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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Jason on January 17, 2008, 01:38:55 PM
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I really like the Get Up Kids.
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I really like the Get Up Kids.
Seconded. Ten minutes to downtown is ten minutes too far.
You're in good company, though: http://www.superchunk.com/tourarchive/summer02.html
"We've really been enjoying getting to know The Get Up Kids and their crew. Everybody has been incredibly kind to us. I had never heard the Kids before leaving for this tour and I am really surprised by the comparisons to our band. I know they name us as an influence but outside of a few stray chord patterns I don't really hear that much of a similarity. They're much tighter than we are!!"
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I really like the Get Up Kids.
I'll third it. I like Four Minute Mile and Something to Write Home About. On A Wire and Guilt Show didn't really bring it, though.
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I really like the Get Up Kids.
I'll third it. I like Four Minute Mile and Something to Write Home About. On A Wire and Guilt Show didn't really bring it, though.
Wow! I was going to post the exact same thing, I held back for fear of looking like a Charles R Martin.
Also the Red Letter Day ep is as good as anything on Something to Write Home About.
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When Avril Lavigne's song "Girlfriend" comes on the radio. I leave it on, and occasionally I also rock out.
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I really like the song Girlfriend by Matthew Sweet, as well as the song I've Been Waiting, which is really sweet. That's not embarrassing though.
I do actually like that song "Music is my Hot Hot Sex" which is pretty lame. I loathe the part at the end where they're rapping in spanish or portuguese or whatever, but I like the part where they go "The wanna kiss this music".
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Salt N Pepa is awesome.
Truly awesome.
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Ace of Base- The Sign is a great album.... :-[
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Ooh I have a couple other ones.
THE L WORD - I've watched every season, every episode, and I love it. New season just started and it looks like it's gonna be a doozy.
THE HILLS - Josh knows what's up.
DIRTY SONGS - Darling Nikki is the ultimate.
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If Phish reunites, I'm going.
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I've forgotten to change the channel several times when 7th Heaven is on.
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John Junk and Swiss, you have no reason to be embarrassed about loving Matthew Sweet, CSS, and Salt 'n Pepa. I have perfect taste in music, so you can trust in me when I tell you that this is genuinely good music.
I like Girl Talk. Especially that Laffy Taffy bit! It makes me so happy. My brother is responsible for introducing me to Girl Talk. I blame him.
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Wait, is Girl Talk supposed to be embarrasing already??
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I don't know, I assume shirtless dudes are supposed to be pretty embarrassing.
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Point taken.
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John Junk and Swiss, you have no reason to be embarrassed about loving Matthew Sweet, CSS, and Salt 'n Pepa. I have perfect taste in music, so you can trust in me when I tell you that this is genuinely good music.
I like Girl Talk. Especially that Laffy Taffy bit! It makes me so happy. My brother is responsible for introducing me to Girl Talk. I blame him.
Ace of Base doesn't fit into your perfect taste?
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I will watch any reality TV show on Bravo.
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Sometimes i watch gene simmons' family jewels (um, the...television...program).
And today i sat through (and even giggled at) an episode of something called "i pity the fool" which actually stars Mr. T. In this one he was helping out a brooklyn realty agency by making them do team building exercises.
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If Phish reunites, I'm going.
ditto.
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If Phish reunites, I'm going.
ditto.
Thirdo. I saw them for the "Millenium" shows down at Big Cypress. It's the only Phish show I've been to, but it was pretty damn fun.
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Ace of Base doesn't fit into your perfect taste?
They fit into mine! I'll also say that Salt n' Pepa and Matthew Sweet are in no way shameful.
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I have seen the Grateful Dead in concert and enjoyed myself.
same goes for Phish.
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I will watch any reality TV show on Bravo.
I voted for Dominic 21 times last week. I am not voting for him at all this week. I might vote once for the girly looking prison guard fellow.
Also, I continue to watch Make Me a Supermodel, even though they think 32B boobs are HUUUUUUGE. And so is the rest of her! What a cow! She's a size 2, so she should probably go for plus size modeling, right? So ridiculous. Also, the one girl they're "concerned" about losing weight too quickly? Bullshit. I know a guy who's signed to the same modeling agency featured in this program, and they don't care how you lose 6 inches off your waist. And they do care how quickly you do it, or they'll drop your fat ass for not booking any jobs. I wouldn't say this aforementioned male model guy is my friend, because he's so fucking annoying to hang out with. He has 1% body fat, and he's always worrying about "toning" and eating one pretzel because he hasn't eaten all day because he's "fasting" because he has to lose two inches in two days wah wah wah wah waaaaahhhhh. I let him stay at my place for an interview with Wilhelmina, and he was the worst house guest ever.
The show's such a farce. But I watch it anyway.
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Jesus, I know I started this thread but don't you people have any shame?
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Jesus, I know I started this thread but don't you people have any shame?
No.
My Tivo season passes must mirror those of the Kappa Kappa Gamma house: The Hills, Real Housewives of Orange County, Crowned, Top Fucking Everything, Grey's Anatomy, and Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello. Last year, I fell asleep during a Smog show. I hated Zadie Smith's On Beauty. I'm a terrible flosser.
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I really like the Get Up Kids.
Jason, lemme guess... my pro-Whitest Kids post inspired this.
I saw the Get Up Kids in the late 90s on a bill with Hot Water Music and Sick Of It All, and they were all quite good. Or was it Dane Cooker Music and Cook Of Dane All? They were on Tourgasm together, I should add.
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Never got much into the Dead and I detest Phish, but I REALLY like The Allman Brothers, which I suppose is equally embarrassing (around here, anyway).
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I have perfect taste in music
So you like Poco and James Taylor?
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I have perfect taste in music
So you like Poco and James Taylor?
Andy Breckman is nuts and does not know what he is talking about. I am also nuts, but I know what I'm talking about when it comes to music.
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I want to move to Brooklyn.
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I've lived in Brooklyn for a decade (Williamsburg for half of that), have seen and enjoyed not only the Grateful Dead and Phish (the former like 20 times), but The Allman Brothers, Blues Traveler, Santana, The Black Crowes, Edie Brickell, From Good Homes, David Crosby, Sarah McLachlan, Meat Loaf, Hall & Oates, U2, and Paul Simon. I once wrote a somewhat positive review of a Jimmy Buffett album for vh1.com. I'm listening to Simone Dinnerstein's version of Bach's Goldberg Variations this very second. I love comic books, the superhero kind as well as the Fantagraphics kind. I not only love those Bravo reality shows, but I started watching regular ones too, on DVD, ostensibly for "research," and even though it makes me a little sick I get really into Survivor. I've been to operas at the Met more than once, and also saw the London philharmonic there. I loved Les Miz. I started watching Monk entirely because of Andy and Tom and I really like it.
Oh, and I had sex with a cabbage once. JUST KIDDING!
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Oh, and I had sex with a cabbage once.
So that's why the French use the term "mon petit chou" as a term of endearment...
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I have serious road rage.
Everyone drives like an idiot. Everyone except ME.
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ha. i have road rage too. but it's justified because i am also an excellent driver, while most other people are not.
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I have serious road rage.
That's not very embarrassing. That's regular-style!
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In 8th grade, I popped a balloon and sorta caused a pyramid of cheerleaders to topple over.
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In 8th grade, I popped a balloon and sorta caused a pyramid of cheerleaders to topple over.
This should go in a "proud moments" thread.
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In 8th grade, I popped a balloon and sorta caused a pyramid of cheerleaders to topple over.
Was it one of these balloons?
(http://www.lost.co.nz/cartoons/spacemoose/strips/smack2.png)
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I have seen the Grateful Dead in concert and enjoyed myself.
Actually have seen them multiple times and always had a blast
Phish back then were just a band that played in bars and clubs.
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sometimes I get seriously worried people are reading my mind.
wait, that's less embarrassing and more terrifying.
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Salt N Pepa is awesome.
Truly awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Ll2yRNE2k
I wholeheartedly agree.
In other news, I'm embarrassed to say that I actually enjoy watching America's Next Top Model. I think it would be great if someone make a spoof show titled "America's Next Top Model Train Set".
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Yeah, but if you're sittin' around listening to this you have something to be a little ashamed of:
[youtube]UKaVBVikysw&rel=1[/youtube]
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i love Drew Barrymore movies, including Fever Pitch. And i'm sort of ashamed by it.
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Space Moose destroyed my soul a long time ago. And my conscience, and my sense of shame.
It has made me a much better businessman. Thanks, Adam Thrasher, wherever you are!
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I actually know Shoop by heart.
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I'm a sucker for that weird floppy synth-bass sound, like in "Sussudio."
AAAAAND... I just kinda like "Sussudio."
[youtube]gB775nB3YBI&rel[/youtube]
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND, I love "Easy Lover."
[youtube]npoGEM1BbrY&rel[/youtube]
Oh, who am I kiddin'? AND "I Don't Care Anymore"
[youtube]C6KMYms8is0&rel[/youtube]
And "Man on the Corner"
[youtube]zMGLvwfRelo&rel[/youtube]
Etc. I could go on (for a little while - I DO have my Genesis/Collins limits, but... I'm learning a lot about myself right now).
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If it makes you feel any better, I like Easy Lover as well. And I pretty much hate Phil Collins.
How do you feel about the movie Buster, though? If you find yourself enjoying that, there may be a problem.
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I can stick 6 quarters up my nose.
I'm really, really scared of sudden loud noises, and have been since I was a little kid. I was at a parade a few months ago, and there were these "pirates" driving around on a float and shooting off cannons, and I had to block my ears. If I were ever on the battlefield, I would no doubt be rendered shell-shocked within the first 10 minutes.
I think Paris Hilton is really pretty.
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I'm a sucker for that weird floppy synth-bass sound, like in "Sussudio."
AAAAAND... I just kinda like "Sussudio."
[youtube]gB775nB3YBI&rel[/youtube]
I wanted to post a video of ODB doing "Sussudio" and say, "Best cover version?" but it looks like they didn't make video for that one. There's this, though:
[youtube]XoLB_U0YPOg[/youtube]
I've decided there's nothing funnier than Phil Collins trying to pull a tough guy thug look and nodding his head.
Postscript: Just say the the word (http://archive.wfmu.org:5555/archive/BL/BL_Ol_Dirty_Bastard_-_Sussudio.mp3). WFMU to the rescue again.
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I can stick 6 quarters up my nose.
I can fit my whole fist in my mouth.
I don't remember how I found my thing out, but I'm curious about the moment you discovered you could do yours.
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Patrick Bateman: Do you like Phil Collins? I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Christy, take off your robe. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. Sabrina, remove your dress. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Sabrina, why don't you, uh, dance a little. Take the lyrics to Land of Confusion. In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority. In Too Deep is the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock. Christy, get down on your knees so Sabrina can see your asshole. Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. Sabrina, don't just stare at it, eat it. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite.
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Patrick Bateman: Do you like Phil Collins? I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Christy, take off your robe. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. Sabrina, remove your dress. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Sabrina, why don't you, uh, dance a little. Take the lyrics to Land of Confusion. In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority. In Too Deep is the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock. Christy, get down on your knees so Sabrina can see your asshole. Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. Sabrina, don't just stare at it, eat it. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite.
Actually his take on Huey Lewis and The News is even better.
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Being a Bret Easton Ellis fan is just a little more embarrassing than being a Phil Collins fan.
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Being a Bret Easton Ellis fan is just a little more embarrassing than being a Phil Collins fan.
Especially if your favorite Bret Easton Ellis book is Glam-o-Rama. Barf.
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I can fit my whole fist in my mouth.
I don't remember how I found my thing out, but I'm curious about the moment you discovered you could do yours.
I can't remember the specific time, but I know it was during my teenage years. It was probably part of an ongoing gross-out/stunt competition between my pals and me.
weirdly enough: my friend Randy, who I didn't meet until later in my twenties, had developed this talent as well.
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Patrick Bateman: Do you like Phil Collins? I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Christy, take off your robe. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. Sabrina, remove your dress. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Sabrina, why don't you, uh, dance a little. Take the lyrics to Land of Confusion. In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority. In Too Deep is the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock. Christy, get down on your knees so Sabrina can see your asshole. Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. Sabrina, don't just stare at it, eat it. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite.
What is this, an Al Goldstein message board?
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I hadn't heard Sussudio in a long, long time before this thread. I never noticed when I was a youngster what a complete rip of 1999 it is.
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I can fit my whole fist in my mouth.
I can do this, too.
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here's an embarrassing thing, I tried to put my fist in my mouth and couldn't do it. Even more embarrassing, I decided to measure my mouth, which is 3", by the way, whereas my fist at its widest point, across the knuckles is 3 1/2 ". There's no way.
On the other hand, I can burp on cue. I think I have a trick throat or something (no, not like Linda Lovelace, pervs). I think a chamber in my throat opens up and releases a bubble of air. Anyway, I can burp consecutively, dozens of times, on demand. I can't cook. I couldn't make a tasty soup to save my life. I also have no interest in cooking. I continue to watch Meadowlands for the Mark character, who sports an Ian McCulloch hairstyle and fancies ladies', satin gloves.
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Is Meadowlands back on?
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KISS was my favorite band as a kid. That's not really embarrassing.
But I still like their early stuff now. Part of me likes them as a wry joke, but part of me just likes to listen to the songs.
No place for hidin' bay-beh, no place to r-u-u-u-u-n
You pulled the trigger of myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...............
Love gun, Lo-o-o-o-vvve Gu-u-u-u-n
Also, PLEASE check out "People, Let Me Get This Off My Chest." It is truly amazing.
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If I'm watching TV and any of the following movies come on, I must finish watching them:
- The Color Purple
- Terms of Endearment
- Dirty Dancing (I know almost every word of this movie)
- Mommie Dearest
- Clueless
- Any of the Poltergeist movies (even the really shitty one)
- Goodfellas (only embarrassing because I've seen it so many times)
- Casino
and the worst:
- Empire Records
It's a terrible movie and I know it but some part of my brain that isn't quite as developed as the rest creeps in and takes hold and I can't stop watching.
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Well, I didn't have one of these confessions until about 20 minutes ago. That's when I DL'd the aforementioned "People, Let Me Get This Off My Chest" and listened to it (well, most of it anyway). Phew/whew!
Now for that shower...
(I should also say that I enjoyed it thoroughly and will be passing it on to everyone I know...)
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I'm from Knoxville
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I like a couple songs by the Eagles.
One of them is "Hotel California".
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I can't watch Terms of Endearment without crying when: a) Debra Winger talks to her boys in the hospital room b) when Shirley MacLaine yells, "GIVE MY DAUGHTER THE SHOT!" c) when everyone is in the backyard towards the end and Jack Nicholson sits with the boys in the gazebo (even though that's not so sad, i'm usually just a mess by the end)
I can't help it, it's just all so ENDEARING!
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I can't watch Terms of Endearment without crying when: a) Debra Winger talks to her boys in the hospital room b) when Shirley MacLaine yells, "GIVE MY DAUGHTER THE SHOT!" c) when everyone is in the backyard towards the end and Jack Nicholson sits with the boys in the gazebo (even though that's not so sad, i'm usually just a mess by the end)
I can't help it, it's just all so ENDEARING!
I start crying at the beginning of the movie because I think about all three of those parts and I know what's coming.
Seriously one of my favorite movies.
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Well, I didn't have one of these confessions until about 20 minutes ago. That's when I DL'd the aforementioned "People, Let Me Get This Off My Chest" and listened to it (well, most of it anyway). Phew/whew!
Now for that shower...
(I should also say that I enjoyed it thoroughly and will be passing it on to everyone I know...)
Welcome to the club, Folksnake! IS THIS OR IS THIS NOT THE ROCK AND ROLL CAPITAL OF VIRGINIA?!
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Well, I didn't have one of these confessions until about 20 minutes ago. That's when I DL'd the aforementioned "People, Let Me Get This Off My Chest" and listened to it (well, most of it anyway). Phew/whew!
Now for that shower...
(I should also say that I enjoyed it thoroughly and will be passing it on to everyone I know...)
Welcome to the club, Folksnake! IS THIS OR IS THIS NOT THE ROCK AND ROLL CAPITAL OF VIRGINIA?!
"my uzi of ooze... I'm talkin about... my... LOVE GUN!"
People let me get this off my chest is amazing and disturbing
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As for strange body stuff..
I've had a lisp since birth. My tongue is abnormally long, and I'm missing the web that connects the tongue to the bottom of the jaw. Meaning that I stick out my tongue and have a subtle lisp when I say anything with an 's'. But - I can touch the tip of my tongue to the tip of my nose easily.
Also, my shoulders are very flexible, so I can intertwine them behind my back and bend them. Basically I can touch my elbows together behind my back easily, while they're wrapped around eachother. It's hard to explain. It stretches my shoulders and arms and feels really good, so when I do it and someone new is around - they kind of flip out.
And this one is a not so fun confession - my legs, upper arms and upper back are covered in scars from Discoid Lupus. I don't wear dresses or skirts because of this.
(I liked sharing this stuff with you guys, because of the obvious. I feel close to you guys, and I haven't had the chance to meet any FOTs yet. And I doubt I'm going to have that chance anytime soon. It feels good to share these things with ya. Sorry if it was extra boring.)
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Well, I didn't have one of these confessions until about 20 minutes ago. That's when I DL'd the aforementioned "People, Let Me Get This Off My Chest" and listened to it (well, most of it anyway). Phew/whew!
Now for that shower...
(I should also say that I enjoyed it thoroughly and will be passing it on to everyone I know...)
Welcome to the club, Folksnake! IS THIS OR IS THIS NOT THE ROCK AND ROLL CAPITAL OF VIRGINIA?!
"my uzi of ooze... I'm talkin about... my... LOVE GUN!"
People let me get this off my chest is amazing and disturbing
I chopped a bunch of choice moments up into two different ringtones that I use.
It's an obsession.
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i can make my innie belly button an outie. but i've always considered this a hidden talent, not so much an embarrassing confession.
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I can fit Dave From Knoxville's entire fist in my mouth.
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Is Meadowlands back on?
I really don't know, Sarah. A friend gave me an armful of videos he taped off of his on-demand service and the first season of Meadowlands was among them. I've only watched the first three episodes but I'm hooked. I love Mark and Zoe. They really do look like twins. And Bernard's starting to hallucinate, which is great.
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Folks that can't enough Paul Stanley stage banter should know that the same guy put together another volume called Honey, That Ain't No Pistol. I'd imagine you can find it in all the same places.
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My BA is in Dramatic Arts
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My BA is in Dramatic Arts
I was a theater nerd in high school.
I also used to play Magic the Gathering, and have been recently turned on to World of Warcraft, so I might start playing that pretty soon.
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I'm a 37-year-old career theater nerd. It's pathetic.
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I also used to play Magic the Gathering, and have been recently turned on to World of Warcraft, so I might start playing that pretty soon.
I actually played that for a couple months until it became boring and it took forever to travel from place to place. But, for awhile it was really fun trying to level up. I don't understand though how people have literally been playing the same game for years. You'd think at a certain time it would get old like anything else.
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I, too, was a theater nerd in high school. But I was also the person who knew how to sell advertisements for the program, to pay for the plays. Therefore, since my drama teacher was evil, I ended up spending three years being her receptionist. Crazy lady.
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I laughed at this (http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php/topic,1877.msg25736.html#msg25736):
I'm devastated, walking around in a daze. I trying to hold it together and carry on because I think that's what he would have wanted.
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I started the "Hey, Heath Ledger Died" thread.
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I laughed at this (http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php/topic,1877.msg25736.html#msg25736):
I'm devastated, walking around in a daze. I trying to hold it together and carry on because I think that's what he would have wanted.
Come to think of it, this is more shame than embarrassment. But I thought of it and chuckled at least twice today.
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I cried during the last Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
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I cried during the last Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
I BAWLED during the last episode of Roseanne. And I only saw it a few months ago.
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I had a dream with Spike in it.
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I had a dream with Spike in it.
You mean to say it wasn't a nightmare?
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I had a dream with Spike in it.
You mean to say it wasn't a nightmare?
I'd rather not fill in the details, which will hopefully lead you to believe it was much "saucier" than it actually was.
(http://kickthebobo.com//ragu-2a.jpg)
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I like to listen to Moby's Play-and-before instrumental stuff while I'm working. And I would have to say I generally like the music.
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I enjoy watching day-time television such as Jerry Springer, Montel, and Maury. Also, the less trashy yet equally entertaining Dr. Phil. Rikki Lake was the best when she was on. Such ridiculousness, hey at least she openly admitted it was all fake.
(please keep in mind I only watch about 7 hours or less of TV a week, exclusively while I'm eating)
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When I'm out of town (ok, in Vegas) I often watch daytime tv inbetween gambling and staring at the enormous garish buildings.
The last few times I've been, I've watched Maury do "I'm not the father." It is among the most arresting things ever committed to video. Like watching the circus in hell.
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Ew boy
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I like People's Court with Marilyn Milian and Judge Maria Lopez. It's really fun to watch sassy but educated women in positions of power berate the shit out of people. :)
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I like People's Court with Marilyn Milian
Yeah she's great when she lets loose on some douche she catches in a lie.
She takes no shit from nobody.
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In fact, I'm not real sure why that's embarrassing. Maybe the common misconception is that only rejects and the unemployed watch daytime television. In any case, I manage to catch snippets on my lunchbreaks. Oh how I wish I could watch the whole show.
Here's a pretty good one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnJnA_mt_UA
And I love the beginning intro/music with the overly accusatory tone of the voice-over man. That pretty much never fails to cheer me up.
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I watch Flava of Love and I Love New York. I considered buying the DVDS.
I do not for the life of me understand the menu at Starbucks. I feel so stupid that I cannot even go in there to order. I just don't understand what anything is on that menu.
I never learned pints/liters/ounces/quarts/etc or how to convert any of them. Liquid measurement baffles me.
My belly button is incredibly deep. Like a black hole.
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I like People's Court with Marilyn Milian and Judge Maria Lopez. It's really fun to watch sassy but educated women in positions of power berate the shit out of people. :)
Her husband's kind of a douche.
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Has anyone seen the Gidget movies? I'm watching Gidget Goes to Hawaii right now and laughing my ass off. I don't think I'm supposed to be enjoying this so much. It's super cheesy. I feel an embarassing Gidget movie addiction coming on.
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I remember watching more than one Gidget movie in high school. I can't really remember anything too specific besides the fact that they were pretty over the top. I was a much bigger fan of Beach Blanket Bingo.
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Has anyone seen the Gidget movies?
Which Gidget did you prefer? There were several. To me, Sandra Dee is the quintessential movie Gidget. Sally Field wins as the TV incarnation.
I never cared much for Gidget, but in my childhood watched all the movies and many episodes of the television show. But then I'd watch just about anything that was on after school, once Dark Shadows was done. I mean, my mother and I used to watch Merv Griffin, for crying out loud. We hated him, but we watched.
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Has anyone seen the Gidget movies?
Which Gidget did you prefer? There were several. To me, Sandra Dee is the quintessential movie Gidget. Sally Field wins as the TV incarnation.
I've never watched the television show, but I'd say Sandra Dee. The other Gidgets are too busty and provocative to be a true Gidget. Speaking of provocative, I was watching that movie with my friend's 8 year old, and I was so surprised at the insane amount of sexual innuendo. I always thought they were such innocent movies.
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Yes, a lot of the innocent fare of the fifties and sixties is absolutely filthy. I found much of it disgusting even as a small child (hence my fury at The Singing Nun and Doris Day).
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THE L WORD - I've watched every season, every episode, and I love it. New season just started and it looks like it's gonna be a doozy.
I, too, love The L Word. And I don't have Showtime. Which means that I have watched every episode of all 5 (5?) seasons in 9 minute increments on YouTube. I will finally fork over the cash for Showtime this summer.
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i couldn't take the l word after the beginning of season 3. there was way too much jenny and her horrid poetry scrolling across the screen. i had a lesbian roommate in college who thought she could write poetry, so i've already had enough inner-power-of-womyn blather to last a lifetime. or two lifetimes.
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The L Word changes every season. The Jenny season with all the ridiculous "dream" sequences and poetry, was just.. outrageous. Seasons 4 and 5 picked up and were fun to watch again. Even though they focus on Jenny a lot still, she's not an emotional mess, she's just an outright manipulative lunatic. Those ladies need a villain, don't they?
Unfortunately the next season will only be eight episodes long - just long enough to wrap up the entire show for good.
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The L Word changes every season. The Jenny season with all the ridiculous "dream" sequences and poetry, was just.. outrageous. Seasons 4 and 5 picked up and were fun to watch again. Even though they focus on Jenny a lot still, she's not an emotional mess, she's just an outright manipulative lunatic. Those ladies need a villain, don't they?
Unfortunately the next season will only be eight episodes long - just long enough to wrap up the entire show for good.
I couldn't believe that Catherine Keener's sister made an appearance. Too bad I can't remember her name. She was a pretty despicable villain.
And I hate to admit it but I liked when Jenny got hurt because she's so self-absorbed.
Shane, I'll miss you most of all.
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I'm waiting for someone to cop to their love of Wyclef.
I'm deathly afraid of clowns. No joke.
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I couldn't believe that Catherine Keener's sister made an appearance. Too bad I can't remember her name. She was a pretty despicable villain.
And I hate to admit it but I liked when Jenny got hurt because she's so self-absorbed.
Shane, I'll miss you most of all.
Oh I know! I remember watching the first episode and thinking, "That woman is so familiar."
Even though I really dislike Jenny, something about her character was a lot more vulnerable this season. I felt for her, especially the end of the season. Yikes. I remember my stomach being in knots as she ran out to the balcony. Time to rewatch all the seasons, I think.
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I was hoping Jenny was gonna get eaten by a shark after her raft drifts out to sea at the Season 4. How did she make it back to shore, that what I wanna know. And I kinda though Shane and Nikki were gonna fall to their deaths on that balcony - I kinda had a panic attack.
And so that brings me to my embarrassing confession that I have seen every episode of the L Word. It started out when my friend Cat moved upstairs from us (my now-wife and myself) in our apartment, and she had God's green herb, and had just gotten into the show as her boss was tivo-ing them on to DVDs for her. So the two went hand in hand and I got sucked in and I became emotionally invested in that show. Don't judge,
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I was hoping Jenny was gonna get eaten by a shark after her raft drifts out to sea at the Season 4. How did she make it back to shore, that what I wanna know. And I kinda though Shane and Nikki were gonna fall to their deaths on that balcony - I kinda had a panic attack.
And so that brings me to my embarrassing confession that I have seen every episode of the L Word. It started out when my friend Cat moved upstairs from us (my now-wife and myself) in our apartment, and she had God's green herb, and had just gotten into the show as her boss was tivo-ing them on to DVDs for her. So the two went hand in hand and I got sucked in and I became emotionally invested in that show. Don't judge,
No judging over here.
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a full 65% of my 'embarrassing confessions' involve the Lollapalooze '92 mainstage lineup.
"tattooed ever-y-thaaaaaaaaaaang"
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Shane, I'll miss you most of all.
oh SHANE. shane might be enough to make me watch again.
oh i forgot the real reason that i finally had to stop at the beginning of season three. alice went crazy! alice was my favorite! if you say that alice stopped being crazy, i'll torrent that nonsense right this second!
anyway, my shameful confession is that i will watch friends pretty much anytime it's on. there are some episodes i've seen dozens of times. I KNOW that it's stupid, but it's familiar-stupid.
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oh SHANE. shane might be enough to make me watch again.
oh i forgot the real reason that i finally had to stop at the beginning of season three. alice went crazy! alice was my favorite! if you say that alice stopped being crazy, i'll torrent that nonsense right this second!
Alice, as usual, has become quite the badass. I would suggest giving S4 & 5 another shot.
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oh i forgot the real reason that i finally had to stop at the beginning of season three. alice went crazy! alice was my favorite! if you say that alice stopped being crazy, i'll torrent that nonsense right this second!
Alice, as usual, has become quite the badass. I would suggest giving S4 & 5 another shot.
i'm heading over to mininova right now.
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oh SHANE. shane might be enough to make me watch again.
oh i forgot the real reason that i finally had to stop at the beginning of season three. alice went crazy! alice was my favorite! if you say that alice stopped being crazy, i'll torrent that nonsense right this second!
Alice, as usual, has become quite the badass. I would suggest giving S4 & 5 another shot.
Except that she's become a total jerk towards Max. I guess the transgendered don't warrant the same kind of equality as lesbians. Which made me angry 'cause I like Alice. I am too emotionally invested in this show, I gotta stop.
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oh SHANE. shane might be enough to make me watch again.
oh i forgot the real reason that i finally had to stop at the beginning of season three. alice went crazy! alice was my favorite! if you say that alice stopped being crazy, i'll torrent that nonsense right this second!
Alice, as usual, has become quite the badass. I would suggest giving S4 & 5 another shot.
Except that she's become a total jerk towards Max. I guess the transgendered don't warrant the same kind of equality as lesbians. Which made me angry 'cause I like Alice. I am too emotionally invested in this show, I gotta stop.
I like Alice too and this behaviour was bumming me out. I mean, I understand if some people, even cool people, don't "get" transgendered people, but someone on the show should like Max. Max is totally sweet and a friend to all.
I'm glad that this character is on the show. And maybe the cold or ambivalent treatment that the character gets is the most realistic thing on the show after all.
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I just ate Burger King. I had two spicy chicken crisps.
Yesterday I had two crunchy tacos from Taco Bell.
I'm out of control.
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Except that she's become a total jerk towards Max. I guess the transgendered don't warrant the same kind of equality as lesbians. Which made me angry 'cause I like Alice. I am too emotionally invested in this show, I gotta stop.
That's an excellent point. I always cringe at those scenes, as much as I love Alice. I can only hope it's the shows' way of making Alice more realistic, since her character is usually so genuine and nice. I really wish they would focus on transgendered people more.. It seems like the character of Max became too deep and they couldn't bring themselves to continue it. But I agree with you and Erika that Max is awesome , and I'm hoping he'll have some sort of revenge before the series wraps up.
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I just caught Tyra on TV in Indiana and I was instantly hooked. I'm in CT for a month with no TV but I might actually watch it online.
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I just ate a bunch of redi whip out of the can.
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I'm actually mad that, since MySpace changed their "look", I can't access it when I need to. I only have shows to confirm, not "people" to "meet". The fact that I'm mad at MySpace because I can't access it is horribly embarrassing. Ugh.
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I love this song, and will always love this song. And I don't love it in some tongue-in-cheek way either.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvwrSdMY7dQ[/youtube]
When I hear it, I am five-years-old again, and considering the finite nature of existence for the first time.
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I had a habit of storing half eaten food in random places.
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Ghosthunters is probably my favorite television show right now.
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second embarrassing confession in one day. i used to like this song and this video back in 1987:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsiPtvfdvDY[/youtube]
i thought the use of the phrase "Let's Go All the Way" in the context of nuclear war was deep.
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i was at karaoke on wednesday and sang Belinda Carlisle's "Heave Is A Place On Earth", Journey's "Faithfully" and "Don't Stop Believin'", and Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls".
however, to save face, i did not pick any of these songs. but i sang them.
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As the Buddhists say, a guilty pleasure is neither. I listen to, and obsessively deconstruct, R. Kelly's Double Up. I'm also an Afghan Whigs fan. And I sometimes make up movies and ask people if they've seen them.
One of my friends used to write for The L Word, and even she seems kind of embarassed about it. I'll let her know that she touched people's lives.
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I watch the Style Network. A LOT.
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As the Buddhists say, a guilty pleasure is neither. I listen to, and obsessively deconstruct, R. Kelly's Double Up. I'm also an Afghan Whigs fan. And I sometimes make up movies and ask people if they've seen them.
One of my friends used to write for The L Word, and even she seems kind of embarassed about it. I'll let her know that she touched people's lives.
my brother's a fan and he's not ashamed. he's hopelessly trying to convert me; im whatever about it.
although now, i'll let him know i kinda, sort of, not really, "know" an acquaintance/complete stranger who is friends with someone who used to write for the show. he'll be ecstatic, im sure.
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I'm also an Afghan Whigs fan.
Why is this embarrassing? Gentlemen and Congregation are fantastic albums.
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I'm also an Afghan Whigs fan.
Why is this embarrassing? Gentlemen and Congregation are fantastic albums.
Really? I listened to Gentlemen a little while ago, and felt very embarrassed.
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I'm also an Afghan Whigs fan.
Why is this embarrassing? Gentlemen and Congregation are fantastic albums.
Really? I listened to Gentlemen a little while ago, and felt very embarrassed.
Embarrassed for not liking it? Actually I haven't listened to it in a while, but I'm pretty sure I'd still like it.
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Embarrassed for Greg Dulli and the rest of them. Embarrassed for having liked it back in the day.
The music was rockin' enough but that pathetic male angst. I'll take Bright Eyes over that any day.
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The music was rockin' enough but that pathetic male angst. I'll take Bright Eyes over that any day.
I suppose that's a valid point. But Bright Eyes? No thanks.
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But Bright Eyes? No thanks.
Well, yeah. That's kinda my point. At least Bright Eyes is up front about his angst and doesn't use macho swaggering to hide it.
(In all honesty though, and to keep it on topic, I actually like I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning. Sad songs, that make you want to lie on the floor.)
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(In all honesty though, and to keep it on topic, I actually like I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning.
That'd be the one Bright Eyes album I can listen to.
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I cannot stand Bright Eyes. But it is not his fault (I'm sure he's saying, "Oh thanks, John from Maplewood. I feel so much better now that it's not my fault"). I just have a hard time relating to anyone who could have anything he wants at any time, and then sits down with a guitar and sings about life's challenges. And the fact that he does it well makes it worse.
I am too jealous to enjoy myself.
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I don't think Mr. Oberst not using macho swaggering is so much a choice...
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Jon - I don't think there's anything embarrassing about liking the song "Time." That song is beautiful and profound.
Woolfson did a great job of singing it. I like to imagine Alan Parsons at the mixing board in the control room with tears pouring down his face while Woolfson does the vocal track.
Like this (fast forward to 4:20 or so):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXQi7-GKJp0
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David Cross at his best. Thanks for bringing me back.
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Was that the song Mandy Patinkin, nude, sings in Run, Ronnie, Run? Is the fact that I liked that film and thought it was underrated count as an embarrassing confession? Should I be embarrassed?
A true embarrassing confession is that since I was a small child I've loved, and continue to love, the Eagles' song "Take It To The Limit", but wait there's more. It wasn't until I got that issue of Rolling Stone with the Eagles on the cover (my wife got me a subscription - I feel about that magazine the way Tom does about Entertainment Weekly. It makes me so angry, but I read it cover to cover) that I found out Randy Meisner, not Joe Walsh, who wasn't even in the Eagles at the time, sang that song. I was like "Randy Meisner, who's THAT?"
That paragraph is full of embarrassing confessions :-[
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as far as rolling stone goes, youre on your own. sort of. my mom knows a lady who gets it, but doesnt want it...so she gives them to me thinking its "my thing". i read them when im bored enough at work.
as for RUN, RONNNIE, RUN...way overrated.
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Yeah, I got an RS subscription free with some concert tickets, and then they automatically renewed it. I called up to cancel the automatic renewal, and the person I spoke to told me that she could cancel the subscription - but couldn't refund my $. Since I had already paid for it, and it wasn't a big enough amount of money to deal with the hassle, I kept it. I actually mostly only read the political writing and ignore most of the music stuff (though I really did like the Lethem pieces on Dylan and James Brown).
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I still like the Afghan Whigs. I guess I can see being embarrassed by the macho posturing covering angst thing, but considering Thin Lizzy is one of my favorite bands, I guess it's not such a big thing for me.
I am originally from Cincinnati as well, so maybe that has something to do with it.
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Not much of a confession, but I didn't hear the song "Werewolves of London" until I was 27 or so. I loved it, frankly.
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I don't like "Werewolves of London" at all, but I kind of like "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock.
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Embarrassing: three of my favorite pop songs from the 80s are all by the Culture Club - "Miss You", "Time" and "Church of the Poison Mind".
This is weird but I went to Busch Gardens (Va) in the mid 80s with my mom and walked along this outdoor amphitheater. There were a couple old guys on stage setting up stools and a piano. We peered in but couldn't tell what was going on. Next thing you know, Dylan comes out, picks up a harmonica and does a 3-minute mic check, playing "Karma Chameleon" on harmonica and guitar, then puts down his stuff and disappears. Apparently he had a show for later that evening and apparently it barely sold 3/4 of the seats.
I'm not sure I even knew who Dylan was at the time, I guess my mom had explained it later. It was only years later I put the whole story together in my mind and realized how strange it was. From what I could tell he was yesterday's news at that point, but I guess came out of the slump?
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Sorry to correct you, cutout, but "Miss You" is by the Rolling Stones, while "Time" is by the Alan Parsons Project. Or you may mean the song "Time" by
The Pink Floyd.
That is all.
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When MC Hammer's album Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em was released, I couldn't understand why
a) MC Hammer would hurt anyone! Why does someone have to ask MC Hammer to not hurt anyone?
b) Alternately, how could hammering them be less painful then hurting them? I thought hammering people caused a lot of pain!
Years later, I realized it was just code for "Hammer, don't make them dance too hard, because you can do that, you know!", but by then he was just "Hammer", and became a co-host of Paul and Jan Crouch on Trinity Broadcast Network.
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This thread needed to be revived! Yay
My embarrassing confession is that my playlist on playlist.com is almost entirely made up of Lady GaGa and Kanye West. And when I almost entirely I mean entirely. I acknowledge that there is nothing wrong about either one, but my listening/obsession has grown to scary heights lately.
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I was altogether too disappointed when the Canadian women's curling team lost to Sweden.
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I wasn't.
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This thread needed to be revived! Yay
My embarrassing confession is that my playlist on playlist.com is almost entirely made up of Lady GaGa and Kanye West. And when I almost entirely I mean entirely. I acknowledge that there is nothing wrong about either one, but my listening/obsession has grown to scary heights lately.
I like reading revived threads. (Covers face)
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I wasn't.
I was pleased for Sweden, Martin. I just let myself get caught up in the hoopla over the Canadian team. I downright rooted for the boys, by the way, but Kevin Martin was too much for them. I'll be rooting for them in the bronze match.
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Thanks, Sarah. People here were really excited about the win - well, me too. I definitely thought CAN would win it with that last stone.
I notice that people in the media are falling over themselves drooling over the Canadian skipper's attractiveness (someone even coined the clunky term "curlgar"). Call me a patriot but I prefer these gals.
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9854/370curlingguld0013.jpg) (http://img6.imageshack.us/i/370curlingguld0013.jpg/)
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I really liked those gals, too.
Sorry there was no bronze for the Swedish men. But they played a damn good game against Switzerland and are the future, to boot, or so I've heard. Next time.
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I genuinely dig Lady Gaga. Is that embarassing? Keep in mind I'm in my 30's.
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I think Freddie Prinze Jr is a babe. What?
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I genuinely dig Lady Gaga. Is that embarassing? Keep in mind I'm in my 30's.
Oh, please-why be embarrassed by anything you like? Lady Gaga is awesome, and I'm in my late late late late late 30s.
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I genuinely dig Lady Gaga. Is that embarassing? Keep in mind I'm in my 30's.
Oh, please-why be embarrassed by anything you like? Lady Gaga is awesome, and I'm in my late late late late late 30s.
You make good points. Lady Gaga's place in my iPod is secured. Ga ga Oolalah!
Also I didn't watch any Olympics.
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You make good points. Lady Gaga's place in my iPod is secured. Ga ga Oolalah!
Also I didn't watch any Olympics.
On her liner notes of the previous album, she thanks Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Prince, Madonna, Chanel, New York, and Fashion. That loony broad is all right by me.
I didn't watch any Olympics either, but not really on purpose... when I was in various bars over the last few weeks, though, I kept stumbling on curling. I think the curling lobby has really earned their stripes this Olympics. I have heard about virtually nothing else.
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I'm hooked on MTV's 16 and Pregnant/Teen Mom...I just, can't stop watching and I'm totally not in the TV demographic they should be reaching with that show.
I heard Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" for the first time when I was in Asia this past summer and thought it was a joke. I came back to the US and Lady Gaga was everywhere. I feel it's all still so new to me!
I share a birthday with Kayne West, but I am 2 years younger than him. Also, Joan Rivers, ha! My furs!!
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I share a birthday with Kayne West, but I am 2 years younger than him. Also, Joan Rivers, ha! My furs!!
I share a birthday with Roman Polanski and Denis Leary, so I don't know what to tell you there.
Also Martin Mull, who gets a lifetime pass for both Fernwood Tonight and the film Serial, but who I've also heard is a massive tool. Did Patton Oswalt tell a story about him? I can't remember where i heard that recently ...
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I share a birthday with Kayne West, but I am 2 years younger than him. Also, Joan Rivers, ha! My furs!!
I share a birthday with Roman Polanski and Denis Leary, so I don't know what to tell you there.
Also Martin Mull, who gets a lifetime pass for both Fernwood Tonight and the film Serial, but who I've also heard is a massive tool. Did Patton Oswalt tell a story about him? I can't remember where i heard that recently ...
I share a b-day with Martin Short! So, yeah.
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When I saw this picture from a distance over afk's shoulder, I thought it was from the ultimate Klan rally.
(http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/gaughin/slide_5194_71474_large.jpg)
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Also Martin Mull, who gets a lifetime pass for both Fernwood Tonight and the film Serial, but who I've also heard is a massive tool. Did Patton Oswalt tell a story about him? I can't remember where i heard that recently ...
Yeah, he talks about meeting Martin Mull on the 'Patton vs. Zach vs. Alcohol vs. Patton' EP. I don't think he had a specific story, he was just generally saying that sometimes in Hollywood the mediocre guys are nice and the talented guys are douchebags. Like when he met Martin Mull and he was an asshole, but Bruce Villanche was really nice.
Another confession, I like "celebrities are assholes" stories.
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Another confession, I like "celebrities are assholes" stories.
I do too, even though I also feel it's not always sporting to go straight to "asshole" on some of those anecdotes. Not to defend anyone's behavior, but I'm sure it's not always easy to be nice and civil to random strangers who come up to you all the time, no matter what you're dealing with internally. Price you pay for fame and all of that, but still.
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I'm warning you all. With peace and love.
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I'm warning you all. With peace and love.
Wot, are you gonna sic your goat army on us?
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I'm warning you all. With peace and love.
Wot, are you gonna sic your goat army on us?
You think you're joking, don't you?
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I'm warning you all. With peace and love.
Wot, are you gonna sic your goat army on us?
You think you're joking, don't you?
I'm only laughing on the outside.
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I share a birthday with Kayne West, but I am 2 years younger than him. Also, Joan Rivers, ha! My furs!!
I share a birthday with Roman Polanski and Denis Leary, so I don't know what to tell you there.
Also Martin Mull, who gets a lifetime pass for both Fernwood Tonight and the film Serial, but who I've also heard is a massive tool. Did Patton Oswalt tell a story about him? I can't remember where i heard that recently ...
I share a b-day with Martin Short! So, yeah.
Yeah! Fernwood tonight! Haven't thought about that in a long time. I just remember him from Roseanne, mostly. I kind of like sharing a birthday with Kanye because if I'm ever having a bad day or I'm acting like a jerk, I can just blame it on the fact that we are the same, astrologically. Too bad I can't rap or produce hip hop records though...
Other famous June 8s --Scott Adams of Dilbert fame and Nancy Sinatra! What a strange mix of people!