Jubilation degenerated into mayhem

[bebopbalogna]

i was at one of those shows when they were recording for the DVD. even live, it was underwhelming. HOWEVER- i saw him at memphis in may a year later and holy fuck. one of the best shows i think i've ever seen. he played as the sun was setting on the mighty mississip'. it was just magical, y'all.

was that right after bloodthirsty lovers?

[bebopbalogna]

when i saw elvis in new orleans a few years ago, (and andre williams the same night immediately after at the club across the street)BTL was playing in tallahassee the next day.  so k__ and i drove straight from n.o. to tally.  when i told dave we had seen elvis the night before, he said they were opening for him at memphis in may a couple weeks later or something.

[Doctor Rock]

ummm, i guess tattoo you (which is great) came out in 1980 or something, but i can maybe think of 3 songs from the other 80's records (under cover, dirty work, and steel wheels) that i can stand.  i actually prefer the most recent 3 studio records (voodoo lounge, bridges to babylon, and a bigger bang) to the 80's stuff.  i can probably think of 10 songs off of those three that i can stand.  6-7 that i actually like!

Uh, Pat, I was, like, ribbing you...

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Well, check your facts before you start rubbing your elbows next time.

[Doctor Rock]

And saying "you like french pop" derisively is like mocking someone for liking, I don't know, country music!   French pop is a really vast category of music, with all kinds of things in it.  Some of it is genuinely good, some of it is "good" in a kitschy, ironic sense, and some of it is just bad, without any redeeming qualities.  So there! 

[Doctor Rock]

Well, check your facts before you start rubbing your elbows next time.

Mind your own bizzniss, fool!

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

You forgot to smiley.   

[Tripp]

when i saw elvis in new orleans a few years ago, (and andre williams the same night immediately after at the club across the street)BTL was playing in tallahassee the next day.  so k__ and i drove straight from n.o. to tally.  when i told dave we had seen elvis the night before, he said they were opening for him at memphis in may a couple weeks later or something.

I'd never heard they opened up for him. But what do I know?

[matthew]

uploaded a couple more fotos

I dig the one with Sherman.

(also, it is nice to put a face to the name)

[matthew]

i was never a flip flop guy...they always seem like you need to work to keep them on your feet..

I agree with the too much work assessment. Also, the toe-thong style ones give me the foil-chewing-style willies.

i think the medical term is "stubbing"

[matthew]

flip flop story from when i was 10 or 11....riding bike to get some candy at the store wearing flip flops, ride over a speed bump and my foot came off the peddle into the front wheel and spokes and the flip flop got embedded in the spoke which caused my foot to go around until it hit the forks which caused me to flip over the bike.  someone saw and called an ambulance.  I only had bruises and cuts.  The worst part the ambulance called my mother and said your daughter has been involved in a bike accident on shortridge road, which is a busy street.  My poor mom thought i was hit by a car.  Dumb kid i was

Good tale.

[matthew]

Gah!  Who gives a shit?  Like any of them are gonna change anything.  Voting is a waste of time.

(i am trying to decide which would make a better tattoo)

Jokes!  Everybody, make jokes!

[Just Some Girl]

like, these should be banned. hopefully those weren't the hippie sandals you spoke of before.

bannedals.


Yeah. I got nothin'.

Except that I started the sandals convo ages ago!   

These guys give both socks AND sandals a bad name.

[spoiler]by wearing them together[/spoiler]

Lotta douchebags there, like the guys in Speedos and such.



Also: Crappity boys, please please please please please don't ever do this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(also: I don't actually care. I just really have nothing to say.)

[Doctor Rock]

Well, according to exit polls, it looks like a Clinton win.  No surprises there.  By how much?  Ay, there's the rub!

[matthew]

If anything spooks the American people this summer, McCain will be sent to the White House on rocketskates. 

The spook machine is being oiled as we speak.

Neverminding that, both Democratic candidates are covered in shit at this point (and shit seems to matter far less for Republicans - it sometimes serves to bolster them like punk cred in the face of delicate "liberals" of the Democratic party). And while I initially thought that Clinton delaying a final judgment caused some of this, I realize that it is best that the Rev. Wright debacle occurred in the primaries and not the final run, where it would have surely been fatal.

McCain is far more a frightening figure than Bush ever could manage to be. I have said this before but, while Bush certainly knew nothing, he listened to people who did. Unfortunately those people had all sorts of wild ideas, but he did listen to his closing perpetually closing circle of ideologues. I don't know that McCain ever listens and he seems to be the sort of irrational pissant who stubbornly adheres to his ignorance in an attempt to be defiant.

With the Executive Branch expanded as it ever has been, I fear what matter of V.P. he appoints to follow in Cheney (the most powerful VP in history). I would not be surprised if it were Romney, the RNC's actual choice for the Presidency. Those two making very public appearances together in order to assure all that all is well, has me concerned about what contingency plans may be in the works.

I have this feeling of dread...imagining McCain/Romney taking office and McCain dying or retiring with illness after a few months, leaving Romney and Secrtary of Defense, Rudy Giuliani to run the War on Iran.