My parents just got a new dog. I just got offered a dogsitting gig in the Castro. We’re hitting a happy hour this afternoon with free hot dogs. And we’re seeing Dr. Dog tonight at the Independent.
Oh, and a Florida man was caught by his grandson trying have sex with, wait for it…a dog.
Happy Summer Solstice, Ramblers.
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small victories are the best… great find!
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Esquire has a feature about Blakroc in its most recent issue. OF COURSE they get Dan and Pat mixed up in the caption to the accompanying picture. RZA was somehow identified correctly, though.
Dude, your advanced use of the tagging system alone proves you should be posting here more often. Kudos.
What are those tags?
Do you have the album yet? Is it solid all the way through?
Negative. Keep meaning to download it. Maybe tonight.
I downloaded it last night. It’s really very good. Of course, I enjoy the hippity hop – as the kids call it – including most of the artists featured (esp. Raekwon, RZA & Mos Def), I think I was inclined to enjoy it.
That Nicole Wray is a good singer, too.
Please stop running your ads every five fucking minutes on every channel. Just a couple of weeks ago, I was singing your praises that you chose the work of one of my favorite bands to pitch your automobiles. But the spots have outdone their welcome. I’m losing my mind. Time to pull the plug.
You could at least find different songs for different spots. Who the hell uses the same track for multiple commercials?
You’ve completely ruined that song for me.
Thanks, assholes.
-el D
Who watches commercials anymore? That’s why they have a “fast-forward” option on your DVR remote, Duder.
and during llive programming, I just fast forward into the future? Ok cool. I’ll look into that. Thanks.
I’d love to know what’s on the Duder’s “appointment TV” list. I mean now that Everybody Loves Raymond is off the air, of course. Football? Okay, I’ll give you that.
Well, there’s the news. And I typically watch that live. Because if I record it and watch it later, it’s not news, is it?
It’s olds.
What ‘e said.
I believe that point was originally made by Ricky, you derivative bald-headed shaved chimp Manc twat.
With a head like a fuckin’ orange.
Courtesy of SketchySantas. Do yourself a favor and waste a few minutes there.
h/t to Penny Lane
All that’s missing is a sign that says “Please drop your pants before sitting on Santa’s lap”
There’s going to be some sweet sustain coming out the pearly gates tonight. God bless you, sir…
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/13/obit.les.paul/index.html
I’ve got a great Les Paul box set (4CDs). Definitely worth a listen.
Check out the size of this musician list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gibson_players
Now this is cool. This guy took a bunch of YouTube videos (mostly of people giving music tutorials on various instruments) and mashed them up together to create a pretty badass funk track.
This clearly took alot of work. And yeah…that’s a theramin.
[via AnimalMind]
I don’t know if any of you watch Life on NBC (you know, the one with Capt. Winters). it’s definitely one of my new favorite shows.
One reason is the music. The people picking the songs that backdrop each episode have got some serious game. Every installment has great stuff and it usually works perfectly with the story line.
So it was no surprise to me when last night’s show (in which the plot revolved around music) featured the following selections:
Click for the clips…
Sorry about the external links. Hulu doesn’t let me embed specific clips. Anyway…damn good show. Check it out.
Re Exhibit A: Gossip Girl already used Psychotic Girl in an episode last fall. Yes, I’m embarassed I know this.
Last night I proclaimed that pop-punk is the worst genre of music that has ever existed. I was wrong. This is…
That’s right, folks. White Crunk, courtesy of brokeNCYDE. Emphasis on ‘broke’. These winners make All Time Low look like Gilbert and Sullivan. That is, if the HMS Pinafore was a merchant vessel full of fine leather douchebags.
[DCiever]
If I hadn’t seen the ridiculous “frontmen” of this “band” I don’t think I would have been able to distinguish between this and every other ‘legit’ rap group out there. Pretty sure if you mapped out the lyrics, they’d be nearly identical.
Girls as sex objects? Check. Gratuitous references to money? Check. Gas-guzzling cars in the video? Check. Sounds like the next Jay-Z hit to me. Next thing you know it’ll be in heavy rotation in my iPod workout playlist. Watch out NWA, white crunk is the new gangsta rap.
Pig is hot. White Chunk RULES!
My favorite is the guy who is clearly the stoner older stepbrother of one of these kids who heard they were bringing over a gaggle of high school girls and hopped in his ’87 Prelude to stand around and do some bottom feeding.
He appears right around 1:17.
This is getting ridiculous. Look at all these damn charges. Am I buying tickets to a show or a month of cell phone service? $4.75 for TicketFast Delivery. Which is the option to print the tickets at home. So by allowing them to save on printing and postage, I’m penalized nearly five bucks. Yeah, that’s fair.
Ticketmaster has officially become the David Putty of event ticket sales:
Putty: I just left out a couple things…uh, rust-proofing…
Jerry: Rust-proofing???
Putty: Transport charge, storage surcharge, additional overcharge, finder’s fee…
Jerry: Finder’s fee??? It was on the lot!
Putty: Yeah that’s right. Uh…floor mats…keys…
Jerry: Keys???
Putty: How you gonna start it?
It’s a synagogue for Christ’s sake. At least let me take my pants off.
ooh, they are playing in Potland tonight.. $15 at the door.. no raping fees
I always appreciate venues that permit on-site sales without extra charges — 9:30 Club, Fillmore, etc.
Off to Bela Fleck tonight at Yoshi’s – same thing, no charges for reserving tickets in advance and paying night of.
EFMF
Everyone knew that the McCain camp would begin pulling out all the stops right about now. The first act just started. It’s only going to get worse from here.
What about the other side, you ask? How is Obama going to make the most of the final weeks of this election? It looks like that instead of more negative ads, he just might go the other way. But everyone knows that making voters fear the other guy is what works in the home stretch. How do you possibly get anything out of a positive “change” ad?
Well, if you’re looking to turn around people in SW Virgina, for instance, you call on someone who is revered in that part of the country. Like maybe, perhaps, oh I don’t know…a bluegrass legend?
This is brilliant:
[TPM]
In case you were keeping score, David Byrne is no fan of the GOP presidential nominee either. He sang a short little ditty to that effect.
courtesy of dustyjumpwings
A sad, sad day for the Dude.
I can’t really describe how much Jerry Reed meant to me over the years. I must have listened to his greatest hits album more than any other in college. I still know the words to all those songs by heart. And let me tell you, they’re not easy songs to remember. Let’s just say Jerry had a knack for cramming alot of lyrics into very short songs.
Just the other night, I was with Elbows and our respective better-halves at The Green Turtle in Sneads Ferry, NC enjoying some dinner. Two guys were playing guitar and singing country songs. They entertained us with some Waylon, some Merle, and even a little Jimmy Buffett. They were taking requests and I thought about yelling out, “Jerry Reed!”. But I was too busy enjoying my She Crab Soup. Now I wish I had. I would’ve loved to hear some East Bound and Down.
I’m pretty busy at work right now…but I’ll probably expound on this later.
Until then…a moment of silence for the “Guitar Man”.
courtesy of thestranger
It’s sad to think that most people will remember him as Burt’s sidekick in the Smokey and the Bandit movies. A great accomplishment in and of itself but pales in comparison to songs he wrote and performed like “The Claw” and “Jerry’s Breakdown”. Jerry not only owned a guitar, he owned the guitar.
R.I.P. Good Sir. Your tunes will forever keep me rolling out and trucking.
Why is he wearing assless jeans in the second photo?
You shut your mouth when you’re talking about Jerry.
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