4421

You should have just waited two months for Model654xj-1 to come out with area blathering and square hooples.

4422

I need a burger like they have on Man VS Food.

4423

Didn’t we have an art/doodle thread?

4424

Cats are even plotting against themselves.

4425

I have a cat who engages in exactly this type of behavior.

4426

This is the first thread I’ve seen with two phantom pages. Maybe I’ll kill them with this post.

4427

How to know you’re old: when watching a hockey game with friends at the bar, and you mention Warren Zevon’s “Hit Somebody”, and the response is “Warren who?”

Kids today. Argh.

4428

My iPod in the car is currently playing “all” Warren. I think I will be listening to him for about 2 weeks.

sigh for being old

4429

It’s more of an issue with the educational system than anything else.

(I’m semi-serious. With the accelerated rate at which culture evolves in the 20th century, and particularly the sea change in, especially, music and art, I think that special consideration should be given to 20th century popular culture in terms of creating culturally informed citizens. Culturally informed citizens being important of course, for creating shared experiences and reference points that form the basis a common national identity.)

4430

I just blame the declining quality control in production of new humans.

4431

Nute, I hope you didn’t pass up a valuable teaching moment.

That was a golden opportunity for you to explain the egregious plagiarism that suffuses most of Kid Rock’s “All Summer Long.” Sure, they may not know they know Zevon, but they’re probably at least cursorily familiar with the piano hook from “Werewolves of London.”

4432

I know who Warren Zevon is, but I had to look him up to see if I’ve ever heard any of his music. I don’t know that I have.

In my defense, I grew up surrounded solely by country and contemporary Christian music (Sammy Kershaw and Amy Grant, yee-ha!) and now I listen almost solely to old jazz, soundtracks, and instrumentals. So I’m just as bad.

4433

And video game scores. Unless those fall under soundtracks.

4434

That was selective omission to make me look like less of a dork. Obviously, it failed.

4435

That’s what I did. Everyone’s heard Werewolves of London, and I impressed upon them “Look this guy up. You will become a fan.”

Which of course led to the whole Leonard Cohen vs. Warren Zevon argument and I realized we sounded like hipsters (except unlike hipsters, we were talking about good music).

4436

Never heard of Warren Zevon. But if he’s comparable to Leonard Cohen, I’ll give him a listen. Don’t think he’ll top Cohen though.

4437

What argument? It’s Cohen, hands-down. No question.

4438

Leonard Cohen was a prick in his early days though. Anyone watch that documentary of an early tour of his? He goes to Israel, drops acid right before the concert, and claims he’s too emotional to play to hundreds of Israeli kids. Manager goes out and says “Concerts cancelled, Cohen is unwell.” Kids stay and start singing songs on their own. Cohen comes out and baws about him not being able to deal with it. Asshole.

Supposedly in his old age he’s lost the arrogance and pretensciousnes though.

Still, always a great musicican.

4439




4440

Who in the hell manages to catch a cold in southern California in mid May? This guy, that’s who.