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07-04-2010, 08:36 AM
MadMan

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Originally Posted by Sycophant

http://www.whatnotstudios.com/shit/totoro01.jpg

Amazing. If I was one of those people, I'd be tempted to run up and high five the person in the costume.

All this Simpsons talk reminds me that I'm still going through the earlier seasons of the show, and I'm still stuck on Season 4. Regardless, I haven't watched much of the show's run over the past 10-15 years, so I doubt I've missed much. A couple of the newer episodes here and there, and while I laugh at them its obvious they lacked the quality of the earlier, far better ones.

Oh and Futurama is great, period. I wonder how the new season is shaping up-I haven't gotten a chance to watch any of it.
07-04-2010, 12:52 PM
Scar

Went to a friend's place last night to watch the UFC pay per view. Lot of great fights. The room was all for Brock in the main event, 'cept one. Well, Brock withstood one helluva pounding in the first round and submitted Corwin in the 2nd. Well, we'd all had quite a bit to drink, and my friend, who's a corrections officer and about 250 or so came to give me an exuberant hug, or so I thought. Next thing I know, he picks me up and does a double leg takedown. Usually not a problem, 'cept somehow in the process, my wallet goes out of my pocket, and when we land, my wallet is under my upper ribs. 450+ pounds flying down on one spot = just cracked ribs if I'm lucky.

But, hey. Brock won!
07-04-2010, 01:54 PM
[ETM]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadMan

Amazing. If I was one of those people, I'd be tempted to run up and high five the person in the costume.

It's... photoshopped.
07-04-2010, 02:07 PM
number8

By the way, it's 2010. Lisa should be married.
07-04-2010, 02:50 PM
Sven

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Originally Posted by Sycophant

I suspect I'll go back to the other eventually.

:sad:
07-04-2010, 03:54 PM
Ezee E

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Originally Posted by [ETM]

It's... photoshopped.

That takes all the fun out now.
07-04-2010, 04:08 PM
Kurosawa Fan

I've decided to combat the Gaga avs with an av of a performer who is actually deserving of respect.
07-04-2010, 04:30 PM
Skitch

If Futurama is average, you fuckers must be watching some pretty damn amazing shit I've never heard of. :)
07-04-2010, 05:29 PM
Milky Joe

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurosawa Fan

I've decided to combat the Gaga avs with an av of a performer who is actually deserving of respect.

Explain to me how this isn't deserving of respect.
07-04-2010, 05:38 PM
D_Davis

Sven and I had a blast last night. I got so drunk I fell down and ripped my jacket. Something like that hasn't happened in a really, really long time.
07-04-2010, 05:46 PM
[ETM]

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Originally Posted by Milky Joe

Explain to me how this isn't deserving of respect.

She was completely off my care-radar before I saw that and a few other "unplugged" performances.
07-04-2010, 05:50 PM
Spinal

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Originally Posted by Milky Joe

Explain to me how this isn't deserving of respect.

Awesome.
07-04-2010, 05:58 PM
amberlita

Quote:

Originally Posted by Milky Joe

Explain to me how this isn't deserving of respect.

Right. Whether or not you find her voice appealing, face attractive, songs grating, or style too bizarre, she deserves her success with skills like that.
07-04-2010, 06:41 PM
Kurosawa Fan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Milky Joe

Explain to me how this isn't deserving of respect.

It would be worthy of a lot more respect if she actually performed like that instead of relying on cheap attention-grabbing tactics and crappy, overcooked pop music.
07-04-2010, 07:04 PM
D_Davis

She's a great performer. I wish I liked her music more - I don't like it at all, really. In many ways, she reminds me of a modern day David Bowie. She sells an image and a persona, and she also has the musical chops to back it up.
07-04-2010, 07:09 PM
Dead & Messed Up

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurosawa Fan

It would be worthy of a lot more respect if she actually performed like that instead of relying on cheap attention-grabbing tactics and crappy, overcooked pop music.

I like the irony that she stealthily deploys talent when many aren't looking.
07-04-2010, 07:16 PM
number8

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurosawa Fan

It would be worthy of a lot more respect if she actually performed like that instead of relying on cheap attention-grabbing tactics and crappy, overcooked pop music.

But why?
07-04-2010, 07:18 PM
Acapelli

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Originally Posted by Kurosawa Fan

I've decided to combat the Gaga avs with an av of a performer who is actually deserving of respect.

then why do you have an av of regina spektor

ZONG
07-04-2010, 07:27 PM
Spinal

Regina Spektor is awesome, no question.

Of all the criticisms of Gaga, I think that the most reasonable are that:

a) her albums are overproduced
b) her songwriting is a bit shallow

However, considering all of the other stuff that she brings to the table, I find these things easy to forgive. She's still a young artist and has plenty of time to make more 'mature' records.
07-04-2010, 07:36 PM
MadMan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel Davis

Sven and I had a blast last night. I got so drunk I fell down and ripped my jacket. Something like that hasn't happened in a really, really long time.

Someday I'll get drunk with the two of you. Even though compared to you guys I'm probably a lightweight.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scar

Went to a friend's place last night to watch the UFC pay per view. Lot of great fights. The room was all for Brock in the main event, 'cept one. Well, Brock withstood one helluva pounding in the first round and submitted Corwin in the 2nd. Well, we'd all had quite a bit to drink, and my friend, who's a corrections officer and about 250 or so came to give me an exuberant hug, or so I thought. Next thing I know, he picks me up and does a double leg takedown. Usually not a problem, 'cept somehow in the process, my wallet goes out of my pocket, and when we land, my wallet is under my upper ribs. 450+ pounds flying down on one spot = just cracked ribs if I'm lucky.

But, hey. Brock won!

Hah, that's comedy. And hell yeah Brock won-I saw the fight at a friends' place as well. Dude is one bad mofo.

Quote:

Originally Posted by [ETM]

It's... photoshopped.

I figured that was the case....but I wanted it to be true.

Oh and because its the Forth of July and all, I'd like to post the hilarious quote from Dazed and Confused:

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Okay guys, one more thing, this summer when you're being inundated with all this American bicentennial Fourth Of July brouhaha, don't forget what you're celebrating, and that's the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes.
07-04-2010, 07:37 PM
Qrazy

So the ability to play one's own simply constructed orchestration on piano and sing along to it is all a musician has to do to deserve respect now? She has a decent voice but that doesn't change what a crap song that is and it is by no means a difficult piece to play on the piano. kthxbye.
07-04-2010, 07:41 PM
[ETM]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qrazy

So the ability to play one's own simply constructed orchestration on piano and sing along to it is all a musician has to do to deserve respect now? She has a decent voice but that doesn't change what a crap song that is and it is by no means a difficult piece to play on the piano. kthxbye.

In this day and age, having an actual voice and playing a honest-to-god instrument is so rare for a popular performer that, yes, it deserves respect.
It doesn't make their music better, but it does raise them above the hack level, where most reside permanently.
07-04-2010, 07:59 PM
Qrazy

Quote:

Originally Posted by [ETM]

In this day and age, having an actual voice and playing a honest-to-god instrument is so rare for a popular performer that, yes, it deserves respect.
It doesn't make their music better, but it does raise them above the hack level, where most reside permanently.

That's fair I suppose for a pop performer, but it's still a pretty sad state of affairs for musical culture in general. I'll put it this way, she's pretty good for a pop musician but pop musicians are generally quite terrible so in the musical community at large I do not believe she is especially worthy of respect.
07-04-2010, 08:35 PM
Watashi

Qrazy is just jealous.
07-04-2010, 08:42 PM
Milky Joe

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qrazy

So the ability to play one's own simply constructed orchestration on piano and sing along to it is all a musician has to do to deserve respect now? She has a decent voice but that doesn't change what a crap song that is and it is by no means a difficult piece to play on the piano. kthxbye.

Because things have to be difficult if they are to be good. Right, I get it, kthx.