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Tastes like chicken.
Crunchy!
Oooh I want a chicken.
Yeah I want a chicken.
Morning Pan
*ahem*
If you turn to page four of your reports, you’ll note the comment numbers for March 2009 were 1,380. While this is down 19% from the same period last we, we fully understand this is a reflection of the comment economy as a whole, not simply the Deadpan comments. However it behooves us to request a better comment count from the Deadpan community. If we all endeavour to increase our comments we will be able to raise our comment count and, dare we say, surpass the numbers for the period of April that were made last year.
Thank you for your time.
Damn…
same period last we = same period last year
I pledge to do my part, TEB.
Damn, didn’t get the episode this morning. Have to wait. Hate waiting!
On a sadder note, today would have been my friend Steve’s 44th birthday. He died on August 6th of last year. I’m thinking about him and his family today.
Am I the only one here picturing TEB in a sharp, tailer fitted, grey suit … with a telescoping pointer in one hand.
Sorry for your loss EssBee.
I myself am really, really struggling with similar.
Nope.
(Sorry, TEB. Kidding!)
Ooh! The Deadpan is back!
Hoo boy, so here I am thinking: “Who’s the dork acting alongside Tee Morris?”
In an effort to do my part to increase the comments, I give you (real) children’s names that… should have had more thought put into them.
To be fair, he has performed professionally.
I have one of those J0e (the suit, not the pointer) 🙂
these names are from various sites
A – Abyss
Re: The CDN dumbass memory. That’s actually fairly common. There are still people in the US who think we don’t have proper housing, electricity, or hot and cold running water (it’s true – I actually fielded some questions regarding this for World Fantasy)
Andrew’s (apostrophe actually part of the name)
Amen
As-Matik (say the name quickly and see what the issue is)
I’ve got a pair (may have mentioned this on-Pan?).
I worked as a school photographer for a season back in the 90’s and we were allowed to take pictures of preschoolers who were related to one of the gradeschoolers. So the lady says there are preschooler twins to be photographed together. So she calls them over.
“Alaska, Alaska get over here, Nebraska, you too.”
Alaska and Nebraska. Worse, this was in Omaha…
On a similar note, use this to generate you’re own silly name
http://www.wise-women.org/tutorials/js1/sillynames.html
I ended up being: Loopy Bubblefanny
Sucks to your ass-mar!
Actually JB, Alaska is on my list 🙂
My husband is Poopsie Bubblefanny
Albert (normally this wouldn’t be funny but it was for a girl this time)
… and as if on cue – iTunes just shuffled up The James Carroll Band.
B – Bear
Beautiphul (obviously the parents couldn’t spell)
Boat
I don’t think Bear is all that odd.
Do bear in mind my kid’s name is Fox Cyan, though.
I’m still stuck on “Abyss.” Seriously??
Bluebell
Bill Board
C – Confession
Chaos
Chevy
Chevette
morning pan:
CQ: (Currently queued) The Peaches Mixtape.
Got some new tattoo work done last night! Yay!
Choice
Cuba (again, for a girl)
Carrie Oakey
D – Dwarf (seriously, what kind of parents were these)
Dynasty
E – Sorry couldn’t find any E’s
F – Final (obviously had one too many kids)
Fellisittee
Silly name: Gidget Gigglechunks
Oh, go back to C. Found one named Coke
Got a photo, Jeremy?
I loathe the trend to spell common names using funky spellings.
Flunky Burgerbuns
G – GQ
Gal (this is touted as a boy’s name)
Go (what happens if he play’s Monopoly?)
Godly
Gospel
Galaxy
Oh found one for D – Doug Hole
H – Hazel Nutt
Found a B – Barry Cade
Hey (Really? I think this one must be false.)
Holy
He ( a girl’s name)
I – There are three Infinite and one Infinity – how’s that possible?
A science professor friend of mine had a girl in one of his classes named Cherie.
This wouldn’t have been a notable thing … except her lat name was “Surprise”.
Cherie Surprise – nice parents.
J – Jo King
Justin Case
K – Knight Sir Lancelot
Kal-el (we all know who named his kid this)
Ah, the deadpan lives and TEB is rocking the board. Most excellent.
L – Lee King (is this a statement of the diapers when he was young?)
Crusty Pottychunks? srysly?
Methinks this silly name generator needs to be smited.
M – Metallica (while I like the music, I think this is going too far)
Mary Christmas (pretty obvious really, but still…)
Can I put in Homer Simpson’s Max Power here?
Wasn’t she a Bond girl?
N – Nadir (considering the meaning of this word, not exactly a compliment)
N/A
It was something Christmas for James Bond. I don’t remember the first name
Nope, her name was Christmas Jones
Nada
Couldn’t find an O name
P – Precious Angel
Prince (this is also for a girl)
Promise
Providence
Pearl Button
Paige Turner
Q – Q’J’Q’Sha (no idea how to pronounce this)
Q’Antity
R – MY NAME!!!! (seriously, what was my mother thinking? – actually I know, but that’s another story)
S – Stalin
Sin
Sparkle
Story
Symphony
CP: Hell — Squirrel Nut Zippers
Sonny Day
I have a local friend who named her Kid Kal-El.
Pics on Facebook. Jeremy Linden…be my fweind if you ain’t already.
T – Tall (what happens if she isn’t?)
Truth
Tangerine
Tequilla (perhaps the cause of pregnancy?)
Treasure
U – Unique
Uneek (more unique than Unique?)
Oh, found a T – Terry Bull
And a H – Helen Back
And an R – Ray Gunn
V – Virgin (how long do you think that name was approprate?)
approprate = appropriate
W – Wednesday. (I also found a Tuesday. It wouldn’t surprise me if there was one for every day of the week)
Didn’t find an X or Y but did find
Z – ZC (don’t know what it means)
That’s it as far as I can tell. Probably lot’s more but… tired now.
114 comments. did my bit.
Well, I’m off. A friend is taking me out for lunch.
Loopy Bubblefanny out.
TEB, there’s nothing wrong with your name. I like it.
CP: Escape From Dragon House — Dengue Fever
Just P: Yesterday’s Democracy Now! and crying over coverage of the Vermont legislature overturning the Governor’s gay marriage veto. And I don’t even want to get married!
I’m late to the name game, but I have a few to offer..
First of all – I had a cousin named Christopher Robin. Poor kid.
Then I had a friend ages ago whose name was Elephair. So, there’s your missing E.
CP: Canary — Liz Phair
One of my best current friends name is Fanny which I think is adorable, but how many times do people have to say, “No really, what’s your name?”
I also take issue with the name Petra – What is that? Petra?
In James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux novels, Dave’s daughter’s name is Alaphair. Elephair is new, though!
My silly name is Buttercup Barfnose
People harassed me for naming my son Fletcher which I happen to think is adorable. I would have named him Jeremy if it’d been my choice alone, but since I got to name my daughter – it was only fair to let the hubby choose our sons name. I’m partial to J names – especially Jeremy.
CP: The Future’s so Bright I have to Wear Shades – Timbuk 3
CP: The Crunch – The Rah Band
Oh and I’m playing with Spotify:
https://www.spotify.com/en/
so more CP to come tonight.
CP: (Marie’s the name) of his latest flame – Elvis Presley.
CP: Kokomo – Eric Bibb
CP: Molly’s Chamber – Kings of Leon.
Ok DPers, hit me with with your fav tracks to search for on spotify.
CP: Violeta — Ozomatli
Poopsie Bananachunks?
CP: I fought the Law – The Clash
Going Underground – The Jam
CP: 5,4,3,2,1 – Manfred Mann
Oh and TEB, your name would be great for an actress in a chop socky movie.
Heck you could even do your own stunts.
cough
CP: Mother — Tori Amos
CP: Shooting Star – Cliff Richard and The Shadows
Trivia: this appeared in Thunderbirds Are Go movie with puppets of the band.
CP: Telstar – The Tornadoes
CP: Killing the Blues — Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
CP: Somthin’ Else – Eddie Cochran
Be-Bop-A – Lula – Gene Vincent
CP: Theme to Captain Scarlet
CP: Thunderbirds theme performed by The Band of her Majesty’s Royal Marines.
I kid you not.
CP: I Need A Miracle — Grateful Dead
CP: The Dambusters March
CP: 633 Squadron – Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal Band
CP: Fill Me Up — Linda Perry
Van, that’s a good one to look up. I had an interesting . . . encounter . . . with her once.
cough
Theme to ‘A Bridge Too Far’ – Prague Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Ah I remember pestering my Dad to go and see this movie as I was war mad as a kid.
CP: Where Eagles Dare theme – The Band of the Dragoon Guards
Strange what you remember, at the time they would stop the movie for an interval. I can remember the scene where stopped the film (when Richard Burton is destroying the radios at the Castle)
CP: Speak To Me Bones — Land Of Talk
CP: Deadmau5 “Random Album Title Mixed” 110min mix of techhouse. Good for when you need to not be distracted and plug away at a website.
CP: The Great Escape theme tune – DLG Orchestra
CP: Mission Impossible Theme – Lalo Schifrin
CP: Guaglione – Perez Prado and his Orchestra
Used in a Guinness advert.
Straight people can be queer, according to J. Scalzi via Alan Cumming:
http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/04/09/surprise-youre-queer-maybe/
CP: Don’t Think Twice, It’s all Right – Bob Dylan.
Scientifically, bi rules in the animal kingdom.
CP: Milk and Alcohol – Dr Feelgood
My first 45..woot!
and no I wasn’t around when 78’s ruled!
CP: Classical Gas – Chet Atkins
CP: My Resistance is Low – Robin Sarstedt
CP: Cruel to be Kind – Nick Lowe
CP: In the Mood – Glen Miller Orchestra
Time for a walk…woof!
CP: Saikai (reunion) — Tetsuya Takahashi
Appleseed Original Score
CP: Shake it UP – The Cars
CP: Turning Japanese – The Vapors.
CP: Smile – Lily Allen
CP: Everybody’s Changing – Lily Allen
CP: Overload – Sugababes
CW: Yo Gabba Gabba with Jack Black … again
Cj, you might have a problem.
CP: Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear – Alan Price
CP: Popcorn – Popcorn.
Cj needs a Yo Gabba Gabba intervention.
What is the Methadone for Yo Gabba Gabba heroin?
CP: Space – Magic Fly
CP: Get it Right Next Time – Gerry Raffery
Rafferty even
A very cold shower may help.
CP: Happy Hour – The Housemartins
CP: All Along The Watchtower — Bob Dylan
Day-O – Stan Freberg (live version)
Send the Marines – Tom Lehrer
One version of that song has the killer line:
“current events have a lot of us feeling like a Christian Scientist with appendicitis”
Wonderful Copenhagen – Danny Kaye
Young At Heart – Frank Sinatra
CP: Reviewing the situation – Ron Moody
Cj has a lot of problems… the least of which is her obsession with Jack Black on Yo Gabba Gabba..
CP: Send in the Clowns – Bing Crosby
CP: Golden Years – David Bowie
CP: Union City Blue – Blondie
CP: Prosperity Blues – Keb Mo
CP: Twisting by the Pool – Dire Straits
Romeo and Juliet – Indigo Girls
CE: peanuts
CD: water
+CP:
CP: We Close Our Eyes – Go West
Last one…
CP: Happy in Hell – The Christians
And we’re back! Looks like stormy seas this week.
It will require Leadership. Courage. Perseverance. to make it through.
CW: Life S2E21
Can I just say that I LOVE Life? The TV show. I’m fond of the other too. Why on earth did NBC cancel it??
Riding the oh so rough seas of the deadpan ocean..
Life is done. That’s a shame. I enjoyed the bits and pieces I could catch while getting ready for work.
CP: Excess – Tricky
If you are a windows user you may want to check out:
http://bumptop.com/
It looks nice..
CP: Bad Horse Chorus – Dr. Horrible Soundtrack
Holy cow, my little story gets a mention in the show notes?! Whoa.
Speaking of which, show notes for Questors #4 are up at the link Jack posted in the show notes… finally. (I’m a little embarrassed that it took me this long to post them.)
On another note: Wow! 200+ comments the first day? This is going to be a heck of a week! 😀
CP: House Of The Rising Sun — The Be Good Tanyas
CP: Lose Control – Missy Elliott
CP: Dolphin – Poe
Ack!
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/09/fake-people-tell-fak.html
CP: They Know Who You Are – Powerman 5000
My silly name: Stinky Toiletchunks
Van: Thanks to my parents, I grew up with Tom Lehrer. I know that album well. 🙂
Jack: Sending good thoughts your way. Persevere!
Earlier, JohnBoze said:
“Hoo boy, so here I am thinking: “Who’s the dork acting alongside Tee Morris?†”
When I read that, the first thing I did was laugh. Your acting is just fine, JB. 🙂
The second thing I did was get embarrassed, and the third thing I did was start wondring about something. I didn’t tell anyone that Tee Morris would be playing that part; I wanted it to be a big surprise. It didn’t occur to me that I would get a reaction like that from another actor. If I had told all the actors who the special guest star was up front, would you have been more nervous? Should I have done things differently? (Private answers via e-mail or Twitter DM are welcome, if you prefer.)
And that is exactly why I hate people. ARGH.
CP: Alter Mann – Rammstein
By the way: Loving all the CP: posts. I like how it gives a picture of what kind of music Deadpanites listen to. I will contribute in a few minutes.
Erm, sorry, not Amy. Was referring to stupid anti-freedom video.
CP: Gateway – Delerium
Stinky Toiletchunks!
CP: Any Way You Want It – Journey
CP: 999,999 — Nine Inch Nails
Zippy Pizzabrains!
And … Jaffee just pinged me and I forgot what I was going to say…
…
Oh, yes. I like the name Petra. But I say it Pay-trrrrah.
CP: Cooling – Tori Amos
Nomad Scry, your blog is awesome.
Amy, your blog is also quite nice.
[blush] I… I don’t know how to respond to that.
Thanks. [blinkblinkblink]
CP: Slow Me Down – Default
Default is awesome. They have one song and they play it under a dozen different titles.
And I’m off to annoy the kiddo.
“Thanks” was a perfectly respectable response! You did just fine.
I just subscribed!
And with that, I am locking up the doors at Evil. We’re closed for the night.
EssBee: Thank you very much! 🙂
Petra more of a dog name for me..or abandoned city in Jordan.
Oh and I would say PET (that dog is my pet)-RA (Egyptian sun god).
I’ve been in an overanylaysing mode for the last few months..something I wish I could stop.
CP: Fairytale – Enya
CP: After I Fall – Lee Ann Womack
CP: What It Is – Bad Religion
CP: Invisible Love – Enigma
CP: Grace – Apocolyptica
5 titles: Fairytale After What Invisible Grace.
CP: Cornflake Girl – Tori Amos (live)
I agree. PET-RA isn’t as fun to say.
And I don’t think Set likes him either.
Bast, however, enjoys chasing him around the house.
CP: Hand in My Pocket – Alanis Morissette
CC (Currently Cooking?): Chicken Pot Pie for the grups and fish sticks (or as my daughter calls them “fish chicken”) for the kids.
CP: Jon’s Song – Killing Heidi
I can’t tell if this guy is for real or just making an allegorical statement (as the first commenter indicates) but it is an amusing tie in to the earlier discussion of stupid names.
http://strumpette.com/archives/674-My-Middle-Name-is-Satan.html
Just dropping in to pimp a fantastic song discovery:
http://teepeerecords.com/bands/quest_for_fire/index.php
“Hawk that Hunts the Walking” is long and moody and epic and excellent, if you have the patience for it.
Productive night. Tomorrow, this typing task should be finished… I hope. 18 more pages to go.
Night, Pan!
and so another day has passed
with that e-mail still sitting there un-opened
Is this the one you intended to send, J0e? Or did you send it and you’re struggling to open the Reply?
Morning Pan, Good Friday..ugh.but at least I’m off this year.
CP:Headin’ Out – The Vara Tones
Gahhhhh why am I not yet asleep? Goodnight mush.
http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2009/03/10-annoying-hab.html?mbid=wir_newsltr
took 2 days but I sent an e-mail
they reply came that night and still sits there
BTW: Nice job on the “Questors” Amy and all.
Thank you! 🙂
JOe, like the original email, nothing wrong w/ sleeping on it before reading the reply, brother.
Good morning, Deadpan! I have the dentist this morning. Gee, I hate the dentist.
I’ll be back after if I can! We have family coming in to town, though, so might be sparse the next few days. I hope you all have a lovely day.
Now to listen to Deadpan over coffee.
Amy, no, no trouble not knowing you got Tee. I’ve placed my own voice next to Tee’s as well, you know…
Sigler and Hrab didn’t know they were acting opposite each other for the conclusion of RBT either.
I’d say keep you cameos a secret. It is a strategy I’ve lived by…
What Essbee, no bath????
Morning Pan.
Just a Good Friday drop in.
Not as well known as Gary Gygax, but still a shame…
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/166099.asp?source=mypi
Picked up a couple of games yesterday. Catan Germany and Hey, That’s My Fish
http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/11/11936.phtml
We’ll probably be playing one of them tonight. Although we also bought an expansion to Arkham Horror a couple of weeks ago that we haven’t tried out yet.
CP: X Blades.
http://www.x-blades.com/
Must get back to it. Buy 🙂
buy = bye. Doh!
An email in a state of Quantum flux.
Cough
Just saw ‘Let the Right One In’, Swedish vampire flick, very enjoyable.
Yeah I couldn’t remember the spelling of the S word.
TEB: So, what do you think about X Blades. It didn’t get reviewed well, but I always like to hear what real gamers think. Is it more than butt-floss fan service?
OMFG. More proof PETA is absolutely insane. They are trying to pressure the Pet Shop Boys to change their name to Rescue Shelter Boys since Pet Shops are bad for animals.
Ditto, I think they’re actually pretty savvy, they got both press and a guy who doesn’t agree with them to promote their ideas.
JB: I’m sure they are doing it for the incredible free publicity that they are getting for their cause, but it doesn’t change the fact that this approach comes off as an incredibly stupid idea.
ditto, it’s a cute game. Sort of Tomb Raideresque. I wouldn’t give it an outstanding review, but it’s an ok time waster. The graphics are very nice, though. (6 out of ten? Maybe 7)
My hubby likes it because the main character wears a thong throughout. (“It’s good to see women heroines in video games” 😆 )
Now to go grocery shopping.
Ta.
CP: Levon — Elton John
Try and find Oni in bargain bins. No silly thongs, just a realistic proportion woman character who can kick ass.
I remember that game, though I never played it. It was made by Bungie before they created the Halo series.
Yup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oni_(video_game)
Morning, Pan (well, barely here in Texas).
My daughter and I are headed up to Church for the youth group performance of the Passion.
You know, I just don’t understand how these guys manage to stay in business.
http://digg.com/d1oLjF
You would think that one of these judges would require them to drop the “Monster” name themselves after all these abusive lawsuits.
Yo.
Ah it’s nice when hardware just works. Plugged an external HD into my routers USB port, followed instructions in the manual…and just worked.
Nice.
CP: Black Horse and the Cherry Tree – KT Tunstall.
CP: You Spin me Right Round – Thea Gilmore & Mike Cave
CP: Heart and Soul – T’Pau
CP: King in a Catholic Style (Wake Up) – China Crisis
CP: A Little Respect – Erasure
CP: Down Under – Men at Work
Oh and I’m looking for a song with a chorus that sounded like Funk no brother..any ideas?
CP: 29 Ways (to my baby’s door) – Robert Palmer
CP: Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears
CP: Shooting Star — Bad Company
CP: Blackjack Davy (Live in Chicago) – Taj Mahal
CP: Black Eye Dog – Nick Drake
CP: The Way It is – Bruce Hornsby
CP: Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee
The D-Day Dodgers – Pete Seeger
CP: Lili Marlene – Marlene Dietrich
CP: Marlene on the Wall – Suzanne Vega
CP: Wherever I lay my Hat (that’s my Home) – Paul Young
CP: Dance The Night Away – The Mavericks
CP: I’m the Urban Spaceman – The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
CP: Queen of Hearts – Dave Edmunds
CP: Mambo Italiano – Dean Martin
CP: Where do you go to (my lovely) – Peter Sarstedt
CP: He’s in the Jailhouse Now – Memphis Jug Band
CP: Fresh Fossils – Loudon Wainright III
CP: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning – Richard Thompson
CP: Don’t it make my Brown Eyes Blue – Crystal Gayle
Last one for today.
Funk no brother?
Well ok one last one:
CP: Father Forgive Me – Tim O’Brien
I never made it very far in Oni, but what I did play was very flexible and fun.
I thought that Oni had some of the feel of Deus Ex, though I tend to overpraise that one as my favorite video game. (Primarily because it is one of a very very few I’ve actually completed.)
Good afternoon, Deadpan! It’s been a good day so far, with a small hiccup/missed communication between the dentist office and my better half. The receptionist there didn’t know I was there already, so called my house to find out if I was on my way. Caused some unnecessary worry, for sure.
CW: Weather with grandma-out-law
300
A Nap! A Nap! My kingdom for a nap!
See this one, Van?
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/10/comic-book-of-do-and.html
Yup, ditto posted a link to that as well.
CW: New Red Dwarf Part 1
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot!
Hm. I have no interesting links. Just our recent LLAP.
Episode 110: Gimmie that Fish. No, I want a Truck!
http://www.lovelongandprosper.com/podcast/?p=204
JohnBoze said:
“Amy, no, no trouble not knowing you got Tee. I’ve placed my own voice next to Tee’s as well, you know…”
Oh, yeah, that’s right. 🙂 Thanks for your opinion. I’m glad we’re on the same page regarding cameo strategy. 🙂
Well, I can say that if one wants to embrace the penitential spirit of Good Friday, enduring the hordes and subjecting oneself to the damp cardboard that is Chuck E. Cheese pizza fits the bill nicely.
I think in many ways, Chuck E. Cheese could be reminiscent of the temples at the time that Jesus rolled into town.
Full of money changers and animatronic singing bears/Pharisees.
… speaking of which, I believe I shall now go to iTunes and buy some Oingo Boingo tunes.
Vanamonde, what is this ‘new’ Red Dwarf you speak of? Has the series been revived?
Just for a 3 part special Ed:
http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/news/2009/04/10/back-to-earth/
Part 1 is available via BT:
http://www.mininova.org/tor/2473948
Van: I think you are looking for a song by Fatboy Slim. It has a lyrics of almost entirely: “Right about now, the funk soul brother / Check it out now, the funk soul brother”.
Actual title of the song: “The Rockafeller Skank”.
And thanks for the ^%&$#$% earworm. 😛
Most excellent. Rimmer looks like he’s lost a bit of hair, but otherwise, those guys don’t look like they’ve changed a whole lot in 10 years.
I really need to watch that whole series all the way through. Caught it in bits and pieces way back when it would run on PBS here in the States.
Marlo, if you need to get that song out of your head, you can always invoke the chickens 🙂
I am not halfway through importing the Audiobook of “Atlas Shrugged.” The county library system had it in their collection.
42 CDs…..52 hours of spoken audio. I will start listening to it this week after I finish the Dune audiobook.
Thankfully, these CD’s have only been taking a few minutes apiece to pull.
Any of you more literate Panites gone through this story? The book itself is a 1000 page behemoth. I’m pretty sure having it read to me is the only way I’ll find the time to get through it before I’m a retired grandfather with more free time.
Of course, from what I’ve learned of Ayn Rand, she’d probably be appalled at the very idea of a public library….ironic.
As I recall, the prose didn’t appeal to me. And, for me, the more words the you use, the more you better really really not suck. Every word has to count.
I hear it’s had a minor surge in popularity though. Apparently, the idea of the rich getting sick of being abused by the poor and going off to make their own society….well, the haves at fox news were into it.
Actually, I do wonder how the writers who rail poison against ‘piracy’ ever sync up with the idea of libraries.
Random Tidbit: I believe Billy Bob Thorton has done something impressive. For a moment there, people are paying attention to something related to CBC…
I imagine this has already been widely distributed through the tubes already, but it’s so damn funny. Rachel Maddow covers the “tea-bagging” tax protests:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/09/rachel-maddow-ana-marie-c_n_185445.html
He sure upset everyone w/ the mashed potatoes comment, eh marlo?
I was going to identify “The Rockefeller Skank” for Van, but marlodianne beat me to it. I know the song because somebody decided it would be a great song to accompany a chase scene in “Digimon: The Movie,” and I have the soundtrack.
Vanamonde also said:
“CP: Where do you go to (my lovely) – Peter Sarstedt”
That’s one of my good friend’s favorite songs, and her cell phone ringtone. Thanks to her, it will always remind me of this year.
I just tried to post, but it’s not showing up. This is a test post.
I just tried again and got the “duplicate post” error. I think the original post that I tried to submit must be in mod purgatory.
EssBee, I think calling us mashed potatoes without gravy was just (unintentionally) funny. But his whole attitude during the interview–not wanting to answer simple questions, ranting at being referred to as an actor–was classic douche.
You know, Dollhouse had better be doing well in the ratings. If Fox cancels it, people are going to get hurt.
What a ride it’s turning into – Helo and November, that was priceless!
Why am I still awake?
Amy’s comment is finally free from murgatory. I’d have have guessed that it ended up in murgatory for the term, “skank” – but then – why did Marlo’s comment get a pass?
The potential for comedy here is endless, but out of respect for the two parties involved, I’ll let it go. 🙂
Yeah Jack, I was expecting to go to mod-hell. I decided the bot knew I was, reluctantly, only directly quoting, and for purely academic purposes. 😉
I am also still up – and should not be. I’ve got Easter eggs to go find at 7:45am tomorrow… wondering at this point if I’m going to make it.
Morning Pan, that was the song MD..nice!
Listeinging to the fatboy track now..this one from a album called ‘The Ultimate Bikini Body Workout Mix’…think it’s wasted on me.
http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2009/03/10-annoying-hab.html?mbid=wir_newsltr
JATW: The latest Dollhouse
Dr Who special tonight..woot * woot!
…. And it’s back! Woot!
There was a hole where my Deadpan should have been.
Thanks for freeing my comment, Jack. 🙂
When the Deadpan site is down, EssBee, Cj, Vanamonde, and I talk about it on Facebook. Some of us go through withdrawals. 😀
THAT might be the thing that gets me to open a Facebook account!
Amy, Shhh… Don’t tell Jack that we talk about him on Facebook – he might actually join one day and find out all our secrets! 😉
Oops, sorry. 😀
What is this…… Face… book….?
Hey, there are comments here. When did these show up? Thanks for the welcomes folks. Very warm and cozy! Now that I have purchased a clue perhaps I can nipple. I mean comment.
Nipple at will, imag1narynumber, and welcome home.
I’m headed out for the better half’s mariachi performance in a bit. It’ll be a night of world music – Gamelan, Mariachi, and Brazilian. Enjoy your evenings, you beautiful people.
Samba !!!!
For those keeping track, imag1narynumber’s name spelled backwards is rebmunyran1gami.
Welcome, imag1narynumber!
This is a fun place to hang out if you like… nipples?
I feel the song coming on … I think it’s been a while since we played it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpROhIg9eA
The new Dr Who special (Planet of the Dead) can be download from here:
http://www.mininova.org/tor/2477876
CW: Burn Notice S2E15
Ha! That video was hilarious!
CP: Star Wars Theme performed by the Grimthorpe Colliery RJB Band
CP: Sweet Home Chicago – Robert Johnson
CP: Meet Me at The Corner – Lindisfarne
Hi there, imag1narynumber! As you can see, some of the things we like to talk about a lot around here are: the latest Deadpan episode, music we listen to, TV shows we watch, work, and other things we’re up to in our lives.
However, that doesn’t mean the conversation is limited to those things. Anyone can bring up just about anything they want to here. 🙂
CP: Say What You Want – Texas
CP: Driving in My Car – Madness
CP: Echo Beach – Martha and the Muffins
CP: Ever Fallen In Love (with someone you shouldn’t’ve) – The Buzzcocks
CP: No More Heroes – The Stranglers
CP: Train – Matt Mango
Tapping foot as head to bed…
There will be no clicking of fingers.
Good night, Van.
CP: Laudate Dominum Omnes Gentes – composed by Vivaldi (performers not identified for this song on Songza)
Well I mostly listen to podcasts and I don’t watch TV, so I’ll see what I can impart. 🙂
Oh, but my woman and I are currently watching Six Feet Under and some movies from Netflix. Great series.
Hopefully not being too much the curmudgeon, I think the new Dr. Who series is too touchy-feely.
Between our BBC friends and us BBCA watchers, we have a bit of a Who-lag problem.
I don’t think the new season of Dr. Who has started here in the states has it? Plus … are we a season behind what is airing in the UK?
I, too, am constantly listening to podcasts and am not currently following any TV shows.
There isn’t really a new series this year JJ, just four specials to see off DT’s tenure as the Doctor.
CW: Doctor Who: Planet of Death
Planet of the Dead rather.
Not that much of an ST fan:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/12/dream-cheekys-uss-enterprise-webcam-exudes-charm-and-class/
CP: Mystery Train – Elvis Presley
CP: Mess of Blues – Elvis Presley
Yeah I’m showing spotify off to my Mother.
🙂
CP: Milk Cow Blues Boogie – Elvis Presely
CP: Money Honey – Elvis Presley
Right thats enough of that!
CP: He’ll have to Go – Jim Reeves
CP: He’ll Have to Go in Norwegian – Bjo(with a slash)ro Haland
CP: Cool for Cats – Soul Groove
CP: Give a Little Bit – Goo Goo Dolls
CP: You Are Everything – Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye
CP: I heard it Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
CP: Love Me Like You – Magic Numbers
CP: Electric Avenue – Eddy Grant
CP: Everybody’s Talkin’ – Harry Nilsson
CP: Bring Me Sunshine – Morecambe & Wise
CP: In the Hall of the Mountain King – ELO
CP: Milkshake – Kells
CP: Toccata and Fugue – Vanessa Mae
CP: Four Legged Friend – Roy Rogers
Morning pan!
Hugh sez: mornin
just dropping by to say hello
Hugh sez: hello
Van be listening to tunage this morn
we were just listening to some Herbie Mann ourselves
Hugh sez: good lazy Sunday music
it is 🙂 and we’ve been quite lazy this morning
Hugh sez: I still don’t understand why we got out of bed this morning. This is a stay in bed kinda day
I’m ok with that 🙂
delayed welcome imag1narynumber from us
Jack.. don’t join Facebook it is evil. It is just another time suck
Hugh sez: I won’t join it
I tried getting Hugh to join and he refuses. I even tried to lure him by joining the CME Group page (thats where hugh works). So now I got a few of his trader friends to be my friends and they email Hugh through me on Facebook.. it is uber annoying
Hugh sez: see, why do I need to join Facebook? You tell me when there is a message for me, I log into your Facebook page and reply.
Now I’m your Facebook secretary?
Hugh sez: Yes
LOL *smack* I aint yo’ Facebook secretary brotha
Hey Van I see you mentioned the “New Red Dwarf?” they are redoing it? Is it any good?
EssBee. We are sorry about your friend Steve 🙁
A friend of ours just lost a very close friend this past week. Very sad and way too young.
ok, I think thats it from us… sorry if we missed something important. We’re trying here.
l8r pan
Hugh sez: Go Bulls!!!!
*eye roll*
Hugh sez: please, she loves watching basketball.
I love watching the basketball GUYS not the actual basketball
Hugh sez: it turns you on, admit it
I will not!!!
New Red Dwarf episodes TSHs but with the same cast.
I didn’t think the first episode was upto much.
Good Sunday morning, Deadpan!
Thanks for the comment about my friend, TSH.
CW: Primal Grill. Steven is grilling salmon on cedar planks today.
CP: I’m a Rover – Great Big Sea
Off to Easter brunch with friends. 🙂
@ a coffee shop cruizn’ the tubes. Hi all. Join FB….one of us…oonnne oooffff uuussss.
Its better’n myspace.
Well my deed for the day was pointing another FB user of Spotify to the Train track Matt Mango album..she just commented she liked the track.
+on
Finally on the recover side of my cold. Yeah me. Dollhouse was great Friday. What a difference from the first couple of episodes. Also, Sarah Conner, John Henry playing DnD Miniatures. LOL
Looks like we’re going to get shorted an episode of Dollhouse, unless you pick up the DVD/Blu-Ray.
While doing some price searching today, I made the mistake of clicking a Google ad. Took me to this site:
http://www.swoopo.com/
Stay away, stay far away.
Sitting in my living room and Jack is here playing his guitar.
I think that deserves a great big *swooooooooooon*
me=lucky
You certainly are Cj, lucky that is.
… and why is this not a group skype thing *taps foot* Hmmmmm?!?!?!
… just jealous is all.
just send you an email, JOe.
What, J0e? I couldn’t hear you… I was still swooooning.
Cj: Yes, you are lucky.
Van: Yay! Another Matt Mango fan is born! 😀
I finished two series this weekend: Jericho (loved it) and Life on Mars U.S. (the jury is still out, as we just finished).
Now we’re watching last night’s SNL. I LOVE the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Love love love.
Man, I didn’t even realize they were still in print – Starlog, that is.
http://digg.com/d1oUgR
Had an excellent Easter with family…the children played and ran themselves into exhaustion – which makes bedtime a good bit easier 🙂
And, finally finished the first book of Terry Goodkind’s “Sword of Truth” series. Started reading it after learning about the “Legend of the Seeker” series on Slice. A most excellent yarn.
I had hoped to be able to do the next book on audiobook, but the reviews the 2nd book has received on Audible have pretty much ripped the reader. So, looks like I’ll be putting my eyes through that 1000 pager.
Actually went to church today with my wife… First time in over a decade. Actually had a great time. Just my personal taste, but if a church is gonna play music, a full rock band with drums and steel guitar is a good sell.
I really like “Sword of Truth” but got angry with the series after about the fourth book. I don’t remember why, but I felt like the story was repeating itself.
Home.
..is where the heart is.
CP: To the Moon and Back – Savage Garden
…Hahn deranged!
My children are awake. Therefore I, too, am awake. Sitting quietly with them in the dark in the hopes that they fall back asleep. Long day with a lot of outside play wore them out – overtired, they are.
Suckage, CJ. I hope the eventually crashed.
Delayed thanks, The Smarty Hotties®
On reflection:
..is where the deadpan is.
Reflection of the deadpan.
Morning Pan!
Beautiful long weekend. Actually had decent weather for a change.
Now back to work. Boo!
Well that’s nice. Only a dozen contracts to look at. That’ll only take me an hour or so, then the rest of the day is mine. Bwa ha ha ha!
Oh, oh. New version of i-tunes downloading.
Good morning, Deadpan!
I’m back at work, looking at a pile. Coffee, stat!
Now have food in my gullet. Egg salad croissantwich – yum
i-tunes is now up to date.
CP: Podcastle
CP: LLAP – I’m all sticky 🙂
CP: The Crypt Episode 10 -Private Pippa Remic
Not for the weak of heart.
An all sticky TEB..better not go there.
I have to get some trees trimmed. Does anybody knows a good arborist?
Blam CJ & Dan, Van. They thanked us for “sticking around”
Homebrew japanese bullet shooters:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/index_e.html
Thanks Van. We might have to check Red Dwarf out 🙂
Hugh sez: with our hours of free time
Yes! Exactly! 🙂 We still intend to try Dollhouse too
EssBee- your welcome
hope everyone else is good
cold and rainy in Chicago today. Its a curl up in bed with a good book kinda day
Hugh sez: and a warm girly
or guy
Hugh sez: or both. whatever floats your boat
LOL yes, or both and all of the above
I’ve got a case of the Mondays. I sure hope it isn’t contagious. 😉
CP: If I Were A Starship Captain (pt2) — Three Dead Trolls In A Baggie
We’re a couple of weeks behind on all our TV. Still trying to catch up from holidays. Hubby and I are really enjoying Castle, though. Not genre, but still quite fun.
Found an arborist, now looking for someone to clean my gutters. Hmmmm.
Well that all sounds like very hard work, I’m glad I’m an ocean away..
I loves the BBB website. I find what I want, and am reasonably sure I’ll get good service 🙂
It is hard work, Van. That’s why I’m contracting it out.
Now to do more work in cleaning the kitty litter and taking out the garbage.
CP: Lord of the Dance – The Houghton Weavers
So my daughter is moving out at the end of the month. Her cat is going to totally flip once it doesn’t have me to annoy any more. My cat, however will be very happy to get rid of the evil interloper (cat’s thoughts, not mine)
CP: When I need You – Leo Sayer
CP: Northern Lights – Renaissance
CP: Back in the USSR – Dead Kennedys
OK, CJ. I entered your contest.
CP: Solid Air – John Martyn
CP: Precious — Annie Lennox
TEB the cat whisperer.
cough
I feel no sympathy for you getting up at 6:30. I’m up at 5:20 every morning.
Not so much a whisperer, Van. But I’m the main provider. I feed them and clean the litter, etc. So I’m the one they mostly sleep on and annoy when they want something. I think He’ll miss me when he moves.
CP: 99 Lufballons – Nena
The original German version.oh yes.
CP: 99 Red Balloons (club mix version) – Nena
Careful Van, don’t want to have a Cold War overdose…
CP: Reeling in the Years – Steely Dan
CP: Taxi Ride — Tori Amos
I’m still working my way through LLAP. The mall opens in 10 minutes will be heading out in a few minutes.
CP: 2-4-6-8 Motorway – Tom Robinson Band
CP: Einstein A Go-Go – Landscape
CP: Centerfold – J Geils Band
CP: My Favourite Game – The Cardigans
TEB, Thank you for listening and for your contest entry.
It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside when y’all listen to LLAP 🙂
CP: Good Morning Judge – 10cc
Ed, yes. I was able to get the little ones back to sleep. They even let me sleep in a teensy weensy bit this morning which I desperately needed.
CP: Stupid — Toad The Wet Sprocket
Well, my office had a break in last night. Bandits made off with several laptops and some network gear….Had no email or internet for most of the morning.
[Popping in] We do have some early risers around here, don’t we? What’s your typical wakeup time?
I’m usually up at 8-ish on workdays. Non-work days vary. . . We all know I sometimes stay up late – so I’ll often sleep in ’til around 10-ish, when I can. [/Popping in]
Wow Ed, that sucks.
I’m up at 5 a.m. most days. Gotta work out, and if I don’t do so before work it won’t happen at all. On the weekends, I’ll sleep in if I can, but I never sleep past 7 a.m., no matter how late I stay up the night before. I suffer from insomnia, so I try very hard to be in bed by 9 p.m. so that I can read until I’m sleepy.
Wake up time depends on what shifts I’m on that week, even then every start time is different.
What doesn’t really change is the amount of sleep, after about 6 hours I get a bad back and it wakes me up.
CJ – Glad to hear the little ones went to sleep. Mine woke up this morning with whatever bug I had yesterday.
Being sick sucks, in case anyone was wondering 🙂
I’m typically up around 5am on workdays to get to the office by 6:30am. I usually stay up too late, though.
I usually get up somewhere between 6 and 7am. Today was unusual – I was in bed until 8:30 – but as I said before, I was wiped from this weekend. I stay up much too late almost every day, but mostly because I’m working or I’m doing something to wind down so I can sleep. I suffer from insomnia as well and I need my wind down time.
Oh no, Ed – a break-in and sick kiddos. That’s no fun!
Yeah sorry to hear that Ed.
I’m with Van on the wake up time sliding all over the place. Today, I have to be up for 4:30pm (which is less than four hours from now.) Tomorrow, if I’m good, I’ll get up at 4pm. Thankfully, after that I’ll be able to get up at 8pm for the rest of the week. Then on the weekend, I’ll try to sleep early so I can get up around 11am to be with the family.
I know that keeping a standard sleep schedule makes me happier, but trying to convince the world to let me sleep from 2pm to 8pm every single day has proven to be well beyond my capabilities.
I’m usually up between 5-6. When I’m really lazy (like this morning) It can be as late as 6:20. Work days anyway, though 8AM is as good as it gets between Fox & Iris on weekends.
I understand stealing the laptops, but the network gear? Maybe the CAT5 would’ve been worth it a few years ago when the stuff was exorbitantly expensive, but now?
Is Deadpania in the Pacific ocean? Near Hawaii perhaps?
CP: Born Slippy — Underworld
CP: Get Myself Arrested – Gomez
I am up at 5 am every work day. Out of the house by 6 for my hour drive into work. On the weekends I am usually up between 6-7 am but that also depends on how much I drank the night before…
CP: Whippin’ Piccadilly – Gomez
CP: Australia – Manic Street Preachers
CP: Oliver’s Army – Elvis Costello and The Attractions
CP: Stand Back — Stevie Nicks (from the new The Soundstage Sessions CD)
CP: They Can’t That Away From Me – Tony Bennett and Elvis Costello
CP: Lets Face the Music and Dance – Diana Krall
As I hear it, the network gear was the switch from AT&T that provides our T1 connection to our main office. Costs about $4,000, but I can’t see how it would be much use to some random scrote on the street.
Maybe they just wanted a really kick ass LAN party setup….
CP: Shake Your Money Maker – Fleetwood Mac
Hard-boiled eggs are yummy and right now that’s a good thing considering the number of them I have in my fridge.
CP: Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
CP: Breakfast in America – Supertramp
CP: You Can’t Hurry Love – Phil Collins
Ok got a new microwave oven to setup, so last one for the:
CP: Perfect – Fairground Attraction
+night
CP: Rubberband – Z
Thanks, btw, to Dan and Cj for inviting me to their house for Easter. Fun times all around. 🙂 It was most fun jamming “Blitzkrieg Bop” with Dan and Sarah.
That blueish ring around the yolks of hard boiled eggs is sulphur compounds crystallizing out..yuk.
I’m typically in 7:30-7:45 am to work an 8-4 since I carpool with a neighbor and that’s his schedule. My commute is ~45min-1hr. Unpleasant. Looking forward to new gig when I can find one that pays roughly what I get now.
And wow I’m going to put this out there now – I will follow these threads as much as I can but there’s no guarantees. Esp. as we’re getting busier at work.
As an aside, does anyone here have any FreeBSD or OpenBSD experience?
I obviously don’t know FreeBSD or OpenBSD, imag1narynumber. When I read your comment, my mind immediately went to my Savage Love, Get Your Geek Off, etc. dictionary, and I don’t think you’re talking about anything covered on those shows.
Oh, and it’s runchie time here. Leftover green bean casserole and candied yams are so good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD
Other than it being unix like, that’s my limit of my knowledge of FreeBSD.
Hmmm.. and I always thought FreeBSD stood for “Free Blue Screen of Death.” LOL
CP: Shadows — Blue Man Group
What kind of experience you looking for, imag1narynumber?
CE: Breaded chicken strips with a side of light blue cheese dressing. Ohh I have a chicken.
CP: Electioneering — Radiohead
Rhettro – I feel silly saying so, but really… the Blue Screen of Death never comes without a cost.
CP: Cochise — Audioslave
The Blue Screen of Death comes for all in the end….
Jack – You are very welcome. Your presence is always appreciated.
… and the guitar playing …
LOL, yea the BSD comes for all operating systems eventually, even if they weren’t created by Microsoft.
Dang, I wish Jack would come to my house and teach me how to play.
You can find BSoDs everywhere. In planes. On ATMs. At the Olympics. It doesn’t have to be at home on your computer, but it will get you.
I’m going to try out a BSD – dual-boot w/Linux and I’m trying to decide which to actually try. I think it’ll be OpenBSD.
CW: I Want Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iPVmy0bx-8&feature=related
CDL: I Want Out
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/h/helloween/i_want_out_ver3_guitar_pro.htm
Back from shopping. Took my Boo to the store to get a few things she’ll need for her new place (like dishes, a broom, etc.)
This bloody road remains a mystery
This sudden darkness fills the air
CP: Oxygene Part 1 – Jean-Michel Jarre
Ah the old ST days when sampled bits of Oxygene and scrolling text was cool.
CP: Oxygene Part 1 – Jean-Michel Jarre
Ah the old ST days when sampled bits of Oxygene and scrolling text was cool.
Rose Tinted Spectacles are ON.
CP: Oxygene Part 2 – JMS
CP: Oxygene Part 3 – JMS
CP: Oxygene Part 4 – JMS
The bit that most people rememeber
CP: Oxygene Part 5 – JMS
CP: X Blades
EssBee – That is a karaoke staple of mine. I’ve probably sung it 100 times…
What are we runnin’ for… when there’s no where we can run to anymore…
Currently gaming, but not at this exact moment: Dead Space.
It’s time for me to clock into work and little boy says “no nap, Mommy.”
I also have 2 more little ones arriving in an hour. Looks like I’ll be up working tonight.
CP: Oxygene Part 6 – JMS
CP: The Model – Kraftwerk
CP: Cars – Gary Numan
CP: Sing it Back – Moloko
So if the biog details correct, Roisin Murphy’s (vocals for Moloko) attempted to pick up mixer/producer Mark Brydon at a 1994 party with the line:
“Do you like my tight sweater? See how it fits my body.”
CP: The Time is Now – Moloko
I will agree to do Oxygene by Jean-Michel Jarre, the next time I’m out at karaoke.
CP: Pop Muzik – M
As an Elvis impersonator, Jack? 😉
I didn’t know you were capable of vocalising those synth sounds Jack.
cough
CP: Thank You — Led Zeppelin
CP: Pump Up the Volume – MARRS
CP: Morphine & Chocolate — 4 Non Blondes
I guess I can see the appeal of knicking a T1 switch, if only for the hands on rip it apart experience.
CP: Faith — Crash Vegas
CP: Jean M.Jarre – Oxygene part 5.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAPe_x1n_70
The bottom sounds interesting but the top is made up of all the noises that fill the silence in my head. [shivers]
My geeky moment for the day.
Streaming and episode of In Treatment to my 360 using Vuze on my netbook.
CPLF (Currently posting link for): I want out – practice recording.
http://www.box.net/shared/fmp4cz3xfc
My ex-stoner moment for the day.
CP (and singing along): Perfect World — Steve Miller Day
Not bad for a CPU that’s equivalent to a Pentium 3.
Kinda funny:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lizz-winstead/the-storm-gathering-about_b_186199.html
CP: Fire — Jimi Hendrix
CP: Femme Fatale — The Velvet Underground
Invincible…..I shall have to find myself in Arizona one of these days for one of the Karaoke sessions.
CPIMM: I Want Out – Helloween
*glares at Rhett*
CP: Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes
Jack, I think you need to give us a mash up of Oxygene (pick a part) and “Can You Dig it?” by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem.
Yes, you do know it…..you’ve only forgotten.
I’ve always been a Tubular Bells man, myself.
CP: I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
CP: Israelites – Desmond Dekker
Here’s when I usually get up:
Mondays and Wednesdays: between 7:30 and 8:00 (8:30 at the latest) for a 10:30 class
Tuesdays: generally by 8:30, I think (no class until 1:00, but I like to be at the school for lunch at noon)
Thursdays: by 8:00 at the latest (well, I try) so I can be there to start cleaning at 10:00
Fridays and Saturdays: any time from 7:00 to 8:30 depending on when that week’s meeting/service project starts
Sundays: by 9:00 at the latest, for a 10:00 church service
I, too, stay up too late most nights, which contributes to the irregularity of the times I get up. I really need to get to bed at a regular time.
CP: Lovely Day – Bill Whithers
Jack said:
“It was most fun jamming “Blitzkrieg Bop†with Dan and Sarah.”
I’m guessing you used real guitars/instruments, not the video-game variety, right? Either way, sounds like a lot of fun.
Ah, to be young again and able to roll out of bed in my dorm five minutes before the start of my first class….
CP: There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis – Kirsty Macoll/
CP: Peter Gunn theme – Art of Noise
Ed: That was last year for me. Now I live in an apartment, and I teach all the classes I mentioned.
CP: Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore – REO SpeedWagon
CP: And She Was – Talking Heads
What do you teach Amy?
I teach English for Speakers of Other Languages, and I have one adult literacy student (who is at our center to improve his reading skills).
CP: Flash’s Theme – Queen
All together now..FLASH!….
CP: Good Gracious Me – Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren
Amy – Dan, Jack, and real guitars…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/audioaddict/3437578524/in/photostream/
Sarah is my 5-year-old daughter. 🙂 She loves Jack!
CP: The Ying Tong Song – The Goons
CP: What a Lovely Day! – Matt Mango
Need a new hockey coach here in MN…
CP: Gimme Dat Thing – Pipkins
Women love men who play guitars … no, really. 😉
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1904510
CP:Tequila – Terrorvision
Isn’t that why blokes learn to play guitar?
cough
CP: Doctor Who theme – New World Orchestra.
CP: Wonderwall – Paul Anka
CP: Losing My Religion – R.E.M
CP: Foundations – Kate Nash
CP: Mercy – Duffy
CP: You Can Call Me Al – Paul Simon
Time to hit the sack, night Pan.
A clue on how to get around accessing Spotify from the US:
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/spotifys-restri.html
Night, Van!
CP: All Along the Watchtower – Bob Dylan
CP: Remote Viewing – Tangerine Dream
LOL, I got a glare from Jack.
600?
Dream sweet, Deadpan! Time for this aging broad to start winding down.
CR: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven — Sherman Alexie
Does Jack actually glare? I don’t think I’ve seen that.
Apologies to Van for coming back too late:
Aah AAH!
He’ll save everyone of us!
A Jack Glare.
Crap – we gotta put together our NHL playoff predictions. . . . I’ve been so busy, I barely noticed the season’s end.
Morning Pan, if you are one of those impatient souls you can grab the Caprica pilot from:
http://www.mininova.org/tor/2484828
Is it just me or is the WP bot a bit more lenient on posted URLs these days?
CP: Alone and Forsaken – Emmy Lou Harris and Mark Knopfler
CP: Cold Cold Heart – Lucinda Wlliams
Van, my friend mentioned tonight that the dvd of Caprica came in at her library. I suppose the disadvantage is you should change out of your pjs to pick it up. Should.
Me, I need *much* more mythbusters and ghost hunters to make my recovery go faster. Also House. Let’s just make them shoot my favourite shows on a 24hr round. I’ll watch Hugh Laurie sleep; I’m not fussy…
CP: Mad World (Afterlife remix) – Tears for Fears
New episode of House on BT:
http://www.mininova.org/tor/2485180
Not that I’m trying to tempt you MD.
😉
I’m up way too late. Once again. But I’m glad to see Marlo and Van here.
I wasn’t even aware that Caprica was already set for release.
I’ll watch reactions.
Goodnight mush.
Oh and nicked from MD’s site:
http://www.aharef.info/static/htmlgraph/
Enter a URL (www.jackmangan.com will do) and watch a pattern being created..the deadpan looks pretty…
Sleep Well, Jack.
And Van, I stick to flash streams, since the Conservatives got in and decided to track everything else for possible lawsuits. I don’t need to lose my house (pun unintended, but enjoyed) because I somehow downloaded something Harper didn’t approve of.
Morning pan – Deadpan flash poll:
Side Sleeper, Back Sleeper, or Stomach Sleeper?
I am most definitely a side sleeper. I can fall asleep on my back if I’m really exhausted, but my body will flip to the side at some point.
I’m surprised as well that Caprica is out in the wild already. I’ll be curious to hear reactions also.
Side sleeper at home (right side).
On my back when I stay at my sisters for some reason.
Marlo, if you need more Hugh Laurie, you can queue up the DVD’s of the series Jeeves and Wooster and the later seasons of Blackadder.
I haven’t kept up with House as much these last few seasons, the concept just got too repetitive for me, even if House is a fun ass to watch…..er, that’s not quite what I meant, doh!
Anyway, I always thought it would be great if they would get Stephen Fry as a guest on House some time. That I would definitely tune in for.
Oh, and props to Obama for approving the action to rescue the American ship captain over the weekend. Quite an impressive story.
Not to mention Fry and Laurie comedy series HL did in his younger days.
Side sleeper fer sher.
Best part of the ’80s? Short snakeskin skirts!
Morning Pan!
It’s snowing here. Really.
*sigh* I’m really ready for spring.
On a strange note: It’s national egg salad week here in Canada.
I just don’t know what to say to this.
I only have one playoff prediction
Calgary vs. Chicago.
Chicago in 6.
Morning, Pan! Back sleeper here. Off to another day of reading student essay contest entries.
For the handyman, this is a pretty cool clock
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/bulbdial
Morning, Pan!
I’m a stomach sleeper with aspirations of back sleeping. My feet fall asleep, though, when I sleep on my back. Please don’t tell me what medical condition that means I have. Thanks.
I was just listening to Slice and am a bit stunned by the news that the last Wheel of Time installment is now going to be broken into 3 volumes. Wilco Tango Foxtrot, TOR.
Here’s an expensive set of wings for those cyber-punk angels out there.
http://www.artificeclothing.com/em/shop/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=177
Now we’re doing sleeping positions?
I try to sleep on my side, cuddling into my hubby. However, the cat’s don’t like that. They usually crawl up and down my side until I roll over onto my back. One will sleep between my legs, around my calfs, the other likes to sleep on my pelvis. This works for a while, until my legs fall asleep (kitty syndrome) then I have to roll over to my side and the whole process starts over again.
Holy crap those wings are cool! Interesting site… *delve, delve, delve…*
CP: Evo@11
My cats are being real brats this morning. Yesterday it was 13 degrees so I had the windows open. They got to sit in the windowsill and enjoy the fresh air. Today I refuse to open the windows because, well… it’s snowing. The cats are not happy and letting me know it.
I’m finding Evo@11 hard to listen to. I don’t think I like chipmunk Evo.
CP: Stuff From the B Side
Yeah, but it was only 20 minutes, and now that it’s done they’ll let that gag die.
CP: 60 second Psych
CP: Stuff Mom Never Told You
CP: 60 Second Science
CP: Stuff You Missed in History Class
I’m sad today for a few reasons. First, a dear friend of mine is remembering the death of her brother a year ago today from cancer. Second, an 11 year old boy scout in MA committed suicide because of anti-gay bullying in his school (http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid78827.asp). Third, renowned scholar Eve Sedgewick has died.
That link didn’t link. Try again:
http://tinyurl.com/cdokck
CP: 60 Second Science – Heart Keeps Pumping Out New Cells
CP – Stuff You Should Know
CP: Contagious #19 – This is a gruesome episode….
CP – Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average)
CP: Sweetness Follows — R.E.M.
Currently frustrated with my computer. It’s partially disassembled so I can do disk recovery on an old disk. It’s a slow process: about 3 days so far. In the meantime, I don’t have access to my podcasts and a bunch of other stuff. 🙁
Done listening to podcasts for the time. Now:
CR (currently reading) Death From the Skies – Philip Plait
CP: Yesterday’s Fresh Air. Gay porn icon Jack Wrangler remembered (he died recently of emphysema).
CP: Metermaid — Galactic
CP: 52 Girls — The B-52s
CP: Mama’s Trippin’
+ — Ben Harper
CP: Hell’s Bells — AC/DC
WNDR, no kidding about Sigler’s latest episode. I should be disturbed, but Scott and just grown into a very compelling writer.
Energizer Bunny- thanks for that link for those wings. I have a friend who is obsessed that she needs to have wings 🙂 I sent her the link, I am sure she will be most happy.
Wait, did Ed just say something good about Obama??? Am I dreaming? Wait, I know… someone else was that posting under Ed’s name?!!?!??! 😉 just kidding Ed 🙂
Hugh is going to be watching the hockey playoffs in hopes of some Chicago goodness
Hugh sez: Chicago is in the playoffs in both hockey and basketball!! My life is good right now 🙂
He is so happy 🙂
what the fuck is up with me and the smiley overdose all the time?
Hugh, we can get to comment 666!!
Ok wait there was something else I wanted to respond to in the comments….
Ed – I sleep with on my stomach with my arms wrapped around a giant pillow.
Oh how I love my pillows.
Oh yeah, Hugh remembered…
I am a stomach sleeper, with my arms curled under my pillow
Hugh sez: I’m a side/stomach laying half on top of Andrea sleeper
LOL. He is 🙂 Sometimes he crushes me. I wake up and I realize I’m stuck underneath Hugh and can’t move 🙂
Hugh sez: sorry babe
its ok 🙂 you know I love it
the number of the beast
I think it is so hilarious that the automated Google Ads on a page discussing Joss Whedon’s “Serenity” will invariably come up with at least one bladder control link.
w00t!
ooo. almost missed you guys in my quest for 666
Hi CJ and JB 🙂
Bye CJ and JB
Hugh sez: bye
I either sleep on my stomach or on my right side. When I can sleep.
TEB – Chipmunk Evo is, thankfully, not throughout the entire show, but ScottyJ was here when I listened and he didn’t know Evo was going to be chipmunked.
I checked the UStream to see if the original was there, but they didn’t record that one. 🙁
CP: You Shook Me All Night Long — AC/DC
OhMiGosh… so many comments… I can’t keep up! It’s heavenly!
My son (3yo) is running around the house naming all of the items.
Door, trash, bathtub, shower, pants, eggs, closet.
It’s all very exciting.
CP: She Loves Me – Stephen Duffy
CP: Lullaby – The Cure
CP: Counting the Days – Goldfinger
And that’s all I get! Time for playgroup – gotta go!
Why do I love the angry music so much?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIw3x_1z1E8&feature
CP: Out of my mind — James Blunt
CP: Man Of Golden Words — Mother Love Bone
CP: Jamaica Mistaica — Jimmy Buffett
CP: Goldfinger – Shirley Bassey
CP: From Russia With Love – Matt Monro
CP: You Only Live Twice – Nancy Sinatra
*Surface. . . gasp for air. . . submerged again. . .*
CP: Thunderball – Tom Jones
CP: Diamonds are Forever – Shirley Bassey
For chemical nitpickers, graphite is the more stable form elemental carbon at temperatures and pressures found on the surface of the Earth..diamonds slowly turn to graphite.
You will be tested later.
Well that was your Sean Connery James Bond films interlude, normal surface is resumed.
CP: News At Ten – The Vapors
What film did you see today, Van?
Fifty Deadmen Walking about an IRA informer.
I think Jack is drowning in all the nipples.
Not bad, but Ben Kingsley was wooden in this flick.
CP: Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
CP: The Gambler – Thea Gilmore
Sounds intense!
CP: Giant Steps — Jennifer Batten
It was in places.
CP: O’Rafferty’s Motor Car – Val Doonican
I’m enjoying Dead Space on the 360.
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/deadspace/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;read-review
It’s a beautiful looking game. At times, however, I feel like they’ve recycled some story concepts from both Aliens and Halo. Plus, so far, they’ve used two standard SciFi gaming tropes that I don’t like: shooting asteroids to protect the ship, and the unkillable monster.
700
CP: Christmas Dream – Perry Como
The song at the start of the Odessa File movie.
Don’t get me started ditto, I will bore you about how Alone in the Dark got there first..
cough
CP: Fancy — Yeah Yeah Yeahs
CP: Early Morning Rain – Gordon Lightfoot
Nice lunch. Found out hubby won’t be home for dinner tonight. Parent council meeting. What should I have, hmmm…
Now back to X-Blades
Just looked down and saw I have ketchup all over my shirt from my lunchtime hotdog. tsk, tsk. Can’t take me anywhere 🙂
CP: Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison.
CP: Beer – Big Reel Fish
CP: Argh..I’m a Pirate – Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer
CP: Ask – The Lascivious Biddies
CP: Ask – Big Reel Fish & Zolof
CP: She Has A Girlfriend Now – Big Reel Fish
I am living in leftovers land. All the food in my house is leftovers…
Mmmmm – I’m sensing an egg salad sandwich in my future.
I’ve posted a lot today.
CP: Tales Of A Scorched Earth — Smashing Pumpkins
CP: Too Good To Be Forgotten – Amazulu
CP: Too Much Too Young – The Specials
Finished X-Blades.
Apparently I didn’t get the good ending
Not worth it to play it again, though. Will have to settle for seeing it on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEppydgxnXs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mahalo.com%2FX-Blades_Walkthrough_Finale&feature=player_embedded
CP: Taste Of Blood – Mazzy Star
CP: Little Red Riding Hood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J1XqEX3VBc
Here’s the original
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdVVLbe1rfY&feature=related
Breakout – Swing Out Sister
Ok, gone for the day.
Later, Pan!
CP: Missing – Everything But The Girl
Be seeing ya, TEB!
CP: Strange and Beautiful (I’ll Put a Spell on You) – Aqualung
Van: I agree. It’s annoying when an otherwise good game uses old, boring techniques.
Yeah TEB, just remember to get cleaned up..you wouldn’t want to be a dirty bunny.
cough!
cya TEB
CP: I Bleed — Pixies
CP: Bank Job — Barenaked Ladies
Inside the police car you tried to explain
Your crisis of conscience, the voice in your brain
And now that the whole thing has gone down the drain
I think we all know who should shoulder the blame
Cause you made a choice there, almost sublime
I’m all for compassion, just not on my dime
You looked like an amateur, and that’s the real crime
So I’ll take a walk now, and you’ll do the time
CP: Kiss You All Over – Exile
CP: Sexy Sadie — The Beatles
CP: Only God Knows Why – Kid Rock
CP: River Valley — Moxy Fruvous
CP: The Town Crotch — Jonathan Coulton
*giggle*
CP: Der Kommissar – After the Fire
So, I’m a nerd. I made this with http://wordle.net because I’m avoiding the work that I should totally be doing instead.
It’s the 75 words most used on this page after removing common words and dates, etc.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3641/3442242793_aa1998c1c5_o.jpg
I’m hoping the link works.
CP: The Breakup Song – Greg Kihn Band
I kind of love that, Cj! My favorite part: “Morning” is a big word on there! Getting good mornings from you guys is one of the best parts of my day.
Yep. I love that and seeing everyone’s names and other words that jump out at me which made me smile are “Thanks” “Love” “think” and “sleep”.
Those are four of my favorite things to do!
CP: When I’m With You – Sheriff
The giant VANAMONDE is awesome too!
Well, Vanamonde is extremely awesome and so, therefore, is his presence! 🙂
Dammit, this song always makes me cry.
I’m a blubbering idiot today.
Knock it off, Cj. I am a bit teary today as well. And NOW I know why!
Good morning.
The bulbdial is awesome, though well beyond the capabilities of my hands to make. That sentence is tortured.
Ooooh! CyberTek Wings are…
ow. $1000. I guess I won’t be getting these as presents for anyone.
Hey Wolf! I finally got caught up on the WOT re-reads. It only took me, what? Another two weeks?
I even read some of the comments!
Which WOT are you kids talking about?
Wheel of Time!
Did you hear that effing shit/read my post above about the last volume being broken into three? I am unhappy.
But, I love that series! I’m subscribing to the comics.
I’m not a very mean fan . . .
I just finished a re-read of WOT myself, maybe a month ago.
… Comics?
And as for the last volume being “broken” into thirds, well, I never believed that ANYONE could wrap that story up in one volume without doing a BSG on it and just handwaving most of the story lines. I was guessing two more books to get to Tarmon Gai’don and a final book for the final battle and character wrap-ups.
So this bad news makes me happy. It means, as far as I can tell, that Sanderson is actually doing a good job of finishing up what Jordan started.
(I had to cheat and look up the proper spelling of Tarmon Gai’don.)
And, I just heard from Sly B that we were having green chili goat cheese burgers for dinner, so I must dart. Enjoy your evenings, Deadpan!
Comics! http://www.dragonmount.com/News/?p=356
I think they will start coming out in June. TFAW only has Issue 2 listed, so I’m still looking.
Leigh Butler is doing a recap and commentary re-read of WOT over at tor.com and is about a third of the way through Shadow Rising right now. I am enjoying getting to see someone else’s perspective on the series. Especially since I stopped doing the series re-read before each new book around book 7.
Ok, really darting now.
Giving EssBee a *bighug* before she darts!
My dear is going to kill me. I just reactivated my subscription with SciFiGenre and popped the WOT comics into my pull list.
And Farscape.
According to SciFiGenre, Eyes [sic] of the World #0 is late and #1 is due May 13.
Yeah, I’m also a fan of Weird Old Transvestite comics. . . Or. . . do you guys mean a different WOT?
I’m not familiar with Weird Old Transverstites. Who does the inking?
I like that one too, Jack.
Nomad Scry, is ScifiGenre a bookstore?
JfS, we’re CW: a documentary called Straight Acting on the Documentary Channel about a Mormon guy who figures out he’s queer via a gay rugby team. Gay rugby is HUGE!
SciFiGenre is a comics & games store based in Durham, NC. They are also the online comic store that I prefer.
http://www.scifigenre.com/
I have been using them for several years, off and on. I’ve tried TFAW and while I thought the website was way slicker, the service itself kinda pissed me off.
And these are pretty!
http://www.scifigenre.com/itemDetailPhoto.aspx?sid=LTJ1TOJGOM1RJGM&nItemID=54514
Good night Deadpan.
Tommorow I will read an e-mail.
Tonight, … I leave you with the Beatles.
+++
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye
Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye
Boy, you’re going to carry that weight,
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you’re going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
I never give you my pillow
I only send you my invitations
And in the middle of the celebrations
I break down
Boy, you’re going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
Boy, you’re going to carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
G’night JJ, and I hope your email is full of goodness.
Morning Pan, well back to work today, meh!
Oooh NS, those dice are gorgeous! I love!
That collage of songs to finish up Abbey Road is absolutely brilliant. One inter-dependent mini-song after another. Good choice of lyrics, J0e – and good luck.
Here I am, up late yet again – but still need to do a few things before bed, and work in the morning. So yeah. Goodnight mush.
Gah, tomorrow is gonna suck.
Sorry to hear about that, Jack. Good luck with whatever it is.
Man, you guys have been busy yesterday. I have to agree with the sentiment that breaking up the last “book” of WOT into three will be a good thing. the WOT universe has been in constant expansion from its big bang in Eye of the World. Expecting it to fully contract and resolve all those disparate threads in one book (even if it is an 800 page tome) would have been a tall order.
I suppose the danger is too many of the hard core automatically trashing the next book as sucking since Jordan obviously won’t be writing it himself. That could hurt sales of the last two. But, I think most who have been following it this far are going to want to see the end.
RE: Obama – while I find very little to like about him as a president, I’ll gladly show support when he finds himself on the right track.
🙂
That was definitely a cool word picture of this week’s deadpan thread.
Oh, and I asked about sleep position because the night before I bought a new pillow (along with the wife and kids, cause you just can’t buy one, apparently). I had never noticed before that the pillows indicated that some types were better for different type sleepers, so I had to think about myself.
Once more unto the breach….
Morning Pan!
No snow this morning – Woot!
In other inane news, I’m going to be a traitor for the week and NOT have egg salad for breakfast.
Boo Hiss TEB.
Personally they are few things more revolting than egg salad.
There, waffles in my tummy.
Roomba running in the background.
Now to do some work.
CP: PCMag Radio
CP: Scientific American Podcast
CP: The Onion Radio News
CP: Pseudopod #137
CP: Suspension (Theme Song to “Buck Rodger in the 25th Century”)
FYI – Gil Gerard looked really old when I saw him at DragonCon back in 2007.
CP: Stuff You should Know
+s
CP: Heartbeat City – The Cars
The NASA node naming contest is resolved! This came in just now from my better half:
NASA NEW SPACE STATION MODULE NAME HONORS APOLLO 11 ANNIVERSARY
WASHINGTON — The International Space Station module formerly known as Node 3 has a new name. After more than a million online responses, the node will be called “Tranquility.”
Good morning, Deadpan!
Yes, but at least Colbert it getting a treadmill named after him….
“NASA and Colbert compromised by naming a treadmill used for exercising in space after Colbert. NASA, itself an acronym (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), often names things so they spell out something fun. And that’s what they did with the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT).”
Good morning, EssBee 🙂
CP: Breath of Life – Lord of the Rings Score – Howard Shore
How did Tranquility get the nod. Last I heard, Serenity was next after Colbert
CP: Spock’s Arrival – Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Jerry Goldsmith
A little more:
The treadmill is targeted to launch to the station in August. It will be installed in Tranquility after the node arrives at the station next year. A newly-created patch will depict the acronym and an illustration of the treadmill.
Yes, the patch looks pretty funny. Saw it on the news this morning, but haven’t yet found a link to an online version.
CP: If I were You – Celine Dion
They probably passed on Serenity as part of the compromise to avoid a global nuclear catastrophe between NASA and Colbert. After all, Serenity was effectively a campaign by the Browncoats as much as Colbert’s efforts were. I can see them deciding to choose neither to keep some semblance of peace.
I think I heard that Tranquility was actually the 8th place vote getter.
Oooh, looky, we broke 800 this week.
CP: Dangerous Adversary – SeqQuest DSV – John Debney
CP: Who Can it Be Now? – Men at Work
CP: Will You Still Love Me? – Chicago
We broke 800…
Damn how can we get this fixed?
I officially like Kelly Clarkson’s voice.
CP: Stuff from the B Side
As long as it’s official, EssBee
I’m getting my grandmonther one of those digital picture frames for her birthday. So I’m scanning in a bunch of old pictures to put onto it ahead of time. God I look funky in a frizzy perm and giant sunglasses. Must have been my hippy faze.
TEB – I want to see the pictures of you, please, thanks. 🙂
Good morning all. I would never eat egg salad for breakfast. Mustard and relish are in my egg salad and those are not Cj-approved breakfast foods.
I have headphones on, but I’m not listening to anything.
Today I’m focusing on finding my Gram a neurologist, cleaning house, doing laundry, and possibly grocery shopping.
Right now – I’m simply enjoying my silent headphones and some good, strong coffee.
I like Kelly Clarkson too.
CP: Be Here Now — Oasis
CP: The Dead Robots Society #77. Nathan Lowell and PG Holyfield.
All yours CJ
CP: Quirks and Quarks
Chipmunk Evo is kinda rough, I agree TEB.
CP: All Around The World — Oasis
CP: The Goood Years – Karine Polwart
-o
Fact: White noise can help with your balance.
CP: All Around My Hat – Steeleye Span
CE: Maltesers
CP: Heaven is a Place on Earth – Belinda Carlisle
CP: The Soundstage Sessions album — Stevie Nicks
The old girl still sounds pretty good, IMO.
CP: Babe – Styx
CP Marrakesh Express – Crosby. Stills, and Nash.
CP: As Time Goes By – Dooley Wilson
CP: Forever Autumn – Justin Hayward
This is a great video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
CP: Beach House On The Moon — Jimmy Buffett
ditto – That is one of my favorite albums…
CP: The Eve of the War – War of the Worlds (Jeff Wayne)
This might be worth renting: The Pervert’s Guide To Cinema 1, 2, 3
http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-perverts-guide-to-cinema-1-2-3,26662/
Do I really need to wear these pants?
Ah Richard Burton had a great voice.
No pants, no service?
Big Bang Theory on Monday was excellent.
The ending of that epsiode was class ditto.
I’d forgotten how good that Jeff Wayne album was…
CP: Hold On Tight – ELO
CP: System Addict – Five Star
CP: Black Coffee – All Saints
No pants- easy service.
Van: I agree. I also loved a lot of the comic book discussion and the debate on Battle for the Cowl, even if I haven’t been buying DC for a long time.
Holy crap! I’m
CP: ADD Cast 064 Jedi School Dropout
I understand the logic that most audiophiles put forward, but I’m not sure I really agree with it. The cost certainly isn’t worth it to me.
http://i.gizmodo.com/5213042/why-we-need-audiophiles
Jack stood at the bottom of the apartment stairs. Over at the bar Joe had a sort of concave mass of crumpled newspaper sitting at one end of the bar. He took a deep breath in, and blew it out, then set a mug on the bar and gave it a purposeful shove. It slid and spun its way about two-thirds of the length of the surface, but stopped well shot of the newspapers.
CW: Fringe E16
Ugh “short”
Agreed, ditto. I admire audiophiles, though $350K could surely be put to better use.
I have a workmate/friend who constantly teases my love for my iPod. I used to have a pretty nice stereo setup when I was young and carefree, but my stereo now serves as a homemade surround-sound for the TV only. I don’t think we’ve played a CD in the thing for over a year.
I have some auditory processing issues, which is probably why I can’t hear the difference. I’ll spend my $$ on other things.
JB, are Jack and Joe wearing pants in this story? I think it’s important for your readers visualization efforts.
Ditto – sending youtube videos that make me cry. dammit.
Cj, seriously, no crying!
I thought it was a standing rule that Jack’s bar was a no pants establishment.
Good gods I hope so. I’m not sure what Joe looks like without his pants on. I’m not sure if I’ve seen Jack sans trousers, but I guess if I have I’ve sucessfully wiped it from my brain.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure there are hundreds of reasonably sane women for whom trouserless Mangan would be a real treat, and more than a few guys, but I don’t need the mental picture stored up…
JB and I did share a room last year. In Vegas.
I’m guessing from the writeup that this guy might be able to tell the difference between $1000/ft speaker wire and connections made from bent wire hangers.
Part of the problem with modern music is that it is more and more optimized for radio play and lossy compression. So, a Hi-Def recording of something that was mastered like crap to begin with won’t do you much good.
Garbage In Garbage Out
eh?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_in,_garbage_out
ZP goes all arty farty as he examines Madworld:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/673-MadWorld
CP: A Sorta Fairytale — Tori Amos
Bravo Vanamonde, I think GIGO should be brought into the forefront of people’s minds. Old coding truism that applies to so much more than applications.
And PEBKAC is the greatest new acronym IMO.
CP: Rich Woman — Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
JB – I’m reasonably sane. 😉
almost at 1000 people!
its cool about Obama Ed 🙂 I just have to make my dumb jokes 🙂
Cj ignored my hello!!! Last time I say hello to you Missy!!! Just kidding 😉
I don’t know JB, methinks seeing Jack sans pantalones would be damn memorable 😉 *swooon*
alight my contribution to 1000 for the day:
where: Hugh’s office at work
what: checking Deadpan while waiting for Hugh
listening: Airborne Toxic Event
TSH – HELLOOOO! I didn’t mean to miss it. I’ll make it up to you!
I think it was yesterday right? Because if it was after the comment about Jack without pants – I uhm… ok there went my focus again..
What were we talking about?
Cj! we commented at the same time!
we had a moment
*swooon2*
its cool CJ, I was just joking.. like I’m keeping up with the comments so well or something 😉
no worries
[tangent freak out]
In exactly 11 days we are going to see Throbbing Gristle!!
Throbbing Gristle are considered the “fathers of industrial music” they haven’t been in the United States in like.. jesus.. 20 years-ish?
They are playing 4 shows over 2 nights here in Chicago.. I can’t believe I’m going to see them
[/tangent freak out]
Aw! Swoooon! 🙂
Ok, Hugh should be here any minute.. I should get off his computer
we have a hot lunch date 🙂
Nothing more romantic than the financial district of Chicago on a weekday afternoon.
everyone have a good day
take care
dre
🙂
bye!!
ps- I think as a community we should demand Jack post pictures of himself without pants
dont you guys agree? 😉
CP: Trust in You — The Offspring
Deadpan comments: pants optional
Currently rocking out to The Offspring’s “Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace”
m/
I thought somebody already took pics of him pantless on a bus or something.
Yep. The AZ no pants day.
Woo Hoo – I just stole a camera!
Well, ok, not literally, but I did score a really good deal.
http://www.jr.com/nikon/pe/NKN_D90KIT_hy_RB/
J&R took an extra $100 of this refurbished kit today. That knocks it down to a little over 20% off the cost of a fully new one. Pretty much getting the lens for free.
Pardon me while I do a jig….
I’m Batman.
(ok, gonna vanish for awhile. Enjoy.)
Hmm, we may actually break a thousand this week.
Alright, works calls for me, so I leave with:
CP: Inara’s Suite – Firefly TV Soundtrack – Greg Edmonson
Tights don’t count as pants.
Andrea, I’m officially jealous. Yeah, a buddy of mine emailed me a Craigslist posting for a pair of VIP tix for that show complete with backstage, meet-and-greet, etc.
But no way we are swinging a weekend in Chicago plus the tickets themselves this year.
I wish I would have known that bit about tights sooner.
Since he vanished, I’ll post the link – http://www.flickr.com/photos/8055600@N02/3187262268/sizes/o/
Batman.
I don’t have a flickr account. At least not yet.
You should be able to see it, even without a flickr account.
Somehow I’m getting redirected to a Yahoo signing page if I use your link. This works fine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8055600@N02/3187262268
Stupid web.
Currently getting pissed off by conference call.
My brain is going two dozen directions at once today. Even the 35-minute walk at lunch hour didn’t really help, though I did see a turtle.
Tights = not happening.
I sneaked back in to post this – – I hope I have time to post it on the main page. . . . My official 2009 NHL playoff predictions:
Bruins over Canadiens in 7
Capitals over Rangers in 4
Devils over Canes in 6
Flyers over Pens in 7
Sharks over Ducks in 7
Wings over Blue Jackets in 5
Canucks over Blues in 5
Flames over Blackhawks in 7
CP: The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill — The Beatles
CP: Babylon – Faster Pussycat
Predictions:
Bruins over Canadiens in 6
Capitals over Rangers in 5
Devils over Canes in 7
Pens over Flyers in 6
Sharks over Ducks in 5
Wings over Blue Jackets in 4
Canucks over Blues in 6
Flames over Blackhawks in 7
Scott Sigler is attending the San Francisco tea party today. Hmm.
900
CP: I Have a Dream – Amanda Seyfried
CP: Dinner Party Download – Episode 20
“Blackjacked with an Otter Pop” has got to be my favorite phrase contained within.
CP: I’m So Tired — The Beatles
It’s so true!
CP: Annabella’s Song – Everclear
CP: Beyond The Wheel — Soundgarden
CP: Stars on 45
CW: Epic Fu: how to get a million rabid fans
How long has it been? Three months? Four?
CP: Romeo Had Juliette — Lou Reed
Nice video game music videos in there, hi-fi (Royksopp) and lo-fi (superpowerless) but both with some awesome attached.
Hmmmmmm! :
http://www.nationalreview.com/derbyshire/derbyshire082801.shtml
CP: Mrs. Leroy Brown — Loretta Lynn
CP: Don’t Panic — Coldplay
Beep
boop
Beep
boop
ditto, are you being Pong today?
Not without a Ping.
CP: Babylon – David Gray
CP: I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight – Bob Dylan
bip
bap
ping
CP: Birthday — The Beatles
CP: Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You — Lauren Hill
CP: Dreadlock Holiday – 10cc
CP:Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes
CP: So Real — Jeff Buckley
CP: The Day We Caught The Train – Ocean Colour Scene
CP: Red Alert 3 Remix
CP: Rock This Town – Stray Cats
CP: Save Me — Aimee Mann
CP: When Loves Breaks Down – Prefab Sprout
Wolf, excellent growling. Very impressed.
Nomad, thanks for the info on the book store!
I learned a new word last night.
Weeaboo.
Cute, huh?
CP: Cars & Girls – Prefab Spout
Sounds like a breakfast cereal NS.
EssBee – My pleasure!
“Weeaboo: It’s what’s cooking.” Heh. My young aussie muse used it for a nipponaphile. Though I’m not clear on the spelling there…
CP: Real Gone Kid – Deacon Blue
CP: Stuck In The Middle With You – Stealer’s Wheel
Not to be morbid, but that one is you know the ONE.
CP: Miserlou – Dick Dale
CP: Monster Mash – Bobby (Boris) Pickett
CP: Everybody’s Changing – Keane
CP: Revolution 9 — The Beatles
Number 9
Number 9
Number 9
CP: Black Coffee in Bed – Squeeze
CP: Make it With You – Bread
CP: Teen Age Riot — Sonic Youth
Back to the random 4 meme:
Radar She Moby Appetite
I wonder what happens if I use the band name instead…
Great The Surplus Cracker
Now for albums:
Greatest Ixnay Prolonging Up
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming…
Albums:
Legend Dr. Radio Cat
Artists:
Ani Ozomatli Bruce Led
CW: Chuck S2E20
Led David F5 Joe
Albums:
Mad Stay One Enchanted
Artists:
Katrina Melissa Soft Thomas
CP: Under the Water – Merrill Bainbridge
Santana Liz Pink The
CP: Sharks Can’t Sleep — Tracy Bonham
A – Albatross!
B – Biggus Dickus
C – Camelot
D – Dinsdale
E – Exploding Blue Danube
E – Eric Idle
F – French sketch
G – Gorilla Librarian
H – How To Irritate People
I – “It’s. . .”
J – Johann Gambulputty (sp?)
K – Kilimanjaro
LOL
K – Knights of the Round Table
K- Knight of the Order of Dead Chicken, The
L – Lumberjack
L- Luigi Vercotti
M- Monty Python Flying Circus
M – Meat sketch
N – Ni!
I detect a hint of redundancy here.
N – Nudge Nudge
gotta run! Can’t wait to see how this ends!
O – O’ Tracey, Mrs
P- Parrot, Dead
Q-Queen Victoria
R- Ralph Garibaldi
S – Spam
S- Spiny Norman
T – TF Gumby
U – Upper Class Twit of the Year
T – Time Bandits
U – Upperclass Twit
hehe
V – Village Idiot
V – Verybigliar, Mr
W – Wang
X – Ximinez (Spanish Inquisition)
Y – Yokel
Z – Zatapathique
My F5 Key is going to get worn out awfully quick this way.
CP: No Cheap Thrill – Suzanne Vega
I didn’t know F5 refreshed the web browser.
Doh!
1000
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahaha!
cough
CP: John Hardy – Martin Simpson
Night Pan.
Night, Van. I’ll probably be here when you get up.
It’s Wednesday.
You guys make me so proud….*not going to tear up*
Deadpan is the way.
Deadpan is the Jack-without-pants Way. (Yes, this much later – I have a one-track mind)
WOOHOO! 1000 POSTS!!!! Wow, it’s been a while since we’ve accomplished that. GO, DEADPAN!!!
Anyway. Catching up with some comments:
Re: NASA node-naming story: I was really rooting for “Serenity,” but I understand why they went with “Tranquility.” I’m really happy to hear about the compromise with Stephen Colbert, too. 🙂
I was going to mention the pictures from No Pants AZ, but ditto and Cj beat me to it.
Yes, a “weeaboo” is indeed a Nipponophile.
And now, a random story:
They make some pretty strong coffee at the Literacy Coalition office. I was down there today reading student essays and writing comments on them. I drank some coffee at around 10:15 in the morning and was still feeling buzzed well into mid-afternoon. Then again, the fact that I was racing to finish all the essays by the end of the day probably contributed to the ongoing adrenaline rush. I ended up reading and commenting on 78 essays (okay, some of them were only a sentence or two long) over a period of 6 hours and 45 minutes. After subtracting an estimated 30 minutes of lunch and bathroom breaks, that’s an average of one essay every 4.8077 minutes. Pretty darn fast, and it felt insanely fast for much of the time I was doing it.
Deadpan is the Mutha Humping Way.
CW: Grass
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0214730/
awww.. good job everyone!! Reminds of the old days *sniff* *sniff*
Oh yeah I forgot about Jack “Batman” Mangan on the subway 🙂
Someone needs to get a tan!!! 😉
well we came on here to help to get to 1000
Hugh sez: might as well just make our way to 1100
yes! 🙂
CP: Alkaline Trio – We Can Never Break Up
Yes! Why not 1111?
JB- Cool! I know its a lot to travel up here for, I understand! If you do make it, we’ll buy a drink at the show(s)
Yes!
1111
Should we do an ABC?
Hugh sez: sure, what topic
ABC of Jack Mangan.. I know its been done before, but what da hell
Hugh sez: crap.. the pressure what if we fail?
egads.. good point. We’ll do our bestest
ABCs of Jack Mangan
A- Arizona
B – Batman Boxers
B- errr.. he’s a boy?
ummm….
Hugh sez: I think he would resent ‘boy’
yes.. sorry Jackamo 🙂
B…
lets see
Books, he writes books!
LOL!!
yes!!
Batman
perfect
Hugh sez: good one essbee
Gracias.
C
oh man we are sucking at this
Hugh sez: this could take us a while
C for Calls cus he always asks everyone to call him
C –
…
D for Deadpan
shut up wordpress!!!!
E- everyone.. cuz Deadpan is part of everyone
F – Fates (Dual of)
F
Fox, JB’s son ?
ok that isn’t abaout Jack..
Hugh sez: we could make this the ABCs of Deadpan to make it easier on us
true!
essbee shows us up again
G- Great content
G – guitar
H- Hilarious
Oooh, TSH’s is better!
and yet again
essbee we are humbled by your excellence
I – introbabble
J- JACKAMO!!!!!
🙂
K –
Hugh sez: Knights who go nee?
LOL
K for Killing us with his jokes
or……
K for his killer legs
Hugh sez: watch it woman I’m going to start getting jealous!!
L- Lowbrow
M- Memories of the dumbass variety
N- Navel, contents of
nice ones!
O- outrobabble
thanks!
P- paragraphs, stolen
Q- Questors! by the ambassador!
I think we struggled with Q last time
R – Repo-palooza
R- Rap lyrics, stolen
no, Repo-pan
Beg your pardon!
S- stolen everything’s
Spherical Tomi!
yes repo-pan!
T- Tomi baby
U
errr
essbee?
U – unshow
I got a mention in a TSH alphabet game! *swoon*
U- Universe of Jack Mangan
Underwear
Hugh sez: we’re reaching here
well you are the ambassador!
V- voicemails
W – watchmania
LOL
I have every form of music on my iTunes you can imagine and guess what just shuffled??
Do-Re-Mi from The Sound of Music
Hugh sez: *groan*
watchamania!!!
X- oh God X…
Xray Spex
Xtra content
Xmen movie? Did he ever discuss the Xmen movie?
X – Xcellent
Y- Years of Deadpan fun
X – x-rated
Z
Zoo, Deadpan is a zoo 🙂
?
w00t!
ok.. we were reaching on a few of those
Very nicely done!
no wait
Zardoz!
now we need another ABC
Hugh sez: we need to shuffle past this fucking Do-Re-Me song!!!
sorry Hugh!
we’ll do an easy one,
ABCs of bands
Essbee or Ci or whomever just jump in whenever you want
A
Aerosmith
Airborne Toxic Event
Agnostic Front
Amy Winehouse
Aaliyah
A – AudraRox (ok it’s kids music, but they rock!)
B
Boys To Men (LOL)
Boston
Big Black
Black Flag
Beethoven
B
Beastie Boys
TSH is so much faster than me! 😉
C
Current 93
Clock DVA
Cure
Castle
Cyberaktif
C
Cars
Creed
D
Dead or Alive
Depeche Mode
Dierks Bentley
Diary Of Dreams
B
BB King
The Be Good Tanyas
The Beatles
Ben Harper
Big Youth
Billy Joel
Blind Melon
E
Eurythmics
Eddie Money
ELO
E
Eurythmics
Eistruzende Neubauten
El Otro Yo
Elf Power
Electric Six
F
Front 242
Franz Ferdinand
Flobots
Funker Vogt
G
Go Team
Go-Gos
GOrillaz
Gnarls Barkley
Goldfrapp
H
Herbie Mann
Hendrix, Jimi
Hateful Monday
Haujobb
Helmet
Heartless Bastards
I
Incubus
Information Society
Incubus
Iron Maiden
Interpol
J
Joy Division
Juanes
Jesus Lizard
Janes Addication
John Legend
John Hooker
K
KMFDM
Kills
Killers
K-OS
Killing Joke
Killswitch Engage
L
Love and Rockets
Laibach
Leather Strip
Ladytron
Lily Allen
Lenny Kravitz
M
Madonna
Ministry
Mates Of State
Mars Volta
Missy Elliott
M
Motley Crue
Manheim Steamroller
Manhattan Transfer
Meatloaf
N
Naked Raygun
New Order
Nine Inch Nails
Nick Cave
I LOVE Missy Elliott
I would totally gay marry her in Iowa.
O
Oingo Boingo
(good ones Cj)
Overkill
Oasis
Of Montreal
Ohgr
Outkast
Offspring
N
No Doubt
NoFX
Nine Inch Nails
OMG, I LOVE Nick Cave too. If I married him, would it still be gay marriage?
P
Pigface
Pailhead
Pavement
Pennywise
Police
PJ Harvey
P
Poe
Pixies
PseudoEcho
Police
Psychedelic Furs
I was at a wedding a few years back and met Adrian Young, the drummer for No Doubt. The bride, his aunt, is one of my best friends. Truth be told, he wasn’t very nice to his wife.
Q
Queen
Queenryche
Queens of the Stone Age
Hugh sez: are there any non Queen Q bands?
errrr…
Queen Latifah?
NO
Q-Feel!!!
Q
Queen
Quiet Riot
Queensryche
And I LOVE the Pixies. Same question – would I have to go to Iowa to marry the Pixies?
People who aren’t nice to their wives suck
Hugh sez: amen
w00t!!!!
R
Ratt
Real Life
Rembrandts
Red Hot Chili Peppers
REO
Rush
R
Revolting Cocks
Ray Charles
Ratatat
Ramones
Rancid
Rick Astley!!!
Agreeing with Hugh and TSH
S
Skinny Puppy
Sick of it all
Sonic Youth
Say Anything
Santigold
S
Supertramp
Simple Minds
Sparks
Slayer
Skid Row
Stevie Nicks
I apparently still live in the 80’s.
T
Throbbing Gristle!!
Talking Heads
Therapy
Thelonious MOnk
Talk Talk
T
Toto
Talk Talk
Twisted Sister
Tears for Fears
U
80s aint a bad place to live 🙂
U2
Unkle
Urge Overkill
Usher
Underworld
1111!
V
Vampire Weekend
Vandals
Van Halen
Vangelis
Various Artists (LOL.. thank you for that Hugh)
w00t2!!
W
White Stripes
White Lies
Weezer
White Zombie
X
XTC
X
X
X-marks the Pedwalk
Y
Yaz
Yello
Yeasayer
Awesome job, TSHs and Cj! I am impressed!
As I’m fighting the sniffles and have taken cold medicine, I think I’m gonna call it a night.
Have a good one!
Z
ZZ Top
Zombie Nation
Night Essbee
Hugh and I are about done here ourselves
thank you EssBee and Cj for all your wonderful help
Glad we could help out ourselves to bring Deadpan back to its old glory days of nipples 🙂
Hugh sez: she said nipples!
🙂
Ok, somehwere Jackamo is dreaming up the next Deadpan maybe
Hugh sez: or thinking.. fuck, man what am I going to do tonight with Deadpan?
🙂 probably
everyone have a good night
hope you feel better EssBee
Smarty Hotties out
G’nite everyone.
BTW – this was my first experience of a >1000 messages on Deadpan.
I no longer consider myself a newbie 🙂
Still at work. There will be Unshow tonight!
Congratulations, Cj. 🙂
I’ve been at work on Questors #5 for the last hour or so. Yay for Spring Break! I think I’ll go to bed in a little while, too.
Okay, I’m calling it a night. Good night, Pan.
“Hugh sez: we need to shuffle past this fucking Do-Re-Me song!!!”
I literally LOL’ed.
Wow! There was a lot more of the 80s & 90s punk than I expected!
And that is where the answer to TSHs question about Qs is found… The Queers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queers
Did you see tonight’s shirt.woot.com yet? I think I like it, but I’m not sure. It is a lot busier than I normally care for.
Morning Pan, you goto sleep for a few hours and miss all the fun, another grey day.
Morning, Van. Told you I’d be here 🙂
NS – I think it’s a pretty cool shirt! The colors are pretty bright tho! Kinda 80’s..
/Waves at Cj
Let the F5 battle begin…
OK. A little while to go before we Un. Not too too long though.
Un un un un un un un un un un un un
Well, it was funnier in my head.
CJ – I “woke up” or “sprang fully formed into the world” in 1991, so quite a lot of the 80s are … curious, rather than nostalgic.
F5 F5 F5 F5 F5
mashing button furiously …
or am I un-mashing?
Try CTRL-SHIFT-R for a quick change of pace.
Or Ctrl-Alt-Delete to ‘lose’
I like ALT-F4 too… it gives me closure.
Unshow posted. I’m off.
So if >1000 comments makes one not a newbie, does that mean I broke my virginity and in that same thread I became a wise sage?