MeFi comment:
"Thanks for the heads up on this very interesting article, y2karl.
And concerning Johnson's buddy in that photo, the unjustifiably under recognized Johnny Shines, it was surely unfortunate for his subsequent career that he never recorded with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Knappster
more than 12 hours ago
MeTa comment:
"...expect Metafilter to be a chummy, head-in-the-sand collection of trivialities—fiddle music in the smoke.
Hey, people need music, man. In hard times, even more so. Don't go classifying music as a triviality...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lukemeister
more than 12 hours ago
MeFi post:
Yes, I remember the night...
favorited 38 times, recently by Countess Elena, Jaybo, bach, Hello Dad, I'm in Jail, AceRock, chuckdarwin, micklaw, megamanwich, eye of newt, evilelf, madamjujujive, sy, prinado, mr vino, Rykey, nola, danb, pyrex, annieb, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing, lahersedor, vronsky, Bibliogeek, ramix, DataPacRat, nadawi, salishsea, Foam Pants, cavalier, Haruspex, eriko, regicide is good for you, The Whelk, roll truck roll, Alvy Ampersand, drjimmy11, ilovemytoaster, snofoam
more than 12 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"Did the banks fuck up? Yes. Did borrowers fuck up? Yes again. Everyone owns a piece of this crisis. Myself included.
Hmm. I didn't fuck up. I didn't borrow, I didn't lend, I didn't speculate, gamble, charge interest, collect interest... I just..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by longdaysjourney, kittens for breakfast
Yesterday
MeFi post:
Don Helms, steel guitar master, passes on.
favorited 15 times, recently by Rykey, ronin21, roll truck roll, timeistight, madamjujujive, drjimmy11, joecacti, orrnyereg, Mental Wimp, smartyboots, dawson, pyrex, Forktine, Haruspex, invitapriore
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"If you do go to Japan, you're bound to be disappointed - especially if your idea of Japan is taken from Metafilter, or even the English-speaking Internet in general. The comic book/anime/wacky Japanese thing is only one very small slice of things...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by The Man from Lardfork
2 days ago
MeFi post:
The young Dylan on TV
favorited 22 times, recently by Mental Wimp, Target Practice, Coaticass, KokuRyu, bobdylanfan, funkbrain, rebel_rebel, blessedlyndie, LobsterMitten, RedEmma, quatsch, bonobothegreat, Haruspex, madamjujujive, chuckdarwin, ghost of a past number, nickyskye, Turtles all the way down, maudlin, Alvy Ampersand, nicolin, RussHy
4 days ago
MeTa comment:
"konolia
Nope.
Everyone join with me, please, in singing, to the tune of that "a-wim-a-way" chorus from "The Lion Sleeps Tonight":
konolia-nope, konolia-nope, konolia-nope, konolia-nope, konolia-nope......" [
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favorited 2 times, recently by The Ardship of Cambry, koeselitz
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"salishea: I would favorite that comment ten thousand, nay, one hundred thousand times, were I only able." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by toastchee
5 days ago
MeTa comment:
"*steps gingerly over pieces of post-explosion jonmc, grabs a few choice volumes off Strand bookshelf, slips them into oversize overcoat, and heads toward the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lukemeister
5 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Hey, wait a minute, chuckd... you mean I didn't run you off with my carefully laid-out plan of daily intimidation?
Man, I gotta work on my intimidation..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chuckdarwin
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Pony request: ukulele.metafilter.com
Hey, jbickers, where you been, man? You've already got it." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bink
5 days ago
MeTa comment:
"The playcount on my latest MeFiMu track, Japonisme_1, currently stands at 6. Of course, that's just shorthand for the actual figure of 60,000. I'm told that once it reaches 600,000 plays it'll register as 60 on the counter.
This dropping of zeros..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by finite
6 days ago
MeFi post:
A lyric so nice they used it twice
favorited 16 times, recently by Rumple, prinado, Don't_deceive_with_belief, meinvt, kalessin, Smallpox, nosila, mcbeth, notashroom, Spatch, meesha, Xoder, babybuns, jammy, amarie, not_on_display
8 days ago
MeFi post:
Earl Palmer, thanks for the rhythm.
favorited 21 times, recently by SuperSquirrel, Smallpox, El Brendano, chuckdarwin, From Bklyn, phenylphenol, batmonkey, the_very_hungry_caterpillar, madamjujujive, LobsterMitten, finite, bach, jonmc, bardic, nola, edverb, fourcheesemac, nicolin, hal9k, mikelieman, lapolla
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"But your whiny, entitled "INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE" argument has been duly noted.
Reusing the "duly noted" bit is a little weak, but you're to be forgiven for that (after all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by matteo
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Better Mission Impossible theme
Way wrong, twoleftfeet. That version features a loop, made by the tin-eared clown who put the YT video together. It's a very clumsy, very poorly done audio loop. This FPP, as indicated above, is about music, and..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by rossination, tehloki, finite, Solon and Thanks
11 days ago
MeFi post:
Mississippi Fred McDowell
favorited 23 times, recently by Roman Graves, ronin21, yohko, El Brendano, nonemoreblack, Kronos_to_Earth, supercrayon, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing, chuckdarwin, dejah420, beelzbubba, orrnyereg, nickyskye, figment of my conation, Haruspex, ornate insect, sudasana, kortez, i_am_a_Jedi, ghost of a past number, RussHy, doctor_negative, PHINC
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Anyone wishing to see videos without that big "VM" logo plastered over the action should leave YouTube and go here.
These days Van's vocal delivery, it usually seems kinda slurred, doesn't it? Like he's had one or two too many? I mean, I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by vronsky
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I like this little collection of quirky visual puns. What I hate is the kind of Artspeak that seems to always accompany this type of thing:
The connections between Kubrick’s film and Horton’s photographs demonstrate the power of familiar sights,..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Atom Eyes, lumensimus, lukemeister
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"nah...I just don't like music that much.
So, you never heard that secret chord?
That David played?
It pleased the Lord." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by naoko
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"How are we going to drive down the ruins of Wall Street with no fuckin' gas? I ask you.
It's a short street. Very walkable!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by motorcycles are jets
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Yeah! I love the Rolling tones!
Ha ha! Yeah, they were much better than that more famous outfit out of England with the similar name...
*bing-bong* ... Mod to aisle 75086 ... mod to aisle 75086 ......" [
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favorited 4 times, recently by tehloki, Kimothy, yonation, smackwich
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Hey, wait a minute, this building is NOT abandoned. As you can plainly see, every room on every floor is inhabited by PURPLE!
Just because GREEN moved out of the neighborhood years ago is no reason to reduce PURPLE to non-color status.
Gaddam..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by twistedonion
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Went straight to Cat Power. Won't play. Then I remembered: "oh, right! This is America Online! How silly of me!"
So, I'd like to take this opportunity to reprint, from the comments on that page:
marina.kat
6/30/2008 10:33 am
i'm..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by humannaire
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"total eclipse of the heart ... what an oversight!
No, no, Ubu, I was just saving that for my internal organs song post!" [
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favorited 1 time
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Netflax.com - the flaxseed products you need, with the internet convenience you expect." [
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favorited 1 time
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Xenofauxbia: an abnormal fear or hatred of fake foreigners." [
more]
favorited 1 time
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Verisimilardude: It's not exactly like verisimilitude, but it's, like, very similar, dude." [
more]
favorited 1 time
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Where users who are trusted are allowed to post to the public page
Trust? Yeah, sure kid. Trust and a buck fifty will get you on the crosstown bus. Anyway, you think you're trusted around here? Heh heh, well, I suppose you could call it that......" [
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favorited 4 times
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Whitfield was a giant. His Temptations productions in particular stand as some of the most satisfying and innovative in R&B history. His imprint was actually so strong that, in the opinion of some in the business, he actually overshadowed the..." [
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favorited 3 times
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"why not back up your bitching and moaning with your own links.
Yup, that'd be the way to do it. Add something positive if you see a lack here. The OP is under no obligation to you to present this in any certain way, and you have a perfect..." [
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favorited 1 time
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"hadjiboy, you're a good sport, and you gotta lotta class. Keep on keepin' on, brother!" [
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favorited 1 time
3 weeks ago
