A year where the world lost Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Nelson Reilly, Robert Anton Wilson, John Inman, Madeline L'Engle, Larry "Bud" Melman, Mr. Wizard, Lew Burdette, Merv Griffin, Don Ho, Tom Poston, Scooter Rizzuto and Pavarotti is a year that sucked. I need a damn good tune to close out this year. Let's hope the next is a better one.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Sunday, December 30, 2007
The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets
Hey man, Punk isn't the only thing I listen to... I loooooove super smooth R&B like this stuff. You may have heard this one somewhere else before.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
The Damned - Jet Boy Jet Girl
A cover that may sound familiar. Not Plastic Bertrand. Not in French either.
Friday, December 28, 2007
Big Black - The Model
From the album with the greatest cover of all time. Kraftwerk + Steve Albini=teh kewl. This is the Something Weird video version.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Saturday, October 13, 2007
YouTube is why Chuck Barris is out of work
Dear Jesus, where's Jamie Farr, Jaye P Morgan and a giant gong when you need them.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Potter Predictions
This is from an e-mail that bounced around between a few friends. if I'm going to make wild-ass predictions on kiddie books, I may as well do it on teh intarwebs so more people can point and laugh.
ok, in just before the buzzer and I haven't been reading a BitTorrent
copy of the book either...
1) Is Albus Dumbledore alive?
Nope, he dead. Real dead. He'll have an important cameo in book 7 though.
2) Is Snape good or evil? Or maybe better phrasing, will he end up
willingly helping Harry?
Good. He'll be helping Harry, but it won't be obvious he's
doing so most of the time.
3) Why did Dumbledore trust Snape so implicitly?
Dumbledore often trusted not so trustworthy characters, and
was usually right. Dumbledore also knew the full story on Snape, we
don't know that yet.
4) Who will die?
Hagrid. Hagrid getting it gives the maximum boo-hoo factor
with the least chance of trainwrecking the plot. Snape is also a prime
candidate. If he's good, we get a noble sacrifice. Bad, and we get the
satisfaction of seeing the most obnoxious character(including
Umbridge!) get it. I'm worried one or more of the Weasleys might get
whacked. That family's too large and is in too many dangerous
professions to make it through an all out wizard war with no
casualties. Charlie, Percy or one of the 'rents are likely candidates.
Mundungus, Trelawney and Slughorn need to make sure their insurance
premiums are paid as well.
I don't really want to see anyone under 18 get bumped off. Well, if
Colin Creevy gets it trying to take a picture of Voldemort, I won't be
too mad. Any of the big 6 would be upsetting unless it was handled
perfectly. For example, if Neville dies I will be pissed. UNLESS in
the process he takes out a dozen death eaters, bites the head off of
Nagini and blows off Voldemort's pinky toe with a curse in a fierce
battle that buys Harry enough time to win the day.
JK has been very judicious with killing off major characters so far.
Even though the hype machine has me thinking this book will be a
bloodbath, I'm starting to think there won't be the high body count I
expect.
5) Will Harry live through the end of book 7?
Yes. To echo Josh's sentiments, JK Rowling did not go into
this planning a 5000 page rewrite of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Now,
he may very well end up horribly maimed... Wouldn't it be a hoot if
during the final showdown with Voldy, he ends up losing his powers
somehow and ends up a squib? Time Warner has two more movies to put
out and best way to end up with Gigli-type opening week numbers is to
kill off Harry in this book.
6) Will Ginny live? (and will she and Harry get back together in the book?)
Yeah. Ginny's too tough. She could get it just to wrench
Harry's torture levels that much more, but seriously, how much more
motivation to kill Voldy does the boy need. Besides, I heard on Ain't
it Cool that Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer are already in a
bidding war for the spinoff rights to GINNY WEASLEY: ONE BAD BITCH OF
A WITCH coming Summer '09
(in my best Amazing Criswell impersonation) I PREDICT:
Nasty Bad Things happen on Harry's birthday. Ron had it easy on his
birthday in book 6.
We will hate Snape's guts for about 25 to 30 chapters or so.
Neville Longbottom will be the doer of Great Things, Ginny Weasley
will be the Kicker of Asses, Luna Lovegood will be the Comedic Relief.
Draco Malfoy will turn to the good side, help Harry in a time of need
and will ultimately give up magic and settle down with a nice goth
eurotrash chick from SoHo.
Sirius Black will show up unexpectedly, but he's still dead, dead, dead.
At least one student bites the dust, but it's going to be someone like
Michael Evans that we don't really care about.
Even though the stated plot of this book is "Chase the Horcruxes" a
goodly chunk of the book will be in Hogwarts, including at least one
death.
There will be more than one marriage in this book. I'm not talking
about the epilogue either.
Petunia Dursley's backstory: She was Severus Snape's girlfriend, but
he was only using her to get to Lily. She got dumped like a box of hot
rocks after Lily died and that is why Petunia hates magic so badly. It
didn't help matters that Snape had very good wand work, nudge nudge.
Kreatcher is going to be a useful pain in the ass. Dobby will be
usefuller and even more of a pain in the ass. Fawkes will be the
usefullerest and will not be a pain in the ass at all.
Aberforth Dumbledore will do much much more than charm goats. That can
wait for the wrap up party.
Wormtail will not so much 'repay his debt' as 'screw something up' horrifically.
I have no idea what non-magical character will suddenly do magic late
in life especially since JK specifically stated it's not Petunia or
Filch. I shall therefore go out on a limb and say with authority that
it will in fact be Sir Cliff Richard.
The biggest "Yeeessssss!!!1" moment in the book will be the scene with
Dolores Umbridge. Gred and Forge will be tangentially involved.
Biggest Thorns in Harry's Kiester in increasing order of ouchiness:
5. Muggle interference
4. Dementors, Giants, Inferi and other assorted bogeymen
3. Voldemort's boobytraps
2. Rufus Scrimgeour
1. Tom Marvolo Riddle
Who Harry will obsess over throughout the whole book anyway:
Who else?? (hint: he's not in the previous list ^)
Voldemort will ultimately come to regret using Harry's blood to
resurrect himself.
I will be almost completely wrong.
almost
> On 7/16/07, J**** P**** wrote:
>So, now's the time to share your 'crazy' harry potter predictions.
> Please give your best guesses to the these questions, and feel free to add
>your own.
ok, in just before the buzzer and I haven't been reading a BitTorrent
copy of the book either...
1) Is Albus Dumbledore alive?
Nope, he dead. Real dead. He'll have an important cameo in book 7 though.
2) Is Snape good or evil? Or maybe better phrasing, will he end up
willingly helping Harry?
Good. He'll be helping Harry, but it won't be obvious he's
doing so most of the time.
3) Why did Dumbledore trust Snape so implicitly?
Dumbledore often trusted not so trustworthy characters, and
was usually right. Dumbledore also knew the full story on Snape, we
don't know that yet.
4) Who will die?
Hagrid. Hagrid getting it gives the maximum boo-hoo factor
with the least chance of trainwrecking the plot. Snape is also a prime
candidate. If he's good, we get a noble sacrifice. Bad, and we get the
satisfaction of seeing the most obnoxious character(including
Umbridge!) get it. I'm worried one or more of the Weasleys might get
whacked. That family's too large and is in too many dangerous
professions to make it through an all out wizard war with no
casualties. Charlie, Percy or one of the 'rents are likely candidates.
Mundungus, Trelawney and Slughorn need to make sure their insurance
premiums are paid as well.
I don't really want to see anyone under 18 get bumped off. Well, if
Colin Creevy gets it trying to take a picture of Voldemort, I won't be
too mad. Any of the big 6 would be upsetting unless it was handled
perfectly. For example, if Neville dies I will be pissed. UNLESS in
the process he takes out a dozen death eaters, bites the head off of
Nagini and blows off Voldemort's pinky toe with a curse in a fierce
battle that buys Harry enough time to win the day.
JK has been very judicious with killing off major characters so far.
Even though the hype machine has me thinking this book will be a
bloodbath, I'm starting to think there won't be the high body count I
expect.
5) Will Harry live through the end of book 7?
Yes. To echo Josh's sentiments, JK Rowling did not go into
this planning a 5000 page rewrite of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Now,
he may very well end up horribly maimed... Wouldn't it be a hoot if
during the final showdown with Voldy, he ends up losing his powers
somehow and ends up a squib? Time Warner has two more movies to put
out and best way to end up with Gigli-type opening week numbers is to
kill off Harry in this book.
6) Will Ginny live? (and will she and Harry get back together in the book?)
Yeah. Ginny's too tough. She could get it just to wrench
Harry's torture levels that much more, but seriously, how much more
motivation to kill Voldy does the boy need. Besides, I heard on Ain't
it Cool that Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer are already in a
bidding war for the spinoff rights to GINNY WEASLEY: ONE BAD BITCH OF
A WITCH coming Summer '09
(in my best Amazing Criswell impersonation) I PREDICT:
Nasty Bad Things happen on Harry's birthday. Ron had it easy on his
birthday in book 6.
We will hate Snape's guts for about 25 to 30 chapters or so.
Neville Longbottom will be the doer of Great Things, Ginny Weasley
will be the Kicker of Asses, Luna Lovegood will be the Comedic Relief.
Draco Malfoy will turn to the good side, help Harry in a time of need
and will ultimately give up magic and settle down with a nice goth
eurotrash chick from SoHo.
Sirius Black will show up unexpectedly, but he's still dead, dead, dead.
At least one student bites the dust, but it's going to be someone like
Michael Evans that we don't really care about.
Even though the stated plot of this book is "Chase the Horcruxes" a
goodly chunk of the book will be in Hogwarts, including at least one
death.
There will be more than one marriage in this book. I'm not talking
about the epilogue either.
Petunia Dursley's backstory: She was Severus Snape's girlfriend, but
he was only using her to get to Lily. She got dumped like a box of hot
rocks after Lily died and that is why Petunia hates magic so badly. It
didn't help matters that Snape had very good wand work, nudge nudge.
Kreatcher is going to be a useful pain in the ass. Dobby will be
usefuller and even more of a pain in the ass. Fawkes will be the
usefullerest and will not be a pain in the ass at all.
Aberforth Dumbledore will do much much more than charm goats. That can
wait for the wrap up party.
Wormtail will not so much 'repay his debt' as 'screw something up' horrifically.
I have no idea what non-magical character will suddenly do magic late
in life especially since JK specifically stated it's not Petunia or
Filch. I shall therefore go out on a limb and say with authority that
it will in fact be Sir Cliff Richard.
The biggest "Yeeessssss!!!1" moment in the book will be the scene with
Dolores Umbridge. Gred and Forge will be tangentially involved.
Biggest Thorns in Harry's Kiester in increasing order of ouchiness:
5. Muggle interference
4. Dementors, Giants, Inferi and other assorted bogeymen
3. Voldemort's boobytraps
2. Rufus Scrimgeour
1. Tom Marvolo Riddle
Who Harry will obsess over throughout the whole book anyway:
Who else?? (hint: he's not in the previous list ^)
Voldemort will ultimately come to regret using Harry's blood to
resurrect himself.
I will be almost completely wrong.
almost
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Fine, so I only post when someone croaks, what's it to ya
RIP Jose Chung, Dirty Bubble, Horatio J. Hoodoo and my favorite _____ on the Match Game.
Charles and John Inman in the same year just isn't fair, goddamnit.
Charles and John Inman in the same year just isn't fair, goddamnit.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
So It Goes.
Listen.
Rented a tent, a tent, a tent
Rented a tent, a tent, a tent
Rented a tent
Rented a tent
Rented a rented a tent.
Make me young, Make me young, Make me young!
We do, doodley do, doodley do, doodley do,
What we must, muddily must, muddily must, muddily must;
Muddily do, muddily do, muddily do, muddily do,
Until we bust, bodily bust, bodily bust, bodily bust.
NOT EVEN
THE CREATOR
OF THE UNIVERSE
KNEW WHAT
THE MAN
WAS GOING TO SAY NEXT.
~*~
PERHAPS THE MAN
WAS A BETTER UNIVERSE
IN ITS INFANCY
R.I.P.
Kurt Vonnegut
1922-2007
He Tried.
Poo-tee-weet?
Rented a tent, a tent, a tent
Rented a tent, a tent, a tent
Rented a tent
Rented a tent
Rented a rented a tent.
Make me young, Make me young, Make me young!
We do, doodley do, doodley do, doodley do,
What we must, muddily must, muddily must, muddily must;
Muddily do, muddily do, muddily do, muddily do,
Until we bust, bodily bust, bodily bust, bodily bust.
NOT EVEN
THE CREATOR
OF THE UNIVERSE
KNEW WHAT
THE MAN
WAS GOING TO SAY NEXT.
~*~
PERHAPS THE MAN
WAS A BETTER UNIVERSE
IN ITS INFANCY
R.I.P.
Kurt Vonnegut
1922-2007
He Tried.
Poo-tee-weet?
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