tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32561406128033914982024-02-06T22:32:45.633-08:00charz2kJust because our opinions might matter to someone other than ourselves...Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05354296902248869766noreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-52377946213226427782012-01-18T13:21:00.000-08:002012-01-18T13:23:39.026-08:00SOPA and PIPAAs a protest against the proposed PIPA and SOPA legislations, no new posts will be published to charz2k today.<div><br /></div><div>sincerely,</div><div>Danny</div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823889638197921319noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-16915544270407961142011-01-28T18:38:00.001-08:002011-01-28T18:41:44.871-08:00Twitter titterDanny and I now have Twitter accounts because our Facebook friends are idiots and hardly ever post anything funny and worthwhile and probably don't understand funny and worthwhile things we post and you can't use funny #tags when you post on Facebook. <div><br /></div><div>Follow us because you don't have anything better to do than read what we write when we don't have anything better to do.</div><div><br /></div><div>Danny: <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/dildonato">@dildonato</a> (dildo+NATO)</div><div>Eric: <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/outdoorminer">@outdoorminer</a> #somedumbsongname</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05354296902248869766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-17940486192205058332010-04-06T14:48:00.000-07:002010-04-06T14:53:06.955-07:00Obama Sucks<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tX0PSoCTFas&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tX0PSoCTFas&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />I think blue collar fans would know their players, and that it was "Comiskey" Park, not "Cominsky." Not to mention pulling out a Sox hat to throw out the first pitch of the season for another team who is just trying to win 30 games a year. Throws like a girl, too.Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01230438326693993709noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-20527511946373097792010-01-18T18:00:00.000-08:002010-01-18T20:36:06.251-08:00Well, here it is, folks.It's taken me quite a while to finalize this list, be it because I've been struggling to recall favorites from the first part of the decade that deserve mention, or because I'm insecure about the quality of my list in comparison to those of my peers (Danny, Peter, Jeff - this means it's your fault I've taken so long...). Now that it's been a good two months since I'd begun to think about the decade's best, I'm tired enough of the idea of creating the perfect list to force myself to feign indifference at any forgotten mentions, and some Xanax will probably help me with the list-esteem issue. So, here we goooooo!<br /><br />26. <span style="font-weight: bold;">In Ghost Colours - Cut/Copy</span>: After a long-delayed flight from Australia threatened to cancel their P-fork '08 set, hearing "Hearts on Fire" sneak out from behind Animal Collective's set and running over to join the bouncing crowd for the two songs they played made me love this record all the more.<br />25. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Satanic Panic in the Attic - Of Montreal</span>: The first time I heard "Rapture Rapes the Muses" while co-hosting my friend Kathy's radio show my mind was blown because it was then that I truly realized how little I knew about music and how much I wanted to learn. If their fans and their subsequent records hadn't diminished the listenability of SPitA, it'd probably be top-10.<br />23. (tie) <span style="font-weight: bold;">#3 - Suburban Kids with Biblical Names/You're so Silent, Jens - Jens Lekman</span>: Swedish indie pop is one of the greatest things to happen to music this decade, and both of these artists exemplify why. I really like <span style="font-style: italic;">Night Falls Over Kortedala</span>, but I can't exclude the collection that showcases "Black Cab" no matter how hard I try.<br />22. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Slow Dance - Jeremy Jay</span>: French post-punk revivalism in 2009? Fucking yes.<br />21. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart</span>: Too noisy to be twee, too twee to be noisepop, POBPAH's C86 revivalism gives me hope for the next decade's music.<br />20. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Alight of Night - Crystal Stilts</span> - Simple chords, when draped in enough noise and distortion, prove that you don't need to be technically proficient to make a fantastic record. Substandard equipment helps. While probably technically part of the whole "shitgaze/glo-fi" movement, Crystal Stilts do what they do so well that none of the genre's other bands really even need to exist.<br />19. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Album - Girls</span>: Danny said it well enough for me to not need to repeat. Also, since on the 1st of January, 2010 I vowed no alcohol until the Girls show on 1/31 at Walter's, I really love them and want it to be the day of their show.<br />18. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Up the Bracket - The Libertines</span>: If <span style="font-style: italic;">There's a Riot Goin' On</span> was the most appropriate album to snort a line off in the 70s, "Up the Bracket" is, along with <span style="font-style: italic;">Blood Visions</span> (RIP Jay :( ) certainly the best for the '00s.<br />17. <span style="font-weight: bold;">High Society - Enon</span>: Maybe the best "Indie Rock" album of all time.<br />16. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Paper Television - The Blow:</span> "True affection floats"<br />15. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Every Night - Saturday Looks Good to Me</span>: "All Over Town" is one of my favorite songs to listen to on a warm day while driving with the windows down.<br />14. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Underachievers Please Try Harder - Camera Obscura</span>: While "If Looks Could Kill" and "French Navy" might be amazing singles that showcase the best of a fully-realized band's potential, the underachievement of "<span style="font-style: italic;">Underachievers</span>" is just so damn cute.<br />13. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Suburban Light - The Clientele</span>: A great October record that I really listened to for the first time on a rainy October evening.<br />12. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Let it Bloom - Black Lips</span>: Maximum fucking rock and roll.<br />11. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Love Visions - Nobunny</span>: I kind of wish I lived in San Francisco so I could have heard these guys (and Hunx) earlier.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsqH6_iiFHpPtHXiXeO77q09_rlfELDJA2V4zYId28W6cqGyTBw5V0JCmHO6LLGVQS-LXlZI_SV2TTnhgSbzoyE6XTiYgGLiFy9VALACm33RTg-Gka00XgmldoMlLoFYrjX8WodEeUQo/s1600-h/thelastmatch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsqH6_iiFHpPtHXiXeO77q09_rlfELDJA2V4zYId28W6cqGyTBw5V0JCmHO6LLGVQS-LXlZI_SV2TTnhgSbzoyE6XTiYgGLiFy9VALACm33RTg-Gka00XgmldoMlLoFYrjX8WodEeUQo/s200/thelastmatch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428280009002025074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">10. The Last Match - The Aislers Set</span><br /><br />Through benefit of barely squeaking out of the 90s, I love this record because of how 90s noise-pop it is. I kind of get the impression that every No Age/Vivian Girls/Wavves/Girls wishes they could have made this absolutely perfect record themselves. More than anything, Aislers Set understand the necessity of noise <span style="font-style: italic;">and</span> melody, and they pour the perfect amount from each beaker into each song. Bonus points for covering 14 Iced Bears.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2S8JdWkvSWvKfuK4of12IJqBYXhPpF6Y12Ss0z5oCGHqMh0PzuJ_dnmohz9NNTbkBzHJQpYMC0Cxabn38eE6-nfA_Ph61vIfhk4FSOBPqqaBHhuEHJzhGGb4ZTEseCSI0y0Mp5qwJsE/s1600-h/MysteriousProductionofEggs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2S8JdWkvSWvKfuK4of12IJqBYXhPpF6Y12Ss0z5oCGHqMh0PzuJ_dnmohz9NNTbkBzHJQpYMC0Cxabn38eE6-nfA_Ph61vIfhk4FSOBPqqaBHhuEHJzhGGb4ZTEseCSI0y0Mp5qwJsE/s200/MysteriousProductionofEggs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428279940401520626" border="0" /></a>9. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Mysterious Production of Eggs - Andrew Bird</span><br /><br />Listening to this record sometimes feels like an adult "story time" where Andrew is sitting in the center of a circle with a big picture book open to illustrate his song's nameless protagonists. One of the rare instances where an album could likely stand on its lyrical merit alone, the melodic prowess of the storyteller is doubly effective.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUES6zmfPZI2DrFIulfAqZinmnOhyX3xVAQPLRWpeUlLvN-9hJjI_3wHHGo_lJ_CI6v4kXJmJY4L9VI4ezG4rxM5S1xtrzjn-1oguwpJx01_qD3wRYRqQmDFf_MUaOb3ptecx9Ek7PtQ/s1600-h/16353.rings-around-the-world.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUES6zmfPZI2DrFIulfAqZinmnOhyX3xVAQPLRWpeUlLvN-9hJjI_3wHHGo_lJ_CI6v4kXJmJY4L9VI4ezG4rxM5S1xtrzjn-1oguwpJx01_qD3wRYRqQmDFf_MUaOb3ptecx9Ek7PtQ/s200/16353.rings-around-the-world.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428279878602719506" border="0" /></a>8. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rings Around the World - Super Furry Animals</span><br /><br />My favorite part of this album is how it sounds like Paul McCartney is doing the backing vocals in "Receptacle for the Respectable" and how you check the liner notes and see his name in there and think "damn I was right" while all he did was like blow on a comb or something.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrG0cq1ITDxtwvI78WI_BtBA5WWSdCWHKXx8BPkZmAeaX1E9mCWGc89DvkStLxnKqDdfIUE4LBHXXlMtN6rs3wuxV-sCQEPBpkRokVQe4ODKwDrCAPqIGscZLxQ-gzm3RKRGxOPhrYOH8/s1600-h/15231.museum-of-imaginary-animals.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrG0cq1ITDxtwvI78WI_BtBA5WWSdCWHKXx8BPkZmAeaX1E9mCWGc89DvkStLxnKqDdfIUE4LBHXXlMtN6rs3wuxV-sCQEPBpkRokVQe4ODKwDrCAPqIGscZLxQ-gzm3RKRGxOPhrYOH8/s200/15231.museum-of-imaginary-animals.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428279256078582226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">7. The Museum of Imaginary Animals - Pram</span><br /><br />The problem with decade-end lists is that if you listen to a lot of music you'll inevitably happen upon the circumstance where you hear something very late in the decade that hasn't had the time to marinate like the rest of the selections you'll likely include. When I first heard this album I knew it was one of the best, and I'm pretty confident I've not erred on this one at all. It's whimsical, haunting, and beautiful. I urge all Stereolab fans to get it immediately.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHNtoCwArRv3U8HzwsIW9RJfxsRqfTe1Xux7XPCHT6_qpoCnbk-uTn3jq57pHTOludVCHb-KktLONwtooUo8XjOSs_OhxqZxE6PasBmYX5x6NcHVqG-xYGcynGVrofmYm8JEQUafIL-I/s1600-h/7502-margerine-eclipse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHNtoCwArRv3U8HzwsIW9RJfxsRqfTe1Xux7XPCHT6_qpoCnbk-uTn3jq57pHTOludVCHb-KktLONwtooUo8XjOSs_OhxqZxE6PasBmYX5x6NcHVqG-xYGcynGVrofmYm8JEQUafIL-I/s200/7502-margerine-eclipse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428279492731665490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">6. Margerine Eclipse - Stereolab</span><br /><br />Whether on stage, in a car, while lying in bed reading a book, or concentrating intently on every note, I love listening to <span style="font-style: italic;">Margerine Eclipse</span>. Though, as Peter pointed out, <span style="font-style: italic;">Sound-dust</span> was the last album with Mary Hansen before her untimely demise, and after spending a week straight listening to that album exclusively while driving, it took one listen of <span style="font-style: italic;">Margerine Eclipse</span> for me prefer it over <span style="font-style: italic;">Sound-dust</span>. I especially can't get enough of the hypnotic and chilling "Someday...someday...someday" in "La Demeure."<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSAawUBZaRY2avlZAjMIyLxFZCZ5PXeK_P8eNCHlPxBwaug1FG09mp-1CgaaCo50UnExMrEXCrvtmmAmQRBJSZyDQ-Da5slTA_KJE61uShs7Un-zWDnFFAvUIyCV-cia_EsYg_wV3Dik/s1600-h/toweroflove.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSAawUBZaRY2avlZAjMIyLxFZCZ5PXeK_P8eNCHlPxBwaug1FG09mp-1CgaaCo50UnExMrEXCrvtmmAmQRBJSZyDQ-Da5slTA_KJE61uShs7Un-zWDnFFAvUIyCV-cia_EsYg_wV3Dik/s200/toweroflove.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428278348823586914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. Tower of Love - Jim Noir</span><br /><br />When we get together<br />I always hope there'll be nice weather<br />between us<br />there's nothing worse<br />than when you turn into a thunder storm with me<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo36sgnoi8YgaHpdhOokskKvXoUrZP5AOxM4rVhl96BvNG3UfYxWoYXlGoLk9_XZ8-yZPHYg6NlkJEumAkfY9cDF05Po9aTFaSv2_SGuZ_6CtAsQPvamxGKBrUfvta48oLWdex1Y2B8ds/s1600-h/GuitarRomantic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo36sgnoi8YgaHpdhOokskKvXoUrZP5AOxM4rVhl96BvNG3UfYxWoYXlGoLk9_XZ8-yZPHYg6NlkJEumAkfY9cDF05Po9aTFaSv2_SGuZ_6CtAsQPvamxGKBrUfvta48oLWdex1Y2B8ds/s200/GuitarRomantic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428277354603101506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Guitar Romantic - Exploding Hearts</span><br /><br />Every song on this album is so good that you just as you start to think it's the best song on the album you remember how good each and every other song on there is. WHY THE FUCK DID THEY HAVE TO DIE?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXU-2DbSMBfXE_VBArP33og1ZW8h6-2dA-l4lZ-WMt85zyw1hSsJBUSoPYnmG03Ns7vRSs-PWtmn4RQnr11-I0ZTUKvdEQpeFhd_Aovcs5tQEPFG5OUmMVt4Yd8MxZSMbCpxwPw1UA8b8/s1600-h/ITVDS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXU-2DbSMBfXE_VBArP33og1ZW8h6-2dA-l4lZ-WMt85zyw1hSsJBUSoPYnmG03Ns7vRSs-PWtmn4RQnr11-I0ZTUKvdEQpeFhd_Aovcs5tQEPFG5OUmMVt4Yd8MxZSMbCpxwPw1UA8b8/s200/ITVDS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428277022155237586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. In the Valley of Dying Stars - Superdrag</span><br /><br />Of all the cases where the nature of the American music industry cheated a band (and the fans they never had the chance to earn), that of <span style="font-style: italic;">In the Valley of Dying Stars</span>, because of the sheer marketability of a sound so compatible with the radio landscape of the era, stands so astoundingly far ahead of the pack. I feel privileged to have known of their existence at a time when they could be enjoyed as they matured, and followed through their demise and eventual resurgence. Also, there probably isn't a more fun song to sing/yell while running across a snow covered Mudd Field when you're 19 and wasted.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUgs1nLqMqnjn_qEVDonf-ldHU7-UeR4Su_D_s7rFxptdL5gyQTQVZ0AIAOneLxVoFa6J-_RkKlHC5MgbiBsiARhpCaCwNRCgq6ans3afkJ4O2zdG_AvtOp-1jIAUEiMSsAnjqOKpOZM/s1600-h/DearCatastrope.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUgs1nLqMqnjn_qEVDonf-ldHU7-UeR4Su_D_s7rFxptdL5gyQTQVZ0AIAOneLxVoFa6J-_RkKlHC5MgbiBsiARhpCaCwNRCgq6ans3afkJ4O2zdG_AvtOp-1jIAUEiMSsAnjqOKpOZM/s200/DearCatastrope.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428276753311045890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Belle & Sebastian</span><br /><br />The number one music-related regret of my college career involves missing Belle & Sebastian at the Pageant my sophomore year because at that point I thought they were "boring". I've been wrong about many things, but this error is high up on the list. The undeniable excellence of another of their shows in early '06 that involved a 4-hr road trip and the absolute farthest seats from the stage only served to broaden the wound built by the missed opportunity of seeing them close up at a place that was a 20-minute walk away.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GY5O0YfW7o5UJDqosYmamiLis8eRv9K2qkSYGq-4G7KJKwFwrFptck2RKIRRhl9CmEerFSY1CpzOGBCILEzqsNUvAZFziTKGMrQzDZn_vHonf8zSj08nC-hmTBh98wjVTv5h37DYank/s1600-h/IsThisIt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GY5O0YfW7o5UJDqosYmamiLis8eRv9K2qkSYGq-4G7KJKwFwrFptck2RKIRRhl9CmEerFSY1CpzOGBCILEzqsNUvAZFziTKGMrQzDZn_vHonf8zSj08nC-hmTBh98wjVTv5h37DYank/s200/IsThisIt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428275795544539906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Is This It? - The Strokes</span><br /><br />By now it's all been said, it's all been read; this <span style="font-style: italic;">is</span> it.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05354296902248869766noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-80645216615074804992010-01-02T01:26:00.000-08:002010-01-02T01:28:03.945-08:00fweeeeahoooooo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.justice.gov/dea/photos/marijuana/marijuana-002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 4096px; height: 2731px;" src="http://www.justice.gov/dea/photos/marijuana/marijuana-002.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823889638197921319noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-73296949877693438512009-12-31T19:25:00.000-08:002009-12-31T19:10:16.204-08:00Sam's Top 50 Songs of 200950. I Was A King - Norman Bleik<br /><br />49. Violens - Already Oslo (Lilys vs. Rod Coles Remix)<br /><br />48. Slim Thug - Thug<br /><br />47. Friendly Fires - I'm Good I'm Gone (Lykke Li cover)<br /><br />46. Black Lips - The Drop I Hold feat. GZA<br /><br />45. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vTY8KEKlmI">Crystal Antlers - Andrew</a><br /><br />44. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi<br /><br />43. Passion Pit - Sleepyhead<br /><br />42. Jamie Foxx - Blame It<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rfjtpp90lu8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rfjtpp90lu8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Richie Cunningham in yet <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kemivUKb4f4">another</a> music video.<br /><br />41. Phoenix - Fences (Friendly Fires Remix)<br /><br />40. <a href="http://vimeo.com/4764119">Make The Girl Dance - Baby Baby Baby</a><br /><br />39. Young Money - Every Girl<br /><br />38. U2 - Magnificent (Fred Falke Remix)<br /><br />37. Annie - Anthonio (Berlin Breakdown Version)<br /><br />36. Coldplay - Lost+ (with Jay-Z) (Live At the 51st Grammy Awards)<br /><object width="448" height="374"><param name="movie" value="http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/e/16711680/wshh59gufN2U4X32VlJc"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="quality" value="high"><br /> <embed src="http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/e/16711680/wshh59gufN2U4X32VlJc" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="448" height="374"></embed> </object><br />Purely for what has to be the first golf clap reception Jay-Z has ever received.<br /><br />35. Crocodiles - Summer Of Hate<br /><br />34. Regina Spektor - Blue Lips<br /><br />33. Priors - What You Need (Extended)<br /><br />32. VEGA - No Reasons<br /><br />31. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Sp-ipUvsY">Clipse - I'm Good (Remix Feat. Rick Ross)</a><br /><br />30. Voxtrot - Trepanation Party<br /><br />29. LeToya - Regret (Feat. Ludacris)<br /><br />28. Florence And The Machine - Cosmic Love<br /><br />27. Sally Shapiro - Miracle<br /><br />26. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg41dmc-dhE">The-Dream – Rockin’ That Shit</a><br /><br />25. Little Boots - New In Town<br /><br />24. U.S.E. - All The World<br /><br />23. St. Vincent – Marrow<br /><br /><object width="448" height="276"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ALaE7ymqrU0&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ALaE7ymqrU0&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="448" height="276"></embed></object><br /><br />I enjoy watching Annie Clark play guitar.<br /><br />22. <a href="http://www.lagasta.com/modernaire/">Modernaire - Faites Vos Jeux</a><br /><br />21. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wGMlSuX_c">Lily Allen - The Fear</a><br /><br />20. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuNIsY6JdUw">Taylor Swift</a> - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9gnKBntXgE">You Belong With Me</a><br /><br />19. The Cribs - We Were Aborted<br /><br />18. Au Revoir Simone - All Or Nothing<br /><br /><object width="448" height="276"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Szn8K9zC0YM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Szn8K9zC0YM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="448" height="276"></embed></object><br /><br />17. Dirty Projectors + David Byrne - Knotty Pine<br /><br />16. Drake – Best I Ever Had<br /><br />15. Kid Cudi - Make Her Say (Feat. Kanye West & Common)<br /><br /><object width="448" height="276"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xt22KvnRSL4&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xt22KvnRSL4&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="448" height="276"></embed></object><br /><br />Visually my favorite music video this year.<br /><br />14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll<br /><br /><object width="448" height="276"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dt0IlrQYOxM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dt0IlrQYOxM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="448" height="276"></embed></object><br /><br />13. St. Vincent - The Party<br /><br />12. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkPy4yq7EJo">Maxwell - Pretty Wings</a><br /><br />11. Gossip - Heavy Cross (Fred Falke Remix)<br /><br />10. Phoenix - Lisztomania<br /><br /><object width="448" height="276"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4BJDNw7o6so&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4BJDNw7o6so&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="448" height="276"></embed></object><br /><br />A song about the difficulties of writing a hit song, which became a hit song that sounds so effortless.<br /><br />9. The Cribs - We Share The Same Skies<br /><br /><object width="448" height="276"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/624iQ2Veaw8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/624iQ2Veaw8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="448" height="276"></embed></object><br /><br />8. Annie - I Don't Like Your Band<br /><br />7. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (Feat. Alicia Keys)<br /><br />6. The Streets - Trust Me<br /><br />The best UK garage hit released for free <a href="http://twitter.com/skinnermike/status/1526933005">via twitter</a>.<br /><br />5. Raekwon - New Wu (Ft. Ghostface Killah & Method Man)<br /><br /><object width="448" height="276"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D4xQYeJ0akk&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D4xQYeJ0akk&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="448" height="276"></embed></object><br /><br />New Wu. Not in the sense that it's any different than the Wu-Tang of old we all know and love, rather it's the joy of experiencing the Wu-Tang Clan for the first time, all over again.<br /><br />4. Annie - Songs Remind Me Of You<br /><br /><object width="448" height="276"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8y3FFWPBvBs&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8y3FFWPBvBs&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="448" height="276"></embed></object><br /><br />3. Girls - Lust For Life<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SuoTjYYqe4c&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SuoTjYYqe4c&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />2. <a href="http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/1985-st-vincent/3">St. Vincent - The Strangers</a><br /><br />1. Phoenix - 1901<br /><br /><object width="448" height="276"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HL548cHH3OY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HL548cHH3OY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="448" height="276"></embed></object><br /><br />All the fundamental elements of my favorite songs this year jammed into electro/power-pop perfection.Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01265106004694166431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-59549076688998510392009-12-26T14:50:00.001-08:002009-12-27T16:47:21.251-08:00Sam's 9 Albums of 2009<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4t9dEGQgP7AFj0c_WXGgbtVX9tQpMEtoVEJ33xjL63LsmsatGcaOAdMtjkh-I0i1P7ud_-rg5lB4wmTPZ25s9NmT0M1NRBCz_XssoR3jTnbr2WxYCuoLtDnVyTqdknaRGZhB_EPFkaL8/s1600-h/still.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420080687885339874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4t9dEGQgP7AFj0c_WXGgbtVX9tQpMEtoVEJ33xjL63LsmsatGcaOAdMtjkh-I0i1P7ud_-rg5lB4wmTPZ25s9NmT0M1NRBCz_XssoR3jTnbr2WxYCuoLtDnVyTqdknaRGZhB_EPFkaL8/s320/still.jpg" /></a>#9. Au Revoir Simone - Still Night, Still Light</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmy2Kq0vNsypsP5sc045UJfmXwnUhvIqDN_Y_5b6u2AhYHUOWTmU0iaG7-cnNGxF6wTaPLhu6QrJEeWJDCMw8N2tI07MoEN8K0A6lQn9JgFQwfl6wx-NWziYV9-1ENRLmX6Y7UsLn5c9g/s1600-h/OB4CL2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420080591468391746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmy2Kq0vNsypsP5sc045UJfmXwnUhvIqDN_Y_5b6u2AhYHUOWTmU0iaG7-cnNGxF6wTaPLhu6QrJEeWJDCMw8N2tI07MoEN8K0A6lQn9JgFQwfl6wx-NWziYV9-1ENRLmX6Y7UsLn5c9g/s320/OB4CL2.jpg" /></a>#8. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj254hvUFUNKASteWPXd2gvat8HEEvCIN8NZFkxVr6j1LhB22yKsSmD7igUbGaiEqXjM5eDR4diiKilGAHwaR5u8YbXGLK4OHmDYQZ1yvFih3jewEpoDVm7c4vnRC9RF2vM4IErWJij3W4/s1600-h/it's+not.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 319px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420079983158819394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj254hvUFUNKASteWPXd2gvat8HEEvCIN8NZFkxVr6j1LhB22yKsSmD7igUbGaiEqXjM5eDR4diiKilGAHwaR5u8YbXGLK4OHmDYQZ1yvFih3jewEpoDVm7c4vnRC9RF2vM4IErWJij3W4/s320/it's+not.jpg" /></a> #7. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You<br /><br /><div align="center"><div align="center"><div align="center"><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hVfMdZ_apgCZca1pOVjBSRt5oONe4mI6dbqjSUA8Dduepv3kmr64h5rjSv3dwlKslJcHkWfyUA8bxnMmK3UwCdLzEixZkqprtJevcMp3dOdd1kd5IIP-hg27reMYJWMnkMVIfT-moTc/s1600-h/ignore.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419735306839037842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hVfMdZ_apgCZca1pOVjBSRt5oONe4mI6dbqjSUA8Dduepv3kmr64h5rjSv3dwlKslJcHkWfyUA8bxnMmK3UwCdLzEixZkqprtJevcMp3dOdd1kd5IIP-hg27reMYJWMnkMVIfT-moTc/s320/ignore.jpg" /></a> #6. The Cribs - Ignore The Ignorant<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccb9R3SFhTGvioTYx5BlGLku58cLXactmmrygspZ3KOZinKow8j8Zbkjz4wsix4phf3CekNsR1htV7RiN1DaLR6hQZWm1JKPiEgJO8EdDjp9UpT6Z3pGGRBEtWuOPcI0NaxpLkEtVRxM/s1600-h/blitz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 319px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419735208963619698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccb9R3SFhTGvioTYx5BlGLku58cLXactmmrygspZ3KOZinKow8j8Zbkjz4wsix4phf3CekNsR1htV7RiN1DaLR6hQZWm1JKPiEgJO8EdDjp9UpT6Z3pGGRBEtWuOPcI0NaxpLkEtVRxM/s320/blitz.jpg" /></a> #5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!<br /><br /><div align="center"><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Qurpq8h7irwIYB63y2ufzvwy_6JAoUZ5wLf5ZKz-uz_zzsGyjV_LvHeqM2rlBIfSak0AthTmnVQ5kjYldg80X_WfKLUxPAKM-0WdgMRviqnWht3n8NngYP1XHMjnG0istvA03AKc-5c/s1600-h/album.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419684607473082018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Qurpq8h7irwIYB63y2ufzvwy_6JAoUZ5wLf5ZKz-uz_zzsGyjV_LvHeqM2rlBIfSak0AthTmnVQ5kjYldg80X_WfKLUxPAKM-0WdgMRviqnWht3n8NngYP1XHMjnG0istvA03AKc-5c/s320/album.jpg" /></a> </div><div>#4. Girls - Album<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYlAXtIJ8SKoEZKaLCpmSZxdKdfJjVjEZhg8fS0KpEo5Hrv97YmEuHANA7oW53uTuUW8Lr-t2qRzcEGSQ1ggFzdW09ZMDLG4Ojjwn1jcbyk2Rqt67leluSehIvJZ2FUPd6RvrOt4y2hQ/s1600-h/phoenix.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419684471504481778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYlAXtIJ8SKoEZKaLCpmSZxdKdfJjVjEZhg8fS0KpEo5Hrv97YmEuHANA7oW53uTuUW8Lr-t2qRzcEGSQ1ggFzdW09ZMDLG4Ojjwn1jcbyk2Rqt67leluSehIvJZ2FUPd6RvrOt4y2hQ/s320/phoenix.jpg" /></a> </div>#3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip161LlhLAD6Wy_hs2WWOA9-5X4QqIGq8sw_FmFs4eyTih4xVhuMY8J660ohZBSL4FpEOigs0PkvzuvbyvBukwkbueDVmIvESia8W5n1jzjmP_-MUNhXhDCuiWNmuDCowZhPIAogGl1tg/s1600-h/actor.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419684338373772050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip161LlhLAD6Wy_hs2WWOA9-5X4QqIGq8sw_FmFs4eyTih4xVhuMY8J660ohZBSL4FpEOigs0PkvzuvbyvBukwkbueDVmIvESia8W5n1jzjmP_-MUNhXhDCuiWNmuDCowZhPIAogGl1tg/s320/actor.jpg" /></a>#2. St. Vincent - Actor<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBN1zXAqTdZgMdiBQMo3M7aEJzZkzwYvvZGaxHneNO8sBV8NknmPEFz0MxiPIoMtCeXJQIL3XCku23gtvvheVh26phspcYqzEQQPWy2bvIum1aPdtKZjjKYkcSzAjb0dwItDUWsuNGnmk/s1600-h/600x600.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 314px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419683107900715794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBN1zXAqTdZgMdiBQMo3M7aEJzZkzwYvvZGaxHneNO8sBV8NknmPEFz0MxiPIoMtCeXJQIL3XCku23gtvvheVh26phspcYqzEQQPWy2bvIum1aPdtKZjjKYkcSzAjb0dwItDUWsuNGnmk/s320/600x600.jpg" /></a></div><div>#1. Annie - Don't Stop / All Night EP</div></div></div></div></div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01265106004694166431noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-8411142145993135342009-12-15T14:52:00.000-08:002009-12-15T18:46:06.012-08:00My Favorite Albums of the DecadeMy friend Peter asked me to make this list so I thought I might as well do it up right and put it on charz2k since I haven't posted here in forevs.<br /><br />This is weird. The "oughties" are ending. It's been a weird little decade for me. I guess I'm a child of the nineties. But the thing is, I'm an adult of the years 2000-2009. For the most part God's made it easy on me (if God actually controls any of this shit). But I've dealt with my fair share of adversity. I was a teenage punk rocker and that certainly doesn't make high school any easier. I've lost touch with many friends. I've given and received a broken heart. But I don't fucking care. If I could do it all over again I would. I'm a better, more mature person for it...I've learned a lot about myself...about my nature and the natures of others. And I've loved music all the while.<br /><br />I've got good music memories of this decade. I've fallen in love to this music, I've fallen out of love to this music. I guess some of those memories are painful too...<br /><br />Full disclosure: actually even through this decade I've mostly listened to music that was made before I was born!<br /><br />Another actually: I always say things like this: "Yeah X is okay, but why wouldn't you listen to Y?" So, yeah this decade's music was okay...but I'd rather listen to things from 1979.<br /><br />Before I continue let's get this out of the way (lots of caveats here, I know) - I don't think these are the <span style="font-style: italic;">best</span> albums of the decade. Notice the lack of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kid A</span>. These are my favorite albums of the decade. These are the albums that mean the most to me. Well, they're the albums that mean the most to me... that I could think of last night...I'm probably missing some and some probably don't deserve to be on here and this list is subject to change and I could put some more obscure things on here butyouwouldn'tknowthoseanyway so yes!<br /><br />Heeeeeere we go! from last to first<br /><br /><br />15. <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Black Lips - Let It Bloom</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9MNQfdMhvXeVvdxmG4nShPoT9bo2R7cMMi0W-EoMBMgYHNvJ2G5sXB7IXTzWDnX7ZyPUv0FRxJzx_flM760PwvCwg1da2UtF7jIqmoynAcdq58BRmuBzohmrbZr-iLd7ODLjwh5iZxI/s1600-h/black+lips.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9MNQfdMhvXeVvdxmG4nShPoT9bo2R7cMMi0W-EoMBMgYHNvJ2G5sXB7IXTzWDnX7ZyPUv0FRxJzx_flM760PwvCwg1da2UtF7jIqmoynAcdq58BRmuBzohmrbZr-iLd7ODLjwh5iZxI/s320/black+lips.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415606716891655026" border="0" /></a><br />Nothing too poignant about this thing for me...it's just really good and slimy. It's just some dudes from the South making 60's type garage punk. They bleed on stage, they make out with each other, they get naked. I listened to this album a bunch and it was a cool, little revelation to me. It's like a new Nugget. It's fun. Derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! I think I wanna' get fffffudged up tonight because I just finished my finals......I have to be at work early tomorrow but...maybe we'll get Thai food for lunch...I think I get paid tomorrow...tomorrow could be a good day.<br /><br /><br /><br />14. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nobunny - Love Visions<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCCn3-Rd4aM4GWkxr3hJdmghpUoxW417clZbofiDCnWZZLYWhasHxq_cBI8OtQLMf4dyUQfwZ1FEcJEOnNO_Q7xUjgLNqBLfVcbwWPzNlOayNYOEVKWhbvJ_-S0EXcYWcRzd60jYqF6Y/s1600-h/nobunny.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCCn3-Rd4aM4GWkxr3hJdmghpUoxW417clZbofiDCnWZZLYWhasHxq_cBI8OtQLMf4dyUQfwZ1FEcJEOnNO_Q7xUjgLNqBLfVcbwWPzNlOayNYOEVKWhbvJ_-S0EXcYWcRzd60jYqF6Y/s320/nobunny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415611481756545090" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was a recommendation from Eloy. His girlfriend is the drummer in Vivian Girls. He and I talked for hours after the Vivian Girls show down here in Houston. I remember the band that went on before Vivian Girls was like this goofy sub-Yoko Ono avant-garde from Houston. It was like No Wave Industrial noise but it was pretentious and uninteresting. The vocalist would say things like "Godddd! Fuuuuck!" into the microphone. I understand and appreciate shock value and dissonance as well as the next guy but give me a damn break.<br /><br />Anyway, after talking to the Vivian Girls for a while I told Eloy I thought the opening band was terrible. "And I <span style="font-style: italic;">like</span> DNA and Swans!" I added. He agreed and he expressed his love for DNA and Swans too. From that point we discovered we liked the <span style="font-style: italic;">exact same</span> music. Oh man it was nerdy...we shared music recommendations all night! He also recommended a bunch of good punk bands I had (somehow) never heard before...oooohh and Hunx and His Punx who also just fucking kill it.<br /><br />We said we'd keep in touch via Myspace but now I don't remember my password! Anyway, thanks Eloy!<br /><br />Also one of the dudes in Ariel Pink asked me if I had any Fentanyl (I didn't because I'm not an 80-year-old lady with a broken hip and I will do a lot of shit but I'd rather stay away from heroin for fuck's sake so I'm not going to have recreational-use Fentanyl) ; this marked the second time some band guy had asked me for drugs.<br /><br /><br />13. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Girls - Album<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNy7k1ZMc5lKMP5GA_cMR8z06v1XrJXEVvDoWI2s_oge7ehC0jw7dLfPrltJJT4ThdOmt06AslRkwOwiFmy5H0-_sG26zz2FF_bkmMNtEBr-qzJyiRhT2IyY5C_48cuIexyGCXnPi1to/s1600-h/girls.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNy7k1ZMc5lKMP5GA_cMR8z06v1XrJXEVvDoWI2s_oge7ehC0jw7dLfPrltJJT4ThdOmt06AslRkwOwiFmy5H0-_sG26zz2FF_bkmMNtEBr-qzJyiRhT2IyY5C_48cuIexyGCXnPi1to/s320/girls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415613863455580882" border="0" /></a><br />I know this is an album from this year. Maybe it won't have staying power, but as of now, I don't care. It's so emotionally raw and well-written. Are those journalist cliches? You should check out the songwriter's biography somewhere...it's ffffucked up! My favorite album of 2009 by miles. Worthy of the hype.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span>12. <span style="font-weight: bold;">William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzVHR1C2s2eJPjXR7WEA49JfWeLlR03WjXi54L2nUw3_gnvw7DHp97RoaDacDq862x3SskWxDgb1CnJanF4fCvQZTJKfKCHP3EHQIT4Iw22s3xSA_6EuGPSe3A8voegrrX5QQRF9e7HI/s1600-h/basinski.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzVHR1C2s2eJPjXR7WEA49JfWeLlR03WjXi54L2nUw3_gnvw7DHp97RoaDacDq862x3SskWxDgb1CnJanF4fCvQZTJKfKCHP3EHQIT4Iw22s3xSA_6EuGPSe3A8voegrrX5QQRF9e7HI/s320/basinski.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415616478408081170" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This guy is from Houston, I think. He makes loops and, as the story goes, he was converting old loops to an updated format when the tapes started to disintegrate. Did I mention he was doing this from atop his NYC apartment's roof as the World Trade Center collapsed. If you listen to the loops you can hear elements slowly fade out almost imperceptibly. There's a metaphor here, huh? RIP World Trade Center...you were the Qatsiest buildings I've ever seen.<br /><br /><br />11. <span style="font-weight: bold;">J Dilla - Donuts<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPS-6CA2UFWSF2muQGoNWnttkI6sUyriMBAbSrIATmLSw-miSawKT3hBgslXn15uHN5jUC4F3kRaAjD7gyZm79Le67cTp4vI4d4MjPOWLd6yh_epbBf1dWTluYj6BCZEKf_ZB3M_s18g/s1600-h/j-dilla-donuts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPS-6CA2UFWSF2muQGoNWnttkI6sUyriMBAbSrIATmLSw-miSawKT3hBgslXn15uHN5jUC4F3kRaAjD7gyZm79Le67cTp4vI4d4MjPOWLd6yh_epbBf1dWTluYj6BCZEKf_ZB3M_s18g/s320/j-dilla-donuts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415618253750857874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>This shit is just ill. Jay killed himself later so there's a bunch of beautiful subtext to these tracks.<br /><br /><br />10. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Electrelane - The Power Out<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoY1uUsnP60ksnEuzXsOX8i1GdqQnSfWW8NGg8KKid_kx1hzCixGppHCbub8dCKDj1Zz3qQMdydoerqtpjlGCfoTVbWuHNmRbZi95PqsLMuFPNQEvNXwunJP31jIy-aiXPCO8Mxi2zHGk/s1600-h/eletrelane.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoY1uUsnP60ksnEuzXsOX8i1GdqQnSfWW8NGg8KKid_kx1hzCixGppHCbub8dCKDj1Zz3qQMdydoerqtpjlGCfoTVbWuHNmRbZi95PqsLMuFPNQEvNXwunJP31jIy-aiXPCO8Mxi2zHGk/s320/eletrelane.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415619018442562962" border="0" /></a><br />Awesome all-girl modern post-punk sound. Every song is immensely interesting and the collection of songs works wonderfully as an album. Eric and I always note that you can almost hear the guitar solos plucked out note by calculated note. This, we decided, is the result of a girl playing guitar. I'd rather hear these guitar things than Eric Fucking Crapton I'll tell you that! Eric Clapton, eat a bowl of dicks.<br /><br /><br />9. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48QrfWqaEjdsAJK709tN52NjdrMV82VMCdqHAULBE-XiX4IL2p9WtIq70MEEioPeUAbePsmK5ulYxPq0S6smJEZucGQwDR8G6N0Jusmlbx0m5ceHQWjZsD_XWcKbVHDIeaRlmA7eE41Y/s1600-h/superfurry.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48QrfWqaEjdsAJK709tN52NjdrMV82VMCdqHAULBE-XiX4IL2p9WtIq70MEEioPeUAbePsmK5ulYxPq0S6smJEZucGQwDR8G6N0Jusmlbx0m5ceHQWjZsD_XWcKbVHDIeaRlmA7eE41Y/s320/superfurry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415620230766714578" border="0" /></a><br />I wish I had a gold tooth. Maybe when I'm 47 I can get one. Then when I die my skull will look like it's the skull of a bad ass. I mean it <span style="font-style: italic;">will</span> be the skull of a bad ass...but without the gold toof how can you tell?<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span>8. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrrzvMkOpxJzS9eY8UsqxUxzwPFLwBkp12PqGesvvckAOP8azkt9Nph44DZ06N9yNH0IpdX4_1QhnyATvg4X6cIBzgbxhNWBcPh-6jW37kBB5YBerx2LzRh0iuIOV0m5zuK8UubdrIW0/s1600-h/belle+and+seb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrrzvMkOpxJzS9eY8UsqxUxzwPFLwBkp12PqGesvvckAOP8azkt9Nph44DZ06N9yNH0IpdX4_1QhnyATvg4X6cIBzgbxhNWBcPh-6jW37kBB5YBerx2LzRh0iuIOV0m5zuK8UubdrIW0/s320/belle+and+seb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415621788637645378" border="0" /></a><br />My introduction to this band. I listened to it when I was going through a bad breakup. For that reason it still plucks my heart straaangs. Damn that girl on the cover...is she hot or what?! Someone find her name for me. Don't let those stupid customers get you down, girl!<br /><br />Mike Piazza is gay. There, I answered it for you. My dad used to love him (Piazza) but he's a big Dodgers fan and we're Italian and we Italians automatically love all famous Italians.<br /><br />7. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Libertines - Up The Bracket<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKXAZs48ZUHvjnZzmx5ao2yAmvQfSXFrHKGdl0itLFMmH-19vzGQNaQNZNmFWxreM11WlelbjkVoes-GzcbwU7bP0d_OtVI27SIc-CPeT5yuyQajAUsuj7q2gL9wMDUEb74RLnsKMprf0/s1600-h/libertines.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKXAZs48ZUHvjnZzmx5ao2yAmvQfSXFrHKGdl0itLFMmH-19vzGQNaQNZNmFWxreM11WlelbjkVoes-GzcbwU7bP0d_OtVI27SIc-CPeT5yuyQajAUsuj7q2gL9wMDUEb74RLnsKMprf0/s320/libertines.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415623959487759602" border="0" /></a><br />Punk fucking energy. It's got some artsy intelligence to it also which immediately bumps it up to post-punk status. They play the songs like they're falling down the stairs...Mark E. Smith's stairs. They're falling down Fall stairs.<br /><br />6. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jim Noir - Tower of Love<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBblcS12kuTpFiyLnHdKkkFko-L-oeau_nTa6seY7rexIW_iR_kXGy-4iFGuPal_ikgjX2rQfFeOy5NyJptIC4OB9DAFjml61_7Xsnf7u7-sl6VjRhu2-f-x2ucMFRgOsSvDrO_wVXhrw/s1600-h/jimnoir.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBblcS12kuTpFiyLnHdKkkFko-L-oeau_nTa6seY7rexIW_iR_kXGy-4iFGuPal_ikgjX2rQfFeOy5NyJptIC4OB9DAFjml61_7Xsnf7u7-sl6VjRhu2-f-x2ucMFRgOsSvDrO_wVXhrw/s320/jimnoir.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415624801590956946" border="0" /></a>Awesome songs on an awesome album composed by one man and a computer. It's not all faggy like other albums recorded by those methods. It's lush, poppy, self-deprecating and amazing. His other album, the eponymous one, is also straight up awesome. I remember watching the World Cup and they played "Eanie Meanie" from this album on a commercial. My brother and I were like "OK, Jim Noir's rich now!"<br /><br />5. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAJXPE4Rtskx3N_0z7Ra3gG4CRMBtUfwFPowfdXRA5iio9ChwPmxYdF-BW9mxoZpbwJO89n21vElS_w5Eql_EUDtEicF2Uq_0_2JnHNg-xdZZy0CPBf3T0EZy6XVgVdimuFXwhVI5QqI/s1600-h/ClipseHellHathNoFury.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAJXPE4Rtskx3N_0z7Ra3gG4CRMBtUfwFPowfdXRA5iio9ChwPmxYdF-BW9mxoZpbwJO89n21vElS_w5Eql_EUDtEicF2Uq_0_2JnHNg-xdZZy0CPBf3T0EZy6XVgVdimuFXwhVI5QqI/s320/ClipseHellHathNoFury.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415626188515398306" border="0" /></a><br />"You can tell me 'bout your day/ I'll pretend I'm listenin'/ And you ain't gotta' love me just be convincin'"<br /><br />"I philosophize about glocks and keys/ niggas call me young, black Socrates"<br /><br />"The news called it crack/ I called it Diet Coke"<br /><br />This shit is like angry but it's reigned-in anger. It's all done through clenched teeth. It's intelligent rap about selling coke. Look at those lines...they're clever...about selling coke!<br /><br />4. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Adam Green - Friends of Mine<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwua1kb-7B5cmHPBa3IaDPVHN9rNsDD8eCkP_wma3Z3HeFqnzxmwL7ctcluI01HNUv7KWh4RE63UPkIp_G3eg2pIejn8pbQx2XIuC5p9ZE_6tBB_NnculghXePWQdVQXMPkD8rzXEO4A/s1600-h/adamgreen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwua1kb-7B5cmHPBa3IaDPVHN9rNsDD8eCkP_wma3Z3HeFqnzxmwL7ctcluI01HNUv7KWh4RE63UPkIp_G3eg2pIejn8pbQx2XIuC5p9ZE_6tBB_NnculghXePWQdVQXMPkD8rzXEO4A/s320/adamgreen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415631071423043714" border="0" /></a><br />Sometimes I think I'm the only person in the world who likes this album. What's wrong with you bitches? Every song is catchy. All the lyrics are like randomly-compiled poetry. It's like "found art" in audio form with lyrics just cobbled together. Each song has a strong, yet obscured emotion at its heart.<br /><br />3. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Superdrag - In The Valley of Dying Stars</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJlFUBeLu5QDoR4PoyfFysVQX-Hc48OunhIeQlB_aH7aVujNsgyUVo9LECzSDKjfqV2qqlcDUF_aM8P91e9EGaGdQoTAoIhzk_ff8J6wmcMiti7sM_ipJ9741oMchdd292khAShl91GY/s1600-h/superdrag.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJlFUBeLu5QDoR4PoyfFysVQX-Hc48OunhIeQlB_aH7aVujNsgyUVo9LECzSDKjfqV2qqlcDUF_aM8P91e9EGaGdQoTAoIhzk_ff8J6wmcMiti7sM_ipJ9741oMchdd292khAShl91GY/s320/superdrag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415632269214990626" border="0" /></a><br />Honestly, this could easily be my number one. It probably means more to me than any of these other albums. This was the musical love of my life for a while. This is the album I bought when I saw them for the first time. I was expecting to be underwhelmed as I listened to old punk almost exclusively at that point, but I was blown away. I used to drop my high school girlfriend off at her house at like 3am and then I'd just drive around for an extra thirty minutes before going home so I could listen to this album.<br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4IMuDGlf6T11ZELAvmgVsKI_DYymSFkHwSSysCJ5EQ_b2B_inHRsSsKle0Xp5IPfB2nSfBww0GyUjiq0IlvG1b5VahSsMUXi3BKgtuVvbV06XlXAw4ZPgFJvbXb-L4P63AuhHEdS3qA/s1600-h/exploding+hearts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4IMuDGlf6T11ZELAvmgVsKI_DYymSFkHwSSysCJ5EQ_b2B_inHRsSsKle0Xp5IPfB2nSfBww0GyUjiq0IlvG1b5VahSsMUXi3BKgtuVvbV06XlXAw4ZPgFJvbXb-L4P63AuhHEdS3qA/s320/exploding+hearts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415633610608599890" border="0" /></a><br />Derivative, yeah. But it's just punk you pussy. It's supposed to sound like that. I could never communicate how much I love this album. I'm sure I could employ some subitaneous reasoning and produce some sort of almost rational statement (inasmuch as an emotion statement can be considered rational) explaining my feelings for this album. But, I don't want to think about this too much. It's not an album that invites you to think. Just enjoy it! It's just everything you could ever want in a punk album. There, I said something! Happy now?! Why did this band die? Why is fucking Nickelback not dead yet? Why do I have an antagonistic relationship with the reader of this article?<br /><br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Strokes - Is This It?<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaz5LjeWgoEbtrB3LchyphenhyphendApNFxDv5kjDims2juUkaKCqyG1TnwD18joUz8WI541Mpy90VKt8LeWM-h1giekOZw5MPrQC31nE4BAxAMy4wFacqYAWlpMsEk2qaE7fETMTNmDExBHzlF8TA/s1600-h/strokes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaz5LjeWgoEbtrB3LchyphenhyphendApNFxDv5kjDims2juUkaKCqyG1TnwD18joUz8WI541Mpy90VKt8LeWM-h1giekOZw5MPrQC31nE4BAxAMy4wFacqYAWlpMsEk2qaE7fETMTNmDExBHzlF8TA/s320/strokes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415636706688936962" border="0" /></a><br />I can't believe I'm choosing the same #1 as NME. Their list is terrible. In hindsight, I simply enjoyed this album more than I enjoyed any other album of the decade. I listened to this all the time back in the day. I chose the UK album art because it has a butt on it.<br /><br /><br />Let's try harder next decade!<br /><br />with much much love,<br /><br />Daniel<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823889638197921319noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-34947755869793359942009-11-25T21:15:00.000-08:002009-11-25T21:47:31.541-08:00Valhallaaaaaaahhhh!!!!The other night when we went to Valhalla, I thought that having a campus bar would have been a great addition to my four years at Wash U. We'd talked about trekking over to Rice to check this place out for a while, but now that summer's gone and the weather is reasonably cool at night, the mile-and-a-half walk was much more pleasant that it would have been had we not delayed. Why, weather aside, did we wait so long? First off, this place only takes cash and we never have any. Secondly, when you live in a modern American city in the southern part of the country, you get accustomed to, if nothing else, easy parking. Valhalla being on Rice University's campus, free and easy parking were not guaranteed. And, since we knew we'd rather walk than deal with what would at worst be a mildly confusing search for a parking space we could use without getting towed, we kept putting it off in favor of places with known easy parking, or bars that were within close walking distance. <br /><br />Last Friday night, however, was different. We set out to get some beers, but with no plan in mind, our indecisiveness was becoming frustrating as we named places that we were tired of, had beer that was too expensive, or were otherwise uncool or unworthy. A few steps onto the sidewalk, and Danny stops. I stop. <br /><br />"Hey!"<br /><br />"Yeah?"<br /><br />"Valhaaaalla?"<br /><br />"Oh shit"<br /><br />So we went to Valhalla. The poorly-marked and hard-to-find subterranean watering hole at Rice where you can get a Lone Star for $0.95 or an Arrogant Bastard for $2.00. Were we dreaming? This place was surreal. The lighting was weird. The bartenders were a mix of middle-aged alumni and late-20's graduate students. The clientele looked like they all came from Wash U's Engineering school (forgive my stereotyping). A patron was even having a conversation with the bartender about chemistry...something about acids and bases. And it was pretty fantastic. <br /><br />Valhalla made me wonder what Wash U would have been like if The Rat had been operational beyond freshman year. Could it have been a great place to have a few beers and some good conversation without leaving campus? Surely it wasn't always as bad as the night Thurtene tried to revive the place with the lure of some stupid free shot glasses that you had to dance like an idiot to get. I always liked the layout of The Rat, and resented replacement of the bar with Subway. Fuck Subway. <br /><br />All told we spent a total of $23 between us to get pretty drunk on beer that wasn't bottom-tier. I can deal with the Rice nerds (after all, I dealt with Wash U nerds for four years), and since there's no undergraduate Business school, the douchebag contingent is surprisingly low. No bro is going to wander all the way into the center of Rice U for a few beers when Little Woodrow's, Baker St. and Bronx Bar are in the nearby Village. Valhalla, we'll be back.<br /><br />Bears - 1.3; cash only,<br />Anti-bears: 4.0; cheap, no tools, good atmosphere, "earned" beer if you walkErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05354296902248869766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-4222150545359714772009-11-25T08:56:00.000-08:002009-11-25T21:11:58.960-08:00RANT: Worst ad ever<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVMPWlWDvsI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVMPWlWDvsI</a><br /><br />It literally throws me into a fit of rage.<br /><br />And while I'm ranting, worst movie concept ever???<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhY8AP806tU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhY8AP806tU</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving everyone!<br />Charzcharzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15751857139768474328noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-8266546315518782922009-11-18T19:02:00.000-08:002009-11-18T19:03:20.414-08:00my old nemesis returns...<a href="http://www.studlife.com/news/2009/11/18/tomato-slices-slashed-from-campus-dining-menu-in-winter/?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Student%20Life%20E-mail%20Edition:%20Jeff%20Smith%20gets%201%20year%20in%20prison,%20$50,000%20fine,%20Tomato%20slices%20slashed%20from%20campus%20dining&utm_campaign=Student%20Life%20E-mail%20Edition:%20Jeff%20Smith%20gets%201%20year%20in%20prison,%20$50,000%20fine,%20Tomato%20slices%20slashed%20from%20campus%20dining&utm_term=Dining%20Services%20stops%20serving%20tomato%20slices%20on%20campus,%20citing%20concerns%20over%20farmers">http://www.studlife.com/news/2009/11/18/tomato-slices-slashed-from-campus-dining-menu-in-winter/?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Student%20Life%20E-mail%20Edition:%20Jeff%20Smith%20gets%201%20year%20in%20prison,%20$50,000%20fine,%20Tomato%20slices%20slashed%20from%20campus%20dining&utm_campaign=Student%20Life%20E-mail%20Edition:%20Jeff%20Smith%20gets%201%20year%20in%20prison,%20$50,000%20fine,%20Tomato%20slices%20slashed%20from%20campus%20dining&utm_term=Dining%20Services%20stops%20serving%20tomato%20slices%20on%20campus,%20citing%20concerns%20over%20farmers'%20working%20conditions</a>charzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15751857139768474328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-75609103128635354072009-07-27T10:43:00.000-07:002009-07-27T10:45:04.937-07:00What, a Jimmy Fallon link??For the SBTB fans, for which I know there are several:<br /><br />http://www.hulu.com/watch/70014/late-night-with-jimmy-fallon-saved-by-the-bell-reunion-update-part-2<br /><br />http://www.hulu.com/watch/76560/late-night-with-jimmy-fallon-saved-by-the-bell-reunion-update-3charzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15751857139768474328noreply@blogger.com236tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-24585484996812339822009-05-14T22:03:00.001-07:002009-05-14T22:09:38.223-07:00Don't Let Me DownYou've had a bad week. Your girlfriend left you two days back and your boss is a "reet cont." Your job in London is robbing you of your soul and the maintenance man has ignored your three requests to change your bloody light. On top of all that some twat just gave you gaff as you were leaving your flat to go off to work. Your friend in the adjacent office comes through your door in a rush and says "mate, come outside!" <br /><br />You see and hear the Beatles on a nearby rooftop. Life is so worth living.<br /><br />Don't let me down.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iK7tom_Zby4&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iK7tom_Zby4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823889638197921319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-60581282726777219502009-05-02T15:05:00.000-07:002009-05-02T15:06:15.711-07:00Stros suck.<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="ysprow1" align="right"><td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/stl">St. Louis Cardinals</a></td> <td>17</td> <td>8</td> <td>.680</td> <td>--</td> <td>10-3</td> <td>7-5</td> <td>7-2</td> <td>8-5</td> <td>2-1</td> <td>Lost 1</td> <td>7-3</td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow2" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/cin">Cincinnati Reds</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>10</td> <td>.545</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>4-7</td> <td>8-3</td> <td>2-4</td> <td>10-6</td> <td>0-0</td> <td>Won 2</td> <td>5-5</td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow1" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/chc">Chicago Cubs</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>.522</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>6-5</td> <td>6-6</td> <td>2-1</td> <td>8-7</td> <td>2-3</td> <td>Won 2</td> <td>4-6</td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow2" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/mil">Milwaukee Brewers</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>.522</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>6-5</td> <td>6-6</td> <td>3-3</td> <td>7-5</td> <td>2-3</td> <td>Lost 1</td> <td>8-2</td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow1" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/pit">Pittsburgh Pirates</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>.500</td> <td>4.5</td> <td>6-4</td> <td>5-7</td> <td>5-1</td> <td>4-9</td> <td>2-1</td> <td>Lost 4</td> <td>5-5</td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow2" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/hou">Houston Astros</a></td> <td>9</td> <td>14</td> <td>.391</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>5-8</td> <td>4-6</td> <td>0-1</td> <td>7-12</td> <td>2-1</td> <td>Lost 2</td> <td>5-5</td></tr></tbody></table>charzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15751857139768474328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-38894093516592252582009-04-25T15:17:00.000-07:002009-04-25T15:36:00.336-07:00I miss you Lizzy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/218275762_8cd5d08fe6.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 272px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/218275762_8cd5d08fe6.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.riot-grrrl.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/lizzy-mercier-descloux.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 362px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.riot-grrrl.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/lizzy-mercier-descloux.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />"I could live on a drag of your cigarette"<br /><br />I forgot to do this before but five years ago on April 20 Lizzy Mercier Descloux died from cancer in her native France. I love Lizzy so much and her albums Press Color from 1979 and Mambo Nassau from 1981 are two of my all time favorites. She started with a really great no wave band called Rosa Yemen and she was friends with Richard Hell and Patti Smith and stuff. Her music is post-punk-worldbeat style with a pretty, delicate French twist. Her accent just nails me. She seemed to have such a joie de vivre that I just need to hear every once in a while. She makes my life better. Did I already say that I'm so in love with her? I wish I could've met her before she left. She and I would have been so happy together. Now she's gone and I'm just going to cry for a week or so.<br /><br />Abyssinia Lizzy...Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823889638197921319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-74875620124678141492009-04-19T20:46:00.000-07:002009-04-19T20:58:17.051-07:00The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another PlanetAnother song about heroin.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rppct2qE_ys&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rppct2qE_ys&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I always flirt with death, I look ill but I don't care about it.<br /><br />Sounds like someone's in loooove! This song's about heroin...I was thinking the other day... Is the love a man feels for a drug any less valid than the more traditional love a man feels for a woman? You could be quick to judge someone for taking heroin but the feeling and the need the dude feels for it cannot be denied right? It's odd but there are so many similarities in each situation. Think about it. Something can only hurt you after you learn to love it. Irony of ironies. This, of course, applies to love for another person as well.<br /><br />K that's all I gotz for ya.<br /><br />Peace ya'llDannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823889638197921319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-39558911697828324302009-04-12T16:21:00.000-07:002009-04-12T16:24:53.241-07:00Why does Woody Harrelson rule?Because of his reaction in response to allegations of assaulting a paparazzi photographer:<br /><br />"I wrapped a movie called 'Zombieland,' in which I was constantly under assault by zombies, then flew to New York, still very much in character. With my daughter at the airport I was startled by a paparazzo, who I quite understandably mistook for a zombie"<br /><br /><br />nicecharzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15751857139768474328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-59511537733517143062009-04-01T18:07:00.000-07:002009-04-01T19:02:40.776-07:00March Rad-nessSo although it’s April, and Garz hates basketball, March Madness is undeniably still under way. But here at Charz2k, do we care who wins the NCAA title? No. What we care about is what sitcom is the most “90s.” The 90s was undeniably the golden era of the situational comedy, and it’s time to settle this question, tournament style. The selection committee has placed 32 sitcoms in 4 brackets: NBC Must See TV, “Lessons Learned,” Black, and Other 90s Classics. The competition was stiff, but without further ado, the competitors, with their seeding:<br /><br />Must See TV Bracket:<br /><br />1. Seinfeld<br />2. Friends<br />3. Mad About You<br />4. Wings<br />5. Caroline in the City<br />6. Just Shoot Me<br />7. Suddenly Susan<br />8. Veronica’s Closet<br /><br />Lessons Learned Bracket:<br /><br />1. Saved by the Bell<br />2. Full House<br />3. Step by Step<br />4. Home Improvement<br />5. Boy Meets World<br />6. Dinosaurs<br />7. California Dreams<br />8. Hang Time<br /><br />Black Bracket:<br /><br />1. The Fresh Price of Bel-Air<br />2. Family Matters<br />3. Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper<br />4. Martin<br />5. A Different World<br />6. The Wayans Brothers<br />7. Living Single<br />8. Malcolm and Eddie<br /><br />Other 90s Classics Bracket:<br /><br />1. Rosanne<br />2. Frasier<br />3. Blossom<br />4. The Nanny<br />5. Grace Under Fire<br />6. Married With Children<br />7. News Radio<br />8. Herman’s Head<br /><br />As always, there were some bubble shows that just missed the cut. The bubble consisted of:<br /><br />Ellen (pfft)<br />Parker Louis Can’t Lose (classic, but got inspiration from 80s movie)<br />Perfect Strangers (too much of series in 80s)<br />Salute your Shorts (I didn’t have cable as a child)<br />Clarissa Explains it All (see above reason)<br /><br />The tournament is single elimination. Let Round 1 Commence!<br /><br />Must See TV Region:<br /><br />1. Seinfeld vs 8. Veronica's Closet<br />WINNER: Seinfeld!<br />2. Friends vs 7. Suddenly Susan<br />WINNER: Friends!<br />3. Mad About You vs 6. Just Shoot Me<br />WINNER: Mad About You!<br />4. Wings vs 5 Caroline in the City<br />WINNER: Wings<br /><br />RECAP: No need to go into detail on any of these. The first round of the Must See bracket was not very "must see-" no surprises here.<br /><br />Lessons Learned Region:<br /><br />1. Saved by the Bell vs 8. Hang Time<br />WINNER: Saved by the Bell! Hang Time is pretty damn 90s, but this Peter Engel knock off cannot compete with the original. I can still sing the theme song to Hang Time in my head though... which is surprising, since I have literally not thought about this series once in the last 9 years.<br />2. Full House vs 7. California Dreams<br />WINNER: Full House! California Dreams is in the same league as Hang Time, trying to go up against an elite 90s powerhouse. Uncle Jesse rocks harder than the entire California Dreams band- 'nuff said.<br />3. Step by Step vs 6. Dinosaurs<br />WINNER: Step by Step! In the closest match of the tourney so far, Step by Step nudges out Dinosaurs by... a step. Patrick Duffy and Susanne Summers vs "I'm the baby, gotta love me!" Wow, so much 90s in this match up, for an early round match.<br />4. Home Improvement vs Boy Meets World<br />WINNER: Home Improvement! This one starts close, but Tim, Al, and the gang easily pull ahead late. 3 letters: J T T.<br /><br />RECAP: An exciting round of action, although no upsets yet.<br /><br />Black Region:<br /><br />1. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air vs 8. Malcolm and Eddie<br />WINNER: The Fresh Prince! Malcolm and Eddie was a pity selection, inspired by Garz. Uncle Phil throws them both out of the house at the same time.<br />2. Family Matters vs 7. Living Single<br />WINNER: Family Matters! A show about women friends can't possibly win in this tourney.<br />3. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper vs 6. The Wayans Brothers<br />WINNER: Coop! The Wayans are so 90s, but I'd rather Hang with Mark Curry.<br />4. Martin vs 5. A Different World<br />WINNER: Marrrrrtttiiin! I never much cared for a Different World. Martin wins easily.<br /><br />RECAP: No surprises... on to the final first round match ups!<br /><br />90s Classics Region:<br /><br />1. Rosanne vs 8. Herman's Head<br />WINNER: Rosanne! Herman's head put forth a noble effort, but it was going up against a freight train in Rosanne.<br />2. Frasier vs 7. News Radio<br />WINNER: News Radio! In the biggest first round upset of the tournament, News Radio takes down the long-running and popular Frasier! How did this happen??! 2 names: Andy Dick and Phil Hartman... now THEY are 90s!<br />3. Blossom vs 6. Married... With Children<br />WINNER: Blossom! Woah!<br />4. The Nanny vs 5. Grace Under Fire<br />WINNER: Grace Under Fire! We probably remember Fran Drescher most vividly, but Grace Under Fire was just so formulaicly 90s.<br /><br />Survivors:<br /><br />1. Seinfeld, 2. Friends, 3. Mad About You, 4. Wings<br />1. Saved by the Bell, 2. Full House, 3. Step by Step, 4. Home Improvement<br />1. The Fresh Prince, 2. Family Matters, 3. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, 4. Martin<br />1. Rosanne, 7. News Radio, 3. Blossom, 5. Grace Under Fire<br /><br />Round 2!!!<br /><br />1. Seinfeld vs 4. Wings<br />WINNER:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTu6CHHfbyo-1X4fT2CkJxVfpE6GK1ddlpJy9SIN-vLg2uetDsTzegAEMRBOplOyu-JwvyJO4TjzazWiyDZ_Pu2eqrfnSGDWTHWFTYVOb_RFR6mjuP5mhRynI1NL1vwPDvxqe1LMhQvaPb/s1600-h/Wings_(TV_show).jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 92px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTu6CHHfbyo-1X4fT2CkJxVfpE6GK1ddlpJy9SIN-vLg2uetDsTzegAEMRBOplOyu-JwvyJO4TjzazWiyDZ_Pu2eqrfnSGDWTHWFTYVOb_RFR6mjuP5mhRynI1NL1vwPDvxqe1LMhQvaPb/s320/Wings_(TV_show).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319902070712628882" border="0" /></a>WINGS! Wow, what an upset! Seinfeld dethroned! Seinfeld is one of the most influential comedy shows of all time, and does have a 90s feel. So how did it get beaten by Wings??? Watch an episode sometime... you'll see why.<br /><br /><br />2. Friends vs 3. Mad About You<br />WINNER:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQE12D2iY29f-COz76esyN35KTWpuf7ldX-aOxGlEaot9UJCv2jSkvESLLhnqbLdGza96qTInCSkVNttMgu9Xbq6zSeHrltECnCbmgGJBaH6LbJlwe9Azhv5j5tBMvZsO0Fck9tfSQZ-t/s1600-h/Paul+Reiser-1.jpg"> <img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 107px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQE12D2iY29f-COz76esyN35KTWpuf7ldX-aOxGlEaot9UJCv2jSkvESLLhnqbLdGza96qTInCSkVNttMgu9Xbq6zSeHrltECnCbmgGJBaH6LbJlwe9Azhv5j5tBMvZsO0Fck9tfSQZ-t/s320/Paul+Reiser-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319902761428143106" border="0" /></a>Mad About You! Happy 52nd birthday Paul Reiser! You and Helen Hunt have been deemed more 90s than Ross, Rachel, and the gang. While in Peru recently, I watched both an episode of Friends, and an episode of Mad About You. Mad About You is so fucking 90s it's unbelievable. Nice win!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1. Saved by the Bell vs 4. Home Improvement<br />WINNER: Saved by the Bell! Two 90s titans collide. I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so... Scar<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpR-phKZU8kI2Ipnop7N94lXJOJ4lwa7ESNSHamqR_otY5WsMT2zQZeBK9jzUTbBzNgLTVcQkEd-8C32vQDichRb01NuiiSH8DCOMJLSFyXcMzIoRcpM_5nEOBiBzhsf6iQJfI2tf5cxvu/s1600-h/kelly46na.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 118px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpR-phKZU8kI2Ipnop7N94lXJOJ4lwa7ESNSHamqR_otY5WsMT2zQZeBK9jzUTbBzNgLTVcQkEd-8C32vQDichRb01NuiiSH8DCOMJLSFyXcMzIoRcpM_5nEOBiBzhsf6iQJfI2tf5cxvu/s320/kelly46na.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319903676115140594" border="0" /></a>ed! Congrats Saved by the Bell. I think you have just possibly established yourself as a tourney favorite. You took down the Tool man without batting an eye. You fucked Wilson the hell up. Look at this image! 90s 90s 90s! Honestly, Home Improvement was beaten on the open credits of SBTB alone. That credit sequence and song screams 1990s!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />2. Full House vs 3. Step by Step<br />WINNER: Step b<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJew-PsTouxXlE8XAkr8hVk2YK2J7Po8C9Z8heFAJVMV_H3n8LgXYPkn2xdXI9iPwzkRG9Bp8uIBdBdhOul10tSnSJU50g5INF1cWC5RxOZHZVcCIObS0rR7CrlVmigIYTh13vb7iAad1W/s1600-h/step_by_step.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJew-PsTouxXlE8XAkr8hVk2YK2J7Po8C9Z8heFAJVMV_H3n8LgXYPkn2xdXI9iPwzkRG9Bp8uIBdBdhOul10tSnSJU50g5INF1cWC5RxOZHZVcCIObS0rR7CrlVmigIYTh13vb7iAad1W/s320/step_by_step.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319904925024013138" border="0" /></a>y Step! Many considered Full House a tourney favorite. Michelle, Danny Tanner, Uncle Joey, Uncle Jesse, Kimmy, Stephanie. Wow, how did Full House lose? This match was tight all the way. But never underestimate Patrick Duffy, Susanne Summers, and a family full of stereotypical formulaic characters! And look at that photo... very 90s!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1. The Fresh Prince vs 4. Martin<br />WINNER: The Fresh Prince! Martin was great, but this is the Prince we're talking about here!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6It5B-pD14NqbjGnh1S60ZdCe2jK4z1EUhg4694MaHZogSVyjajIGDD-5Y9tIbm0dSMYleoruh-qUfTa6qBkJbMb0CuoK26yyHXQteHVigdOaaozcghQsuPTh55ao9m7lYq9t1sHvQBQQ/s1600-h/638952dcf2c91663.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 119px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6It5B-pD14NqbjGnh1S60ZdCe2jK4z1EUhg4694MaHZogSVyjajIGDD-5Y9tIbm0dSMYleoruh-qUfTa6qBkJbMb0CuoK26yyHXQteHVigdOaaozcghQsuPTh55ao9m7lYq9t1sHvQBQQ/s320/638952dcf2c91663.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319906002262197506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />2. Family Matters vs 3. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper<br />WINNER: Family Matters! Urkel. 'Nuff said.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffEUXK9859xPnKyguXSxDOkIDeuE98kMQLBNKB605dmKjiU1BfQbfw3cr0SqFshXvAcwTZ5MZFTLyETH-I-ryVemdIIzV1vijAC-XHNlNT5wmI4ljSTKEQYDSSyIvqwO2BPD-E-Du9w8k/s1600-h/urkel3ub0.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffEUXK9859xPnKyguXSxDOkIDeuE98kMQLBNKB605dmKjiU1BfQbfw3cr0SqFshXvAcwTZ5MZFTLyETH-I-ryVemdIIzV1vijAC-XHNlNT5wmI4ljSTKEQYDSSyIvqwO2BPD-E-Du9w8k/s320/urkel3ub0.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319906292642649714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1. Rosanne vs 5. Grace Under Fire<br />WINNER: Rosanne!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55wgHBQBrdNr-pY4ZFp4zd0Zv4IFIKFbTKHr8o2YXeBiCAJp6cOQG45WdAm1edI72RXX1e-xP8GCjpTfUn8CvtqEua6QNM16R4eKxkw9WxxOEqftWifBVmxM84OWNBIwaYvtS5PXMaNep/s1600-h/rosanne-barr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55wgHBQBrdNr-pY4ZFp4zd0Zv4IFIKFbTKHr8o2YXeBiCAJp6cOQG45WdAm1edI72RXX1e-xP8GCjpTfUn8CvtqEua6QNM16R4eKxkw9WxxOEqftWifBVmxM84OWNBIwaYvtS5PXMaNep/s320/rosanne-barr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319906647949127010" border="0" /></a>Grace Under Fire was lucky to make it this far. Rosanne is very 90s. One of the highest rated shows of the 90s. Grace Under Fire... pshh, get outa here.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />3. Blossom vs 7. News Radio<br />WINNER: Blossom!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZLp9uLdh_4HSCldUWmPy0W4_OELvk7O58JFK7xP6BfU5r1XPPiEG4X0jvma5EAEUyvwGJ0Memam6kifmbhACGNo0GqnSe3gKHNmizQnI_o104z7Nm2rYgQOns_8WdlNEvh4zNV4KwBGc/s1600-h/2835.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZLp9uLdh_4HSCldUWmPy0W4_OELvk7O58JFK7xP6BfU5r1XPPiEG4X0jvma5EAEUyvwGJ0Memam6kifmbhACGNo0GqnSe3gKHNmizQnI_o104z7Nm2rYgQOns_8WdlNEvh4zNV4KwBGc/s320/2835.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319907308263211938" border="0" /></a>Look at that cast! Move over Andy Dick, THAT'S what the 90s are about! I could go for a special episode of Blossom right about now!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Elite Eight:<br /><br />Mad About You vs Wings<br />Saved by the Bell vs Step by Step<br />The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air vs Family Matters<br />Blossom vs Rosanne<br /><br />Eight fantastic teams remain... how will this finish?! Well, that's up for YOU to decide. I challenge a 2k contributor to finish this tournament! I have my vision of how it ends, but I want to see yours! (and this needs a fresh mind... this was really exhausting)<br /><br />Good luck, and I can't wait to see who wins the tournament!charzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15751857139768474328noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-61976862038629744442009-03-26T21:40:00.000-07:002009-03-26T22:15:08.329-07:00Golden Brown<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Golden brown texture like sun</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> Lays me down with my mind she runs</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> Throughout the night</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> No need to fight</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> Never a frown with golden brown</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> Every time just like the last</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> On her ship tied to the mast</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> To distant lands</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> Takes both my hands</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> Never a frown with golden brown</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> Golden brown finer temptress</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> Through the ages she's heading</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> West</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> From far away</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> Stays for a day</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> Never a frown with golden brown</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> Never a frown</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> With golden brown</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> Never a frown</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> With golden brown</span><br /><br /></div>Wow, what a cool song. With that mysterious evil carnival organ and the barely veiled lyrics, The Stranglers wrote this one with a purpose. "Le'es righ' a song 'bout 'eroin 'ey can play on th' radio, eh?", right? It'd take a moron to not figure out what this song is about after about two seconds of vocals. Belt your arm, make a fist, pop in the needle, and watch that tea-toned river of impending immediate and visceral pleasure course its way down the thin clear tube and into your soul. I know you can see it, but can you feel it?<br /><br />No. Idiot.<br /><br />I don't mean to be an asshole, and if you've never experienced the substance that could be responsible for inspiring such a perfectly-crafted and poetic pop song, you are forgiven and are not a moron (at least not due to misinterpreting this song).<br /><br />Those who know me know I do not have an addictive personality, but rarely does a song about a dangerous intoxicant chill me to the core as much as this one does. <br /><br />And as thinly veiled as the song's lyrical subtext, so is the underlying subject of this review:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTPeTOxYElYmttLwbxj7xn5y_UpyEbh3LLJRKJZ9uVGYmsgWbMcwWqWpd7aXXvOvLYJ3six82VsD0GEAyjG3i-gkwZGLA6DwKCQfiucb1H063n4N__wKIkSh6A_D6ff6qb-L1bfkUIGw/s1600-h/162423832_ecbcd587c6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTPeTOxYElYmttLwbxj7xn5y_UpyEbh3LLJRKJZ9uVGYmsgWbMcwWqWpd7aXXvOvLYJ3six82VsD0GEAyjG3i-gkwZGLA6DwKCQfiucb1H063n4N__wKIkSh6A_D6ff6qb-L1bfkUIGw/s320/162423832_ecbcd587c6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317729257210692738" border="0" /></a>That's right! It's a Chick-fil-a chicken biscuit.<br /><br />"Throughout the night, never a fight, never a frown, with golden brown." There's nothing better than waking up from a nightmare and realizing that once 6:30 rolls around you are on your way to breakfast bliss. Throw a little honey on it for comfort, but make no mistake, this sandwich stands on its own.<br /><br />And beware the temptation of imitations, as they are a trap by demons to fool the weak.<br /><br />4.999 anti-bears.<br />4.5 bears, due to unavailability between 10:30 am and 6:30 am the next day, and all day Sunday.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05354296902248869766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-84260027238954395702009-03-22T18:09:00.000-07:002009-03-22T18:31:47.642-07:00Fantasy Baseball<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8yDRCtDK7uZDgfVySRZ7gNWUAAlE4W7jSh1f3eSxftmwcCEWBzZYXSt1_f6V0Czp6zD03sz74EzYfz3jbkfTwocBLIIXxY4r2yfepN_kCKBWY0zV6FBs1UdLHG91uErbd4vc2jmZgDs/s1600-h/TONYFALL.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316189126783082738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8yDRCtDK7uZDgfVySRZ7gNWUAAlE4W7jSh1f3eSxftmwcCEWBzZYXSt1_f6V0Czp6zD03sz74EzYfz3jbkfTwocBLIIXxY4r2yfepN_kCKBWY0zV6FBs1UdLHG91uErbd4vc2jmZgDs/s320/TONYFALL.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The draft for the Charz2k Fantasy Baseball League is tomorrow! If you wish to be a part of it, you must sign up as soon as possible. Here are the stats:<br /><br />Website: <a onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," href="http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/charz2k" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/charz2k</a><br />The League ID#: 136277<br />The password is: Chuck Knoblauch<br />(it's best to just copy and paste)<br /><br />The draft is tomorrow night at 9:30 CDT! SO SIGN UP!Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01265106004694166431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-46650517267768322332009-03-19T13:42:00.000-07:002009-03-19T14:45:15.986-07:00March MadnessI'm not sure if charz2k still does good old-fashioned concert reviews anymore, but I'll try throwing one out there. This post involves a concert AND a decent roadtrip, hence the March Madness title. I don't like basketball enough to write about it. <div><br /><div>I caught the Black Lips last night in Lawrence, KS, which was obviously a good show. Lawrence is four hours away, so I started out at noon yesterday. There is a local radio station that was awesome in 6th grade but not too grand these days; nevertheless, they do a "Flashback Lunch" hour from 12-1 which is pretty cool and it was a rare time that I got to hear all the old songs that you completely forget but miraculously come right back to your memory. Yesterday's program included Green Day's "Nice Guys Finish Last"; the Breeders' "Last Splash"; Eels' "Novocaine for the Soul"; and Weezer's "My Name is Jonas." It was a good start to the trip. </div><br /><div>So the road up to Lawrence is just two lane highway pretty much all the way, which is awesome. I like looking at the country and going through all the little old towns. Check out the sweet courthouse building in Ottawa, KS; I totally pulled a Garz to stop and take a photograph: </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315004305590485186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj-Ses8pTnZPj3b5LB1FZO71wU9xU3SEL5etnOeg5iugnTXlUo-n-m1F1PXpzM1kec2S5bwsevdq4zmqxDqzJ7IJJjHjRh8Bbv7rjwks2U3Iplm8YB1vYC7f_zYSlYgFD1sH-XmPU8AHlW/s400/courthouseottawaks.jpg" border="0" /></div></div><br /><p></p><br /><p>Anyways, I got to Lawrence and found a pretty tasty Italian place to eat at, and the waitress knew of a good record store that I hit up before the show, which was at the Bottleneck, a bar/hole-in-the-wall type joint. Simply put, I'm jealous of you guys who will get to see them at SXSW, because we all know how good they are. Things kicked off with "Sea of Blasphemy," which, along with "Fairy Stories," "Buried Alive," and "Juvenile," I think sounds ten times better live than on record. The high points for me were "Short Fuse," which comes across as slightly more "punk" rather than "Nuggets" sounding like on the new album, and of course "Cold Hands," which is arguably their best song. My new favorite live song is "Time of the Scab," which is in Spanish and involves Jared shouting out Spanish phrases right before the guitars kick in with their main lick. I don't know Spanish so when I sing in the car I have to make up my own phrases ("Tostitos!"; "Arriba!"; "El Garzo!"). Other songs that I normally don't like that much, like "Hippie, Hippie, Hoorah," are completely enjoyable live by the time Cole adds all his useless, pointless sound effects and theatrics. </p><p></p><p>My only bears to give to this show were that I don't think they played as long as they normally would, because they had to get on the road to SXSW, which was kind of a bummer. Other than that, I think they remain my favorite current band. Despite their stage antics, in seeing them twice now I never have felt like they are gimmicky. It would almost seem disingenuous if Cole <em>didn't</em> get on stage wearing a white smock and a buckle-at-the-front pilgrim hat.</p><p></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315011026332431522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQktA4jkr73NSgl_9mh26wPb1yYKhVZZrD-W7NHLVeccbKCCEyzl-ukqaEuJkWjKeLgdKd2YphA7iW4PcKc-7eUeji_bMmXt6aAJ9dB6A5wH4OtH5z5zk-TqyQ_Fw7eXQqySWlCxF-ubj/s400/bottleneck.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p>Anyways, I started my drive back to Oklahoma this morning, and what seemed to be crackling through the static on my radio right around Coffeyville, KS? Another Flashback Lunch? What luck: the Cult's "She Sells Sanctuary"; Poe's "Angry Johnny"; "Longview" and "Rock the Casbah" were the highlights (in contrast, the first song after the Flashback Lunch was something by the All-American Rejects). 4.5 anti-bears / 2.1 bears (no "Boomerang"?) </p>Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01230438326693993709noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-61818421630623698152009-03-03T05:34:00.000-08:002009-03-03T06:02:45.168-08:00Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-LiI can remember the first time I played Street Fighter II: My friend Ellis' birthday party back in 4th grade. Eventually we had to implement a "no dhalsim" policy, because back then we could not defeat dhalsim's long limb attacks. The game blew my mind. Street Fighter II was THE game... until next year's birthday party, when Mortal Kombat came out.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0_8Fxvdxo2-YCSPw3I3yQbhdfhya-Gd4_Zxj8emtRSOHBISaTTpv-tk76xbco9y3IV6jT8i6LTrSuA0sCUFNAXgAkTrpGMppfPqahH31VRmYq__U7HxtXsMGHVlk0whAWGYpxRfYJe8E/s1600-h/SSF2T_Dhalsim.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0_8Fxvdxo2-YCSPw3I3yQbhdfhya-Gd4_Zxj8emtRSOHBISaTTpv-tk76xbco9y3IV6jT8i6LTrSuA0sCUFNAXgAkTrpGMppfPqahH31VRmYq__U7HxtXsMGHVlk0whAWGYpxRfYJe8E/s320/SSF2T_Dhalsim.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308954724470867378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anyways, movies adapted from video games are generally not very good. When I see a movie based on a game, I typically want a high camp-factor, with lots of cartoonish action. Both Mortal Kombat films provided this, as did the classic Street Fighter movie with Jean Claude Van Damme as Guile.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkyr5GxHTPHPlg1hu3c3pBMGivzQr6hVcu6NBsnJ1H5tJGtqUm7Fy22OUvH_bWDXLnI6AKRvKMchyphenhyphenI-taGtsFkIlQJ8hJVRVx-Hj8xMTXN3S6i7Or-5d2IuV53H29cFiC0sJJfiNIOIRU/s1600-h/jean_claude_van_damme_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkyr5GxHTPHPlg1hu3c3pBMGivzQr6hVcu6NBsnJ1H5tJGtqUm7Fy22OUvH_bWDXLnI6AKRvKMchyphenhyphenI-taGtsFkIlQJ8hJVRVx-Hj8xMTXN3S6i7Or-5d2IuV53H29cFiC0sJJfiNIOIRU/s320/jean_claude_van_damme_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308955142212526242" border="0" /></a> But unfortunately, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (SFLCL) did not. Let me state plainly: DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE. I expected a movie with a 0% Rotten Tomatoes Rating to have a "so bad it's funny" element. There was very little funny about this movie. It was just unbearable.<br /><br />Problem 1: Very little action. For a movie called street fighter, there was maybe one street fight that lasted like 1 minute? Uggh.<br /><br />Problem 2: Too much plot and charater development. We don't give a shit about that- show us some people beating the crap out of each other! And if you are going that route, at LEAST make it interesting.<br /><br />Problem 3: A retarded side plot. The movie had two main story lines going on. First there was Chun-Li attempting to find her father. Secondly, there was an INTERPOL cop and a Bangkok cop teamed up trying to bring down Bison. Way too much time was spent on these cops. We don't give a shit about that!<br /><br />Problem 4: Not enough Street Fighter charaters. There was Chun-Li, Bison, Balrog, and Vega (briefly). That's it. I mean, come on! You were in frickin Thailand, at least have Sagat.<br /><br />Problem 5: Horrible casting. Bison: Band of Brother's Lt. Buck Compton. He's just some white American dude who doesn't even know martial arts, making the final showdown totally lame. Chun-Li: Smallville's Lana Lane. She's not even fully Chinese! Chun-Li is from China. I know that, because on the game you fight her on the streets of China. She is not half-Chinese, born in San Francisco. Balrog: Michael Clarke Duncan. Okay, this one was a good choice. But I wonder why he got involved in this pile of crap. Stupid INTERPOL cop: American Pie's "Oz." Man, this guy cannot act! He was just painful to watch. And the "chemistry" between him and the Bangkok hot girl cop was so not there.<br /><br />I did though like that Chun-Li's teacher was the guy who played Liu Kang in the Mortal Kombat movies. Nice crossover. And when Chun-Li fought Bison, she hit him with a bicycle kick- an homage to Liu Kang's signature move, perhaps???<br /><br />So do not see SFLCL. Please do not see it! See anything else instead. The movie sets up for a sequel, with Liu Kang telling Chun-li that he's heard of a good fighter in Japan named Ryu. God I hope they don't make that movie. Perhaps a better route would be a sitcom with Zangief, Ken, E Honda, and a hilarious nerd sharing a small Brooklyn apartment and chasing girls. I'd watch!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKgYkB2gx-CaCKc2n-fW9GJ-fS9aN5lQ9Rc8m_dCLVor0xT5AhpTPA6rjs3kohQ6IX33fuoNiAUKBEjkJeV9GatzCE7bteypuzhpKkRHNCRpNkifO8VxQ8RjsXAyUZkTPp9wCjk1n9t0o/s1600-h/9609-zangief.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKgYkB2gx-CaCKc2n-fW9GJ-fS9aN5lQ9Rc8m_dCLVor0xT5AhpTPA6rjs3kohQ6IX33fuoNiAUKBEjkJeV9GatzCE7bteypuzhpKkRHNCRpNkifO8VxQ8RjsXAyUZkTPp9wCjk1n9t0o/s320/9609-zangief.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308961190123613586" border="0" /></a>charzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15751857139768474328noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-2879089712593493732009-02-27T12:16:00.000-08:002009-02-27T12:30:14.640-08:00Yes, Dear<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sEnS9iO8xiG7UBiR4KkYmwkyMm98skFypQlzC044GyH7ZejpGnvjvSCLALnHZITUkbRNijHpJQL0nfT-xL5ozf4EJ_2VFMWQh2i9tKi10266xCXuYBD-uNFpNZlU3w5HWG2OPi7CGZ8/s1600-h/yes_dear-show.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sEnS9iO8xiG7UBiR4KkYmwkyMm98skFypQlzC044GyH7ZejpGnvjvSCLALnHZITUkbRNijHpJQL0nfT-xL5ozf4EJ_2VFMWQh2i9tKi10266xCXuYBD-uNFpNZlU3w5HWG2OPi7CGZ8/s320/yes_dear-show.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307576510758256210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Yes, Dear</span> is on TBS right now. Is there one single person who would be flipping through the channels and would think "YES! <span style="font-style: italic;">Yes, Dear</span> is on!"? I guess it's possible, but why put it on a network where they could just as easily show another episode of <span style="font-style: italic;">Seinfeld</span> instead of this crippled warthog of a show?<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Yes, Dear</span> should be quarantined on a network that's strictly opt-in, so we wouldn't even have to ponder the ways TBS could better use that time slot. Just think, if they made this network we would have an isolated list of the most worthless members of society that we could use to either eradicate them or turn them into some sort of super weapon that's effective because it annoys the enemy into submission.<br /><br />If you're interested in subscribing, you'll also have access to all your favorites, including, but not limited to,<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>Still Standing</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Grace Under Fire</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Mama's Family</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Joey</span>, and in a marathon every Friday, <span style="font-style: italic;">According to Jim</span>.<br /><br />This reminds me of when I came back to Houston once and I had seen some terrible show on the plane that I could only describe as "the worst sitcom I have ever seen." Danny's guess was that it was <span style="font-style: italic;">Still Standing</span>. He was right.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05354296902248869766noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-2276013856779021402009-02-25T20:20:00.000-08:002009-02-25T20:31:56.258-08:00St. Arnold<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://brewvana.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/st-arnold-of-soissons.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 300px;" src="http://brewvana.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/st-arnold-of-soissons.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />This man is the patron saint of brewers. You know all those awesome trappist ales out there? You see the brewing process eliminates all bad pathogens in water. God only knows how the other monks reacted to all the beer at their monastery. God only knows what I'd be without you. Next time you enjoy a delicious beer (let me recommend the scabrously dark St. Bernardus) say a prayer of thanks to old St. Arnold. Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823889638197921319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256140612803391498.post-83983359750770635102009-02-25T01:27:00.000-08:002009-02-25T01:28:53.711-08:00St. Anthony<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.rc.net/portland/stanthony/stanthony2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 412px; height: 680px;" src="http://www.rc.net/portland/stanthony/stanthony2.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />This man was a saint and he was Catholic. He was a friend to all children and he loved animals. St. Anthony loved dogs. In conclusion, if you ever lose something you should pray to St. Anthony.Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823889638197921319noreply@blogger.com5