A Few of My Favourite Things, 2011 Edition
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 3:52 PM EST
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PrintAuthor Edit: As you can all see by this point, I managed to screw up while scheduling this post. Thus, it did not go live this morning as I had intended, and I was very puzzled when I logged on this afternoon to see what traffic was like today. Thanks to bgh for making sure there was a thread up for everyone to use, and my apologies to you all for my apparent complete lack of technical skill. Happy New Year. -- RB
Howdy, folks. I actually wasn't planning on doing a full favourite things post this year; I was going to just let my games of the year post stand as is. However, our Glorious Leader is currently out of the loop today, visiting Japan -- or Japan is visiting him, or something; I can never keep track -- and asked if anyone could fill in. Since there isn't much new in the way of baseball news, I thought I would go ahead and toss together a bit of a retrospective.
It's mostly records, as you might imagine, but not entirely. At the very least it should get us all through the last Friday of the year, unless everybody decides to get chatty and put up 1500 comments instead of actually getting some work done or spending time with family or friends -- I know, shocking I would even consider such a thing from the denizens of El Vivi Birders -- in which case I can only hope one of my fellow mods will be nice enough to throw up an overflow of some sort.
So without further ado, let's talk about a bunch of stuff that happened this year, shall we?
My 4 Favourite Cardinals of 2011
Because? -- Because it was a joy to finally see a man so hated (and feared, and respected), wearing the Birds on the Bat. Plus, he gives the best soundbites.
Because? -- Because at his best the only pitcher he really reminds me of is Greg Maddux and he shaves with a satellite-guided laser system.
Chris Carpenter
Because? -- Because he doesn't give a fuck about this list or the fact he's on it.
Because? -- Because he's the size of a Chinese acrobat, hits 97 regularly, and throws one of the best breaking balls I've ever seen.
Five Favourite Movies (in no particular order)
Moneyball
Because? -- Because it was a baseball movie only partially about baseball, much like my very favourite baseball movie ever, Eight Men Out.
Drive
Because? -- Because it didn't try too hard, but still ended up the perfect version of what it was.
A Separation
Because? -- Because it cuts. Don't ignore it just because it's foreign.
The Muppets
Because? -- Because I love Muppets, and I love Neil Patrick Harris. And I love Amy Adams, but in a totally different way.
X-Men: First Class
Because? -- Because it was so good it actually made me forget about The Last Stand.
Honourary Mention -- Hugo
Because I'm fairly certain it was one of the best things I saw all year, but I had to leave halfway through due to a monstrous headache. (3D almost always does that to me; something about my eyes.) I'm hoping to see it in a normal two-dimensional format soon to make up my mind.
Two Favourite New Anime Series
Ben-to
Because? -- Because it's a martial arts combat show about people trying to win half-priced lunch. If that doesn't sound awesome to you then I just don't know what to tell you.
Guilty Crown
Because? -- Because it's really too good to describe, though there's quite a bit of Eureka 7 in there for starters. Though, the fact there isn't another episode releasing until the 13th of January has sent me into a complete rage.
Favourite Sneakers I Bought This Year (High Top Division)
Because? -- Because I liked them so much I had to buy three colours -- green, black/supercyan, and the neon green that apparently only I bought because they did not stick around very long.
Favourite Sneakers I Bought This Year (Low Top Division)
Because? -- Did you see that colour? Enough said. (I also bought the dark blue ones, too.)
Nine Favourite Records (In no particular order)
Veronica Falls -- Veronica Falls
Because? -- Because I'm a sucker for girl singers and reverb. Also, the title track manages the rare trifecta; Veronica Falls by Veronica Falls off the album Veronica Falls. Brilliant.
Kaputt -- Destroyer
Because? -- Because if you had asked me at this time last year, "Hey, how long do you think it'll be before someone manages to make Avalon-era Roxy Music sound really cool again?" I'm relatively certain my answer would not have been, "Um, about a month, give or take."
Raven in The Grave -- The Raveonettes
Because? -- Because it's a fucking Raveonettes record, that's why. Want a better reason? Fine. Because it might be the best Raveonettes record. How's that?
Digital Lows -- Cities Aviv
Because? -- Because while Kanye and Jay-Z were taking a shit in a Cartier box and then selling it as diamonds, an unknown dude from Memphis was putting out a record (and half a dozen EP releases), with a unique aesthetic and artful construction that actually showed what hip-hop can be when an artist cares enough to get it right.
Sleep Talk -- Shannon and the Clams
Because? -- Because it's the best unlabeled yard sale 45 you've ever heard. Also, remember that thing I said earlier about girl singers and reverb? Yeah.
The King is Dead -- The Decemberists
Because? -- Because after making two records that so often covered up their best traits with proggy keyboard suites and goofy concept jams, the Decemberists got it so right with a simple, cut to the bone country record that puts Colin Meloy's delicate vocals and brilliant, idiorsyncratic storytelling front and center. Also, "June Hymn" may be the single prettiest song of the year.
Parallax -- Atlas Sound
Because? -- Because it's hard to believe the dude in Deerhunter is actually keeping his best songs for himself, but here you have it.
Yuck -- Yuck
Because? -- Because it's the best Sonic Youth record I've heard since Daydream Nation. Or maybe the best Pavement record I've heard since Crooked Rain. You get the idea. "Get Away" may have been the best single released all year.
Smoke Ring for My Halo -- Kurt Vile
Because? -- Because he writes better songs eating a bowl of cereal (and occasionally about eating a bowl of cereal), than pretty much anyone else does their whole day.
Twelve Favourite Songs (click for 8tracks)
"June Hymn" - the Decemberists
"Float On" - Cities Aviv
"New Year's Eve" - Tom Waits
"All the Sand in the Sea" - Devotchka
"Hold Your Hand" - Dum Dum Girls
"All I Ask" - Theodore
"Recharge and Revolt" - the Raveonettes
"Baby Missiles" - The War on Drugs
"Post Break-up Sex" - The Vaccines
"Perth" - Bon Iver
"Beachy Head" - Veronica Falls
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Of your list
I’ve got albums by Waits and Devotchka, but have only also heard of the Decembrists. Otherwise, new stuff.
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by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Dec 30, 2011 3:57 PM EST reply actions
Oh, and I guess I saw a mention of the Raveonettes on here the other day.
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by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Dec 30, 2011 3:58 PM EST up reply actions
just became a fan of Yuck
and really liked the way that guy used Float On
"He may have been only .213 but they were the clutchest .213 of all time."
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Love the Decemberists
The King Is Dead is wonderful. So is their end of the year EP release.
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
Hugo was incredible
It’s by far my favo(u)rite film of 2011. Luckily, I went in without knowing what the movie was ACTUALLY about, and as a film history geek, I was more than pleasantly surprised
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Yeah, I was very impressed with what I saw of it.
Unfortunately, the 3D kicked in on me pretty early on. I was very disappointed.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:13 PM EST up reply actions
I don't want to spoil the film, but there is one use of the 3D at the end of the movie that's just poetic to me
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Bah.
That pisses me off. Stupid eyes.
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by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
Who had a better year: Ryan Gosling or Michael Fassbender?
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Gosling
but Fassbender definitely had a good one.
Mike Shannon: "That strikeout was brought to you by...by...well, I don't know what it was brought to you by!"
John Rooney: "It wasn't brought to you by anything Mike."
Let's see
Gosling had “Crazy, Stupid, Love,” “Drive,” and “Ides of March”
Fassbender had “X-Men: First Class,” “Shame,” and “A Dangerous Method”
Yikes. That’s a tie for me
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I say Gosling
because he made the jump from “total babe in ‘The Notebook’” to carrying a movie with about 60 lines of dialogue (Drive) and doing the best acting job in a move full of heavyweights (Ides of March). And he is still a total babe.
His fame has skyrocketed!
Mike Shannon: "That strikeout was brought to you by...by...well, I don't know what it was brought to you by!"
John Rooney: "It wasn't brought to you by anything Mike."
I think it's a shame that he didn't get a nomination for Blue Valentine last year
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Blue Valentine
was probably the best movie of 2010. He absolutely should have won some sort of award for it. But, see below re: famous historic people being impersonated. Also British movies.
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by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
My 2010 list would've gone:
1) The Social Network
2) Blue Valentine
3) The Fighter
4) The King’s Speech
5) True Grit
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I like the Social Network,
but the whole time I was watching it I found myself wishing I was watching the trailer instead.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 5:03 PM EST up reply actions
I thought it was just a very tight, interesting movie that had no business being either of those things
I thought Fincher was a shoo-in for Best Director because of that
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Oh, it was good, don't get me wrong.
But the trailer for it was even better.
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by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 5:09 PM EST up reply actions
The King's Speech direction was so boring.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Of the one's I saw
1) Shutter Island
2) Social Network
3) True Grit
4) Scott Pilgrim
5) Black Swan
I still want to see Blue Valentine, and Somewhere.
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 5:53 PM EST up reply actions
for me, keeping in mind I have yet to see Blue Valentine
1) Winter’s Bone
2) The King’s Speech
3) Black Swan
4) Brooklyn’s Finest
5) True Grit
with honorable mentions to Inception, The Fighter, and The Myth of the American Sleepover.
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by monkeysareblue on Dec 31, 2011 12:02 AM EST up reply actions
Fassbender.
They both had awesome years, but Fassbender got to do it naked.
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by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
And will likely get at least a Best Actor nomination for doing so.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Nomination, probably
But The Artist is going to clean up at the Oscars
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For a technically adept pantomime with little-to-know heart?
Hugo was streets ahead in its homage to that era of film, in my opinion.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Oh have you seen the Artist already?
I haven’t yet; it’s showing at a theater here, I just haven’t gotten around to it. It just FEELS like a movie that’s going to clean up, you know? A lot of momentum in the media, a “different” kind of movie
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Yes.
Doesn’t matter if it’s actually that good or not; these movies with impressions of historic figures always do well. Look at all the attention Phil Seymour Hoffman got a few years back for doing Truman Capote. (I actually thought it was a solid film, too, but it always seems to be Oscar gold when you do an impersonation of Winston Churchill or somebody.)
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
The exact dynamic is playing out right now with Michelle Williams's portrayal of Marilyn Monroe.
I imagine Meryl Streep will also get hype for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher. I don’t think impersonations are all that interesting. I typically prefer characters that are created from scratch.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
i heard an npr thing on Meryl Streep's Thatcher
and she sounded like she was drowning in histrionics. it was okay for Julia Child but I don’t think I can take it again.
It's a strange dynamic, to be sure.
I can’t say I dislike it, necessarily, when you see someone recreated so faithfully — I think it takes a remarkable amount of skill to do it well — but at the same time it’s just…different from an original character. I don’t honestly know how to explain what I mean.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
Can you actually see the 3D?
For some reason, I cannot. Did some research on it, and there is a fraction of the population that actually can’t see 3D movies (with the glasses). I unfortunately found this out as a kid while at Disney World. It was the “Honey I Shrunk The Kids” 3D experience. People were falling all over themselves to get out of the way of the 3D flying objects, and I’m all “what the hell is wrong with you people?”
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by peppermartin on Dec 30, 2011 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
Whoa, I've never heard of that
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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I can't see 3D very well.
I have very, very bad astygmatism in both of my eyes and am very left-eye dominant. 3D looks awful for me.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
I'm boycotting 3D.
Nothing wrong with 2D. I don’t understand why 3D thinks it’s so much better then 2D. I only like my d’s in the double size.
by Forsch's2nohitters on Dec 30, 2011 7:46 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I can see 3D stuff, it just fucks with my eyes.
When 120 Hz televisions came out they really screwed with me too. I would get double images on some of the stuff, and even when I didn’t the weird liquidity of the movement just looked very strange and irritating to me. It’s not that way anymore, so I assume they figured out there were a certain percentage of people bothered by it.
I tried to play my friend’s 3DS when he first got it and I literally couldn’t stand up after a couple minutes because my eyes were bothering me so badly.
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by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
oh man
that had to depressing as a child
"He may have been only .213 but they were the clutchest .213 of all time."
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Yeah, I was reading some Scorsese interviews
And he said he was really interested in the 3D medium – he said he would have made Taxi Driver and Raging Bull in 3D if he had the chance.
Usually 3D just annoys me, mostly because of those glasses, but I’m still really excited to see this.
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 5:49 PM EST up reply actions
I was very surprised by X-Men: First Class
RB, are you a Bright Eyes fan? If so, what did you think of “The People’s Key”?
Mike Shannon: "That strikeout was brought to you by...by...well, I don't know what it was brought to you by!"
John Rooney: "It wasn't brought to you by anything Mike."
I am a definite Bright Eyes fan,
though not to the extent I was around the time of Lifted…(which remains one of my favourite records ever). As to People’s Key, I haven’t honestly listened to it seriously or purchased it yet. I’ve heard some of the stuff from it, and it mostly seems solid, but I just hadn’t gotten around to picking it up as of yet. Every year there are at least a handful of records by artists I really like that I just fail to check out until later, and this happens to be one this year.
So, unfortunately, I can’t really offer a full and proper opinion at this point.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah I like Kurt Vile
Probably my favorite new artist, along with Tame Impala. He’s really Lou Reidy. My favorite is probably Amplifier. And I like this a lot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6ryWeZRWQE
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 5:55 PM EST up reply actions
LOOOOOVE Tame Impala.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 31, 2011 12:11 AM EST up reply actions
I loved X-Men: First Class until the final act.
They crammed too much into the final fifteen minutes of the film. Almost all of it was rather abrupt, didn’t seem to be what the characters would do at the moment in their development (evolution?), and felt forced. They tied everything up in a tidy bow for the sequel, which I understand, but it didn’t fit the movie, I didn’t think. (That being said, Magneto in full Magneto attire storming the government facility was pretty sweet.)
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
I will agree with this.
The ending was rushed. Unfortunately, studios are verrrry hesitant to put out movies over a certain length, especially when it’s a big-budget film and not a prestige picture, so you get things like that.
Make that movie 30 minutes longer and it’s just that much better, but I’m not sure focus groups would sit through it.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:34 PM EST up reply actions
The rebuttal to concerns about length is The Dark Knight. It's the best super-hero film ever made and is probably the longest.
I agree with you on extending the movie. I felt the so-called friendship between Charles and Eric was a little rushed. I also felt that the romance (or whatever) between Eric and Raven was very rushed as well. I think I’d have preferred them to go all-in with a buddy film with Eric and Charles in this movie and then have them grow apart in the second film. I laughed out loud when Raven joined Eric at the end. With how they developed her character, there is no way she would have left Charles immediately after he had just been shot and paralyzed. It was absurd.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
I wouldn't call it friendship as much as Eric's respect for Charles
by FlimtotheFlam on Dec 30, 2011 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
That's an understandable take.
I still don’t think that the Charles of First Class was yet at that point in his evolution, either. I guess what I wanted was a bond to form from going through some battles together. In this case, two battles would have sufficed. I guess I just didn’t feel like that relationship was where it needed to be at the end of the movie.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
I agree with you.
the relationship wasn’t as developed as needed to be.
Mike Shannon: "That strikeout was brought to you by...by...well, I don't know what it was brought to you by!"
John Rooney: "It wasn't brought to you by anything Mike."
I saw the movie at midnight (yeah I'm a nerd)
And there’s always been something that has bugged me about it but I could never put my finger on it, this must be it.
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by cardinalswsbound on Dec 30, 2011 5:34 PM EST up reply actions
I actually feel a little guilty for not liking it more.
It was very enjoyable. I just thought they botched the ending pretty badly.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
you know what ongoing mental fantasy I have
Imagine Magneto in Medieval times. He would be a fucking bad ass.
by FlimtotheFlam on Dec 30, 2011 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
I wonder if he could lift an army with his mind
I wanted to play baseball!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
Also, James McAvoy not only did great job of playing a young Professor X, but he did a great job of playing a young Professor X
Who would develop into the Patrick Stewart Professor X
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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good point.
it seemed like the same character. well done.
Mike Shannon: "That strikeout was brought to you by...by...well, I don't know what it was brought to you by!"
John Rooney: "It wasn't brought to you by anything Mike."
the flick would have been better if it was just 110 minutes of magneto hunting nazis
and we won the world series.
by YesWeOquendo on Dec 30, 2011 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
Too bad his German accent would have wound up getting him shot and killed in the basement of a French bar.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
by bgh on Dec 30, 2011 4:51 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Oh yeah I need to watch that movie again
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that flick would have been better if it was just 110 minutes of the bastards hunting nazis
and we won the world series.
by YesWeOquendo on Dec 30, 2011 4:54 PM EST up reply actions
I don't know. I thought that was an excellent movie as it was.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
I was disappointed with the ending
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by peppermartin on Dec 30, 2011 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
a bit to long for my taste
Tarantino’s awesome characters glossed over a lot of the flaws
and we won the world series.
by YesWeOquendo on Dec 30, 2011 4:56 PM EST up reply actions
And thus,
YesWeOquendo wrote the movie review which would be used for every film Quentin Tarantino every produced from that day forward, and was retroactively applied to all that had come before.
“His awesome characters glossed over a lot of the flaws.”
From your mouth to god’s own ears.
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by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 5:00 PM EST up reply actions
I'd personally amend that with "...except for Jackie Brown"
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!"
Am I the only person that loves that movie?
I’ve yet to talk to anyone that likes it since it came out.
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by First mammal to wear pants on Dec 30, 2011 6:25 PM EST up reply actions
I always liked it.
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by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 6:28 PM EST up reply actions
I like it a lot, too
and not just because it sort of revived Robert Forster’s career. I always liked him in Banyon, even tho, now that I look at IMdB, there were only 14 episodes. Can’t believe that! My teenage memories are so screwed up…
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by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Dec 30, 2011 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
That's my favorite movie scene of the last several years.
It’s just so awesome, and even though I should have known from the start that things would end badly I was still shocked when the shit actually hit the fan.
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!"
My favorite scenes from, say, the last five years:
5) Opening scene from The Social Network
4) Basement bar scene from Inglorious Basturds
3) Gas station scene from No Country For Old Men (“Call it”)
2) Interrogation scene from The Dark Knight
1) Final scene of There Will Be Blood
(This probably isn’t actually accurate. I have no doubt forgot many excellent scenes.)
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
I would argue that the farmer interrogation scene from Inglorious Basterds was better than the bar scene
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by peppermartin on Dec 30, 2011 5:53 PM EST up reply actions
That's a very fair argument. It's an excellent scene.
What puts the basement bar scene over the top for me is how it ended. I don’t want to get into spoilers but the farmer interrogation scene ended exactly as I thought it would while the bar scene did not.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
"You ain't gotta be Stonewall Jackson
to know you don’t want to fight in a fuckin’ basement."
"You've got to have an attitude if your going to go far in this game." -- Bob Gibson
this is what i liked about the departed
so many scenes i was not expecting. mainly thinking about when dicaprio came down in the elevator in that abandoned building. and the very last scene with damon and wahlberg
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"You've got to have an attitude if your going to go far in this game." -- Bob Gibson
I agree about 1)
I don’t remember much else about that movie, but I still remember that scene.
My favorite scene is from Serious Man though. Either this one , this one, or the one where he’s on the roof staring at Mrs. Samsky. The transition from that scene to the next is one of the best things I’ve ever seen in a movie.
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions
I thought it would have been cool if they just looked at Professor X and Magneto while they were still little kids just discovering their powers
The first 10 minutes of the movie were the most interesting.
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 5:57 PM EST up reply actions
I'd expand a bit. I thought the first thirty minutes or so was incredibly interesting.
The backstory from when they were young children to the movie’s present day was most interesting to me.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
Yeah - what should I listen to first?
never heard of em?
"I don't know, but it works. Doin it for Torty works... He brings us luck and we're gonna roll with it." Allen Craig
I like
Float On (in the playlist, click it for the 8tracks stream), WETDREAM, or Worms. Coastin’ is really solid too.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
So like... Chillwave Rap?
"I don't know, but it works. Doin it for Torty works... He brings us luck and we're gonna roll with it." Allen Craig
Hmm.
Kind of.
Here, check out their label site. You can listen to everything, pretty much.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
Right click to open in new tab, please.
I forgot to click the box.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
Awesome, thanks!
"I don't know, but it works. Doin it for Torty works... He brings us luck and we're gonna roll with it." Allen Craig
Not Worms. Araw.
Sorry, wrong track name in my head. Worms isn’t bad, but it isn’t the one I was thinking of.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
By the way... I'm loving this.
every give a listen to Washed Out?
"I don't know, but it works. Doin it for Torty works... He brings us luck and we're gonna roll with it." Allen Craig
A little. I like what I've heard.
They put me in mind of Cut Copy a bit, but icier and with half-lidded eyes.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
Is that a good holy shit or a bad holy shit?
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
good
everything he touches seems to turn to gold
even the collaboration stuff
and we won the world series.
by YesWeOquendo on Dec 30, 2011 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
seriously my cities aviv genesis was 45 minutes ago and i'm completly hooked
and we won the world series.
by YesWeOquendo on Dec 30, 2011 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah.
He’s fucking brilliant. I’m hoping for big things in 2012, maybe more people will start paying attention.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:54 PM EST up reply actions
there is so much good rap/hiphop/whatever you wanna call it.
that is just hidden away. it’s always such beautiful thing to discover it.
Mike Shannon: "That strikeout was brought to you by...by...well, I don't know what it was brought to you by!"
John Rooney: "It wasn't brought to you by anything Mike."
That Shabazz Palaces record was amazing.
Probably about #13 or 14 on my personal list. Didn’t have space for all of them, but that one’s pretty great.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
you have that song stuck in my head now
one-upping roy h. and watching carp grin
game-tying triples and home runs to win
octavio throws it and braun blindly swings,
these are a few of my favorite things.
You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. --Albert Einstein
2011 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!
by IHeartBoog on Dec 30, 2011 4:46 PM EST reply actions 9 recs
Great song.
The Coltrane version is absolutely my favourite, though it isn’t as much fun as the vocal renditions.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
oh god, the Coltrane version is like God's own sax
by purple_haze on Dec 30, 2011 4:51 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
this
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 5:07 PM EST up reply actions
I love that version too.
Have the cd of that for about 25 years.
"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Dec 30, 2011 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
Crap
have had
"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Dec 30, 2011 5:21 PM EST up reply actions
Me too
The season was over
in August remember,
Happy flights happened
in a magical September,
All the 162s brought wild playoff swings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Pujols and Berkman
October was better,
Freese was a hero,
and enetered the shredder,
Tony retired, Matheny comes in,
these are a few of my favorite things.
Albert went westward,
we shed a few tears,
Yet somehow our line-up,
looks the best in 8 years.
11 in 11, now 12 on our wings.
These are a few of my favorite things!
We just don't recognize the most significant events of our lives while they're happening. - Moonlight Graham
by Gibby45 on Dec 30, 2011 5:00 PM EST up reply actions 13 recs
Remind me to recommend this
when I get home.
> tebow
by cschepers on Dec 30, 2011 5:26 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
and this
Manchester City: 44 points, 14-1-2, 1st in EPL, +38 GD
Sergio Aguero: 11 G, 4 A
Edin Dzeko: 10 G, 3 A
by cardinalswsbound on Dec 30, 2011 5:39 PM EST up reply actions
When the blog fights
When Tony quits
When Pujols leaves town
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don’t feel
So down!
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!"
by mattybobo on Dec 30, 2011 5:42 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
After reading the thread above I definitely just rapped this in my mind....
Manchester City: 44 points, 14-1-2, 1st in EPL, +38 GD
Sergio Aguero: 11 G, 4 A
Edin Dzeko: 10 G, 3 A
by cardinalswsbound on Dec 30, 2011 5:37 PM EST up reply actions
Anyone here care for progressive bluegrass?
I’ve become quite the fan of Punch Brothers this year
Ad Maiorem Tortius Gloriam
Sorry, bluegrass isn't my bag.
Old spirituals and the like from that same era I adore, but the full banjo breakdown just doesn’t do it for me.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 30, 2011 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
You might like some of these then.
Woman and the bell
Lighthouse Tale
Rabbit in the Log
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 5:24 PM EST up reply actions
Also, a cover of the Stroke's "Heart In A Cage"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJW9IMfkfLM
Ad Maiorem Tortius Gloriam
by peppermartin on Dec 30, 2011 5:57 PM EST up reply actions
Punch Brothers are pretty damn good.
then again, just about any band with Chris Thile is going to be fantastic.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 5:06 PM EST up reply actions
Have you heard The Goat Rodeo Sessions?
A friend recommended it to me. Apparently Yo-Yo Ma is one of the contributors.
Ad Maiorem Tortius Gloriam
by peppermartin on Dec 30, 2011 5:09 PM EST up reply actions
I've heard of them, never heard them.
I may have to look them up.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 5:11 PM EST up reply actions
Saw a preview of them when we went to see SH: Game of Shadows a coupla days ago
they’re gonna be playing one day/night on movie screens, sometime in January, I believe.
"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Dec 30, 2011 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
This is amazing, saw them on Colbert and immediately had to download the album
It’s great
Manchester City: 44 points, 14-1-2, 1st in EPL, +38 GD
Sergio Aguero: 11 G, 4 A
Edin Dzeko: 10 G, 3 A
by cardinalswsbound on Dec 30, 2011 5:39 PM EST up reply actions
This is fantastic.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 6:18 PM EST up reply actions
actually, i've gotten to where I really like Gangstagrass.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 5:27 PM EST up reply actions
Ever watch Justified?
The theme song is Gangstagrass, it’s a group.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
Gimme a link to some of this gangstagrass you speak of please
from the name I cannot begin to imagine what it might sound like but I imagine it’s not what I would imagine
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 5:46 PM EST up reply actions
this will get you started
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 5:56 PM EST up reply actions
I'm diggin their stuff
Chris Thile is a P.I.M.P.
I miss nickel creek bad, though
"Albert hits good pitches hard and bad pitches even harder. And when he gets in the batter's box, if you pray, then you start praying. And if you don't pray, you think about starting."--Brian Bannister
Trevor Rosenthal Update (as of end of regular season)
120 1/3IP, 133 K, 52 BB/HBP, 55 ER, 7 HR, 3.04 FIP
Postseason: 2 Starts- 15 IP, 9 H, 10 K, 2 BB, 3 ER, 19:10 GO:AO
by VolsnCards5 on Dec 30, 2011 6:21 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
at first, i thought you said nickelback.
then, i thought you said creed.
in the end, i gave up because i have no idea who nickel creek is.
"He may have been only .213 but they were the clutchest .213 of all time."
Running list of Molina pick-offs | twit
listen to the Lighthouse Tale that I linked up above.
that’s Nickel Creek
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 6:43 PM EST up reply actions
like the song
video makes me want to punch them.
"He may have been only .213 but they were the clutchest .213 of all time."
Running list of Molina pick-offs | twit
heh. why's that?
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 7:08 PM EST up reply actions
the pretty boy stare in every wipe
probably just me tho :)
"He may have been only .213 but they were the clutchest .213 of all time."
Running list of Molina pick-offs | twit
I can appreciate that.
Needed moar lighthouse
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 7:15 PM EST up reply actions
Good Bluegrassy Sound
Trampled by Turtles. Absolutely love these guys.
Check out “Wait so long” and “Codeine”
Proud to be a member of The Night of the Longest Train Wreck Ever (9/10/09)
turtles are good
kind of a cross between pure prairie league and wishbone ash
TLR is gone, long live the king
that sounds like an interesting mix
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 31, 2011 2:09 AM EST up reply actions
Ever listen to Old Crow Medicine Show?
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 31, 2011 2:21 AM EST up reply actions
Question for those with some injury
knowledge: The concern about Beltran’s knee—is it concern that the knee itself is permanently weakened and could break down again, or is it concern about the fact that his speed is diminished?
If it’s only the latter, wouldn’t a diminished Beltran would probably still be as fast as … Jim Edmonds?
Concern is continued "breakdown"
"Albert hits good pitches hard and bad pitches even harder. And when he gets in the batter's box, if you pray, then you start praying. And if you don't pray, you think about starting."--Brian Bannister
Trevor Rosenthal Update (as of end of regular season)
120 1/3IP, 133 K, 52 BB/HBP, 55 ER, 7 HR, 3.04 FIP
Postseason: 2 Starts- 15 IP, 9 H, 10 K, 2 BB, 3 ER, 19:10 GO:AO
by VolsnCards5 on Dec 30, 2011 6:30 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Pujols contract details
http://jon-heyman.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/33714192/34098270
-Deal is 10/240 and then 10 million comes from the personal service thing
-Year by year of 12-16-23-24-25-26-27-28-29-30
by Wombat x on Dec 30, 2011 5:13 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
"well, I won't be GM in 2020, so fuck it...."
Still bitching to contact.
by Felonius_Monk on Dec 30, 2011 5:25 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
that is A LOT of fucking money
Ad Maiorem Tortius Gloriam
by peppermartin on Dec 30, 2011 5:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
yea, but really true he's only get 12m in 2012?
TLR is gone, long live the king
by sportsman on Dec 30, 2011 7:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
#pujols cries when...
he realizes his new deal pays him 4M less than he earned last year, to move to fucking anaheim. And then realizes that he’ll he’ll have 10, or maybe 20, years in which to learn to love the ‘wonder of the world’ that is the 57 freeway.
"Our son Dick was sitting in his high chair, and I looked at that money, and I knew I could never look my son in the face again, if I took that money" (to leave the Cardinals) -Stan Musial, 1946
Why trade "The Mang"for "El Salmon", for less than $2M/yr, after taxes?
I'm telling you
they’re going to get him his own flying car so he doesn’t have to deal with traffic. It has to be in the contract somewhere.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 31, 2011 1:46 AM EST up reply actions
i guess for $280M
he can buy about 200 of these:
"Our son Dick was sitting in his high chair, and I looked at that money, and I knew I could never look my son in the face again, if I took that money" (to leave the Cardinals) -Stan Musial, 1946
Why trade "The Mang"for "El Salmon", for less than $2M/yr, after taxes?
holy fuck......
I guess I’m going to have to become a multi-millionaire so I can have one.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 31, 2011 2:03 AM EST up reply actions
Wow, 30 million for a 40 year old player....
Yuck!
What now?
by Heisenberg on Dec 30, 2011 5:57 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Inflation will make it less painful for the Angels.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
by bgh on Dec 30, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
what is the equivalent today?
$25MM for a 40 (41) -year-old?
by prophetjohn on Dec 30, 2011 6:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
where did the 280 that was reported earlier come from?
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 6:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
milestone incentives
like when he surpasses 500 games on the disabled list, etc
by prophetjohn on Dec 30, 2011 6:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
plus "personal service contract"
which sounds more and more like Albert signed to be Moreno’s “personal servicer” the more I see it.
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
by scoot on Dec 30, 2011 6:55 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
That's way better for the Angels than it first seemed
Secretary of WAR and Defense of the Tyler Greene Fanclub.
by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 6:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
well, duh.
"Our son Dick was sitting in his high chair, and I looked at that money, and I knew I could never look my son in the face again, if I took that money" (to leave the Cardinals) -Stan Musial, 1946
Why trade "The Mang"for "El Salmon", for less than $2M/yr, after taxes?
(sorry, wasn't meaning to insult you, but rather, albert).
"Our son Dick was sitting in his high chair, and I looked at that money, and I knew I could never look my son in the face again, if I took that money" (to leave the Cardinals) -Stan Musial, 1946
Why trade "The Mang"for "El Salmon", for less than $2M/yr, after taxes?
at a 5% discount rate
that’s $179M.
"He may have been only .213 but they were the clutchest .213 of all time."
Running list of Molina pick-offs | twit
by BVHeck on Dec 30, 2011 6:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
If you have the MLB Network, this will be discussed on today's broadcast at 4:30 CDT:
Have the @Cardinals sufficiently replaced Albert Pujols? @RobNeyer joins Brian at 5:30 & 7:30 ET to discuss.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
by bgh on Dec 30, 2011 5:14 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
thanks
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 5:28 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Let us know if it's any good.
I don’t have MLBN so I’ll have to seek out online later.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
by bgh on Dec 30, 2011 5:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Good piece on the cards...
Bottom line: they say we are at least four wins better without Albert.
by RedAllOver on Dec 30, 2011 5:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Did not know Rob Neyer had a lisp until that segment
I agree with your summary…
They did add the Cardinals would be even better if they keep players healthy. Freese, Holliday, and Furcal played a combined 271 games for the Cardinals last year.
What now?
by Heisenberg on Dec 30, 2011 5:56 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That's an odd group since Furcal didn't miss a game due to injury after being acquired via trade.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
by bgh on Dec 30, 2011 5:57 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed, but if you look at the trade like he was hurt all year, he only played 50 games for us
Clubhouse Confidential assumes Furcal will put up decent numbers in 2012…
What now?
by Heisenberg on Dec 30, 2011 5:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I have an outline done of a post looking at the runs created increase and runs prevents increase from putting the Theriot/Schumaker MIF out of its misery.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
by bgh on Dec 30, 2011 6:01 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rob Neyer always
reminds me of Milton from Office Space every time I hear him talk.
“So, Rob, how do you see these contract negotiations playing out?”
“I told him no salt, but there were big grains of salt on the glass.”
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 31, 2011 12:15 AM EST up reply actions
OTOH, after he was done talking, I was impressed
he said exactly what we’ve all been saying, so clearly he’s a genius.
"Our son Dick was sitting in his high chair, and I looked at that money, and I knew I could never look my son in the face again, if I took that money" (to leave the Cardinals) -Stan Musial, 1946
Why trade "The Mang"for "El Salmon", for less than $2M/yr, after taxes?
Glad you got to see it.
Phone rang and I got stuck with that. I’ll have to watch it at 6:30.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 6:01 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
must be all those double-plays we're gonna be missing out on
Ad Maiorem Tortius Gloriam
by peppermartin on Dec 30, 2011 6:06 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
What up VEBers!
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 5:24 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Baron has a post titled with a song from The Sound of Music
and references to a bunch of music I’ve never heard of (as usual)
Beer and Baseball. Baseball and Beer. It's not hard to reevaluate your priorities when you only have two.
by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
thanks mang
I just blew in from wet and rainy Springfield, IL after visiting Abraham Lincoln’s home, think I’ll go back and take the kids in the better weather. also the after glow of seeing a very small desk he used to work on has me all inspired today
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 5:49 PM EST up reply actions
Hope you have a great New Year with the fam
Beer and Baseball. Baseball and Beer. It's not hard to reevaluate your priorities when you only have two.
by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 6:15 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks and likewise PSCA
OT: Any suggestions on a good move to watch for New Years Eve or Day?
I’m planning to watch The Purple Rose of Cairo with my daughters this weekend, just one I’ve been wanting to share.
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 6:44 PM EST up reply actions
Recently saw and enjoyed
Crazy Stupid Love
Footloose (2011 version)
Beer and Baseball. Baseball and Beer. It's not hard to reevaluate your priorities when you only have two.
by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 7:08 PM EST up reply actions
I do like Steve Carell and Julianne Moore but what is the link to a New Years eve movie?
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 7:13 PM EST up reply actions
No link to New Years Eve
Just a couple of recent movies that I liked. Didn’t follow that you were looking for a New Year’s themed movie. I believe Sleepless in Seattle has its final scenes taking place on New Year’s Eve.
Beer and Baseball. Baseball and Beer. It's not hard to reevaluate your priorities when you only have two.
by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
I know there is something out there, just not clicking with me but I will search in the morning
thanks for the suggestions, I’ll watch the Carell movie
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
Never actually watched that one.
When Harry Met Sally would be another one in that category.
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!"
thanks bobo, and that's a good one as well
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 31, 2011 8:41 AM EST up reply actions
Sleepless in Seattle final scenes
happen on Valentine’s Day.
"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Dec 31, 2011 4:16 PM EST up reply actions
That's a pretty good playlist right there.
Manchester City: 44 points, 14-1-2, 1st in EPL, +38 GD
Sergio Aguero: 11 G, 4 A
Edin Dzeko: 10 G, 3 A
by cardinalswsbound on Dec 30, 2011 5:41 PM EST reply actions
Yuck sounds exactly like Dinosaur Jr. to me
Secretary of WAR and Defense of the Tyler Greene Fanclub.
haven't heard them yet
I wanted to play baseball!
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 5:49 PM EST up reply actions
They are really poppy, so I don't think you'd like them
Secretary of WAR and Defense of the Tyler Greene Fanclub.
by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 6:01 PM EST up reply actions
...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz7vyrFhFE8
Secretary of WAR and Defense of the Tyler Greene Fanclub.
by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 6:01 PM EST up reply actions
thanks
not too shabby
I wanted to play baseball!
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 6:09 PM EST up reply actions
kinda wanna punch those guys in the face
Secretary of WAR and Defense of the Tyler Greene Fanclub.
by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 6:28 PM EST up reply actions
yuck's better than most bands today
but i’m really sick of indie rock. let’s get some dark psyche rock in here!
Secretary of WAR and Defense of the Tyler Greene Fanclub.
by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 6:34 PM EST up reply actions
how do you mean?
Secretary of WAR and Defense of the Tyler Greene Fanclub.
by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 6:36 PM EST up reply actions
the phrase indie rock no longer specifies anything musically or economically
it’s definition has been diluted beyond meaningful use.
yeah I guess
but most of the new music I hear has that indie-tinge to it. I blame pavement.
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 6:47 PM EST up reply actions
ah
yeah, indie is just a catch all concept, kinda too large to be a genre in reality
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 6:41 PM EST up reply actions
uhm, yes it does
my band, for one
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 6:40 PM EST up reply actions
chitown do any of your songs have singing?
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 6:48 PM EST up reply actions
very few
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 7:13 PM EST up reply actions
next one will have one track with spoken word
as you can see by my albums list, I tend to prefer instrumental stuff (at least, over the last couple years). I’m not sure if this is a phase, or if I will just end up appreciating the pure musicality of a band rather than what someone is singing about. I’m sure I’ll like both though.
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 7:14 PM EST up reply actions
yeah my favorite songs and albums are the ones with a nice balance between singing and instrumentaion
pure instrumentation is more sublime, but lyrics gives it meaning. its really easy to ruin a good song with bad singing though.
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 7:22 PM EST up reply actions
since I keep gravitating towards the abstract
merely a song title without a message gives my mind enough of an inkling to make my own meanings from the musical passages.
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
Have you heard
"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Dec 31, 2011 2:37 AM EST up reply actions
we wouldn't mind getting a singer, it's just hard to find someone that fits best
our sax player sings usually, when there are vocals. spoken word seems to work well too though, since we do some ambient/drone stuff sometimes
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
I'm going to be singing in my band
and playing bass. I was first gonna play guitar, but I’m not that good and playing bass allows me to concentrate solely on signing, while the two other guitars can do more complex things that I wouldn’t have been able to do.
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 7:24 PM EST up reply actions
I can't sing and play guitar or bass at once
I love singing, but I haven’t dabbled in it much other than trying to sing along with some Alice In Chains or something which I rarely do anymore. I do have two songs on the internet I sing on, maybe I’ll send them to you on fb
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, send em to me
i can’t really play anything complicated and sing at the same time, but that’s fine for live shows because you can never really hear the bass anyway.
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 7:50 PM EST up reply actions
good luck!
although, I think bass is a matter of the band and the venue. sometimes there’s a lot of it. we use an ampeg that’s pretty loud
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 7:52 PM EST up reply actions
yeah it depends on the song
one of our songs is an instrumental with bass, piano and lead guitar, so the bass is going to be prominent there. but others are a bass and two guitars, so it isn’t as important.
but yeah, definitely depends on the venue as well. we’re playing at a festival when i go back to oregon over break, so i think its outdoors.
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 7:56 PM EST up reply actions
i can't really play anything complicated and sing unless i practice it a lot
i’ve been trying to figure out how to play and sing Hey by Pixies for awhile and it’s difficult to do even though its the easiest riff in the world.
the bass line or the guitar riff?
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 7:57 PM EST up reply actions
not really dark or psyche, but rock
Frank Black – Song of the Shrimp
Proud to be a member of The Night of the Longest Train Wreck Ever (9/10/09)
haha, i love frank black
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
little fury things
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLIPTOUH51I
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 6:30 PM EST up reply actions
yes and yes
they never topped this album, never.
In a Jar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IRxy_ebBNk&feature=related
beautiful.
how many Dinosaur Jr. songs are based off the bassline??
can’t even imagine J. Mascis let a song that isn’t built off a mega guitar riff on any Dinosaur Jr. album anymore.
Dino Jr rocks!
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 6:41 PM EST up reply actions
The negative waves. Always with the negative waves...
Elation. Sadness. Mayhem. Champagne. Sleepless fury. Never been a night like it. - Joe Posnanski
Yep.
Dino Jr., Sonic Youth, and Pavement. All at the same time.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 31, 2011 12:16 AM EST up reply actions
and Superchunk an Yo La Tengo and all of those friggin bands
by purple_haze on Dec 31, 2011 12:21 AM EST up reply actions
They don't put me in mind of Superchunk so much.
Some of Yo La Tengo, I suppose, but YLT never did nearly as much of the sludgy, fuzzed-out guitar stuff that defined that one whole segment of alternative rock (back when that label almost meant something). They did some, though. I could just be misremembering. I’ve always been very hit and miss on Yo La Tengo.
Bottom line: the Yuck record seems very derivative in its sound, which leads a lot of people to dismiss it because it sounds powerfully like a very specific time. Personally, I think that’s a mistake, because underneath all the 1992 there is some really excellent music there.
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by the red baron on Dec 31, 2011 12:29 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, it's nearly impossible not to be derivative in rock now
I’d rather have a band with a derivative sound that writes good songs.
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 31, 2011 2:25 AM EST up reply actions
What about the Muppets?
No love for the muppets? I am not familiar with most of the music being older than dirt and all, but the muppets – I can certainly relate to that. Being fat with a pig’s snout, being green with skinny legs. Just awesome.
Who's got it better than us? NOBODY!
I want to see that
but I’m not even sure if I’ve seen any movies from 2011
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 6:07 PM EST up reply actions
Life's a Happy Song should probably win Best Original Song at the Oscars, right?
Of all sad words of tongue or pen; the saddest are these: 'It might have been!' -- Whittier
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Thank you!
The Muppets was fantastic. Made me feel like a little kid again. The random sing along, fart shoes, travel by map, and the montage of getting the group back together. It was so much fun.
Menical laugh. Menical laugh. Menical laugh!
bollocks
by SecondHalfMatt on Dec 30, 2011 10:43 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Get Away sounds very familiar, no idea from what though...
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..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNBFkrUUeGc
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That episode is pretty classic.
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!"
just realized there are like 50 albums this year that I liked
hard to figure out what all were my absolute favorites (excluding metal albums)… for sure going to be:
Endangered Blood – s/t (jazz)
FAT32 – s/t (drums and keyboard duo)
Ruins Alone – s/t (drummer w/triggers, pretty experimental)
Korekyojinn – Tundra (same drummer but with full band; prog rock)
Cheer Accident – No Ifs ands Or Dogs (prog/pop/experimental)
I’m still catching up with a lot of stuff though, some more poppy or “easy listening” material that I really liked:
Seu Jorge And Almaz (Michael Jackson cover worth the price of the album alone)
Swarms – Old Raves End (electronic music)
Tom Waits – Bad As Me
bands that released albums in 2011 that I think will be really good but I haven’t heard them enough yet:
Death In Vegas, Sao Paulo Underground, Atomic
honorable mentions: Flaming Lips with Prefuse 73, Prefuse 73 – The Only She Chapters, Cave, Sun Araw, Grails, Hella, Faust, Scale The Summit
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 6:37 PM EST reply actions
oops
forgot that Earth album, also…. came out so early in the year
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 6:43 PM EST up reply actions
Love "Bad as Me"
"You've got to have an attitude if your going to go far in this game." -- Bob Gibson
I'm liking it too, but I haven't had the chance to listen to it more than a few times
so I’m not sure how it will compare to say, the one that came out in 2004 that I liked a lot
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 7:17 PM EST up reply actions
Appreciation of Tom Waits
is a great way to screen potential friends…
"You've got to have an attitude if your going to go far in this game." -- Bob Gibson
He's a different kind of cat.
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by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 7:25 PM EST up reply actions
he kind of reminds me of the underground russian singers that you would hear in movies.
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by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 7:29 PM EST up reply actions
he's certainly very unique
hearkens back to vaudevillian feelings, as well as forgotten blues singers, random curmudgeons, and other weird old men
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 7:40 PM EST up reply actions
Gogel Bordello?
"You've got to have an attitude if your going to go far in this game." -- Bob Gibson
probably a good comp
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by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:12 PM EST up reply actions
kind of like if they drink or not
ha jk
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 7:39 PM EST up reply actions
Yup, same idea
not jk
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Favorite Albums this year (same as last year)
The White Album by the Beattles
Runes by Led Zeppelin
Aqualung by Jethro Tull
Machine Head by Deep Purple
Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
The Joshua Tree by U2
Who’s Next by the Who
Hotel California by the Eagles
Appetite for Destruction by Guns n Roses
Moondance by Van Morrison
The Stranger by Billy Joel
After the Gold Rush by Neil Young
The Wall by Pink Floyd
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by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 6:58 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
just glancing though
I’m gonna rec me some of this
they try to kill it with their steely knife but they just can’t kill the beast
When I wore a younger man’s clothes
I stuffed the bill in my shirt, wait what, that’s not on the list? Dammit PS!
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 7:06 PM EST up reply actions
When I wore a younger man’s clothes
is from the song Piano Man on the album Piano Man – a great album in it’s own right.
I believe your third lyric is from a Harry Chapin song.
Mirrors on the ceiling, pink champagne on ice.
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by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 7:12 PM EST up reply actions
You are correct on all accounts
was mistaken on Piano Man not being on that album
but main thrust was, don’t you like some Chapin lyrics as well?
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 7:15 PM EST up reply actions
Oh wait
You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 7:22 PM EST up reply actions
Cool wind in my hair
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by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 7:43 PM EST up reply actions
One of my favorite songs. I love the lyrics
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:14 PM EST up reply actions
Absolutely love several Chapin songs
Don’t really have a favorite Chapin album.
Without a doubt, the rock song with the most meaningful lyrics to me is Cat’s in the Cradle. I’ve tried to live my life with respect to my kids with those lyrics in mind. The lyrics aren’t complicated – just real meaningful to me.
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by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 7:25 PM EST up reply actions
I was away a YouTube for a while crying ... never mind me
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:07 PM EST up reply actions
yeah aqualung!
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 7:07 PM EST up reply actions
I take "Achtung Baby" over "Joshua Tree"
But that’s a nice list
"You've got to have an attitude if your going to go far in this game." -- Bob Gibson
Replace Fleetwood Mac with Sting
Nothing Like the Sun, and we’re on to something.
Great list.
Play ball!
by IL and StL Fan on Dec 30, 2011 7:23 PM EST up reply actions
Are you out of your mind?
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 7:25 PM EST up reply actions
he's just got different taste
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by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 7:27 PM EST up reply actions
Oh……………Well … never mind
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:04 PM EST up reply actions
how'd you like the Ganstagrass?
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by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:05 PM EST up reply actions
I did listen to several of their songs actually
and really loved the choruses and the bluegrass sound, just could not get into the gangsta rap though
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
it takes some getting used to
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by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:12 PM EST up reply actions
I never really dug Fleetwood Mac
Just not my taste.
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by IL and StL Fan on Dec 30, 2011 7:42 PM EST up reply actions
I was being a little sarcastic there
Music is a personal thing
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:05 PM EST up reply actions
Ha, yeah, I got it.
But you’re right. They are on the list of bands that someone with my taste should like. I just don’t. Foreigner, too. I love all the 80s AOR stuff (fruit of a wasted youth, I know), except them.
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by IL and StL Fan on Dec 30, 2011 8:11 PM EST up reply actions
Can understand not being down with their style of music but what about Stevie Nicks?
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
so we're concurring then!
Don’t leave me hanging here brother
wait for it …………..
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:20 PM EST up reply actions
o/
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:20 PM EST up reply actions
o\
I think…Not really up on the symbols…
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by IL and StL Fan on Dec 30, 2011 8:25 PM EST up reply actions
Kinda looks like he's scratching his head.
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!"
appreciate the effort!
BVHeck had to save me after 3 days of hanging it out in the breeze the other day
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
i got this shit
"He may have been only .213 but they were the clutchest .213 of all time."
Running list of Molina pick-offs | twit
Here's how it works
o/ \o
2 guys slapping high 5s. o are heads, and / are arms
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
I screwed it up miserably my first time
Fink said it looked like I was clubbing myself in the head
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 9:01 PM EST up reply actions
So THAT'S what that is
Boy do I feel dumb. I’ve probably left a million people hanging. I figured it was some smartass hipster lingo.
Ad Maiorem Tortius Gloriam
by peppermartin on Dec 30, 2011 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
doooh
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by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
\o
"He may have been only .213 but they were the clutchest .213 of all time."
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I like
Ghost in the Machine and Synchronicity. The solo career didn’t do as much for me. To each his own.
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by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 7:31 PM EST up reply actions
Love those, too
though I prefer Regatta de Blanc to Synchro. GITM is probably my fave Police.
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by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Dec 31, 2011 2:46 AM EST up reply actions
Really, runes?
I much prefer Zoso as an album. I even think I like Zeppelin IV better
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by VolsnCards5 on Dec 30, 2011 7:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
You like those better than
Untitled ?!?!?!?!
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by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
II and IV are the best Zeppelin albums
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by Notorious PSC on Dec 30, 2011 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
Zeppelin I disagrees
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 7:53 PM EST up reply actions
I think we're going to have to card you
before you can continue in this subthread
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by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 8:01 PM EST up reply actions
old people can't properly appreciate zeppelin
so i’m gonna half to card you.
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
I was appreciating Zeppelin
before you were a gleam in your daddy’s eye
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by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:05 PM EST up reply actions
my daddy is John Paul Jones
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 8:08 PM EST up reply actions
I thought RiverRat was your dad
Wait….RR is John Paul Jones?
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by Notorious PSC on Dec 30, 2011 8:09 PM EST up reply actions
explains a lot, doesn't it?
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by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:09 PM EST up reply actions
Does azru always ban him because he hates Zeppelin?
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by Notorious PSC on Dec 30, 2011 8:11 PM EST up reply actions
he bans him because he gets a laugh out of torturing him
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by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:13 PM EST up reply actions
and this refutes my statement?
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by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
I think I may have to apologize
I may have misread your post “Zeppelin I disagrees” . I originaly read I as the word I. Now I believe you meant it as the Roman Numeral I.
Carry on.
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by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 8:12 PM EST up reply actions
heh
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 8:13 PM EST up reply actions
It's really good and heartwarming to see the younger folks listening to Led Zeppelin these days.
Those were the days….
by Tuning in from Korea on Dec 30, 2011 8:20 PM EST up reply actions
Definitely agree
I keep waiting for rap and hip hop to flame out. (Sigh)
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by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 8:26 PM EST up reply actions
I don't like that hip hop is represented by Lil Wayne and all the Wayne wannabes
There are so many better rappers out there. Wayne can’t write or do anything. All he did was claim he was the best and eventually everyone believed him
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by Notorious PSC on Dec 30, 2011 8:39 PM EST up reply actions
MF Doom
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 9:47 PM EST up reply actions
Mmm food
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by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 31, 2011 3:07 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
I saw that too
If VEP was a bouncer, half the people would get in without getting carded I guess.
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by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
Nothing wrong with "Physical Graffiti"
Double the Zep goodness
"You've got to have an attitude if your going to go far in this game." -- Bob Gibson
every one of their albums are great
that’s the only band I can say that about (and Hendrix).
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by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2011 8:07 PM EST up reply actions
I saw TCV when they were touring
Towards the end of the show, Homme was introducing everyone, and at the end he came to JPJ (and everyone knew who he was), and he’s like, “John Paul Jones, everyone.”
And then everyone started chanting his name and he got kind of embarassed
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by Notorious PSC on Dec 30, 2011 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
Where did you see them?
I’d love to see them live
Have we done dream concerts yet?
TCV opening for Foo opening for zeppelin, the the members all mingling…holy shit I might pay 500 for that ticket
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120 1/3IP, 133 K, 52 BB/HBP, 55 ER, 7 HR, 3.04 FIP
Postseason: 2 Starts- 15 IP, 9 H, 10 K, 2 BB, 3 ER, 19:10 GO:AO
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That was probably One of their first gigs
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120 1/3IP, 133 K, 52 BB/HBP, 55 ER, 7 HR, 3.04 FIP
Postseason: 2 Starts- 15 IP, 9 H, 10 K, 2 BB, 3 ER, 19:10 GO:AO
by VolsnCards5 on Dec 30, 2011 11:13 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Arcade Fire opening for Flaming Lips
Both so high-energy and intense, would go into a coma after seeing it.
Manchester City: 44 points, 14-1-2, 1st in EPL, +38 GD
Sergio Aguero: 11 G, 4 A
Edin Dzeko: 10 G, 3 A
by cardinalswsbound on Dec 30, 2011 10:43 PM EST up reply actions
I think I would have to add
Built for Speed by the Stray Cats. Loved them when I was a kid.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
Are you going to
Rock this Town Tonight ?
Beer and Baseball. Baseball and Beer. It's not hard to reevaluate your priorities when you only have two.
by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 7:42 PM EST up reply actions
nah
I tend to Stray Cat Strut.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 7:44 PM EST up reply actions
cuz you strut right by with your tail in the air
Beer and Baseball. Baseball and Beer. It's not hard to reevaluate your priorities when you only have two.
by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
I got stray cat class and stray cat style
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
What the heck ever happened to them? I loved the Stray Cats
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:12 PM EST up reply actions
they still get together from time to time
just started getting pulled in too many directions. Setzer’s got his own band.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:15 PM EST up reply actions
They have that big band / rockabilly sound I just love
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:19 PM EST up reply actions
you'd like Setzer's stuff then.
Try out the band Great Big Sea, you might like them if you want something different. you can find their stuff on youtube
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
Great Big Sea is superb.
I have a friend from Prince Edward Island that put me on to them several years ago (they are from Newfoundland).
He says a lot of their early tunes are traditional songs his grandmother would sing, rocked up.
Play ball!
by IL and StL Fan on Dec 30, 2011 8:27 PM EST up reply actions
My wife is from Maine and she has seen them several times there.
We got to see them at the Pagent a couple of years ago. Fabulous live show.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:31 PM EST up reply actions
Am not finding it
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
try this
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:37 PM EST up reply actions
I'm always disappointed that they never have
a video of my favorite song Boston and St.John.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
So what is Setzer's role in this band? Is he the songwriter, promoter, or what?
Or is he a guy in the band I’m not recognizing?
you’d like Setzer’s stuff then.
Try out the band Great Big Sea, you might like them if you want something different. you can find their stuff on youtube
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:55 PM EST up reply actions
sorry. those are two completely different things.
I my ADD kicks in when talking about music.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
no wonder I had trouble correlating the two
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 9:02 PM EST up reply actions
BSO is good stuff.
The negative waves. Always with the negative waves...
Elation. Sadness. Mayhem. Champagne. Sleepless fury. Never been a night like it. - Joe Posnanski
If I'm going to think about it
anything from Cream
Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton
Texas Flood by SRV
Double live Gonzo by Ted Nugent
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:29 PM EST up reply actions
I was in Germany when the Frampton Comes Alive album came out. Man was that a smash hit.
Back then a small percentage of GI’s had TEAC reel to reel players, Sansui, Marantz, stereo systems and turntables so the music sounded great.
by Tuning in from Korea on Dec 30, 2011 8:46 PM EST up reply actions
that was actually the first album I ever had.
I got it for my 7th birthday from my brother. I always suspected that he bought it for me so he could listen to it.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
Or you were a really cool almost 7 year old
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 8:57 PM EST up reply actions
well, I was at that.
The very first song I can remember singing was White Lightning by George Jones. I was 4 or 5 and could do the whole song.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 9:01 PM EST up reply actions
Still love George Jones, but then again who doesn't
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
She Thinks I Still Care
a perennial favorite
Ad Maiorem Tortius Gloriam
by peppermartin on Dec 30, 2011 9:06 PM EST up reply actions
all are good
who’s gonna fill their shoes
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
No Rolling Stones? No Bob Marley?
Ad Maiorem Tortius Gloriam
by peppermartin on Dec 30, 2011 8:48 PM EST up reply actions
I like most of these a lot
but I can’t stand Billy Joel or Guns ’n Roses. By Runes, I assume you mean LZ4, also called ZOSO?
"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Dec 31, 2011 2:43 AM EST up reply actions
Correct
Beer and Baseball. Baseball and Beer. It's not hard to reevaluate your priorities when you only have two.
by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 31, 2011 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
Your daily December Holiday song:
I’ve been under the weather a bit lately, but I know you guys miss these.
Ella Fitzgerald – What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
Be safe tomorrow, everyone.
#HappySeason #SadOffSeason #ImFeelingBetterThough
by The Continental on Dec 30, 2011 7:08 PM EST reply actions
Get well soon TC we miss you last few days
Hope you recover for New Years Eve!
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 30, 2011 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
totally ridiculous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTYyCMVb8J8
I wanted to play baseball!
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 7:42 PM EST reply actions
Two minutes into this and I like it
Reminds me of Rush a little.
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!"
Yup its like older rush ported to the 21st century
Which means its super awesome
I wanted to play baseball!
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 8:56 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Yep!
I wanted to play baseball!
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 9:08 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
almost like a mixed Rush cover.
But pretty good stuff. Better than any Rush tribute band I’ve seen.
"Our son Dick was sitting in his high chair, and I looked at that money, and I knew I could never look my son in the face again, if I took that money" (to leave the Cardinals) -Stan Musial, 1946
Why trade "The Mang"for "El Salmon", for less than $2M/yr, after taxes?
Darren Oliver is on the Blue Jays now
I wanted to play baseball!
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 7:53 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
A baseball related post ??
Beer and Baseball. Baseball and Beer. It's not hard to reevaluate your priorities when you only have two.
by PugetSoundCardsAddict on Dec 30, 2011 9:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
this is why torty isn't allowed to shag fly balls
by tomsteele on Dec 30, 2011 8:05 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
beady little eyes
no help with the depth perception, mega help with the cuteness
Sign somebody.
by EinFesteBusch on Dec 30, 2011 11:19 PM EST up reply actions
it's kind of cheesy but i also like the Hooray for Earth album this year
i know, i know, i’m a sucker for bombastic pop music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alfLGvA5PRQ
A short list of Classic Rock Music DVD's.
A Hard Day’s Night
The Kids are Alright The Who
Led Zeppelin, a 2 disc set, that anyone who likes Led Zep should own, lots of great concert footage.
A film about Jimi Hendrix
Roy Orbison Black & White Night
Free Bird the Movie
by Tuning in from Korea on Dec 30, 2011 8:34 PM EST reply actions
I always thought Song Remains the Same was kind of a lousy show
but I have How the West was Won, which is a much better live album
RE-SIGN EVERYONE
by Notorious PSC on Dec 30, 2011 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
You're missing Pink Floyd live at Pompeii!
"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Dec 31, 2011 2:54 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Unfortunately that is one I don't have in my collection, but I do listen to Pink Floyd In Concert PULSE
recorded in 1994 at Earls Court, London. It’s a 2 disc DVD, the 2nd Disc is the Dark Side of the Moon concert, which is visually stunning, my only gripe is it’s not in widescreen.
by Tuning in from Korea on Dec 31, 2011 5:39 AM EST up reply actions
This is all hipster music. I guess it’s okay for hipsters, but I’m not enough of a hipster to like hipster picks like this. Too bad I’m not hipster enough. Maybe I’d like it better if I were more of a hipster.
Beware: Velociraptors may be present.
by azruavatar on Dec 30, 2011 8:36 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
Ahahahahahahahahahaa
I wanted to play baseball!
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 8:38 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Im sure youre joking
But this is the same as saying sabermetrics do not matter
I wanted to play baseball!
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 30, 2011 8:40 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
did you set out to see how many times you could use 'hipster'?
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 30, 2011 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
I don't know
no subject line makes you pretty hipster
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
Gosh, I'm so over hipsters
I recently moved on to making fun of a completely different sub-cultural stereotype—you know what, never mind, you guys have probably never heard of it.
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!"
so many capital letters though
clearly trying too hard.
"Our son Dick was sitting in his high chair, and I looked at that money, and I knew I could never look my son in the face again, if I took that money" (to leave the Cardinals) -Stan Musial, 1946
Why trade "The Mang"for "El Salmon", for less than $2M/yr, after taxes?
I don't really understand the connection between hipsters and PBR
last time I drank PBR (college) it was pretty awful
Ad Maiorem Tortius Gloriam
by peppermartin on Dec 30, 2011 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
It wouldn’t be fun and ironic to drink bad, cheap beer that the hoi polloi drink. It’s also widely distributed. I assume hipsters in Seattle drink Rainier, and hipsters in the Northeast drink Schaefer, or something, etc.
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!"
Yeah, but a lot of the hipsters out here in Portland drink PBR too.
Actually, it’s easily the top-selling cheap beer out here.
by mattisnotfrench on Dec 31, 2011 12:24 AM EST up reply actions
i suppose i fail to see the irony in drinking
the stuff that’s just slightly better than the cheap garbage everyone else drinks. you’d think with all the hipsterish interest in listening/eating/whatever-ing anything out of mainstream and obscure, they’d be into belgian sours or black ipa’s, not into the stuff “their parents drank.”
oh well, they can have all the pbr they want. more good beer for the rest of us.
> tebow
they do indeed drink Rainier
i have consumed more Rainier in the past few months than I ever desired to in my life
by purple_haze on Dec 31, 2011 12:26 AM EST up reply actions
Heh
I don’t actually mind Rainier. I drink it sometimes when I’m up there visiting just for kicks.
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!"
you're right
it’s not that bad. Still, I feel like once I start differentiating between cheap yellow beers, that’s when I’m an alcoholic.
by purple_haze on Dec 31, 2011 12:39 AM EST up reply actions
Heh
Just get the most expensive beers available. That way you can’t drink as much.
Of course, you might end up downing a bunch of stuff with alcohol content on par with wine… so maybe that’s not the best idea either.
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!"
i go to college
sometimes i just gotta get drunk on a budget. i have come up with only one hard and fast rule. No Steele Reserve.
Never again.
by purple_haze on Dec 31, 2011 12:54 AM EST up reply actions
I think that's technically a malt liquor
I’ve always thought that, in grocery stores at least, New Belgium’s stuff offers a great quality-to-price ratio.
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!"
i feel ya
I used to be into dubstep but it got to mainstream. Now I am into post dubstep
by FlimtotheFlam on Dec 30, 2011 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
cause I’m not sure anyone is picking up what I’m putting down.
Beware: Velociraptors may be present.
Oh this is awesome
I’m loving number 13 on the list.
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!"
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz
Manchester City: 44 points, 14-1-2, 1st in EPL, +38 GD
Sergio Aguero: 11 G, 4 A
Edin Dzeko: 10 G, 3 A
by cardinalswsbound on Dec 30, 2011 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
Idongeddit
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 31, 2011 1:53 AM EST up reply actions
So nobody things there's anything even vaguely political about my comment, I'll explain.
8. The Unwitting Outlier. “Has anyone really cared about George Clooney since ER?”
Azru’s post is hosted by NPR, and, like cardinalswsbound, I was replying to Azru in one of the modes mentioned in the article. See? Ha! What a wit am I!
11.4
I knew what you were doing.
I was just playing along.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 31, 2011 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
Stop it! I can't take that kind of crudeness!
My delicate sensibilities have been damaged for life!
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 31, 2011 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
I'm considering
Best Years of Our Lives for the New Years Eve Movie
Leave any suggestions here
And a goodnight to all
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
I like to celebrate New Years with William Powell.
by peach concrete on Dec 30, 2011 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
I've added After the Thin Man to the list! Thanks
I’ve added After the Thin Man to the list! Thanks as those Thin Man movies are awesome and I’ve always like Mryna Loy
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 31, 2011 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
Thanks TK it's on my list of films to watch my the kids
11 in 11' √
12 in 12', WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!.
by I-Musial-ly-Am on Dec 31, 2011 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
How come no one uses this SBN site?
It seems like a great alternative to MLBTR to talk about trade rumors and signings. Literally no one comments here despite it being updated regularly.
Trade Westbrook
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on Dec 30, 2011 9:32 PM EST reply actions
What is the incentive to use it?
MLBTR is great so long as you 1) stay out of the comments and 2) remember that most of the writers don’t understand sabermetrics which leads them to poorly evaluating players at times.
Beware: Velociraptors may be present.
Until a flood of people start using it, there is no incentive.
I like MLBTR……a lot…I probably check it 30 times per day. The comment section is unbearable. It seems like this would be a nice place for educated fans to have rational discussions with fans of other teams.
Trade Westbrook
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on Dec 30, 2011 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
so basically the site owners have made no effort to
create a site culture that doesn’t suck, so it sucks. But as long as you avoid the sucky stuff, it’s OK.
MLBTR is really very horrible, and is just dying to have someone knock it off it’s pedestal, myspace-style.
"Our son Dick was sitting in his high chair, and I looked at that money, and I knew I could never look my son in the face again, if I took that money" (to leave the Cardinals) -Stan Musial, 1946
Why trade "The Mang"for "El Salmon", for less than $2M/yr, after taxes?
But from I can tell
Daily Dish doesn’t actually do anything unique. It’s not sabr in its analysis. It’s still a site aggregator. It doesn’t have original pieces. It’s MLBTR without having MLBTR’s traffic. They aren’t even effectively utilizing their biggest weapon (SBN’s platform) in this process. There’s no incentive to go from MLBTR to not MLBTR just for the sake of it being … desolately empty.
Beware: Velociraptors may be present.
I've been listening to Queens of the Stoneage, Lullabies to Paralyze
Really good album. I really like “I never came”.
Secretary of WAR and Defense of the Tyler Greene Fanclub.
Tangled Up in Plaid
my favorite on the album
RE-SIGN EVERYONE
by Notorious PSC on Dec 30, 2011 9:53 PM EST up reply actions
didn't sound very serious.
Trade Westbrook
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on Dec 30, 2011 10:23 PM EST up reply actions
I read that
and remember Danny Cox and the sea wall.
The negative waves. Always with the negative waves...
Elation. Sadness. Mayhem. Champagne. Sleepless fury. Never been a night like it. - Joe Posnanski
Pleeeeeeease not another shootout, Blues!
Trade Westbrook
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on Dec 30, 2011 10:27 PM EST reply actions
I'll take David Legwand for 200, Alex.
Trade Westbrook
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on Dec 30, 2011 10:36 PM EST up reply actions
haha...
John Kelly, announcer for the Blues, just said “It was nearly titty time here in overtime”…i have no idea what the hell this meant.
Trade Westbrook
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on Dec 30, 2011 10:33 PM EST reply actions
timmy time
referring to TJ (tim jr) oshie
"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh
Trade Westbrook
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on Dec 30, 2011 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
I guess the ears hear what they want to hear.
Trade Westbrook
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on Dec 30, 2011 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
uggggggggggggggh....auto....matic....loss.
0-5 in shootouts.
Lame.
Trade Westbrook
by The Ghost of Todd Burns on Dec 30, 2011 10:46 PM EST reply actions
So if we're going to talk about awesome music
How about some Gilbert O’Sullivan!
Is it wrong that I actually really like this song? I mean, the production and 70’s cheesiness of it is laid on pretty thick, but it’s a very catchy and incredibly sad song.
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!"
That's pretty good
but it’s no Gilbert AND Sullivan
Sign somebody.
by EinFesteBusch on Dec 30, 2011 10:59 PM EST up reply actions
That's good too
but I also like Gilbert and Sullivan and Mix-A-Lot
"I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missoura!"
by mattybobo on Dec 30, 2011 11:02 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Excellent.
The negative waves. Always with the negative waves...
Elation. Sadness. Mayhem. Champagne. Sleepless fury. Never been a night like it. - Joe Posnanski
What are some good ways to hear new music?
Cards fan since 1967, grew up in STL, saw Billy Joel at the Arena in the 70s, saw the Eagles at SIU’s Mississippi River Festival, left to attend a few classes in Austin, Texas and lived for awhile on the west coast. Now the biggest Cards fan in NC. When I was growing up in STL county, you simply turned on the radio (KADI, KIRL, KSLQ, KSHE) and within an hour you knew what music was out there. Now it seems like a lot more work. Can you make it easy for me?
Other pertinent details: I learned tonight that I do not like Dinosaur, Jr. Sorry. More into roots/blues-based rock, folk, punk, reggae, and throw in some old time mountain music. I play drums in a 60s garage band and also play some guitar, mandolin, and ukulele.
Teach me your ways.
"The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness." - Annie Savoy
by redbirdbluedevil on Dec 30, 2011 11:14 PM EST reply actions
I'm always wondering the same thing
and I’ve only been a Cards fan (read Alive) since ‘88. So it’s not just you. Where RB and Chitown and other get this stuff beats the hell out of me, but it’s often good or really interesting.
"He may have been only .213 but they were the clutchest .213 of all time."
Running list of Molina pick-offs | twit
I asked a friend a few years ago
Guy has heard of every obscure band that has ever played on three continents. I was moaning that I just couldn’t find good new music. He made me a tape (yes, a tape, it was a few years ago) of new stuff he thought I would like.
There was one song I really grooved to, “Bitter Sweet Symphony” by the Verve. Music by (after plagiarism controversy)………….
……..Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
I gave up.
Play ball!
by IL and StL Fan on Dec 30, 2011 11:26 PM EST up reply actions
Pandora might be good for you.
#HappySeason #SadOffSeason #ImFeelingBetterThough
by The Continental on Dec 30, 2011 11:49 PM EST up reply actions
Just go to
kdhx.org and stream. Pandora, as some suggested below, is okay, but it only gives you things that are already like the things you like. Listening to a real radio station gives you way more exposure to great new stuff from lots of different genres.
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 31, 2011 12:23 AM EST up reply actions
Most people do pandora.com or similar sites. i tend to read a lot of music news sites and newsfeeds. Rateyourmusic.com has a lot of users and doesnt have the bias of other sites. If you are interested in certain genres id do google searches using keywords from whatever type of music you are searching. Another option wpould be to join music communities online via bbs or social networking. Once you find one post often and keep trying to ask questions as well as share your knowledge on music and you will eventually know more on a variety of subjects
I wanted to play baseball!
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Dec 31, 2011 3:16 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Thanks
I have Spotify and could do some exploring on that as well, I suppose. I just miss turning on the radio in my car and hearing great stuff. I still like classic rock but don’t want to be the person who says, “They call this stuff music? The kids today don’t know good music.” Etc.
"The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness." - Annie Savoy
by redbirdbluedevil on Dec 30, 2011 11:49 PM EST reply actions
I rarely ever listen to the radio anymore.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 31, 2011 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
good on ya for not wanting to be that person
people will keep watching new movies and tv and books, but for some reason, there is this tendency for people to stop listening to new music at some point. i am also determined never to do this.
by purple_haze on Dec 31, 2011 12:04 AM EST up reply actions
My friend Travis and I had a conversation about this one time.
He decided that when people like at work or something ask him what type of music he likes, they’re literally using a different definition of what it is to like music than he is.
People who listen to music but don’t really care about it form their tastes at some point in time then listen to it. When you ask them what sort of music they like they answer, “Country,” or whatever and that gives you your answer.
People who really care about music are always looking for something, trying to find new or different things, and when you ask them what kind of music they like they have no real answer for you because the answer is always, “whatever great thing I’m going to discover next week.”
I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is.
by the red baron on Dec 31, 2011 12:26 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
speaking of
I just caught the tail-end of the Americana Music Awards. I didn’t realize they were going to be on tonite. sad for me. I got to see Robert Plant and Band of Joy. That was pretty good. I’m going to have to watch for a replay of it.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 31, 2011 1:39 AM EST up reply actions
the song they played was Monkey. had to search for the name of the song.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 31, 2011 1:44 AM EST up reply actions
watching Clubhouse Confidential (the MLB network sabremetrics show)
is bizarre. Seeing reasonable WAR-based statistical analysis on television using ESPN looking charts is some serious cognitive dissonance.
except they are kind of in love with their triple slash lines
and i’m not seeing any linear weights based metrics. oh well, baby steps.
by purple_haze on Dec 31, 2011 12:56 AM EST up reply actions
He busted out an explanation of OPS on his viewers
so let’s not explode their heads all at once.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 31, 2011 1:41 AM EST up reply actions
veronica falls is interesting
kind of feels like the first step down a rabbit hole that will eventually lead to bands like leaves eyes, or maybe midnattsol. And then eventually things like lacuna coil, iced earth, nightwish, tristania, sirenia…
I was blown away by “cities aviv”. I don’t usually like hip-hop, or whatever that is, and can’t even pretend to speak the language, but that was good stuff.
"Our son Dick was sitting in his high chair, and I looked at that money, and I knew I could never look my son in the face again, if I took that money" (to leave the Cardinals) -Stan Musial, 1946
Why trade "The Mang"for "El Salmon", for less than $2M/yr, after taxes?
I've always had a strange attraction to Lacuna Coil.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 31, 2011 2:02 AM EST up reply actions
yeah, seeing cristina scabbia
opening for Rob Zombie a few years ago at HOB Anaheim ranks in my God Tier of concerts. Probably around 5 or 6, but that was just incredible.
"Our son Dick was sitting in his high chair, and I looked at that money, and I knew I could never look my son in the face again, if I took that money" (to leave the Cardinals) -Stan Musial, 1946
Why trade "The Mang"for "El Salmon", for less than $2M/yr, after taxes?
that sounds like it would've been great.
I really miss my XM radio. The Squizz channel was great for finding music I’d never heard of.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 31, 2011 2:12 AM EST up reply actions
it's kind of sad
I’m probably misremembering a few things, but it seems like Lacuna coil (who were around for years before, and were always amazing, but, being “foreign, but not cute”) could never quite pull off the “99 luftballoons” thing, especilly in the shadow of bands like “the gathering”. When the Amy Lee phenomenon struck, they really did their best to capitalize on the success of Evanescence, and while they were really a vastly superior band, both technically and artistically, they never could gain the foothold that they should have, in the US, which is the place where teenage girls can buy hundreds of millions of CDs. If they had been 4 or 5 years later, they might have capitalized on the twilight thing instead, which would have been miserable for us but good for them, but they just missed that window.
And then Evanescence pissed their early success away with petty infighting, and left LC (and others) hanging. And, of course, hung themselves as well, oldest story in the book (can’t wait for the VH1 behind the music special).
If there ever was a plot for an extremely excellent Bill and Ted’s 3, or maybe a second generation Quantum Leap, #1 keeping Nightwish together, and #2 causing Evanescence CD’s 2 and 3 to be what they should have been, would be a super awesome way to cause everyone in 2039 to be excellentish to each other while playing squeezy air guitar.
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"Our son Dick was sitting in his high chair, and I looked at that money, and I knew I could never look my son in the face again, if I took that money" (to leave the Cardinals) -Stan Musial, 1946
Why trade "The Mang"for "El Salmon", for less than $2M/yr, after taxes?
wow.
I really liked Evanescence, too and always wondered what their problem was. I thought that LC was a much edgier version of that vein of music. E was just in the right place at the right time.Too bad they had to screw around.
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 31, 2011 8:10 AM EST up reply actions
Evanescence was a ripoff of Within Temptation anyway
Amy did what most people do when they strike gold. screw over the ones who helped get them there & now instead of being a constant presence in music, she’s an afterthought.
Balls
Someone please spit out some baseball related things
Please.
by Cheeseballs on Dec 31, 2011 2:54 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Pitchers and catchers report in about 47 days.
"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Dec 31, 2011 2:57 AM EST up reply actions
Thank you
I’ve had enough of this strange music nonsense. Let’s talk more about how this incredibly stubbed toe of CC won’t effect his normal offseason routines.
by Cheeseballs on Dec 31, 2011 3:11 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
it's your first off-season.
Darkest days are yet to come. Sorry to break it to you.
"Our son Dick was sitting in his high chair, and I looked at that money, and I knew I could never look my son in the face again, if I took that money" (to leave the Cardinals) -Stan Musial, 1946
Why trade "The Mang"for "El Salmon", for less than $2M/yr, after taxes?
He'll never be the same pitcher he was
after they amputate his big toe. The balance won’t be there, so they’ll remove his left thumb and attach it to his foot. He’ll get a new nickname, Papa Thumb or Thumb Toe, or maybe Thumb Jam.
"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Dec 31, 2011 3:26 AM EST up reply actions
nice
Johnny Gomes could not be reached for comment
"There is not a better feeling in the whole world than knowing that you are the best team in both leagues."- Bob Forsch on winning the 1982 World Series.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Dec 31, 2011 8:12 AM EST up reply actions
Huh. No one caught The Brothers K reference!
"I actually used about nine pitches--two different fastballs, two sliders, a curve, a changeup, knockdown, brushback, and hit-batsman" - Bob Gibson
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Dec 31, 2011 4:22 PM EST up reply actions
He'll be OK
There was no sea wall involved.
The negative waves. Always with the negative waves...
Elation. Sadness. Mayhem. Champagne. Sleepless fury. Never been a night like it. - Joe Posnanski
if you don't like the subject matter, you're more than welcome to start your own site where you can control the subject matter
until then keep the insults to yourself. it’s incredibly rude & disrespectful to RB & the other writers of VEB who spend hours out of their days coming up with things to write about in late December early January where there’s not a damn thing going on in the baseball world
Balls
CCDNGAFAOPR...except Adam
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by monkeysareblue on Dec 31, 2011 5:10 AM EST up reply actions
game 5 nlds carp shutout
Swing and a high drive to center field...GET UP BABY...GET UP BABY, GET UP...OH YEAH - Shannon, Gm 6
by OurSaviorAaronMiles on Dec 31, 2011 3:09 AM EST up reply actions
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