White Stripes
 

It's actually quite different around here. For years, the indie scene was rather "three degress of Fugazi". Being the home of Dischord, that will always be true, to some extent.

There has always been a thriving indie scene here, as far as the number and variety of good bands goes. Unfortunately, being the buttoned up town DC is, attendance is spotty, and the number of good venues diminishes over time. And don't tell me about how awesome the 9:30 club is, according to Rolling Stone. They don't book local indie bands anymore, for the most part. They've had to outgrow that.

There are some seriously good bands around here that deserve mention, but as this is a national board, the one I'll really refer to is The Carlsonics, since their debut is coming out on Arena Rock in about two months. This band will smoke anyone out of their foxholes, and will make everyone forget crap like The Vines ever existed.

90210 reunion
 

Nope, my mom did. One night she watched Melrose with me and said, hey that actress was on my soap. good for her for making itinto primetime. She also noted the same about Lauren Holly, adding that Lauren got implants since her soap days.

90210 reunion
 

Alright. You draw up some detailed characters and email them over and I'll think up a plot once I get them.

If you get stuck, just use some of your personalities. Make them sign a waiver first, though.

TM

White Stripes
 

Hmmm....

Well, I'm not a chick.
I'm not a GA, more of a Gp. (Little p for BIGLAW paralegal)
DC GAs don't get time to be indie rockers. Me? I gave up law school so I could still chase the dream...

Anyway, as for this weekend, two things. McLusky at the Black Cat (with The Carlsonics opening) is not to be missed. Though I'll miss it anyway, since a friend's band is having a CD release tonight.

Tomorrow night, Carborundum and the Hurricane Lamps at the Galaxy Hut. Small intimate venue in Arlington.

90210 reunion
 

Wasn't that back when the show took itself seriously? They had black woman, gay guy, Billy was a struggling writer, Michael was struggling with his residency and his new marriage, they had some blond who was an aerobics instructor, blah, blah, blah?

Boy did the show suck then.

a(Now The Heights RULED!! -->How do you talk to an angel?)V

90210 reunion
 

Who knew you were an entertainment lawyer? You've been holding out on us.

90210 reunion
 

Gee, thanks. I say I'm feeling old and you bring your mom into it. You're only three years younger than me, little missy.

I seem to remember Lauren Holly on All My Children. Does anyone still watch those daytime soaps? What a friggin waste of time.

White Stripes
 

Its their simplicity that makes the Stripes great. Sure, they're now a packaged and marketed commodity (like every other moderately talented group the filthy greedheaded fucks who run the music biz can get their hands on), but the record is better than 99.9% of anything else on the radio these days.

That the Stripes pass for genius is a commentray on how bad the folks in the record business and at Clear Channel have made things.

Of course, the greatest bands of all time kept it simple, so maybe the Stripes are genius.

And on another topic
 

Sorry I'm posting so much today. I'm verbose. But I wanted to chime in about Survivor. It doesn't seem to be generating much buzz, and that's a shame because from a "game" perspective this is by far the best one yet. This ranks up with Big Brother 3 (the hot-tub alliance, the hot-tub backlash, Lisa voting against bringing Eric back into the house, Danielle & Jason's secret alliance, Marcellus digging his own grave, Lisa's highly improbable win) as the most exciting (again, from a game-perspective) reality show of the modern reality show era.

It is almost beyond belief that Alex fell prey to the almost identical mistake that got Deana booted out the week before. The look on the faces of Jenna and Heidi as Alex took the walk was better than perfect.

Crazy Matt continues to be fascinating. I think that if the final four is Rob, Butch, Christy and Matt, they'd better bump off Christy as soon as they can, because if she gets into the final 2, she's probably going to win. Rob is probably counting on bringing Matt with him as a Brian/Clay or Richard/Kelly thing, i.e., they hate both of us, so I've got a decent shot of winning. I don't see how Rob could beat either Butch or Christy in a jury vote. Unless the jury respects the fact that Rob has the Survivor game in a choke-hold.

It seems like a done deal that next week, Jenna gets a visit from a loved one, and that's her goodbye present. So long, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. Prediction: Rob wins, Matt second, with lots of comments like: 'Rob, you're a weasel, a liar, and a snake, but you played the game great. Matt, you're only here because Rob dragged you here.'

Off the top of my head, here's how I rate the different versions of the Big 3 in terms of game-excitement.

Big Brother 3 (Lisa beats Jason)
Survivor 6 (yet to be determined)
Amazing Race 3 (Flo & Zack, the impossible victory)
Amazing Race 2 (Chris and Alex pass Will & whats-her-name in the final sprint)
Survivor 1 (Richard beats Kelly)
Survivor 5 (Brian beats Clay -- some potentially exciting moments once it reached the final 5, with Ted and Helen and Jan and whatnot, but ultimately a fizzle)
Survivor 4 (Vecepia beats who? Kathy came third and should have won, I remember that)
Big Brother 2 (Will beats Nicole through no real strategy other than being a bastard)
Survivor 2 (Tina beats Colby, ho hum)
Amazing Race 1 (Rob and Brennan easily beat the field)
Survivor 3 (Ethan and Lex and yawn)
Big Brother 1 (Eddie beats Josh & Curtis, as if there was any doubt)

90210 reunion
 

Don't forget the badass, rebellious, poor-man's Dylan McKay known as "Jake."


Yes, it did. But give Spelling his kudos. The man knew how to play to his show's core demographics.

Schadenfreudapalooza (pp: nice re line, btw)
 

Ahem. I like Ed Burns. I liked "The Brothers McMullen" a lot. I liked the Irish tinged instrumental music that he used on the soundtrack. I liked the guy who played his father -- John Somebody (he also plays Frasier's dad). I didn't think that the chick that played his girlfriend was a good actress, but whatever.

I liked his next movie, "She's The One," too. I think that Jennifer Anniston was very good in it, and I think that Cameron Diaz is attractive only in this movie, "There's Something About Mary," and "Any Given Sunday." I also think that the guy who plays his brother is a good actor (though why you would want to stray from a wife like Jennifer is beyond me). I liked the songs that Tom Petty wrote for Ed. Again, I don't think that the acting of Ed's then squeeze was up to the level of the others, but whatever.

To sum up, I like Ed. I like his movies. Maybe I'm an idiot, or maybe I'm blinded by the shared ethnic heritage, or maybe I just think that Jennifer Anniston is hot.

90210 reunion
 

Yeah, my grandma used to tell my mom about watching that show. Sounded cool when my mom told me those stories. Did it ever make it to color TV?

Schadenfreudapalooza
 

Kevin Smith did two good flicks - Chasing Amy and Clerks. The rest suck. His last flick was awful. Too much dialogue.

Schadenfreudapalooza (pp: nice re line, btw)
 

John Mahoney.

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Jo(Full of useless trivial knowledge like every other child of the '80's)Bu

90210 reunion
 

Now I feel old.

Schadenfreudapalooza
 

If you kinda sorta liked Dogma, or just wanted to like Dogma, but wanted it to be that much more, go read Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. The book is absolutely hysterical. Rumor (i.e. the IMDB) has it that Terry Gilliam is going to direct it, though one wonders about Terry Gilliam's ability to direct anything after the Don Quixote.

Totally off topic, but I just found my favorite headline after the infamous "Man, Woman, Serpent Die in Firey Crash":

Sect Leader Irked by Santorum Remarks Likening Homosexuality to Polygamy

Music and a Nighttime Soap
 

I discovered Platinum on the WB last Friday when they ran two episodes back to back. Now that is some dramatic fun.

An independent hip-hop label run by two brothers -- one played by Sticky Fingaz, the other by the guy who looks like Michael Jai White but isn't.

It's produced by Sofia Coppola and John Ridley (of Three Kings and Undercover Brother fame).

I have no idea when it is actually on since it's playoff time.

Even(I really really enjoyed Dogma, and hated Chasing Amy)Odds

90210 reunion
 

I have heard, but I have not confirmed, that Tyler Christopher is back on General Hospital to reprise his role as Nikolas Cassadine. I used to watch it when I was in law school, and I stopped having a clue what was going on around the time that Brenda was killed off. (She apparently came back from the dead briefly during a recent sweeps.)

Music and a Nighttime Soap
 

It's on right after Buffy (they've already torn down all the sets) on Tuesday nights on the WB.

Speaking of non hoochy black people
 

My my, look who is onthe cover of the new Tennis

http://picsrv.altdc3.va.twimm.net/fi...gn=0,0,0,0&cvt

edited to say, goddamit, i thought i had this figured out


Edited to say paigow it is the links you use that are incorrect. You need to copy the entire link for the picture itself, which you find by right clicking on the picture, clicking on properties, and then copying the link.

And on another topic
 

Wow that is some amazing recollection you have. I watched part of Survivor last night (for the first time in at least a month). That Matt guy seems pretty creepy. He sure thinks he has the whole thing won, which to me means he's the next one out. Heidi and Jenna are those annoying girls that you just want to slap (we're so cool and fun, see how we painted our faces!). I didn't see enough of anyone else to really form an opinion. When they were showing the votes at the end it looked like the old guy voted against Alex and one of the cute girls voted against Matt. Guess their betrayals cancelled each other out.

n(waiting for the part where someone is consumed by an anaconda)cs

And on another topic
 

There have been several articles (I think one was posted here but I'm not sure) about how some CBS employees were caught placing bets offshore on who will be the final two.

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Matt and Jen are supposedly the final two. I also heard that Heid goes next week and that the final four are Christi (ends in 4th place), Butch (3rd place) Matt and Jenna. No word on who actually wins.

Rob is not that brilliant. While I"m thrilled that he flip-flopped (because I hate the Barbie brigade), he just ensured that, were he to make it to the final two, most of the jury wouldn't vote for him (and he already betrayed his alliance with Deena). There's not a big enough financial difference between second and fourth place to risk alienating most of the jury like that.

And on another topic
 

You should try crystal meth. It lasts a bit longer than straight speed, and has a sort of physicality to it that speed lacks.

(There was an SNL episode years ago - woman showing how she obsessively folded all of her bags, and then ironed them flat, and then put them away in order with her hundreds of other bags - it was a commercial for speed. Your post brought back memories . . .)

Schadenfreudapalooza (pp: nice re line, btw)
 

That's him, thanks. He was also in "Moonstruck."

Apropos of nothing, I'm glad to hear that you decided to help Serrano hit the curve ball.

Now that's talent!
 

Why the hell would anyone pierce and accessorize something that no one else can see? That's like buying a little handbag to complement your outfit and shoving it up your !@## instead!

p(utterly mystified, and grossed out by the idea of unattractively gacking out your tongue like you're at the doctor's office to show your friends your cool new uvula-ring)j

Schadenfreudapalooza (pp: nice re line, btw)
 

He was also in "Broken Hearts Club," as was Dean Cain, playing a gay guy. Dean Cain played a gay guy in "Best Men," too.

If he weren't now hosting "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" he'd be on my laminated list. Well, maybe not, too pretty.

f(Dean Cain kissing another hot guy is . . . really hot)b

Edge of Night
 

I absolutely LOVED Edge of Night (and a couple of the gentlemen on it--oh my). You're not alone though--two guy-fans of the show have a home page for it.

Crap. This is one addiction of mine that's probably outable.

90210 reunion
 

I believe she also played either Scottie Baldwin's wife or some other similar character on General Hospital -- sometime during the cretacious period I think.

(Do not know how I remembered Scottie Baldwin's name.)

Schadenfreudapalooza (pp: nice re line, btw)
 

Also Diane's dad in Say Anything.

And apropos of hockey, you are probably not a Leafs fan so don't remember the Al Iafrate v. Gary Leeman debacle over Mrs. Iafrate/Gary Leeman of the late '80's. But apparently it is that all over again, this time featuring Shayne Corson and Mrs. Mogilny that explains the Leafs latest round of misfortune.

(that and SARS, possibly)

Schadenfreudapalooza (pp: nice re line, btw)
 

He was also in "Say Anything." . . . Mahoney, that is, not Superman.



It was all that goddamn rum that swayed me.


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Jo(could go for some rum in my Diet Coke about now)Bu



edited to add: Beaten to the punch on the "Say Anything" reference by the canuck

ltl/fb's bunny
 

When I see your avatar, I want to buy it a flea collar.

That is all.

ltl/fb's bunny
 

I have been feeling kind of itchy lately.

Your avatar brings back horrific flashbacks of babysitting for kids who insisted on watching "My Little Pony" movies over and over and over and over.

ABC Soaps
 

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Am I the only one who remembers Marcia Cross from the Edge of Night? Am I the only one who remembers the Edge of Night?

L(feeling old)P
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I remember Edge of Night (as a disclaimer, I was quite young at the time -- my formative 2-6 years were spent watching soaps with my mom). The guy who later played Erica's husband on All My Kids (flaring nostrils, dark hair) was the main male character and he had a tumultuous relationship with a woman named Raven.

Then came on cheesy Ryan's Hope. I'd probably like that one more today as it seemed to revolve around an Irish family and their bar or restaurant.

I watched All My Children from the age of 2 to 25. Gave it up after law school though and now it hurts me to watch it (I saw a piece of it a couple weeks ago and had to turn away). Yes, I remember Lauren Holly on it. And of course, Kim Delaney (sigh, Jenny and Greg).

I always hated One Life To Live. Watched General Hospital until about 1988.

n(Erica Kane Martin Chandler Montgomery, etc.)cs

Now that's talent!
 

Isn't that logic also pertinent for cock rings and pierced clitorises? (Not that you're post in anyway implies that piercing one's nether regions is something that you condone or admire).

Schadenfreudapalooza (pp: nice re line, btw)
 

Ouch. I'm sure that a joke could be made about that and Alex Mogilny's lack of scoring, but I don't want to go there.

After the Ducks let the Stars tie it at the end of regulation, they got to 5 OTs before they win. Jesus. I fell asleep during the intermission between the first and second OTs. No Duck losses thus far in two rounds. Emilo may be taking the Cup home to show Denise at this rate.

Schadenfreudapalooza
 

Now who's being who's SP? I saw Clerks three times in about 6 months and went from thinking "as good as Reservoir Dogs" to "dogshit around the reservoir" in those three viewings. Haven't watched another Kevin Smith movie.

str(dogshit is a funny word)8

Tina Fabulous
 

Tina and Andrew were both recently spotted in Minneapolis at the same time, though not together in the same place. Both said they were aware the other was in town.

A friend directed me to a Minneapolis gossip column which stated: "Win or lose, Tina Fabulous is classy." No lie.

Just thought you'd want to know.

ltl/fb's bunny
 

When I went looking for a picture, I discovered that they are about to release a new round of this hellish toy (August). If only I were the parent of a small girl right now, the anticipation, the joy!! Maybe I should cross-post a warning to the LWK board.

Tina Fabulous
 

WHOA. I had just read the post before this where reality guy says dogshit is a funny word and I thought of how Abba thinks underpants is a funny word. THen I wondered what happend to Abbaclass and SCHWUMP, you posted a second later.

I am psychic

Now that's talent!
 

What are you, a nun? (Or monk)

f(and I think that at least the clitoral (hood?) piercings are supposed to have practical use -- but I think nuns aren't allowed to masturbate even, so this may not apply to you, even if you are female)b