Road Trip Albums
 

There are some definite musical similarities between the Femmes and the White Stripes. It will be interesting to see how their music holds up after 20 years.

Pink
 

That photo looks like Don King mated with a motel sofa.

Road Trip Albums
 

In what order would she want to listen to such selections?

All-over tan
 

Actually I would not have posted that, but its a fine suggestion.

Either way I think SEC should provide pictures. Its the only fair and humane course of action at this point.

Blast from PLF's Past
 

I was going through some very very old e-mails today and came across this gem from the old Boards (I had e-mailed it to a friend of mine b/c I thought it was so funny). Is anyone still collecting this stuff in an organized fashion?

Skimming the Fashion Tips Board over the last week, I realized that you are totally uncool unless you have at least one poster with whom you are in a prolonged, bitter, mean-spirited flame war. Which is how it should be, in my opinion. I also realized that I can barely remember the last time I was involved in any sort of online spat. Totally fucking boring. So, I have decided to start a trendy, virtual cat fight with Third Career. I chose Third Career because I honestly know almost nothing about this poster, and I therefore can start my evil little war with a blank slate. I would tell Third Career not to take it personally, except I want him or her to take it personally because, from this point forward, I hate him or her with dark, burning fury that can barely be expressed in words (although I will certainly try). I suggest that you other posters not yet involved in an extended electonic bitch slap session get on it and quick. Especially all the nicey-nice posters like Kafka and neighsayer. Nobody wants to ready your goody-goody shit anymore. O.K., on to dissing Third Career:

Fired Twice: [some pathetic lament about the sports teams in whatever fucking town he or she lives, punctuated by annoying all-caps screaming and multiple exclamation points]

Me: You used fifteen exclamation points in three sentences. Are you in fourth grade? Do you put emoticons into your fucking client letters? Take a hint!!!! The excessive punctuation does not make your posts either more persuasive or more cute!!!!!!!! GROW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More X-tina `
 

It is kinda unfair how they focus on her weight/body so much, I mean it is not like she pushes it in your face and makes it an issue or anything. ;) They should stick to ripping on her music.

I think the girth problem has hit many of our baby songstresses for one reason -- their penchant for the drink. We all know that regularly drinking gobs of booze generally leads to (usually unattractive) weight gain (in everyone except for FBers) and by all accounts most of these kids love to party hearty. They seem to want to stay away from "drugs," especially those ones that tend to make you rail-thin (crack-ho diet) and jumpy. If XTina would pick up the pipe once in a while that extra girth would slide right off. :D

Edited: To break up one big paragraph and note that boozing does not seem to add weight to the Hilton sisters either, but then again I wouldn't be shocked to find that they had already taken my "hit the pipe and lose weight" advice. Which reminds that I read a recent blurb on the sisters which included a snotty comment about their "not found in nature" hair color -- is "found in nature" suddenly a requirement for hair color? The guy who wrote the review seemed very bitchy.

More X-tina `
 

No, instead they're eating sugar cubed ecstasy faster than a 400 pounder eats at the Chesapeake Seafood buffet.

More X-tina `
 

The problem is that the poor misguided darling does not dress in a way that flatters any girth, big or small. And she has a fantastic voice, so if she doesn't go all Mariah mental breakdown, and she stops dressing like a streetwalking drag queen, she could really have a bright future no matter what size she ultimately settles on.

Road Trip Albums
 

She would start with Elephant by the White Stripes.

WHICH IS WHY I PUT IT FIRST ON THE LIST, YOU ASSHATJACKASSJACKHATASS.

Mission of Burma and Radiohead
 

[Mission of Burma reference made earlier by me]

Apparently, their "rebirth over the past couple of years has been one of the coolest stories in Boston rock. The band has recently begun working on its first album of new material in over two decades" (see this short piece from the Boston Globe). Sonic Youth was originally scheduled to open for Wilco but they had to cancel. I heard it was because Kim's mother died.

[Jack Manfred and SlaveNoMore discussing Radiohead tunes]

Isn't a song's use on TV some measure of its value in the pop culture lexicon? "High and Dry" was used in advertisements for Party of Five (if memory serves).

I am the Prince of Fucking Darkness
 

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0603/25ozzy.html

Spree: Satan worshipper claiming that the Oz-man is the father of her 6 year-old. Her proof? The child "has a speech impediment just like the former Black Sabbath frontman."

Ozzy's lawyer, being an on the ball kinda guy, rightly points out that not only did Ozzy have a vasectomy 17 years ago (TMI), but that his "slurred speech was a result of his "lifestyle," and not a genetic trait." DUH!!!

Bathing Suit Shopping
 

Sometimes I wish you were more of a misanthrope.

Obscure Band Poll
 

I think you can still probably get tickets for tonight's show at Stubbs Bar-B-Q in Austin. After last night's show, I was seriously considering blowing off today and roadtripping the 150 miles to go see them again.

Road Trip Albums
 

You are likely waiting breathlessly for my picks. Here they are, in order of preference/likely play.

1. Now That's What I Call Music 4
2. Now That's What I Call Music 2
3. Now That's What I Call Music 6
4. Hanson
5. Now That's What I Call Music 7.

But in all seriousness, I despise road trips and refuse to take them. I don't often drive, and I am a shitty passenger. If it is not within a 15 minute cab ride from my house, I am not happy about going there. Getting there is not half the fun. It is not any small fraction of the fun. Being there is 100% of the fun.

I wish I were Jem or a Hologram so I could materialize wherever I want to be.

Road Trip Albums
 

There is no shame in having "Greatest Hits" CDs in your car, though I wouldn't exactly go around decorating the ol' loft with the LP jackets. Instead, I suggest this:

http://www.io.com/~dork/pics/recpics/organfasc.jpg

or this:

http://www.io.com/~dork/pics/recpics2/letmetouch.jpg