Joe G

Really! No cartoon ninja beavers on my screen.

A guy holding a beaver skull. Found it doing a google image search on "beaver fever" (I was hoping to find a still from the ren and stimpy episode of the same name). I thought it was funny....

Beaver Fever!

Hey Jon - I hope my post above didn't hurt your feelings! It's an interesting graphic, but I couldn't help but zero in on my nose. I thought it was the second coming of W.C Fields!

Hey man, have a heart - that's the only thing keeping food on the table for the former members of Europe!

Fascinating....

Chuck, his F# absolutely KILLS!!!

Things went smoothly for me. There was a long line as the polls opened; probably about 80 people ahead of me when I got there at 7:00. But I was done and out of there within about 20 minutes. It was held in an elementary school, and they had the punchcard system. I checked for hanging chads, you can be sure.

I thought this was going to be another Joe Bialek thread! There are, no doubt, plenty of ways to correct a child's behavior that are non-violent. I got a couple of spankings, but I don't remember what they were for now. I also think it might make the child resent, rather than respect, the parent, depending on the circumstances.

Or they could just burn one in the car before heading inside...

A most happy birthday to the Big Boss Man! :rsmile:

No doubt. The Real World, indeed!!!!

We're glad you were born (and choose to hang out here)! Happy Birthday

Nice feature on Maria in the new DB. Apparently the ArtistShare arrangement is working out well for her, as she is well on her way to recouping the cost of the Concert in the Garden (about $87,000) and then some. According to the article, she actually lost money on the enja albums, and had to run herself ragged doing clinics and so forth, leaving little time to compose new music.

There's usually some core similarities between me and my closest friends (sense of humor, tolerance of different religious/cultural viewpoints, etc.), with lots of diversions on the periphery. The most important thing is how I feel when I'm around them. I think the bottom line is that we all want to spend time with people who basically accept, appreciate, and love us for who we are. If you can find that in a friend, count yourself blessed. B-)

Not to mention spandex on a 30something rocker dude!

I'd like to see that pic too, couw.

DUDE! We could have had a stage show like Iron Maiden's back in the day!!! :rsmile: :rsmile: :rsmile:

I saw another one just yesterday that was kind of depressing. It was for Art Van, a big chain furniture store around here. The commercial starts out with four black guys in blue sparkle suits facing the camera, and a voice introduces them as "Motown legends, The Four Tops!" Then they start singing about Art Van to one of their hits (I forget which one), and dancing in front of the furniture. Rough sledding.

You beat me to Kravitz. He bugs me anyway. I remember seeing Carly Simon talking about the use of "Anticipation" in the ketchup commercial. She said that she hoped the song wasn't known as the ketchup song now. Sorry Carly, for people of my age, it is. Oh yeah, Lionel Ritchie's Stuck On You was in some dish soap commercial a while back. Jim and I heard a really bad one on the radio in the car, to the tune of La Bamba: You could be driving a Honda....

My new stage name, yo: Off Da Hook Hung Daddy!

Right out of high school (summer of '88), I worked at a cemetary in the small town I grew up in. Mostly landscape work, but I did learn how to dig a nice grave.

I most likely won't get these albums, but I did enjoy the segment on All Things Considered that I heard the other day. He does have an interesting POV.

Thanks for posting that, Jim. I remember an NPR segment on that Don Pullen session after the album came out. Pretty wild stuff; no wonder nobody knew what to think of it!