Sanjaya: after actually sounding good last week, he was merely adequate tonight, and nowhere near bad enough to be entertaining. He’s not long for the show.
LaKisha: she just doesn’t fucking care anymore. Did a horrendous version of Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus Take the Wheel” that was a full display of everything that’s wrong with her.
Chris: his ass is going home. Sang the entire song through his nose, was a dick to the judges when they pointed out how nasally he was, and then he pulled the shockingly asshole move of blatantly trying to use the VT massacre for vote-pandering purposes. (The camera caught Simon turning away and rolling his eyes at this point, the pandering was so blatant.) So, my bet is that Timberfake goes home tonight. Possibly LaKisha, but more likely Timberfake.
Best of a bad lot: as usual, Melinda and Jordin. Blake turned a Ryan Adams song into something more akin to Keane. Bat Boy, shockingly, did not suck. He might actually be all right if he sticks to country.
That PF magic ring is a choking hazard for kids everywhere! 😉 I love it! Has anyone seen the Harvey Birdman: Bannon vs. Dr. Quest custody case? “I’m taking the boys Benton, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it!”
Poor Hadji and Jonny! Divorce is never the answer.
To: The General
Fr: s.maudlin
Re: The Ass Channel & Classical Music
I produced a clip show many years ago called something like “The Most Outrageous TV You’ve Never Seen.” (I couldn’t be prouder.) Most of the clips came from, cheap to license, foreign television. We discovered an entire channel in some Nordic (sp?) country devoted entirely to the theretofore under exploited combination of classical music and women’s breasts.
They took public domain recordings of classical music and cut video of bouncing breasts to it. Not naked breasts, just well formed women in tight sweaters. You never saw anything above the neck or below the belly.
They would speed-up, slow-down and reverse the footage to match the music. The result was an unintentional Benny-Hilling of what I assume was supposed to be titilating video.
I was very excited to learn that PF Flyers were going to be on the market again after a long, dark period of their absence. Sadly, the new “original action shoe” doesn’t seem to really fit the memory I have of them- http://www.pfflyers.com/p_action_shoes_d.php?model=wb&r=na&g=w#
The difference might be explained by the fact that they were originally made by BF Goodrich but are currently being made by New Balance.
Ray Bradbury’s book Dandelion Wine has a great part in it where the main boy character in the story is trying to convince a shoe store owner to let him have a pair of “Cream-Sponge Para Litefoot Shoes” to begin his summer with, he eventually convinces the old shopkeeper by getting him to try on a pair himself and the old fellow ends up reliving the first moment of summer in a brand new pair of running shoes as a boy. You talking about these PF fliers just made me think of that!
Sammy, did you ever find those adult PF Flyers you used to go on about wanting?
Quick American Idol update:
Country night, as usual, fairly sucked.
Your Bottom Three:
Sanjaya: after actually sounding good last week, he was merely adequate tonight, and nowhere near bad enough to be entertaining. He’s not long for the show.
LaKisha: she just doesn’t fucking care anymore. Did a horrendous version of Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus Take the Wheel” that was a full display of everything that’s wrong with her.
Chris: his ass is going home. Sang the entire song through his nose, was a dick to the judges when they pointed out how nasally he was, and then he pulled the shockingly asshole move of blatantly trying to use the VT massacre for vote-pandering purposes. (The camera caught Simon turning away and rolling his eyes at this point, the pandering was so blatant.) So, my bet is that Timberfake goes home tonight. Possibly LaKisha, but more likely Timberfake.
Best of a bad lot: as usual, Melinda and Jordin. Blake turned a Ryan Adams song into something more akin to Keane. Bat Boy, shockingly, did not suck. He might actually be all right if he sticks to country.
That PF magic ring is a choking hazard for kids everywhere! 😉 I love it! Has anyone seen the Harvey Birdman: Bannon vs. Dr. Quest custody case? “I’m taking the boys Benton, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it!”
Poor Hadji and Jonny! Divorce is never the answer.
One of my favourites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1edMWVp9XM
Vibra-slap and cowbell are neck and neck!
To: The General
Fr: s.maudlin
Re: The Ass Channel & Classical Music
I produced a clip show many years ago called something like “The Most Outrageous TV You’ve Never Seen.” (I couldn’t be prouder.) Most of the clips came from, cheap to license, foreign television. We discovered an entire channel in some Nordic (sp?) country devoted entirely to the theretofore under exploited combination of classical music and women’s breasts.
They took public domain recordings of classical music and cut video of bouncing breasts to it. Not naked breasts, just well formed women in tight sweaters. You never saw anything above the neck or below the belly.
They would speed-up, slow-down and reverse the footage to match the music. The result was an unintentional Benny-Hilling of what I assume was supposed to be titilating video.
I think you would have really enjoyed it.
I was very excited to learn that PF Flyers were going to be on the market again after a long, dark period of their absence. Sadly, the new “original action shoe” doesn’t seem to really fit the memory I have of them-
http://www.pfflyers.com/p_action_shoes_d.php?model=wb&r=na&g=w#
The difference might be explained by the fact that they were originally made by BF Goodrich but are currently being made by New Balance.
Ray Bradbury’s book Dandelion Wine has a great part in it where the main boy character in the story is trying to convince a shoe store owner to let him have a pair of “Cream-Sponge Para Litefoot Shoes” to begin his summer with, he eventually convinces the old shopkeeper by getting him to try on a pair himself and the old fellow ends up reliving the first moment of summer in a brand new pair of running shoes as a boy. You talking about these PF fliers just made me think of that!