Darth Drabek

The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses Couldn't drag meee aaawa-aayyy

Wow.... maybe I'll hit that magic 200 this year! Do I get a level or something? Actually, cotton candy would be nice. Definitely better than a level. A corn dog would be good too. How about an autographed Wheaties box with the Obisidian team on it?

That song always makes me twitch, supressing some potentially embarassing emotional reaction. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Know what ya mean. Definitely one of Bobby D's more ... desolate soundscapes. Blonde on Blonde is my favorite Dylan album, barely edging out Highway 61 Revisited. Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again Mona tried to tell me To stay away from the train line. She said that all the railroad men Just drink up your blood like wine. An' I said, "Oh, I didn't know that, But then again, there's only one I've met And he just smoked my eyelids And punched my cigarette."

Bob Dylan - Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

Dude.... does this mean that Sheryl Crow song is a cover? Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Wild World (Cat Stevens cover )

You listen to a lot of Tom Waits, and list a lot of his later work. You know, the crazy albums like Swordfishtrombones, Frank's Wild Years and Rain Dogs. I think those albums are great, but for casual listening I prefer old Tom Waits, i.e. Small Change, Closing Time, and Heartattack and Vine. Especially when drinking alone on a Tuesday night... not that I do that. So my question to you is this: Is ol' Tommy better as a raspy-voiced lounge singer and balladeer, or as a raspy-voiced growling composer of eerie, otherworldly songs with things like marimbas in them? Other freaks who enjoy Tom Waits are free to chime in, as well. My two examples of Mr. Waits at the top of both forms: TW - On the Nickel TW - Sixteen Shells from a Thirty-Aught-Six

Bad Religion - Better Off Dead

Guided by Voices - Glad Girls Only wanna get you high!

First of all, Eldar, I don't know how you did so many of these things... The subject of this report is Laozi : Epithets: Zen Master of the "Cheerio-Spitter" posting technique Expert Cultural Analyst and Occasional Musical Elitist "Don't Mess With Texas" forum cowboy Have you ever performed the mythical "LOL?" You know, when you "laugh out loud" at the computer? Well, I know I have, and many of them have been after reading a particularly good Laozi one-liner. Somehow, he always knows when a forum member has left him/herself open for a good zing - and he graciously provides his services at that exact moment. Say you're browsing the forum while eating breakfast one morning. Your coffee is nice and strong, because it's free trade, heavy-duty stuff you could use to seal cracks in the walls, and life is good. Then you come across a post by that Laozi character that goes something like this: Posted on: Dec 5 2005, 04:19 AM Bam. Cheerios slowing sliding down the monitor. He really excels at this sort of thing. I mean, that bit about dogs that have wasps come out of their mouths when they bark? I was laughing for ten minutes. As a university student, Laozi has also had the chance to develop a healthy appreciation toward books that make you think. He also has shown a refreshingly open mind toward other cultures and nontraditional viewpoints, especially when religion is involved. He has included his own insights as well, to contribute to several weighty discussions. His open mind also shows in his wildly diverse taste in music. From Charles Mingus and Willie Nelson to Fugazi and Propagandhi, to some Japanese stuff that may or may not be from Cowboy Bebop (I honestly wouldn't know), Laozi listens to a VERY broad range of music. However, he will not hesitate to slash you to ribbons with his rapier wit if you dare post your devotion to and/or appreciation of one of those "Days of the Stone Temple Pearl Creed (in Chains)" bands, trendy "screamo" style-punk posers, or one of those polished pop stars on country radio these days. We're talking about a guy who knows if the music sounds like Boston with a steel guitar, it ain't country. This could be due to his status as a Texan. I know I'd be pretty upset with the state of country music if I was a Texan. Also, I'd be drunk. As he never wastes an opportunity to let a top 40 listener know the error of his/her ways, it's easy to see why Laozi is a fan of the highbrow music criticism of Dr. David Thorpe (www.somethingawful.com). Thorpe's column "Your Band Sucks" enrages many ("Hey, I love Radiohead") by tearing their favorite band down with blazing sarcasm ("Well, they are kind of pretentious"). Possibly due to his affiliation with that state that used to be its own country, Laozi never shies away from an argument. He even waited one whole day after joining the forums before calling someone a "facist ass." He has taken on some of the intellectual heavyweights on the boards (a daunting prospect around here), and shown a worldly knowledge of economics, foreign policy and domestic politics. When you add the amount of informed opinions he's thrown out regarding the NHL, NBA, NFL or collegiate athletics, the amount of time-intensive games he's played, plus an in-depth familiarity with several sci-fi TV shows, and a talent for carpentry, I simply don't understand how he has time to take any classes - let alone post here. But the forum community is better for it. Damn, what a sappy ending.

Morrissey - You're the One for Me, Fatty That pretentious bastard never fails to crack me up.

Dungy stated after the game that he and Manning were on the same page there. That's his official stance anyway... could have been damage control though. As a Steelers fan, I was very pleased with the win. And I don't believe all the touchdowns Bettis has scored for the Black and Gold would have saved him if Big Ben didn't make that tackle. A fumble in that situation is unacceptable for someone with his experience.

Swingin' Utters - Stupid Lullabies Been feelin' the punk rock lately. Beware! I might do something vaguely rebellious in nature. :ph34r:

Just started the game for the first time. The atmosphere is fantastic, the dialogue has been top-notch so far, and the quests have been great. That Ocean House quest was amazing. Also, I enjoyed my visit to Gimble's prosthetics... creeeeepy. I hope the game lives up to its early promise.

I went out and bought Bloodlines and it runs (albeit barely) on my computer! I thought for sure I would have to get a new graphics card, but several of the tweaks posted in the other thread have helped my machine run that beast. I just played through the Ocean House hotel, and it's been a long time since I was that immersed in a game. What a fantastic quest. I've got most of the high-end options turned off and my page file cranked up. Even with low graphics options the game still looks better than anything else I've played on the computer. If anyone's interested, I have a AMD 2600 (~2.08 ghz), with 512 MB of RAM. However, my video card, an integrated GeForce 4 MX, is sharing 64 of that 512 MB. I do have a 120 GB hard drive though, so increasing the page file up past the recommended 1.4 gigs was not a problem at all.

Why thank you, Surrrrr! I'm just glad I have a place to spew my accumulation of useless rock trivia. For example: Soundgarden - Into the Void What started as a simple Black Sabbath cover grew much cooler when bassist Ben Shepherd realized that Ozzy's vocal pattern matched the rhythm and cadence of Chief Sealth's poem written to the new Americans claiming manifest destiny and attempting to take his tribe's land. Here's a excerpt from the poem/lyrics: How can you buy or sell the sky Or the warmth of the land, it's strange to us We don't own the freshness of the air Or the sparkle of the water How can you buy them from us The white man doesn't understand our ways For he's a stranger who comes in the night And takes from the land just what he needs

"...Like I need a hole in my head." The Boxer might be my favorite S&G tune. That last verse is pristine. "I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains."

Joining the nostalgia parade.... In high school, I lifted weights religiously. I had to if I wanted to ever see the field. I was too slow to run the ball, too small to be a lineman, and I couldn't catch or throw very well either. But I was strong, and it was a small high school, so I was able to start at guard for two years at 165 pounds. At my peak, I straight-bar squatted 400 pounds. I fell off the wagon in college, where I became preoccupied with other things. Lately, I have taken up running (something I never could stand unless it was during a sport of some sort) as a way to combat weight gain from my sedentary job. For me, running with an mp3 player is essential. And because I can't run very far, my obsolete 128 MB nomad is big enough for me. I still eat too many burgers, and get too many empty calories (because I'm not willing to give up good beer), but I do eat a lot of fruit and drink mostly skim milk, water and black coffee.

Actually, you shouldn't end sentences with prepositions if you can help it. "To" is a preposition. But this is a forum, not a term paper or research article, so no one is going to castrate you for it. Well, maybe that Spellmar character will. I've heard some stories.... Cracker - The Golden Age (live)

You know who I miss? GOA. He was a friendly face (err... of Yoda tokin' away) and a voice of reason in many debates when I first started lurking around these parts. Many thought-provoking posts, that one had, huuurmmm.

I'm-a-cookin up a report, you'll see! I was considering Laozi before you even suggested it, Kor.

Cracker - Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now) What the world needs now Is a new Frank Sinatra So I can get you in bed :cool:

As promised earlier this week... Ben Folds - Fred Jones Part Two fred sits alone at his desk in the dark there's an awkward young shadow that waits in the hall he has packed all his things and he's put them in boxes things that remind him that life has been good twenty five years he's worked at the paper a man's here to take him downstairs and i'm sorry mr jones.... it's time there was no party and there were no songs cause today's just a day like the day that he started and no one is left here that knows his first name yeah, and life barrels on like a runaway train where the passengers change they don't change anything you get off someone else can get on and i'm sorry mr jones... it's time the streetlight it shines through the haze casting lines on the floor and lines on his face he reflects on the day... fred gets his paints out and goes to the basement projecting some slides onto a plain white canvas and traces it fills in the spaces he turns off the slides and it doesn't look right yeah, and all of these bastards have taken his place he's forgotten but not yet gone and i'm sorry mr jones and i'm sorry mr jones and i'm sorry mr jones... it's time

Social Distortion - Dear Lover

As do I, COF. As do I. Which is why it makes me sad when I see PC commandos (here and elsewhere) bash consoles. What of all the great games of our youth, from the SNES and Genesis? Are they to be simply discarded, like that two week-old milk in the fridge that has started to change forms from a liquid to a solid? I posit that they are not! But I digress.... let's not make this a(nother) console vs. PC thread.

Yeah, my video card is what I'm worried about. I was told and told and told "Don't buy a computer with a video card integrated into the motherboard, the shared memory is a bad way to game, etc. etc." but what did I do? I listened to my wallet instead of my gamer friends. BTW, I was wrong about my processor. It's AMD 2600, which is NOT 2.6 ghz, but about 2.1. Why? Hell if I know. And my graphics card is a GeForce 4 integrated with 64 MB shared memory, I believe. Still only 512 MB ram though, but ram's cheap, so I could probably up that to a gig without too much fuss. The game sounds like a lot of fun, and the story seems cool, so I'd like to play it. I'm not too optimistic though. Why didn't they just make a console port before they went bankrupt so I could play it on my Xbox? :cue several forum members pontificating on how the computer is the only venue for decent RPGs and consoles are the creative sewer responsible for Madden and Mario Kart: