This is an unfinished song that my lovely and delicate wife and I
started writing while driving back from the Pacific Northwest. We were
in the kind of mood that is driving this thread, having just turned off
God Bless the USA or some other piece of patrioreligious tripe. We
haven't recorded it
Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we climbed hills and trees
Learned of love and A B C's
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Goodbye my friend it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the
At 02:23 AM Tuesday 3/21/2006, Dave Land wrote:
Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we climbed hills and trees
Learned of love and A B C's
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Goodbye my friend it's hard to die
When all the birds are
While we've focused on sappy songs here, I think there are whole
areas of awfulness that we haven't even begun to plumb.
Religio-Patriotic Tripe:
- Courtesy of the Red White and Blue (The Angry American) by Toby
Keith
- God Bless the USA - Lee Greenwood
Music about music always sucks:
-
At 01:04 AM Tuesday 3/21/2006, Dave Land wrote:
Some people suffer for their art. Other people leave the suffering to
others:
Clair, the moment I met you I swear
I felt as if something somewhere
Had happened to me
Which I couldn't see
And then
The moment I met you again
I knew in my heart we
At 09:35 PM Monday 3/20/2006, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
Dave Land wrote:
Sing, sing a song
Sing out loud, sing out strong
If you're idea of mean is reviving sweet remembrances of days when
I wished people would believe Big Bird about Snuffalupagaus, please
be sure to keep
On Mar 21, 2006, at 8:08 PM, Dave Land wrote:
While we've focused on sappy songs here, I think there are whole
areas of awfulness that we haven't even begun to plumb.
Religio-Patriotic Tripe:
- Courtesy of the Red White and Blue (The Angry American) by Toby
Keith
- God Bless the USA -
At 03:08 AM Tuesday 3/21/2006, Dave Land wrote:
While we've focused on sappy songs here, I think there are whole
areas of awfulness that we haven't even begun to plumb.
Religio-Patriotic Tripe:
- Courtesy of the Red White and Blue (The Angry American) by Toby
Keith
- God Bless the USA - Lee
On Mar 21, 2006, at 1:12 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Doctor Demento Rulz! Maru
Roly-poly fish heads are never seen drinking cappuccino in Italian
restaurants with oriental women.
That is at least one way that I am different from a roly-poly fish head.
PS: This song does not actually
In a message dated 3/21/2006 2:17:45 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Medieval protest songs?
No I don't.
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At 03:18 AM Tuesday 3/21/2006, Dave Land wrote:
On Mar 21, 2006, at 1:12 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Doctor Demento Rulz! Maru
Roly-poly fish heads are never seen drinking cappuccino in Italian
restaurants with oriental women.
That is at least one way that I am different from a roly-poly
At 09:24 PM Monday 3/20/2006, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Go away little girl
Go away little girl
I'm not supposed to be alone with you
Oh yes I know that your lips are sweet
But our lips must never meet
I belong to somebody else and I must be true.
Please go away little girl
Go away little girl
At 09:08 PM Monday 3/20/2006, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Diamonds, Daisies, Snowflakes, That Girl
Chestnuts, Rainbows, Springtime is That Girl
She's tinsel on a tree - She's everything that every girl should be!
Sable, Popcorn, White Wine, That Girl
Gingham, Bluebirds, Broadway is That Girl
Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to
leave because I'd go berserk?? Well...
You left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse and now you see
I've gone completely out of my mind.. And..
They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!
They're coming to take me
At 03:20 AM Tuesday 3/21/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 3/21/2006 2:17:45 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Medieval protest songs?
No I don't.
Come on. I'm sure that if you try you can find something in this
thread that you want to protest . .
David Hobby wrote:
Personally, I think the best solution is to help Iraq turn
into three separate countries in a peaceful manner.
(One each for the Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites.)
And how do you propose that be done? From what I can make out, most
Iraqis seem unhappy with the notion of a
On Mar 21, 2006, at 11:03 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
There is one official, ISO-something, way to transliterate arab
characters into latin. Long ago it was Khad[d]af[f]i.
Could've guess Mr Standards would know that... :D Thanks!
You'd hate Cypriot restaurants, the menus are rarely the
On 3/19/06, Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 19 Mar 2006 at 17:45, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Is it just me or does anyone else see that the major reason there is an
insurgency in Iraq is our (the U.S.) pressence? Everyone seems to agree
that Al Qaida is provoking the sectarian
Charlie Bell wrote:
For example, Lybia was only about a year
away from a bomb when Quadafi (sp)
Spell it how you like, it'll never transliterate properly!
(Gaddafi, Qadafi, whatever... nearly as many variants as
Qaeda/Qaida etc)
There is one official, ISO-something, way to transliterate
In a message dated 3/21/2006 3:14:20 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Come on. I'm sure that if you try you can find something in this
thread that you want to protest
BOMBED LAST NIGHT
Bombed last night, and bombed the night before
Going to get bombed
On 3/19/06, Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Andrew wrote:
Sure. Because then they'll come to America. And England. And other
western counties.
All in all, if they want to die for the cause, I'd prefer they did so
over there.
Iraq is to terrorists what a swamp is to
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
99 dead baboons
My personal Dr. Demento favorite:
It was April the forty-first
Being a quadruple leap year
I was driving in downtown Atlantis
My barracuda was in the shop
So I was in a rented stingray
And it was overheating
So I pulled into a Shell Station
They said I'd
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Dave Land wrote:
- We Built This City on Rock and Roll - Whoever
The final incarnation of Jefferson Airplane. I think they were just
calling themselves Starship by that point. That could very well be
the single worst non-sappy song ever. It makes Afternoon Delight
seem like a classic!
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Hi John!
Is this really a flying visit or do you have time to tell us about
whatever exciting things you've been doing? Having just read Nick's
comment: do you have a weblog or something?
Rich
GCU Out Of The Loop
Hi Rich,
Ritu wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
Personally, I think the best solution is to help Iraq turn
into three separate countries in a peaceful manner.
(One each for the Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites.)
And how do you propose that be done? From what I can make out, most
Iraqis seem unhappy with the
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Charlie Bell
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:01 AM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: Is it just me
Yeah. I guess a fairly mammoth close air support operation (of the
order of the first
Not sappy, not bizarre (well, maybe a little bizarre), not quite like the
other dreck that has been posted here lately in a certain thread... but most
certainly unusual. I heard this on the radio Sunday morning. Didn't know
who was singing it and goodness, was I surprised to find out.
Dan M. wrote:
Even though the S. Korean military, by itself, should be strong
enough to win a second Korean war within a month, the N. Korean
armed forces are capable of inflicting tremendous damage during such
a war. Estimates that I've seen indicate that, with a massive US
presence
-Original Message-
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Behalf Of Doug Pensinger
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:44 AM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: Is it just me
Dan wrote:
I don't see it as that black and white. Our presence helped fuel the
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188463,00.html
Isaac Hayes' Quitting Controversy
Isaac Hayes did not quit South Park. My sources say that someone quit
it for him.
I can tell you that Hayes is in no position to have quit anything.
Contrary to news reports, the great writer, singer and
On 21 Mar 2006 at 10:08, Dan Minette wrote:
Yeah. I guess a fairly mammoth close air support operation (of the
order of the first 6 hours of Desert Storm) would have been needed to
protect Seoul.
If he thought that would have been sufficient, I don't think that Clinton
would have
On 20 Mar 2006 at 23:51, David Hobby wrote:
Dan Minette wrote:
...
Tom Friedman had two very good columns on Iraq in the last couple of weeks.
...
Second, if we withdraw, and the outcome is civil strife/civil war, the
middle outcome would be seen. It would be a mitigated disaster, if you
I love that one
Julia
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Medieval protest songs?
Listen, children, to a story
That was written long ago,
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain
And the valley-folk below.
On the mountain was a treasure
Buried deep beneath the stone,
And the valley-people swore
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Labor's plan to protect children from online pornography and graphic
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Opposition Leader Kim Beazley
Nick Arnett wrote:
Willy Nelson
Um, should be Willie, not Willy.
(Dagnabit!)
Julia
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On 3/21/06, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nick Arnett wrote:
Willy Nelson
Um, should be Willie, not Willy.
I knew that!
Does anybody else find that as they get older, their fingers type things
that their brains aren't thinking? I'll even type a different
On Mar 21, 2006, at 12:42 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
...
One tin soldier rides away.
...
I love that one
That's more embarrassing than admitting that I like Kenny Loggins.
Dave Winnie the Pooh didn't know what to do Land
Nick Arnett wrote:
On 3/21/06, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nick Arnett wrote:
Willy Nelson
Um, should be Willie, not Willy.
I knew that!
Does anybody else find that as they get older, their fingers type things
that their brains aren't thinking? I'll even
Dave Land wrote:
While we've focused on sappy songs here, I think there are whole
areas of awfulness that we haven't even begun to plumb.
Religio-Patriotic Tripe:
- Courtesy of the Red White and Blue (The Angry American) by Toby
Keith
- God Bless the USA - Lee Greenwood
Music about
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
If they had a friend like Ben
(a friend) Like Ben
(like Ben) Like Ben
It seems to me that Ronn! and I see things similarly, recognizing the
sickly-sweet pure pop and bubblegum for the foetid musical ichor that
it is.
xponent
Archeopop-Tormentomancers Maru
rob
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Every night in my dreams
I see you. I feel you.
That is how I know you go on.
Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on.
Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're
Dave Land wrote:
Some people suffer for their art. Other people leave the suffering
to
others:
Clair, the moment I met you I swear
I felt as if something somewhere
Had happened to me
Which I couldn't see
And then
The moment I met you again
I knew in my heart we were friends
It had to
Dave Land wrote:
On Mar 20, 2006, at 7:12 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote:
The love between the two of us was dying
And it got so bad I knew I had to leave
But halfway down that highway when I turned around I saw
My little daughter running after me
Crying
Stay away from my window
Stay away
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Dave Land wrote:
Revvin' up your engine
Listen to her howlin' roar
Metal under tension
Beggin' you to touch and go
Highway to the Danger Zone
Ride into the Danger Zone
Headin' into twilight
Spreadin' out her wings tonight
She got you jumpin' off the track
And shovin' into overdrive
Dave Land wrote:
Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we climbed hills and trees
Learned of love and A B C's
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Goodbye my friend it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now
On Mar 22, 2006, at 11:02 AM, PAT MATHEWS wrote:
And in the UK (lost the attribution) a boy of 13 was accused of
statuatory rape for having consensual sex with a girl of 11-going-
on-12.
But in the UK the age of consent is 16. So if you're under 16, you
can't give consent legally. So
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Ooh, how do you like my love
Ooh, how do you like my love
But if you want to know
How I really feel
Just get the cameras rolling
Get the action going
Baby you know my love for you is real
Take me where you want to
Then my heart you'll steal
More, more, more
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Long distance information give me Memphis, Tennessee
Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me
She could not leave her number but I know who placed the call
My uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall
Help me information to get in touch with my
On Mar 21, 2006, at 3:30 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote:
I would give anything I own,
I'd give up my life, my heart, my home.
I would give everything I own,
just to have you back again;
just to touch you once again
Man, I loved that song when I was about 14 or 15. It still kind of
chokes me
At 03:00 PM Tuesday 3/21/2006, Nick Arnett wrote:
On 3/21/06, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nick Arnett wrote:
Willy Nelson
Um, should be Willie, not Willy.
I knew that!
Does anybody else find that as they get older, their fingers type things
that their
At 05:37 PM Tuesday 3/21/2006, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed,
In love's hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants
CHORUS
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All
At 05:37 PM Tuesday 3/21/2006, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed,
In love's hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants
CHORUS
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All
At 08:04 AM Tuesday 3/21/2006, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
99 dead baboons
My personal Dr. Demento favorite:
[...snip...]
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin' thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
I was holding that one in reserve. Oh, well. (Or perhaps that
should
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not
to
leave because I'd go berserk?? Well...
You left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse and now you
see I've gone completely out of my mind.. And..
They're coming to take me away,
Robert wrote:
If not for you, babe I couldn't even find the door
I couldn't even see the floor
I'd be sad and blue, if not for you
If not for you, babe, the night would see me wide awake
The day would surely have to break
It would not be new, if not for you
If not for you, my sky would fall,
On 20 Mar 2006 at 16:33, Dan Minette wrote:
Tom Friedman had two very good columns on Iraq in the last couple of weeks.
Unfortunately, he's now premium content at the NY Times, so I can't quote
him exactly. In one of his columns he looks at three possible outcomes in
Iraq.
Um.
Fourth, the
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Oh, that's the way, uh-huh uh-huh
A dance floor game I saw a couple of years ago at Con-Stellation,
courtesy of Pat McAdams: Take two index cards. Write That's the
way on the front of one card. Write I like it on the other.
Write Uh-huh, uh-huh on the front of
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
So bye-bye, miss American pie.
Drove my Chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', This'll be the day that I die.
This'll be the day that I die.
It's not all bad, because it inspired one of Weird Al's
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 05:37 PM Tuesday 3/21/2006, Robert Seeberger wrote:
xponent
Yes I Am Evil, Why Do You Ask? Maru
No.
Evil is the seventeen-minute Donna Summer version.
I'd call that perdition.
xponent
Madre Con Carne Maru
rob
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Singin', This'll be the day that I die.
Heh!
Well I *was* going to use that oneG
xponent
Holly Days Maru
rob
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On Mar 22, 2006, at 12:22 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
I was holding that one in reserve. Oh, well. (Or perhaps that
should be Oh, shell.)
Of course, there's always:
Star Trekkin' across the universe,
uh-huh.. well, I see that, with this...
I just down from the Isle of Skye
I'm no
On Mar 22, 2006, at 1:22 PM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
Fourth, the Kurds effectively become semi-independent (because the
central government was set up so as to allow tribal trouble at the
drop of a hat, but let's no go there) and Turkey gets annoyed.
Turkey then gives up on EU membership (since
David Hobby wrote:
And how do you propose that be done? From what I can make out, most
Iraqis seem unhappy with the notion of a partition or two, and very
few areas contain just one ethnic group. So any such
division is bound
to involve uprooting and dislocation of a lot of people.
Winds blow high and winds blow low
To Zerro-Gee in my kilt I'll go
All the lassies say Hello
Scotty, where's your trousers!
(Star Trek version)
The future has arrived, it's just not evenly distributed -- William Gibson
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