I should post a nice clip of Beethoven's 9th, just to hear Sixty Grit's take on it, because I like what he writes about music [see here for example]. As it is, I'll go with Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau instead.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Ever Get The Feeling That...
...some people would force you to watch certain movies if they could?
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I should post a nice clip of Beethoven's 9th, just to hear Sixty Grit's take on it, because I like what he writes about music [see here for example]. As it is, I'll go with Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau instead.
I should post a nice clip of Beethoven's 9th, just to hear Sixty Grit's take on it, because I like what he writes about music [see here for example]. As it is, I'll go with Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau instead.
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Here's an English translation of the Toten Hosen song. It's not very good and only gives a flavor of the original. link
Unfortunately, you must realize that this little bit of attention we've given Crack will fuel another month of raving.
I've ignored him for about a month.
I think I'll return to that strategy. He's best ignored.
When I go back in another month or two, he'll still be the same raving racist bastard. So, no loss.
@ST: Yes, that's sadly true. I'm kind of grateful to Lem for keeping him in the sidebar. That way we can keep an eye on him without having to actually go there which feels like going to a KKK site or something. I want crack to come back but he needs to sober up first.
My first classical LP was the soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange and I listened to it more or less constantly.
When I heard the classical pieces performed with orchestral instruments instead of the MOOG, I didn't care for it, felt there was something missing.
There's probably a word for that phenomenon more specific than prejudice but I don't know what it is.
The name someone chooses for himself on the internet provides a pretty good indication of how he sees himself and/or how he wants to be seen.
That's pretty obvious but it somehow seems appropriate to say so at this moment.
Too shay, eric!
I choose Stabmaster Icepick because it was two fairly obscure references to some pop culture that my friends and I found entertaining in our youth (CB4 and Magnum, PI). And because we were writing a group blog about the old neighborhood. And since I was remembering all the stabbing and shootings and beatings and general mayhem, a name inspired by gangsters seemed appropriate. Somehow, the Icepick bit stuck when I started commenting on other blogs. Meh.
IRL, though, when I show up I always get greeted as Stabmaster Arson. Ya burn down one small town and it sticks with ya for life.
...
Anyway, one wonders if Eric has a personality disorder, given that he used to be Mitchell. Heck, he even went and got extensive plastic surgery to look like another species of bat entirely. Alternately, he went into witness protection, and his handlers are really REALLY bad at it. Well into Obama's Age of Competence that last is entirely believable.
I choose my first email address handle because I thought a certain sound (spong) was funny. That was back in my student days and I didn't need to think about how stupid it would look on a resume. Later I found out there was a gay Episcopal bishop by that name, and people thought I was making some kind of statement. (People at universities are big into confusing and meaningless statements, as long as the message sticks it to The Man.) I was confused at first what people thought I was talking about, but eventually figured out that I was down with gay Episcopal bishops, or something.
Then I choose my online chess handle. That was over 18 years ago. My wife had jokingly called my Parsley Boy at some point for some long forgotten reason, and I used that as inspiration for a slightly different handle, which I won't reveal as I keep these things separate.
My experience is that online handles are generally chosen on the spur of the moment, and signify nothing more than what a given person's neurons were excited about at that moment. That includes the maniacs that use their real names.
The 9th - my puny words can add nothing to its majesty.
I had the soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange on 8 track, and later I found a copy of the 9th on 8 track, too.
Listened to them both many times over on long drives across the country. Sometimes you need some Beethoven just to keep on truckin'.
Freude! Damnit!
Rossini is good, too.
1cepick/
Eric has changed his species probably because he is now a "fruit" bat. Remember, he was originally simply "Mitchell the (generic) Bat"
@icepick/
Yes, who can forget the frequent references of (mainly) Larry Manetti "Rick" to his underworld (and frequently useful) contact "icepick." LOL
Well, I'm Dust Bunny Queen, because I would rather do a whole lot of other things than scrupulously clean the house. The house is clean, tidy and uncluttered. [I hate clutter].....it just isn't squeaky clean-clean. I had an aunt who had a pristine house. Everyone was afraid to touch anything. No one needs to live like that!
I'm partial to Vivaldi.
I forget how it all happened but "Eric the Fruit Bat" is from the Fish Licence Sketch.
I wanted my self-presentation to be whimsical because that's pretty much how I am in real life.
The fruit bat thing gets in the way when I'm in the mood to get serious but that doesn't happen very often, fortunately.
Half a bee, philosophically, must ipso facto half not be.
Played by noted character actor Elisha Cook, Jr, also known for work in The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep, amongst many others. He also played Jim Beam in an episode of The A-Team. How many actors do you know that can play a kind of bourbon whiskey?
I forget how it all happened but "Eric the Fruit Bat" is from the Fish Licence Sketch.
Dang, I knew that was familiar somehow, but I never looked it up!
There's probably a word for that phenomenon more specific than prejudice but I don't know what it is.
The Law of Primacy is what I was groping for.
The brain still works, sort of, just very, very, very slowly.
What movie are we talking about, here?
The problem is that racism has not reached "deadly sin" status.
I tell you, with this new pope, chances for that high honor has never looked brighter.
This is a very social pope.
The problem with elevating racism as a deadly sin is that it may backfire. As we all know, once we tell people not to try something well... it just doesn't work out they way it's hoped, or desired.
Just look at gluttony, or as we call it now days, obesity.
It's a tough call.
The again maybe, just maybe, racism is not up there in the higher echelons, as a deadly sin, because it looks a little bit like envy. we already have a name for it.
Envy is not fun
'Envy is entirely devoid of even a momentary pleasure.'
Excellent link, Lem. Problem is, envy sells.
Also, to cast it as a "deadly sin" would also mean aligning with another foe.
Organized religion ;)
You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're doing what we can
Beatles Revolution.
I always assumed that the injunction against gluttony had more to do with the historical scarcity of resources, Christian notions of charity, and wealth redistribution than it had to do with obesity but I could be wrong about that.
Isn't hoarding a crime that gets prosecuted every now and then?
Anyway, there's nothing new under the sun . . . or so they say.
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu has begun!
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu has begun!
Ferocious trenchant warfare, reminiscent of the Great War, prove decisive.
I'm the guy with "nothing but a rifle and a bowl of rice"...
Isn't hoarding a crime that gets prosecuted every now and then?
Nah, you're thinking of "gouging".
"I'm the guy with "nothing but a rifle and a bowl of rice"...
Fun Fact ;)
No, if you want facts:
Dinner: Two Oranges, An Oatmeal Cookie & Beef Jerky
"Romney is a Dixie governor."
Lem said...
Romney is a Dixie governor.
Man, I am just so glad that crack's new civil war didn't start over "Bulll Run" or worse still the homophonic "Manasses."
that quote is from the link Crack put up of Malcolm X, calling for Black Nationalism... independence from the white man.
You guys are so ignorant to what I'm doing it's hilarious - I even have been spelling it out for you:
IVE BEEN MOCKING YOUR OWN BEHAVIOR.
And you're so unself-aware of how you are, all you can see is the RACISM in how you are.
It's spectacularly stupid!
There was a period a few years back at Althouse where it was quite fashionable for people to insult each other by asserting that the other person was a stupid loser who wasted his time on the internet arguing with people.
That was a real head-scratcher.
Crack, you were more fun when you were an Uncle Tom.
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