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Saturday Night Open Thread

by John Cole|  September 19, 20096:41 pm| 275 Comments

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The ribs and pork loin are about ready- making a peach/thai pepper chutney for the pork loin, making some jalapeno and bacon cornbread, cole slaw, beans, and some home made french fries:

All this, and football, too!

*** Update ***

The ribs and pork loin:

ribs

No, those are not granite, before you ask.

The plate:

dinner

It tasted better than it looked.

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  1. 1.

    JenJen

    September 19, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    My favorite part about the site rebuild? Clicking on “Consistently wrong since 2002” instead of the logo to get back to the homepage.

    Nice.

    ETA (oooh that was fun!): Any kind soul want to help me with my lineup tomorrow? I’m super-weak at QB, I’m benching Cutler against the Steelers (obvs), and now I’m trying to decide which scrub to start: Jason Campbell, or Kyle Orton. Blech.

  2. 2.

    Alex

    September 19, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    John, what’s happened to the graphic at the top of the page? Did Fox News take exception to it?

  3. 3.

    Mark S.

    September 19, 2009 at 6:51 pm

    Wow, it looks like USC is going to go down.

  4. 4.

    John Cole

    September 19, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    @JenJen: The tag line is now editable, so whenever Palin or someone says something stupid, I can change it.

    @Alex: Clear your browser cache and it should be back. The only thing I did was get rid of the “John Cole’s” since there are now four front page posters.

  5. 5.

    Crashman06

    September 19, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    @JenJen: Oh geez, that’s a tough decision. Two awful QBs. I’d go with Campbell, because St. Louis is awful.

  6. 6.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 6:54 pm

    Put some pork chops in the oven about an hour ago and was all giddy about eating them with some fresh veggies and forgot to turn the oven.

    Always turn the oven on if you want to cook stuff.

  7. 7.

    Turgidson

    September 19, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    Down goes USC! *terrorist fist jab*

  8. 8.

    Citizen_X

    September 19, 2009 at 6:59 pm

    @John Cole: whenever Palin or someone says something stupid, I can change it.

    Strunk and White called, John. They said, “Omit needless words.”

  9. 9.

    smiley

    September 19, 2009 at 7:01 pm

    It looks like competition in the SEC east is going to be as fierce as always. UF beat UT by only 10 points; 23-13. UF was favored by 30 points.

    John, I want to eat your menu. Mine is hot and spicy shrimp, pork-fried rice, and egg rolls. Not bad but not smoked meat products. Damn I miss living in the Carolinas.

  10. 10.

    Svensker

    September 19, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    @General Winfield Stuck:

    Always turn the oven on if you want to cook stuff.

    I once tried to cook some cornbread in the fridge. When the timer went off, I got up, looked in the fridge and said, “nope, not done yet”, walked about 5 feet into the living room before realizing the problem. Not that there were any illegal substances involved or anything.

  11. 11.

    James K Polk, Esq.

    September 19, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    GO BEARS! USC loses, Cal wins…

  12. 12.

    JenJen

    September 19, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    @John Cole: Oh, that is beautiful. Michael Steele will probably provide you with a tagline or 2,000,000 as well. (#michellemalkinmath)

    @Crashman06: I know, right? I’m thinking Campbell too, but I may as well flip a coin and find something else to do tomorrow.

    Also, those ribs look so f’n good.

  13. 13.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    KUDOS to Rick Sanchez for his takedown of Fox News

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjEi8Rt4RQg&feature=related

  14. 14.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 7:07 pm

    As a tribute to Serena Williams some other great meldowns on the tennis court

    Jimmy Conners
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtWRgW8VY2I

    John McEnroe
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxAPKtOe0fQ&feature=related

  15. 15.

    abo gato

    September 19, 2009 at 7:08 pm

    Holy moly, John….how many people are you feeding? Sounds like enough for a herd. We bought an Akaushi sirloin steak at a local meatmarket that has been in business since 1914. We were there last weekend and got some wonderful prime NY strip steak. Liked it so much we went back today and got sucked into the Akaushi just because it was only 8.99 a pound for Kobe beef. Had to try this.

    Got that marinating a bit and have a loaf of artisan bread in the oven and a garlic/tomato/okra thing going on on top of the stove. We also hit the farmer’s market today and got nice okra and tomatoes and corn. Thinking about maybe creamed corn instead of on the cob on the grill.

    That sirloin may be the best looking steak I have ever seen. Very lean and dark red.

  16. 16.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 7:11 pm

    John,

    Great to see the return of the fabulous formatting buttons.

    Equally great to see separate email contacts for Doug, Tim, and Anne Laurie.

  17. 17.

    Cat Lady

    September 19, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    Stand!

    Thank you.

  18. 18.

    JenJen

    September 19, 2009 at 7:13 pm

    @JK: CNN’s been running an ad all afternoon that calls out FNC as well: “Distorting, Not Reporting”.

    As much as I like to see CNN hit back at Fox News, I don’t know how useful this is, because Fox News knows full well that ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC and CNN covered Wingnut Woodstock. The point is… they don’t care, so why let that get in the way of a chance to kick their opponents? That’s who these guys are.

    It’s truly messed-up, if you ask me, and was actually a little shocked with the distorted numbers coming out of the 9/12 March; this mythology being built around it, and here comes Fox News to throw a log on that fire with that bullshit ad. They are audacious in the most obnoxious way.

    And now Chris Wallace is whining that he didn’t get a sit-down appointment during POTUS’ media blitz tomorrow. It’s quite the side-show, isn’t it?

  19. 19.

    eemom

    September 19, 2009 at 7:13 pm

    I know it’s uncool to follow the John Edwards saga, but wow — if this shit is true, he is waaaaaaay more of a slimeball than anybody ever thought.
    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/us/politics/20edwards.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
    Makes me furious to think how enthusiastically I supported the guy and sent him my hard earned $$. Sheesh.

  20. 20.

    trollhattan

    September 19, 2009 at 7:16 pm

    Dawgs are back (however briefly)! First win against a ranked team since (gulp) 2003.

    Now, about those Seahawks….

    Those are some fine ribs, and we’ll be the judge of just what those countertops are crafted from, sir. Wolverines!

  21. 21.

    Svensker

    September 19, 2009 at 7:17 pm

    Hey, John, I got nothing against The Cars, but can’t you put back that James Brown vid? I just came back for a second look — that shit was hot! — and it’s gone. Now my groove thang haz a sad.

  22. 22.

    smiley

    September 19, 2009 at 7:19 pm

    @abo gato:

    garlic/tomato/okra thing going on on top of the stove.

    That’s always been a regular in my family. I still make it my own self. In my version there’s more onion than garlic but garlic, and corn, are always included. Oh yeah, include the corn… and some chili powder.

  23. 23.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    @JenJen:

    In the long run, it won’t matter much, but I’m glad to see someone giving Fox pushback for their nonsensical claim about media coverage of the Million Moron March.

  24. 24.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    And now for some cheerful news from the “Oh Noes, we’re all gonna die” files.

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Europe face a new health threat from a mosquito-borne disease far more unpleasant than the West Nile virus that swept into North America a decade ago, a U.S. expert said on Friday.

    Chikungunya virus has spread beyond Africa since 2005, causing outbreaks and scores of fatalities in India and the French island of Reunion. It also has been detected in Italy, where it has begun to spread locally, as well as France.

    “We’re very worried,” Dr. James Diaz of the Louisiana University Health Sciences Center told a meeting on airlines, airports and disease transmission sponsored by the independent U.S. National Research Council.

  25. 25.

    Linkmeister

    September 19, 2009 at 7:24 pm

    I thought those bottles contained booze, but no. Two (two?) open bottles of olive oil. Been there, done that.

    They are good-lookin’ ribs, no question.

  26. 26.

    Citizen_X

    September 19, 2009 at 7:24 pm

    Not to bring down this event by talking about politics or anything, but you might check out this report from the BBC on the Values Voters Summit. Among other things, it brings international attention to my idiot Congressman, Mike Pence. (Shown in a horribly-fitting suit; dude, can’t you find a tailor or something?)

    It’s got this priceless bit, attempting to translate wingnutese for the rest of the world:

    From the podium, Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor stoked the audience’s fears with a joke about a man who goes to sleep in America and wakes up, after a year of Obama, to find himself living in Sweden.
    To many foreign ears, the thought of waking up in Sweden might seem rather appealing, but to this fiercely patriotic crowd it would not have made much difference if Mr Cantor had substituted Sweden for North Korea.

    It finishes with this:

    the boldness of the Obama agenda has rekindled their passion, and Vin Weber believes that if national security and the economy move away from centre stage, then the “values agenda” will once again reassert itself.

    I think the Onion put it much better, shortly after 9/11: “A Shattered Nation Longs to Care About Stupid Bullshit Once Again.”

  27. 27.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 7:26 pm

    @Svensker:

    Agree with you on JB.

    While you’re waiting for John to respond to your comments

    Night Train
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmDcZ939YzE

  28. 28.

    Mark S.

    September 19, 2009 at 7:26 pm

    @eemom:

    He wrote that Mr. Edwards once calmed an anxious Ms. Hunter by promising her that after his wife died, he would marry her in a rooftop ceremony in New York with an appearance by the Dave Matthews Band.

    Ugh. Granted, I never really cared for the guy but what a sleazeball.

  29. 29.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    @Citizen_X:

    “A Shattered Nation Longs to Care About Stupid Bullshit Once Again.”

    That’s how we got King George.

  30. 30.

    Splitting Image

    September 19, 2009 at 7:28 pm

    Speaking of the Cars, I’d be very happy if they did a DVD release of their Heartbeat City VHS collection, preferably with their other videos included as extras.

    Maybe they’re holding out for blu-ray, but it’s a shame that one of the more inventive groups of the era is off the market when a lot of other groups are easily available on DVD.

  31. 31.

    minachica

    September 19, 2009 at 7:28 pm

    Have y’all seen this newly discovered archival footage of Glenn Beck in his larval blowhard stage? It’s pretty eerie…
    h/t Crooks and Liars

  32. 32.

    Ken Jackson

    September 19, 2009 at 7:29 pm

    @<garlic/tomato/okra thing going on on top of the stove. :

    I would die for some okra rite about now, I would like to grow some, but haven’t found any seeds down here, and so it goes… Perhaps on one of my runs to the big city (Papeete) next week I might run into some… Garden time gettin close, I am going to plant cukes, zuchinni, tomatoes, diakon, and some other stuffs that will grow decent in the tropics without bolting, or going off on some crazy tangent’

  33. 33.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 7:31 pm

    @Citizen_X:

    Eric Cantor is a cancer and Pence is worthless.

    The Values Voters Summit is a confederacy of dunces.

  34. 34.

    Joey Maloney

    September 19, 2009 at 7:34 pm

    When I view the site in Safari 4 all I see in the banner is the blog motto “Consistently wrong since 2002” in bolded grey type. The title and the little man in the boat balloon are gone. It looks normal in Firefox.

    ETA – Pork loin, the perfect meal for the first night of Rosh Hashana!

  35. 35.

    freelancer

    September 19, 2009 at 7:37 pm

    Goddamnit

    THAT WAS FUCKING HEARTBREAKING!

    Anyone else watch that game see the abortion that was the officiating by the crew that ref’d that game?

  36. 36.

    freelancer

    September 19, 2009 at 7:39 pm

    @freelancer: I should learn not to link in all caps

    http://omaha.com/section/bigred

    Also, I heard I slept through the edit button? weak.

  37. 37.

    Shell

    September 19, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    Delicious looking ribs. Hope Lily’s gonna get a little snack-not too spicy.

  38. 38.

    Laura W

    September 19, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    PERSIMMON FIESTAWARE!
    That is exactly what I eat off of.

  39. 39.

    Linkmeister

    September 19, 2009 at 7:44 pm

    @freelancer: Damn! UW over USC and VT over Nebraska?

    Now I have hope for Hawai’i and its 7-pt underdog status against UNLV tonight.

  40. 40.

    AhabTRuler

    September 19, 2009 at 7:45 pm

    Meet Henry, the newest member of the Balloon Juice Animal Nation(TM). They surround us.

  41. 41.

    MikeJ

    September 19, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    Down goes USC! terrorist fist jab

    I was at the neighborhood produce stand. Shouts of glee filled the store, and if you were near the door, ringing up and down the streets of Seattle.

  42. 42.

    AhabTRuler

    September 19, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    It tasted better than it looked.

    Isn’t that half the point of Barbecue. I mean, since it mostly looks like roadkill, it better taste damned good!

  43. 43.

    freelancer

    September 19, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    @Linkmeister:

    We won that game and were leading it since the 2nd quarter. Got completely fucked by the refs just before half, and it continued. I watched it in a bar on a projector screen bigger than the one in my living room and VT was holding 2x as much as us but never got called on it. Won by one point, it was so much bullshit. It felt like the ’93 orange bowl where we lost the National Championship to Florida State because of a touchdown callback on some made up penalty.

    Argh.

    We were underdogs who obviously outplayed them. Look out Big 12. We’re good, and we’re pissed off.

  44. 44.

    RedKitten

    September 19, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    Those ribs look awesome.

    Fuck, I’m tired. It’s not even 9pm, and I’m already nodding off. I really, really, really hope Samuel sleeps well tonight, ’cause I’ve just been a complete zombie for the last few weeks.

  45. 45.

    Martin

    September 19, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    Wow, the neighborhood must be near-suicidal. Half the homes here have USC pennants out front. I’ll have some good fun mocking people at work next week.

  46. 46.

    Laura W

    September 19, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    @AhabTRuler: I am so happy for you and your SO and especially Momo and Henry! He’s got the total black cat look of disdain already! (“Tie).

    C’mon now. Fork over the long-winded backstory. You know you just don’t show up here with an adoption announcement. Give the emos something to tear up over.

  47. 47.

    JenJen

    September 19, 2009 at 7:54 pm

    @eemom:

    Ms. Hunter gave her daughter the middle name Quinn, and people who have spoken with her said its resemblance to the Latin prefix for five was to proclaim that the baby was Mr. Edwards’s fifth child.

    That was one Juicy-Lucy, stomach-turning article. It’s even worse than I thought, the whole Edwards imbroglio.

    To this day, it just infuriates me that John and Elizabeth, hiding this enormous secret, still pursued the Democratic nomination. Can you imagine how much fun the convention would’ve been if he was the nominee? My mind just reels, that anyone could be so power-hungry and so devoted to this thing they must have, that they would be willing to screw the Democratic Party, and the entire country, for it.

    John Edwards is a pig.

  48. 48.

    freelancer

    September 19, 2009 at 7:55 pm

    @AhabTRuler:

    Congrats.

    He’s a cutie. I’m sure he’ll be giving you a reason to keep Band-aids handy soon enough.

  49. 49.

    AhabTRuler

    September 19, 2009 at 7:56 pm

    @Laura W: I have to go out to dinner right now, but I’ll be back later to fill in details.

  50. 50.

    MikeJ

    September 19, 2009 at 7:58 pm

    that they would be willing to screw the Democratic Party, and the entire country, for it.

    To be fair, it wouldn’t have been screwing the country had he been elected. It would have been screwing the party had it come out before the election.

    I still don’t give a shit about politicians cheating on their wives. Abandoning their offices to run around is a different thing, of course.

  51. 51.

    gwangung

    September 19, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    It tasted better than it looked.

    Oh, hell. I just ate and now I’m huuuuuuuungry again.

  52. 52.

    Dream On

    September 19, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    Give me back my $200, Mr. Edwards.

    Stupid gullible me.

  53. 53.

    Craig

    September 19, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    @freelancer:

    Suck it (that game was goddamned insane. Sorry. Nebraska fans definitely live up to their reputation for traveling, this place was swarming with them for the last couple of days.)

    I can’t believe no one’s mentioned Phoebe Cates’ breasts yet. Um, Phoebe Cates’ breasts. Hell yeah.

  54. 54.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    @AhabTRuler:

    I mean, since it mostly looks like roadkill

    Road Kill can be quite tasty if seasoned properly and not overly expired.

  55. 55.

    JenJen

    September 19, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    @Splitting Image: I would love to see the long-form Warhol-directed “Hello Again” video, I really would; it’s been forever!! Pretty sure it was the first time I ever saw Gina Gershon, too. Now that I think of it, I believe I had that VHS.

    The Cars! More than a lot of bands, they always make me feel young again when I listen.

  56. 56.

    Dream On

    September 19, 2009 at 8:05 pm

    And to think, Edwards said in a debate he opposed decriminalizing pot because “it would send a bad message to kids.”

    Offering his girlfriend a private performance by the Dave Matthews Band? Come on!

  57. 57.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    September 19, 2009 at 8:06 pm

    John, that is a fine piece of meat you got.

  58. 58.

    mcd410x

    September 19, 2009 at 8:08 pm

    Um, not to be a dick, but to those Husker fans out there: Don’t give up an 80-yard pass with a minute left and you win.

    lex parsimoniae

  59. 59.

    Zzyzx

    September 19, 2009 at 8:10 pm

    I drove by Husky Stadium right before the half. USC had the ball inside their own 20, and I rolled down the windows and listened to the crowd noise, loud from street. Impressive. I’m not into college sports but I watched the rest of the game.

  60. 60.

    JenJen

    September 19, 2009 at 8:10 pm

    @Mark S.:
    @Dream On: As a Dave Matthews Band fan (don’t start with me, people), I imagine they wouldn’t be too thrilled to learn they were involved in this rather wretched little fantasy of John and Rielle’s. Bleargh.

    @Just Some Fuckhead: FTW! lmfao lmfao

  61. 61.

    dr. luba

    September 19, 2009 at 8:10 pm

    @Joey Maloney: Empty the cache, and then reload the page. I was getting odd results (both what you have and the old banner with extra lines of text) until I did.

  62. 62.

    Fulcanelli

    September 19, 2009 at 8:10 pm

    That chow sure does look good. I hope you brought enough for everybody Mr. Cole or there will be hell to pay… Hell, I said!

  63. 63.

    eemom

    September 19, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    @Dream On:

    Hell, I’m gullible too, but how were we supposed to know?? It took the freakin National Enquirer to blow that slick slimeball’s cover.

    I’m a lawyer, and I REALLY don’t subscribe to the wingnut “trial lawyers BAD” mantra, but I work with someone who said he always knew Edwards was a fraud because he knows his rich ass lawyer cronies, including the one who helped buy off “Rielle.”

    Poor Elizabeth. And those kids.

  64. 64.

    joe from Lowell

    September 19, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    I don’t know, John, that plate looks pretty sweet.

    Lovely color on that pork.

  65. 65.

    Demo Woman

    September 19, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    @James K Polk, Esq.: I tried your short rib recipe and it was a big hit. The son’s girlfriend was quite impressed. Thanks.

  66. 66.

    Dream On

    September 19, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    @eemom,

    I think the situation for me was I recognized that Edwards was… slick, and I knew his rhetoric didn’t match his voting record, but I hoped that maybe he had some sort of Road to Damascus conversion to progressive ideas. Plus, unlike Hillary and Obama, he specifically tailored his words toward a progressive ideal. So while I SAW he was slick, I liked what he said. And nobody else was saying it, except for one guy. Who I wish I had thrown caution to the wind and supported.

    (Paul Harvey voice) “…and that man was….. Dennis Kucinich!”

  67. 67.

    Moesha

    September 19, 2009 at 8:25 pm

    And I just committed to 6 meat-free weeks….

  68. 68.

    Comrade Luke

    September 19, 2009 at 8:28 pm

    You know, I’m not trying to slime Elizabeth Edwards, because she seems like a nice person and I totally admire her fight against cancer…

    …but…

    …if she knew about it and kept it quiet, and I believe I read that she did, doesn’t this show how much both parties crave the power of the presidency? Both EE and HRC knew full well what was going on but kept their mouths shut because saying something was worse.

    Or do you think they both kept quiet for the sake of the kids? I suppose that’s possible, but if so that’s a pretty big whopper to keep secret, amirite?

    Also:

    For her grand jury appearance on Aug. 6, Ms. Hunter took her daughter to the federal courthouse in downtown Raleigh. As she walked in, she seemed to turn the girl’s face toward the local television cameras.

    Classay…

  69. 69.

    demkat620

    September 19, 2009 at 8:29 pm

    John, those ribs look so good, I’m cooking my own tomorrow.

    It was a beautiful day here in SEPA. Almost perfect.

    @RedKitten: Sorry RK, the first months are the worst and the first time he sleeps all night you’ll be up anyway worried that something is wrong.

  70. 70.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    That plate kind of looks like Klingon food. Though it’s hard to tell if any thing is moving with a still.

  71. 71.

    Zuzu's Petals

    September 19, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    I’m always impressed when people who live alone cook up nice tasty meals for themselves and make a lovely presentation on the plate.

    I guess I’m just burned out from all the years I cooked for others. Then as an empty-nest working woman I got in the habit of bringing home deli take out from the natural foods coop…which let’s face it, is much tastier than anything I could cook.

    Now that I’m retired I don’t really have an excuse, but … nope, not much interest. If anything, I might go towards a raw food/juice thing.

  72. 72.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 19, 2009 at 8:35 pm

    YUM. YUM. YUM. Food looks YUM.

    I love that the tagline is editable (though I first read that as edible, and I thought, only with Dijon mustard on it!).

    My Twins are bugging the shit out of me by making a late season run again. Damn it. They’ll get my hopes up and then they’ll cruelly dash them and then the owners will be convinced that we are only one or two players away from a playoff-winning team.

    Sigh.

  73. 73.

    Gina

    September 19, 2009 at 8:39 pm

    @Laura W: I was thinking it was either persimmon or tangerine, it’s hard to tell on my monitor. I love Fiesta, it’s held up very well. Since I couldn’t decide on one color, I’ve gone all KrAzY LaDy and have several to mix and match – persimmon, heather, sunflower, peacock, sea mist, turquoise, cobalt, shamrock, and on and on.

    I want to take a road trip to the factory some day soon, and hit the outlet store.

  74. 74.

    Dream On

    September 19, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    The sad thing is the feeling that part of my campaign donation possibly went to pay off someone about as classy as Octo-Mom.

    Ever get the feelin’ you’ve been cheated!?!

    Paul Theroux once wrote that “politicians are always inferior to the people they represent.”

    And when I think how that applies to people like Tom Coburn, Tom Delay, Sarah Palin – that’s quite a scary thought.

  75. 75.

    James K Polk, Esq.

    September 19, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    @Demo Woman: Hell yeah! So glad to hear it!

    Mirepoix for the win.

  76. 76.

    Zuzu's Petals

    September 19, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    @minachica:

    OMG, it’s Pete Campbell from Mad Men.

  77. 77.

    gnomedad

    September 19, 2009 at 8:47 pm

    @JenJen:

    John Edwards is a pig.

    I’m increasingly convinced that a lot of politicians are alpha males literally ruled by their gonads. The behavior is just surreal.

  78. 78.

    abo gato

    September 19, 2009 at 8:50 pm

    OMG, I had to come back and tell you that the Akaushi sirloin steak was the BEST steak I have ever had…..no comparison to any at any top end steak restaurants, this was unfreaking unbelievable. Medium rare, over natural wood charcoal, with a bit of seasoning (which next time I am leaving off, completely unneeded)…..the best freaking steak we ever ate. If you think sirloin might be chewy, not with this stuff. It was as tender as any prime filet I have ever had.

    Amazing.

    Bolnersmeatmarket.com

    That’s all I’m going to say.

  79. 79.

    CynDee

    September 19, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    Dear John,

    What happened to the old logo and the little tiny “consistently wrong”? I liked it little-tiny. It makes such a good statement that way.

    Because — seems to me, this site and you have been consistently right (oops, charged word) — I mean “mostly correct and usually in tune with reality, frequently spot-on” all this time.

    It’s your site, and I’ll always be glad for it whatever you do. Look at all these nice little buttons.

    Thanks a million for making such a difference to so many people. And animals.

    OH! There it is, the real original logo. GORGEOUS! My day is made!

  80. 80.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    September 19, 2009 at 8:55 pm

    @abo gato:

    Bolnersmeatmarket.com

    That’s really an unfortunate name.

  81. 81.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 8:55 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    You think you have it bad with the Twins? I’m a Red Sox fan and Yankee hater who lives in NY. Try growing up in a city where you despise the home team and have to watch them make the playoffs every goddamn season.

    Englishman in New York – Sting
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa3hD3Jmzlw

    Dreaming – Blondie
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl3iaTUQQvY

  82. 82.

    eemom

    September 19, 2009 at 8:57 pm

    @Comrade Luke:

    yeah, I know the “Elizabeth was complicit” concept, but for me that was at least somewhat mitigated by what she says in her book, which is that the fucker didn’t tell her about the affair until the day AFTER he announced his candidacy………which to me is another demonstration of his deplorable sliminess.

    Also the reports in that article that he affirmatively asked people to lie for him and even tried to procure false DNA paternity evidence. Holy SHIT.

  83. 83.

    Laura W

    September 19, 2009 at 8:57 pm

    @Gina:

    I’ve gone all KrAzY LaDy and have several to mix and match – persimmon, heather, sunflower, peacock, sea mist, turquoise, cobalt, shamrock, and on and on.

    Ummmmm……..

    I’m pretty sure that’s Persimmon. You can see here via my IRL demonstration that Tangerine is far brighter, and lighter, not as saturated. (Yes, those are granite, before you ask.)

    I started collecting Bauer as a teenager, thanks to my Grama Emma, and have a freaky thing about pottery from those years, especially ringware and swirl patterns (vases, flower pots, mixing bowls.) But I don’t want to eat off of Bauer for many reasons, so have just gone with contemporary, multi-colored Fiesta and BoscoWare (bright yellow plates and bowls, see flickr for coffee mug collection!), when you can find it, for every day use. Just got some Tangerine and Turquoise Fiesta silverware I am not real happy with, but whatever. The COLOR is what counts, amirite?

  84. 84.

    Sentient Puddle

    September 19, 2009 at 8:58 pm

    I’m taking the “it really doesn’t matter any more and I don’t care” approach to the Edwards affair. It helps keep my blood pressure lower. Or at the very least, I can get it up over the latest Republican shit, and be justified in snapping.

    Meanwhile, I’m kind of sort of watching the UT/Texas Tech game. For one, I live in Austin, so I think I’m required by law to care. But my sister (who goes to Tech) and her husband (Tech alum) are staying with me this weekend so that they could go to the game.

    That all said, I really got nothing insightful to say.

  85. 85.

    Comrade Luke

    September 19, 2009 at 9:02 pm

    @eemom:

    I didn’t know he kept it quiet until after he announced. What a slimeball.

    And to think he was my favorite candidate of the “legitimate” ones to choose from. He sure fooled a lot of people.

  86. 86.

    Comrade Luke

    September 19, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    I might have missed it if was already talked about, but did you see Clinton’s appearance on The Daily Show, particularly the third part where he talks about health care?

    Very clear and to the point imo.

  87. 87.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 19, 2009 at 9:04 pm

    @JK: Oh my god oh my god oh my god! That first video….THANK YOU!!!!!

    Ahem. When did the BoSox last win the World Series? Yeah, that’s what I thought–so shut up. By the way, I caught a game at Fenway last year, and it’s an insane experience.

    Love Blondie!

  88. 88.

    Dream On

    September 19, 2009 at 9:07 pm

    Jinxes are good for sports, now the Red Sox are just like any other team.

    Oh well, we’ll always have the Houson Astros, the padres, the Nationals and the Mets. Mediocrities, all.

  89. 89.

    Svensker

    September 19, 2009 at 9:09 pm

    @AhabTRuler:

    Meet Henry,

    That is one adorable kitty.

  90. 90.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 9:09 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    The 2 World Series titles which the Red Sox recently won are tainted by the fact that Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz both tested positive for drug use

    I’m not a big Blondie fan, but I love that song.

    Grazing in the Grass – Hugh Masekela
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-0KekjM35w

    Sunday Papers – Joe Jackson
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnaUL8OpBck

  91. 91.

    Max

    September 19, 2009 at 9:14 pm

    @ John Cole – Not a lot of veggies on that plate.

    I was out at the coast today and my dog was exploring in a little cove. He walked out to this rock in the cove and all of a sudden, a harbor seal came around the other side of the rock. I have never seen my dog move that fast, he barely touched the water as he ran back to me on the shore.

    It was pee your pants funny.

  92. 92.

    JenJen

    September 19, 2009 at 9:15 pm

    @AhabTRuler:

    Meet Henry, the newest member of the Balloon Juice Animal Nation™. They surround us.

    Welcome, Henry! Quite the zoo we have going here.

    Congrats, Ahab. He’d make a nice counterpart to Bitsy in Cutest Kitty Competition.

  93. 93.

    Kryptik

    September 19, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    You know John, after that bad start with the Liberty game, I’m finding a lot more confidence in WVU all of a sudden.

    14 points and 130+ yards in 7 plays does that, I guess.

    EDIT: …I spoke to soon it seems. I’ma shut up now.

  94. 94.

    Skepticat

    September 19, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    It’s not bad enough that I had only a cucumber and a handful (well, two handsful)(okay, perhaps three) of mini peanut butter cups for dinner, but then I check the weather and there’s a frost advisory. I’m so not ready for that, thanks. And of course it’s pitch dark, so I nearly killed myself dragging in big plant pots—with all their attendant resident vermin, naturally. I hate that it gets dark so early. We can’t have killing frosts yet, I need the yard to be pretty and bright and flowery for potential victims, er, buyers. Have I mentioned lately that I hate having the house on the market? I’ve never kept it so neat, though, and I understand that there are people who actually live like that all the time voluntarily.

  95. 95.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    @Dream On:

    As long as any team other than the NY Yankees wins the World Series this year I’ll be happy.

    The NY Mets are not just a MEDIOCRE baseball team. For the past 2 seasons they collapsed in truly monumental fashion.

    When it comes to ripping your heart out and then stomping upon it, no one compares to the Mets.

    If the Mets didn’t exist, someone would have to invent them. The Mets are a non-stop comedy of errors. Medical reports on injured players are routinely inaccurate. The general manager fires their manager after he makes a flight to the West Coast. That same general manager antagonizes the media by insulting a beat writer at a press conference. Fans complain about the viewing conditions from seats at the new stadium. The Mets just go from one pratfall to the next, all the while charging their fans outrageous prices for everything.

  96. 96.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    Well, the race is on to amend the Baucus HC bill in markup with more than 500 amendments offered. Here is a dandy from Orrin Hatch.

    In perhaps a mild form of protest, Hatch proposed additional relief from the 35 percent tax on high-end insurance plans for any state that begins with the letter “U.”

    Who says wingnuts don’t have a sense of humor, especially when proposing relief to poor rich folks.

  97. 97.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 19, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    @AhabTRuler: Squee! WANT Henry! Where do you live again?

    @JK: Hm. I can see your point about the BoSox wins. I really dig the first song. The second song, not so much. Got any pensive music for me tonight, Music Man?

  98. 98.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    @AhabTRuler:

    Don’t Ya Tell Henry

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yTGs93LABA

  99. 99.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 9:38 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    These might be considered pensive

    Sugar Mountain – Neil Young
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3rMXXd6FE0

    After the Goldrush – Neil Young
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12T95RHGLH8

  100. 100.

    Gwangung

    September 19, 2009 at 9:38 pm

    @Dream On: Umm, don’ t forget about the Seattle Mariners….(and I think the Astros made at least one Series….)

  101. 101.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 19, 2009 at 9:41 pm

    @JK: Both are pensive. Like the second one. The first, not so much. Still, I am looking for darker pensiveness.

  102. 102.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    More pensive

    Someone Saved My Life Tonight – Elton John
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0dUhYc0sic

    Rainy Night House & Blue Boy – Joni Mitchell
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z15yTKSn4fA

  103. 103.

    Dream On

    September 19, 2009 at 9:45 pm

    @Gwangung:

    yes indeed – my Mariners. When you consider the great players they’ve had over the years – Griffey, Edgar Martinez, Randy Johnson, Jay Buhner, Ichiro – and when you consider all the “shoulda-been-goods” like Jeff Cirillo, Richie Sexton – all for naught.

    Oh yeah, and Alex Rodriguez.

  104. 104.

    Martin

    September 19, 2009 at 9:45 pm

    I’m a Red Sox fan and Yankee hater who lives in NY.

    Shit, most New Yorkers hate the Yankees. Thats why the Mets are there!

  105. 105.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    Suzanne – Leonard Cohen
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqu3U05tkAw

  106. 106.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 9:49 pm

    I got a feeling this will be a must movie.

    The Men Who Stare At Goats

  107. 107.

    arguingwithsignposts

    September 19, 2009 at 9:49 pm

    surprised no one has mentioned the cubs yet. i have a whole itunes of pensiveness, but i can’t handle pulling it out tonight.

  108. 108.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 9:52 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    About as pensive as it gets.

    The Doors — The End

  109. 109.

    JenJen

    September 19, 2009 at 9:52 pm

    @MikeJ: Just to clarify, I meant it in the sense, it would have been screwing the country if he had handed the election to John McCain, because the affair and child it produced would have been discovered just prior to the DNC in Denver.

    That’s what infuriated me so much about the news; he and Elizabeth knew they were concealing one bombshell of a secret, and yet they went forward and campaigned for the nomination. It was one of the most arrogant, reckless political acts I think we’ve ever seen. We really dodged a bullet.

  110. 110.

    Dream On

    September 19, 2009 at 9:52 pm

    @JK:

    “Fans complain about the viewing conditions from seats at the new stadium.”

    ————-

    “Usher, there’s something wrong with what I’m seeing. Christ – this team is terrible! I can’t watch this!”

    here’s your lyrical pensive: John Cale

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOhVEtTsU4I

  111. 111.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 9:52 pm

    Meeting Across The River – Bruce Springsteen
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie1JYMZdzgU

    Jungleland – Bruce Springsteen
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmz7eZ2tXWQ&feature=related

  112. 112.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    @Dream On:

    LOL

  113. 113.

    Cris

    September 19, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    I just noticed the “Balloon Juice Dictionary” page and I’m psyched! Are you going to take user contributions on that, ala urbandictionary?

  114. 114.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 10:00 pm

    Jealous Guy – John Lennon
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lLs2dC9NaE

    Isn’t It A Pity – George Harrison
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHTNGdai_PA

  115. 115.

    Corner Stone

    September 19, 2009 at 10:01 pm

    Road House on Spike at 9:00pm CT tonight! IOW, now!
    For those connosewers so inclined.

  116. 116.

    burnspbesq

    September 19, 2009 at 10:04 pm

    @Martin:

    All my life, I have loathed front-running, bandwagoning fans who don’t stick with their team through thick and thin. But the last three seasons have been nothing but pain, and life is too damn short.

    Fuck the Mets. I am now officially an Angels fan.

  117. 117.

    burnspbesq

    September 19, 2009 at 10:08 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    Good thing I have it on DVD. I have no chance of getting at the TV tonight. Spouse is watching the UCLA game.

  118. 118.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 10:09 pm

    Wild Horses – Rolling Stones
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3PbbeUL5SI

  119. 119.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 10:09 pm

    No Expectations – Rolling Stones
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6pxNgAR8qk

    Love in Vain – Rolling Stones
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDOmIUnlfIg

  120. 120.

    Geoduck

    September 19, 2009 at 10:10 pm

    Seattle pro teams as a whole. You combine them all together, and they have produced a grand total of two championships: one each for the Sonics (now the Oklahoma City Carpetbaggers) and the WNBA Storm.

  121. 121.

    Demo Woman

    September 19, 2009 at 10:14 pm

    @JK: and how do we know that all the teams were not tainted. The NYTimes article only talked about the Sox but not the rest of the players on the list.

  122. 122.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 10:17 pm

    Cactus Tree – Joni Mitchell
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLNF32bKed0

  123. 123.

    arguingwithsignposts

    September 19, 2009 at 10:18 pm

    Pensive, you got it:

    Kris Delmhorst: Since you went away.

  124. 124.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 10:22 pm

    @Demo Woman:

    I’m still rooting for the Red Sox, but the Manny and Papi allegations leave a bad taste in my mouth.

    The Manny and Papi revelations took the glow off of one of the greatest feel good stories in baseball.

    I think if every World Series winning team from the Steroid Era was tested, I’d bet every team would have at least 1 player who tested positive.

    The Steroids Era completely disgusts me. I’d like to see MLB and the damn players union clean up their acts and get performance enhancing drugs out of baseball for good.

  125. 125.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 10:25 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    The NY Mets are capable of driving away their most passionate fans because they consistently treat them like dirt.

  126. 126.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 10:28 pm

    Sometimes in Winter – Blood Sweat and Tears
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3nu-qmxM0w

  127. 127.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 10:36 pm

    The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys – Traffic
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XGjHWsH1aI

  128. 128.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 10:36 pm

    I Talk to the Wind – King Crimson
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duYW2UxfR5Q&feature=related

    Epitaph – King Crimson
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bVKH28LhRk

  129. 129.

    Demo Woman

    September 19, 2009 at 10:37 pm

    @JK: seconded

  130. 130.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 10:37 pm

    @General Winfield Stuck:

    Yes. That song always works for me.

  131. 131.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 19, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    Ok. I just have to say it. No Beatles and no Stones.

    *Flees the room.

    Like The Doors song, the John Cale song (love him), the Kris Delmhorst song, and the Blood Sweat and Tears song.

    Dare I say it? I want even more pensive!

    JK, I really dig the Traffic song, too.

  132. 132.

    South of I-10

    September 19, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    Okay, so as expected, ULL loses to LSU. Had a great time with friends, great food and lots of drinks. Now I can go back to pulling for LSU next week. I really wish ULL would have scored a damn touchdown.

  133. 133.

    Comrade Luke

    September 19, 2009 at 10:48 pm

    Bill Moyers Web Exclusive

    Great stuff.

  134. 134.

    arguingwithsignposts

    September 19, 2009 at 10:50 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Dare I say it? I want even more pensive!

    OK, time to talk about NIN, then. Hurt. I don’t think you can get anymore pensive than that. especially the Cash version.

  135. 135.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 10:50 pm

    Welcome – The Who
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_gU-jdHqxM&feature=PlayList&p=4AD07B158BA49E13&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=20

    Coming Back To Me-Jefferson Airplane
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiZ_XQ9USTs

  136. 136.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 10:50 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Dare I say it? I want even more pensive!

    Sorry, The End is the end of pensive for me. Next would be funeral music, and that’s likely the last thing you want to hear.

  137. 137.

    Svensker

    September 19, 2009 at 10:55 pm

    @JK:

    Coming Back To Me-Jefferson Airplane
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiZ_XQ9USTs

    Now that’s pensive. Great song.

  138. 138.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 10:59 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    While there are no rights or wrongs when it comes to music, film, literary or other artistic preferences, I’m disappointed to hear your admonition against the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. I truly hope you one day reconsider your position. You’re depriving your auditory senses of some truly amazing and phenomenal music.

  139. 139.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 11:00 pm

    @Svensker:

    Thanks I love that song.

  140. 140.

    AhabTRuler

    September 19, 2009 at 11:02 pm

    @asiangrrlMN: I knew that you would appreciate him. The SO and I had been talking about getting a friend to keep Momo company during the day. We had also talked rescuing a black cat, especially from a kill shelter, and so when we saw Henry and how sweet and affectionate he was, we had to adopt him.

  141. 141.

    gbear

    September 19, 2009 at 11:03 pm

    I rode my scooter down to New Prague, MN for their Dožínky, (Czech Harvest Festival) today. Ate all kinds of saurkraut and pork based products and listened to at least a dozen polka bands. They were on every corner.

    The best song of the day was by The New Prague Concertina Orchestra, which consists of at least 20 accordions/concertinas playing at once, a sax, and a trumpet. Average age was probably 65 and there was a guy there celebrating his 100th birthday.

    The lyrics to the best polka were:

    My baby said she loves me but she lied, but she lied, but she lied.
    My baby said she loves me but she lied. Ohhh, how she lied.

    My baby said she missed me but she lied, but she lied, but she lied.
    My baby said she missed me but she lied. Ohhh, how she lied.

    LOTS of beer was being served.

    Only song I can think of to add is for Svensker@21 who’s groove thang has a sad:

    Heaven 17

  142. 142.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 11:04 pm

    @AhabTRuler:

    Your kitty is a cutie!

  143. 143.

    gbear

    September 19, 2009 at 11:04 pm

    @Svensker: Agree with JK. That is a beautiful song from one of my all-time favorite lps.

  144. 144.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 19, 2009 at 11:06 pm

    @AhabTRuler: He looks soooo sweet and sooooo cute. I just want to cuddle him and kiss him and name him George. Thank you for adopting a black cat! Makes me smile.

    @arguingwithsignposts: I love love love the Cash version of that song.

    @JK: I know! I am a sad disappointment in the music area, aren’t I? However, the Jefferson Airplane song really hits the spot of pensiveness. I might add it to the rotation.

  145. 145.

    arguingwithsignposts

    September 19, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    I don’t know if i’ll make it out of this weekend. i wish i wouldn’t.

  146. 146.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 11:08 pm

    The Beach Boys – Caroline No
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCI5wZRn9iE

    The Beach Boys – I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz7hPArVUqM&feature=related

  147. 147.

    arguingwithsignposts

    September 19, 2009 at 11:09 pm

    I’m tired of being a grown-up.

  148. 148.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 19, 2009 at 11:11 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: You will, damn it. You don’t have to be a grown-up, but you will make it.

    OK. Enough pensive. We need hang-in-there songs for arguing!

    P.S. Call someone!

  149. 149.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 11:11 pm

    LostProphets — Last Train Home

  150. 150.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 11:14 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    You have eclectic and interesting tastes and we definitely concur in several areas. You are most certainly not a sad disappointment when it comes to musical preferences. You have great taste and a great personality to match.

    The Beatles and the Rolling Stones have been my 2 favorite bands since the early 1970’s. I just get a little surprised when I hear someone say they don’t like either of them.

  151. 151.

    Polish the Guillotines

    September 19, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    Woah. Formatting buttons. Neato.

    I will not post links to music. I simply won’t.

    +2 on whiskey sours made with bottled simple syrup. Fuck that. Gotta make some more with Sugar In the Raw. Makes a big diff.

    Okay, I lied. Fox On the Run. Cuz it’s awesome.

  152. 152.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    Peace of mind, from my own experience with depression, is managing expectations of yourself and others. Sounds easy but it’s not. Hang in there dude, and remember, this too shall pass.

    Serenity Prayer

    God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change

    The courage to change the things I can

    And the wisdom to know the difference.

  153. 153.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 19, 2009 at 11:21 pm

    @JK: Aw, thanks. You’re very patient with me and my musical demands. I appreciate you trying to broaden my horizons.

    @General Winfield Stuck: That Lostprophet song is amazing.

  154. 154.

    Rekster

    September 19, 2009 at 11:21 pm

    John:

    The plate looks GREAT. That’s what BBQ is supposed to look like. Though I’m not too sure about Thai Chutney. What is that. Don’t think I’ll find any of that in the South.

    ROLL TIDE! “Movin on Up”.

  155. 155.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 11:22 pm

    @JK:

    I’m with ya on the Beatles, not so much the Rolling Stones, though they have several songs I really like.

    I’m a Led Zep freak and always have been, and Joni Mitchell is alone at the top of individual singer song writers.

  156. 156.

    gbear

    September 19, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: Most likely because, like the rest of us, you’ve been trying to be a grownup since you were 7 years old.

    Spend the rest of the weekend being a kid. Ride your bicycle somewhere to get an ice cream treat. Be selfish. Everyone else is being a poopy head. Screw them for the rest of the weekend. Take care of your own needs.

  157. 157.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 11:25 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I was googling songs with train in the title and stumbled onto them.

    And I am trying to remember a song with the word “train” in title sung by a group named something _________ Brothers. They have been around a long time and I think it is a black group. Not much to go on, but any ideas???

  158. 158.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 11:26 pm

    I don’t know if there qualify as hang in there songs but I just love listening to them

    The Who – I’m Free
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRD_gIoVOmY

    The Who – Amazing Journey
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9U-7GdvuEc&feature=related

  159. 159.

    wasabi gasp

    September 19, 2009 at 11:29 pm

    Pissing In A River – Patti Smith

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    AhabTRuler

    September 19, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    I’m with ya on the Beatles, not so much the Rolling Stones, though they have several songs I really like.

    Same here. Also, this: Fearless.

  161. 161.

    AhabTRuler

    September 19, 2009 at 11:34 pm

    I will also include a Nirvana cover of an excellent DEVO song: Turnaround.

  162. 162.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 11:34 pm

    @General Winfield Stuck:

    I like a fair amount of Led Zeppelin, but not to the same degree as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Who. Those are my top 3 bands of all-time.

    I love Joni Mitchell. Her voice from the late 1960’s thru the mid 1970’s is ethereal and unparalleled.

    When Glenn Beck mocked Joni and her song Big Yellow Taxi, I wanted to reach thru the tv screen and smack that raving, drooling, bedwetting lunatic upside the head.

  163. 163.

    gyma

    September 19, 2009 at 11:39 pm

    @General Winfield Stuck: Not very black, but Long Train Runnin’?

  164. 164.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 11:40 pm

    @JK:

    Was listening to my local NPR station today and they were re-playing Woodstock music and Pinball Wizard
    was just great.

    I saw The Who in concert in 75 or 76 and was one the best concerts ever for me.

    Behind Blue Eyes

    One of my Who favs.

  165. 165.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 11:41 pm

    And fuck Glen Beck with a rusty rasp.

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    asiangrrlMN

    September 19, 2009 at 11:43 pm

    @General Winfield Stuck: Anything on this list strike your fancy?

    http://www.thespoon.com/trainhop/songs.html

  167. 167.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 11:43 pm

    @gyma:

    Great Doobie bro’s song, but not the one I’m looking for, but thanks!

  168. 168.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 11:43 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    When I find a song, movie, etc I love that wasn’t a monster hit, I just like to get the word out about it.

    I easily get as much if not much more from you within these various threads. You’re too kind and too modest for words.

  169. 169.

    Corner Stone

    September 19, 2009 at 11:44 pm

    For those who have never seen Lonesome Dove, I highly recommend.
    TV-mini out of the McMurtry novel. Just excellent cast, and somehow starkly real in its depiction. I always enjoy it.
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096639/

  170. 170.

    wasabi gasp

    September 19, 2009 at 11:47 pm

    Funky Like a Train – The Equals

  171. 171.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 11:48 pm

    @General Winfield Stuck:

    Tommy and Who’s Next are not just my 2 favorite Who albums, they’re my 2 favorite rock albums. Live at Leeds is my favorite live rock album.

    Roger Daltrey is my 4th favorite male vocalist after John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Mick Jagger.

  172. 172.

    gyma

    September 19, 2009 at 11:49 pm

    @Corner Stone: Great dialogue.

    Git from here, you pigs!

    All you ever think about is whiskey and whores.

    Why don’t you think that roof back on the barn?

    Hell, Deets wouldn’t stop for no bird!

    Nobody doesn’t like a dentist anyhow.

    Ya think I’ve seen this movie a few times?!

  173. 173.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 11:50 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    WOW. That’s the mother of all train song lists. How long did it take for you to find it?

  174. 174.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 19, 2009 at 11:53 pm

    @JK: Well, I don’t like the Who either. Can we still be friends?

    Train song list: two seconds. I put train song brothers in Google, and voila!

  175. 175.

    Corner Stone

    September 19, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    @gyma: You skipped my fav:
    “I hate rude behavior in a man. I won’t tolerate it.”

  176. 176.

    JK

    September 19, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Wild World – Cat Stevens
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_0U3DlLFSU

    When you get a chance, I’d like to know what, if any songs, you liked from last night.

  177. 177.

    Fulcanelli

    September 19, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    @asiangrrlMN: Pensive, somber, bittersweet: Vertical Horizon – The Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)

  178. 178.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 19, 2009 at 11:55 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    That list is long and seems complete and the group with brothers isn’t on it. I may be wrong about the train part in title, so everyone please don”t waste your time on my feeble memory brain fart. And thanks for trying.

    I once heard Tim Buckley’s song “Once I Was” more than twenty years ago and spent hours and hours on line and thinking trying to remember it for that long. Then one day it just popped into me head.

  179. 179.

    Zifnab

    September 19, 2009 at 11:57 pm

    College Football Interlude:

    GO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORNS!

    /hook’em

  180. 180.

    Corner Stone

    September 19, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    @asiangrrlMN: I’ve got your back on this.
    Who, Beatles, Stones. No thank you.

  181. 181.

    gyma

    September 19, 2009 at 11:59 pm

    @General Winfield Stuck: Was Mystery Train by the Neville Brothers on the list? Now, they’re black!

  182. 182.

    Corner Stone

    September 19, 2009 at 11:59 pm

    @Zifnab: Also, what the hell has happened to the Georgia Bulldogs’ defense? Didn’t they used to be known for that or something?

  183. 183.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 12:01 am

    RIP Gram Parsons, died on this date in 1973.

    The Byrds, “Hickory Wind.”

  184. 184.

    gyma

    September 20, 2009 at 12:02 am

    @Corner Stone: Oh, I’ve got lots more:

    Hell, we’ll all be bear crap by morning, anyhow.

    It ain’t Christmas, neither.

    And what’s the line about hating their guts and livers?

    The interaction between Gus and Woodrow is some of the best stuff I’ve ever seen. We often fast forward through the scenes without them.

  185. 185.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 12:02 am

    @Steeplejack:

    Damn it, it’s still 11:59 where I am. Parsons died on September 19, 1973.

  186. 186.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 20, 2009 at 12:02 am

    @gyma:

    I think it was on it, but I’m familiar with their music and it wasn’t them.

  187. 187.

    OriGuy

    September 20, 2009 at 12:03 am

    Hanging in: Now I’m Easy by Eric Bogle

  188. 188.

    Fulcanelli

    September 20, 2009 at 12:03 am

    @Corner Stone: @asiangrrlMN: One for you Brit haters… Mott The Hoople: All The Young Dudes

  189. 189.

    Corner Stone

    September 20, 2009 at 12:04 am

    @gyma: The scumbag killer and hoss theef that Jake Spoon falls in with hates sodbusters. “hates their guts and their livers”. He burns a couple of them.
    Or some such.

  190. 190.

    Corner Stone

    September 20, 2009 at 12:05 am

    @Fulcanelli: I’m not a brit hater, I love Oasis.
    **ducking**

  191. 191.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 12:07 am

    @asiangrrlMN:

    As long as you continue to dislike Michele Bachman Turner Overdrive, Michelle Malkin, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Wasilla Palin, Megan Wankertarian McArdle, John BOMB BOMB BOMB BOMB Iran McCain, Joe Wilson, David Brooks, David Broder, Fox News Channel, and most of the MSM, you can passionately dislike every band, solo artist, book, movie, tv show, poem, painting, sculpture, etc that I hold dear and I would be humbled and honored to call you a friend because I know that your HEART, SOUL, and BRAIN are in the RIGHT PLACE.

  192. 192.

    Corner Stone

    September 20, 2009 at 12:09 am

    @demkat620:

    Sorry RK, the first months are the worst and the first time he sleeps all night you’ll be up anyway worried that something is wrong.

    Mine is 4 and I still get mighty antsy if he hasn’t come found me by about 7 or 7:15 each morning.
    Crack the door and peak in looking for signs of breathing. No reason to worry as he’s super healthy. Just never leaves you.

  193. 193.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 12:09 am

    @Fulcanelli:

    LOVE That Song. Thank You.

  194. 194.

    gyma

    September 20, 2009 at 12:09 am

    @Corner Stone: yep, that’s it. I think that guy’s name is Dan, isn’t it?

  195. 195.

    You Don't Say

    September 20, 2009 at 12:11 am

    What is Brown doing?!? They should have won this game. :(

  196. 196.

    Corner Stone

    September 20, 2009 at 12:16 am

    Can’t talk now…Pale Rider hickory scene coming up…

  197. 197.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 12:19 am

    Are there any jazz fans out there?

    Take Five – Dave Brubeck
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDDOFXSgAs

    Blue Rondo A La Turk – Dave Brubeck
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc34Uj8wlmE

  198. 198.

    burnspbesq

    September 20, 2009 at 12:20 am

    What a cruddy day for football teams I care about.

    Undergrad school (Union College) loses.
    Law School (USC) loses.
    Duke loses.
    Only small good thing: former Duke point guard Greg Paulus, who is now the quarterback at Syracuse, threw for over 300 yds and two TDs, and the Orange got a late FG to beat Northwestern. Well done, Greg!

  199. 199.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 12:28 am

    @Steeplejack:

    Thanks for the reminder. A truly great band.

    Great clip of the Byrds

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gD84jbVV3c

  200. 200.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 12:36 am

    @Corner Stone: Whew! Glad to know I am not the only one.

    @Fulcanelli: I’m not a Brit hater, either. I like the Clash and Duran Duran.

    ducks and runs (for the latter).

    Fulcanelli, I haven’t done a reading lately. I think I might tonight and see what I get.

    That Mott the Hoople song ain’t bad.

  201. 201.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 12:39 am

    @JK:

    Dude. “Night Train.” Really? This is “Night Train.”

  202. 202.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 12:42 am

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I’m not a Brit hater, either. I like the Clash and Duran Duran.

    And also 2 songs by the Police, a few David Bowie songs, a few George Harrison songs, and 1 song by Traffic. Do I have all of these correct?

    What about the King Crimson songs and Englishman in New York?

  203. 203.

    TuiMel

    September 20, 2009 at 12:46 am

    @Turgidson:
    Dawg fan who went to the game. Woo hoo! I bark for Sark!

  204. 204.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 12:47 am

    @Steeplejack:

    I’m glad we have both versions.

  205. 205.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 12:50 am

    @JK:

    Okay, you redeemed yourself with “Englishman in New York.” One of my favorite songs by Der Stingel, and with Alan Rickman in the video you’ve probably reduced AsianGrrlMN to a puddling mass of estrogen.

    I saw Sting at Chastain Park in Atlanta (outdoor venue) right around the time “Fields of Gold” was hot. Wasn’t expecting much, and I went mainly because of the woman I was dating at the time. I was blown away. Great, great concert.

  206. 206.

    Anne Laurie

    September 20, 2009 at 12:52 am

    @Dream On:

    I think the situation for me was I recognized that Edwards was… slick, and I knew his rhetoric didn’t match his voting record, but I hoped that maybe he had some sort of Road to Damascus conversion to progressive ideas. Plus, unlike Hillary and Obama, he specifically tailored his words toward a progressive ideal.

    Yeah, I don’t come to politics looking for plaster saints, and I hoped that if Edwards did well enough in the primaries then HRC/BHO would have to slide a little further left (i.e., more center-right than mid-right). And if he got tapped for VP, which is really the best I hoped for him, I figured he’d bring in working-class voters who’d never bring themselves to vote for a woman or a person of color. *Sigh.*

    On the one hand, it’d be nice if “we”, meaning the American media and the low-information voters who support it, got over our fixation with polticians’ private lives at the expense of their actual political actions. On the other hand, if I were Elizabeth Edwards, I’d consider the possibility of shooting the Hunter woman through the head as my swan song, because I don’t think any jury would convict, except maybe for unsafe trash disposal.

  207. 207.

    Wile E. Quixote

    September 20, 2009 at 12:53 am

    I love Glee. Oh God I love Glee!

    …I told Figgins, ‘if you don’t get some hot wood into those teenager’s hands you’re going to have a school full of nancies’

  208. 208.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 12:56 am

    @Steeplejack:

    The Clash and the Police are two bands that produced some of my favorite music from the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. I just wish they could have produced MORE of it. I saw the Clash in concert and they were great. Unfortunately, I never got to see the Police or Sting in concert.

  209. 209.

    DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)

    September 20, 2009 at 1:02 am

    Here’s a link to a copy I made of a flyer some teabagger left a stack of where my daughter works (she pitched them in the garbage, store policy but she enjoyed it).

    I wish I had known as I would have loved to have taped the reenactment of the Boston Tea Party and posted it on YouTube. Damn!

  210. 210.

    RedKitten

    September 20, 2009 at 1:04 am

    @Wile E. Quixote: Okay, I’m going to have to check that show out. In the last 24 hours, both you and my best friend have raved about the show.

    @Steeplejack: You could have the crappiest song on the planet, and putting Alan Rickman in the video would be instant redemption.

  211. 211.

    gsp

    September 20, 2009 at 1:04 am

    for fuck sakes, Cole, you are going to give yourself a heart attack.

  212. 212.

    DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)

    September 20, 2009 at 1:05 am

    Damn code didn’t take!

    Try again:

    Brookings Teabaggers

  213. 213.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 1:07 am

    @Anne Laurie:

    I agree with your sentiments, but I think the MSM is unfixable in this regard.

    I saw Denis Leary in concert a few years ago, and he opened the show by stating that he’d rather have Bill Clinton in the White House getting blowjobs than Dick Cheney in the White House fucking the country up the ass.

  214. 214.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 1:08 am

    @JK:

    Interesting how Surrealistic Pillow includes so much “pensive” stuff, when it’s thought to be the big exemplar of their hard stuff, e.g., “White Rabbit,” “Somebody to Love.”

    Fookin’ great album from end to end. Just wish it had “It’s No Secret” on it, but I feel like an ingrate for saying that.

  215. 215.

    burnspbesq

    September 20, 2009 at 1:10 am

    @JK:

    Interesting group of Byrds there. No Hillman, no Parsons. I believe that’s Clarence White on lead guitar, and maybe John York on bass.

    Time for some Flying Burrito Brothers, I’d say.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWjGtEmQ5Co

  216. 216.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 1:12 am

    @Steeplejack:

    I have to scroll thru the comments. I don’t recall Asiangrrl writing anything about the video for Englishman in New York.

  217. 217.

    burnspbesq

    September 20, 2009 at 1:13 am

    @JK:

    The reverse here. Never saw the Clash, but I saw Sting on the tour when his band included Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, and Jeff Watts, at the Santa Barbara County Bowl. Un-real.

  218. 218.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 1:16 am

    @RedKitten:

    I should defer to AsiangrrlMN, who turned me on to this video, but I’ll go ahead and post it: Texas, “In Demand.” Get your Rickman on.

    The killer for me is that the singer is a dead ringer for a woman with whom I had an incredibly convoluted, intense relationship–in two parts, separated by 20 years. Oh, the humanity.

  219. 219.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 1:16 am

    @JK: Did! I thanked you profusely for posting that video. It was yuuuuuuuuummmmmmmyyyyyy! Alan Rickman. Drool. And the song ain’t bad, either.

    From last night, I liked these songs very much (of the ones on which I didn’t comment):

    Arrested Development’s Revolution
    Von Bondies’ C’mon C’mon
    Joe Jackson’s One More Time
    Prince’s Let’s Go Crazy
    James Brown’s Night Train

  220. 220.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 1:18 am

    @Steeplejack: My favorite video EVAH! Alan Rickman….I so want to be the lead singer, especially for the gas station scene. Happy sigh.

    RedKitten, you’re the one who told me about your friend having a beer with him in a pub, aren’t you? Drool. DROOL. (Though, I would rather have HIM in a pub).

  221. 221.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 20, 2009 at 1:24 am

    Well, I just don’t get the Alan Rickman lusting. He’s a good actor and all, but kind of prissy if you ask me. Odd.

  222. 222.

    burnspbesq

    September 20, 2009 at 1:26 am

    Anybody out there going to see Son Volt in Chicago next Friday? As luck would have it, I will be in Chicago for bar association meetings, and am thinking pretty seriously about going.

    I have the most amazing dumb luck in planning when I will be in Chicago. Last fall, I stopped in Chicago to see my kid brother and his wife and kids on the way back from meetings in Ohio – and stumbled into a chance to see Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer.

  223. 223.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 1:26 am

    @burnspbesq:

    That was a great lineup Sting had for that tour.
    Maybe 15 years ago, give or take a few years, I remember a live single of the song Down So Long by Sting getting a lot of airplay. I remember Jeff Beck played on that song. At some point, I’d like to track down that version.

  224. 224.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 1:27 am

    @General Winfield Stuck:

    Could it be the Holmes Brothers’ version of the O’Jays’ “Love Train”?

  225. 225.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 1:27 am

    @General Winfield Stuck: You are dead to me.

    Just kidding. Don’t care. More for me! (Alan Rickman, that is).

  226. 226.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 1:31 am

    @JK: Oh, and I also like Wild World by Cat Stevens.

  227. 227.

    Linkmeister

    September 20, 2009 at 1:33 am

    An observation, while listening to the UH-UNLV football game: Baseball is the only sport really suited for radio. Football and basketball, not so much.

    UNLV 21, UH 20, 12 minutes left in the game.

  228. 228.

    General Winfield Stuck

    September 20, 2009 at 1:35 am

    @Steeplejack:

    no, not them.

  229. 229.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 1:36 am

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Glad you liked Englishman in New York and the other songs.

    I wish there were a radio station somewhere in the world where I had a chance to hear this playlist

    Sting Englishman in New York
    Arrested Development’s Revolution
    Von Bondies’ C’mon C’mon
    Joe Jackson’s One More Time
    Prince’s Let’s Go Crazy
    James Brown’s Night Train

    C’mon C’mon is used as the opening theme music for the great tv show Rescue Me with Denis Leary

    You see, once you get past the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Who, there are plenty of tunes we both enjoy.

  230. 230.

    wasabi gasp

    September 20, 2009 at 1:40 am

    Yeah, well, he ain’t no Alan Alda.

  231. 231.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 1:41 am

    @Anne Laurie:

    Yeah, I don’t come to politics looking for plaster saints, and I hoped that if Edwards did well enough in the primaries then HRC/BHO would have to slide a little further left (i.e., more center-right than mid-right). And if he got tapped for VP [. . .]

    Agreed, although I was hoping he would get the attorney general. Still think he might have made a fiery, trust-bustin’ A.G.

  232. 232.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 1:43 am

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Listening to Cat Stevens really takes me back.

    Correct me if I’m wrong. You said you liked some George Harrison songs from last week, right? So does this mean that you are not opposed in principle to listening to solo material by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison? It’s just the Beatles that you are opposed to?

  233. 233.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 1:46 am

    @JK: Yes, as long as you don’t mind throwing out ten songs for every one I like!

    @Steeplejack: Elliot Spitzer, damn it. Couldn’t he find someone who would do the rough stuff without resorting to paying for it? Idiot. I saw him on a Maddow a couple months ago, and I got so angry at him for being so stupid. He really was geared up to go after Wall Street.

  234. 234.

    Linkmeister

    September 20, 2009 at 1:46 am

    That train song list has “Blue Train” performed by Johnny Cash. Well, maybe, but Linda Ronstadt does it wonderfully.

    UNLV 28 – UH 27, 8 minutes left in the game. Kickoff return just brought out of the end zone by UH (wrong move, kid!) all the way to the 40.

  235. 235.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 1:48 am

    @JK: I liked a few of the George Harrison songs. I like some of Lennon’s solo stuff. I do not like McCartney or Ringo. I know, I know. What can I say? I’m weird.

  236. 236.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 1:49 am

    @JK:

    She commented on it here: asiangrrlMN. She has a major, and well documented, love jones for Alan Rickman.

  237. 237.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 1:50 am

    @Steeplejack:

    Yeah, it’s interesting that Somebody to Love and White Rabbit just happened to be the songs from the album that became hits.

  238. 238.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 1:52 am

    @Steeplejack: I just respect him for the fine actor that he is. It has nothing to do with the fact that if I ever met him, I would be reduced to a stuttering mass of gibberish. No! It’s because he is an artisan…oh, who the hell am I kidding??

    Alan Rickman = YUM!

  239. 239.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 1:52 am

    @burnspbesq:

    Time for some Flying Burrito Brothers, I’d say.

    Yeah. Good one.

    My favorite Byrds song from that (approximate) period, and the one that keeps coming to me tonight as I think about Gram Parsons, is “Ballad of Easy Rider.” Parsons had nothing to do with it, but it feels right.

  240. 240.

    freelancer

    September 20, 2009 at 1:54 am

    Hello all,

    I read through like a quarter of the thread since I’d gone, saw the length and that we had reverted to YouTube wars and gave up.

    I give you the two songs that have been plaguing me all day:

    Neutral Milk Hotel – King of Carrot Flowers Pts 1, 2, & 3:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYOx43j9pRI

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Ypi_7jVR0

    and MGMT – Electric Feel

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtUI5MC9tVM

  241. 241.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 1:57 am

    @General Winfield Stuck:

    I can see the attraction in Alan Rickman. He has a certain surface iciness that is intriguing, and he radiates intelligence. That’s a turn-on for a lot of people.

  242. 242.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 2:00 am

    @Steeplejack: EXCUSE ME! I am RIGHT here! It’s not iciness–it’s reserve, but there is gentleness behind it. So there!

  243. 243.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 2:01 am

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Yeah, Spitzer was my other A.G. choice, but if there’s anything the electorate hates worse than a philandering husband it’s somebody having really enjoyable recreational sex with a prostitute.

  244. 244.

    Linkmeister

    September 20, 2009 at 2:02 am

    @Steeplejack: If I remember correctly, the last Harry Potter book has a larger role for Snape than he’s previously had. Rickman has stuck with the franchise despite fairly minimal opportunities to show his acting chops.

  245. 245.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 2:04 am

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I’d never call you or anyone weird based upon musical, film, or literary preferences. If you liked Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Dimmer Twins Palin and Bachmann, THEN I’d feel compelled to call you weird.

    I always find it very interesting to see how people delineate their musical preferences.

    There’s nothing remotely weird about the fact that you like Lennon and Harrison’s solo work, but not McCartney’s or Starr’s.

    As far as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Who are concerned, Frank Zappa wasn’t a fan of any of them either. I saw Zappa interviewed once and he said he liked a total of 3 Beatles songs. In another interview, Zappa said he couldn’t stand the band Yes but that he liked the solo album by their guitarist Steve Howe.

  246. 246.

    freelancer

    September 20, 2009 at 2:04 am

    @Steeplejack:

    but if there’s anything the electorate hates worse than a philandering husband it’s somebody having really enjoyable recreational guilt-free sex with a prostitute.

    Fixed.

  247. 247.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 2:05 am

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Meowch, kitteh! I was thinking of him as the Eurotrash villain in Die Hard. I think he dipped his toe in the waters of iciness there. Deliciously, of course.

  248. 248.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 2:05 am

    @Linkmeister: The movie, yes. The fifth book actually had quite a bit of Snape, but they cut most of it out for the movie, damn them.

    The last two movies better be Snape-tastic, or I’m gonna throw a major hissy fit.

    @Steeplejack: Well, especially when it’s a guy who’s going after that sort of thing! Stupid!

  249. 249.

    freelancer

    September 20, 2009 at 2:06 am

    my small kingdom for an edit button.

    the “with a prostitute” was supposed to be in strikeout, like so.

    but if there’s anything the electorate hates worse than a philandering husband it’s somebody having really enjoyable recreational guilt-free sex with a prostitute.

  250. 250.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 2:08 am

    @JK: Well, good. I am weird, pop cultural-wise, and I’m actually blogging about it. I have been for the past week or so. I am fine with it for the most part. Check out today’s entry on music (and a shout-out to you).

    @Steeplejack: This is true. I am now retracting my claws from your cheek.

    freelancer, unless you have ’em dress you in Pampers. Then, it’s OK.

  251. 251.

    Linkmeister

    September 20, 2009 at 2:09 am

    @asiangrrlMN: You’re right. Phoenix did have a lot of Snape in the book, not so much in the film.

    I can’t believe I didn’t make it to see the latest movie in a theater.

  252. 252.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 2:11 am

    @Linkmeister:

    Rickman has stuck with the franchise despite fairly minimal opportunities to show his acting chops.

    “Rent move,” as one of my coworkers calls it. The townhouse in Mayfair, the country place and the pied–à–terre* in Paris don’t pay for themselves, you know.

    &#042 Or whatever Rickman’s thing is.

  253. 253.

    Linkmeister

    September 20, 2009 at 2:13 am

    AAAaaargh! UNLV 34 – UH 33, 36 seconds left! UH about to receive kickoff. Two timeouts.

  254. 254.

    freelancer

    September 20, 2009 at 2:14 am

    @asiangrrlMN:

    lol, sweet, the electorate gets really envious and bitter if you have pleasant, guilt-free sex. That’s all I’m saying.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oaHHrNQVrg

  255. 255.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 2:15 am

    Fuck the NY Yankees

  256. 256.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 2:16 am

    @freelancer: Oh, I know. I was just making a snide reference to David Bitter, er, Vitter.

    Ew. I need to shower now just after typing his name.

    JK, no thank you. I hate the Yankees.

  257. 257.

    freelancer

    September 20, 2009 at 2:17 am

    @JK:

    Seconded

  258. 258.

    freelancer

    September 20, 2009 at 2:18 am

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Hey! Where the hell is YOUR edit button?

  259. 259.

    Linkmeister

    September 20, 2009 at 2:19 am

    Bah. Hail Mary falls incomplete in end zone. 34-33, UNLV.

    Beat the spread, though.

  260. 260.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 2:21 am

    @freelancer: I wish I had one. Then I could edit David Vitter right out of my mind. Blech blech blech. Mind bleach!

    Or is there another reason I need an edit button?

  261. 261.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 2:21 am

    Are we still doing pensive? Danny O’Keefe, “Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues.” From a great album–well, stuck on later for the CD release, but who’s quibbling–Breezy Stories.

    Guess I’m in a country-esque diminuendo tonight with this whole Gram Parsons thing.

    Tried to find a clip of Gordon Lightfoot’s “Apology,” which is pensivo maximo, but all I could find was this not quite satisfactory version by some biker-ish dude. Good voice, but he’s playing it too slow! Check out Lightfoot’s Sunday Concert.

  262. 262.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 2:27 am

    @freelancer:

    Awesome song and video! I tried to use this in the ’80s throwdown over Labor Day, but the B&W version with Helena Christensen had the audio neutered for copyright reasons. Probably cost me the semifinals.

  263. 263.

    freelancer

    September 20, 2009 at 2:28 am

    @asiangrrlMN:

    No, sorry. Must be my mistake. I think I blotted out your last line aimed at JK in that comment and when I looked again, I “saw” that you had added it.

    Have I mentioned I’ve been drinking and about to go to bed in T minus 5 minutes?

    freelancer +9 (don’t worry, I didn’t drive, I stumbled home from the sports bar two blocks away and my friends are already snoring in my living room. FSM Bless America.)

  264. 264.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 2:30 am

    @freelancer: I did add it later. I DO have an edit button. Don’t you?

    Wow. I am only +1. Glad you didn’t drive. I’m going to bed pretty soon, myself. Night my little snowflakes.

    Snow! I hope we get it soon.

    JK, well, I usually can find one or two songs by any artist of credible rep that I like. I mean, there are reasons they’re classics in the first place, right?

  265. 265.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 2:30 am

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I just read that entry on your blog. Thanks very much for the shoutout.

    I like the stray song by them

    Anytime, I ‘ve ever encountered a person who professed a strong dislike for the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, eventually that person would acknowledge he or she actually did like a tiny handful of songs by them. I’m still waiting to encounter someone who has listened to every single song ever recorded by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and can honestly say they dislike each and every one of them.

  266. 266.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 2:36 am

    All right. I’m crashing. Night all. See ya in four hours.

  267. 267.

    Steeplejack

    September 20, 2009 at 2:51 am

    Well, I guess I’m left here to my own devices. Will close out by entering for the record my unposted thoughts from last night. I stayed up way late listening to all the clips from the thread, then I ended up seesawing back and forth between Faith Hill’s “Take Me as I Am”* and Toad the Wet Sprocket’s “Fall Down.” Go figure. But it seemed to fit.

    &#042 My apologies for the wretched, wretched video on the Faith Hill song, but it’s the only version by her I could find.

  268. 268.

    Linkmeister

    September 20, 2009 at 3:10 am

    Here’s a novelty: Judy Collins and Joan Baez singing Joan’s “Diamonds and Rust” at the Newport Folk Festival earlier this year.

  269. 269.

    JK

    September 20, 2009 at 3:15 am

    @Linkmeister:

    That’s great. Thanks

  270. 270.

    Linkmeister

    September 20, 2009 at 3:28 am

    @JK: You’re welcome. It surprised me a little; Joan took the lower part in the harmony. She’s always had such a gorgeous soprano I hadn’t thought she could sing alto.

    Now this is funny: a guide to choral vocal parts. Sample:

    THE SOPRANOS are the ones who sing the highest, and, because of this, they think they rule the world. THE ALTOS are the salt of the earth – in their opinion, at least. Altos are unassuming people who would wear jeans to concerts if they were allowed to.

    Now, lemme guess. The author (It’s unattributed) is an alto. (It goes on to cover tenor and bass as well.)

  271. 271.

    Jay in Oregon

    September 20, 2009 at 4:47 am

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    Same here. It really bites. But the others are right. Stop being the adult for an afternoon. Go ride a bike, or start a water balloon fight (if the weather is accomodating) or something.

    Today was a mixed bag. She seemed to be fine for most of the day; she even held my hand when we went to go see “9” in the theater (she doesn’t like things jumping out at her in the movies) but by the end of the night she was complaining that I was smothering her.

    It’s hard trying to moderate how much affection you show to the person you love. But we still have a long ways to go, I guess. I just wish I understood what is going on with her, but she’s not ready to open up yet.

  272. 272.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 10:17 am

    @Steeplejack: Ooooh, I love that Toad the Wet Sprocket song. Thanks for busting it out (even if it has the now-reprehensible Dennis Miller in the beginning). When will we…fall doooooown????

    @Jay in Oregon: Glad to see you posting. I was wondering how you were doing. I know this is gonna sound counterintuitive, but the fact that your wife is communicating with you and that you are receptive to it is a good thing. Really. It means that you aren’t sunk into apathy. Having said that, I would say don’t give it too much thought because that’s one problem with being depressed–thinking the hell too much. Take a few deep breaths and just…be.

  273. 273.

    Jay in Oregon

    September 20, 2009 at 11:37 am

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I will do my best. After talking to my therapist she recommended that I get a new prescription for a higher dose of fluoxetine. Which I will do tomorrow.

    When I came back to the house, she started sleeping in the spare bedroom. Hopefully, that will pass soon.

    I realize that this is not something that is going to be fixed overnight but I wish I could shake the feeling that I’m on a countdown, or that I’m in a no-win situation. If I try to talk to her or show her affection, I’m smothering her. If I try to hold back, I’m afraid that we’ll slip into the same pattern as before.

  274. 274.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 20, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    @Jay in Oregon: Try not to react too much to her. Just be you. I know how that sounds, but really, there’s not much you can do about her reaction. I would bet that the more you react to her, the more she will chafe. In addition, even if she leaves now, it doesn’t mean it’s over forever.

    Work on yourself and being who you are meant to be. I’m glad that you are working with a therapist and that you are not eschewing meds. Keep posting.

  275. 275.

    Jay in Oregon

    September 20, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:

    We were playing boardgames over at a friend’s house earlier and she basically ignored me the entire time except where necessary.

    One of her friends thinks that she just has so much anger built up over the last few months, that she’s going to take it out on me a little piece at a time.

    I’m okay with that. If she needs to twist the knife a little, I’ll live with it. I just hope this anger doesn’t turn to resentment.

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