MyDD :: Replace "It's a Tie!" with this ipod Shuffle Challenge

Replace "It's a Tie!" with this ipod Shuffle Challenge

by awobbly, Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 03:40:25 PM EST

Currently there is a diary on the recommended list titled "It's a Tie" which is being met with almost universal scorn. It apparently took only ten recs to get this diary 'recommended'. Instead of wasting time in the flame / snark war in that thread, I propose we replace it with something else with out substance, but that is not fueling the flames of discord. Let's hit shuffle!! Ten recs will get this on the list, 15 or so should push "It's a Tie" off!

UPDATE X 1; Hey!! It worked!! Thanks for all the recs!! I must go to work now, so I will leave you all to your musical day dreaming... UPDATE X 2; You folks have great taste in music!! I'm glad I could put a little fun in everyone's day... 4 hours, 160 comments, no TRs or flame wars. So, seriously, may I have my mojo returned now?

It's time to take a break from all the bickering. Turn on your ipod, (or zune or whatever), hit shuffle, and report the first ten songs that play. It's simple, it's fun, and you just might find some new music to groove to. Just follow the simple rules.

Hey, theres gotta be rules!!

Rule number one; Faithfully report the first ten songs that come up on random play. No Cheating! Maybe you forgot there was a copy of "Afternoon Delight" buried in the thousands of tracks on your ipod - well, tough titties, bucko! We all have skeletons in our ipods - embrace them!

Rule number two; If you have mojo and recs to give, you must give them with wild abandon, like a teenager on extasy. Go on, kiss everyone in the room... you know you want to!

Rule number three; Obey rules number one and two.

My ten for today are...

The Revolution Starts Now / Steve Earl
Yeah!! Great start!!

Dia luna...Dia Pena / Manu chao

Spray Paint / Black Flag

You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby / The Smiths
No Comment ;-)

InSide / Moby

Town Called Malice / The Jam
The Greatest UK band ever, IMHO

India / Roxy Music

Till Victory / Patti Smith

With a Hip / Echo and the Bunnymen

And #10...

Andy Warhol / David Bowie

On your mark. get set, REC!!

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Tin Pan Alley...it's the roughest place in town! (2.00 / 9)

At least this isn't nonsense!

Right now I'm in the midst of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's "Couldn't Stand the Weather" album. As soon as I'm finished, I'll do ten on shuffle. But I ain't interrupting the late, great SRV.

No way. No how. No McCain.

by freedom78 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 03:45:10 PM EST

Re: Tin Pan Alley...it's the roughest place in tow (2.00 / 11)

Alright...here's my list.

#1: Tangerine - Led Zeppelin

#2: Beautiful Death - Wintersun
---haven't listed to this album for awhile, but it's been on my last two Top 10 shuffle diary responses...maybe it's a hint from itunes!

#3: Blessed - Elton John

#4: God Gave Rock n' Roll to You - KISS

#5: Misery - Loaded

#6: Call of the World - Black Sabbath

#7: When I'm Sixty-Four - The Beatles

#8: The Scorpion Sleeps - Rob Zombie

#9: Jumping Jack Flash - Peter Frampton

#10: Wake Up Dead in a Garbage Can - Hardcore Superstar
---Anyone who likes glam punk infused hard rock and has NOT checked out this band...you're missing out!

No way. No how. No McCain.

by freedom78 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:11:40 PM EST
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Re: Tin Pan Alley...it's the roughest place in tow (2.00 / 9)

I have checked it out... Hardcore superstar rocks!!!

Bush murders soldiers for profit. McCain wants to wet his beak.

by awobbly on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:21:18 PM EST
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Re: Tin Pan Alley...it's the roughest place in tow (2.00 / 2)

Mojo for good taste!

No way. No how. No McCain.

by freedom78 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 07:48:33 PM EST
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Rules? Did somebody say rules? (none / 0)

Cause Black Sabbath, 'Hand of Doom' effin RULEZ!

What you gonna do? Time's caught up with you
Now you wait your turn, you know there's no return
Take your written rules, you join the other fools
Turn to something new, now it's killing you

First it was the bomb, Vietnam napalm
Disillusioning, you push the needle in
From life you escape, reality's that way
Colours in your mind satisfy your time

Oh you, you know you must be blind
To do something like this
To take the sleep that you don't know
You're giving Death a kiss,
Oh, little fool now

Your mind is full of pleasure
Your body's looking ill
[ Find more Lyrics at www.mp3lyrics.org/vBk ]
To you it's shallow leisure
So drop the acid pill, don't stop to think now

You're having a good time baby
But that won't last
Your mind's all full of things
You're living too fast
go out enjoy yourself
Don't bottle it in
You need someone to help you
To stick the needle in, yeah

Now you know the scene, your
skin starts turning green
Your eyes no longer seeing life's reality
Push the needle in, face death's sickly grin
Holes are in your skin, caused by deadly pin

Head starts spinning 'round, you
fall down to the ground
Feel your body heave, Death's hands starts to weave
It's too late to turn, you don't want to learn
Price of life you cry, now you're gonna die!

http://www.tinphapk46.org/hungbeo/Music/ Black%20Sabbath%20-%20Paranoid/6.%20Hand %20Of%20Doom.mp3

by DaveDial on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 10:24:06 PM EST
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Re: Tin Pan Alley...it's the roughest place (2.00 / 7)

Rec the other diaries too until "It's a tie" is gone. "We Have a Nominee" deserves it. "It's not a tie" is pretty short, but sends a direct signal of rejection to "It's a tie". "Hillary Rosen..." deserves a rec. you get the point.

by JustJack on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:42:48 PM EST
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Cute.... (2.00 / 7)

I rec'ed not this, but rather everything else on the rec list as well as alegre's last post.

While I know alegre is still vigorously in support of Clinton and highly in doubt of Obama's ability to win, that piece was in my humble opinion a beautiful tribute and had the benefit of bearing some connection to reality. Personally I'd much prefer to see it on the rec list.

by Exhausted Pennsylvanian on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 03:47:07 PM EST

Re: Cute.... (2.00 / 6)

How are the airfares from your reality to the rest of ours'? I'd think gas prices would really hurt, if you're a commuter!

No way. No how. No McCain.

by freedom78 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:04:44 PM EST
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Re: Cute.... (2.00 / 11)

Calm down there, friend. I'd already relented and recced this by the time I you replied.

If you're referring to the defense of algere, I stand behind the statement that I'd prefer to see "I still support Clinton and isn't she still an amazing person" to "She's TIED!!!"

If you're referencing my comment being a bit of a buzzkill, guilty as charged. In the sprit of party unity, I rec you, and here are the embarrassing first 10 things that came up on my iTunes playlist.

"Show Me," Seal (oof)
"Let Go", Frou Frou (well, better, but oof)
"New Day", Kate Havnevik (yes, I watch Grey's Anatomy)
"January Friend", Goo Goo Dolls
"Monkey & Bear", Joanna Newsom (I own this song?)
"Urgency", Tilly & The Wall (I do like these guys)
"Kissing The Lipless", The Shins
"Reasons Why", Nickel Creek
"O Death", Ralph Stanley ("Oh, Brother Where Art Thou" Soundtrack)
"Warmer Climate (Bonus Track)", Snow Patrol

Here's to a "warmer climate" among Democrats due to party unity, and while we're at it, to slowing the warmer climate due to climate change.

by Exhausted Pennsylvanian on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:21:07 PM EST
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Re: Cute.... (2.00 / 5)

I think the most fun aspect of 'shuffle' is that "I own that?" moment!

Bush murders soldiers for profit. McCain wants to wet his beak.

by awobbly on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:22:55 PM EST
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Re: Cute.... (2.00 / 4)

i <3 the Shins.

[and greys anatomy; mojo for you]

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:21:38 PM EST
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Re: Cute.... (none / 0)

Fair enough.

I return your mojo, and apologize for a sometimes quick temper.

No way. No how. No McCain.

by freedom78 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 07:35:28 PM EST
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Re: Cute.... (2.00 / 4)

watch the vid. its a 90 yr. old lady explaining why she supports Hillary. she said something to the effect, she can polish America back to Gold. it was cute, the old lady was i mean.

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:22:59 PM EST
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Sorry for the hide rate. (none / 0)

It was a slip of my mouse.

the third eye does not weep. it knows.

by mijita on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 09:55:05 PM EST
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Re: (2.00 / 13)

I've had Winamp on my computer on shuffle for the past 2 hours, does that count? This was my last 10 songs:

At the Drive In - Doorman's Placebo

Boards of Canada - Base Free

Chrono Trigger (Video game soundtrack) - Dream of Zeal

Sigur Ros - Takk

Charlotte Martin - Four Walls

Ani DiFranco - Independence Day

Mogwai - Mogwai Fear Satan

M83 - On a White Lake Near a Green Mountain

M83 - Slight Night Shiver

Ani DiFranco - Little Plastic Castles

I love random play and not knowing what comes next. :D

John McCain hates terrorists, except the ones that hate women. Those are just swell.

by terra on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 03:49:17 PM EST

Re: (2.00 / 4)

M83, Mogwai, Sigur Ros and Boards of Canada on the same iPod? How eclectic!

Kidding.

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:04:22 PM EST
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Re: (2.00 / 4)

All four were new to me... pretty cool, thanks for sharing!

Bush murders soldiers for profit. McCain wants to wet his beak.

by awobbly on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:17:17 PM EST
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faneffingtastic list (2.00 / 4)

anything with ani and sigur ros gets mojo from me. =)

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by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:47:21 PM EST
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ipod Shuffle Challenge (2.00 / 8)

"The Fool" - The Old 97's
"To Call My Own" - Golden Smog
"Wild Flowers" - Ryan Adams
"Symphony #10" - Mahler
"Memories of East Texas" Michelle Shocked
"Cindy" - Bill Monroe
"I Walk the Line" - Johnny Cash
"Cinnamon Girl" - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
"Powerhouse" - Don Byron
"That'll be the Day" - Buddy Holly

by reconad on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 03:54:39 PM EST

Kudos (2.00 / 1)

for Mahler #10 and Powerhouse. (I've been whistling Powerhouse obsessively since Firedoglake youtubed it.)

by Dumbo on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 07:16:50 PM EST
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here we go (2.00 / 9)

1) Kung - Phish 12/2/03. The 20th anniversary show. We can stage a runaway golf cart marathon!

2) Breeze - PGroove 5/27/06

3) Pebbles and Marbles - Trey Anastasio Band 5/21/02. I'm not a big Trey solo band fan but I loved this song. I wasn't surprised to discover that it would become a Phish vehicle.

4) I Am Hydrogen - Phish 11/22/97. Last time all Dead, this time all Phish

5) Jam - Phil and Trey 10/28/06. The Dead's bassist and Phish's guitarist in a free form band in Las Vegas.

6) Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac Rumours. Wow! A studio track. Didn't Clinton (Bill) use this one as his campaign tune?

7) Big River - Grateful Dead 9/19/90. As I wrote last time, a great show this was

8) Teakwood Betz - Perpetual Groove 1/5/07. Ah, a show on the beloved Jam Cruise. Horrible for the environment but such a great time.

9) It Starts Where It Ends - Brock Butler 1/6/06. My iTunes is having a Pgroove moment; Brock is their guitarist.

10) Taste - Phish 7/30/03. The song right before the dark, scary Twist. Oh well.

Beat McCain!

by thezzyzx on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 03:55:06 PM EST

hippy (2.00 / 4)

heh.

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by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:47:48 PM EST
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Re: hippy (none / 0)

Me? NEVER!

...ok maybe a little.

Beat McCain!

by thezzyzx on Thu Jun 05, 2008 at 08:27:19 AM EST
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eh. (2.00 / 11)

"and don't the kids just love it" - Television Personalities

"The River" - PJ Harvey

"Leave My Heart Alone" - Martha and the Vandellas

"Men at Work" - Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo

"Cherry Cherry" - Neil Diamond (ouch)

"Twilight" - The Raveonettes

"Don't Throw your Ashtrays at Me!" - The Swell Maps

"Bulletproof Wallets" - Raekwon

"W.A.S.P" - Black Sabbath

"It's the Girl That Makes Him Sad" - Louis the XIV

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:02:51 PM EST

Re: eh. (2.00 / 5)

That's a mighty diverse list!

Bush murders soldiers for profit. McCain wants to wet his beak.

by awobbly on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:10:00 PM EST
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Re: eh. (2.00 / 5)

Thanks. I'm a DJ.

Everyone in my neighborhood is a DJ.

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:29:57 PM EST
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Re: eh. (2.00 / 7)

Yeah, I hear there's a lot of that going around...;-)

Bush murders soldiers for profit. McCain wants to wet his beak.

by awobbly on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:36:22 PM EST
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Re: eh. (2.00 / 7)

Louis the XIV, is super badass. saw them in Vegas. the lead singer was drunk off his ass, and I got an autograph after the show when he was hitting up the bar.

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:25:43 PM EST
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Re: eh. (2.00 / 6)

Louis xiv was new to me... thanks for the tip!

Bush murders soldiers for profit. McCain wants to wet his beak.

by awobbly on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:30:33 PM EST
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tips for pj harney (2.00 / 4)

and don't say "ouch" to neil diamond! be proud of that, dude. he's a great songwriter.

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by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:16:12 PM EST
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i swear i know how to spell (2.00 / 1)

h-a-R-v-e-y. ug.

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by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 06:32:39 PM EST
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iPhone Shuffle engaged (2.00 / 11)

The Black Keys "10 A.M. Automatic"
Weezer "Say it Ain't So"
Ray LaMontagne "Jolene"
Elton John "My Father's Gun" (from the Elizabethtown Soundtrack -- not that that makes it much better)
Ryan Adams "Somehow, Someday"
Death Cab for Cutie "Transatlanticism"
Patty Griffin "Moon River" (damn you Elizabethtown)
Bob marley & the Wailers "Redemption Song"
Rilo Kiley "The Good That Won't Come Out"
Ryan Adams "Sweet Lil Gal (23rd & 1st)"

by Tatan on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:05:55 PM EST

Re: iPhone Shuffle engaged (2.00 / 3)

Portions for foxes by Rilo Kiley is one of my favorites...

Bush murders soldiers for profit. McCain wants to wet his beak.

by awobbly on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:12:52 PM EST
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Re: iPhone Shuffle engaged (2.00 / 4)

Moon River? Dude that isn't just the Elizabethtown Soundtrack... it's the second Elizabethtown soundtrack!

Yes damn it. I know that.

And for the record Audrey Hepburn sang it best.

by CanuckinMA on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:58:55 PM EST
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Re: iPhone Shuffle engaged (2.00 / 5)

Busted. My shame knows no bounds.

by Tatan on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:14:34 PM EST
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Re: iPhone Shuffle engaged (2.00 / 3)

i love me some Death cab.

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:07:28 PM EST
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Re: iPhone Shuffle engaged (2.00 / 3)

Yeah.

The new album is really good. If you don't have it yet, check it out.

McCain = bad Obama = good

by CAchemist on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:13:01 PM EST
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MMmmmm MUSIC (2.00 / 8)

Muddy Waters - "Louisiana Blues"
Pleasure Web - "Music Man"
Air (with Beck) - "The Vagabond"
The Bomarr Monk - "Stickney"
Erik Satie - "Trois Nocturnes: Le Deuxieme"
Why? - "By Torpedo or Chron's"
The Wrens - "Joneses Rule of Sport"
Greenthink- "Noah Makehelp"
Deerhoof- "Adam Plus Eve Connection"
Apples in Stereo - "The Oasis"

mmmm music

John McCain wants to stay in Iraq.

by ihaveseenenough on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:06:30 PM EST

Here you go (2.00 / 9)

Let Down - Radiohead
Take A Bow - Muse
Pink Bullets - The Shins
The Water - Feist
Steam Engenius - Modest Mouse
Matchbox - The Kooks
Maybe Sparrow - Neko Case
Psychobabble - Frou Frou
Ambition - The Doves
15 Step - Radiohead

McCain = bad Obama = good

by CAchemist on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:06:41 PM EST

Re: Here you go (2.00 / 3)

Cool stuff!!

Bush murders soldiers for profit. McCain wants to wet his beak.

by awobbly on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:13:57 PM EST
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Re: Here you go (2.00 / 4)

you got some nice stuff!

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:20:29 PM EST
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Re: Here you go (2.00 / 4)

Thanks.

This was a good idea. It is a little strange though because I often feel music preferences are more inherently personal than politics. So we are all revealing little parts of ourselves on this thread.

McCain = bad Obama = good

by CAchemist on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:57:02 PM EST
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Re: Here you go (2.00 / 3)

very true. the music you listen to does say alot about your self and what I can see from the thread is we have a bunch of classy people here.

[curiously, are you really a chemist?]

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 06:03:44 PM EST
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Re: Here you go (2.00 / 3)

yeah, I really am a chemist. I am going for my phd and trying to convince all my coworkers to vote Obama at the same time.

McCain = bad Obama = good

by CAchemist on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 06:31:13 PM EST
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Re: Here you go (2.00 / 2)

thats super cool. me and my sister are too. [apparantly my family breeds chemists] shes working on her masters and Im trying to finish up my bachelors.

surprisingly all the 'chemists' I know are split.

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 06:45:56 PM EST
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tipping for feist! (2.00 / 3)

because she is AMAZING. LOVE what she can do with her voice. the little things she does down in the back of her throat as she sings... i don't think many people really pick up on that, but as a vocalist i appreciate her talent.

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by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:17:40 PM EST
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Re: tipping for feist! (2.00 / 3)

She really is very good. Embarrassed to say I noticed her from an ipod commercial. Then I saw her on Colbert playing acoustic and I was hooked.

McCain = bad Obama = good

by CAchemist on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:55:00 PM EST
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it's ok (2.00 / 2)

the commercial was my first exposure to her solo stuff. i was into broken social scene previously but had never heard her on her own. when she was on SNL a few months back i was totally utterly sold. i'm almost ashamed to admit i wasn't hip to her until recently but hey, better late than never. =)

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by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 06:33:53 PM EST
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My playlist, (2.00 / 6)

i have no mp3 player but i put my media player on shuffle:

1. A Call to Apathy- The Shins. ;;;nice pick media player

2. Track 21 (Dont know what its called)- Outkast;

3. Mall of America- Deseparecidos;; very anti cooperate america. anit war. sound bite: ['bury my blues so they wont be found, yeah..']

4.Happy Holidays you Bastard- Blink 182;; eehh. stop the punk, please, my ears they bleed.

5.You've Got her in your Pocket- the white stripes;; very nice acoustic guitar action, i must say.

6.B Quiet- Meriwether;; sound bite:['a feeling that you will never know...']

7. Delivery- Erase Errata;; eesh chopping quitar. this is like a poem to incoherent music.

8.The Trial of the Century- The French Kicks;; very nice, so indy. ohh theres a breakdown, 2/3 through. soudbite: [yeah youuu coomeee to miinndd]

9.Anything(acoustic)- Plain White t's;; i hate the plain white t's. its not even acoustic. why put that in the title, they are so dishonest. im skipping, i cant listen to this all the way through.

10.The Saddest Song- The Ataris;; Piano infused ballad of something reminisent of the singers child that he abandoned. he is asking his child to forgive him for not being around or in his life. que sad.

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:19:20 PM EST

Re: My playlist, (2.00 / 2)

Nice list!

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:31:17 PM EST
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tipping for mutual plain white t's hatred, heh (2.00 / 1)

Visit us at TexasKAOS, where we're taking Texas back!

by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:18:23 PM EST
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Re: My playlist, (2.00 / 2)

tipped for "You've got her in your pocket"

Such a sweet, sweet song.

Two riders were approaching......the wind begins to howl!

by John in Chicago on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:27:01 PM EST
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Shuffle List (2.00 / 9)

1)Where Boys Fear To Tread - Smashing Pumpkins
2)Raid - Madvillain
3)Fakin' It - Simon & Garfunkel
4)Into The Summer - The Screwdrivers
5)Boat Song - Gary Jules
6)Oldman - John Butler Trio
7)Lively Up Yourself - Bob Marley & The Wailers
8)Paranoid Android - Radiohead
9)Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
10)Fire And Heights - Matisyahu

Well, that could have been a lot more embarrassing let me tell you...

by CanuckinMA on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:27:12 PM EST

tipping for jewish rappers =) (2.00 / 2)

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by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:18:44 PM EST
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nice list! (2.00 / 3)

My neighbor played 'Smooth Criminal' a couple of days ago... LOUD... like, twenty times in a row. Seriously.

Bush murders soldiers for profit. McCain wants to wet his beak.

by awobbly on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:33:17 PM EST

Re: nice list! (2.00 / 3)

hahaa. michaels Jackson;s song can be played that many times and never get old.

I do the same thing except with 'Beat IT". i could listen to that song over and over and over again. classic.

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:38:10 PM EST
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Re: nice list! (2.00 / 3)

I had a roommate who until I made her stop played "you wanna be starting something" at 7AM as loud as the stereo would go.

This was the same roommate that I heard literally sobbing - SOBBING! - in the shower when her kitten went into heat, escaped, and was found lounging around later with a big tom cat.

Her cat has a myspace page. (The cat was awesome btw - liked me better than her. She'd come upstairs to where I slept and would get under the covers with me with her head poking out.)

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:47:44 PM EST
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Re: nice list! (2.00 / 1)

hahhaaa. crazy roommate stories are always funny!

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:50:09 PM EST
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this is precisely why (2.00 / 1)

i cannot listen to the smashing pumkins anymore, a band i adore. i had a room mate back in the early 90s who played them every. single. hour. of. every. freaking. day.

sucks, cause i used to LOVE rocket. can't even stand to listen to it anymore.

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by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 06:35:27 PM EST
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Re: nice list! (2.00 / 3)

Yeah some of these playlists are a little suspect... methinks there's some song skipping afoot!

... or you guys are all depressingly cool...

by CanuckinMA on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:45:51 PM EST
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Here's mine (2.00 / 8)

-Rock-n-Roll Pizzeria by Less than Jake
-Territorial Pissing by Nirvana (off With the Lights out)
-Idioteque by Radiohead
-Fast as You Can by Fiona Apple (first really random one)
-River Tricks Early by Greg Edmonson (Firefly)
-Psycho Boy Jack by the Dust Brothers off the Fight Club Score
-Crackity Jones (live) by the Pixies 12/4/04 in Manitoba
-Bargain by the Who
-Illegal Left by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
-Hard F***ing by Tenacious D (not actually a song so...)
-What is Life? by George Harrison

McCain = Iraq. John McCain = overturn Roe.

by PantsB on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:38:02 PM EST

Idioteque... (2.00 / 5)

That is now officially my new favorite word!!!

Bush murders soldiers for profit. McCain wants to wet his beak.

by awobbly on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:43:20 PM EST
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lol (2.00 / 2)

i have everything on your list except for greg edmondson (never heard of him... to the google i go!) and tenacious d.

tipping for fiona the goddess. =) fast as you can is one of my all time favorite fiona tracks. the breakbeats, damn, just awesome!

Visit us at TexasKAOS, where we're taking Texas back!

by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:20:04 PM EST
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Shiny! (2.00 / 3)

Mojo for having the Firefly soundtrack on there!

by Paul Simon Democrat on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:47:54 PM EST
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Concur (2.00 / 4)

'cause sometimes we all need to aim to misbehave

by CanuckinMA on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 06:44:26 PM EST
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okay. (2.00 / 4)

Wals Voor Pollee - House Band
Stagger Lee - Nick Cave
Wherever I May Roam - Metallica
Molloy's Favorite - Leo Rowsome
The Mountain Road Reel - Denis Murphy
Winding Roads of Advance - James Kelly
Galway Hornpipe - John Carty
An Droimeann Donn Dilis = Seamus Ennis
Ballyogan - Lunasa
The Green Blanket - Teada

by reenactor on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:45:58 PM EST

Re: okay. (2.00 / 2)

Stagger Lee kicks ass!!

Bush murders soldiers for profit. McCain wants to wet his beak.

by awobbly on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:27:41 PM EST
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Re: okay. (2.00 / 1)

Hey Reenactor, you wouldn't happen to play Irish music, would ya?

"No matter what happens, I will work for the nominee of the Democratic Party because we must win in November." -Hillary Clinton

by fugazi on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 07:22:54 PM EST
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Re: okay. (none / 0)

Yep, fiddle player. You? Here's some sounds:

http://www.cdbaby.com/culchies
http://www.myspace.com/oghamduo
http://www.reverbnation.com/ogham

by reenactor on Thu Jun 05, 2008 at 12:39:15 PM EST
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Re: okay. (none / 0)

Very nice stuff. I like your playing. I also play Irish fiddle, and, strangely enough, I used to live in Milwaukee. Now in Northern Virginia.

"No matter what happens, I will work for the nominee of the Democratic Party because we must win in November." -Hillary Clinton

by fugazi on Thu Jun 05, 2008 at 02:36:31 PM EST
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My Shuffle (2.00 / 7)

"Her Brand New Skin" (Everclear)
"Parmi eux" (Deportivo)
"The Distance" (Cake)
"Naked Eye" (Luscious Jackson)
"Song 2" (Blur)
"Mama Said Knock You Out" (LL Cool J)
"911 is a Joke" (Public Enemy)
"Mysterious Ways" (U2)
"Sleep Now in the Fire" (Rage Against The Machine)
"Preaching the Blues" (Gun Club)

by baudelairien on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:47:54 PM EST

Re: My Shuffle (2.00 / 4)

Everclear is awesome, The Distance- one of my absolute favorites (Im a distance runner so its like an anthem), Mama said knowck you out--super badass song to pump you up, U2-what more can you say. u2 has been dominating the political scene as of late: Barack played it at his speech last night and Hillary has played them at the rally I saw her at.

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:59:46 PM EST
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A distance runner? (2.00 / 2)

I only use my iPod when I go running (short distances -- usually less than 5 miles), so all of the songs I load onto it are intended to keep me moving along. This particular shuffle is a pretty representative sample.

by baudelairien on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 06:02:48 PM EST
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Re: A distance runner? (2.00 / 2)

me too! music and/or a good friend are usually essential to my runs.

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 06:05:47 PM EST
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yay! (2.00 / 7)

Hit the plane down - Pavement
Genius - Kings of Leon
Shark - Ash
Head down - Soundgarden
Everybody knows you cried last night - the Fratellis
Hey - the Pixies
Stop, drop and roll - Deathray
I'm finding it harder to be a gentleman - the White Stripes
Casmir Pulaski Day - Surfjan Stevens
Fat man - Jefro Tull

Hmmm, not many of the above I really enjoy, except the White stripes and Jefro Tull, but never mind.

Love these threads, will go back and tip everyone with awesome taste :D

by grass on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:52:21 PM EST

Re: yay! (2.00 / 1)

yay for kings of leon and the white stripes

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 06:06:25 PM EST
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shuffle play (2.00 / 9)

shuffle play:

Los Van Van - Esto te pone la cabeza mala
Charanga Habanera - Nube pasajera
Manolín - Somos lo que hay
Paulito FG - Laura
Klimax - Mira si te gusta
NG La Banda - La expresiva
Revé - La viuda
Azúcar Negra - Yo no me parezco a nadie
Bamboleo - Ya no hace falta
Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice

Oops - I think I've inadvertantly revealed my #1 reason for supporting Obama over Clinton.

McCain housing policy shaped by lobbyist.

by obsessed on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:54:22 PM EST

Heh, had to google those bands to understand (2.00 / 1)

your number one reason.

by grass on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:24:17 PM EST
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Re: shuffle play (2.00 / 3)

you like spanish music?

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:34:17 PM EST
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They're all from Cuba. (2.00 / 4)

by grass on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 06:02:27 PM EST
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Re: They're all from Cuba. (2.00 / 1)

ohhhh.

cool

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 06:18:47 PM EST
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Here's my website (with McCain links) (none / 0)

http://www.timba.com/artists/news/index. asp?page=johnmccain.htm

McCain housing policy shaped by lobbyist.

by obsessed on Thu Jun 05, 2008 at 05:47:30 PM EST
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OK: (2.00 / 9)

1. The Pogues, "Navigator"

Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone"
Warren Zevon, "Searching for a Heart"
Talking Heads, "Cool Water"
Zevon, "Werewolves of London"
Zevon, "Mutineer"
Talking Heads,"Swamp"
T-Bone Burnett, "Hefner and Disney"
Dylan, "Love Minus Zero/No Limit"
Mike Doughty, "I Just Want the Girl in the Blue Dress (To Keep on Dancing)"

Not very diverse, I know. I just loaded it last week -- it was a birthday gift.

Obama leads the popular vote too

by kellogg on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:54:59 PM EST

On second, thought, WRT that last song: (2.00 / 2)

I'd really prefer it if she sat down already.

Obama leads the popular vote too

by kellogg on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:56:32 PM EST
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Re: OK: (2.00 / 2)

mojo for talking heads.

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:35:09 PM EST
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Re: Replace "It's a Tie!" with (2.00 / 10)

Moo / Cow
Oink / Pig
Gobble gobble / Turkey
Moo / Cow
Quack / Duck
Moo/ Cow
Cock-a-doodle-doo / Rooster
Ribbit / Frog
Moo / Cow
Moo / Cow

Dangit, how come it keeps landing on Cow?!

by Johnny Gentle Famous Crooner on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:55:41 PM EST

I put my media player on shuffle to as my iPod is (2.00 / 7)

recharging.
#1: Nothing but Sunshine by Atmosphere
#2: Patience by K-os (very apt iTunes, very apt)
#3: I'm going slightly mad by Queen
#4: Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers (okay I love my iTunes right now it is on fire with good picks)
#5: T-Baggin-Ludacris (I take that back, this skit is stupid and i am deleting it now)
#6: Player's Ball by OutKast (good old school pick)
#7: Ode to Joy
#8: Crabukkit by K-os (this song has an awesome sax solo)
#9: Hair by Atmospehere (what is up with my iTunes and the repeats of 2 different artists?)
#10: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding (I am embarrassed but I love the whistling)

Student Guy=JoeMentum. No really Student Guy=JoeMentum, after all JoeMentum was an embarrassment so is Student Guy. This sig is FAIL!!

by Student Guy on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:55:52 PM EST

Re: I put my media player (2.00 / 3)

k-os is super cool. I was somewhat pissed that he stole my name, but I let it slide cause he spelled it different.

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:02:43 PM EST
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Re: I put my media player on shuffle to as my iPod (2.00 / 3)

Good to see another hip hop head on here... though my mix would suggest otherwise, lol... but K-os is def in the mix

Good playlist

by cornbreadprogressive on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:05:58 PM EST
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Re: I put my media player on shuffle to as my iPod (none / 0)

Big mojo for Atmosphere

by Jay R on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 08:30:05 PM EST
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my list (2.00 / 7)

i don't have an ipod shuffle but i do have a shuffle feature on my media player. that being said, i've got mostly old shite on this puter, so here goes:

freestyle - don't stop the rock
lords of acid - i sit on acid
debbie deb - look out weekend
kaiser cheifs - every day i love you less and less
tori amos - don't make me come to vegas
ministry - effigy
cetu javu - have in mind
the jam - strange town
bollock brothers - harley david
ani difranco - hello birmingham

Visit us at TexasKAOS, where we're taking Texas back!

by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 04:58:38 PM EST

Re: my list (2.00 / 3)

ur hilarious.

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:03:37 PM EST
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explain yourself, missy! (2.00 / 3)

;^)

what do you mean hilarious? i bring no funny to this thread!!!

Visit us at TexasKAOS, where we're taking Texas back!

by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:25:47 PM EST
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Re: explain yourself, missy! (2.00 / 2)

i've got mostly old shite on this puter

emphasis on puter.

hahaa. it sounded hilarious to me.

[im working on my oldy here so I can relate.]

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:38:20 PM EST
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oh lordy (2.00 / 1)

would you believe it took me this long to realise how funny that was? was @ work earlier when posting and my head was all over the place.

LMAO

now that i'm home, i hit the "party shuffle" on the good computer, and here's what it spit out:

love & rockets - mirror people
scissor sisters - land of a thousand words
tones on tail - there's only one
tribalistas - je sai namorar
franz ferdinand - tell her tonight
go gos - head over heels
robert miles - princess of light
grandmaster flash & the furious five - super rappin'
neil young - human highway
arrested development - tennessee
madonna - justify my love (william orbit mix)
book of love - i touch roses
abba - knowing me knowing you
the promise (razormaid mix)
hole - credit in the straight world
afrika bambaataa - zulu nation throwdown

i ask you alyssa chaos, because only you will know, what does this list say about me? lol

Visit us at TexasKAOS, where we're taking Texas back!

by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 08:00:00 PM EST
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Re: oh lordy (2.00 / 1)

you got style, kid. and you are quite possbily my hero.

[golf clap everyone]

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 08:30:32 PM EST
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Re: my list (2.00 / 2)

Haha - "With Sympathy" is such a guilty pleasure.

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:49:58 PM EST
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isn't it (2.00 / 1)

i know al j. HATES it with a burning fiery hot passion (i believe he called it "an abortion of an album" or something like that), but there's something about it that just brings back memories. =)

Visit us at TexasKAOS, where we're taking Texas back!

by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 06:37:36 PM EST
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Best Mid-Week, Post-Election, Afternoon Diary... (2.00 / 5)

EVER!

1. March of Death: DJ Shadow and Zach Dela Rocha

The Questions: Mos Def, Common
Officially Missing You: Talib Kweli, Tamia
I Know You Got Soul: Eric B and Rakim
Can We Talk: Tevin Campbell (LOL!)
Man in the Box: Alice in Chains
Who Can I Run To: Xscape
Get Up, Stand Up: Bob Marley
That's the Way Love Goes: Janet Jackson
Plush: STP

Hmm... Electic mix of sorts
90s R&B, Underground Hip Hop, Alternative, Old Skool, and Reggae(though Marley could be a category in and of himself)

by cornbreadprogressive on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:03:02 PM EST

Re: Best Mid-Week, (2.00 / 4)

DJ shadow?

damn you're a hipster.

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:05:35 PM EST
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WHoa now... (2.00 / 4)

I'd troll rate you for that one... haha

I'm no hipster. I live in Crown Heights, not Williamsburg, in Brooklyn. LOL

Didn't know DJ Shadow was big in the hipster scene... so would not knowing that make me a scenester, or am I a victim of the post-irony of their musical tastes?

Now had I said DJ Girl Talk... it'd be fair game.

I love everyone, but Brooklyn hipsters get on my damn nerves...

so ouch!

by cornbreadprogressive on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:09:58 PM EST
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Re: WHoa now... (2.00 / 4)

hahaa it would make you a 'scene kid' by Texas standards. haaha

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:16:03 PM EST
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Re: WHoa now... (2.00 / 2)

Yes... In fact I had to forward this thread to my boi out in Dallas, TX... we had a convo on BK v TX hipsters before, too.

I guess I need to by some apple products, tight jeans, a low-cut V neck white shirt, a pair of red throwback chucks and move to atoria or jackson heights, queens...

Then I'd be a New York scene-ster

lol.

Thax... you're comment made my afternoon!

by cornbreadprogressive on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:23:46 PM EST
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alyssa is right (2.00 / 1)

by texas standards you're a scenester. ;^)

of course, i don't think texas is that damn far behind everyone else, but boy do the hipsters here annoy me to no end. LOL

Visit us at TexasKAOS, where we're taking Texas back!

by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:27:40 PM EST
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Re: WHoa now... (2.00 / 2)

exactly. hahaa you wont need chucks but some crazy colored hightops that make your legs look like twigs. A hankerchief bandana wouldn't hurt you.

haaahaa.

by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:32:00 PM EST
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Re: WHoa now... (none / 0)

I'm still learning the idiosyncrasies of hipsterdom... so excuse me if the question comes off strange, but can people of color be represented in the hipster community? I know that some of the bboy, urban aesthetics are co-opted into the hipster culture... hence why I'm not completely surprised on being called hipster for a DJ Shadow collabo, but also why I was amused that I, an afro-filipino part of the hip hop community (and takes delight in raggin' on my hipster friends from the other side of BK) would be associated with hipsters when the only folks I know who listen to Shadow are backpack hip heads.

It was def a strange twist of irony brought to us by countercultural syncretisms...

I think I have a new thesis for cultural anthropology. LOL!

by cornbreadprogressive on Fri Jun 06, 2008 at 01:16:56 PM EST
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Re: WHoa now... (2.00 / 2)

DON'T MESS WITH WILLIAMSBURG!

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:50:35 PM EST
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Re: WHoa now... (2.00 / 2)

Sure we can! Sunset Park, suckers.

John McCain wants to stay in Iraq.

by ihaveseenenough on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 06:20:11 PM EST
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Re: WHoa now... (none / 0)

Trust me... if my ppls in Crown Heights wanna say something about Billy burg, we def will and get away with it... but in the end, we're all Brooklyn, even them damn gentrifying hipsters.

Spread love, its the Brooklyn way.

by cornbreadprogressive on Fri Jun 06, 2008 at 01:06:46 PM EST
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Here's my 10! (2.00 / 7)

Here's my ten. :)

"Act Naturally" Semisonic

"Evil Ways" Santana

"Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll" Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

"I Can't Decide" Scissor Sisters

"Why Aye Man" Mark Knopfler

"Leather" Tori Amos

"Short Skirt, Long Jacket" Cake

"Bent (Live)" Matchbox Twenty

"Catapult" R.E.M.

"The Fall of the World's Own Optimist" Aimee Mann

the third eye does not weep. it knows.

by mijita on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 05:03:17 PM EST

i <3 scissor sisters! (2.00 / 2)

from their show in dallas last year:

full set

Visit us at TexasKAOS, where we're taking Texas back!

by annatopia on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 06:10:04 PM EST
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Re: Here's my 10! (2.00 / 1)

Hey mijita - You put out a hide rating up thread, which I'm sure was a mistake... would you be amendable to removing it? I want my thread to be a happy thread :-)

Bush murders soldiers for profit. McCain wants to wet his beak.

by awobbly on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 08:36:13 PM EST
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Re: Here's my 10! (none / 0)

Yup, it was a bit of carelessness. And is now removed.

Thanks for pointing it out.

the third eye does not weep. it knows.

by mijita on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 09:56:35 PM EST
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Re: Here's my 10! (none / 0)

Thank you!

Bush murders soldiers for profit. McCain wants to wet his beak.

by awobbly on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 10:41:27 PM EST
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Cheers to spam overtaking fantasyland. C (2.00 / 5)