Everything posted by bmags
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Attendance
it seems we weren't so excited about our team like two weeks ago, and then optimism reallyheated up around soxfest... i like the situtationwe are in and i like that patriots approach, get a whole bunch of solid players at a good price instead of one or two at a monster price...i think we could be good...i'm glad we have AJ...
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A-ROW: Frank's "busting his hump"
QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Jan 15, 2005 -> 09:54 PM) Fisk definitely will be remembered more for his years in Boston than he will here. when did mays not have a giants uniform on?
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Bulls vs Knicks (Two game series)
i love how whenever nocioni is on a fast break with three open bulls around him he goes straight for the hoop ... where the one defender is... actually i hate it
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Your Social Security Dollars at work.
thats awesome.
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Top 5 Albums of 2004
QUOTE(The Bones @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 08:22 AM) 1.)Beastie Boys-To The 5 Boroughs 2.)Green Day-American Idiot 3.)The Hives-Tyrannasaurus Hives 4.)Modest Mouse-Good News For People Who Love Bad News and since I believe those are the only cds that I bought that came out this year... The Clash-London Calling 25th Anniversary I'm gonna have to check out that David Cross cd. My brother got me Mr. Show (season 4) for Christmas and it's hilarious. I've also been wanting to pick up Kanye's album for awhile now. i didn't like medulia as much, and i've heard a leak for the mars volta and it is so awesome...and does anyone know when the next ...trail of dead cd comes out.
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Top 5 Albums of 2004
QUOTE (Cali @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 03:13 AM) <!--QuoteBegin-Cerbaho-WG+Jan 1, 2005 -> 06:42 PM--> QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Jan 1, 2005 -> 06:42 PM) <!--QuoteEBegin--> And we have someone who's completely ignorant outside of one genre. Kessler doesn't have to scream to get the vocals across, and my main gripe with Turn On The Bright Lights was that, outside songs like PDA and Leif Erikson, he was too monotone. He certainly improved in this aspect on Antics, and I find it a good, not even close to spectacular album. I find it funny that again you're too ignorant to realize who Interpol's main musical influences are (see Joy Division) and so what if those bands were predominately British? Interpol isn't carbon copying anyone, and to say they're "trying" to be British is completely absurd. And that genre you can't put a name on, it's called Indie Rock. That said, I believe Anal c*** has a song that sums up The Dillinger Escape Plan fairly well. "You think you're so f***ing original Gay bars used to be original too" Seth never fails to humor me. Monotone is a great word to describe them.... Why is it that the screaming thing always comes up when Metal is compared to other genres of music? It takes just as much effort to be on tour everynight screaming as it does to sing Opera, or sing in general on a daily basis. Why would I ever try to realize the musical influences of a band I could care less about? I was just lumping them into the super trendy genre that's going on right now if you turn on a rock radio station. Any band with "The", Modest Mouse, Interpol, Franz Ferdis***, whoever, They're all trendy right now. I've heard them all so many times, since that is the way of the radio station, and they all sound the same to me. All boring. Calling every band you don't like gay, yeah that's some original s***. What is the guy 12? Just looking at some of the fantastic lyrics and song titles, it seems like Interpol and bands of that ilk would be ripe for the picking by this guy. i suggest you actually listen to modest mouse and franz ferdinand. I don't consider good news by any means to be modest mouses best work...but it was their most eclectic and a strikingly original record. I still like M&A as my favorite with lonesome crowded west a close second.
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Top 5 Albums of 2004
QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Jan 2, 2005 -> 12:26 AM) Funny considering Absolution was released in 2003, and it's quite difficult to be better than a band which you're obviously basing everything off of. Bellamy has one of the whiniest voices I've ever heard, and anything Muse puts out sounds like The Bends to the nth degree. As for my list, it reads: 1) Magyar Posse - Kings of Time 2) Fly Pan Am - N'ecoutez Pas 3) Mono - Walking cloud and deep red sky, Flag fluttered and sun shined 4) Tortoise - It's All Around You 5) Interpol - Antics BLESS YOU FOR SAYING WHAT I WAS THINKING...what radiohead faced post ok computer was a crossroads of keep doing what they were doing and face the dilution of their music in the record label or push themselves to create a new sound and style of songwriting. What started in ok computer came to fruition in kid a...and despite kid a's obvious tab as a studio only album, i'd take kid a live songs over ok computer ones anydays. The best songs on ok computer (exit music, the tourist, sub-homesick alien) just didn't translate well live. best of 05: Modest MOuse-good news for people who love bad news (M&A still my fav though) Franz Ferdinand Wilco-A ghost is born Ben Harper and the Blind Boys from Alabama Morissey- You are the quarry
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IPass
well, this totally screws me over, i'm not on the tollway every day, however, on my trips to my dads house and to dekalb, which to dekalb will now cost 2.20 to go there and back. I can't afford to put down a 40 dollar down payment even if it does just go back to the tolls. It screws me personally.
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NIU won...!!!!
can't believe this ain't posted...g-wolfe had a 'fitty' yard run but hurt his hip...we win...we rule the world.
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Dollars?
but borchard can hit the ball to lake michigan
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Mariotti thread offshoot
i like using the ole time swear 'Sblood
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Mariotti thread offshoot
i like sinatras...this one was kind of ... stupid if you ask me/.
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Trump fired?
compared to virgin megacorps ceo, trump really isn't all that flexible in his business options, most things besides real estate have been a failure, barring of course his tv show.
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Reality Check
if everyone has career years... of course.
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Mariotti thread offshoot
i can't believe this is an argument... message boards have rules...while normal swears such as f*** s*** ass ... cock balls (ear muffs) are offensive, they're modern roots of insult aren't that of degrading another peoples. And since message boards have many peoples, it shant' be allowed
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Anna Nicole Smith-Denied
at first i thought it said...anna nicole smith-died. And i wasn't sure if i should be respectful of the dead or happy that darwins theory is working out.
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Konerko mentioned as next Yankee 1B
i was gonna post something, but then i saw shagars sig...and i forgot what i was gonna say. And its not a bad thing
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I need help
i think what confuses me in you're paper is i'm not sure if you are against the labels or the stores using the labels as a reason to not sell it to minors. Also, in terms of writing, i'd steer clear of the "yous"...you can say "we" , and i suppose from the format of your paper you can say I, but i'd steer clear of the "yous". Also, the first sentence is a little awkward... the line of of saying "w'e'll see who gets the last laugh" is more an example of emotional arguing than rational arguing, you could word it a little different... on the plus side, i've seen kids post their essays, *i'm in high school too by the way* on the message boards and they were absolutely terrible...while i enjoyed reading yours and i think with some tweaking you could make it a more formitable, rational, and engaging persuasive essay... i'm pushing off having to write a paper on Henry V...good luck on yours!
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Poetic Justice for Liberals
i love when kids my age keep crying about how they won't get into their college because they aren't a different race. Everyone of them will get into their college if they are in that middle 50% range they give the figures on. If not, they need to be involved in many activities and community services. If they got rejected, i heard one blame it on him being white. I chuckled, thinking he was joking, and asked if he was serious. When he actually was, i laughed some more...considering he was applying to wisconsin madison with a 22 act score and a 3.0 gpa. Their middle 50% is 26-30 on act and top 15% of their class. Moreso, UW is i think it was 85% at least white. Now, this is a case of discrimination, but i felt the same way for football coaches, but after a while i had to wonder why there were no black coaches in the SEC before groom, and why there was only 2 overall in the NCAA...that's ridiculous, the nfl with just 32 teams had i think 5 at the time, compared to 116 i think NCAA teams...that is fishy, especially with most schools having the backing of most likely rich white men, so you can't say there are cases where some action needs to be taken of making sure there is fairness in hiring in such a public work place. That said, it sucks when it is abused. I'm sorry for your brother...but, heres a to him finding a better job.
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Wes Anderson's New Film
i posted this at nfl-fans.com I started a post on this movie a while back to little...no fanfare...anyways...i saw it last night: some background: this movie was directed by a young and bright director named Wes Anderson. He has become my favorite directors with his first three movies: Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, and The Royal Tenenbaums. His style is distinctly his, has a great sense of music in a movie, and the casting in his movies is impeccable. His first three movies were co-written by Owen Wilson, this was the first one that was most exclusively his. He creates his own worlds, from the private school at rushmore, to the strange gypsy cabs of the royal tenenbaums to the crayola creatures of the life aquatic. His movies are entertaining to me, though i've found a lot of critics saying, they don't get it. Well, theres nothing to get, it takes a very talented person to know this type of humor is funny when writing the script, its a combination of great writing, directing, and acting. All his movies reach this height. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou review: by bMaGs I saw this movie last night, and I can honestly say with no hyperbole that I have never left a theatre this happy, excited, and pleased with a movie, ever, in a relative short, but movie filled life. When I first saw the previews for a new wes anderson movie i was excited, but i heard from the sneak preview from a wes anderson fan it was a hilarious movie, but they thought it wasn't his best .(sorry_. However, i found this my favorite anderson flick to date. He created a new world, the visuals he made were by far my favorite. It looked like the whole movie was shot in a box cut in half, and its as if it was a documentary of a documentary. Bill Murray was hilarious, funniest i've ever seen him. The action sequences were so funny, and there was another actual heart wrenching scene, and when the audience wonders whether the tone of the movie is shifted, it goes right back to being hilarious. There is a character in the movie who sings david bowie songs in a different language that is quite funny, as well as the stripper on the boat, and owen wilson is hilarious. The cast is impeccably funny, the soundtrack will be cash again, and the directing was the best i've seen this year. I'm next anxiously awaiting to see the aviator. Four Stars, 98.0 rating, A phenominal film if you are a wes anderson fan. If you are not, its still an incredible, four star film with a great performance by bill murray and cast. Though, i'm sure i will recieve a few - it was stupid and random and dumb - as was heard twice when entering, but everyone else was entranced with this aquatic world. It was hilarious. I loved it. I called everyone i knew was up afterward and told them to see it as quick as they could.
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Bulls/Bucks
i think we can pull this off..ben is lookin good...tyson is smokin on d...and curry looks like he won't make dumb fouls.
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Bulls/Bucks
that three by ben was soo so pretty...i nearly cried.
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Sox targeting 2B
i was just jokin around i don't really care.
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Bulls/Bucks
we are in this game guys...after our long layoff some rust is expected...
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Just how good is our pitching staff?
detroit??? percival isn't a starter.