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I started with Still Life W/ Woodpecker...and that led me to read them all. I would suggest starting with either that, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, or Another Roadside Attraction. Fierce Invalids was awesome, Villa Incognito not as much.

Niskie, I need your help.

Most great orators should probably refrain from much 'joking' "Why did the uh chicken cross of gold...the road...cross...uh..." -William Jennings Bryan

The idea here is to pick the worst candidates put forwards by one of the 2 parties. I didn't use failed Presidents like LBJ, Carter, Nixon, and W Bush as they were elected. I didnt select guys like Mondale or Dole since they were basically just sacrificial lambs...the same scenario of slaughter (how's that for alliteration Czech?) could apply to Goldwater & McGovern but I like both of them as they were/are genuine and passionate men who truly deserved to be President, it was no fault of their own that the American public believed Daisy-ads and 'liberal' as a curse word. Obviously, you are all free to discuss/nominate/choose anyone as the worst out of your opinion but this was how I made my list. Yes, Im serious about the Hube. That Civil Rights stuff was all wonderful & nice, but it was well over a decade old by the time HHH ran fis first awful campaign. In 1960, Humphrey couldnt cross his state border to hold back Kennedy stumping around Wisconsin and racking up delegates. His West Virginia debacle was miserable at best. He was, as par for the course in Hube campaigns, caught redhanded with such cheesey tactics as claiming to be a member of whatever religion was practiced by whomever's hand he was shaking at the moment. You cant say he was unfortunate to to have been LBJs President as he could have easily told him 'no' and remained in the Senate until 1968 or 1972...that was Humphrey's greatest problem. He never got out of Johnson's massive shadow because he had always been a spineless sort on the national stage (especially in the 60s). 1968 was one of the biggest elections in our history and the party machinery went with Humphrey, the one man Nixon felt sure he could beat. It was one of the worst example's of a party picking the old reliable hand when the stakes were too high (2004 was another example of this). He ran a pitiful campaign, defending the Vietnam policy and refusing to ruffle LBJ's feathers until it was too late. In the closing days of the campaign Hube finally started to move away from the Johnson/Vietnam policy and nearly caught Nixon. Had Hube been his own man, he would have been President of the United States. His '72 & '76 efforts did nothing to help his image as a loser on the national political stage.

Roy Jones will fight Manny Siaca on 12/9. $24.95 Nobody is sure why.

And the Liberal Terrorist Media spends more time on this Kerry 'issue' than on both Bush debacles combined.

Bob Dylan came to Madison on Halloween night. I attended the show in full Hunter S Thompson costume. On the way to the Kohl Center things nearly took a turn for the tragic when a girl on a bike ignored the traffic & crosswalk lights and was nearly smooshed by an elderly blue station wagon. At the parking ramp the lady taking our money in exchange for the ticket told us that some people were parking on the side of the rode, though she didnt know if that was all legal or not. After a terrible evening in Chicago several years ago I had no problem with being seperated from $5 in exchange for a safe spot in the ramp. Inside the Kohl doors I saw a waifish female police officer (with a haircut somewhere between Sinead O Connor & Bob Haldeman) staring at my full cigarette holder. Walking past I allowed my head to twist backwards to maintain the stare. Stumbling back I explained that it was merely tobacco and, after she took a good smell, I was allowed to wander off towards the seats. The Foo Fighters opened things up with an acoustic set that lasted just under an hour. Dave Grohl seemed to be having a genuinely good time on stage and had his usual rapport with the audience. Highlights were Marigold (a song Grohl wrote during his Nirvana days), Everlong, and some comedy...not so good moments were the hokey 'My Hero' and the weak 'Skin & Bones'. Heres the setlist as I recall: Times Like These Big Me Marigold My Hero Skin & Bones Cold Day in the Sun (With drummer Tyler Hawkins playing the role of Don Henley) Next Year See You (w/band intros & solos including the triangle) Everlong After waiting about 30 minutes it was time for the icon himself, Bobby Z. Dylan is always transforming himslef...grew up in Northen Minnesota, became hipster king of NYC, found Jesus, and glued himself to the road. These days he dresses like an old saloon gambler cowboy and tonight he had on a spiffy black western suit. Dylan keeps to the keyboards now but his show still brings the fun. This was a better set tha I saw from him the first time, at Bonnaroo '04. He played a few songs off the new record as well as classics. Some of the oldies were drastically reworked, Positively 4th Street was recognizable only by its lyrics. Dylan doesnt do the whole talk-to-the audience thing but there was still plenty of energy from the musicians on stage. Rhytym guitaris Stu Kimball does a dance that looks something like a hybrid of Bullet Bob Armstrong and Glenn Quagmire. At times old Bob can get a bit boring & garbled but it only slightly intereferes with the awesome. The best songs to me were Workingman's Blues #2 (best song on the new album), Highway 61 revisted, and one of my fave songs ever, Tangled Up In Blue.

Who was the worst candidate put forth by one of the major parties in the last 100 years? People that for whatever reason...lack of passion, lack of ideas, poor oration, missing spine, etc...make you wonder what their party's leaders (or primary voters) were ever thinking. Heres a list of the worst to choose from: -William Jennings Bryant (Democrat, 1908) - Legedary speaker that participated in the great election of 1896, but as a failed candidate two time previously, this was quite a joke. -Alf Landon (Republican, 1936) - His credentials going in were fair enough as a WW1 veteran and successful 2-term governor of Kansas. He agreed with much of the New Deal and had very little to talk about. An inept, lazy campaigner who was little more than a public figurehead for the GOP's doomed election. -Thomas Dewey (Republican, 1940 & 1944) - After carrying a good reputation as NY Governor into a losing campaign against FDR, he believed in his pollsters in '44 and forgot to have an intelligent campaign. -Hubert Humphrey (Democrat, 1968) - With Bobby Kennedy murdered, and both McCarthy & McGovern ignored by party hierarchy, the jellyfish from Minnesota gets the nomination. For one of the biggest elections in American history the Dems go with the one guy that Nixon could actually beat. -Michael Dukakis (Democrat, 1988) - After a fine primary run, he & his team suffer terrible brain injuries and run like morons, giving up a huge lead and the Presidency to HW Bush. Somebody should have reminded Susan Estrich that she was no Bob Haldeman. -John Kerry (Democrat, 2004) - People actually go on tv and try to say that Kerry didnt serve in Vietnam....Kerry doesnt bother to fight back. The best/worst example of how mindnumbingly weak his campaign was. My pick - Humphrey. What a clown.

Kerry definitly fucked his 'joke' up, but it is nice to see him finally acting like a passionate human being...something he only did at a few rallies in '04. This is not nearly as disgusting as a Commander-in-Chief dressing up like a GI Joe doll to give a John Wayne speech underneath a banner saying 'Mission Accomplished' while Americans would fight and die for years to come. Kerry's mindless joke attempt pales in comparison so get over it GOP & ball-less Dems.

Woah.

A girl crossing the street on a bike was nearly crushed last night but, other than that, no injuries or inadvertant golden showers to the Bob Dylan Halloween show.

Hers the setlist from last night in Madison, I should have a review typed up later today. 1. Maggie's Farm 2. She Belongs To Me 3. Lonesome Day Blues 4. Positively 4th Street 5. Rollin' And Tumblin' 6. John Brown 7. Watching The River Flow 8. Workingman's Blues #2 9. Highway 61 Revisited 10. When The Deal Goes Down 11. Tangled Up In Blue 12. Blind Willie McTell 13. Summer Days (encore) 14. Thunder On The Mountain 15. Like A Rolling Stone 16. All Along The Watchtower

But what if Mexicans shop at Walgreens?

Leena's nose is bigger than that guy's peter.

The maturity level is at 77 posts today, kids.

By not e-respecting her.

Leena, why are you here? Seriously.

Yeah, them dadgum kids.

Czech with some fine comedy there. Remember kids, maturity is 20 posts a day at a wrestling messageboard!

The coolest thing Madison did was block off the entrance of the downtown Walgreens so people had to pay $5 to go shopping. OMG I wish people coulda had there heads busted by them superduper cops! -kkk, etc

Shes a bit touched in the upstairs. Forgetting things goes with that territory.

Lake Trout.

Leave Trevor Berbick out of this.

He clearly doesnt participate in this board except to do things he knows the majority of posters will dislike. He was offered to sell his board. He could then get rid of the thing that he only complains about. He chose not to. It's kind of like a poster who spends her entire day here, whines about the immaturity, then never ever leaves.

Except the part that Mike is the main owner. He did not sell the board. He owns the board. I'm going to guess that if he would take up someone's offer to buy the board, he wouldnt own it anymore. But he'd rather show up every so often to protect you and wildpegasus.