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So now any game that has some kind of dirty or gory patch or mod is held to some knd of crazy standard? Because if so OMG NUDE RAIDER LOL

Gross, that's not how you use volition. more like a boullabaisse of bullshit. These are two of the nastiest alliterative phrases I've ever heard. V, regrettably, sounds really retarded.

Teenage Dirtbag-Wheatus Naked Eye-Luscious Jackson Fade Into You-Mazzy Star The local station had a one-hit-wonder hour. All good songs.

I also think people might not have been rooting for the underdog on that one. I'm surprised Dead/Alive didn't do better. Maybe not so many people have seen it. I personally think it's a lot funnier than Shaun (and I love Shaun) The general horror movie tournament would be great. The Evil Deads would definitely get in there and tear shit up.

I'll start with my by far favourite band of all time: Sonic Youth. They started noisy, chaotic and menacing as fuck (but good) in Confusion is Sex and Bad Moon Rising. They started crafting some absolutely amasing more rhythmic (still noisy) albums with a really cool sensibility, with some actual standout tracks. Almost certainly their peak (EVOL, Sister, Daydream Nation) They had one really good mainstream grunge album (Goo) a pretty much Ok album (Dirty) and then started putting out some pretty blah records (like Experimental Jet set, Thosand Leaves, NYC Flowers & Ghosts) which all had a couple good tracks, but weren't really cohesive, and Kim Gordon got fucking ANNOYING. Then they seemed to content to completely wallow in totally avant-garde feedback fests in the SYRs and the Silver sessions (Some are highly regarded, but that shit's just clangs and hums to me.) Washing Machine was a bright spot in this whole era, it's an awesome album. Then BAM, out comes Murray Street. I don't know if it was Jim O'Rourke joining the band or what, but this album is just drop-dead gorgeous from beginning to end, and IMO their second best album, very nearly their best. Totally different sound, but just lovely. Sonic Nurse, their most recent, is also very, very, good. I can't wait to see what they come out with next, but in their middle age, they are just great purveyors of lovely rock music now. The Pixies: This is a different example. The Pixies were always a great band, but when they split, Frank Black made some absolutely SHITTY music. The Breeders, with Kim Deal were awesome, but only put out a couple albums before Kim Deal supposedly dropped off the face of the earth and lived some hard years. They've come back, and from what I've heard, they're just amazing in concert. I liked their one new song too (the one with the completely gibberish name that was available on iTUNES.) I hope they put out some more new music. The Posies: I always liked them, and they didn't really get bad, but I never figured they'd get back together. From what I've heard on the radio, the new stuff's GOOD too. 50 Foot Wave (or L'~ if you're UBER) Throwing Muses was always a great band, and they didn't trail off in quality at all. However, with a new drummer, they've completely reinvented themselves as the best punk rock band I know of today. They sound incredible. Kristen Hersh sounds like a woman possessed. She sounds like the most pissed off alcoholic grandma in the world. So what bands do you think made an unexpected comback, or just changed their sound to good effect?

She's been nominated three times for a best actress Golden Globe. I think she a pretty damn fine actress, at least in Ghost World, LiT, Girl w/ a Pearl Earring, and the Man Who Wasn't There.

Yeah, Dawn.

The Sandman looks a lot like Rutger Hauer. Well, Rutger Hauer when he was younger.

I honestly thought Dead/Alive had a shot. it's funny, and actually a really sweet romantic comedy, on top of the vilest, goriest movie ever.

I hate Papa John's sugary-ass sauce.

At the Safeway near my house they've started to sell loaves of english muffin bread. I need to try that out.

You, know, I don't know a thing about this Roberts guy yet, and I'm pro-choice, but I think Roe V Wade is complete bullshit. If you look at the case, you'll see the same thing.

Maybe they're playing it close to the chest since Nintendo's been so quiet about the Revolution.

I don't hate the show, but it's gone downhill. A while ago in a Family Guy thread I expressed displeasure in a tendency for FG to occasionally just make a reference, play it straight, and expect it to be funny. I was especially annoyed by the interminable 'Stewie does Shatner doing Rocket Man' bit. Also the 'Sound of Music' song. I got both references, but they didn't make any jokes, no matter how small about it, and it wasn't funny to me. They're doing that more and more often, prime examples being the GI Joe and He-Man bits, and to a lesser extent the Herculoids bit. I get all the references, they're just not even really trying to do anything but say, "Hey! Remember this?!" I don't mind cutaway humor at all as long as they make JOKES.

BaseWars was awesome. (NES game) You had 4 types of robots (normal, tank, spider, hover) and you could upgrade tons and tons of their parts. Win games and you got money. In tagout situations, the robots fought. It was a bit easy, as if you were pretty good at the game, you could have a completely unstoppable team by season's end.

The human voice is essentially an instrument, so why hold it separate from everything else? Is Bjork's new album trash because it's all a capella? Guess it doesn't matter since you won't even listen to the music you deride. I think the only point to be made here is that it's marginally easier to make really bad rap than it is most other types of music, but who cares about really bad rap anyway?

Careful there. You don't want tourism in W.V. to plummet.

Doonesbury used to be a lot better, and yes, it's still a million times funnier than MF. I don't know how long MF has been running, but I doubt it's been going for 35 years. Also, Doonesbury's had a narrative, something that most political cartoons neglect. (most cartoons period, actually)

And that's why you always do your kegels.

Cemetary Man. Oh, it hurts to vote down NOTLD, but Cemetary man's really a very good movie.

Beat 'em and Eat 'em. I think a new Shadowrun could be the shit. Especially with someone like Black Isle at the helm.

I'm talking about bands that were getting better and better and then quit. There's bands like the Beatles and the Clash and Velvet Underground that I wish put out more albums, but had hit their peak as far as the music we saw. Pixies are an excellent example. though thinking about it, I think they had a steady output of awesomeness, but I think they had a genius album left in them, especially considering I adore the Breeders. That's pure speculation though. Minor Threat was a great band that broke up too early, but Fugazi's better. Throwing Muses could have put out a couple more awesome albums, but their early stuff was good too, and 50 foot wave is incredible, and it's basicallythrowing muses. I'm actually sort of drawing a blank on this one, though I'm sure y'all will fill in the blanks. I was just thinking the Jimi Hendrix Experience, but they (he) again were pretty much operating on a plateau of excellence. Oh, Nirvana. They were just getting better and better. There's one. What band makes you wonder what could have been?

Starbucks burns the fuck out of their eSpresso. It's just terribly overroasted. Hence their nickname Charbucks.

I've heard it on the local indie radio. It's pretty decent. I've never heard a Clash song covered that sounded as good as the original to me, though.

Well, the terrorists who have been threatening the civilized world ARE muslim extremists. Obviously that doesn't make all Muslims terrorists, but there IS a link, and to completely dismiss it is ignorant.