OT: Whitefang asks

[whitefang]

Isnt it about time rap went somewhere, or went away? Ive not really noticed any change for more than 20 years.

 

 

Who ever decided Will Ferrell or Tracy Morgan were funny?

 

and what kind of meds were they skipping?

 

Shouldnt guitar makers put out re-issues of classic guitars only if theyre made with original technology, materials and specs? Even the pick-ups?

 

How can someone who does only one kind of music; doesnt produce, engineer, compose, arrange or anything else, get nominated for NINE GRAMMYS???

 

Do you ever feel when youre sick that its been forever since youve felt well, even if it was just the day before?

 

If tin whistles are made of tin, what do you suppose fog horns are made of? ( youre the person of the hour if you can name the song thats from!)

 

Is it me, or does Dave Letterman seem to get the worst of the garage bands on his show?

 

How many people base their opinion of a bands live performance on how well they play the music, and how many do so based on the costumes and effects?

 

.And which one are YOU?

 

When did religion go from wanting to guide your soul to wanting to control your mind? Or has that always been the case?

 

Dont you feel those people who constantly change the way they dress or wear their hair because its the style suffer a serious identity crisis?

 

Where can I get a copy of my permanent record?

 

Dont you feel weve had enough of the vampire shit already?

 

Remember the days when progress meant making your life and the world around you simpler?

 

Why ARENT there standardized prices for milk and gasoline?

 

Just what IS the difference between classic rock and oldies?

 

Why do the guitarists of some rock groups when appearing on TV to play ONE SONG, rack up all their instruments behind them?

 

Can I please, PLEASE, watch TV without all that CRAP at the bottom of the screen? Do I HAVE to know new episodes of some dumb-shit program begin in EIGHT WEEKS???

 

International terror; poisonous, unregulated food; foul air and water; rampant crime; high unemployment; home foreclosures; loss of civility. Does it scare you to think our kids will look back on these as The good old days!

 

I wonder what my grade in American History would have been if I didnt have my parents to tell me all about the Great Depression every time I asked for a dollar?

 

Wouldnt you feel better if Lady Ga-Ga was the way she is due to a long history of drug abuse?

 

Woudnt it then seem to make more sense?

 

Courtney and Zoe? Real Housewives of where? Snookie what? Do conscious people REALLY watch that crap?

 

If you do something thats never been done before, how do you know its being done correctly?

 

When you watch those old, 50s Roman biblical movies, do you ever wonder just what DID the music really sound like?

 

How come when you break a string, its invariably the one for which you have no spare?

 

In days gone by, the color red was associated with communists. Then with commie hippie fags. Usually by the political right wing. So how come they chose the color red to represent their states?

 

Once they run through all the old TV sitcoms, cartoon shows, comic strips and comic books, where do you suppose them Hollywood fellers r gonna get their movie ideas from?

 

Speaking of which, does it really make someone seem smarter by calling them graphic novels instead of comic books?

 

How soon before they have 3-D porn films?

 

I wonder if Billy Graham ever owned a Mark IV:16?

 

I mean really; havent we had enough of the vampire shit already?

 

Does it bother anyone else that there are people who take Glen Beck seriously?

 

Whos the asshole that came up with the idea of the dual-line weed whacker?

 

Can we give him his own private corner in Hell?

 

Didnt you like it better when the CONSUMER had more control of the market?

 

And you only went to the doctor when YOU felt you needed to?

 

From 1950 to 1959 was referred to as The 50s. From 1960 to 1969 as The 60s, and so on. So, how do we refer to the LAST decade?

 

Do you suspect, as do I, that once we ALL start using those energy saving lightbulbs, the electric utilities will start raising their rates?

 

I really mean it. Seriously! Havent we had enough of the vampire shit?

 

Are Cuban cigars REALLY all that much better, or is it that the rarity and difficulty in obtaining them is making it seem so?

 

Do you wonder if those whack-jobs who dressed up in costumes to go see The Rocky Horror Picture Show ever admitted it to their kids?

 

Whatever became of Rick Derringer?

 

Why IS that three-toned ice cream called neopolitan?

 

Did you ever see anyone actually wear a fanny pack ON the FANNY?

 

Did Sweet William give Susan her black eye?

 

Doesnt anyone in movies or on TV just plain FIGHT anymore? They all seem to know some kind of martial art.

 

Either that, or theyre vampires! And havent we finally had ENOUGH of the vampire shit already??

 

[skipclone 1]

What the heck, I`ll field a couple:

 

#1. Silversun Pickups is the best garage band I`ve heard in ages. They were on David Letterman and did a smashing performance, check it out on youtube.

 

 

#2-The recent Star Trek movie-not only did Kirk not know martial arts, he spent most of the film getting the crap beat out of him.

[Fingerstyle_Jim]

From 1950 to 1959 was referred to as The 50s. From 1960 to 1969 as The 60s, and so on. So, how do we refer to the LAST decade?

 

The zeros

 

Jim

[Bluesape]

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[Danzilla]

Rick Derringer is still around, still playing. He's put out several albums over the last decade, after becoming a born-again Christian, that really rock.

 

No one with a sense of consciousness or conscience watches reality tv. It's all backstabbing, over-hyped glorification of degradation of society. Bread & circusses, anyone?

 

 

And yes, we are DEFINITELY sick of all the vampire crap. Stake it & bake it, put it back in it's coffin, and 6 feet under. No, make it 12.

[LeftyBlues]

Don't know about fog horns but Foghat was made of Classic Rock What're the odds that friggin' vampires are LEFT HANDED?!? Great list 'fang.

[Lokair]

Why do the guitarists of some rock groups when appearing on TV to play ONE SONG, rack up all their instruments behind them?

 

TV is visual thing, Producers know this and request Bulls shit like this all the time. Reality TV is not so real, I was camera man for 12 years for major networks doing sports and some entertainment, ITS ALL A LIE TO SELL YOU STUFF.

 

How soon before they have 3-D porn films? Been done, laws suit alleges lady became pregnant because of it and her Husband bought the story. Google it.

 

Are Cuban cigars REALLY all that much better, or is it that the rarity and difficulty in obtaining them is making it seem so?NO cuban cigars are not better, I smoke three to Five expensive cigars a month and Have found cuban's are not any better for my tastes JMLO.

 

International terror; poisonous, unregulated food; foul air and water; rampant crime; high unemployment; home foreclosures; loss of civility. Does it scare you to think our kids will look back on these as The good old days! Sadly these are the good ole days, Get used to it or check out.

 

That is all for now

 

Thanks for the entertainment Whitefang, Great post.

 

Lok

[LeftyBlues]

Can't stand Tracy Jordan, 30 Rock would be much better without him and that show absolutely kills!! Will Ferrell I think is hilarious though. In the same train of thought, my wife and I never did like Seinfeld and if Adam Sandler is in it, ugh! Just different opinions of course.

L.B.

p.s. best tv show ever: Twin Peaks

[G. A. Donis]

Here's my attempt to answer some of your questions

 

"How can someone who does only one kind of music; doesnt produce, engineer, compose, arrange or anything else, get nominated for NINE GRAMMYS???" Because the people voting on these things are the same people that voted Jethro Tull the best Metal act one year and they also gave Kenny Rogers a Grammy for best country "something-or-other" and best rock/pop "something-or-other" for the same song. That was when I quit paying attentniont to the Grammys.

 

"Just what IS the difference between classic rock and oldies?" My best guess is decade. Oldies is 50's to mid 60's and classic rock is mid 60's to 70's with a couple of 80's songs thrown in to keep the play list fresh

 

"How come when you break a string, its invariably the one for which you have no spare?" Because that is the string you ALWAYS break. This coming from a string breaker. I now have at least 4 extras for every string except D & G from breaking into packs during a show to replace a string. Hmmm That reminds me I need to hit the store and pick up a couple of D & G's. I'm pretty sure I'm out.

 

"Do you suspect, as do I, that once we ALL start using those energy saving lightbulbs, the electric utilities will start raising their rates?" You can count on this.

 

"Whatever became of Rick Derringer?" He is playing Houston soon. I only know this because we almost got to open up for him and Pat Travers.

 

"Either that, or theyre vampires! And havent we finally had ENOUGH of the vampire shit already??" Actually, I've not had enough of vampires. What I've had enough of is moody, sparkly, broody, hunky, morally tortured romance novel wimps with a craving for blood. I can never get enough of baby eating, heart tearing out, bathing in virgin's blood, Nosferatu looking monsters! BRING BACK REAL VAMPIRES!!!

 

"When did religion go from wanting to guide your soul to wanting to control your mind? Or has that always been the case?" Sadly, has always been the case. Having Faith isn't the problem. Organized religion is. Most things are better when there are no people involved.

 

"Once they run through all the old TV sitcoms, cartoon shows, comic strips and comic books, where do you suppose them Hollywood fellers r gonna get their movie ideas from?" This is already in progress. They are called sequals and "reboots"

 

"Speaking of which, does it really make someone seem smarter by calling them graphic novels instead of comic books?" Yes it does. Notice I agree that it makes them SEEM smarter not actually smarter. I am 43 and still read the occasional comic book

[duff beer]

Who ever decided Will Ferrell or Tracy Morgan were funny?

Or Adam Sandler...

 

How soon before they have 3-D porn films?

There's a great scene involving a 3D porn film on an old episode of WKRP in Cincinnati... :D

 

 

[Winston Psmith]

Can't resist a great rant, even if it approaches rational thought at times - however -

 

Can't we please just be done with the Train Wreck Girls!?! Lindsay, Britney, Heidi, Courtney, Snooki (is anyone else noticing a pattern here?), all of them? I don't have to watch the vampire shows, or the remakes of bad TV (Hawaii 5-0? The A-Team? Seriously?), but I can't even turn on the news without seeing one of them being dragged off to jail, or rehab.

 

Got to run - Dr. Drew is the special guest on '1000 Ways to Die'. I can't wait . . .

[skipclone 1]

When did religion go from wanting to guide your soul to wanting to control your mind? Or has that always been the case?

Depends on which religion you are referring to. There are still smaller-scale religions all over the world with mythologies and practices to guide and nurture the soul. Christianity had a phase when it was really cool, sometime before the 1400s. But-well look at China with Falun Gong, anytime a poltical authority decides that some movement poses a threat to their power, you end up with persecution, repression and the next thing you know all you`re left with is McWorship.

 

[nicoledc109]

Thanks you for the post.

Hi guys, Im a newbie. Nice to join this forum.

[skipclone 1]

Hi there-

Where ya from, what ya play?

[picker]

Isnt it about time rap went somewhere, or went away? Ive not really noticed any change for more than 20 years.

Lack of talent knows no difference.

Who ever decided Will Ferrell or Tracy Morgan were funny?

Not me.

and what kind of meds were they skipping?

very strong ones, apparently.

Shouldnt guitar makers put out re-issues of classic guitars only if theyre made with original technology, materials and specs? Even the pick-ups?

No.

How can someone who does only one kind of music; doesnt produce, engineer, compose, arrange or anything else, get nominated for NINE GRAMMYS???

Why not?

Do you ever feel when youre sick that its been forever since youve felt well, even if it was just the day before?

Usually.

If tin whistles are made of tin, what do you suppose fog horns are made of? ( youre the person of the hour if you can name the song thats from!)

"Does your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor On the Bedpost Overnight" by Lonnie Donigan, the only Skiffle song that made it across the pond.

 

Is it me, or does Dave Letterman seem to get the worst of the garage bands on his show?

He can afford the worst, so why not?

How many people base their opinion of a bands live performance on how well they play the music, and how many do so based on the costumes and effects?

KISS has a big followng...

.And which one are YOU?

I like both, actually. Why settle for half?

When did religion go from wanting to guide your soul to wanting to control your mind? Or has that always been the case?

"Religion" always has done it's best to control the mind in hopes of improving the person. Thankfully, Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship.

Dont you feel those people who constantly change the way they dress or wear their hair because its the style suffer a serious identity crisis?

Maybe the have too much money.

Where can I get a copy of my permanent record?

At the Beauty Salon where your permanent was administered.

Dont you feel weve had enough of the vampire shit already?

Yes, house break those suckers!

Remember the days when progress meant making your life and the world around you simpler?

No, progress never meant that.

Why ARENT there standardized prices for milk and gasoline?

What are you, a commie?

Just what IS the difference between classic rock and oldies?

about 10 years of broadcasting time and record sales.

Why do the guitarists of some rock groups when appearing on TV to play ONE SONG, rack up all their instruments behind them?

Because it's easier than having their tech tear apart their touring setup, and less likely to cause equipment to go missing.

Can I please, PLEASE, watch TV without all that CRAP at the bottom of the screen? Do I HAVE to know new episodes of some dumb-shit program begin in EIGHT WEEKS???

No.

International terror; poisonous, unregulated food; foul air and water; rampant crime; high unemployment; home foreclosures; loss of civility. Does it scare you to think our kids will look back on these as The good old days!

My parents grew up in the Great Depression. They turned out okay. Unless kids are starving or being mistreated, they tend to live in the moment, and do things like make toys out of shoeboxes and toy guns out of sticks, and have a great time despite their lack of material goods.

I wonder what my grade in American History would have been if I didnt have my parents to tell me all about the Great Depression every time I asked for a dollar?

you'll never know...

Wouldnt you feel better if Lady Ga-Ga was the way she is due to a long history of drug abuse?

No.

Woudnt it then seem to make more sense?

No.

Courtney and Zoe? Real Housewives of where? Snookie what? Do conscious people REALLY watch that crap?

Yes.

If you do something thats never been done before, how do you know its being done correctly?

If you survive.

When you watch those old, 50s Roman biblical movies, do you ever wonder just what DID the music really sound like?

A lot.

How come when you break a string, its invariably the one for which you have no spare?

Because the universe hates you and is laughing behind your back. Well, that or you failed to adequately prepare...

 

In days gone by, the color red was associated with communists. Then with commie hippie fags. Usually by the political right wing. So how come they chose the color red to represent their states?

They didn't.

Once they run through all the old TV sitcoms, cartoon shows, comic strips and comic books, where do you suppose them Hollywood fellers r gonna get their movie ideas from?

They'll keep on making remakes.

Speaking of which, does it really make someone seem smarter by calling them graphic novels instead of comic books?

No.

How soon before they have 3-D porn films?

They already do.

I wonder if Billy Graham ever owned a Mark IV:16?

No.

I mean really; havent we had enough of the vampire shit already?

Yes, housebreak them suckers.

Does it bother anyone else that there are people who take Glen Beck seriously?

No.

Whos the asshole that came up with the idea of the dual-line weed whacker?

Some weed-whacker.

Can we give him his own private corner in Hell?

as long as it's right next to yours.

Didnt you like it better when the CONSUMER had more control of the market?

When was that?

And you only went to the doctor when YOU felt you needed to?

I still do, and sometimes not even then.

From 1950 to 1959 was referred to as The 50s. From 1960 to 1969 as The 60s, and so on. So, how do we refer to the LAST decade?

The 'aughts; aught one, aught two, etc.

Do you suspect, as do I, that once we ALL start using those energy saving lightbulbs, the electric utilities will start raising their rates?

Yep.

I really mean it. Seriously! Havent we had enough of the vampire shit?

Yes, housebreak them suckers.

Are Cuban cigars REALLY all that much better, or is it that the rarity and difficulty in obtaining them is making it seem so?

Depends on who you ask.

Do you wonder if those whack-jobs who dressed up in costumes to go see The Rocky Horror Picture Show ever admitted it to their kids?

They had kids?(shudder)

Whatever became of Rick Derringer?

He got saved and is doing quite well for himself.

Why IS that three-toned ice cream called neopolitan?

It originated in Naples.

Did you ever see anyone actually wear a fanny pack ON the FANNY?

It would be called a bustle.

Did Sweet William give Susan her black eye?

Not very sweet, is he?

Doesnt anyone in movies or on TV just plain FIGHT anymore? They all seem to know some kind of martial art.

Have you ever watched two guys who don't know some form of martial art fight? It ranges from boring to hysterically funny. No one would pay to see that.

Either that, or theyre vampires! And havent we finally had ENOUGH of the vampire shit already??

I've had enough of saying housebreak them suckers..

[Danzilla]

Doesnt anyone in movies or on TV just plain FIGHT anymore? They all seem to know some kind of martial art.

Have you ever watched two guys who don't know some form of martial art fight? It ranges from boring to hysterically funny. No one would pay to see that. [/quote=picker]

 

My oldest son was majoring in film & theater, and working with fight choreography. While he enjoys Jet Li and all kinds of high-flying wire work fight scenes, three things he kept coming back to as great fight scenes that were realistic: 1) the Indiana Jones movies- real bare-knuckle fights; 2) the old Captain Marvel (Shazam!) serials- interesting brawls without special effects or stunt doubles (except for the dummy that got thrown off the roof); and 3) the brawls in "Footloose". Well, two out of three were pretty good money-makers.

[Fingerstyle_Jim]

realistic: 1) the Indiana Jones movies- real bare-knuckle fights;

 

I especially liked the scene where a martial arts guy prepares to square off with our hero demonstrating various fast moves and gutteral noises only to be cleanly shot dead from a safe distance. genius.

 

Jim

[duff beer]

realistic: 1) the Indiana Jones movies- real bare-knuckle fights;

 

I especially liked the scene where a martial arts guy prepares to square off with our hero demonstrating various fast moves and gutteral noises only to be cleanly shot dead from a safe distance. genius.

 

Jim

 

I read an interview with Harrison Ford about that scene. Apparantly it was shot on site and he was suffering from an extremely upset stomach from the food/water and was spending most of the day in the bathroom. It was originally choreographed to be a full fight scene, but he suggested they revise the scene to save him further discomfort, and the director agreed.

[whitefang]

Picker is the man of the hour! You're either an old fart, or you have a wide spectrum of musical interests. I like to think it's both!

 

I have to take medicine for a chronic condition. It's NEVER going to go away or be cured, and the medicine is vital to keep me from worrying about DYING if I don't take it! But when my prescription runs out and needs to be renewed, my doc, or ANY doc I've had since I was diagnosed, refuses to do so unless I come in for an appointment at 50 bucks a pop! And the three scrips will cost me $20 each to fill! It's extortion as far as I'm concerned, and a drain on my limited pension.

 

G.A.Donis, you sound like Craig Ferguson, who has often griped about "gloomy vampires with abs talking about their FEELINGS!"

And I'm in agreement.

 

The "oldies" thing isn't neccesarily about decade. The oldies station here in Detroit often plays more '80's tunes than the "classic rock" station.

 

Why NOT nominate him for nine grammy's? Because he didn't DO nine Grammy's worth of stuff!

 

Back in the day, their used to be a system called, "supply and demand", when manufacturers produced products that filled the demands of the consumer. Take recorded music for example. When brittle 78rpm records were answered with more plyable 45's (and does ANYONE know why they had that BIG HOLE?), both were sold simultaeously until the CONSUMER showed a preferrence for the 45's. But when CD's came along, labels, slowly mind you, phased out vinyl output and left the consumer with no choice but to put out for a CD player, and started re-issuing old LPs on disc. Which forced us to put up with CD re-issues featuring "never before released material"! 10 seconds or less into it, the reason WHY became apparent.

Whitefang

[Eric Iverson]

How many people base their opinion of a bands live performance on how well they play the music, and how many do so based on the costumes and effects?

 

.And which one are YOU?

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ANSWER: I am a dyed in the wool bah-humbugger and costumes make me think they can't play.... which is not always the case, just MOST OF THE TIME!

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Whitefang again:

When did religion go from wanting to guide your soul to wanting to control your mind? Or has that always been the case?

 

ANSWER: I'm dealing with some of that now with certain individuals - why are honest questions are so upsetting to them? But the forum rules don't allow religious rants!

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Whitefang:

How come when you break a string, its invariably the one for which you have no spare?

 

ANSWER: I guess I'm a wimp - I break a string every 10 years or so, and it's always the high E string. So I don't carry spare strings, though I should of course... I could play the songs in question without the E string, but who wants to HAVE to??

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Whitefang:

I really mean it. Seriously! Havent we had enough of the vampire shit?

 

ANSWER: I was never particularly into vampires or horror films in general.

But I DO like that old movie, "Love At First Bite" which is a great send-up of the whole genre!

 

And I had a friend who is a phlebotomist - i.e. takes blood for a living. She heard all kinds of bad jokes about "cute but not my type...."

 

I don't think any vampire who drank MY blood would live long enough to drink anyone else's..... never mind why!

The forum rules forbid medical dissertations.......

 

My blood type is B negative. So what's yours? (A question that may well replace "what's your sign, man?" - at least in the '60s the latter got asked a lot!)

[Delta]

Great original post Whitefang. Thanks for venting for me.

[picker]

...does ANYONE know why they had that BIG HOLE?...

 

Yes, it is something from one of the courses I used to teach. At that time, there were two competing formats for long playing records, 45s and 33 1/3rds, from different companies(RCA was and I think Motorola was the other, but I'm not sure anymore; I'm sorry, it's been almost 20 years since I taught). Originally, the hole was bigger on 45s to make them incompatible with 33 players. My family had a couple of 45 albums. They had multiple disks with three songs on each side. You wound up with the same amount of music as you would get on a 33 1/3rd, just in a more compact package. Eventually, 33 1/3rd became the preferred format for LPs, and 45s worked for singles. The compatibility issue was solved by adapters that came with pretty much all record players, or those little plastic adapters that you could buy 3 of for 25 cents. There is actually a bit more to it, diamond needles, hi-fi technology & playback quality, etc, but that's the reader's digest version.