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All you need to know, really...
I know from experience that the panhandle of Florida is most definitely the South, but from about Ocala down it becomes New Jersey.
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at 1:50 AM on August 5, 2008
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I will try not to sing on a Kia
"Now there's a man who knew how to cover songs: bring something totally new to them. I've always respected him for that."
The great Leon Russell was Cocker's band leader/arranger back then and I'm sure this was Russell's arrangement. Cocker's a great singer, but I don't know if he would have gotten where he is today without Russell at the helm during those early days of his career.
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at 9:37 AM on June 21, 2008
"Actually no, Russell didn't come on board until Mad Dogs & Englishmen. The arrangement in question is via Joe's original group The Grease Band, and on record features guitar by Jimmy Page."
I stand corrected and appropriately bow down to bonefish's masterful rock trivia expertise.
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at 8:46 PM on June 22, 2008
MeFi post:
Sign, Sign, everywhere a sign.
"A yellow sign indicating a speed limit is not primarily enforceable and is strictly an advisory! That's a pet peeve of mine. Only white speed limit signs are required to be followed."
I can't recall ever having seen a yellow speed limit sign in Florida, where I live. That being said, I wish there were more yellow ones.
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at 1:11 AM on June 21, 2008
MeFi post:
A meme is born
"He'd spent his entire sexually adult life fighting the urge to not use his inconsiderable strength..."
That's a double/triple negative, right?
If he is fighting the urge to NOT use his inconsiderable strength, then he does in fact have the urge to NOT use his inconsiderable strength, but is resisting said urge, so he DOES want to use his strength. Plus, his strength is inconsiderable and therefore insignificant. So,... [more]
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at 6:31 PM on May 2, 2008
MeFi post:
"Yes"
It just gets better.
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at 8:19 PM on April 19, 2008
MeFi post:
Write Me Stories
I thought these were going to be brief, entertaining vignettes from the strange and twisted lives of musicians. They're not. They appear to be odd ramblings of little consequence.
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at 11:27 PM on April 15, 2008
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"I'll blow yer f**king head off!"
3:05 into this one had me ROTFLMAO. I was literally in pain. It's Icelandic or something, but obviously a very grave topic, hence the crying girl in the wheelchair and all, but that voice...
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at 12:52 AM on April 9, 2008
Looking at it again, it's gotta be fake.
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at 12:58 AM on April 9, 2008
essexjan, that happened to me at a pet store. There was a cute little ferret in a box and I said "Does he bite? Can I pet him?" She said "No, he doesn't bite. Go ahead." CHOMP!
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at 7:34 AM on April 9, 2008
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It's a new phage in medicine
"...I can say that I'm sure someone could find about a million things to claim IP rights to in the development of such technology."
Kid Charlemagne, I'm glad to know that and I hope it's the case. Maybe the big drug companies will get behind it, then.
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at 11:56 PM on April 8, 2008
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mmmm...brain death.
Beer and weed together? Who ever heard of such a thing?! B)
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at 1:03 AM on April 5, 2008
MeFi post:
A Shot of Bleach Ought to Dew It!
When I was in school it was said the sex of the child was determined by the sexual position during conception.
If the woman was on top the child would be female and if the man was on top it'd be male.
When this was explained to a ditzy, pregnant friend she gave a puzzled look and said "I guess I'm gonna have puppies."
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at 12:58 AM on April 5, 2008
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Being the object of scrutiny, university owls say "Whom?"
Hopefully, they're just on break and will be back shortly. :|
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at 7:39 AM on April 3, 2008
I think at this age they are big enough to explore the tree around their nest and that's why they weren't there this morning. The other owl prolly clambered out of the nest and is on a nearby limb.
When I saw them yesterday they looked pretty fuzzy still and not mature enough to fly, not that I'm any kind of ornithologist. That's why I was surprised and doubtful that they'd flown away since yesterday. Very happy to get to see them a bit more.
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at 3:24 PM on April 3, 2008
MeFi post:
Penguins can fly!
That is amazing! Who knew?! I've seen that narrator before, but I can't quite place him.
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at 11:32 PM on March 31, 2008
Thanks, ErWenn. My fault. Sarcasm doesn't work on the internets, at least without an LOL or ;-)
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at 2:47 AM on April 1, 2008
MeFi post:
Things Vital to the Honor of Human Life
"It's the law in most states, at least in mine, that it must rain on all long holiday weekends, else how would multitudes become drenched and miserable."
John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
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at 6:05 AM on March 10, 2008
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Can scientists dance?
Gary,
There may be computer scientists somewhere who can dance, but your links do not bear this out. Them some whitebread geeks, but smart, no doubt. At least they got that going for them.
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at 12:06 AM on March 9, 2008
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Grievous Angel
Not to tarnish Gram, but it turns out he was PLAGIARIST. Yes, I, too, am shocked to learn that Gram didn't write Hickory Wind and the record company paid off the real songwriter many years ago. Read all about it:
http://www.folklinks.com/hickory_wind.html
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at 12:02 PM on March 7, 2008
oops. Forgot to hot link it. Please feel free to fix that, admin. Thanks.
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at 12:03 PM on March 7, 2008
When we shopped hotels in Joshua Tree I stood in room 8 at the Joshua Tree Inn, but we stayed up the street. I thought I got a feeling in there, but who knows. There is a small shrine to Gram with photos and records in the lobby and a guitar in the corner. It's an old style strip motel that has the feel of being pretty much unchanged since the 50s. I just noticed, it's for sale.
If you know where to look you can find the spot in Joshua Tree National Park where Gram was... [more]
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at 8:47 PM on March 8, 2008
MeFi post:
Bringing back the warmth to the ground
In order to become a standard a song must be ingrained in me at a cellular level. Sun Arise does not meet this criteria. Ok tune, though.
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at 10:36 AM on February 28, 2008
MeFi post:
John McCain's Sweet Ride
Why is it that every story on this topic uses terms like "hot" and "bombshell" when describing Iseman? I don't see it. She isn't that hot and she definitely not a bombshell, except politically, perhaps. Is it me?
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at 9:01 AM on February 28, 2008
MeFi post:
All the Kirk you can eat
This episode. 20:30 Kirk to Bones: "Stop thinking with your glands!" Kirk actually says this.
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at 12:05 AM on February 23, 2008
I love the full orchestra on the soundtrack; Star Trek's music was always so damn good. When was the last time you heard bass clarinet on a TV show? We just don't have enough bass clarinet on TV these days.
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at 12:12 AM on February 23, 2008
MeFi post:
Boom boom bap.
"Why does he sound like that? What is that sound? Does he use normal drums? Why are his thumps so thumpy? "
Many reasons:
Drums - different makers' drums sound different from each other, like you can tell a Volkswagon from a Mustang with your ear. Bonzo played Ludwigs, but there are many good makers. Also, every drum sounds different depending on where on the head it is hit. A drum has a higher,... [more]
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at 9:42 PM on February 14, 2008
