Jazzmoose

Boy, if the Shamwow guy goes too, my atheism is on shaky ground...

Benjamin Franklin Franklin Pierce Frank Sinatra

Who?

Dr. Atkins Dr. Spock Dr. Robert

I reread Jack of Shadows a couple of months ago just to see how it was, and was thinking about going through the Amber books again, but I don't know if I'm up to it. How's it holding up?

Oh, yeah! That chapter is what yanked SF out of my hands and told me that these here 'classics' thingies might be worth checking out. Wow! You can remember the specific thing that did it for you. I can't remember, but in my case I don't think it was one thing but just sort an increasing tendency toward so-called "mainstream" fiction in 11th and 12th grade. Whereas, if you had tried to get me to go that way in 9th grade I'd have probably replied, "What do I need the mainstream for? I've got Ursula K. LeGuin!" I had a very selective (lack-of-) thought process with mainstream fiction. For example, I think I had Yeates' The Second Coming practically memorized in the tenth grade, but it never occurred to me that I might find other poetry interesting. Even discovering Camus in the eleventh grade didn't help. Heck, it was kind of like Aldiss anyway... I'm embarrassed to say that my conversion didn't occur until much later, around age 25 or 26, and is very scattered!

Jackson dies, almost takes Internet with him June 26, 2009 -- Updated 1902 GMT (0302 HKT) By Linnie Rawlinson and Nick Hunt LONDON, England (CNN) -- How many people does it take to break the Internet? On June 25, we found out it's just one -- if that one is Michael Jackson. Raul Orozco's portrayal of Michael Jackson as the Twitter fail whale Jackson's death caused Twitter outages, as portrayed by Raul Orozco in this take on Twitter's fail whale Click to view previous image 1 of 3 Click to view next image The biggest showbiz story of the year saw the troubled star take a good slice of the Internet with him, as the ripples caused by the news of his death swept around the globe. "Between approximately 2:40 p.m. PDT and 3:15 p.m. PDT today, some Google News users experienced difficulty accessing search results for queries related to Michael Jackson," a Google spokesman told CNET, which also reported that Google News users complained that the service was inaccessible for a time. At its peak, Google Trends rated the Jackson story as "volcanic." http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/26/mic...rnet/index.html

And lets see Jim Alfredson do that in high heels!

Well, the obvious Hoppy T. Frog comes to mind.

i'll assume that's in reference to your own post. Interesting. I'd assume it refers to labels not mattering when it comes to music, but I'm weird that way...

Glühend!

George Harrison Harrison Ford Ford Prefect

Same here. How do I get the old one back?

I got lucky with that group; I won a copy of The Last Waltz in a radio station trivia contest when I was a teen and was instantly hooked. Music from Big Pink is one of the classics!

I was listening to Jethro Tull's Aqualung last night, which I consider to be one of the greatest rock albums ever made, with the songs Aqualung and Cross-Eyed Mary to be the best two consecutive rock songs ever recorded. (How's that for hyperbole?) I must admit that it disturbs me that rather than creeping me out, I'm starting to identify with the character in Aqualung...

Carlos Diaz, on the other hand, hasn't a clue in his celebrity-obsessed head. I'm feeling charitable today, so I'll just assume that Diaz ran out of things to say, or just got carried away in the moment and doesn't really believe that shit. On the other hand, he could just be the world's biggest ass pimple...

I was going to name my pet slug Musicboy, but I threw him out the window for a walk and he never came back.

Nathan McCall Lucille Ball Roald Dahl

Stewart Copeland Sting Andy Summers

This was a shocking statement to me until I realized you weren't talking about this guy: I've heard the same thing. More details please I thought the abuse he (and his siblings) went through from his father was well known. A quick look at Michael's wikipedia entry will give you a small dose of the shit.

I'm shocked to see that there is not a thread yet on the other celebrity death today, but I'll be damned if I'm going to start it! Edited to add: okay; it's in misc. music; never mind...

At last, one I can answer! I made a post on the thread and then deleted it. This was during the period when the board was running slow and confused, and I guess my name stayed there. It was just a stupid joke; you aren't missing anything.

Mark C., but unless you're into Public Image Ltd., I don't know if I'd bother...

I do too, although I liked him better with Andy Richter. On the other hand, I haven't watched him much at all since Richter left. Hmmm...