like a trumpet muffled in silk

[Tripp]

They call him the 2D Shooter.

[bebopbalogna]

and it doesn't stop there, either.

[bebopbalogna]

if i had a time machine, i'd go back to 1961 and write "please please me" and "i want to hold your hand".  then i'd go to 1963 and write "a hard day's night" and "we can work it out" .   All of rubber soul/revolver would be in the bag by the end of 64 (and "hey bulldog", too)  sgt pepper/MMT done by the spring of 65, and the rest of em before 67 came around.  then i'd write "beat on the brat".

[bebopbalogna]

tripp.  check yr emails....

[Just Some Girl]

Yesterday, I deleted 20 spambots. Today, I deleted...20 more fucking spambots. What the fucking fuck? Honestly. Is there nothing we can do? It's totally out of control

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

was it Berzerker?

Berzerker was a maze, but it was overhead view.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

if i had a time machine, i'd go back to 1961 and write "please please me" and "i want to hold your hand".  then i'd go to 1963 and write "a hard day's night" and "we can work it out" .   All of rubber soul/revolver would be in the bag by the end of 64 (and "hey bulldog", too)  sgt pepper/MMT done by the spring of 65, and the rest of em before 67 came around.  then i'd write "beat on the brat".

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has these kinds of fantasies.

[Moetown]

You could make everything topsy-turvy by slipping Beat on the Brat into 1963. You should write Sympathy for the Devil before either Kennedy gets assassinated.

[Tripp]

Or you could travel back to 1940 and introduce the world to "theme from St. Elmo's Fire" by John Parr.

[Moetown]

Here's an oldie from 1942. The Boyd Singers with their rendition of The Land of the Lost.

[matthew]

whuh?

[bebopbalogna]

You could make everything topsy-turvy by slipping Beat on the Brat into 1963. You should write Sympathy for the Devil before either Kennedy gets assassinated.

i think the ramones would have been HUGE had they come out in the late 50s/early 60s actually.   just look how seamlessly songs like "surfin' bird" and "do you wanna dance?" fit in on their records.   as far as being prophetic, i'd be considered a regular NOS-TRO-DA-MOOSE if i had come up with "we didn't start the fire" way back when.

[bebopbalogna]

Or you could travel back to 1940 and introduce the world to "theme from St. Elmo's Fire" by John Parr.

oo.  THAT would leave them scratching their heads.  i could do it in blackface. ala al jolson. but perform only ultra-white 80s hits.

[matthew]

Iraqi interpreters who have risked their lives to help UK forces will not get asylum, a report has claimed.

Whitehall officials ignored appeals by high-ranking army officers for asylum to be given to 91 interpreters and their families, according to the Times.

BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner says interpreters are marked men who "face a horrific death".

The MoD says it considers requests for help from serving or ex-employees on their "individual merits".

'Cold shoulder'

However, the Times reported that one appeal for asylum was rejected even though it was accompanied by a glowing recommendation from a British commanding officer.

   
As a matter of honour, we have to look after them
William Hague
Shadow foreign secretary

The letter reached former Downing Street foreign policy adviser Nick Banner, who told the Iraqi to apply via the government website and to another country.

Frank Gardner said: "It seems from what the Times are saying that they're getting the cold shoulder.

"That the government is essentially saying: 'Sorry, we can't make exceptions for these people, despite the enormous sacrifices they have made.'

He said the interpreters face two levels of danger: that experienced while on patrol, and the consequences of being seen as collaborators.

"Anybody associated with the coalition, government ministries, and so on, they're all seen as traitors by the militias.

"Not just by al-Qaeda in the Sunni areas, but by the Shia militias in the south."

'Genuine case'

The United States has said it will accept 7,000 Iraqis in the coming year, and after Denmark withdrew its troops, it granted asylum to 60 Iraqis and their families.

Shadow foreign secretary William Hague said: "As a matter of honour, we have to look after them one way or the other if they have a genuine case."

An MoD spokesman said the government took the safety of local people who work for them "very seriously".

He said "In operational theatres, we consider any specific requests for assistance from serving or ex-employees on their individual merits."