Giuseppe Zangara

Consider that the guy who started this thread is very cool in real life, gets to bang a hot filipina chick, yet is a monumental dork on this board. There's a lesson to be learned, I'm sure.

dubQ, for all his projected cynicism, is far too earnest for The Chocolate Socket.

I'm sniping the shit out of this.

"Go, Mordecai!" Was Max Fischer already taken?

Be kind. That's all I ask.

Last night, I discovered my dog has an intense hatred for an old Bumblebee Man doll I found. He growls and barks and swipes and bites at it whenever it's near. He's a little pussy dog, otherwise.

You and banky!

I took a look at shooterman's profile. He has zero posts! May I be the first to have blessed him with a profile view.

Who are you, shooterman? Why were you looking at my profile?

Must it be pointed out to you repeatedly that no one was talking about Radiohead's discography as a whole? It must, because here I am, doing it again. Coldplay obviously took cues from the early Radiohead, specifically the maudlin balladry of "High and Dry" et al. Okay, yeah, Coldplay did so without any sense of the dynamics involved with Radiohead's more "accessible" songs, but they're still lifting the sound. I don't get why you don't understand that. Are a Coldplay fan, tired of them being bullied around?

snuffbox, it's okay to admit other people are right.

Does Matt Young still post? He should do so in this thread, explaining what he planned on doing with that gimmick.

If I had to do it all over again, I'd avoid screennames that reference anything related to art—music, books, movies, etc. It's old hat. Now, I'd very likely pick a random word from the dictionary.

Banky. Except for a brief comeback earlier this year, I don't think he's been "banky" since 2002. Still, that's what we call him. Really, Agent of Oblivion, if you do change your handle, it has to be something that we already refer to you as, like Gene or, simply, Agent.

Would "Star Child, Reborn as Man" be a better candidate?

The album it came from, Young Machetes, obv.

Change it to "Man, Reborn as Star Child."

I've seen them live three times; Johnny's been acting/dressing more flamboyantly gay over the years. And that's a good thing.

Matt Young once created an "Incandenza's Stool Sample, Nigga" account, though it was never approved. I have no clue what he would've done with it.

He's actually better now than he used to be, yet he's still pretty bad. How did "Under the Bridge" ever become a hit with him bleating all over it?

Still? Way back in the early 90s, I remember hearing about this. Patton, circa '89, did bear a resemblance to Kiedes, what with the hair, clothing and onstage antics, but that's where the comparisons ended, generally. Once the Patton-era, starting with The Real Thing, rolled in, Faith No More never sounded much like Red Hot Chili Peppers—something you couldn't say about its predecessor, Introduce Yourself—aside from maybe Patton's "rap" vocals sounding somewhat like Kiedes's. (Though, and this is very important, Mike Patton, unlike Anthony Kiedes, was never tone deaf. He could actually sing, as opposed to the latter's marble-mouthed warbling.) Guys, I was a pretty big FNM fan back in the day. Sometimes I still put on Angel Dust for some dewy-eyed nostalgia.

Television were good, but Marquee Moon, after the title track, is a chore to slog through. I probably said that elsewhere in this thread. I also probably said that while though Adventure lacks the highs of its predecessor, it's a lot more consistent and easier to get through.

vivalaultra makes too many broad generalizations and hyperbolic statements. What makes it really bad is when anyone (deservedly) gives him guff re those broad and/or hyperbolic statements, he either expresses an almost Downhome-like shock at the very possiblity! of someone thinking differently or he simply launches into a self-defensive petulance—that, yes, is not unlike a teenage girl—accusing those he perceives as attacking him as being snobs or some other form of elite.