Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 375777)

Weird that. Not the trouncing, though. That's expected. Par for the corner office. Speaking of bowling, I think that it is one of the great axioms of popular music that covering Pink Floyd is an endeavour fraught with peril. Are things actually ever fraught with anything other than peril? Why does peril have such an overwhelming majority share of the fraughting that is occurring? Anyhoo, I digress. Pink Floyd. Covers. Trouble. And especially the notion of a cover of Comfortably Numb. On paper, it is a train wreck. Or, for angry west coast monkeys, an abortion. Except Flinty. Flinty would not say something is an "abortion." Unless it were an abortion, non-metaphorically speaking, of course. And even then, he would try to come up with some more polite way of saying it. Like he would call it a "procedure" or something. But not Muggs. He has a computer problem? It's an abortion. His car has a flat tire? It's an abortion. His secretary uses too much teeth? Abortion. Anyhoo, despite everything written here so far, the Bad Plus do a cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb that was fantastic live. With vocals, even. I will be purchasing their upcoming CD on the strength of this tune alone. You people should go see the Bad Plus because it is jazz and will make you classy, but they do covers of Pink Floyd and the Pixies and a mean cover of Iron Man and you will like that, because you will laugh while secretly really enjoying it because you love the song Iron Man.

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) (Post 375775)

Which version of entourage, and Intel or non-Intel?

Originally Posted by Not Bob (Post 375781)

Dar Williams (with backing vocals from Ani DiFranco!) does a cover of Comfortably Numb. It is not a trainwreck -- perhaps you have heard it on "Acoustic Estrogen" on Sirius/XM?

eta: maybe Shape Shifter is a granola-crunching lesbian IRL.

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 375777)

Weird that. Not the trouncing, though. That's expected. Par for the corner office. Speaking of bowling, I think that it is one of the great axioms of popular music that covering Pink Floyd is an endeavour fraught with peril. Are things actually ever fraught with anything other than peril? Why does peril have such an overwhelming majority share of the fraughting that is occurring? Anyhoo, I digress. Pink Floyd. Covers. Trouble. And especially the notion of a cover of Comfortably Numb. On paper, it is a train wreck. Or, for angry west coast monkeys, an abortion. Except Flinty. Flinty would not say something is an "abortion." Unless it were an abortion, non-metaphorically speaking, of course. And even then, he would try to come up with some more polite way of saying it. Like he would call it a "procedure" or something. But not Muggs. He has a computer problem? It's an abortion. His car has a flat tire? It's an abortion. His secretary uses too much teeth? Abortion. Anyhoo, despite everything written here so far, the Bad Plus do a cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb that was fantastic live. With vocals, even. I will be purchasing their upcoming CD on the strength of this tune alone. You people should go see the Bad Plus because it is jazz and will make you classy, but they do covers of Pink Floyd and the Pixies and a mean cover of Iron Man and you will like that, because you will laugh while secretly really enjoying it because you love the song Iron Man.

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 375785)

I heard it on Youtube. Just now. Well, most of it. It is not a train wreck. That is all I will say about it. Holiday season and all that. I prefer Shifter's acoustic reggae version, although the image of Shifter with those white dude dreads is a bit discomforting. I'm sure he was able to pull it off, though. (Holiday season, holiday season.)

Originally Posted by Not Bob (Post 375792)

You really are too kind. On the same album, her cover of Neil Young's Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is much better, as covers go. (Marshall Crenshaw is on guitar and back-up vocals.)

As for Shifter, his law school classmate sent me this snap:

http://www.ryansonline.com/photos/NY...cs/phish16.jpg

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 375777)

Weird that. Not the trouncing, though. That's expected. Par for the corner office. Speaking of bowling, I think that it is one of the great axioms of popular music that covering Pink Floyd is an endeavour fraught with peril. Are things actually ever fraught with anything other than peril? Why does peril have such an overwhelming majority share of the fraughting that is occurring? Anyhoo, I digress. Pink Floyd. Covers. Trouble. And especially the notion of a cover of Comfortably Numb. On paper, it is a train wreck. Or, for angry west coast monkeys, an abortion. Except Flinty. Flinty would not say something is an "abortion." Unless it were an abortion, non-metaphorically speaking, of course. And even then, he would try to come up with some more polite way of saying it. Like he would call it a "procedure" or something. But not Muggs. He has a computer problem? It's an abortion. His car has a flat tire? It's an abortion. His secretary uses too much teeth? Abortion. Anyhoo, despite everything written here so far, the Bad Plus do a cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb that was fantastic live. With vocals, even. I will be purchasing their upcoming CD on the strength of this tune alone. You people should go see the Bad Plus because it is jazz and will make you classy, but they do covers of Pink Floyd and the Pixies and a mean cover of Iron Man and you will like that, because you will laugh while secretly really enjoying it because you love the song Iron Man.

Originally Posted by Not Bob (Post 375781)

Dar Williams (with backing vocals from Ani DiFranco!) does a cover of Comfortably Numb. It is not a trainwreck -- perhaps you have heard it on "Acoustic Estrogen" on Sirius/XM?

eta: maybe Shape Shifter is a granola-crunching lesbian IRL.

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch (Post 375822)

It must be true that alcohol precipitates violence, because I want desperately to punch absolutely everyone who had anything to do with this article. Including all of the people in the slideshow.

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch (Post 375822)

It must be true that alcohol precipitates violence, because I want desperately to punch absolutely everyone who had anything to do with this article. Including all of the people in the slideshow.

Originally Posted by Penske_Account (Post 375827)

Speaking of alcohol and violent impulses, is anyone else still working this year? I am not drinking tonight, or tomorrow and I am angry about it. I have about 100 billable hours of work to finish before year end. Wednesday I'LL probably pass out looking at a drink from lack of sleep.

Oh the humanity! Happy new YeaR!

Originally Posted by Shape Shifter (Post 375778)

acoustic act ... reggae version