’t a ton of tier 1 fans for baseball, but that for the Seahawks and Huskies there are plenty, but a fan is a fan, regardless of how intently they follow things.

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't think that there are

but it’s a lot easier to go to eight NFL games a year or 15 MLS games a year than 81 MLB games a year. MLB crowds are just more likely to be watered down with fans that aren’t nearly as rabid and PNWers are pretty tame people.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's a huge part of it

It’s also the type of fans that the sports attract. Baseball attracts a more reserved and casual type of fan than football or soccer.

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Baseball by its nature has a more languid fanbase

As EnglishMariner is finding out, the game-by-game intensity isn’t there in MLB like it is in other sports, no matter what ESPN wants you to believe about the April matchups of the Red Sox and Yankees.

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't disagree with that at all

but would you disagree that regions with a more (let’s say for the sake of diplomacy) emphatic population don’t tend to have somewhat more boisterous crowds?

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Absolutely.

But boisterous does not always equal intense, as a visit to Wrigley’s bleachers can attest.

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

by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not convinced that it's the 'emphatic' population that leads to boisterous crowds.

I don’t think of the midwest as being more direct, loud or aggressive than Seattle, but I think you’d get a louder crowd at a Cards game.

I think there are a number of explanations for Robert. One is simply that we now have exactly the crowd that management wants. When Safeco ejects people wearing ‘Yankees Suck’ t-shirts and sells the ballpark as a languid date destination/kid-friendly outing, etc., well, over time, maybe that’s what they get.

Finally, it was years ago, but I never saw quieter crowds than Anaheim. At least in the 80s, the Kingdome was not only louder, but funnier and more intense. Of course, there were only about 8,000 per game in the Kingdome then.

by marc w on Apr 30, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's a great point

The M’s have gone to tremendous lengths to encourage a family-first atmosphere. I don’t know if this effort is more or less robust than similar efforts in other stadia, but it has the effect of neutering the extreme fan, which makes it a lot less intense/boisterous.

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by pdb on Apr 30, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

This is certainly true.

And I’ve done a lot of thinking about this. It would seem to me that encouraging this sort of fanbase would lead to less danger of attendance falling off a cliff in down seasons. Obviously you’re going to lose fans if you lose games, but if you cater to families and kids will the dropoff be as extreme? As Marc said above, the Kingdome crowds were quite a bit more raucous, but they were also significantly smaller. Beggars can’t be choosers and all.

So while I’d prefer Safeco’s crowds to be a bit more animated, if the trade off is more financial success and a larger payroll it’s less of a concern to me. But I might be talking out of my ass here.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think Salk's bigger point was that the media, as an extension of the fanbase,

puts no outside pressure on the Mariners leadership to get better. Since the ownership is in Japan they rely on HoChuck to run things to the best of their abilities, but as long as nobody is vocal about the team sucking then they will continue along doing what they’re doing

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Just heard that myself

He does kinda have a point, though. The passive-aggressive Seattle attitude is very prevalent in the majority of fans around here (mostly baseball). I have felt like the last few years the Mariners were simply trying to be good enough to make a profit, and not worrying about whether or not people were satisfied with the product being put on the field

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm loving just about all of 710's shows.

All I ask is that they replace Colin Cowherd with anything.

by BrianL on Apr 30, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

KJR was an ESPN affiliate wasn't it?

I don’t remember hearing ESPN’s syndicated shows weekday mornings with them.

by BrianL on Apr 30, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think once the station gets its footing this will possibly happen.

I remember hearing Cowherd call a person who sent an email an “idiot” because they didn’t spell “somebody” correcly. Apparently, according to Colin, “somebody” is supposed to be two words

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Only when you see a good looking person walking down the street.

“That’s some body.”

That’s all Cowherd thinks about anyway, as he is either in the the studio or a strip club.

by abender20 on Apr 30, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Cowherd is a ratings monster, though, from what I understand.

Unless the syndication fee is through the roof, I doubt they’ll pass on the chance to run his show every morning.

by Teej on Apr 30, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

It'll be interesting to see how he rates around here through the end of the year

I feel that once the Seahawks start back up more and more people will flock to KIRO for all their sports needs. If this happens then we’ll likely get a local morning show. No reason to attempt to bring in a new morning show with such a new station, since morning radio is crowded already. Build up a fanbase and then unleash a great new show right at the peak of football season, and they’ll be good to go I think

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

KJR wasn't an ESPN backed station

They simply carried ESPN programming during late night and on the weekends because KJR was the only sports radio option in town. 850 AM is their Tacoma sister-station and they were a FOX Sports station

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Who in the world is the KIRO post game guy?

Because a few days ago (maybe a week, I forgot to bring it up here) he said that Russell Branyan is this years Brad Wilkerson and that Mike Carp should be given a shot when the team finally cuts Branyan.

Russ comes back and goes half apeshit on the world in his week back so far.

by Woodinville_12thMan on Apr 30, 2009 4:37 PM PDT reply actions  

Either him or Pittman.

Since Hutyler is an employee of the team I doubt he’d make such a statement so I’ll assume it was Pittman.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Built to Spill is a great idea.

Is anybody a fan of Doug Martsch’s first band, Treepeople? SO GOOD.

by Woodinville_12thMan on Apr 30, 2009 4:57 PM PDT reply actions  

The THIRD Halo Benders album is a classic.

OK, all of them are great, and let me just side with ac here that Halo Benders are Dug’s greatest band.

But yes, Treepeople were great.

by marc w on Apr 30, 2009 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

I should hear this,

being a fan of Beat Happening and Martsch in general. I never have heard one of the Halo Benders albums…..

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by Woodinville_12thMan on May 1, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nice.

I will get this album.

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by Woodinville_12thMan on May 1, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Leroy Hill agreed to terms with the Seahawks

Just got mentioned on KIRO radio. Good news, I say

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 5:02 PM PDT reply actions  

YESSSSSSSS!!!!!

This makes the Aaron Curry pick a huge improvement for the defense rather than just a lateral move! Hill will get 8+ sacks, mark my words.

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by Woodinville_12thMan on Apr 30, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

So long as the deal isn't enormous I'm happy.

This could prove to be some brilliant maneuvering on Tim Ruskell’s part.

by BrianL on Apr 30, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm almost positive it isn't that big of a contract

And really, 6/36 as an original offer was fine. I do not think it would be any higher than that. John Clayton said earlier that there were 3-4 teams that were interested, but all of them pulled out pretty quickly. I think it came in a bit lower than that, but 6/36 would be fine by me

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 30, 2009 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

I heard that on the way home yesterday

Works for me. He’s worth it

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by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm very happy with it.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on May 1, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Holy god I love you Tim Ruskell

I will never ever ever doubt you again

by Robert on Apr 30, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm impressed at how much he has improved our defense this year

He got the 2nd CB we needed, got the DT we needed (for a little while at least), and managed to maintain a solid LB corps despite some big cap issues. The only really significant need that hasn’t been addressed is replacing Russell.

by OlSalty on Apr 30, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

GO CANUCKS GO!!!!!!

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by Woodinville_12thMan on Apr 30, 2009 5:34 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

SCARED ME TO DEATH!

Great finish though! I’m going up tomorrow for the game!!!!!!

Current listening enjoyments: Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, Parenthetical Girls

by Woodinville_12thMan on May 1, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

I got mine on the internet.

But:
Before yesterdays game the reporter on TV said that they had upper level tickets available up until game time because Ticketmaster releases extras late and also there are a bunch of scalpers. You should be able to get tickets for near face value, maybe even under. It’s risky but you would be able to get in, although the price might climb if it’s just scalpers out and no extras are released.

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by Woodinville_12thMan on May 1, 2009 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

well, that's just strange

Last thing I would have expected to hear in a TGIFriday’s context.

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by pdb on May 1, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

When I saw the commercial I was furious because I thought it was someone doing a cover.

It doesn’t really bother me because it’s not like they were a band with something really important to say, and I’m sure a few of them could use the money. But it’s bizarre.

by Aaron Campeau on May 1, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, it's definitely strange

I figured there were about six people left that even remember that band. Apparently one of them works for Friday’s marketing department.

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

I am pretty much incapable of eating at corporate chain restaurants like that without getting sick.

If the food were amazing it might be worth it, but since I’ve heard only that it is pedestrian at best I’ll avoid it.

by Aaron Campeau on May 1, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Is there ANY difference between TGIF, Chili's, and Applebees?

Any at all besides the sign out front?

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on May 1, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

As far as I can tell they have the EXACT same menu.

At least according to their advertising.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on May 1, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

How much variety can you have

when your reason for existance is peddling pseudo-BBQ to boring, flavor resistant suburban Americans?

by Aaron Campeau on May 1, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

I actually had a very, very good pasta at TGI Friday's before

It’s their Cajun shrimp and chicken pasta, and it was really tasty, considering price and expectations

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by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Some of their stuff is decent,

it just cracks me up to see an Applebees “such-and-such trio” ad, immediately followed by a chili’s “come try our new such-and-such trios” ad…

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on May 1, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

YES YES YES!!!

“Pet Sounds” – Beach Boys
“Perfect From Now On” – Built to Spill
“You’d Prefer an Astronaut” – Hum
“Grace” – Jeff Buckley
“In Utero” – Nirvana
“Satellite Rides” – Old 97’s
“The Bends” – Radiohead
“( )” – Sigur Ros
“Greatest Hits” – Simon & Garfunkel
“Greatest Hits” – Tom Petty

I hope you die. I hope we BOTH die.

by BRKLN M'S on Apr 30, 2009 7:09 PM PDT reply actions  

Tom Gordon is zombiefied.

These pitches he’s throwing are some of the flattest I’ve ever seen and he’s bounced two curveballs 15 feet in front of the plate.

You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.

by Goose on Apr 30, 2009 7:17 PM PDT reply actions  

And he blows the lead and is soon to blow the game.

No first major league victory for you Max!

You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.

by Goose on Apr 30, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

What a weird game.

Even though they broke up the perfect game, Boston can’t get an out, so they put in their outfielder Jonathan Van Every to pitch, and it confused MLB.com so much that gameday broke. The pitcher he replaced (Javier Vasquez) switched places with him and is now playing right field.

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Apr 30, 2009 7:22 PM PDT reply actions  

So as much as I've come to enjoy soccer,

my wife and I have a debate going. She says that soccer players have the most grueling job in sports, with constant running and not using hands. I countered with hockey, where you’re on ice, getting pummeled into walls, and stand the chance to be doing so without substitution if you’re a standout player.

What do you all think?

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by kevin_ess on Apr 30, 2009 8:46 PM PDT reply actions  

So without getting into rugby, etc, are soccer and hockey the two most grueling sports (in America)?

There’s an argument for Football, but again, you sit a lot when the offense or defense is on the field. Any other arguments?

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by kevin_ess on Apr 30, 2009 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Basketball players also take ridiculously hard fouls quite frequently.

While soccer players do get tackled here and there, their job isn’t that much different from a distance runner.

by abender20 on Apr 30, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

The physical conditioning required to play soccer is insane

but in terms of toll taken on the body it’s probably near the bottom.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 30, 2009 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think you're right, but it must be mentioned that

soccer players have a comparatively high rate of brain damage due to the risk of concussion from head-to-head contact on 50/50 balls as well as the constant, low-level impact from headers.

I played aussie rules, so I must point out that rugby is totally gay.

by marc w on May 1, 2009 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

There is no value in being correct when arguing with your wife.

Prove her wrong and you will pay later. Just freaking agree with her why don’t you.

by Sec 108 on May 1, 2009 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

Hockey, hands down

Over all other normal sports, even football

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by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

Nah.

I had to try & remember my employment history.

Just in case.

by msb on May 1, 2009 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

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by Aaron Campeau on May 1, 2009 2:28 AM PDT reply actions  

Huh

Well I’ll admit that Raul Ibanez is sexy (at the plate), but I wouldn’t say that Randy Messenger is a douche…a 4A pitcher without the stuff to really break though maybe, but a douche? That’s being a little tough.

Oh by the way, you guys should all buy a slap chop. HI IT’S VINCE WITH SLAP CHOP YOU’RE GOING TO BE IN A GREAT MOOD ALL DAY ‘CAUSE YOU’RE GOING TO BE SLAPPING YOUR TROUBLES AWAY WITH THE SLAPPY SLAP SLAPPING YOUR TROUBLES AWAY WITH THE SLAP CHOP.

by appleshampoo on May 1, 2009 2:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

That Slap Chop song is so great

I like when they do the Vocoder sounds

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by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

It is excellently edited

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by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

I can't stop listening to it.

I was drunk last night and sending it to everyone, hence the repeat posting here. In case anyone missed your post in the last OT.

by appleshampoo on May 1, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

It is definitely awesome

Stop having boring tuna stop stop stop having boring tuna

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by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ha!
The only possibly good thing he’s ever done for society is beat the crap out of Scott Olsen.

by .Taylor on May 1, 2009 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

How is the richest baseball player ever WHAT?!

I need to know how!

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by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions  

such a douchebag?

Feeling today?
Not related to me?

so many possibilities.

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

They just checked in to see what condition his condition was in.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on May 1, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

So even though pirates are kinda played out

I really enjoy “Arrr, This be pleasin’ to me eye.” replacing “Like” on Facebook when you change the language to pirate English.

by Aaron Campeau on May 1, 2009 10:00 AM PDT reply actions  

I know next to nothing about the NBA

but after watching last night’s Bulls/Celtics game, I have a new favorite athlete of all time. Brian Scalabrine. Dude’s pudgy, he’s pasty, and he looks a bit like Will Ferrell – and he was sporting a white headband last night, which made the look that much more awesome. I LOVE THIS MAN. He’s like the poster child for “what type of person should never be in the NBA?” and yet he plays for the defending champions.

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 10:14 AM PDT reply actions  

Brian Scalabrine is also alarmingly popular.

I went to the Christmas day Lakers/Celts game at Staples and had some pretty incredible (free!) seats. I was pretty damned close to the court. Scalabrine spent the entire warmup chatting with opposing players, Jack Nicholson, Jim Goldstein (look him up), and various other celebs. The guy has somehow parlayed being a strange and thickly-built ginger with fringe NBA talent into cult fame. It’s magical.

by abender20 on May 1, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

The other funny thing I noticed

was that during every timeout, he was the first in the huddle; he listened very intently, and his was always the first hand in for that non-circle-jerk-circle-jerky thing that basketball teams do before breaking the huddle. And whenever he’d walk towards his bench for one of these timeouts, he’d have this look on his face like “Yeah, I’m here now. I belong here. Totally. Hell yeah. This is badass”. Dude’s awesome.

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions  

He's basically the basketball version of Carrot Top. My favorite Scalabrine moment

was for the Nets in a playoff game in 2004. After Kenyon Martin fouled out, Scalabrine came off the bench and drilled 4 3’s, going 6/7 overall. Basically, it was equivalent to if Willy Bloomquist came in as a pinch runner in the 8th inning, then blasted 2 homers to put the game into extras and then to walk off.

by abender20 on May 1, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions  

Also, my favorite bit of his Wikipedia page. Furthering the idea that you can only athletes

to people of the same race,

When Matt Bonner was drafted in 2003, Jay Bilas referred to him as a “poor man’s Brian Scalabrine”. Three years later, in his NBA preview on ESPN.com, Chad Ford ironically called Scalabrine a “poor man’s Matt Bonner”.

Jay Bilas refuses to compare gingers to anyone other than gingers.

by abender20 on May 1, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions  

He's a portly ginger pile of awesome

what’s to hate?

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

But look at that big pile of odds he's overcome to become a professional athlete!

His mom buys his Toughskins from the “husky” section of the Sears boys’ department. He’s a ginger. He’s sporting a terrifying faux-fro. And yet he’s still an NBA player, and one with a championship ring at that.

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

I look at it as inspiration

I’m a slightly schlubby white guy, and there’s a guy like me playing sports at an elite level. That’s heartwarming. I run for 30 minutes and feel like I want to die.

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Joe Posnanski does it again

Down there, below the Snuggie Pub Crawl thing (which….ugh), Joe has found quite possibly the most pointless product EVER INVENTED. And that’s saying something.

Ladies and gentlemen, I implore you: check out the beauty…no, the power…no, the MAJESTY of the TIDDY BEAR!

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 10:26 AM PDT reply actions  

I was just about to post this.

His fake story about the collegiate snuggies was just classic Joe.

by abender20 on May 1, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

Holy shit, epic day for Rock Band on Tuesday

Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand – Lucid Dreams
Franz Ferdinand – Do You Want To
Alien Ant Farm – Smooth Criminal
The Allman Brothers Band – Blue Sky
The Allman Brothers Band – Midnight Rider
Distillers – Drain the Blood
Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye
Prong – Idealistic Types
Prong – The Banishment

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on May 1, 2009 10:44 AM PDT reply actions  

Take Me Out would be a lot of fun

as would Naked Eye.

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

Wow

Take Me Out, Smooth Criminal, Drain the Blood, and Naked Eye all will be winners

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by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

Oh fuck yes

Smooth Criminal was the first song I ever downloaded

by Robert on May 1, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions  

Nope

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm rather indifferent to it,

But I lean toward being positive about it. It’ll be fun to play in the game though. I never had much of a problem with Alien Ant Farm, and then they got in a horrible crash and they all nearly died and I stopped paying much attention.

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by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

I actually heard it before I heard the original.

Thought it was pretty cool, then heard MJ’s version and realized I had never made a bigger mistake in my life.

by SeaTownBlueDevil on May 1, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

P.O.D?

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by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Man that takes me back

I only ever liked the song South Town of theirs

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by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes.

Did you also listen to Sum 41?

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by Woodinville_12thMan on May 1, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don't forget their pseudo-hair-metal side project,

Pain for Pleasure

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by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

265 months actually.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on May 1, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Is this subthread making you feel like I feel, AC?

Holy cow. I’ve avoided many of these bands. The fact that a person has heard AAF’s cover before MJ’s is exactly what is wrong with the Top 40 industry. After all, you know, MJ is probably the most successful musician of all time.

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by kevin_ess on May 1, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

You are missing the point.

Children under the age of 20 have been told to stay away from Michael Jackson for very obvious reasons.

by Sec 108 on May 1, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

By making that look as legit as it does

I can see that causing some problems, and it will be awesome. The Beeb would never lie

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Does anyone have the MLB At-Bat app for iPhone?

Or at least the similar apps for other smartphones? Is it worth the money?

$10 isn’t exactly a pretty penny but a waste of $10 is still a waste.

by Aaron Campeau on May 1, 2009 1:29 PM PDT reply actions  

I've got it and I love it.

They stream video highlights over it, which you can’t get from the free Gameday anymore.

by BrianL on May 1, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

On a related note

Does anybody know any do it yourself cures for Cubitus Varus?

by Robert on May 1, 2009 2:46 PM PDT reply actions  

I don't know, range of motion exercises?

Stretching, myofascia therapy (you can do this yourself, I can show you how)…

by royalcurve on May 1, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's been two weeks and I can not fully extend my arm

Am I jumping the gun or will I be permanently disformed and my promising baseball career will be tragically cut short? Is surgery a option?

by Robert on May 1, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

After my motorcycle accident it took about 2 months to get to 80% rotation on my ankle.

You will need to diligently push yourself a little further every day and you will most likely be fine.

by Sec 108 on May 1, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's a reassuring

The part that it’s worrying me is the fact that its not really pain that’s limiting me but my arm reaching a point where it can’t move further like any other limb.

by Robert on May 1, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Regular excercise of the problem area is very important.

After my hip replacement, I wasn’t as diligent with excercise as I should have been, and I have lost a wide range of motion as a result.

Illegible

by kevin_ess on May 1, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

That is exactly what happened with me.

Are you signed up for physical therapy? The ultrasound did wonders for loosening things up for me.

by Sec 108 on May 1, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Doing therapy is EXTREMELY important with any injury like that.

Never miss a session.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on May 1, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

And if you don't have a heating pad, get one

use it after you do stretching or flexibility exercises.

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'll give it a look. Probably scar tissue.

During a trauma the body throws down scar tissue willy nilly, and it often stays in a willy nilly cross hatch pattern. For range of motion to improve, the scar tissue needs to be manipulated into going in the direction of movement. It’s like throwing a handful of toothpicks on the ground. If you run your fingers across in one direction they end up facing the same direction. Eh, I can explain it better in person.

by royalcurve on May 1, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

And what exactly should my range of motion activites look like?

I’m currently just extending it till it hurts cause that sounds like a solid course of action.

by Robert on May 1, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Now I'm reaching back to my 3 years of Sports Medicine in HS

But it looks like she took care of it for you, so now I can go back to not trying to remember things from 7 years ago

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

They told me to call back in today

When I called today I was told that I was supposed to make the appointment 2 weeks ago.

by Robert on May 1, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

You shouldn't worry much

Another issue that is likely going on is just that your muscles and such haven’t been moved much, if at all. This will limit motion because the area has gotten weak. Take everybody’s advice here and just slowly work it back up. Physical Therapy is your best bet

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ice cube??

I thought it was whiskey….

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on May 1, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

An "e-reader"? Is it a Kindle?

Doesn’t everyone know what a Kindle is?

Also, hardcover sucks.

by Matthew on May 1, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Not a Kindle

Several readers are on the market, but Morrow’s is a Sony PRS-500,

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 3:57 PM PDT reply actions  

And I fail at reply

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

by pdb on May 1, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hooray I'm timely!

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Better than being homely.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on May 1, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Duh

Y’all have met me

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on May 1, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

Random.

Stephen J. Cannell was story editor on Adam-12.

by msb on May 1, 2009 5:30 PM PDT reply actions  

Awesome idea for Rock Band:

Mirrored by Battles

Current listening enjoyments: Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, Parenthetical Girls

by Woodinville_12thMan on May 1, 2009 6:33 PM PDT reply actions  

Whatever happened to Gomez?

I haven’t seen him around this year. I miss that guy.

by Jaejo on May 1, 2009 10:48 PM PDT reply actions  

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