Darth Drabek

I thought the training montage was pretty funny. Reminded me of some of their other work... Always fade out in a monnn-tage. If you fade out it looks like more time is passsss-innnng

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Jack the Ripper (acoustic) Nobody does menacing like Mr. Cave. Edit: Now it's some serious funk as provided by Mr. Mus? Stevie Wonder - Superstition

My very own birthday thread! It's been a great birthday weekend so far, and the pics/posts here just added to it. I'll go through the YouTube links in order, although that means prying my brand-spankin-new Nick Cave three-disc set out of my player. Thanks to all for taking the time to drop a note. You collectively (and individually) rock. :D

I'm seeing Roger Waters on Thursday. I'll let you mates know how it goes down. Speaking of which, I'm also seeing the Who in two days. Chili Peppers- Dani California <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sounds like a classic rock overdose to me. My buddy saw Waters & co. a week or two ago. He said they were very, very good. Let me know if they play "Eminence Front." Ryan Adams - If I Am a Stranger

^ duly noted. Or should I say "Dulli," hahaha. Oh boy that was not funny. Anyway, Greg Dulli - Cigarettes the cigarettes are gonna kill me, i know

But the greater evil here is being able to read the Potter books, without the frame of reference of Tolkien... Which may not be as great an evil as the thread derailing we are contributing to EVEN NOW!

I think the two names in the middle threw me off. Ah well, I'll not fall for that one again! Poor K-dawg. At least he can read Harry Potter! Those have all been written in the last decade. Edit: because I am using WAY too many emoticons today for some reason... but I've got to keep the wizard. It's post-relevant!

If you're Lowtax or any of the other critics, you have to think "where's the upside for Boll in this?" If he wins, critics will pan his movies. If he loses, critics will pan his movies and crow that they beat him up. If the they looked at it that way, instead of as a cheap plug for their web site or blog, the light bulb might have popped on. It may not have been the nicest thing to do, but his upside is the chance to hit some of his critics really hard. Another thing...the event had been set up for months. If you're a movie critic and you accept Uwe Boll's invitation to fight him (which is still a manufactured PR "event," just not the kind they wanted), you need to take it upon yourself to make sure you don't get beat to a pulp. You're stepping into the ring with a semi-experienced boxer. Get some exercise or take a training course on your own, don't rely on the guy's word that he's going to provide training. Chances are that guy puking and needing oxygen after the fight was a fat movie blogger. If you're out of shape, you're going to be puking after a few rounds in the ring, because it's very intense exercise. I've seen people in great shape huffing and puffing after three one-minute rounds in an amateur boxing tournament. Look, I read Dr. David Thorpe and I enjoy the occasional Photoshop Phriday as much as the next guy. But Lowtax made a very bad decision here. If he knew he wouldn't be able to cut it in a fair fight, he should have stayed on the Internet and out of the ring. Edit: annoying typo in the first sentence

Gaaah, I can't believe I missed that. Slick one, meta.

God, I love those Springsteen epics. That "Jungleland" vid is great. I didn't see him live until the E Street band tour promoting the Rising. Fantastic show, best I've ever seen, but to see him in a small venue like that when the band still was still young and taking risks would have been one hell of an experience. Speaking of small clubs, The Lemonheads are coming to a small venue in Cleveland in December AND it's on a weekend! Mark Lanegan - Wedding Dress Edit: wow, nice tip o' the hat to Cash with the "Jackson" lyrical tease...

I think some people use that Shadowkeeper utility to do that, but I don't have first-hand experience. Some others might here, though. I've always wanted to learn it because it seemed like it had cool possibilities, but never took the time to pick it up.

Bruce Springsteen - , Hammersmith Odeon, 1975 Absolutely incendiary performance of my all-time favorite Springsteen song. An example of some of the best story-song writing in American music, well, ever.

Steve Earle - Christmastime in Washington

Diana Ross and the Supremes - Band of Gold

Hmmm ... *contemplates playing BG2 with a Paladin ... * <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I really can't stress how great that Dungeon-Be-Gone mod is. As soon as you get out of your cell a little dude pops up who will whisk you to the exit of the dungeon, picking up all the XP and gear you would have got from trudging through it yourself. So if you ever think "I'd rather just start out in Athkatla," you should probably pick it up. Pocket Plane hosts it.

Nope, not too cool. Although at some shows, I'd wish for them (Dalek, I'm looking at you). Here's a cool bonus: I'm totally forgiven for moving a little slow at work today, because it turns out my boss no. 2 is a Social D fan! I see you're on a Stereophonics kick, Kor. I'm a pretty big fan of their Performance and ****tails album, which has Pick a Part That's New, Hurry Up and Wait, The Bartender and the Thief and many more great alt-rockers. And props for the Phantom, Draken. I used to be totally gay for the Phantom soundtrack. Ah, who am I kidding, I still am. Silently the senses abandon their defenses, helpless to resist the notes I write The power of the music of the night

Dammit, I need to rent TYFS. Maybe the library has it. I read the book a few years ago and really enjoyed it, and I've heard nothing but good about the film, so I really need to make some time to watch it.

Show rocked. They were loud as hell, and my head is gonna hurt tomorrow. Supersuckers opened, they were tight. They played the three songs of theirs that I knew, including the Willie Nelson cover, so I was happy. then Social D came on a little after 10 and rocked everyone's faces to the back of the theater. Pretty good mix of songs from all their albums, with the Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell songs getting the most play and the band playing one new song called "Bakersfield," about a city in California where Mike Ness says "fun goes to die." They opened with a short, rippin' instrumental then went right into "Bad Luck." I won't tell what they closed with, cause Laozi's still going to see them, but it was an expected showstopper. All in all two very tired thumbs up. Edit: Again, YouTube rules for finding me one of hte most memorable songs from the Supersuckers set.

Some mods, I guess. I'm most interested in new characters (to heighten the replay value, ya know), and I've been really, really impressed with Kelsey so far. Also tried Sarileth but quickly dropped her for being a drama queen. Next playthrough I might give some other user-created NPCs a chance. I've downloaded Tashia and Amber but haven't used them yet. I've also got the banter pack installed and my favorite mod of them all, Dungeon-Be-Gone!

BG2! Just finished the ranger stronghold quests, recovering my ranger status along the way. Those area effect spells can really take a bite out of your reputation when innocent passersby are around...

mmmmm.... I got a little wiiiiiiiiiiine I got a little tiiiiiiiiiiime If there's one (deserved) knock on the illustrious Mr. Dulli, it's that he holds out those i's a LOT. I mean, there's probably 10 Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers songs I could name in which he entreats some female to go for a "riiiiiiiiiiiiiiide" with him. I love it every time, but sheesh. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - There She Goes, My Beautiful World

Social Distortion - Angel's Wings This time tomorrow, I'm gonna be jockeying for a front row view of Mike Ness as he plugs in and prepares to bring the rock. Don't worry, I'll let all you bastards know how the show was.

Sweet baby Jesus, that's catchy! NOFX - Franco Un-American

The New Pornographers - My Slow Descent Into Alcoholism

Well, meta, we can't have that now can we... And speaking of kegs, we were making our way through one when this was taken. I don't know if I was trying to wink or pulling a momentary Thom Yorke, but I do know that our picture of Richard Dean Anderson is barely visible on the mantle. It actually was in the house when we moved in. When people asked us "Why do you have a picture of MacGyver on your mantle?" we'd tell them he actually lived in that house, while attending college there. The more gullible folks that passed through usually believed it, and probably told their friends the next morning about that sweet party they went to in MacGyver's old house. At least that's what we were going for.