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Title: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Trembling Eagle on October 13, 2008, 11:28:11 AM
bah
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: A.M. Thomas on October 13, 2008, 11:36:13 AM
what
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Trembling Eagle on October 13, 2008, 11:38:21 AM
what

well, aint it?
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Tom Scharpling on October 13, 2008, 11:39:56 AM
I'm ready to declare Trembling Eagle a character.

It is impossible for all of these elements to be within one real person.

Tom.
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: daveB from Oakland on October 13, 2008, 11:43:19 AM

                         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb7BIaaxGAU
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Trembling Eagle on October 13, 2008, 11:43:55 AM
I'm ready to declare Trembling Eagle a character.

It is impossible for all of these elements to be within one real person.

Tom.

I believe it were the bard that said life is but a stage...
we, merely players strutting away our hours...
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: daveB from Oakland on October 13, 2008, 11:54:57 AM
I'm pretty sure he didn't say nothing about "strutting away our hours" ... but it sounds like something he would have said, don't it?

It's kind of like that Bob Dilbin song about Billy Shakespeare and Marilyn Monroe doing rails with 'nem Hooters ...
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: todd on October 13, 2008, 11:58:55 AM
Trembling Eagle is a character defined by his inability to stick to one character. Dudes all over the map.
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Trembling Eagle on October 13, 2008, 12:11:08 PM
I'm pretty sure he didn't say nothing about "strutting away our hours" ... but it sounds like something he would have said, don't it?

It's kind of like that Bob Dilbin song about Billy Shakespeare and Marilyn Monroe doing rails with 'nem Hooters ...

Full of sound and fury and what have you. I remember that from an episode of Columbo, now THERE's a great Italian-American figure (Columbo not Falk).
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: tenspeed on October 13, 2008, 12:24:54 PM
I'm ready to declare Trembling Eagle a character.

It is impossible for all of these elements to be within one real person.

Tom.

Mixed Martial Arts could be to blame.  It must be very difficult to be at peace with your true self when you have such a wide variety of fighting techniques to choose from.  "Conflicting," might be the word.

Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Chris L on October 13, 2008, 12:27:39 PM
I'm pretty sure he didn't say nothing about "strutting away our hours" ... but it sounds like something he would have said, don't it?

Obviously you never saw Robin Gibb's production of As You Like It.   >:(
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: daveB from Oakland on October 13, 2008, 01:24:46 PM
I'm pretty sure he didn't say nothing about "strutting away our hours" ... but it sounds like something he would have said, don't it?

Obviously you never saw Robin Gibb's production of As You Like It.   >:(

That Shakespeare was always Jive Talkin' .

P.S. I LOVE SANDWICHES!

I'm going to celebrate Columbus Day with an I-talian sangwich full of prosciutto and asiago and whatnot ...

(http://www.bratsandbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/italian_sandwich.jpg)

(But, in concession to Bay Area PC-ness, it will be served on Native American flatbread).
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Trembling Eagle on October 13, 2008, 01:28:44 PM
I'm pretty sure he didn't say nothing about "strutting away our hours" ... but it sounds like something he would have said, don't it?

Obviously you never saw Robin Gibb's production of As You Like It.   >:(

That Shakespeare was always Jive Talkin' .

P.S. I LOVE SANDWICHES!

I'm going to celebrate Columbus Day with an I-talian sangwich full of prosciutto and asiago and whatnot ...

(http://www.bratsandbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/italian_sandwich.jpg)

(But, in concession to Bay Area PC-ness, it will be served on Native American flatbread).


just make sure you skip the Casu Marzu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu
"that's just sick" - Tom
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: daveB from Oakland on October 13, 2008, 01:35:35 PM
Quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu

Casu marzu literally means "rotten cheese" in Sardinian and is known colloquially as maggot cheese.

I smell a George Clinton endorsement contract!

Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: buffcoat on October 13, 2008, 01:54:58 PM
I'm ready to declare Trembling Eagle a character.

It is impossible for all of these elements to be within one real person.

Tom.

I believe it were the bard beard that said life is but a stage...
we, merely players strutting away our hours...

Fixed!
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: <<<<< on October 13, 2008, 02:09:14 PM
Political correctness would dictate that Columbus shouldn't be celebrated at all. 

I'm assuming that Trembling Eagle is aware of this?
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Wes on October 13, 2008, 02:10:28 PM
I'm pretty sure he didn't say nothing about "strutting away our hours" ... but it sounds like something he would have said, don't it?

Obviously you never saw Robin Gibb's production of As You Like It.   >:(

That Shakespeare was always Jive Talkin' .

I will use this thread to ask an important question: The Bee Gees' video for Stayin' Alive - set in a post-apocalyptic future or not?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCAjmuA1HDk[/youtube]

If so, how did the world end in this reality?
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Sarah on October 13, 2008, 03:22:37 PM
Judging from the tidy state of their clothing and the careful hair, the boys have somehow been transported to a postplague future, luckily arriving at a point when all the bodies had already decomposed, leaving behind the slowly crumbling buildings.
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Wes on October 13, 2008, 04:39:56 PM
I hadn't considered the potential time travel aspect before, but I think you may be right. Previously, I'd assumed that the Gibbs had some kind of built-in immunity to whatever had wiped out most of the population, be it a chemical attack or superflu of some kind, and were now wandering the planet as potential saviors/warrior-kings.

In any case, they do appear to be scouring the city for survivors or supplies of some kind, so perhaps even the Bee Gees don't yet know what has killed everybody else. The line in the song about "the New York Times' effect on man" foreshadows a moment where they find out what went down on Earth via an old newspaper. And the shot of the three of them sitting in the train towards the end implies that they get the train working again to escape the city, almost certainly on the run from mutant scavangers. But that leaves open the question of who's driving the train. Andy Gibb?

No, it's Frampton. Has to be Frampton.
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Chris L on October 13, 2008, 04:59:57 PM
If so, how did the world end in this reality?

It's likely they misunderstood the concept of "Saturday Night Fever" when they were hired to do the soundtrack and assumed it had to do with a mysterious illness that wiped out most of humanity in about a 12-hour period.  The fever itself sent its victims into a blind rage before killing them, which explains the mass destruction.  At this point in the narrative, it's probably the following Sunday morning and the Bee Gees haven't had time to change out of their club clothes yet, deciding instead to survey the damage and ponder their inexplicable good (?) fortune to have "stayed alive." 
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Pat K on October 13, 2008, 05:31:01 PM
I hadn't considered the potential time travel aspect before, but I think you may be right...

All this talk makes me miss that old Chinatown thread about fighting mummies....*sigh*
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: daveB from Oakland on October 13, 2008, 07:17:53 PM
If so, how did the world end in this reality?

It's likely they misunderstood the concept of "Saturday Night Fever" when they were hired to do the soundtrack and assumed it had to do with a mysterious illness that wiped out most of humanity in about a 12-hour period.  The fever itself sent its victims into a blind rage before killing them, which explains the mass destruction.  At this point in the narrative, it's probably the following Sunday morning and the Bee Gees haven't had time to change out of their club clothes yet, deciding instead to survey the damage and ponder their inexplicable good (?) fortune to have "stayed alive." 

That's pretty much what happenned in the movie, right? Wasn't Saturday Night Fever a Romero movie?
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Trembling Eagle on October 13, 2008, 09:01:47 PM
All I know is "I started a joke" is easily on of the best rock songs....evar

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2HOiMeDOrs[/youtube]


Jesus, I wish Sizzla would do a reggae version
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qTUBBQfL5M[/youtube]
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Emily on October 13, 2008, 09:30:53 PM
If so, how did the world end in this reality?

It's likely they misunderstood the concept of "Saturday Night Fever" when they were hired to do the soundtrack and assumed it had to do with a mysterious illness that wiped out most of humanity in about a 12-hour period.  The fever itself sent its victims into a blind rage before killing them, which explains the mass destruction.  At this point in the narrative, it's probably the following Sunday morning and the Bee Gees haven't had time to change out of their club clothes yet, deciding instead to survey the damage and ponder their inexplicable good (?) fortune to have "stayed alive." 


Maybe their shoes kept them alive during the apocalypse -

"Got the wings of heaven on my shoes.
Im a dancin man and I just cant lose."

Maybe these heavenly disco shoes keep them in a perpetual dancing motion, which results in their staying alive .. ?
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on October 14, 2008, 12:02:42 AM
This is the best thread ever.
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Stan on October 14, 2008, 01:30:24 AM
 Sounds like someone should be working on 'nem bible matrices.
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Wes on October 14, 2008, 09:58:31 AM
If so, how did the world end in this reality?

It's likely they misunderstood the concept of "Saturday Night Fever" when they were hired to do the soundtrack and assumed it had to do with a mysterious illness that wiped out most of humanity in about a 12-hour period.  The fever itself sent its victims into a blind rage before killing them, which explains the mass destruction.  At this point in the narrative, it's probably the following Sunday morning and the Bee Gees haven't had time to change out of their club clothes yet, deciding instead to survey the damage and ponder their inexplicable good (?) fortune to have "stayed alive." 


Maybe their shoes kept them alive during the apocalypse -

"Got the wings of heaven on my shoes.
Im a dancin man and I just cant lose."

Maybe these heavenly disco shoes keep them in a perpetual dancing motion, which results in their staying alive .. ?

The wings of heaven line is definitely cryptic. But the more I think about it, "whether you're a mother or whether you're a brother, you're stayin' alive" lends more weight to my theory that there's some genetic reason why the Gibbs are still alive, and they may be seeking out other members of the extended Gibbs family who may have survived the Fall of Mankind due to their shared biological immunity.

Also, the "feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'" line may also offer some kind of clue as to the nature of the Global Extinction Event. Was there some kind of earthquake? Natural or man-made? Or does the everybody shakin' lead back to the perpetual dancing/shoes theory? Barry does, after all, refer several times to the way he uses his walk. Curious.
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: erika on October 14, 2008, 10:15:32 AM
Political correctness would dictate that Columbus shouldn't be celebrated at all. 

I'm assuming that Trembling Eagle is aware of this?


Well, they still celebrate it in Colombia. I doubt that's all that politically incorrect.

Trembling Eagle is a troll, really. He's only aware of himself.
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Chris L on October 14, 2008, 10:40:39 AM
If so, how did the world end in this reality?

It's likely they misunderstood the concept of "Saturday Night Fever" when they were hired to do the soundtrack and assumed it had to do with a mysterious illness that wiped out most of humanity in about a 12-hour period.  The fever itself sent its victims into a blind rage before killing them, which explains the mass destruction.  At this point in the narrative, it's probably the following Sunday morning and the Bee Gees haven't had time to change out of their club clothes yet, deciding instead to survey the damage and ponder their inexplicable good (?) fortune to have "stayed alive." 


Maybe their shoes kept them alive during the apocalypse -

"Got the wings of heaven on my shoes.
Im a dancin man and I just cant lose."

Maybe these heavenly disco shoes keep them in a perpetual dancing motion, which results in their staying alive .. ?

The wings of heaven line is definitely cryptic. But the more I think about it, "whether you're a mother or whether you're a brother, you're stayin' alive" lends more weight to my theory that there's some genetic reason why the Gibbs are still alive, and they may be seeking out other members of the extended Gibbs family who may have survived the Fall of Mankind due to their shared biological immunity.

Also, the "feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'" line may also offer some kind of clue as to the nature of the Global Extinction Event. Was there some kind of earthquake? Natural or man-made? Or does the everybody shakin' lead back to the perpetual dancing/shoes theory? Barry does, after all, refer several times to the way he uses his walk. Curious.

All I know is, these theories give those "Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah!"s in the chorus a disturbing, "Frankie Teardrop"-like resonance, as if they're reacting to the horror around them and the grim future ahead. 
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: buffcoat on October 14, 2008, 11:43:47 AM
In the future, as in the past, the height of a man's pants denotes rank.  Thus, Barry is the leader, followed at a great distance by Robin, who is in turn just slightly above Maurice.
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Wes on October 14, 2008, 12:15:10 PM
In the future, as in the past, the height of a man's pants denotes rank.  Thus, Barry is the leader, followed at a great distance by Robin, who is in turn just slightly above Maurice.

Robin would come to greatly resent Barry because of this, leading him to split off from the brothers Gibb and create his own faction, raising an army of mutated scavagers to rule the future wasteland.

(http://www.beegees.dk/rr.jpg)

Barry and Maurice were forced to fall back and fortify themselves against the Robin-led survivors, but the lack of electricity and working technology meant they had to rely on some outdated weaponry and equipment if they wanted to last against their brother's violent, oppresive reign.

(http://www.beegees.dk/TN_sheet-cucumber.JPG)

I think it's pretty clear by now that the Bee Gees' initial story ideas for Saturday Night Fever were stolen for and recycled for Doomsday (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0483607/).
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: jbissell on October 14, 2008, 01:32:01 PM
I've said it before, but Wes really is the best.
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: dave from knoxville on October 14, 2008, 04:14:25 PM
I'm pretty sure he didn't say nothing about "strutting away our hours" ... but it sounds like something he would have said, don't it?

Obviously you never saw Robin Gibb's production of As You Like It.   >:(

That Shakespeare was always Jive Talkin' .

I will use this thread to ask an important question: The Bee Gees' video for Stayin' Alive - set in a post-apocalyptic future or not?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCAjmuA1HDk[/youtube]

If so, how did the world end in this reality?

I have a theory that involves Ted Leo and the Pharmacists just around the corner at the beach, near makeshift barbecue pits dug into the sand filled with burning surplus cardboard boxes, tearfully waiting for a rat to drift down into their waiting traps.
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: dave from knoxville on October 14, 2008, 04:15:33 PM
The film version can be called "28 Saturday Nights Later".
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Post by: Beth on October 14, 2008, 04:49:08 PM
I'm pretty sure he didn't say nothing about "strutting away our hours" ... but it sounds like something he would have said, don't it?

Obviously you never saw Robin Gibb's production of As You Like It.   >:(

That Shakespeare was always Jive Talkin' .

I will use this thread to ask an important question: The Bee Gees' video for Stayin' Alive - set in a post-apocalyptic future or not?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCAjmuA1HDk[/youtube]

If so, how did the world end in this reality?

I have a theory that involves Ted Leo and the Pharmacists just around the corner at the beach, near makeshift barbecue pits dug into the sand filled with burning surplus cardboard boxes, tearfully waiting for a rat to drift down into their waiting traps.

What's a vegan to do in a post-apocalyptic world?!!! Oh the horror! THE HORROR!!
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: samir on October 19, 2008, 10:07:14 AM
Wes, this may blow your mind.

Quote
Bee Gees hit could save your life

US medics have found the Bee Gees' 1977 disco anthem, Stayin' Alive, provides an ideal beat to follow when performing CPR on a victim of a cardiac arrest.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7678371.stm
Title: Re: Columbus Day..*snort* I bet this is THE major holiday in Jersey
Post by: Sarah on October 19, 2008, 02:05:26 PM
I saw that, Samir. What can I say:  synchronicity, baby (whoops, wrong supergroup).