ACL Lineup is Out
 

Los Lobos are high on my list for Best Live Band Ever. I've seen them probably close to a dozen times, in venues ranging from rock club to winery to festival to political rally to zoo. When they heat up, they are amazing. Great original rock numbers, great Mexican folk music, and the perfect selection of covers (Bertha, Cinnamon Girl, What's Goin' On, etc.).

I gotta figure out if I can be in Austin in mid-September.

ACL Lineup is Out
 

Glad I already got mine... Sounds like a good time!

ACL Lineup is Out
 

Look forward to seeing CCR, myself.

Although I do take exception with their characterization of Boys from Oklahoma.

Help wanted- name this band
 

Are you referring to Mark Foggo's Skasters?

Link to their webpage here

ACL Lineup is Out
 

I think I've seen them about that many times, too, and they have never failed to give an absolutely amazing show. They did one of the best renditions ever of Traffic's Mr Fantasy as a 10 minute encore. And Estoy Sentando Aqui is one of my favorite drunken canciones ever. Maricela and Kiko also tend to be really well performed.

Have you heard any of the Los Super Seven albums? Cesar Rosas and David Hildago joined up with a bunch of other norteno artists to redo some old canciones and to write some new ones. The first album (in my opinion) is better than the second, but the whole group is just fantastic to listen to, if you're into norteno music at all.

Ask Not What Your Country Can Doh! for You
 

In an "unscientific" BBC poll asking "Who is the greatest American?", Homer Simpson is handily beating Lincoln, MLK and several other luminaries.

Love the caveat: "Results are indicative and may not reflect public opinion."

The real surprise, though, is that Mr. T is beating both Bob Dylan and Bill Clinton. Oh, and Thomas Jefferson.

Rant of the Day
 

Robert didn't vanquish the Cassidines - Luke did - Robert and Laura stood outside with guns. (And yet I can't remember the argument I wrote in yesterday's brief).

The Amazing Race Recap
 

Here's the requested Amazing Race Recap

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The ATC guys left first by virtue of their fast forward, and almost immediately found themselves in last by virtue of some bad train station advice from a local (who thought for some reason that Padua train station would have a quicker way to get to Vienna than the Venice train station). So the teams get to Vienna, and everyone catches up because the next route marker was closed for the night. Then the best part: After going through the sewers, the teams come up and find their way to a fiacre (horse-drawn carriage) stand. Three or four carriages leave every half hour on the half hour. To get the cab, you have to grab the hanging tag off the door. Two of the first teams, (Reichen and Chip and Kelly & Jon) there fail to read the clue properly and climb in the cabs, which are then just sitting there (either because it wasn't time to leave, or because these idiots didn't grab the ticket). So the other teams are standing there watching these idiots in the cabs, and circus clowns Jon & Al realize what's going on, and grab the ticket from Reichen & Chip's cab. Next, the models do the same thing to Kelly & Jon. But all the teams stagger their way to a Palace, and then a bungee jump thing, and then have to do a long detour involving Mozart and Bethoven. Jack Osbourne-wannabe and his dad do the fast forward, which actually involved some hilarious moments of each of them dropping a full tray of champagne flutes as they tried to cross a dance floor filled with beautiful waltzing Austrian couples.
They win the stage, but no prize. Hot on their heels are the NFL wives, Reichen and Chip and Tian & Jaree. Doing surprisingly poorly are the LA guys, Dave & Jeff, who apparently bring nothing to the table.

Finally, it's a train race from Vienna to some small town namedG munden. The ATC guys seem to be mired dead in last place. However, Russell & Bitch-fucker get screwed by Russell's bad pronunciation of Gmunden, and buy tickets to Gmund. They realize their mistake before getting on the train, but it costs them about an hour. Lots of suspense, who's going to be last, and it's Russell & Bitch-fucker. Good ridance. The ATC guys are miraculously still in it for another week.

Rant of the Day
 

And the worst part is, they knock on your door early on Saturday mornings.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...mon_crickets_5

Ask Not What Your Country Can Doh! for You
 

So the English are still in a snit about the Revolution, are they? Then I nominate one of Benny Hill's interchangeable inflatable bimbos as greatest Brit.:)

Help wanted- name this band
 

Not it. But thanks anyway. I seem to remember that Yabba Dabba Doo might have been something they said a lot. This is really buggin me. I can completely pciture them.

ACL Lineup is Out
 

For those who (like me) enjoy singer-songwriter chicks, Terri Hendrix is *fantastic* -- I encourage the road-tripping Ollie and paigow to catch her act. (And yes, Shawn Colvin, Lucinda Williams, Liz Phair, and Beth Orton are all fantastic S/S chicks, too, but y'all have heard of them.)

Among the fellows, Hank III and Jimmy Lafave put on great live shows. Lafave does some amazing rocking covers of Bob Dylan tunes.

Almost makes me wanna ice down some Lone Star, pop a Lyle Lovett CD in the Not Bobmobile, and take a road trip to the Republic. Hey, e/o, can I crash on your couch?

ACL Lineup is Out
 

Dude, I am on her couch. You can shack up with that suckass, only sings when she is single, Liz Phair.

ACL Lineup is Out
 

Thanks y'all. So much for my barely concealed town of residence . . .

As I tell my inlaws, I have the best hotel recommendations for you. ;)

paraskevidekatriaphobia
 

I am utterly convinced that if there isn't a stupid word for everything, someone will make it up.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question614.htm

(An article on why people are afraid of Friday the 13th.)

Given the way my day is going, maybe I should be afraid of Friday the 13th.

paraskevidekatriaphobia
 

I was wondering why the staff is so skittish today. When I flipped on the lights this morning, they all scrabbled across the linoleum for cover, and peered out of the darkness of their cubicles with more loathing than usual, watching us suspiciously as they engaged in their ritual grooming behaviors.

Help wanted- name this band
 

"Yabba Yabba You" was the sig line for Kingston reggae great Yabba You. Could you be confusing two bands?

Ask Not What Your Country Can Doh! for You
 

For this one, I think Atticus deserves SLOTM*, if not Y*.

And it's not just because in tribute to the late Mr. Peck I watched the wonderful TKAM on DVD last night and so have extra love for Atticus today.

*Subject Line of the Month/Year

Help wanted- name this band
 

Nope. Though I am starting to think this band may have been more of a cover band than I thoght. Though I read the lyrics to the Heptones "fat girl" and I am not at all certain its the same tune.

surely some of the new england, new york cool kids in their thirites can help out?

Hair Products Query
 

I went to a new hair stylist today and got recommendations for new products by Kerastase which is apparently a L'Oreal line. Has anyone tried this line before? Any comments? They smell nice and I'm very happy with the cut and "gloss" that I got.

Shocking News -- He Turned It In!
 

Dude! Look What I Caught in My, Uh, Uh, Net...

PARIS (Reuters) -
A French fisherman netted a surprise catch this week -- 66 pounds of cannabis. The man was fishing on the river Yvette, on the southern edge of Paris, when he spotted something strange in the water, French media reported Friday.

Taking a closer look, he discovered 28 bags, each containing a little over a kilogram of cannabis resin and immediately alerted the police.

Full text: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ce_cannabis_dc

Isn't that how the best crime capers start? A fisherman finds 28 kilos of weed, talks to his friends, they decide to sell it to finance a crazy scheme, mayhem ensues.

Maybe that's why he turned it in.

Hair Products Query
 

I am a tremendous tremendous fan and think they are the best. A family member recently told me my hair has never looked better. The "green" line is superb. And that Vitacement in spa treatment changes your hair.

Shocking News -- He Turned It In!
 

I really hope this was the actual story:

"Taking a closer look, he discovered 40 bags, each containing a little over a kilogram of cannabis resin and immediately turned in 28 bags to the police ".

Hair Products Query
 

This is good to know, thanks! I think I got the green line shampoo and a leave-on conditioner. I also got a rinse conditioner called Masquintense.

Shocking News -- He Turned It In!
 

... and hilarious shenanigans ensued...

Rant of the Day
 

Yeah, but you missed the headline of the day on MSNBC...
"Mormon crickets invade the West"

“IT’S YUCKY,” said Amy Nisbet of Elko in northeast Nevada, where this year crickets made their first appearance in recent memory. “You drive down the street and they pop like bubble wrap.”

Rant of the Day
 

Well, that just ruined lunch for me.

Rant of the Day
 

Sorry about that.

But speaking of Mormons, did anyone watch the Pulse last night? It's Fox's version of 20/20/Dateline type of tv news show. Last night's show involved a story of the "Kingston" family in Salt Lake City and about this girl who got out of the "family." She was force to marry her 23 yo nephew at the age of 15 and have kids with him. My question is, if they're all having kids with their nephews (which it appears that a lot of the family is), isn't that incest and won't that cause genetic problems?

Rant of the Day
 

Isn't a 15 yr old with a 23 yr old nephew a little unusual? I don't think everyone is marrying their nephews. For example, my nephew, at 2, is well under marrying age. Perhaps it is her uncle. Can't you still marry your cousin in some states? Or is that just in Shelbyville?

Rant of the Day
 

No, it was definitely her nephew. You know, when you have 7 wives of varying ages, having an older nephew is easy. She was his 4th wife and her cousin who helped to rescue her from the "family" was also married to her nephew. But here's where I'm confused, I thought for sure that combination would cause genetic problems.

From Fox Polygamy

The Pulse goes inside the country's largest polygamy clan in Utah, where 15-year-old Luanne Kingston was forced to marry her 23-year-old nephew.

Heather Nauert has the story of the woman's dramatic escape.

Rant of the Day
 

New York is one such state.

not7y(so I read)S

Bush + Segway = Bad Time
 

Our President on a Segway:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...4dnhg.html&e=1

Rant of the Day
 

For a disturbing (very old) snapshot of incest in action, check out Velazquez' (?) portraits of the Hapsburgs, who were exceedingly inbred even for royals. Apparently they all had the exact same problems generation after generation and man does it show. Eeek!

So..are you superstitious?
 

http://www.emode.com/emode/tests/superstition.jsp

Apparently the fact I knock on wood and throw salt over my shoulder now and again, does not make me so. Go figure.


You waste no energy on superstition. You won't even entertain the thought that crossing your fingers can really change your luck, or the number 13 contains some kind of curse. Congratulations, you have complete control over your own destiny.

Whats your comfort cocktail
 

Can we do two at the same time (I know Slave can). i am more interested in knowing what my comfort cocktail is and what that says about me

http://www.emode.com/tests/cocktail/...tail/index.jsp

So..are you superstitious?
 

I haven't even heard of a lot of the superstitions listed in that test before... I, like leagl am apparently not superstitious. I still don't like breaking mirrors though.

Whats your comfort cocktail
 

What's Your Comfort Cocktail?

Well, I do enjoy a festive cocktail and a party atmosphere. And I always love a New Orleans themed place (whats that place in Soho called again?)


paigow, you're a Southern Hurricane

You've got the charm, charisma, and energy to be the life of any party. Any room lights up when you walk in, and people can't help but flock to you. Whether it's your incredible zest for life, or the fact that everyone knows you turn the fun dial up about ten notches, you are always a welcomed guest in any group

Whats your comfort cocktail
 

Southern Sparkler

The bottom line is — you're a complete prize. Just like the South, you've got that fun, sweet, charming personality that immediately draws people to you. It appears that you embrace each moment fully and love to have a good time. You've got a gift for lightening up the mood with your silly sense of humor and with the unique levity with which you approach life.

Let's not forget to mention your skills in the romance department — you've got the flirty moves that can attract anyone you've got your eye on. It's as if you cast your spell and there's just nothing left for the victim to do but fall for you completely. It's a great talent to have! And once people know you, they fall even further for your sweet, kind-hearted, caring ways that make you someone everyone wants to have around. So maybe it's time to order a cocktail that can complement your charm.

(so co, grapefruit, pineapple and club soda?)

So..are you superstitious?
 

My result:

You certainly don't let superstitions dictate your life! You know that crossing your fingers can't really change your luck, but you don't dismiss them completely either. Maybe you entertain them just for fun.

Like NCS, I hadn't heard of many of the superstitions.

Hi Y'all
 

Ok, emode is fucking with me. As it is calculating my results it keeps telling me things about my birthday. Leagl, did you know you were born on a Friday? Leagl, did you know you are 372 months old?

Hey Emode, FUCK YOU!

Sparkler my ass.

leagl, you're a Southern Sparkler

The bottom line is — you're a complete prize. Just like the South, you've got that fun, sweet, charming personality that immediately draws people to you. It appears that you embrace each moment fully and love to have a good time. You've got a gift for lightening up the mood with your silly sense of humor and with the unique levity with which you approach life.