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MeFi post:
"No, Miss Vega. Consider the Black Box theory!"
Civil_Disobedient: Yeah? More news for the kids on my lawn:
Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" is an almost note-for-note rip-off of Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London.
To the lawn-owner, from a kid: "All Summer Long" may sample the 1977 "Werewolves of London" for additional melody, but the song you're looking for for the 'rip-off' came out three years before, in 1974. It's even... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 4:45 PM on September 25, 2008
MeFi post:
God Save The Thief -- Sex Pistols vs. Wolfmother
Eh. I'm not a fan of The Illuminoids. Their (his?) only good track is Dead Mongolian Loser (Beck, Devo, and Bauhaus); the rest are just sloppy.
Mashups as a genre previously, with many examples in the comments.
(a note to the h4t3rz above: don't judge a genre by its mediocre artists.)... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 7:42 PM on June 5, 2008
I argue that the posting of that link is more my right than yours, seeing as it's my post. *crosse arsms*
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 7:53 PM on June 5, 2008
Also, both God Save The Queen and Joker And The Thief have been mashed before with much better results.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 8:03 PM on June 5, 2008
Girl Talk is awesome. Here's a concert of his, here's him making a song, and here's a video for Summer Smoke, one of the tracks off of his album Night Ripper.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 8:39 PM on June 5, 2008
MeFi post:
Scroo Grammer. Hows Yer Speling.
you people terrify me. my theory of mind is not up to the task of understanding or relating to any of you.
If it makes you feel better, I only got 21 on Scripps. My misspellings: pinyan, cacaouithese, missible, benee, Gurnsey, galamatias, and signet.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 4:57 PM on May 31, 2008
MeFi post:
Free MMOs to devour your free time
I'm seconding exactly what Pope Guilty said. KoL's a great game and I played the hell out of it before I lost interest in playing.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 2:35 PM on May 21, 2008
rifflesby: If it's been a while since you last played KoL, you might consider joining up again -- about a year ago we pushed the Naughty Sorceress quest two levels later and added a slew (a slew, I tell you) of new content.
I lost interest about the third time I was playing through the long added quest. It might have been because it was new and I wasn't familiar with it, but I just didn't really feel like doing all that stuff over... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 3:59 AM on May 22, 2008
MeFi post:
You are getting sleepy. . .
I love Derren Brown. I doubt the methods he tells us he uses are the methods he actually does, but it provides a good show.
Here's Wikipedia's description of a program he had called The System:
The System, a Channel 4 special in which Brown shared his "100 per cent guaranteed" method for winning on the horses, was first shown on February 1, 2008.
The show was based around the idea that a system... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 5:32 AM on May 12, 2008
MeFi post:
Walk of Flame
So, five/eight years has passed and this is still relevant. That says a lot about the internet.
Can't wait to see this post in 2015!
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 8:43 AM on May 4, 2008
MeFi post:
Jazz legend Lyttelton dies at 86
You're kidding me. Just last week I was trying to find clips of "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" since I loved what little I've heard of it. Great show, great guy.
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posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 4:08 PM on April 25, 2008
MeFi post:
Clickity clack!
So far, I've learned I can't spell consciousness for the life of me.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 4:29 PM on April 24, 2008
MeFi post:
We see a man and woman kiss
A scene of a storm at sea with a drowning, and a another storm with a near drowning. A man hits another man in the backside with his briefcase. People are nearly hit by vehicles a few times. A car drives through a fire. A group of men overpower another man. A woman threatens a man with a grater and a man pushes a woman around. A man punches a wall. A man has a bruise on his face. Scuffles, chases, falls, reckless driving.
Any guesses?
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 6:53 PM on April 21, 2008
This is the only movie that got a 10 in all categories.
No movie got all zeroes, though.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 6:57 PM on April 21, 2008
MeFi post:
BBC Sound Index
Meanwhile, last.fm continues to dispel most of my worst fears about the music to which Internet users listen.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 2:37 PM on April 18, 2008
Speaking of which, I was just wondering what other MeFites listen to so I decided to form the Metafilter group on last.fm
Sorry man, but you've been beaten out.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 5:16 PM on April 18, 2008
MeFi post:
step3profit.com
Step 1. Register domain name
Step 2. ???
Step 3. Profit
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Now you don't even have to click on the link.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 9:36 PM on April 17, 2008
MeFi post:
...
If only there were more context to the link so that we'd know that this is a "jeez, sad abuse" post and not a "lol, crazy self-mutilation" post -- that way we'd know to post a quick and general sad comment rather than a quick and general witticism.
You know, other than reading the link. But who comes to MeFi to read the links, right?
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 8:36 PM on April 16, 2008
MeFi post:
You're Not My Father
My interpretation:
Faux-Joey: DJ!
Faux-DJ: You can't tell me what to do, you're not my father! *flees*
Faux-Joey: *sits dejectedly, clenches fists*
[INSERT SAD ORCHESTRAL SWELL]
[REPEAT 30x]
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 7:29 PM on April 16, 2008
MeFi post:
Are you ready? 3, 2, 1. GO
Thank you for this! I love Frets on Fire and I've always wanted a freeware version of Ouendan. Downloading now; I hope it's as fun as it looks.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 6:33 PM on April 12, 2008
It is! Yay!
I recommend this song to you mefites.
(and a tablet PC, but that's a different story.)
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 6:42 PM on April 12, 2008
saxamo: Better than the shit that is Elite Beat Agents. Avril? Ugh...
If you lived in Japan you'd have the same reaction to Ouendan's tracks, y'know.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 6:44 PM on April 12, 2008
MeFi post:
Breath in / breath out.
Well, this is as good as a place as any to post this:
This is a blog post from Waxy.org that lists 'supercuts,' or a genre of video memes where some obsessive-compulsive superfan collects every phrase/action/cliche from an episode (or entire series) of their favorite show/film/game into a single massive video montage.
highlights: fuck, no, fuck, dude, fuck, what, fuck, desu, frak, and last but not least excuuuuuuuse me princess.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 12:10 PM on April 12, 2008
MeFi post:
Backfilling the Uncanny Valley
It may be just me, but I'm impressed that most of these don't put me off too much. It's a nice step (climb?) out of the uncanny valley. The two that put me off were the eyeless "masks" in the second to last video and the quick facial movements in the last video.
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 9:35 PM on April 11, 2008
MeFi post:
Lolgrues
Squid Voltaire: in a similar Zorky vein, I recommend Lost Pig, a sort of Zork-inspired Interactive short story.
That game's awesome. It was the winner of the most recent IF competition -- well-deserved, too. Try eating your pants and things like that.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi
at 4:55 PM on April 11, 2008
