The Legend of Carbon Bigfoot

[Moetown]

Part of one of my molars broke and my sister's father-in-law had a heart attack and died yesterday. My wife thinks I need to take the day off. I'm not sure about protocol at times like this, but it's Friday, and I feel like I need to go to work.

[Moetown]

I'll be taking Monday off for the funeral, but I don't think the death of my sister's father-in-law means I've got to be available all day today for family support. I'll be able to help out tomorrow through Monday. That's good, right?

[Just Some Girl]

Yes, that's good. That's sufficient, unless you genuinely feel you need to be there for your sister and her husband today. Only you can make that call.

Unrelated: I am a Mission of Burma nerd.

Ok, carry on arguin', fellas...

[Tripp]

sorry about that Moe.

[Tripp]

I used to own a No Man record.  (thats the guitarist from Mission of Burma's post MOB band) . I used to rock out to it.

[Tripp]

RIP Paul Benedict

he was Guffman in Waiting for Guffman, he was in Spinal Tap, the jeffersons and he was that guy on Sesame Street who painted numbers everywhere only to have them washed away over and over.

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[Bizarro]

Re: Mission of Burma, Replacements

We all have bands we don't care much for that most of the people we admire greatly. Radiohead and Led Zeppelin don't do much for me, for instance.

No big deal.

[Tripp]

you're dead to me.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

That's when I  reach for my revolver.

[matthew]

Re: Mission of Burma, Replacements

We all have bands we don't care much for that most of the people we admire greatly. Radiohead and Led Zeppelin don't do much for me, for instance.

No big deal.

Yeah, but the Replacements suck. (kidding)

I created a lot of strife for myself during my drinking days where I would make a point of omitting "In my opinion" or "To me", etc., but the truth of the matter is, I don't very much care what other people listen to (unless it somehow does manage to intrude upon my existence - like "news" coverage on pop singers or the radio at work, etc. ).


The reason for the deliberate omission was originated from my observing that you could speak openly of how awful the Backstreet Boys and it would never go challenged (I am speaking from my own experience within the circles I navigated during that period), despite it being a matter of taste and not an absolute fact. Conversely, there were many artists who had become so sacred that it was not even advisable to admit that you simply did not care for the music. Yes, this reflects the age at which I became aware of this and the maturity of myself and those around me, but some never let go of this absolutism. So, what I began to do was to take sweeping and extreme positions on everything which I encountered - I became stubbornly obstinate out of anxiety and insecurity and I turned to the strong offensive is the best defensive position.

And so the Velvet Underground and Pavement and Bob Dylan were the worst musicians of all time. I never believed this to be the case, but my arguments were hardly concerned with the actual music these people recorded.

I enjoy a handful of VU songs, but I neither love them nor loathe them...I actually love me a bunch of Dylan now, but I am still generally aggravated by a good number of his most popular tunes... Pavement may never click with me...somehow it seems too late now. The music seems to be at least within reach of my general tastes (though nothing really jumps out at me)...I think a big part of it is Stephen Malkmus' voice... the dramatist in me finds his straight delivery appears dispassionate, and this is troubling to my ears. 

I don't listen to Radiohead or Led Zepplin...but there are worse things that can come on the radio.

In fact, the other week I asked the boss to take advantage of the fact that K___ was away and to change the radio station from Mix 96 to ANYTHING BUT MIX 96 and we got CHOM for a day and it was quite nice to have a day of Zep.

[matthew]

"Cut Your Hair" is undeniably catchy ...but part of that is Malkmus being more forceful.

Some day I will get around to really settling in with it...

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Will Smith credits Tom Cruise with his record-breaking box-office success - because the icon reviews his movie scripts before he takes on a new role.

The stars have become close friends over the years, and Smith admits he turns to Cruise for advice before signing on to a film.

Smith tells Newsweek, "I was so used to competition between other artists that I just didn't get him at first. And then Tom just broke it down to me and said, 'Will, we are not competing, so don't think that way.' That blew my mind because that is not how this business works at all...

"He looks over my scripts and everything. When I did I Am Legend, I sent him the script, and he sent me back four hours of notes and changes. He did more work on I Am Legend than I did.

"Now we're looking at some projects to work on together because we have that basic understanding of each other."
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Will Smith has brushed off reports his Hollywood pal Tom Cruise has converted him to Scientology - because he is a student of all religion.

Smith, who was raised in a Baptist household, had his own faith questioned since striking up a friendship with Cruise - a well-known follower of Scientology.

But the I Am Legend star insists having security in his belief system has helped him become more open to others' religious practices without taking them on as his own.

When asked to clarify if he is a Scientologist, Smith tells Newsweek magazine, "No, but when people are afraid of religion they have to go back and get in touch with the Good Book. Fear of other religions means you're questioning your own understanding, and that's just not where I am."

He explains, "I love the nature of humanity's search for meaning. For me I'm certain about my relationship with the model of perfection of human life that's laid out with the life of Jesus Christ. I'm certain of that.

"I'm at home and not fearful when I sit in a mosque or a synagogue or a Buddhist temple, the same way that I'm home in the Church of Scientology. I like anywhere people are searching for the truth, and I respect their path and I'm intrigued by their path.

"I think when you are certain in and of what you believe in, you can open your mind to seeing the ways of others."

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Tom Cruise knows how to brainwash millions of people at a time.  He is teaching Will Smith the way.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

I was listening to Rust Never Sleeps tonight for the first time in over 10 years probably.

Neil is a great lyric writer.  Powderfinger's status as a classic is a little dubious to me right now.  The book ends are great of course.  Some other gems in there, but titles elude me.

I listened to Best of Buffalo Springfield last week for the first time in at least a decade too.  Mr. Soul is great, but I couldn't believe how tedious Broken Arrow was.  Expecting to Fly is sort of cool.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

General Motors loses $8B-$9B per month.  They want a "bridge loan" of $12B, so they can stave of bankruptcy for maybe 2 more months.  Then what?  More bridge loans to nowhere?

If they go bankrupt, it may break the UAW, plus they'll have to liquidate millions of cars no one wants.