After-hours delight overflow thread
by DanUpBaby on Jan 22, 2010 1:39 AM EST
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jimmy johns > quiznos > subway
Heaven has brick walls and St. Peter is a red bird.
by EinFesteBusch on Jan 22, 2010 1:53 AM EST up reply actions
I like Quizno's more.
It has the best Veggie sandwich.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
ever try Potbelly's?
now there’s a disgusting sandwich. waaaay too greasy.
Heaven has brick walls and St. Peter is a red bird.
by EinFesteBusch on Jan 22, 2010 1:58 AM EST up reply actions
yeah they suck, they are out of the windy city
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
i'm pleased to say
there is no Potbelly’s in StL. I tried it first in DC. Once was enough, especially when there was a Five Guys right across the street.
Heaven has brick walls and St. Peter is a red bird.
by EinFesteBusch on Jan 22, 2010 2:01 AM EST up reply actions
We have Potbelly Deli here.
But I don’t think it’s the same from what you are describing.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
yeah, probably not
Heaven has brick walls and St. Peter is a red bird.
by EinFesteBusch on Jan 22, 2010 2:04 AM EST up reply actions
they do have decent milk shakes
i’ll give them that
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
i just said that
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
i was first on my screen
f’in sbn
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
yeah they are not down there either
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
rectastic...
I love that movie more than life itself.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
LeGrand's
for real
go there
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Jan 22, 2010 1:42 AM EST up reply actions
ummm then.....
moms deli?
cute highschool girls work there if that’s your thing
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Jan 22, 2010 1:45 AM EST up reply actions
the commenting is coming from inside the house?
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Jan 22, 2010 1:49 AM EST up reply actions
My friends used ot go to Mom's all the time.
I don’t remember if I went once. I went some place but I don’t know what it was.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
It was not Mom's!
But I really don’t know what it was.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
It was in the same complex.
It wasn’t just near it.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
No!
It was more restauranty and it was in Maplewood.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
downtown, on Manchester
or is that a shop’n’save?
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Jan 22, 2010 2:04 AM EST up reply actions
See I was making it up!
I think it is down the street from the Shop n Save. And we parked across the street.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
No it's not!
It was a restaurant. It had wooden walls. We went downstairs, we sat and the waitress took our orders, she brought out our food, a legit restaurant.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
el rancho? (¡ay carumba!)
the only mulitlevel restaurant I can think of in maplewood on manchester
theyre rare
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Jan 22, 2010 2:14 AM EST up reply actions
I believe you're probably thinking of
Michael’s, just across the border into Dogtown. Fantastic gyros at Michael’s, and it has a very old feel to the decor, as well as a very long, very low basement level dining room. It’s on Manchester.
Just down the street from Cusumano’s, Pantera’s, and the Schlafly Bottleworks. (Though technically I think Schlafly is actually on Southwest, come to think of it.)
Michael’s is pretty great, and I’d recommend it to anyone who thinks they might like to try Greek but don’t want to be locked into that.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:01 AM EST up reply actions
You sure?
That’s the only restaurant in the area I can think of where you park across the street. It’s on the same lot as a Big Lots, I believe? Maybe not. (The parking, that is, not the restaurant.)
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 2:56 PM EST up reply actions
It wasn't Greek.
There was a parking lot but it was full so we had to park across the street.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
I don't think that's what it looked like on the outside.
I asked one of my friends who was with us.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
So my friend said that is where we went.
But the pictures don’t look like what I remember but there weren’t any of the inside. I didn’t get a Greek feel when I was there though. Weird.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
do you know if their owners white sox fans
or wee bears fans? i know they are out of the windy city but i don’t know where their allegiances lie
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
For Chicago folks
I always assume mini bears until proven otherwise.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
which is why i won't eat there till i hear otherwise
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
But then you miss out on amazing things
like Portillo’s… that stuff is so amazing.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
there are two cities i just can't give my biz too
and i know i’m missing out on a lot, but i’m ok with that. it’s bean town & the windy city.
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I'm the same way
only with Bentonville, Arkansas.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Love Portillo's.
But Giordano’s is my favorite thing about Chicago. I have to eat there every time I go. I go about once a year.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
ugh
I hate deep dish pizza. Silverware should never factor into eating pizza.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
i've had pizza inn italian beef down in the bluff
and some other places that were really good.
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
for some reason women LOVE mom's deli
i’ve no idea why
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Jan 22, 2010 1:50 AM EST up reply actions
what are you in the mood for?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
coffee cartel in the CWE
makes a mean chicken salad sandwich.
Heaven has brick walls and St. Peter is a red bird.
by EinFesteBusch on Jan 22, 2010 1:50 AM EST up reply actions
I still say the best sandwich in St. Louis
is the Amighetti’s Special, but only from the one down by St. Andrew’s. The satellite ones they’ve tried over the years just don’t seem to hold up.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:03 AM EST up reply actions
find out if there is a heavenly ham
best sandwich in the freakin’ world. columbians, back me up on this
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
Nah he was looking for people
who have some marching powder… They are relentless.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Ah ha!
Adrian’s
always a good choice
I went to HS with Adriana’s grandson and always got great food for free there
they have great soup, run out of food early in the afternoon, and nobody knows about it
I need to go check it out again myself
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Jan 22, 2010 2:00 AM EST up reply actions
There is.
It’s down on Lindbergh, just south of Watson in Crestwood. Same complex as Fuddrucker’s and the Bread Co. and the Game Stop. Actually, I think it’s next to the game stop, if I remember correctly.
It’s on the inside of the strip, though, facing the parking lot of Marshall’s/Home Depot/Bridal Shop.
Good stuff.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:05 AM EST up reply actions
Is that a Heavenly Ham now?
Huh. That’s the old Honey-Baked Ham Store, isn’t it? I thought that was a Traffic Law place now.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
Nah, I just live down this way,
so I’m through there a whole lot more often than you. (Probably, anyway. I’m thinking you live somewhere northish in the city, though I could be wrong.)
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 2:16 PM EST up reply actions
Oh.
I thought you lived further north than that. I wonder why?
Oh, I remember. It had something to do with when we were talking about Ski in glass bottles, and the one gas station that carries it up in Baden. I was thinking you had mentioned/implied that was close to you.
My mistake.
And just so it doesn’t seem weird for me to ask where you live, I live in beautiful downtown Barnhart, just off Hwy. M. There. Now we’re even.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 23, 2010 3:06 AM EST up reply actions
HFS
®
that’s almost festus
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Yup.
It’s the middle of effing nowhere, is what it is. Unfortunately, this is where the homestead is, so I’m sort of stuck with it.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 23, 2010 3:56 AM EST up reply actions
hey that's better than ellsinore
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Oh yes.
I remember that.
I still prefer Honey Baked Ham.
Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
the BLT is the Mike Cameron of sandwiches
not flashy always good, if not great and as a result underated
all the good food places makes me miss the STL
and i haven’t even been to most of them. there’s really nothing out here that compares to all the good deli’s & sammich shops out there
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
i think i figured out why there's so many
it’s where the people are from, you have a big mix of italian, french, german, etc. all big food lovers. where is out here it’s just a big mix of nothing but some wierd polish/hillbilly/hoosier/hybrid that can’t cook to save their lives. also no one is from here, they are all from somewhere else. everyone in the STL is from the STL.
it’s all chain restaurants out here except for pizza. and there’s only two good pizza joints withing 20min of me even though there’s a crap ton of joints. and i’m not counting donatos. they suck ass.
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
skyline isn't chili, it's cat food
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
you asshole are making me crave me favorite combo now
BLT and a freakin big ol’ bowl of chili
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
BLT & chilli go well together?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
they go freakin awesome together
It’s gotta be a good quality BLT though
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
i've only had my own blt's, and the bread always ends up soggy
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
i've led a sheltered life
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I'll buy you a really great BLT at VEB day GDM
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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i'm not allowed to come, remember?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
oh yeah
and I was gonna invite this girl who has a thing for gingers
that curse just keeps on givin’
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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i need a drink
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
ya gotta have real crispy B
and real crispy L
and real crisp T
and it helps if the bread is nice and crispy too, so you can dip it in the chili
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
For some reason
seeing all this BLT talk has really put me in the mood for a reuben.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
I weep every time I think of reubens now,
ever since Houlihan’s stopped carrying it.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:06 AM EST up reply actions
I hate Houlihan's
There was one by where I used to work, and we’d go there every once in awhile. Everytime I went in I went through the menu about 5 times before realizing they still had nothing I wanted.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Really?
Weird. I’ve always been a big fan. And their Reubens were literally the best I’ve ever eaten, even better than that little Jewish deli over on Wydown whose name I can never remember.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:09 AM EST up reply actions
don't forget our underrated st. louis style thin crust pizza
deniers are kidding themselves or commies
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Jan 22, 2010 2:10 AM EST up reply actions
You're the only other person I've "talked" to who knows about black thorn's pizza
best crust in the world, delicious sauce to (lil bit spicy) but they never put enough on, gotta ask for extra
don’t forget about elicia’s, nobody does bacon on pizza better than elicia’s
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Jan 22, 2010 2:24 AM EST up reply actions
Louie's is really, really good, too.
My favorite delivery chicago style and mozz thin crust in town.
i'm so freaking hungry right now
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Talayna's is really good,
but their Caesar salad is the best thing in the restaurant.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:07 AM EST up reply actions
stl fail
louie’s is a chain
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Jan 22, 2010 2:28 AM EST up reply actions
whoops
different louie’s in mind, my bad
i’ve been there
spectacular chips if you can get em fresh
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Jan 22, 2010 2:35 AM EST up reply actions
oh and Joey B's is my new fave
bit pricy though
they have prosuitto!
"There's a lot of things we say that don't make sense to our viewers. Okay, primarily me." ~Al Hrabosky~
by YesWeOquendo on Jan 22, 2010 2:33 AM EST up reply actions
Elicia's
always tastes burnt to me.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:06 AM EST up reply actions
I used to go past it all the time
But never had the chance to try it out
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I am in denver so if I want
a Guanciale and Roma/Romaine on Romagnola I just hit Katherines or Rioja
I was gonna say Adriana's but someone mentioned it
Carl’s Deli on Clayton Rd – although just outside the city proper – is damn good and gives you plenty of bang for your buck. I always get a mix of pastrami and corned beef, hot, on a hoagie with muenster and spicy mustard. Awesome. Posh Nosh and Protzel’s Deli—both in Clayton—make awesome reubens. Actually, the best reuben I’ve ever had in STL (and I’ve tried a lot of them, I was once on a one year quest to find the best reuben) was at the Jack Buck Grill in the downtown MAC, where incidentally you can also find maybe the best wings in STL, although I love the wings at the Village Bar and Grill in Des Peres too (too small, but the sauce is incredible). And I see that you mentioned Blues City — solid choice, though I always need two of their sandwiches to fill me up, but they’re cheap enough that its not a big deal.
oh, and if you're being generous and counting
a greek gyro as a sandwich, may I suggest Gyro house in the Loop.
Good calls on all those.
As for wings, have you ever tried the tequila wings from Hammerstone’s in Clayton? I used to date one of the bartenders there and would have the wings every time I went in to pick her up. (Of course, I would always show up about half an hour before she was ready to go on purpose, just so she would toss some wings my way ’til her shift was over.)
Looking back, I think losing the wings was much worse than not seeing her anymore. Shelly was incredibly hot but unfortunately vapid, but the wings were delicious all the way through.
Wow. I’m a bastard. Hmph.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
join the club
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Wait.
Hammerstone’s in Clayton? What the hell was that?
Hammerstone’s is in Soulard. I have no idea why I typed Clayton. Or why I didn’t notice it until just now. That’s bizarre.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 23, 2010 3:09 AM EST up reply actions
Ank....
22 HR .302 OBP
Royals best hitter
by I miss Jack Buck on Jan 22, 2010 1:53 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Tennis fans:
John Isner is really damn tall
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'
people are actually fans of tennis?
i guess it makes sense considering that people get paid to play tennis, but who here actually know someone who is a fan of tennis? i mean, really
"Moneyball: It's kind of like communism."
So what you're saying, DanUp...
is that Pete Rose could still make the Taiwanese HOF?
Heaven has brick walls and St. Peter is a red bird.
not only that, it is actually called the pete rose hall of fame and museum and sportsbook
by DanUpBaby on Jan 22, 2010 2:04 AM EST up reply actions 6 recs
haha
rec’d
Heaven has brick walls and St. Peter is a red bird.
by EinFesteBusch on Jan 22, 2010 2:08 AM EST up reply actions
rec'd
* is an Asshat
Also, Dave Concepcion.
by RiverRat on Jan 22, 2010 2:05 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
You know Danup it is a poverty
that guys like you with your understanding of value and statistical breakdown are so far removed from the HOF voting process. I have never read a truly great breakdown from a vast majority of the assbags that have a vote but your stuff is consistently entertaining and informative so thanks for that.
who are you again?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I jus can not believe nobody has grabbed Wang yet
if you had told be that on January 22 Wang would just be hanging out there without a single nibble I just wouldn’t have saw it coming. 6ly all why doesn’t anyone want Wang?
I mean what guy
would not want Wang around? Everything about Wang is awesome, in fact would say that Wang is devine
every night is fantasy night in the F house
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
....
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
by gdm426 on Jan 22, 2010 2:40 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Once again
I’ll rec any SuperTroopers reference. It’s what I do.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
JEBUS
have you taken over the top commenting spot, or is HL still out in front?
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
no kidding. wasn't it just last month i tripped 25K?
and HL’s sitting at 25946 right now
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I just looked at my stats
and saw I have 63xx and I started posting somewhere in April. That’s probably a sign I have a bit of a problem and need a life.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
by the ASG next season you might just pass up gdm
so at least you have that goin for ya
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
But I'm chasing a moving target
and it’s not a slow moving target either…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
if i get a job, i'm sure i'll disappear for a while
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Same here.
I’ve almost perfected my vampire sleeping schedule… went to bed at 615 this morning and woke up 315 this afternoon.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
i hate this schedule & i hate having nothing to do
f’ing bastards should hire me already.
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I know the feeling.
Although with what I do I’m pretty much dead in the water til spring. So I’ve resigned to being a waste of space for awhile…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
You guys are all remarkably chatty, apparently.
I’m still not quite at 2900, and I joined in 2006. I must not have nearly as much to say as I think I do.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:20 AM EST up reply actions
You can say what you're thinking
I talk way too much on here.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Not what I was thinking at all.
Just marvelling, really. When I really think about it, though, I guess I’m not all that active on a consistent, everyday basis. I’m almost never around for game threads and the like, and that seems to be where people usually run their totals up in a hurry.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:24 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah I didn't really have much going on last summer
except that game threads and drinking so…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
i used to only talk in game threads
because no one in the day threads would talk to me
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Seeing how recent events have gone
I think that problem fixed itself.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
thank the GOB's some fellow drunks have found VEB
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I happened upon it by random chance
I was reading something about the Cardinals somewhere else and they had some people in the know give opinions on some crazy topic. And one of them was from some blog called vivaelbirdos so I wandered over here to see what all the fuss was about.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Kind of like a pitcher plant, isn't it?
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:54 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
After a quick google search
to figure out what the hell you were talking about… yes.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
that's f'in awesome man
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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Arigato.
I was rather proud of it.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:57 AM EST up reply actions
That's probably true.
You wanna talk word count? Ain’t no one can do that shit like the Baron, baby.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 12:02 PM EST up reply actions
Oh those poor SOBs over at Royals Review
devil fingers has it figured out
Ankiel has upside as a trade chip, you know, if gets off to a hot start. Unfortunately, one of the few remaning GMs stupid enough to fall for that already runs the team Ankiel just signed with.
Is baseball talk allowed in this thread?
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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those bastards are a lost cause
they have a pic up with the Dick-stache in all its glory, and the have the nerve to call it creepy!
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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well they are royals fans
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
That's awesome
I mean, I feel bad for devil_fingers. And Pos. But I look forward to what they will write about Ank.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
What the hell, guys?
I put up a cogent, fully-formed (if a bit rushed), team preview yesterday, and I got less than 300 comments, and today we’ve got a total of like 1500? What the what?
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I was so disappointed in VEB yesterday
that has to be a record low # of comments for a wednesday thread
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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I've tried to be good, I've tried to do actual baseball-y stuff, and this is the thanks I get?
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:33 AM EST up reply actions
what have we learned?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
don't ever hold back rb, don't ever do it!
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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Yeah, that's my thought too.
Shit’s about to get real.
(Holds microphone out at arm’s length, drops it, then walks off stage.)
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:37 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
YES!
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I like how Tyson
was basically doing the whole Alfred Molina in Boogie Nights thing, and no one ever points it out.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:47 AM EST up reply actions
I meant specifically the trope of
stopping someone right in the middle of the song to enjoy their favourite part while doing some odd bit of physical business. Molina does it on the build-up to the chorus on Sister Christian; Tyson does the air-drumming breakdown on In the Air Tonight.
You’re right, though, Molina was just completely out of his mind. I should really go watch that movie.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 12:04 PM EST up reply actions
um, i got nothing here red except you can't predict veb
you just gotta take it as it comes in all it’s glory
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i'm sure the pic of the kid didn't help matters
that little bugger creeps me the f out
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
HFS
I was wrong about The Phantom being the lamest movie ever, Comedy Central is airing National Lampoon’s Stoned Age, and it is making me want to blow my f’in head off
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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Apple.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:23 AM EST up reply actions
I had one of those.
Early adoption was a bastard, because that thing never did work properly. Yeah, it seemed cool, but the handwriting software was literally the worst thing I’ve ever dealt with. (And I have excellent penmanship, by the way. I can’t imagine what someone who really scratches would have come up with from the Newton.)
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:26 AM EST up reply actions
I have a 110, whose handwriting recognition is as bad as advertised
and an emate, which I just bought on ebay a few months ago to use as a word processor. It’s amazing how much better the text recognition is in the later models—cursive is still hit-or-miss, though it’s amazing it works at all, but when I print it’s almost perfect.
Mine was a 110 also.
Good to hear they improved the software in later generations, though I suppose that really only helps those of us who will one day accidentally use our time machines to get stuck in 1994.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:29 AM EST up reply actions
I will say this for the Newton:
It was even further ahead of its time than we gave it credit for. After all, the Next Big Thing is supposed to Apple’s new Tablet (and tablet comps in general), and that’s basically what a Newton was almost 20 years ago. Sure, it wasn’t very good at most of what it did, but it was trying to do stuff we’re still excited by now.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:36 AM EST up reply actions
also (how often do I get to talk in an apple thread?)
the twentieth anniversary mac is one of my favorite pieces of industrial design ever. a top ten apple design (this is an actual list.)
Yeah, that thing was pretty great.
Went hand in hand with the awesomeness of the PS2 looking like an Atari 7800. Retro design is a sadly underrepresented movement in the electronics world. I’m personally hoping some company will build an HDTV based on Eero Saarinen designs soon. I would pay any amount of money for one.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:32 AM EST up reply actions
Something like this:
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:42 AM EST up reply actions
I love retro-futurism when it's done right.
There’s a guy with a 2002 Thunderbird who must work near this great used bookstore in downtown Springfield; whenever I go there I end up parking right next to it in the underground garage and gawking for a minute.
The Thunderbird was a great piece
of design work. Finally, someone got a retro car design really, really right.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:57 AM EST up reply actions
It made the Indy 500 look like a Roman chariot race, now
Couldn’t resist. Sorry.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Jan 22, 2010 11:21 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Ha!
Rec’d.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
I was split on whether that would induce recs or groans
I learned long ago that clever little quips are my main contribution to VEB and the enabling I get from people here has dissolved my filter almost entirely.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Jan 22, 2010 12:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
first big purchase i'm going to make after the new gig a mac laptop
i’m sick of thie pos dell
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Macs are pretty great,
but I stick with PC stuff. I can tear it apart and eff with it all I want and still figure out how to put the system back together. Mac’s OS does not take lightly to fools tampering with it.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:40 AM EST up reply actions
i know well enough to leave the OS & guts alone
i’m just sick of all the crashing. it’s getting out of hand
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
See, I never do.
I used to run text-only Linux on my PC at home until I got too lazy. I’ve always enjoyed that freedom to tinker.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:47 AM EST up reply actions
after catching a car on fire trying to change the oil
i learned it’s best to leave the tinkering to those who know what they are doing. that goes for cars, computers, tv’s, and especially toasters
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Huh.
Yeah, that would do it.
Might I ask how you managed such an unlikely feat?
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:51 AM EST up reply actions
well it was a hot late missouri summer day in 90 or 91
it was easily 100 degrees out & my grandpa’s farm truck needed an oil change, so he gave me the oil, filter & told me to go park it on flat part in their yard & do it
well he had just gotten back from the fields & the damn thing was hot & it had a bad battery so it had to be jumped almost every other time you got in it. so i go pull my grandma’s car over to jump it after i had changed the oil & i guess i spilled some oil on the place where i put the positive line on & when the spark happened, boom! thankfully it was really close to the hose & i was able to put it out without too much damage.
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
ugh, i swear i put in the part where the grass underneith the truck
caught on fire more than the actually engine did. f’in SBN. but it did ruin that set of jumper cables.
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Just do yourself a favor
and don’t tell that story to the ladies… not exactly gonna make the panties come flying off.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Yikes.
You know, I nearly electrocuted myself doing something very similar.
My first car was 1965 Plymouth Sport Fury, and still probably the most gorgeous piece of automobilery I’ve ever owned. Loved that fucking car. So anyway, I was living at home at the time, and my parent’s house sits up on a very high hill which runs down to a creek. At the creek there’s about a 20 straight dropoff. My father had decided to repaint the motorhome at the time, so the driveway was full and my car was parked over in the yard.
Well, apparently someone got the bright idea to try and steal my car by rolling and neutral-dropping it. Apparently they were unable to do so, though, and ended up just rolling the thing off that drop into the creek. Twisted the frame just enough it wasn’t worth trying to fix. Parted it out.
Well, a couple weeks later, my girlfriend Jamie and here stepbrother came over, and we were all going to go do something. Joel (the SB), asked me if he could borrow my Mighty Might Bosstones CD. I said sure, and began looking for it. I couldn’t find it, and was puzzling over this, when I suddenly recalled that was the last disc I had been playing in the car. So we head down to the car to get it out.
The radio, of course, wouldn’t work, because we had disconnected the battery after the wreck. So I go ahead and pop the hood, thinking I’ll just hook it up, retrieve the disc, and we can be on our merry way. Well, at some point in time, some foolish person had wrapped both battery cables in black electrical tape.
Now, an intelligent person would have, at this point, cut away the tape to see which cable was positive and which was negative. But not me. No, I figure being careful will likely defeat the swagger I’m attempting to sell to Jamie, so I just pick up the cables, glance at them, and guess which is which.
I guessed wrong.
It was not pleasant, especially considering the tape was on those cables because the rubber had several bad spots, most of which I had my hands planted firmly on.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:10 AM EST up reply actions
I really need to start doing stupid things
the only good stories I have include excessive drinking…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Well, those are always pretty good,
but doing stupid shit sober? Now that takes talent.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:16 AM EST up reply actions
My drunk stories aren't so much doing stupid shit
they’re more that I apparently become hilarious to my friends.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
yeah
sometimes I walk through screen doors, that can be funny
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jan 22, 2010 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
yeah i was totaly sober when i dropped the cables
into the grass that was on fire because i left the oil pan full of oil under the truck & that along with the grass made a nice blaze o farm truck
now that takes some 6 special talent i tells ya
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
did you have any ticks or twitches after that happened?
i’ve done that too, hooking up the wrong wires to batteries. i’ve also gotten nailed with jolts from outlets & bad cords & had ticks & twitches for months afterwords.
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
No,
but I couldn’t feel my left hand for several hours.
I think the shock blew me back quickly enough I didn’t get any of the residuals people talk about with twitching and things like that.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:34 AM EST up reply actions
well that's good, minus the loss of feeling of couse
you didn’t pull a stranger later that night did you?
my grandpa & dad were car haulers, and both had their trucks hit by lighting & were thrown off 3 or 4 times each. and they had the loss of feeling & twitches too so it probably runs in the family.
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Wow.
Now that’s just the sort of question I didn’t need to be asked. Yikes.
And the answer is actually no. If I remember correctly (and I pretty much always do, which is much less fun than you might think), Jamie and I did manage to get a couple hours alone that evening after getting rid of Joel. I remember because he was going out with another friend of ours named Luke, and after Jamie and I went out for a couple hours, we all ended up back at their house watching MTV2, and it was the first time I ever saw the video for Air’s “Sexy Boy”.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:39 AM EST up reply actions
that's kind of what i'm known for in the real world
asking things or saying things everyone else has the good sense to keep to themselves
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Tee-hee.
You and me both, my friend. You and me both.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:42 AM EST up reply actions
How in the hell...
wait I don’t want to know.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
gdm also has a toaster story?
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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I'll warn everybody now:
if he does, he will disappear. Nobody takes my schtick! NOBODY!
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:53 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That goes for produce, too!
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:53 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't think I've heard the toaster story
I’ll never forget the produce one though.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Well, it wasn't really so much a story as an analogy.
Here you go. It was, to say the least, one of my proudest moments as a writer.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:56 AM EST up reply actions
Must have missed that the first time through
granted I was finishing up grad school at the time so that may have had something to do with my lack of free time. But yes that is some fine work.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
i would never try & steal that
or the veggie one either
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Oh my god.
I really am a nerd, aren’t I? Son of a bitch, why didn’t anybody ever tell me?!
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:50 AM EST up reply actions
But then you run the risk
of people lumping you in with those mac douches who think anything other than a mac is a personal attack. People already think little of me as is… let alone without having to deal with that.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
i'd be OK with that
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I personally enjoy
my page up and page down keys too much. I don’t like multi step page up and page down…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
i've never used those keys
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Then you'll have no problem with a mac.
Unless you are a fan of right clicking… that can get dicey.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Whoever made Hypercolor.
Rude Dog. Hanna Barbera, until their renaissance with Cartoon Network original stuff.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 3:28 AM EST up reply actions
So is bad of me to be happy
that it seems JEd has some interest from the Yankees? I’d really like to see him make his comeback here, but I’d have to think a great year in that bandbox and Jimmy would be a virtual lock for the HOF
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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he's hit 30HR's there & be a shoe in for the HOF
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
and they do have an opening for a full time LFer
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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he's way cheaper than Damon, he can also DH
he said on the radio today he’s really thinking about them, but he’s waiting on the Cards. i don’t know what the Cards are waiting on. just do it already MO
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I really love the Rains boys take on baseball
I just know Straussie would have made Jimmy out to be the bad guy in that article.
I also love that Jimmy is a big fan of Colby
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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i didn't realize that was just taken from the interview i heard earlier
he talked about colby earlier too. he really likes him. and who better to teach him how to sell it uh MO?
if the Yanks offer him a few million though he’s gone. and good for him too. he’ll play every day, make way more & have just as good of a chance to play in october
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I'm on a freakin furlough man
shouldn’t you be workin on Sunday’s post?
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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I don't know, what should I write about?
by vivaelpujols on Jan 22, 2010 4:00 AM EST up reply actions
well judging from this thread, local SoCal eateries
and Dick
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but it has to be math-ey
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
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I'm sick of math
math, math. I just had a math final, i have a huge project due (about baseball!) for my stats class. fuck math.
I’ll do a Pitch f/x Penny post, for reals this time. Or maybe a post on why I want John Smoltz, which one’s better?
by vivaelpujols on Jan 22, 2010 4:07 AM EST up reply actions
S M O L T Z Y
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I'd vote for Penny
It’d be nice to have work that I can actually put forth to my understanding of the team in hand.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Do you know how hard it is to classify Penny's pitches?
His fastball distribution looks like one big fat blob – even when you go game by game. He also has like a 90 MPH slider, which I have no idea what the fuck it is.
by vivaelpujols on Jan 22, 2010 4:10 AM EST up reply actions
I've noticed that.
Whenever you originally mentioned doing a Pfx on Penny, I went and checked it out, and I don’t know I’ve ever seen a chart quite like it. I can’t imagine how one would go about trying to sort through that mess.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:13 AM EST up reply actions
It's really not that hard for most pitchers
If you go game by game, and look at velocity and movement clusters, it takes a good hour for each pitcher and you get 95+% accurate classifications. With more technical skills, I could probably get a K-Means cluster program to automate that process, but I can’t figure out how to set one up.
For Penny, even going game by game, it’s MUCH harder than your average pitcher to classify pitches. Waino is VERY easy, Carpenter is somewhat harder, Lohse, especially in 08, was the worst.
by vivaelpujols on Jan 22, 2010 4:16 AM EST up reply actions
Oh, no, I didn't mean for everyone.
I just meant for Penny specifically. Most pitchers are simple; like you said, nice neat clusters with the occasional outlier that was really just a spinning slider. But Penny, it’s just all over the place. The movement and velocity seem to have literally no relation to each other the way a normal pitcher’s offerings do.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:18 AM EST up reply actions
I emailed Harry Pav about Penny's pitches
Hopefully he has good classifications for him!
by vivaelpujols on Jan 22, 2010 4:26 AM EST up reply actions
I'm sorry
I know no such things. If you haven’t noticed by now I’m pretty well old school when it comes to baseball. Judge off easily available stats and eye tests… In fact I have no idea where to even start finding the stats and pitch stuff you guys all seem to have chambered.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
So you're telling me there's coding involved?
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
A little bit
I borrowed the pearl scripts from other people, but you have to at least know a little SQL if you want to do anything with the data.
by vivaelpujols on Jan 22, 2010 4:21 AM EST up reply actions
I literally looked up what SQL was today
when I saw all of what you guys were talking about in the other thread… So I’m guessing that’s a no go. I’ll just let you guys do all the dirty work, and stick to making arguments that can’t be disproven by stats.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
by ducttape16 on Jan 22, 2010 4:25 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
quick question RB, passion pit moth's wings, good song? or great song?
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A better question would be
great song? or greatest song?
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:30 AM EST up reply actions
Oh, and I'm hoping I get credit for the introduction to PP?
Or not?
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:31 AM EST up reply actions
Ah, shoot.
I didn’t use Moth’s Wings; I used Little Secrets.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:33 AM EST up reply actions
I'm listening to the song now
trying to figure out who they remind me of.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
I had a formula,
but now I can’t remember it. Let me see if I can think of what it was.
It started with MGMT, but I don’t remember the additions and subtractions. I’ll try to figure it out.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:36 AM EST up reply actions
I just jumped over to Little Secrets
and the first thing I thought was MGMT… but that could just be cause I’m a bit too obsessed with Time to Pretend at the moment. Mostly for the lyrics, but still. I also have watched the fan video for Kids a bit too much.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
I like the vid for Electric Feel.
It’s like Lord of the Rings, TV Party, and softcore porn all smashed together.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:40 AM EST up reply actions
It's out there.
I think it’s funny they put the two facepainted people from the Kids fan vid in the Electric Feel video. I’m still a firm believer the band should have just paid the guy who made that video and made it the official one. Since the one they came up with was epic awful comparatively.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Very, very true.
Speaking of MGMT, have you given Metanoia a spin yet? I’m curious as to what everyone else thinks of it. I bought the 7" with the cool whistle graphic engraved on one side, and just couldn’t believe what I was hearing when I put the thing on.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:44 AM EST up reply actions
Isn't that the 14 minute song?
If so I haven’t found anywhere that has the whole thing continuous online yet. So I’ve only listened to bits. Granted I haven’t looked that hard.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
It is.
And I have no idea where to find it online. Awesome, though. It’s like something off a Yes record, except, you know, good.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:00 AM EST up reply actions
I've avoided Yes like the plague.
They don’t do it for me. I’m not really a huge fan of electronic type stuff though. I love guitar bands, and bands that bring crazy instruments in, but when the synths start getting involved I tend to lose interest unless it’s something very well done. As an example I really enjoy The Crystal Method.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
found it
here I’ll let you know what I think when this all finishes up.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Cool.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:07 AM EST up reply actions
Actually, I didn't mean stylistically.
I just meant it’s like 15 minutes long and takes up a whole side of an album.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:07 AM EST up reply actions
Ah fair enough
early returns make me think of a Beatles song… let’s see where it goes from here.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
After listening once...
cause that’s all I care to. I’m not really a huge fan. Like I said reminds me of Beatles for the first 2/3 of the song or so… then some synth stuff for an extended outro. Not really my cup of tea, but not awful either.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Really?
See, I’m a big fan. However, I can certainly see why you wouldn’t like it if your against the synth stuff. Certainly an interesting experiment either way.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:28 AM EST up reply actions
It's not so much I'm against synth
it’s just that it has to strike me right. It’s a very fine line synths walk with me. All in all I’d probably give it a 5/10…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Fair enough.
Good talk.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:31 AM EST up reply actions
Really?
If so, I didn’t realise it. What a great story, if true.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:42 AM EST up reply actions
That would be a cool story if true.
One last thing on Kids… I first heard the song in the fall of 08 when I was streaming a lot of KROQ when I was doing other things and it was being spun about every hour and a half. Then I got away from the song and rediscovered it and realized how good of a song it was. I really enjoy how I am able to hate a song when it comes out and grow into it.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
I did the same thing with Hey Ya!
Hated it when it was bigger than the Beatles and Jesus combined… few years later when it cooled off I could respect it for what it was. My buddy has the joke about that song of Flash FM from GTA Vice City of “We’ll tell you what’s good, and then play it til you like it.”
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
I never got tired of Hey Ya!
Favorite song of the decade
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 22, 2010 9:31 AM EST up reply actions
I can't tell if you're joking or not
But for what it’s worth, I am similar. I never stopped liking it.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Not joking at all
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 22, 2010 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
they sound older than they actually are
i was shocked to learn they just formed a few short years ago
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Yeah, sort of sprung up fully formed,
a bit like Dr. Dog in that aspect.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:40 AM EST up reply actions
but of course
you’ve been a huge musical influence that i don’t know how i lived without all these years
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Hooray!
That makes it all worthwhile!
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:35 AM EST up reply actions
what's that saying about changing just one persons outlook?
ah hell i can’t think of it. thanks for all the great links though. there’s not one wednesday that goes by i don’t like at least one group you mention
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
That does make me almost impossibly happy.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:41 AM EST up reply actions
i got a kick out of the charlie feathers song yesterday
i hadn’t heard that in forever
also i can’t find “Pie Jesu, from Faure’s Requiem, Op. 48” – Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus" anywhere
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
You have iTunes?
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:01 AM EST up reply actions
no i do not
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
crap.
Hmm. Okay, let me see if I can find it somewhere else.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:04 AM EST up reply actions
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
That is the same piece,
though the version isn’t quite as good. Still a lovely piece, and used in both an episode of South Park and the Gantz anime.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:08 AM EST up reply actions
i just thougth to look there real quick & it was the first one
it sounded good though
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Oh, it's a fine version.
Really tough to go wrong with such a beautiful piece of music. For my money, Faure’s may very well be the best of all Requiem masses. Blows the more known Mozart one right out of the water, in my ever so humble.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:12 AM EST up reply actions
i'm really digging gliss's morning light, it's probably my fave from wednesday
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
That's a good one.
The whole Gliss record is pretty solid, if a bit Jesus and Mary Chain-ish at times. Long live fuzz.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:09 AM EST up reply actions
IZ-US isn't too bad either
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Along Those Lines
Go buy a copy of
Red Roses for Me by the Pogues
The Early Years Vol.2 by Tom Waits
Murder Ballads by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
The Soft Bulletin by the Flaming Lips
Now what did RB just say
about stealing his thing a lil bit back?
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Oh, that's alright.
I only care about people stealing my stories about having sex with inanimate objects.
You know, it’s sad I have to use the plural there.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:49 AM EST up reply actions
Luckily I don't have to worry about
stealing that thunder from you.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
one persons sad, is another persons awesome
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
As John Stewart Mill postulated
An action is moral only insofar as it increases exposure to Tom Waits, and decreases Exposure to record company creations. or something like that I did get a C in ethics
speaking of ethics, i don't really buy music anymore
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I'll do it if it's a band I support
or I know they put together a good album. Otherwise I get my buddy with the 3TB file server and RIAA dodging software to jump on a torrent for me.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
DMB is the only thing i've purchased in the last 5 years
and they’ve all been epic disappointments
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Never been a DMB fan
Typically if I’d go to their concert I’ll buy their album…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
their live shows are really, really good
especially if you are up close to the stage like i’ve been lucky enough to be able to do 5 or 6 times
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Perfectly reasonable explanation...
They’ve just never flipped my cookie.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
i hate their hard core fans though that go to a 1000 shows a year
and the hippies who follow them & fish around the world. come on, get a freaking job already.
and i’m always afraid i’ll get a dui driving home from their concerts due to all the weed flying all over the place.
but yeah, other than that, they put on a really good show
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
If you ever get a chance
go to a Foo Fighters show. They did an awesome set in STL a couple summers back. I hate arena shows but they did a fantastic job.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
The Foos
have always put on a tremendous live show. I’ve seen them a couple times (including at one of the early Pointfests, which was awesome), and they’ve never failed to impress.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:29 AM EST up reply actions
i want to see them & U2 in concert
and i’m not a fan of anything U2 has done this century
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I saw the Zoo Tv tour
live at Red Rocks here in Colorado if you ever get a chance to catch a Red Rocks show it is a life changing event
Certainly seems that way, doesn't it?
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:30 AM EST up reply actions
The man is insanely talented...
To paraphrase the Goldfinger song… “Dave Grohl. The only man I’d have sex with.”
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
but would he have the sex with you?
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
well,,,, now i know
what i’ll be dreaming about in a few
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Or knowing the state he's likely in...
this may be more on the nose… Not necessarily a good song, but entertaining.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
youtube is my friend...
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Those hippies are us cab drivers best friends
a more affluent and resource laden if olfactorily offensive group i couldn’t name
Why in the hell would you ever buy
Dave Matthews Band anything? Good lord, we need to get you some help, man!
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:09 AM EST up reply actions
they remind me of a simplier time in my life
when the only problems i had were which group do i hang out with on the weekends.
honestly i don’t think i’d be as big of a music fan if not for DMB. their live shows really hooked me & i’ve sought out better & better bands. i know they aren’t the greatest band in the world, but they’ll always have a soft spot in my cold dead heart
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Feh.
I didn’t even like Dave Matthews when I was a freshman in college and they handed out DMB samplers with your class schedule. I’ve just never gotten what it was about them. Really weird.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:25 AM EST up reply actions
they aren't for everyone that's for sure
i’m really not happy with the newer stuff at all. they are a shell of their former selves
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Eww.
Did you wear Birkenstocks, too? (Please oh please god say no.)
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
haha
I got a pair when I was 15, and I still have them. I only wear them around the house. They’re breaking down, though, 14 years later.
Now with extra feisty!
I had you pegged as >29yo
take that as you will!
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 22, 2010 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
hehe
i guess i’m on the stabbing list now. I’ve never seen a picture of you – just take it that you appear quite mature on the internet. Being puerile and childish myself, I always assume people who come across as assured and sensible probably aren’t the same age as me!
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 22, 2010 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
I don't suffer fools,
but I’ve been that way since I was little. There’s a tiny pic of me at my Twitter profile.
Now with extra feisty!
I don't really do any twittering
I do think it’s interesting how people can potentially come across very different on the internet to how you’d see them in real life. I guess it can be a double-edged sword.
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 22, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
never liked that band
they just annoyed the hell outta me
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jan 22, 2010 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
Thats Okay
I got a C in Ethics and a Logic so I am going into Marketing
by TomCat009 on Jan 22, 2010 5:02 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
All tremendous choices,
though I personally would take If I Should Fall From Grace With God over Red Roses.
Adoration is the state furthest from understanding.
by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 4:48 AM EST up reply actions
I like the psycotic punk energy
Shane had in the early days on songs like Transmetropolitan and Down in the Ground(where the dead men go) was If I Should Fall From Grace With God the one that had Lorca’s Novena?
No.
IISFFGWG was the one that had Fairytale of New York, Turkish Song of the Damned, Metropolis, and Lullaby of London on it.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:06 AM EST up reply actions
I chided
Matt Hensley from flogging molly when there song Another Bag Of Bricks drew so heavily on the Turkish Song of the Damned but you are right that is amazing album. The Critics really like Rum, Sodomy and the Lash and for good reason but I really like the stripped down sound on the first album it was just so raw
Really, they're all pretty damned good.
But I do understand what you’re saying about the energy and gnarliness of that first Pogues’ record. Much more Sex Pistols and not so Celtic Woman.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:10 AM EST up reply actions
yeah apparently
when Spider Stacy first joined the band he couldn’t play an instrument so they had him hit himself in the head with a beer tray like a giant metal tambourine, he would split his scalp and just keep going. The growth of that band from original punk, to a world band that had songs like Summer in Siam, or The Band Played Waltzing Matilda was a fun one to track
No Objections
on the Tom Waits choice?
Closing Time
Blue Valentine
Raindogs
Swordfish Trombones
Mule Variations
Beautiful Maladies
Franks Wild Years
One From the Heart
are all top tier as well and Les Claypool on base does add a certain flair on some of those
If I were to pick but a single Tom Waits record,
it would be Orphans, to be quite honest. That one, Mule Variations, and Frank’s Wild Years are probably my all-time favourites of Waits’.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 5:27 AM EST up reply actions
I gotta
go with Blue Valentine as it is the saddest sweetest thing I have ever owned, but I would start with Vol. 2 because it makes women fall in love you
Blue Valentine.
Damn, what a record. Hmm, okay, I’ll put that one over Frank’s.
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by the red baron on Jan 22, 2010 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
Tommy The Cat
is a helluva song btw
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Jan 22, 2010 2:13 PM EST up reply actions
i wonder if this thread lives up to the billing that dan gave it?
considering he so wisely dedicated it to Taiwanese baseball and its numerous gambling scandals.
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Gamblers listen to music too.
And suck at changing oil… one of them out there has probably had an encounter with a toaster… so I think we’re doing alright.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
and they love sammich's too
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Ah forgot about that.
since I think the majority of that went down when I was at the gym… getting all buff for the ladies and whatnot.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
there is no excuse for me not being in shape any more, not one
i just hate gym’s so freaking much
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Mine is 24 hours which is great
since I can go in and do what I want without people on the Nautilus machines I want and stuff like that… all that being said I’m not ripped or in all that great of shape, but I’m also not morbidly obese so yeah… woo for mediocrity.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
If you're gonna do it...
I see what you did there.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
the second luggage
was a terry pratchett reference The Luggage is among the most feared things in the discworld series quite good really
I'll take your word for it.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Between this series
and 95% of the music discussed above I was lost awhile back. I’ll just sit here and nod quietly for awhile…
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
I took a lot of peoples word
for it before I read one but his Book with Neil Gaiman about the Apocalypse was damn funny
Don't you dare knock "House of the Rising Sun"
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 22, 2010 9:35 AM EST up reply actions
HOTRS - good song
or goodest song?
RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!
by Felonius_Monk on Jan 22, 2010 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
a gread song?
Some people have their own bowling ball and their own bowling shoes and no friends.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
A bread dong?
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by Felonius_Monk on Jan 22, 2010 5:59 PM EST up reply actions
i'm not touching this one
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
TWSS
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 22, 2010 7:53 PM EST up reply actions
Has anyone ever heard...
The version of Little Town of Bethlehem set to the tune of House of the Rising Sun? It’s by a Northwest radio guy named Bob Rivers. It’s awesome.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
Sounds awesome
I’ll have to look it up when I get home
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 22, 2010 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
I heard there's a version of Amazing Grace
to the Rising Sun tune as well.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
Just found
this which is pretty interesting. At least to my eclectic ear.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
I like this even better
Thanks for posting that
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
I have no problem with the song
I just have a problem with it being used as part of a bad gambling joke when The Gambler was just sitting there with nothing to do.
"When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." - Bob Gibson
NOT!!!
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
anyone up for more late night delight? no? no?
guess i’ll go watch some dvr. nighty night VEB
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
I'm up,
but was in the other thread.
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by the red baron on Jan 23, 2010 3:56 AM EST up reply actions
maybe next time
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Another missed connection.
Now with extra feisty!
by spants on Jan 23, 2010 7:48 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
it is the story of my life
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
Here you go
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?
by jd is legend on Jan 24, 2010 1:31 AM EST up reply actions
....
Every morning I wake up & smoke a dart. Then I eat five strips of bacon, & for lunch I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack? Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. And I'm still here! Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me.
damn it jd
hell, damn it mattyfrommo. You just needed to read down two more lines
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
craigslist style?
the baron really set himself up for that one
Lighten up, Francis - Sergeant Hulka
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
My prediction
for anyone who cares:
600 PA
550 AB
145 H – .264 avg
90 R
50 BB – .325 obp
105 K
30 2b
3 3b
22 hr – .449 slg – .774 ops
65 rbi
15 sb
5 cs
I guess I’ve got Marcel’s OBP with VEB SLG and the “Fans” # of PA.
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