'Shallow Grave' is a really excellent twist thriller. It's the first film made by Danny Boyle and Andrew McDonald (who later made 'Trainspotting,' '28 Days Later,' 'Sunshine' and some others) and it's Hitchcockian in the best sense of the word. I couldn't recommend it more highly for what you are looking for.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 6:24 PM on June 9, 2008

OC, i'll forward this to my friend lisa who does exactly that exactly there.

if you want to e- or memail me i can perhaps facilitate a meeting.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 1:09 PM on February 28, 2008

based on my experience as a banquet service captain at a resort, i'd guess it's that you're drinking decaf. the standard practice where i worked is to serve everyone decaf at evening banquet events, regardless of what they requested. the reasoning was that the guests tended to leave sooner if they didn't get a hot caffeine injection.

also, accidentally serving caffeine to someone who requested decaf was certain to generate a bitter complaint; serving decaf to people that... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 8:55 PM on February 16, 2008

prince gets pretty histrionic on "temptation" from around the world in a day -- you'll note at the end of the linked lyrics he gets into an argument with god about lust and god smites him.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 9:09 PM on January 30, 2008

also, there are several ween songs from the earlier days where they crack themselves up mid-song. i'd list them, but i'm of course too lazy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 9:11 PM on January 30, 2008

my google kwan do tells me it's related to maxtor external hard drives. you should be able to turn it off in a program setting.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 11:58 PM on January 21, 2008

exquisite corpses, both verbal and drawn, are fine ways to pass the time.

also, here's wikipedia's entry on parlour games.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 4:52 PM on January 15, 2008

Run, don't walk to the Upper Crust, whose AC/DC flavored rock is delivered by four 18-th century French aristocrats

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"Little Lord Fontleroy" by Quasi

wow, for a second i thought quasi had slipped an upper crust cover past me. alas, it's a different song. but i can vouch for the upper crust's version: when you're feeling like an overprivileged brat -- that is, when you... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 10:19 AM on January 14, 2008

explained in slate.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 9:31 AM on January 10, 2008

agreeing with man man and califone recommendations.

also try san francisco's rube waddell and yard dog road show (warning: YDRS is totally annoying but exactly what you seem to be looking for)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 3:06 AM on January 6, 2008

thanks, richardp. signed up for free trial and got some info, but it was privately registered through godaddy and a company called domainsbyproxy. is there a way to get the actual registrant info without a court order?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 12:11 PM on November 26, 2007

the band's schedule is here. contact information for the staff and the steinbrenner center is here.

yes, it's named after that steinbrenner.

on another note, i question your google kwan do, given that the band's website was the third link for the "ohio state marching band practice sessions."

but since you're a fellow buckeye, i'll allow it.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 12:04 AM on October 16, 2007

what a crap answer, dda.

"hope that helps!" indeed.

The controlled demolition vs. jet fuel + pancake theory is of less interest to me as I feel it's more difficult to prove, if a good summary of the inconsistencies there is included that would be preferable

despite my misgivings about certain other aspects of his cv, i think steven jones' paper "why indeed did the WTC towers collapse?... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 11:01 AM on August 14, 2007 marked best answer

it might help to say where this pub was.

since it was a pub, i'm guessing you're somewhere in the british isles.

thus, my wild, left-field guess is that it was the twilight sad, since they're scottish, noisy, have a deep-voiced singer, and have an emergent profile.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 2:55 PM on August 11, 2007

arguing in the alternative, i am now suggesting two gallants, who sound a lot like nirvana.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 9:56 PM on August 11, 2007

the corndog man, a great little overlooked revenge thriller.

johnny suede, directed by tom decillo and starring brad pitt, catherine keener, and a great performance by nick cave as rocker "freak storm." it's chock-full of moments of subtle hilarity, including my favorite, where johnny and bandmate (and co-worker) deke (wonderfully acted by calvin levels) make a pros and cons list over whether he should move in with yvonne (keener).

at... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 7:38 PM on July 30, 2007

guy picciotto from fugazi has the dharma wheel tattoo'd on his left shoulder.

i bet people don't ask him if that means he's a sailor.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 4:34 PM on June 2, 2007

mariachis of mexico city
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 2:44 AM on May 12, 2007

too lazy to look it up, but frogan posted a question along similar lines a day or so ago, about silversun pickups "lazy eye," which is pretty goddamn anthemic if you ask me.

also, check out "coast to coast" by love as laughter, "this year" by the mountain goats, "all systems red" by calexico, "nerves" by silkworm (on 'firewater') and "dremate" (on 'in the west', "twilight creeps" by crooked fingers...
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 5:07 AM on May 8, 2007

thanks. care to shed a bit more light, there, frieze? "no" is not really helpful.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 2:18 AM on March 14, 2007

william shatner's stuff of the last few years is pretty kickass and largely spoken -- check out fear of pop, which was a ben folds project with an incredible shatner song on it called "in love" and the recent solo album "has been."

this is not a joke, it's truly great stuff regardless of what you think of shatner the persona.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 9:48 PM on January 20, 2007

spoon's original bass player, andy mcguire, was a chick. now the low end is held down by josh zarbo.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 9:39 PM on January 20, 2007

another data point here -- i recently checked a bag for a flight to san francisco because i use brylcreem on my hair and the original container, which was about 75% empty, was 4.5 oz. this was at the behest of the gate agent. my bag was lost for eight days as a result.

i'll never check a bag again.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 10:27 PM on January 14, 2007

thanks for the help. it looks like the smoking baby cigs might work -- just hard to tell if they're the right size. the picture makes them look too big, but then smoking baby is only 2 3/4" tall, so they'll probably fit. i'll probably order them to try.

contessa, i couldn't tell anything about those cigs in the picture and they're described as cones, so i don't know. but i appreciate the answer nonetheless.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 9:01 AM on August 14, 2006

thanks, p & c.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 2:18 PM on July 29, 2006

Tucson No. 7 on Forbes list of overvalued housing cities

(another link because the star's article goes behind paywall after 7 days)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 3:25 AM on July 18, 2006

Kompressor
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 5:16 PM on July 15, 2006

dude, zenphoto is awesome. thanks for that, that's exactly what i was looking for.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 12:40 AM on July 13, 2006

i rocked this meme in a recent comment... what with mash-ups being all the rage.

check it out: you got your jellied otter loaf in my brussel sprout casserole
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 9:10 AM on July 11, 2006

a question for the questioner: why do you need/want this list? (i'm merely curious.)

although it's never been confirmed authoritatively, billy squier has been rumored to be gay. this does nothing to dispel it. warning: linked video is extremely, extremely (yeah, that's right -- double extremely -- take that, marketers!) gay.

Don't forget that, along with Mould, Grant Hart was gay--thus... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 4:50 AM on June 21, 2006

except of course that matt and kevin dillon have the same parents, whereas cruise and mapother do not.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 5:37 AM on June 16, 2006

so NK, you work on Entourage? what do you do?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 12:24 PM on June 16, 2006

if the growing operation is worth its fertilizer, no one will be "busted" unless they are caught red-handed in a sting. but the cops will probably just pursue the warrant and find evidence, but no one to pin it to.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 10:51 PM on June 13, 2006

being conscious of a bad tendency is half the battle. try to train yourself to listen to the jiminy cricket voice that's obviously there or else you wouldn't have posted this question.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 7:00 PM on June 9, 2006

it was definitely not Looker, Dr. Wu, 'cuz i remember that movie (surprisingly) very well.

i'm seconding the Flint series... i think in "Our Man Flint" there's a scenario like you describe.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 3:55 AM on June 8, 2006

all this talk of dumping and childbirth leads in one direction: tenacious d's butt baby (youtube + it should be noted that it's rather long and the payoff isn't until the very end but if you have the guts, stay with it and be horrified in horrific amusement horrification).

also: butt baby.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 3:49 AM on June 8, 2006

goofy hip hop summaries:

1) any will smith vehicle
2) "city of crime" from dragnet, featuring, you guessed it, dan akroyd and tom hanks rapping.
3) "vice" off the miami vice soundtrack by grandmaster melle mel.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 1:56 PM on May 30, 2006

yeah, i think the best advice here as with anything pertaining to tipping is to always err on the generous side.

unless you're such close personal friends with your money that a buck or two makes a difference to you. and in that case, should you really be eating out?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 5:50 PM on May 13, 2006

will the pancakers please explain why none of the 47 columns of reinforced structural steel in the building's core remained standing after the pancaking?

why all the concrete was turned to dust?

why this pancaking could take place at freefall speed? surely the intact portions of the structure would have slowed it down some, no? or does steel and concrete fall through air at the same rate it falls through intact structural steel and concrete?... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 4:13 PM on March 20, 2006

i wasn't asking for you to prove a negative.

i was asking for an explanation.

there has to be one, right? what is it?

your characterization of my questions is incorrect. i'm not asking you to prove it wasn't controlled demolition. i'm asking you to explain the evidence that points away from the official explanation.

pointing to anamolies is not asking you to prove a negative.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 5:03 PM on March 20, 2006

so did oswald act alone?

look, stop putting words into my and others' mouths. what i am suggesting is that there are a lot of unresolved (but eminently resolvable) questions that stem from the events of that day.

for instance, if you don't want people speculating that explosive charges were used on the steel, then don't recycle most of it almost immediately after the disaster. put it somewhere where it can be inspected for years to come so as to... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 1:35 AM on March 21, 2006

so i take it you subscribe to the government's whole "who you gonna believe? us or your lying eyes?" routine?

i prefer my lying eyes, thanks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 12:23 PM on March 21, 2006

Go ahead, take the last word.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 9:03 AM on March 22, 2006

i'm pretty sure that being a scolding schoolmarm is a skill that will go over as well as piggy's asthma.

what will really serve a person well in the coming dystopia is skill in hunting. you eat, you feed others. you survive to hunt another day.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 3:25 AM on March 21, 2006

I'm pretty sure being a flaming asshole will get you killed right quick.

couldn't agree more.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 12:19 PM on March 21, 2006

there's Freak-A-Zoid by Midnight Star with the great lyric "Freakazoid! Robot! Report to the dance floor!"

And then just about anything by Six Finger Satellite, esp. Machine Cuisine-era (sample hit: "Love Via Machine" about a chick who leaves a dude for a robot) and "Where Humans Go" from "Severe Exposure".
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 7:08 PM on February 21, 2006

oh, dobbs, shit, that reminds me of another awesome GBV one -- "#2 In The Model Home Series" --

"my automated spouse
has a bug in her blouse
my automated spouse, my gun
as secretly she sees
as secretly she sees
as secretly she sees
and now the fun begins..."

et cetera.

it's always made me yearn for an automated spouse.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 3:39 AM on February 22, 2006

oh, and here's my new robot song i just made up:

(in the key of life)

"ooo-oooooh" (perf as two or maybe three syllables, or four at most. really, it's up to you. go for it.)

"i came across an automaton
i know you might think that i'm puttin' you on...
but no, it's for real, he's got robotic arms
and i made lots.of.fun.of.him fooor iiit!... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 3:59 AM on February 22, 2006

elisabeth r has it -- "That's a good beer. It's the best around."
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 12:02 AM on February 16, 2006

or you could endear yourself to, say, a metafilter user like Hat Maui.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Hat Maui at 9:27 PM on January 15, 2006