Kid Gleason

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 09:16 PM) Everyone who watches American Idol. People who have a problem with what people do in their own spare time when it effects nobody in particular.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 27, 2006 -> 07:26 AM) Now wait just one second. Go pick on one of your own Aussie marsupials leave the only one we have alone! FUN FACT: With the exception of the bandicoot, males of all marsupial specias have a penis that is posterior rather than anterior to the testes. [/nearly useless facts from college mammalogoy class] O.K., so just what the hell is your idea of a "completely useless fact" then??? I know I am setting myself up...but still.

I don't know...it seems like it was eons ago. I remember walking into a restaurant during lunch break at school, and there was footage of the clouds after the explosion. I was oblivious to what had happened, and I said outloud "gee, what happened, the space shuttle blow up or something", to which the entire place said "yes" in a horrified whisper. My friends and I took off running back to the school to spread the word. Nobody believed us until it came over the speakers from the principal. The whole day went into TV footage at school, if I remember right. What year was the first launch? Was it '80? I know I was in 5th grade. I remember watching it on TV in school.

Anybody else been having a strange craving for mashed chickpeas today???

You think they are making fake ones now, just so you look important?

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 12:39 PM) anyone with a blue tooth cell phone ear piece... thank you for making the roads safer, potentially. BUT YOU LOOK LIKE A f***ING CYBORG!

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 11:42 AM) This thread is fantastic and awful at the same time. There are like 7 arguments going on, none of which make any sense. And one Herman's Hermits reference, from out of nowhere. And before you even start, I don't want to bet anyone about anything!!! Collect a penny for everytime you see "no one" spelt "noone" on the 'net, and within an hour you will be a rich man. People have been trying to turn the Peter Noone reply into the new Spam, kind of.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 11:33 AM) Dont you get it? Noone said Buehrle sucks! YOU SAID HE WAS BETTER THAN THE REST. BTW Noone gives a s*** about your proffession. It has no bearing on this messageboard, quit trying to throw it around as if it means something. Your silly bets dont give you more credibility. Peter Noone said Buehrle sucks??? That f***ing bastard!!! I'm throwing out my Hermans Hermitts stuff RIGHT NOW!!!

Wasn't he with the Cards before he was with us though?

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 08:48 AM) I think George of the Jungle is what partly ruined Brendan Fraser for me. But then again he did Airheads whicg I loved, and I also didn't mind him too much in the Mummy films. I'm not sure what the deal is with Shadow. I loved it, and also love both the original Murnau/Shrek and Herzog/Kinski versions of the Nosferatu films. I thought DeFoe did a great job as Shrek in Shadow. And the way they nailed the sets and such from the original was great. So, have you caught the Nosferatu cameo while watchinh Spongebob Squarepants with your little one? Does Squidward show up as Max? I can't remember if I have seen it. I'll have to give Shadow another shot.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 10:02 PM) LOL....it's where I have been starting. I can only see it getting more expensive. Much, much, much more expensive. When you are spending the same amount for one 750 ML bottle as you do for a case of Bud, you start realizing it is an expensive hobby. Standing in a line infront of a purchaser of Bud, while your total exceeds $70, and you have 5 bottles of beer on the counter...you get odd looks. But damn, that one 12 oz. bottle of Westvleteren (approx. $10) tastes soooooooooo much better than that 12 pack of Bud could ever hope to taste. QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 09:42 PM) And a pox on me because I haven't made it to UPS to drop some reciprocity in the mail to you. I am teh sux0r. No problem, you waited patiently for The Beast. QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 09:39 PM) It's about as much documentary as Shadow of the Vampire is, so basically just a a period piece with a lot of attention to detail. Without giving too much away, I think the screenwriter and director did a great job of leveraging the fact that Whale suffered a stroke into an incredible storytelling vehicle. The stroke had left him basically unable to keep track of streams of thought or temporal awareness, so all the flashbacks, hallucinations etc. that get weaved in to tell the story find their basis in the fact that Whale can't keep any of the stuff sorted out in his brain. It's absolutely worth seeing. Even Brendan Fraser is less annoying than usual in it. I didn't like Shadow Of The Vampire much, and both versions of Nosferatu are two of my favorite movies. But I will still give this a shot. I also have to admit to liking Brendan Fraser. I like him in The Mummy movies, and love him in the remake of Bedazzled. I have also seen him in enough other stuff to say I think there is nothing wrong with the guy. He can act, and he can flip-flop his roles quite well. I'd take him over Ben Affleck or Keanu Reeves any day of the century.

KWAK is pretty decent. I killed a bottle one night after working in the yard all day. It was about 100 degrees out and I had leveled the creek behind my house and chainsawed up a bunch of trees that were dead/dying .It was the most "manly" day I ever had. I actually lost 5 pounds in that one day. I was exhausted, and the family was out of town. So, I went next door to my buddies house, cracked a KWAK and got loaded on that and whatever the hell he had on tap at the time. Hey Jim, ya ever drink up the Beast?

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 01:18 PM) But, seriously, Kid, what did you think of Gods and Monsters? The imagery in homage of Bride of Frank, some very blatant and some very subtle, that was peppered throughout the film was great I thought. Ahem...is this where I blow my cover??? Ummm, I actually never saw it. Heh, umm, it never interested me for some reason. I'm just not much of a "documentary" type of film fan. I know I should see it. I really just need to be in the mood for it, I think. Maybe I'll throw it into my Netflix and watch it eventually.

He had a picture in the paper once that made him look like a "short person". Ya know..I guess a "dwarf" is the proper word. I thought he was a bassist. No?

LOL!!! Hahahaha!!! I can actually point ya in the direction of the article that called me that, just to back up my claim! LOL!!!

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 12:02 AM) I just finished watching Gods and Monsters on Showtime. It is an damn excellent film, even if you are not a James Whale/Universal Horror fan. ...and if you aren't gay...right? Or did you want to tell us something now???

LOL!!! It also smells of stale beer and cigarettes.

Jim D. comes off as arrogant quite often. I like the guy kind of (is he a "short person, BTW?), but he pisses me off at other times and uses "slams" to cover up his lack of knowledge at times, instead of just admitting he is unfamiliar with a band or style. I wrote to him once and mentioned my (at the time) fave band Marillion. He slammed them by saying that they hadn't done anything worthwhile since their original vocalist had left. When in reality the band had just recently put out their most "critically" and fan praised album in their careers and had just finished a very successful US tour. He can be rude with no reason at times. The Stones though I am passing on. They are so far removed from what I believe RnR to being anymore. They may have once been the greatest (I will argue the case to a degree) RnR band ever, but they are no longer what it is about. They are a machine now and an act. I could never pay that much money for that. But for the fans who can afford it, I expect that the Stones deliver EXACTLY what the fans are hoping for. I can't imagine them actually being a disappointment to their fans.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jan 25, 2006 -> 12:01 PM) Keep it up, and you're gonna get your Glam Card revoked!!! Nah, they tried taking it away for a few months there, but I've redeemed myself enough to regain my title of "Noted Glam Scholar" again.

I always prefered him to his brother.

I missed last night. I was at Disney On Ice. Such an odd life I lead nowdays. American Idol and friggin' Disney On Ice.

QUOTE(bmags @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 03:51 PM) we're all young guys, so any option to see a band you listen to a lot that you'll never get to see gain...i mean ...it was only like 12 bucks so not much lost speaking of the sex pistols and stiff little fingers...does anybody like Wire? Oh, don't get me wrong, I would go also, but missed it. But without such a major part, it still seems a little "pointless" in a way. Heck, I agree 100% with you though.

QUOTE(bmags @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 02:05 PM) very good point...my brother saw one of reunion shows...he liked it ... although he said (much like the pixies reunion) that its kind of like watching the chuck e cheese animatronics on stage... Without Rob Tyner's vocals, it all seems a bit pointless to me though.

Don't forget about the MC5 being WAY ahead of their time and really ushering in the "Alternative/Punk" movement.

QUOTE(DePloderer @ Jan 23, 2006 -> 11:16 AM) While I regularly listen to about 70% of what is on the list, personaly I can't stay away from Genesis ( can I get a Hell Yes? ), particularly the early post Gabriel stuff; Wind and Wuthering, Trick of the Tail or Seconds Out. I can get soooo lost in that stuff, I might not surface for days. Ummm, without the green I will give you a "HELL YES" as early Genesis is one of my favorite bands. I love them up until Hackett left. Once he was gone, the cool writing had completely left them. A great portion vanished when Gabriel had departed, but the departure of Hackett was the final blow. It still stuns and befuddles me that when Peter Gabriel left Genesis, he was only 25 years old.