FlaSoxxJim

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 10:57 AM) Speaking of Die Another Day... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060203/ap_en_...le_lee_tamahori Weird. Sure, he was derssed in drag that night, but I'm sure he'll be Guy Another Day.

QUOTE(mreye @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 10:57 AM) Kinda like when your group name was changed to "Dr. of Love"?? Ah, Heads pointed that out to me and I approved the designation on the spot, natch.

QUOTE(mreye @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 10:40 AM) Nobody cared the first time this was posted. Not true. I'm just learning to get along with the chirping crickets when news like this breaks and the country gives a collective shrug. Hell, yesterday there was a major revelation that over the course of 3 decades the US military disposed of 10s of thousands of tons of toxic chemical muntions like nerve gas and mustard gas by dumping it into US coastal waters. I didn't even bother to post because nobody gives a fart.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 10:45 AM) Well, that, and if China knocked on the Fed's door at the same time oil supplies "mysteriously" get cut off from the west, demanding payment for our debt, this country would litereally collapse. And what if we hypothetically throw in your radio guy's conversion to an oil-for-Euro's trade system for the trifecta? We'd probably be lucky to get $100/barrel oil with a confluence of events like that I assume.

Wow. Doesn't sound good for survivors regardless of how warm the water is. If it went down around midnight local time most of the passengers were in quarters and they never would have had a chance to get out when it capsized. I have such a hard time internalizing mass casualty events when they run into the hundreds or thousands. To think of the ripple effect and the thousands of lives instantly devastated by such events is something that I can't begin to really comprehend.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 10:33 AM) Or they could simply close down oil production and watch the US spiral, which might be even more effective than any terrorist attack they could pull off. Of course that is the true threat, and the heart of the current problem. How do we push a line with Iran on their nuke program that is hardline enough to get real results but still keeps Iran's oil flowing on the world market?

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 10:30 AM) It doesn't matter who backs Billy. From what I heard, the Pumpkins were pretty much The Billy Corgan Experience anyway. He's a legendary control freak, who allegedly grew so impatient with his band mates, that he played everything on their first two records. Iha and D'arcy were along to give the band a more 'eclectic' image. They have a chick bassist and an Asian guitar player, they must be 'alternative'. What have those two done since leaving that band? Iha is in A Perfect Circle :headshake . I'm not defending Billy, I just don't think it'll matter who the rest of the band is if they're gonna play Pumpkins songs. I get what you're saying, and sure the true talent and vision is in Corgan. I'd just rather see him either put back the lineup of do something new and not cash in on the old band name and their past success.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 08:46 AM) Had he answered, maybe he would have given new meaning to "Seacrest....OUT!" You stealing my material?!!

QUOTE(The Critic @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 05:20 AM) There is no shortage of great Thin Lizzy and Cheap Trick songs, but I went with Boys Are Back and Surrender because they're the most well-known of their songs. If we're talking favorite songs by classic rock artists, then I'd say Thunder and Lightning or Cold Sweat by Lizzy and Auf Wiedersehen or Baby Loves To Rock by Trick. Lots of my durably favorite Cheap Trick is on Next Position Please - I Don't Love Here Anymore and the like - because I think Mr. Rundgren's production is quite good on that album. I think Todd's best production, hands down, is xtc's Skylarking. Near perfect, that one.

This is where the Twilight Zone music would be appropriate. The rest sounds like a good Tom Clancy yarn.

QUOTE(q\/\/3r+y @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 03:16 AM) The newest is by far the best version of ... oliver twist Haven't see it yet, but I'm sure Roman Polanski made it a unique interpretation. I still like musical. I mean, what could be more natural than happy singing orphan-slaves in filth-ridden Victorian London?

QUOTE(knightni @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 05:42 AM) I know I put in 2 already, but I want to nominate: Barracuda by Heart and Slowride by Foghat Magic Man is the Heart song that gets my nod. That middle guitar/synth bridge is still insanely great. Yaka-Tak Yaka-Tak Yaka-Taka-Ta Diddle-A-doot Diddle-A-Doot Dun. . Dun. . Dunt Dunt! [/mouth guitar]

Well, I gotta admit the dog is a pretty good ringer for Pelosi:

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 01:16 AM) A Zwan reunion isn't a Smashing Pumpkins record - even with the name "Smashing Pumpkins." They need James (more than Darcy IMHO) Iha to even come close. I agree James is the more critical piece. But I've always had an unhealthy obsession with girl bassists in general (Oooh, that Rose from Poster Children back in the day. . . ), so I'm holding out for all four.

QUOTE(bmags @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 01:33 AM) yar...i heard they got D'arcy thou...still...no Iha no pumpkinds. He wrote mayonaise yo He also wrote Blew Away, that showed up on Pisces Iscariot. Love that song.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Feb 2, 2006 -> 01:46 AM) Pierce Brosnan even though he wasnt the original Bond will always be the only Bond to me... Get thee to the asylum, Man. I do understand the sentiment. Growing up with the Roger Moore incarnation, I always thought of him as the "real" bond. When I was older and caught up on all the Connery installments I realized my earlier opinions were those of an idiot. However, Goldfinger will probably always be one of my two favorites. I haven't seen a single Bond film since before Timothy Dalton, though, so I have no real basis for bashing Brosnan now, do I? I do know that not having your leads cast when you start shooting is likely a recipe for disaster ("Alan Smythe Directs"?).

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 12:31 AM) Corgan is a Cub-loving, Sox hating loser. But the Pumpkins were a great group. That said, without James and D'Arcy, it's not going to be the Pumpkins. What was the band Corgan and Chamberlain put together after MACHINA? I saw them once on Letterman, and it seemed really forced and flat.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Feb 2, 2006 -> 09:58 PM) http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/02...e.ap/index.html *clears throat* *checks voice intonation* f*** YOU TURKEY!!!!!

QUOTE(farmteam @ Feb 2, 2006 -> 10:48 PM) There's a fine line between "Hard Hitting Journalism" and "Overstepping Boundaries", and he went over it, IMO. That he did. But, hell, Ryan missed the opportunity of a lifetime to look at the jock, wink, and scream, "SEACREST OUT!!"

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Feb 2, 2006 -> 10:39 PM) Hey, nothing against Phil, that song just sucks. Almost as overrated as the complete s*** song known as "Smoke On The Water". Smoke on the Water is rightly reviled for a lot of reasons, first and foremost of course is the insipid Duh Duh Duh! guitar line that every gawddamn person thinks they have to play when they first pick up the guitar. But as far as rock history it is memorable and important, if more than a bit tired. First, the Zappa/Mothers 1971 Montreaux fire is a seminal rock history event, and if nothing else Deep Purple did an admirable job chronicling it in song. FIRE! Arthur Brown, in person. Well if you'll just calmly go towards the exit, ladies and gentlemen. Go toward the exit, calmly. Please. Calmly, calmly towards the exit. Second, the Blackmore solo in the song is memorable if, again, worn. It's no Space Truckin' or Highway Star, but Blackmore was as much the mythical rock and roll guitar hero as anybody at the time.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Feb 2, 2006 -> 10:20 PM) Give me 'Jailbreak' by Lizzy instead. That riff is so crunchy. I'll see your Jailbreak and raise you a Cowboy Song. That was a heck of an album. The riff in Jailbreak sounds to me like the direct precursor to the more memorable Neal Geraldo riffs - Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Hell is For Children come immediately to mind.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Feb 2, 2006 -> 10:19 PM) I agree with Cheap Trick, but I wish those boys would leave the f***ing town. Crap song. Hell You Say! Philip Lynott will kick your arse from the grave! Best harmonized guitar riff in rock. Screw Tom Scholz.

Ah, an old favorite. It's fun (in a sad kind of way) to pick one letter and just hold it down so it can't be moved.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jan 31, 2006 -> 05:24 PM) The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy Surrender - Cheap Trick Ditto and Double Ditto!

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 2, 2006 -> 05:50 PM) My hat is off to FlaSoxxJim on a good debate. I'm thinking he's headed for a championship. Tex, I'll be sure to PM you some topic ideas. ONLY if Mr. Eye makes a fatal tactical error and tries to argue that stupid Marvel Superheroes would win. NO WAY, BABY! And I would have been quite happy to see you get the nod. As Kap can attest, I'm just not much for arguing on message boards.