Darth Drabek

I think it's about time to resurrect Ye Olde Lyrics Thread (again). The Replacements - Answering Machine Try to breathe some life into a letter Losing hope, never gonna be together My courage is at its peak You know what I mean? How do say you're okay To an answering machine? How do you say good night to An answering machine? Big time's got its losers Small town's got its vices A handful of friends One needs a match, one needs some ice Call-waiting phone in another time zone How do you say 'I miss you' To an answering machine? How do say good night to An answering machine? I get enough of that Try to free a slave of ignorance Try and teach a whore about romance How do you say 'I miss you' To an answering machine? How do you say good night to An answering machine? How do you say 'I'm lonely' To an answering machine? The message is very plain Oh, I hate your answering machine I hate your answering machine I hate your answering machine...

I could send you some traditional Chinese music. They can put you asleep in a hurry. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Haha, I wrote a huge paper once on Gagaku, traditional Japanese music, for a Japanese history class in college. That stuff was not so much fun to listen to.... interesting, but not much fun at all. Warren Zevon - Gorilla, You're a Desperado

I found the Ferlinghetti poem I read (and enjoyed) back in the day. All the aspiring poets (and fan fiction-writers) among us can probably relate to it. It's called "Constantly Risking Absurdity" and it goes something like this... Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience the poet like an acrobat climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making and balancing on eyebeams above a sea of faces paces his way to the other side of the day performing entrachats and sleight-of-foot tricks and other high theatrics and all without mistaking any thing for what it may not be For he's the super realist who must perforce perceive taut truth before the taking of each stance or step in his supposed advance toward that still higher perch where Beauty stands and waits with gravity to start her death-defying leap And he a little charleychaplin man who may or may not catch her fair eternal form spreadeagled in the empty air of existence

The Beatles - Day Tripper One of the first "riffs" I learned on guitar back in the day. Coincidentially, Type O Negative played a much heavier version of this riff on their version.

I read some Ferlinghetti back in a college lit class. Wasn't this particular one, but still, good stuff. There's a cool bookstore in San Francisco that I visited that all the beats used to frequent back in the day, I guess. Lot of Kerouac, lot of Ginsburg. It was definitely the sort of place in which I could spend all day reading in a corner.

Haha, I knew a girl who sang that No Doubt song "Spiderwebs" on her answering machine. It was terrible. Goldfinger (skater-friendly-pop-punk before skater-friendly pop-punk was cool) did a nice cover of "Just Like Heaven." I saw them live a handful of times back in the day. Lotta fun.

I used to dismiss The Cure as chronically depressed goth poets, but that was before I actually listened to their music. I found out I do enjoy it, in moderation. I mean, how can you deny "Lovesong," "Close to Me" or "Cut Here." And that's not even mentioning "The Lovecats," which is fantastic.

Teenage Fanclub - Mellow Doubt (alternate version) Now that's what I call a solid alt-pop song! You sure know how to pick 'em, Kor.

Ryan Adams - Winding Wheel Baley, your recent Johnny Cash binge is commendable. The first record he did on American was fantastic, maybe better than American IV....maybe. Pick it up if you can (unless you already have it). Also, the dude posted some Social D a while back, for which I give him major props.

I'm dreaming.... of a whiiiiiiiiite.....Christmas! Not so much here. After weeks of 15-20 degree weather and piles of snow, we have had a bit of a thaw in Northern Ohio this weekend. I do feel for those poor bastards working the malls, though. The paper assigned me the annual "Last minute shoppers" story, so I got to see them in all their misery Friday night. I swear, you can see the looks in their eyes that says "If I hear 'Baby Please Come Home' one more time I'm going to beat someone with a candy cane. Happy holidays to everyone, and Merry Christmas too (if that's your thing)!

Pixies - Head On (which is a cover, incidentally)

Hooray!

David Hasselhoff - Lookin' For Freedom I been lookin for freedom I been lookin so long I been lookin for freedom still the search goes on! (continued from the Hoff's sig, complete with histrionic backing vocals)

There was a real-time strategy game that my friend and I used to play all the time, but I don't think it was very popular. Z was the name... it was designed to be a little less-than-serious, but that just added to the fun. I remember the general swore a lot. Hmm, also there were a few cool arena-based computer games I remember being a lot of fun. Hyperblade was one... the 3d environment reminded me of the Battle Room in the Ender books. The other was DeathDrome. I believe the premise of DeathDrome was something like this.... In the future, death row inmates are given ridiculously destructive vehicles and they battle each other for the chance to live another day in the DeathDrome arena. I think that one was two computers ago, but I would love to play it again. Carmageddon 2 was a lot of fun as well, in the same destructive vein. I suppose it was more popular, but still a bit underappreciated. I've loved the Road Rash series across three platforms, but I don't think there's plans to do any more of those wonderful games. EA used to do them, but they're probably busy making lots and lots of changes to the latest Madden game, so they won't do it. Some other company made a Road Rash for the N64 that was a very good version, but it didn't sell very well, I think.

Cool stuff... I especially like the "I favor your flavor" part. I love Belgian beer, so I suppose I might like like a Belgian band. Might have to check it out. Plus, Absynthe Minded is a great band name.

As in Deep Purple's "Hush?" If so, I'm gonna have to check that out. Although I do hate the Mick Jagger/David Bowie "Dancing in the Streets." My nominees for best cover ever: Afghan Whigs - Lost in the Supermarket (Clash) Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put a Spell on You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing (Hendrix) Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN) Johnny Cash - I Hung My Head (Sting) Ben Folds - Bitches Ain't Sh*t (Dre/Snoop) Dynamite Hack - Boyz in the Hood (Eazy-E) The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (Dylan) Audioslave - Seven Nation Army (White Stripes) Probably omitting some great ones, but these are the ones that jump to mind. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> M. Ward does a cover of Bowie's "Let's Dance" that is teh pwn. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'll have to look it up. I can't believe that in a discussion that has hit upon both David Bowie and great covers that I failed to mention Bowie's fantastic cover of the Velvet Underground's "I'm Waiting for the Man."

Guided by Voices - Glad Girls I know, I know, "they were so much better when they were avant-garde and low-fi blah blah blah." Well, this song is way too catchy and poppy to be properly "indie," but I dig it anyway. BONUS: They're from Ohio!

Now, I'm no expert (and to tell the truth, I don't know how I got out of the music thread or what I'm doing in this branch of the fora ), but I don't think pixies' T.O.M.B.S. reports are "typical."

I have heard that about Syriana. A few friends of mine (who I consider intelligent) saw the film and had no idea what the hell was going on. The Plain Dealer review corroborated that sentiment. Now, I enjoy the odd documentary and the occasional "important issues" film (Traffic comes to mind), and I don't want a director to hammer me over the head with the plot, but I do like to be able to follow the movie without an outline and index cards.

I saw Narnia: LWW the other day, and it didn't coerce me to donate money to the church. I thought it was a very good (and faithful) adaptation of the book. They did a especially good job capturing how the professor's mansion should feel. Also watched Pirates of the Caribbean for the first time. What a fun flick. Particularly timely, because I recently finished reading Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders trilogy, which also features charismatic pirate captains.

Very very cool. I just thought of another to add to my previous list. Gypsy Kings - Hotel California As prominently featured in the classic film "The Big Lebowski."

As in Deep Purple's "Hush?" If so, I'm gonna have to check that out. Although I do hate the Mick Jagger/David Bowie "Dancing in the Streets." My nominees for best cover ever: Afghan Whigs - Lost in the Supermarket (Clash) Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put a Spell on You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing (Hendrix) Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN) Johnny Cash - I Hung My Head (Sting) Ben Folds - Bitches Ain't Sh*t (Dre/Snoop) Dynamite Hack - Boyz in the Hood (Eazy-E) The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (Dylan) Audioslave - Seven Nation Army (White Stripes) Probably omitting some great ones, but these are the ones that jump to mind.

Refused - Refused are F*cking Dead

Wow, that was an unprovoked tantrum if I've ever seen one. Just because you're in a bad mood you don't have to go hijack a thread and fling "zingers" at people. Congrats, Hooah. May you have many uneventful landings!

Numbers man has a very valid point - the posters that seem to get COF all hot and bothered are not going to "waste" their time reading even a very concise post of guidelines. They will simply create more and more topics until the fabric of the internet stretches to the breaking point, ripping an actual hole in cyberspace.