We had cedar waxwings visit our yard this afternoon.
If you've never seen a cedar waxwing, Google 'em.
Effin' cool birds.

Very cool.
We've been addicted to these for the last several weeks:
Owl cam: http://www.ustream.tv/theowlbox/v3
Hummingbird cam: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/Hummingbird-Nest-Cam/v3

Tequila Cowboy wrote:As for New Order, there was some good stuff there. Joy Division was even better. Ahhh college...

Agreed. Y'all should watch Control if you haven't seen it: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421082/

Back in the day, Coors was THE beer in the East, basically because it wasn't available. Folks would come back from trips out West raving about this great beer and it took on mystical qualities. Of course the choices were a lot fewer then, but the dynamic is still the same. I've never tasted Bell's ...

The Four Tops' version of "Walk Away Renee" is better than The Left Banke's original...and I love The Left Banke.

Picked up this LP by Family Band (no, not Robert Randolph nor a Prince aggregation...). Very nice stuff, and the LP is very well recorded and mastered and sounds outstanding. It's more of that moody/folky/atmospheric/earthy/bluesy stuff that defies categorization. You can hear the whole thing here: ...

i was watching an "educational film" and it had a piece of music i thought was catchy... So i did some research and found it was a New Order song.... So, i watched a few videos... and i feel very bad about this... but i kinda like them... Hows that for Blasphemy (i also secretly enjoy Tea...

Jesus fuck! Reuters is reporting that another offshore drilling rig has overturned in the gulf coast, this time in inland waters close to Morgan City, LA. Reuters writes that the Coast Guard has responded to an "accident" at a "mobile inland drilling unit." http://www.huffingtonp...

Just saw this on Elizabeth Riley Dickson's FB page:

"Every asshole who ever chanted 'Drill baby drill' should have to report to the Gulf coast today for cleanup duty." -Bill Maher

^^^
Who else prefers the Iggy version?

Well done.
"This could become a rad viral hit!"
Haw!

This stuff always gets watered down and just becomes fashion after a point, but the Crips (who sport blue colors) wore the blue KC Royals caps and the KC stood for Killer Crips. But there are also non-blue KC Royals caps worn by Bloods and other gangs, and the KC stands for Kill the Crips. Supposedl...

^^^
Indeed.
As is Willie the Wimp and his Cadillac coffin:

I try not to even think about it... I know what you mean. I hate it. And it makes me sick to even think about it. Unfortunately, many in charge of our energy "policy" share your point of view, though for much different reasons (I think). I feel for everyone (and everything) who will suffe...

I'm durnk
--Smitty

I hate to say it, but I have to put on some pants.
--littlemamma

I fucking love this place.

I try not to even think about it... I know what you mean. I hate it. And it makes me sick to even think about it. Unfortunately, many in charge of our energy "policy" share your point of view, though for much different reasons (I think). I feel for everyone (and everything) who will suffe...

So has no one really mentioned Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman or Fernwood 2Nite yet?
Sheesh.

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Wendy--the missus and official bluebird monitor--reports that all five eggs have hatched and the nestbox is now a-stir with five wriggling pinkish-gray alien-looking bluebird babies.

(And LM, Clams is right--it's too early for 'maters.)

I had two cats--Simon and Virginia, brother and sister--who both left us last year after 19 years of being very loving and dog-like cats. We still have a dog--Jaxie--a 10-year-old (more or less, she was a rescue dog who'd spent her first two or so years on the streets before we got her) mixed breed ...

I'd like to know a bit more about this "formula" Nielsen used to determine their rankings.

Clams wrote:

Zip City wrote:Pink Floyd is probably my favorite band of all time

Different strokes, as they say....

And you don't even smoke weed! You should try it, you'd like them a LOT more.

Maybe I should give that a try before I sell my copy.

'Tis the season (almost) for meals you don't cook:
Fresh-sliced, homegrown tomatoes; thin rings of red onion; chopped kalamata olives; minced garlic; shredded basil; and chunks of real mozarella, all slathered in olive oil and Balsamic vinegar with salt, pepper, and a dash of red pepper flakes.

beantownbubba wrote:BTW, have u noticed how many threads turn into talking about drinking, no matter what the initial subject?

And?

tinnitus photography wrote:i dig the Dum Dum Girls.

i listened to the Roky/Okkervil record last night, and while there some clear high point (esp 'Goodbye Sweet Dreams') it didn't grab me as a great record overall.

I'd like it a lot more if they would have just had Roky's picture on the cover and left it at that.

Question my masculinity if you must, but I'm really digging Dum Dum Girls: http://www.insound.com/noteworthy/images/dumdumgirlslp.jpg http://www.insound.com/Dum_Dum_Girls_I_Will_Be_LP/productmain/p/INS72764/ "Jail La La" may just become my drinking-beer-on-a-sunny-afternoon anthem this sum...

Phosphorescent, courtesy of the kind folks at Hearya.
http://www.hearya.com/2010/04/28/phosphorescent-mermaid-parade-new-mp3/

I like this song... Bottle Of Smoke By Shane MacGowan / Jem Finer (1988) Thanks and praises Thanks to Jesus I bet on the Bottle of Smoke I went to Hell And to the races To bet on the Bottle of Smoke The day being clear The sky being bright He came up on the left Like a streak of light Like a drunken...

Ok so since I was kind of provoked into this, I can no longer tolerate Pink Floyd. I was never a fan of The Wall but at one point I could listen to Dark Side Of The Moon, Animals & Wish You Were Here, but no longer. It all annoys me. I can still put on Piper At The Gates of Dawn for Lucifer Sam...