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Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 10-23-2008 09:27 PM
Re: Madonna is 50. Five-oh.
 
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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 368466)
Not me! Almost all my music is ripped from my own CDs. And a fat lot of good it does me, since everyone else is completely fucked by Apple's DRM.
Untrue. Icky's got a Rio he'll sell you cheap. Win-win.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 10-23-2008 09:41 PM
Re: Madonna is 50. Five-oh.
 
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Originally Posted by pernsky no account (Post 368460)
And at that point the State probably comes in and effects some resolutions that, for better or worse, distort the normal give and take in the marketplace. Is that the socialism aspect you were referencing?
Well, Kid's not getting anything done on his own (other than advocating for Napster). So I'm not sure which he wants--the government to intervene or for all the other musicians to join him and get an exemption from the antitrust laws for a group boycott.

Tyrone Slothrop 10-23-2008 09:45 PM
Re: Madonna is 50. Five-oh.
 
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Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) (Post 368468)
Untrue. Icky's got a Rio he'll sell you cheap. Win-win.
Not to hear him talk.

taxwonk 10-23-2008 10:37 PM
Re: What's happening all over? I'll tell you what's happening all over.
 
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Originally Posted by Not Bob (Post 368454)
Ah, Wonk, I love you like the dope-addled, Zeppelin-addicted older brother I never ha . . uh, Not Nick? Is that you?

eta: I hit 4500 while wonking a wonk post? Jesus H. Christ on a popsicle stick!
Dope-addled, yes. Zeppelin-addicted, no way. I like Zep for about 1 week in HS and then had no use for them until I turned about 40. It's only in the last few years that I've come to appreciate that their whole catalog wasn't utter shit. They did have some great songs. They just buried them in so much dreck the gems got lost.

Atticus Grinch 10-23-2008 11:41 PM
Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 
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Originally Posted by taxwonk (Post 368345)
I don't remember the question, but I'd be curious to know what the answer is.
My question related to Betty's motivation to arrange a lunch with Sarah Beth and Arthur and then not to show up. My three hypotheses were (1) Betty wanted to make Sarah Beth feel attractive and was trying to do something nice; (2) Betty wanted to see if she could use a man's attraction to her to manipulate him, but she had no interest beyond seeing if she could yank Arthur's chain; or (3) she was in such pain over Don that she wanted to make Sarah Beth feel miserable by inducing her to succumb to tempation with Arthur so that she wouldn't be the only one with a broken home.

That was an open question until the last episode. SPOILER ALERT. What we learned in the Mountain King episode was that it was 3, with a bit of scientific curiosity about Why People Cheat. I interpret her phone call with Sarah Beth to mean she wanted to find out whether people cheat on nice spouses that they love, and the answer she got was yes. And that cheaters suffer too, which is what she needs to know to forgive Don -- at the expense of her own innocence.

ETA that the story arc is The Great Gatsby reset in Midcentury Modern and with Peggy playing the Sam Waterston character. Which is nice because it's never been well adapted for the screen, but bad because it means Don Will Have To Die.

Hank Chinaski 10-24-2008 12:09 AM
Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch (Post 368481)
My question related to Betty's motivation to arrange a lunch with Sarah Beth and Arthur and then not to show up. My three hypotheses were (1) Betty wanted to make Sarah Beth feel attractive and was trying to do something nice; (2) Betty wanted to see if she could use a man's attraction to her to manipulate him, but she had no interest beyond seeing if she could yank Arthur's chain; or (3) she was in such pain over Don that she wanted to make Sarah Beth feel miserable by inducing her to succumb to tempation with Arthur so that she wouldn't be the only one with a broken home.

That was an open question until the last episode. SPOILER ALERT. What we learned in the Mountain King episode was that it was 3, with a bit of scientific curiosity about Why People Cheat. I interpret her phone call with Sarah Beth to mean she wanted to find out whether people cheat on nice spouses that they love, and the answer she got was yes. And that cheaters suffer too, which is what she needs to know to forgive Don -- at the expense of her own innocence.

ETA that the story arc is The Great Gatsby reset in Midcentury Modern and with Peggy playing the Sam Waterston character. Which is nice because it's never been well adapted for the screen, but bad because it means Don Will Have To Die.
4- Betty needed to remove the temptation, because she knew she was about to blow up her marriage.

I know these people. I went to school in boston.

ltl/fb 10-24-2008 12:24 AM
Gone Baby Gone
 
I see these movies with bad parents, and I think I should adopt.

But only if I've been drinking a fair amount.

Atticus Grinch 10-24-2008 12:26 AM
Re: Gone Baby Gone
 
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Originally Posted by ltl/fb (Post 368483)
I see these movies with bad parents, and I think I should adopt.
I knew I would regret friending you on Facebook -- I just didn't know exactly why.

ltl/fb 10-24-2008 12:31 AM
Re: Gone Baby Gone
 
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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch (Post 368484)
I knew I would regret friending you on Facebook -- I just didn't know exactly why.
Did we go to high school together? Eric? Stop hitting on me. Or are you the sambucca sipper?

Hank Chinaski 10-24-2008 12:49 AM
Re: Gone Baby Gone
 
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Originally Posted by ltl/fb (Post 368485)
Did we go to high school together? Eric? Stop hitting on me. Or are you the sambucca sipper?
Atticus, i predict, is a girl drink drunk, not a sambuca sipper.

Atticus Grinch 10-24-2008 01:08 AM
Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 368482)
4- Betty needed to remove the temptation, because she knew she was about to blow up her marriage.

I know these people. I went to school in boston.
I gather that you were at Harvard during the brief regrettable period in which they replaced Gatsby in the undergraduate canon with How Stella Got Her Groove Back.

Atticus Grinch 10-24-2008 01:18 AM
Re: Gone Baby Gone
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ltl/fb (Post 368485)
Did we go to high school together? Eric? Stop hitting on me. Or are you the sambucca sipper?
I'm the one with the penetrating glare and the double chin. Not the Chicago tax lawyer; the other one.

robustpuppy 10-24-2008 08:40 AM
Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 368482)
4- Betty needed to remove the temptation, because she knew she was about to blow up her marriage.

I know these people. I went to school in boston.
Totally wrong. Betty wasn't attracted to Arthur. Too Judge Reinhold.

Sparklehorse 10-24-2008 09:10 AM
Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 
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Originally Posted by robustpuppy (Post 368490)
Totally wrong. Betty wasn't attracted to Arthur. Too Judge Reinhold.
Speaking of Judge Reinhold, I happened to surf past a show on WB and he was on it playing a washed-up private detective. The show Easy Money was crap at moments but held my attention with some surprisingly clever moments. It stars Roseanne's TV sister. The scenes with her and the leading man (her son) were well-written and acted, IMO. Of course, I haven't watched it since but it seemed to have some potential.

Hank Chinaski 10-24-2008 10:08 AM
Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by robustpuppy (Post 368490)
Totally wrong. Betty wasn't attracted to Arthur. Too Judge Reinhold.
on a board where tyrone posts all the time, i feel that is a really shitty thing to say.


yesterday I had a limo driver to the airport that was fucking nuts. i actually thought at one point he was threatening to kill me.

anyway, he was talking about our new terminal and how there are stains on the carpet already- he goes, "all these people crowding up at Starbuck's and McDonald's like they're getting ready for the electric chair."

wonderful phrase, one that I've not heard before.


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