Game 139 Overflow Thread
by Freneau on Sep 4, 2008 10:38 PM EDT
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Kila now!
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i always wanted to do that
because it’s so lame, and I like doing lame things apparently
Don't Stop Believing!
that's sort of kinky.
Don't Stop Believing!
Kinky
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
copying your dissertation?
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Mine Was More
Succinct.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
When Did Trey
Start rocking the porn-stache?
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
She Learned The
Truth at 17.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
None Are Hot
But Bristol is acceptably cute. The girls look like their father.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions
do you really need an answer on that?
Don't Stop Believing!
Davis is the As Gathright
What did Beane give up to get him?
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
Wow, I thought for sure you had to give up a promising young back-rotation guy/ lefty reliever
to get a speed guy with not pop
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
OH GOD RYAN
shut UP.
Take your copy of the 2006 Royals Media guide into the men’s room, take care of your feelings, and SHUT UP.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
???
Can’t be TPJ, Gathright? Interview with Frank White?
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
"Boy, it'd sure be nice if
Sweeney could get in the game here in the late innings."
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
Can't they just sign him to a one day contract after the season, so he can retire a Royal
Have a “Mike Sweeney Day” at the home opener next year. Then Ryan can be happy.
Indeed, we should all be happy. Sweeney got a bad rap. I’m sure he deliberately fucked his back up, though, so I guess he deserves it.
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
deliberately fucked up his back?
what a dumb shit. doens’t he realize that’s going to be with him forever!??!!
The deal with his knees sucks. What the hell is microfracture surgery?
Don't Stop Believing!
What happened to the "overflow girls?"
I thought it was just due to RR’s absence…
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
He's married now.
He no longer takes pleasure in the flesh of random women.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
Can he take serial pleasure?
with different Js?
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Tejeda Looked Good
When he missed his targets. He hit them and got crushed.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
Confusing?
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Very
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
yes, we want nothing to do with the early August Mahay
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wow - why don't we just put teams away?
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
Parents didn't make us when we were young
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Messy, Indeed
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
well
that would require not walking anyone or giving up extra base hits or Gator diving for balls he shouldn’t and letting them roll past him and keeping the foot on their throats when they’re almost out of breath and I’m tired of typing
Don't Stop Believing!
But he's so much better on defense that DDJ!
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
wow, McCain just said that he has the war scars and Obama doesn't
I’m going to hate the next two months
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Charlie never dies, apparently
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
i hate poiltics
my mother-in-law is heavily embedded in the politics scene, and thus my wife is too. The MIL has functions at her house for local bigwigs and some really bigwigs (she’s related somehow to Brownback). This time of year can be excruciating.
Don't Stop Believing!
Barton? With bases loaded?
Walk him, we never get that guy out.
Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!
Better Yet, Hit
Him.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess the bribe money is still flowing
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel so sorry for Will
I mean, we’re both stuck being Royals fans, but at least I’m escaping DC. He’s coming here.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
Yes, poor guy
At least Acta >>> Hillman
Unfortuneatley, I hear Acta still believes in “platoon splits”
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Jeez.
gotta get a baserunner for kila to get an ab
Well, with Pena at the plate, I'd say the odds are definitely
shittier.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
That wold totally ruin Hillman's plan
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Foulke's pitching hand
looks like he stuck it in a garbage disposer and had it repaired.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
his motion is weird too.
Don't Stop Believing!
Buck - Pena - Gator
murderer’s row
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a murder of crows
where crows = crappy hitters.
Don't Stop Believing!
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Victim = Kila
I’m not worried about it though. Hillman’s still got a plan — if the Royals get someone all, he’ll pinch hit Gload. Gotta get him in there for defense, anyway.
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
and gload is in for...
butler
Don't Stop Believing!
Pena Crushed It
For him, meaning no K or tap to pitcher.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
OT - and McCain is done
Cindy comes out for the stiff hug
and Republicans still can’t dance
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
you know why baptists don't have sex standing up right?
They’re afraid it would make people think they’re dancing!
I had heard that joke with why Baptists don't make love in the shower
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Not The Way
They do it.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
the sex or the dancing?
Besides, it’s difficult to do standing up. The dancing that is. I prefer to breakdance.
Don't Stop Believing!
Either
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
and now he is joined by
Tina Fey, er I mean Sarah Palin
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Watching Them Try
To clap with a song is funny enough. Anything beyond “USA,USA” is too rhythmically complex for them.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't want to frighten anyone
but Gator just flew out to 20 feet from the fence… and his bat broke.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
no way - you are fibbin'
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
Nope.
After he hit it, he slammed it down and it came apart like an egg. Meaning it was already crackola.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
you don't think he did a Bo Jackson on it?
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
Positive.
Seriously, that bat was already broken when he broke it. Way obvious. At first, I thought he was just frustrated ‘cause he popped out, but when I saw the bat shatter and realized how far he’d hit it, I understood — he was pissed ’cause that was the best swing of his major league career, and his bat went and fucked him.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
by jonfmorse on Sep 4, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
but wait,
100%… Are you sure?
Don't Stop Believing!
nunez looks like
he could very easily forget to let go of the ball and accidentally detach his arm in the process. I expect DM to trade him, again, this off-season.
Don't Stop Believing!
I hope for another low BB, high speed guy who look slike he's a good defender, but actually is just fast
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
we could corner the market
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
How about Milton Bradley?
Oh yeah. He’s good now. Anyway, what do you think we’d fetch?
Don't Stop Believing!
Takes too many pitches. Also, would hurt the locker room atmosphere
the Royals have been so carefully cultivating
Doesn’t help the team by playing through injuries like Hoagy, either
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
but what does a guy like that really fetch?
Don't Stop Believing!
Sticks, Maybe The
Morning paper.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
stay in, stay in
and another adventure with a pop-up
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Smitty Being Smitty
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
K by nooner
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OK guys
someone needs to get on base so the Hawaiian Punch can hit his homer
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
need just one baserunner for
KILATIME
Every fight is a food fight when you’re a cannibal.
-- Demetri Martin
Germie Made That
Routine fly look interesting.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
I hope we get to see Yimmy next inning, to close it out.
"I can resist everything but temptation." - oscar wylde
That Might Not
End well.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
DDJ gets a hit for KILA!
Can’t wait for Smith to GIDP to finish off the odds…
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
OK, step one - done
DDJ on base – no DP’s!!!!!!!!
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
darn it Esty!
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
Jason Smith goin to display
some IsoP!!!
Don't Stop Believing!
Is That Like
Pop off the bench?
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know, but I do know that RR likes it
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
i think it means
he mostly sucks, but when he doesn’t suck, he hits HRs. Too bad he sucks most of the time.
Don't Stop Believing!
oh well, my prediction of 0 at bats for Kila is still good
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
But He Ran,
He ran so far away.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Go A's
Tie it.
We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue.
-Bob Dylan
German is so selfish.
Trying to get a hit, when he could’ve K’d.
Kansas City Royals: your 2006 and 2007 NL Central champions!
Well we can always hope the bullpen gives up 5.
Kansas City Royals: your 2006 and 2007 NL Central champions!
what are the chances of that happening?
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:24 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
wow
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
is that what happened?
I was out of town and didn’t know
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
Runem=Runs
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
it does? I must have missed that day in Linguistics class
and by the way, pull Kip Wells now!
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That Was The
Day Fernando Vina subbed.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
yes, I remember hearing the stories
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
Yes...I have many variations of the word Runs....
and “Runem” is definitely on of them……as are:
Ranem
Ran’em
Rodham
Rund
Runned
Run’d
Runz
Runsz
Rupensel
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Sep 5, 2008 1:34 AM EDT up reply actions
great - another walk by the Kipper
not a great bounce back from Sunday’s game
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
Soviet Mudkip wants a fair distribution of Kila ABs!!!111
1
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
We Have All
Been here before.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd gladly accept $390,000 a year
to throw pitches off the plate
Kansas City Royals: your 2006 and 2007 NL Central champions!
Hell, I'll accept $390,000 a year
to sit on my ass in the dugout watching baseball.
In fact, if they’ll pay me $390,000 a year, I promise NOT to play!
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
get his ass out of there now!
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
whatever "it" is, he doesn't
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
$390,000 For One
Decent performance in a loss; that’s what we’ve gotten from Wells so far.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
I Was Using Your
Figure.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, I was assuming they'd let me take up a roster spot and do nothing
for a whole season.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
I hope Ramirez had time to say a fond farewell to his rotator cuff
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
i'll miss you the most, labrum.
Don't Stop Believing!
OK, there is absolutely no way they can get a triple play here
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
Save opportunity for someone!
I have Soria on one of my teams
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
I assume Ram Ram can't create his own save situation?
SAVES = STUPIDEST STAT EVER
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
I Asked That
Too, and I think no was the answer.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I had that album
yes, you read that right, a freaking vinyl album!
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
That's nothing compared to my Judas Priest, Screaming for Vengeance Vinyl!
My first self-bought LP…
Who the hell is “Ram” by. Is that Paul, pre-jowls and one-legged hookers?
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
yes, it is
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
If you had chosen not to decide, you still would have made a choice
(and yes, I know that’s from Permanent Waves)
At least it wasn’t some pathetic Cure album.
Nerdy Prog >>> proto-Emo pretentious new wave crap
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Interestingly enough
the odds that I purchased a Cure CD and a Rush CD on the exact same shopping trip at some point are not zero.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
Ooops
Must remove my foot (fingers?) from my mouth
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
That Was His First
Solo album after he met Linda, his second after the Beatles disbanded. We worshiped it.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
What I wish my first LP had been
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
My First Zappa
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously?
I thought you were an older fan, from your other references.
I’m a jazz fan more now, but I can honestly say that Zappa’s interactions with his drummers, especiall Colaiuta on Shut Up ‘N Play Yer Guitar, is to rock guitar what Coltrane’s duets with Jones and Ali (especially Interstellar Space) is to jazz saxophone.
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
This Is What
Happens when you get old? I couldn’t remember the title or cover art for that album; this is the one:
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 5, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
I have to admit that I don't have that one
Frank likens his work there to Stravinky’s “neoclassical” period — taking what appear to be the “norms” of the style and perverting them… not sure Igor saw it that way, but Frank says it so convincingly…
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Another great one, recent release
Underrated 1980 band. Colaiuta’s last tour. Ray and Ike on vocals. Steve Vai’s first tour. Frank mainly plays that sweet cherry sunburst job (with Dimarzios, I think) on this your (before he discovered Floyd Roses…). Awesome drumming and vocals, of course. Best version of “Keep it Greasey” ever.
Unbelievable soloing on “Chungas Revenge,” “The Torture Never Stops,” (trademark wide-open flanger), “Pick Me, I’m Clean” (the “Inca Roads” progression), and the “Secret Carlos Santana Progression” thing on “City of Tiny Lites” starts out with an so-Godzilla-its-scary octave-divider/envelope filter tone.
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't knock it!
Actually, Joe’s Garage (which she ‘guests’ on) is of the same general era as The Wall and 2112, ’cept Zappa made it up over a weekend as a joke. And, of course, it blows both of them away.
Dale got to know Frank through her then husband, Vinnie’s predecessor and fellow godlike drummer (and Zappa personal favorite) Terry Bozzio. Along with former Zappa sidemen Patrick O’Hearn (great bassist, later a sadly cheesy New Age artist) and the insane guitarist Warren Curruccurlo (Vai’s predecessor — the first Italian virtuoso, later Duran Duran guitarist), they formed Missing Persons.
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
I Actually Liked
“Missing Persons”, and I was aware of the Zappa connection, but I never bought anything of theirs.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Sep 5, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I hope that wasn't for my benefit
seeing as how not only do I own every Missing Persons record, but every Duran record with Warren, plus the one Duran record with Terry, and some of Patrick’s instrumental records, and oh yeah, all three U.K. albums.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
Wow! Sorry... I keep trying to get the early UK stuff
I originally got into them through Holdsworth. I didn’t think anyone else cared about Missing Persons…
Did you catch the reunion tour? Or is that still to come? If the pictures I’ve seen are recent, Dale actually looks pretty good. Was she a singer or a Playboy Model first?
Sorry, I just have to spread the gospel of Frank wherever I go, even if I’m relatively disaffected at this point
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
I've been to exactly one concert since
a crazy week in Dallas in 1990 where over the space of four days I saw Oingo Boingo then The Mission U.K. and Wonderstuff then Depeche Mode and Nitzer Ebb.
That one show was in 2001, when this chick I was seeing made me take her to see Cowboy Mouth and Fighting Gravity.
Unless you want to count The Smithereens playing my company Christmas party in 200…3?
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
In other words, jonfmorse
you the man…
Do you have the first UK album, the one with Holdsworth? It has “In the Dead of Night” on hit. I think I have it on vinyl in storage on there.
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
(And, of course, Jobson was in the Zappa bang in 1976 with Bozzio and Jobson, as I'm sure you know)
they played SNL…
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
The funny thing is
despite all the former Zappa cronies I “fell in” with musically, I never got into Zappa’s stuff. Too much deliberate atonality for me, I think.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
Napolean Murphy Brock was right
After listening to Zappa for a while, even the stuff that sounds “normal,” it takes a while to listen to other stuff. And i think it works the other way, too. I go through phases where I listen to absolutely no Frank, then that’s the only thing, but I have a hard time mixing. I think it’s because even his “standard” progressions are warped —instead of I-IV-V, he’ll use I-II-IV, and stuff like that.
i’m old enough now not to force it down people’s throats. So to speak.
OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG
by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
It's more pronounced with me
because I am all about melody. Even though my “roots” are firmly in prog, if your twisted time signatures and bizarre progressions aren’t “catchy” I can’t hang. Which is to say, I also can’t listen to Gong or Soft Machine, and have difficulty with Gentle Giant and sometimes even Camel.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
I'm actually not that much of a prog guy
A bit — I know the more mainstream side — the popualr Kansas and Yes tunes. But I was more into metal, and, through my guitar teacher, got into jazz. The Zappa thing became a side obsession through Vai. Got me into free jazz and avant-garde “art” music.
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Yep.
Like I said, all three. The first one (Wetton/Jobson/Holdsworth/Bruford), and Danger Money and Night After Night (Wetton/Jobson/Bozzio).
Eddie Jobson deserved a better fate than writing commercial jingles. His first “solo” record (Zinc) was a really incredibly interesting thing.
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I think he might have gotten a certain "rap" with musicians he worked with
Of course, Zappa tended to have a different perspective on things.
he never said directly what the problem was with Jobson, but Eddie didn’t last long. Zappa seemed to go out of his way in interviews to not rip him (unlike, say, Jean-Luc Ponty)
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Eddie never lasted long with anyone
UK was his longest association, and Wetton and Bozzio both say he killed that one.
Jobson was rumoured to join Yes, in the 90125 era. Nobody talks about why that didn’t happen, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he managed to piss them off during the first meeting. ;)
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I think it was the barbershop hat
He’s really writing jingles? I figured he’d at least be doing soundtracks like every other 1970s synthesizer guy.
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
That's what he was doing in the late 80s/early 90s
In the late 90s, he was trying to put together a new UK project, and Wetton and Bruford were on board.
They never recorded a track.
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Was he just hard to work with?
Or was it more “personal issues” a la Alberto Callaspo/Keith Moon.
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I guess the way to put this
is Eddie Jobson is the A.J. Pierzynski of rock.
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I take that back
He’s not really just a red-ass. He’s a perfectionist, and a prima-donna.
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I was going to say...
That haircut does rule
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions
I Saw Holdsworth
With Alan Heisman’s Tempest opening for Fleetwood Mac at the Free State Opera House in Lawrence in the early middle 70’s. Mac was touring on “Penguin” and “Mystery to Me”, and Bob Welch and some guy who played flute were the front men. Christine Perfect was playing keyboards and singing a little.
Holdsworth was the fastest thing I’d ever seen, but I didn’t care for the material they did. I was impressed, though. Mac brought the house down. There wasn’t a pitcher in the place after we got ours, literally the last one they had; we guarded it with our lives. They did five encores, and they had to turn up the lights and run us out at midnight.
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by philofthenorth on Sep 5, 2008 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow!
That’s REALLY early Holdsworth — I always thought that was his first recorded band, and that he didn’t last long in it.
(Pretty sure Allan likes his pints a wee bit too much, given that it comes up in every interview. Then again. all the interviews are the same — “I wanted to play saxophone, not guitar,” “I suck, it’s terrible,” “They only gave me a 15,000 dollar advance and six months to make the album” blah blah blah… I used to feel sorry for him until I met real some jazz guys in new York you would get 2,000 dollars to records an album in two days.)
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
I have the second Gong album on vinyl, too
In the late 80s one could pick up all that shit for 3-6 dollars, wish I had done more
Have all the good Al DiMeola albums (the first 4) o vinyl. Got ’em all unscratched and used. Well, maybe not the first one back then… A lot of early Holdsworth.
A friend gave me the UK one as well.
Soft Machine keeps changing, right? Was Elton Dean in before or After Holdsworth?
Allan was in a LOTS of groups
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I Had It
When it was brand new.
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by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
me too
but sadly it was not my first LP
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
Mine Was "Fresh
Cream", an early Cream compilation.
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by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Not bad
Clapton was pretty good when he had a superior rhythym section behind his barrage of straight eighthts
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
As A Guitar
Player, I fear not Clapton, but he was great back then. Baker and Bruce were not your garden variety rhythm section back then, either.
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by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Clapton was too emo, couldn't decide who he wanted to be
left the yardbirds cause they were too “pop,” left Cream because he wanted to be in The Band — a “Pop” (ular) band.
the other "Bird, Page, was, I must admit, brilliant in the studio, even if the clams can’t all be attributed to drugs… drugs didn’t help…
Iirc, you, like me, think that Beck was if not better then (I think he was), but by the early 70s was certainly better… The Theolonius Monk of Rock Guitar
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I think mine was a Moody Blues album, but not sure which one it was
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
no, that's not true and you know it
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
yeah, because some of their later stuff I did not enjoy
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Collected sayings of Muad'Dib
the first LP
I ever listened to was Iron Butterfly
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida honey
Don't Stop Believing!
You Just Blew
My mind.
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by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
it wasn't my first, but my early favorite album
was “Headhunter” by Herbie Hancock
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Fucking A! That one rules, actually
a Bit repetitive. Funky as hell. Like a stripped down Bitches Brew.
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Herbie Had Chops
He didn’t even use on that one.
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by philofthenorth on Sep 5, 2008 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah, man.
it was my dad’s.
Don't Stop Believing!
ouch
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sorry about that.
i’m just not as “experienced” a some of y’all.
Don't Stop Believing!
My Second Album
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by philofthenorth on Sep 5, 2008 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Did Hendrix mainly use a Deluxe Reverb on that or what?
I really don’t know. My impression is that he got into Marshalls after he realized he’d be doing world tours and stuff.
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions
He'd Already Been
To England, so the Marshall was a possibility. It was the British attempt to recreate a Fender Bassman; utter failure.
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by philofthenorth on Sep 5, 2008 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
The best kind of failure!
My impression fro reading Jim Marshall interviews is that Hendrix had already recorded this album when he came in and asked for the big stacks from Jim.
Personally, I think people misunderstand what was great about Hendrix. His solos and fuzztone are overrated. His songwriting, awesomely funky rhythm playing (and accompanying Fendery clean tones) are underrated.
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Jimi would be more "respected" and less "idolized"
if he’d never gone for “loud.”
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Check Out Kansas
Legend Mike Finnigan explaining his session with Hendrix for “Electric Ladyland”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQteSSBg6vE
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by philofthenorth on Sep 5, 2008 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Cool shit... thanks
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions
"and Jimi's going"
duh weer weeer weeer weer…
GOLD
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure the first LP I ever listened to
was Les Coeurs Isolés Matraquent la Bande du Sergent de Poivre.
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I hope you enjoyed the show
This was the cover, right?
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 4, 2008 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup, that's the original cover idea.
You can see Hendrix on the far right — he used to come see the Mothers before he was anyone — probably heard a wah wah for the first time when Frank was using it.
The “anti-capitalist” Beatles (or their reps) held this album up for over a year because of the cover. This cover only came out later, or was on the fold. It came out later on the CD.
Here’s what they had to put out.
The music is what really undermines the Beatles. The lyrics not only rips the Sgt. Pepper’s/Haight-Asbury thing to shreds, but the musical parody and virtuosic composition accomplishments (particularly on “The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny”) show up “classic” tunes like “A Day in the Life” as child’s play compared to Zappa’s blend of R & B, Varese, and Stravinksy.
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
This Was Laying
Around the house when I was 14. My brother, who I was living with at the time, had it. It was one of his 5 albums, and he didn’t know much about it. It’s now a classic. I wore it out.
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by philofthenorth on Sep 5, 2008 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeppppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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If I were in town
I would personally pay for a sultry Asian girl to give Ram-Ram his well-deserved massage.
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Happy Ending
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by philofthenorth on Sep 4, 2008 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, he gave us a happy ending
may as well have someone else return the favor.
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Holy shit...
we won again?? I have an actual real live busy day for the first time in a month, and OF COURSE the Royals have their best day of the year.
A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.
Surf Maine?
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by philofthenorth on Sep 5, 2008 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Surf Wax America, baby
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by NHZ on Sep 5, 2008 3:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow, we won even playing TPJ
and spotting the As four free outs (I see TPJ turned out his usual 0-4 line, bringing his season average to .165)
Every 0fer that Pena puts up from here on out is a good thing
Decreases the chances that he’ll be back next year as an “indispensable defensive replacement.”
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Sep 5, 2008 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Now he and Gathright have to stop making game-winning hits somehow
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Gathright at least provides genuinely good, reliable defense
(and is a good pinch runner). There still isn’t enough there to really like, but at least he provides something. Pena makes some spectacular out of zone plays, but he’s just not sufficiently reliable to even be a good defensive replacement.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Sep 5, 2008 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of OF defense
What do you make of Teahen’s +5 UZR last year? I know that doesn’t exactlly make him Tris Speaker, but might that indicate anything (combined with what you see — I don’t get to watch games) about his ability to play a relatively competent CF? I don’t mean as the starter, but as “the” 4th OF who can cover all the spots… I don’t mean he has to be awesome, but that he’d would be a CF version of Adam Dunn’s defense (or, for that matter, Jose Guillen’s OF defense, which is just slightly better, from the sounds of things)
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by Matt Klaassen on Sep 5, 2008 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Teahen's defense
Would I be comfortable with Teahen being the backup CFer? Definitely. His lack of progress this season defensively means that he would make a well below average CFer. But I think he’d be sufficient as DeJesus’s backup. And if DeJesus goes on the DL, you call up Maier. But I doubt Dayton Moore shares my opinion on this.
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Sep 5, 2008 1:12 AM EDT up reply actions
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