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by $8 blue check mistermix|  March 21, 201110:25 am| 32 Comments

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Work Drugs is a sedative-wave / smooth-fi band from Philadelphia, PA. Work Drugs hopes you dance to this song/ take drugs to this song / have sex to this song / sail to this song / freak out to this song.

This is via an excellent local music blog, Tympanogram.

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  1. 1.

    Southern Beale

    March 21, 2011 at 10:30 am

    Just read that Nancy Pelosi has been hospitalized in Rome, Italy. No more information than that …

  2. 2.

    JGabriel

    March 21, 2011 at 10:36 am

    @Southern Beale: I’m wondering how long before the “jokes” start at Free Republic and other Stormfront Lite sites like National Review and Atlas Shrugged.

    .

  3. 3.

    jwest

    March 21, 2011 at 10:39 am

    Here’s a very interesting debate that I’ve been going back and forth on for years.

    When liberals state ridiculous things as fact, are they lying or just incredibly stupid? There is substantial evidence on both sides of this argument.

    http://leestranahan.com/

  4. 4.

    Southern Beale

    March 21, 2011 at 10:42 am

    @JGabriel:

    Yes but a liberal said something mean about a Republican once so BOTH SIDES DO IT…. lather, rinse, repeat …

  5. 5.

    Southern Beale

    March 21, 2011 at 10:43 am

    Ironically, I just got a fundraising letter from Nancy Pelosi with the subject line “I’ve had enough.” Hope she wasn’t being prescient.

  6. 6.

    Morbo

    March 21, 2011 at 10:48 am

    Well, it had to happen: death metal (or is it black metal?) cover of “Friday.”

  7. 7.

    Paul in KY

    March 21, 2011 at 10:48 am

    @jwest: If I said you added anything to the conversation, would I be lying or incredibily stupid?

  8. 8.

    JGabriel

    March 21, 2011 at 10:51 am

    jwest:

    When liberals state ridiculous things as fact, are they lying or just incredibly stupid?

    Define ridiculous. Am I ridiculous when I point out that the CEO of Verizon is the vessicle for Satan’s form on earth? Yes, purposefully so.

    Are liberals in general saying ridiculous things when we say that Bush lied us into war with Iraq? No, we were telling the truth.

    .

  9. 9.

    geg6

    March 21, 2011 at 10:53 am

    @jwest:

    Seriously? Lee Stranahan? The guy who claims to be a liberal but does nothing but write about how horrible all liberals are? That guy?

    Sorry, he has never had anything interesting to say. And before you start parroting him and saying that the liberal blogospere’s commenters never read anything he says, I went on over to see if he had anything more interesting to say than ALL LIBERALS SUCK EXCEPT ME AND I’LL SHOW MY LIBERAL BONA FIDES BY DEFENDING JAMES O’KEEFE! And waddayaknow…still the same old Lee Stranahan.

    Anyway, I have a huge bouquet of pu$sy willows in my office, it’s well over 55F, the sun is out, and it’s spring. I still don’t know what I think of the whole Libya thing, but it’s too pretty outside to worry about it right now.

  10. 10.

    JGabriel

    March 21, 2011 at 10:53 am

    @Southern Beale: In any event, I hope Pelosi feels better soon. I don’t like the thought of her not being in the House to oppose the GOP.

    .

  11. 11.

    Svensker

    March 21, 2011 at 10:54 am

    @Paul in KY:

    Yes, and he’s linking to a website that talks about Glenn Beck as though he is sane.

    Tbaggers, insane or just fucking nuts?

  12. 12.

    jwest

    March 21, 2011 at 10:56 am

    Did any of you know there were “nuclear explosions” at the power plants in Japan?

    http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/dont-let-nuclear-explosions-dissuade-

    I’m amazed news like this hasn’t been reported elsewhere. Luckily, we have liberals to get the facts out to us without being alarmists.

  13. 13.

    geg6

    March 21, 2011 at 10:57 am

    @Svensker:

    Heh. Great minds and all that.

  14. 14.

    RSR

    March 21, 2011 at 11:09 am

    Thanks, I enjoy that style of music. Local band, and they’re appearing just a couple blocks away from me in early April.

  15. 15.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 21, 2011 at 11:09 am

    @jwest:Did you read past the headline? No. Okay. We’re done here.

  16. 16.

    jwest

    March 21, 2011 at 11:10 am

    Those conservatives at the Washington Post are at it again:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/gifts-of-bogus-statistics-for-the-health-care-laws-birthday/2011/03/18/ABzG99s_blog.html

    What is this movement of people on the left suddenly calling “bullshit” on their own side? Is it a quest for credibility or perhaps something deeper? Could it be that some liberals have come to the realization that problems can’t be solved until issues are discussed with real facts instead of lies? One can only hope.

  17. 17.

    geg6

    March 21, 2011 at 11:12 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Is this a new troll? If so, his troll fu is not strong.

  18. 18.

    Andy

    March 21, 2011 at 11:12 am

    Thanks for the plug, guys! We appreciate it.

  19. 19.

    jwest

    March 21, 2011 at 11:14 am

    Omnes Omnibus,

    Are you saying that (for liberals) if an author alludes to the truth somewhere in the body of an article, it’s perfectly fine to have total lie in the headline?

  20. 20.

    JGabriel

    March 21, 2011 at 11:17 am

    Deleted by author & reposted.

  21. 21.

    JGabriel

    March 21, 2011 at 11:19 am

    geg6 @ 17:

    Is this a new troll? If so, his troll fu is not strong.

    No, JWest has been trolling BJ for a while. He/she is a self-described conservative who uses phrases like the racism of the left and thinks Sarah Palin is smart and witty.

    .

  22. 22.

    arguingwithsignposts

    March 21, 2011 at 11:20 am

    Ok, since this is a music thread – ostensibly – I saw Matt Pond PA with Rocky Votolato last week. Very cool band, and Votolato is good too.

  23. 23.

    Morbo

    March 21, 2011 at 11:20 am

    Concern troll is very concerned. Film at 11.

  24. 24.

    arguingwithsignposts

    March 21, 2011 at 11:21 am

    @Paul in KY:

    @jwest: If I said you added anything to the conversation, would I be lying or incredibily stupid?

    You left out “both.” It’s a viable option.

  25. 25.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 21, 2011 at 11:22 am

    @geg6: Newish, but not very good.

    @jwest: No, but explaining context to you is would take up far too much of my morning, so I will simply bid you good day.

  26. 26.

    piratedan

    March 21, 2011 at 11:25 am

    reading jwest’s posts makes me think that installing cleek’s pie filter is a damn good idea

  27. 27.

    geg6

    March 21, 2011 at 11:25 am

    @JGabriel:

    Ah, well. That explains his appeal to the authority of Lee Stranahan and the WaPo. One stupid asshat pointing to other stupid asshats. And he wonders why we point and laugh.

  28. 28.

    Tester

    March 21, 2011 at 12:14 pm

    Just lookin’ for a little love from the mobile version of the site. Rumor has it one needs to supply a comment in exchange for a cookie….

  29. 29.

    freelancer

    March 21, 2011 at 12:21 pm

    Am I right in assuming that the title of the band, “Work Drugs”, is a Kenny Powers reference? Classic.

  30. 30.

    Paul in KY

    March 21, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: Good point. I could be both…

  31. 31.

    mclaren

    March 21, 2011 at 12:53 pm

    Calling all crackpots… Come in, crackpots.

    Are you there, Nerull?

    Fukushima reactors stabilized.

    People showered me with abuse when I told ’em not to worry about the reactor problems in Fukushima. They’re uncannily mute now.

  32. 32.

    kdaug

    March 21, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    Here’s a pretty good remake of an incredibly bad remake of an old, really stupid song that was discussed here last week. (Although I’m pretty sure that the rumor that they simply removed the AutoTune is likely not true).

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