The most beautiful and compelling practitioner of the sweet science. Have always loved him. RIP.

Referendum veteran here... They are often based on emotion, intangible ideas and/or recreating "the way things used to be..." The ones I've suffered through have never involved an actual, legitimate, concrete plan for secession. However the UK is probably better set up for it than Scotland or any Ca...

Saw Tommy Stinson a couple of nights ago. Loved it. He exceeded all expectations.

Been watching The Night Manager on the BBC. From a Le Carre book so you guess what the plots like. Absolutely superb with a stellar cast - Hugh Laurie plays the baddie and Tom Hiddleston the hero ( in what looks suspiciously like a bid to be the next Bond). Despite the alleged advertising that WWCD...

This may qualify as being more than just a pet peeve for me considering that I go on rants about it, but I'll throw in misuse of "literal." It's bad enough that people walk around saying "literally" when they mean "figuratively," but it's even worse now that some dictionaries have adopted informal ...

this is an excellent read http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/inside-david-bowies-final-years-20160127 Yeah. This is so good. I think I will actually purchase the issue and it's been decades since I bought an actual hard copy of Rolling Stone and I never expected I ever would again. The trib...

This has all been very Spinal Tap. I'm totally changing my name to Artie Fufkin.

They might have a few early actual rock song that are not bad, but what they are known for is what I would describe as show tunes and anthems. I HATE anthems (fuck we will rock you), and just not into show tunes. You are NOT the champion, my friend. Post an opinon. If I disagree with it I will make...

oilpiers wrote:They might have a few early actual rock song that are not bad, but what they are known for is what I would describe as show tunes and anthems. I HATE anthems (fuck we will rock you), and just not into show tunes.

You are NOT the champion, my friend.

whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:

dime in the gutter wrote:
ronson lovers unite.

Answering the call!

God I'm such a flake. When will I learn not to come home drunk and post stuff?

But yeah, Mick Ronson... LOVE. (and yeah, you're still a gentleman and a scholar, Bubba.)

Interesting that you'd think Reed is the bigger legend. I think if you asked 100 people on the street, the vast majority would pick Bowie for his persona alone i think that in the sense Smitty is using it, Reed's the bigger legend, Bowie the bigger star, where legend is not a synonym for star. "Leg...

I am so sad about this. Nobody comes close to Bowie. He was my first concert, at age 14, with Iggy Pop opening. It was the Serious Moonlight tour, supporting Let's Dance and it was the beginning of a lifetime of rock shows for me. Somehow I managed to score 2 seats on the floor in row H, 8 rows back...

One of the few things better than a rock show is a rock show on a Friday. After working hard at your job and slogging through the various mundane, often stressful, rituals and obligations of the work week, you leave your place of employment elated by what awaits you later that evening. You'll meet f...

Wow. Fair enough... That was over the top and I deserve to be called on it. Was SMASHED when I wrote it. But on sober reflection, I'm still quite negative on the shirt and super impressed by the song. I honestly, for whatever reason, didn't think he had another one like that in him. I don't know wh...

Deb I didn't know what you were referencing so it put me in search mode. I have to agree. This just made my Christmas wish list. https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/p235x350/10556300_606046972829276_7782589992588929157_n.jpg?oh=deca28dbcb66c70abd7b136d56776022&oe=550...

211poundsofpork wrote:

Jean Beliveau. RIP. A class act.

Thank you for posting that. So many heavy hearts in Montreal and everywhere this week.

Repose en paix, M. Beliveau.

just curious when that phase was... i first saw them in '02, and then not until '08 and then a ton of time since then and he's always been in good sorts and actually very funny. Well I think he is very sensitive to audience reaction and engagement. I saw them for the first time in like 2000 and the...

Of course, on the other hand, there's this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3PRmu0tr6k

...always a sucker for the funny/smart/talented combo...

sorry for not knowing how to make the clip appear in the post. Shout out to the Hide Out. I like that place.

when was the last tantrum you witnessed? and speaking of tantrums, did you ever see Sebadoh in the early 90s? Why yes, I did see Sebadoh once in like 94-ish... I was very, very drunk and I wasn't up front. They sounded amazing though, from what I remember/am told. My friends Colin and Kent were up ...

Well don't worry about too much harmony because I'm still here... I have seen and heard him have several hissy fits... like whiney, pouty, foot stomping, princessy hissy fits... Very undesirable behaviour in a grown man or anybody for that matter. However I remain a fairly ardent fan. ...and i was d...

I don't want to give up eventing, just yet and when I do, I will probably change strictly to show jumping and dressage (the two less deadly phases in eventing), but I'd love to dabble in some of the western disciplines, like reining or team penning... I feel it would be beneficial and educational fo...

sactochris wrote:
My wife and daughter, who are both rather accomplished equestrians wear Ariat boots.

Cool... I remember reading that your wife and daughter were riders... What discipline again? I know it was something cool that I'd love to try...

http://cdnc.lystit.com/photos/4721-2014/08/09/ariat-brown-sierra-wide-square-product-1-22349961-0-247144867-normal_large_flex.jpeg I'll hop on the endorsement of Ariat. I've had so much of it over the years; field boots, paddock boots, breeches, half chaps*, etc. Good stuff. Good warranty. If I win...

You know, I take music and those who make it very seriously. I am a fan who gets much of what makes his life good and meaningful through music and other art. And I am glad that I am not this sort of fan: And because I am her fan, I look at everything she does as a personal boost for my choice to be...

https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10152906131054474&set=a.10152906130924474.1073741845.850804473&type=3&theater For you non-FB types: Miss Daisy Mae https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10356714_10152906131054474_6866619995435556108_n.jpg?oh=1fae644f5...

I hereby volunteer to proofread your memoir whenever you get around to writing it, pony girl. You'd better be an excellent editor because I can see that being on the top of the worst seller list for decades otherwise... Not only would you have to fix all the spelling and grammar errors, you'd have ...

tinnitus photography wrote:

PonyGirl wrote:I realize this is incongruous when you consider what the Foo Fighters are putting out and I don't really know what to say to that...

it's simple.

Foo Fighters suck.

Hahahahaha!!! Fair enough...

That column was pretty nostalgic for me. I have several friends who were/are curmudgeonly music writers. I also have a ridiculous amount of music snob friends. I have been told on so many occasions, by so many people, "Your fave band sucks, your boyfriend's band sucks, your good friend's band s...

...a second day of senseless violence perpetrated by Canadians against other Canadians... It's far from perfect here, but we have a relatively easy time of it... What is wrong with people?

Once I was out drinking with a friend of mine who is a university prof, who had just finished correcting a bunch of papers on "Life of Pi," and all he could do was complain about how when he read that novel, he really hated it and now that he had read 40 papers on it, he fucking despised i...