MetaFilter posts tagged with boy

A tale of two Sonny Boys

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:39:45 -0800

It's just gotta make you feel so good to hear (and see) Sonny Boy Williamson sing and blow the harp. Keep in mind, of course, this is Sonny Boy Williamson II we're talking about here. Yes, there were two harp-blowing Sonny Boys, and here's a documentary on the legendary Sonny Boy the first: Part 1 and Part 2. You'll note that on "What's Gonna Happen To You" (the "harp" link) the bass player really drops the ball and flubs the entrance that Sonny Boy had set and cued for him, which is most unfortunate. All the other clips, however, feature Sonny Boy in the able company of blues musicians of his own caliber. And that sometimes includes bassist and "poet laureate" of the blues, Willie Dixon. Sonny Boy also played with the great Muddy Waters. Here's another performance of Bye Bye Bird. BTW, that same Sonny Boy (the first) documentary can also be seen in its entirety, uninterrupted, here.

Bursting the (bubble boy's) Bubble

Burhanistan — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:00:24 -0800

Bursting the Bubble - an alternate look at the life of the so-called "bubble boy" David Vetter.

Yet more Bullshit

hoverboards don't work on water — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:22:49 -0800

There's been plenty of Bullshit! on MetaFilter before, and now there's more: Boy Scouts [1, 2, 3] ("Duty to God ahead of country, others, and self, is the credo of suicide bombers."); Wal-Mart Hatred ("Wal-Mart is one of the great anti-poverty programmes in the country."); Circumcision ("By the end of this programme, one of these three will drop their pants and show us the restored foreskin on their penis."); and The Best ("Stupid? How many of you are searching for it on the web right now?").

Lou Pearlman's Ponzi Scheme

billysumday — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:31:25 -0800

Would you trust this man with your life's savings? Successful entrepeneur and president of Trans Continental Airlines cum boy band svengali, Lou Pearlman was the guiding hand behind N'Sync, the Backstreet Boys, and O-Town. Now, however, he's on the lam, wanted by the FBI for swindling old folks out of $317 million. Pearlman was last seen in Berlin on February 1st; as he sat in a crowded theater watching his latest creation, the German boy band US5, win an international pop award, FBI investigators were already combing through his Florida home and offices.

The High Plains Heavy Metal Iron Master

jason's_planet — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:03:33 -0800

I'M THE HIGH PLAINS HEAVY METAL IRON MASTER, BOY!

Human salt lick

fixedgear — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:36:15 -0800

D'oh, a deer. Deer chases, licks, boy. Video.

The Shame of Memory

squidfartz — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:30:33 -0800

When I first saw it, my jaw hit the floor. After years of thinking I would suffer alone with the memory, I found others who knew. Along the way, I discovered other gems... even though my personal tastes were more epic. When she asked why I loved them so much, I replied, "Because they are so ambitious. They try so hard".

Brett Meisner, Rock 'n' Roll badboy

ph00dz — Mon, 30 May 2005 20:45:17 -0800

"Brett Meisner has helped to put the 'rock' back into 'rock and roll' forever!" said Kurt Loder in 2003. Given Meisner's impact as a music critic and rock 'n' roll badboy, this is something of an understatement...

Pregnant Boy

xmutex — Thu, 01 May 2003 14:30:35 -0800

Boy pregnant with little brother. Well, sort of.

quirked — Wed, 30 Oct 2002 07:32:24 -0800

Boy Scouts tell Atheist Eagle Scout he has one week to declare his belief or get out. On membership applications, Boy Scouts and adult leaders must say they recognize some higher power, not necessarily religious. "Mother Nature would be acceptable," said Brad Farmer, the Scout executive of the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts. Hmmmm...

crushed — Fri, 09 Mar 2001 10:56:01 -0800

Boy, 14, gets life in prison.

da5id — Wed, 04 Oct 2000 09:50:22 -0800

A 12-year old Palestinian boy whose death in an Israeli-Palestinian gun battle shocked the world was killed by Israeli soldiers, a senior army commander confirmed today. The death of the boy, Mohammed Jamal Aldura, was captured by French television. The images of his terrifying last moments have come to symbolize the chaotic nature of the violent confrontations of the past few days. The death toll is at more than 50 now, almost all of them Palestinians.

Me and my wife both saw this on TV the other day.

Needless to say, it was very graphic and shocking. The poor boy was hiding behind his father who himself was behind only a small stone and trying to wave that he was unarmed and not a threat. He did this continuously for 15-20 seconds, and then all of a suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire, with 10-20 bullets hitting him, the boy, and all around them. The boy was dead, and the man was injured critically.

This to me, did not look like a random act of chaotic violence, but more of an act of murder.

This distressed my wife so much she started crying, the images were so shocking.

Thanks to Sudama for the link... I hadn't seen the story in the "press" which seems not to want to print the "other" side of the story.