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  1. I'm with you on that one.

     

    Question I have is are we ever going to see Rose, Bernard and Co. again? Rose and Bernard were big enough characters to at least warrent an onscreen death, or getting off the island and living happily ever after. Or something along those lines.


  2. Huh, I figured I was the only Allman fan here.

     

    The Beacon Shows have been sick. The second Clapton show was filthy, especially the Liz Reed at the end of the 2nd set.

     

    Right now, I think that Derek is the best rock guitar player around. The new DTB cd is amazing as well, and just seeing his ability to interact with any other player and make them better is fantastic.

     

    Dickie won't be there though. I think it's for the best. The band has moved on in a different direction that they could not have gone in with him.


  3. What song was that guy singing outside that girls window? I've heard it before but can't remember the song or how I know it.

     

     

    It's Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard............ where the fuck did I hear this and why........

     

    The song won last year's Oscar for best song from a motion picture for the movie "Once". That was what the rest of the scene referenced too, with the movie being about the guy and the girl falling for each other but her being married and he was involved in a relationship as well.

     

    It was a really random reference for the Simpsons though, since the movie wasn't popular, and came out a year and a half ago.


  4. I loved the Cranston bit too, as well as Tracy's studio session. 30 Rock has been funnier than The Office for a while now.

     

    This.

     

     

    No, it really hasn't. Not by a longshot, especially with how amazing The Office was yesterday.

     

    Yesterday's episode was decent. Tracy, Jr. went on for too long, and Tracy wasn't as funny as he usually is. Jon Hamm's reaction to losing at tennis was great

     

    Not this.

     

    Did Tina Fey try to molest you or something Barron?

     

    I would still say the Office is a better show overall, but 30 Rock is a lot funnier right now.


  5. Problem for me is that Michael's character is past the point of no return. He's an asshole, plain and simple. I don't know why they decided to do that, but my favorite part of this episode was where everyone was ganging up against him and siding with Dwight.

     

    They managed to go away from "Homer Syndrome" with Michael in that he's not getting that much dumber anymore, but now he's just a bad person.


  6. Toad the Wet Bracket

     

     

    Veruca Salt- "Seether"

     

    Beck- "Loser"

     

    Montell Jordan- "This Is How We Do It"

     

    Goo Goo Dolls- "Iris" (don't even remember the other song)

     

     

    The Breeders- "Cannonball"

     

     

    Snoop Doggy Dogg- "Gin and Juice"

     

    Jewel- "Who Will Save Your Soul"

     

     

    Deee-Lite- "Groove Is In The Heart"

     

     

    Jamiroquai- "Virtual Insanity"

     

    Warren G. (feat. Nate Dogg)- "Regulate"

     

     

     

    Notorious B.I.G. (feat. Puff Daddy and Mace)- "Mo Money Mo Problems"

     

     

    L.L. Cool J- "Mama Said Knock You Out"

     

     

    Fiona Apple- "Criminal"

     

     

    Weezer- "Buddy Holly"

     

     

    U2- "One"

     

     

    Jay Z- "Can I Get A..."

     

    (this region was pretty easy to pick as I never was a fan of pop stuff, which one of each seemed to be)

     

    Give Me One Region To Stay Here

     

     

     

     

    Nirvana- "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

     

     

    Blink 182- "Dammit" (don't remember this one, but didn't like the other)

     

     

    Blur- "Song 2"

     

     

    Stone Temple Pilots- "Plush"

     

     

    Smashing Pumpkins- "Today" (Cherub Rock FTW)

     

     

    Seal- "Crazy"

     

     

    The Cranberries- "Dreams"

     

     

     

    No Doubt- "Don't Speak"

     

    Alanis Morissette- "You Oughta Know"

     

     

    Green Day- "Basket Case" (less overplayed than Time)

     

     

    Oasis- "Wonderwall"

     

     

    R.E.M.- "Losing My Religion" (weak choices for REM, IMO)

     

     

    Chumbawumba- "Tubthumping"

     

     

    Tom Cochrane- "Life Is A Highway" (gets the Michael Scott seal of approval)

     

     

     

    Third Eye Blind- "Semi-Charmed Life" (happiest song about Meth that I know of)

     

     

    Blind Melon- "No Rain"

     

     

     

    2 Legit Bracket

     

     

     

    TLC- "Waterfalls" (I hate Aerosmith from the 90s)

     

     

    Soundgarden- "Black Hole Sun"

     

     

    Vanilla Ice- "Ice Ice Baby"

     

    Spacehog- "In The Meantime"

     

     

    Naughty By Nature- "O.P.P."

     

    DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince- "Summertime"

     

     

     

    2Pac- "California Love"

     

     

    The Fugees- "Killing Me Softly With His Song"

     

    Dr. Dre (feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg)- "Nuthin But A G Thang"

     

     

     

    The Verve- "Bittersweet Symphony"

     

     

    Beastie Boys- "Sabotage"

     

     

    Spin Doctors- "Two Princes"

     

    Tracy Chapman- "Give Me One Reason"

     

     

    Eagle-Eye Cherry- "Save Tonight"

     

     

    Mark Cohn- "Walking In Memphis"

     

     

     

    Red Hot Chili Peppers- "Under The Bridge"

     

     

    Damn! I Wish I Was Your Bracket

     

     

    Counting Crows- "Mr. Jones" (tough first round match up)

     

     

     

    Presidents of the United States of America- "Lump"

     

    Cracker- "Low" (really tough first round match up and not the song I would have chosen for either band. Not to complain, but only one Pearl Jam song? They couldn't make it into the double song region?)

     

     

    Sheryl Crow- "All I Wanna Do"

     

     

     

    Joan Osborne- "One Of Us"

     

    Sinead O'Connor- "Nothing Compares 2 U"

     

     

    The Divinyls- "I Touch Myself"

     

     

     

    Faith No More- "Epic"

     

     

    Guns N Roses- "November Rain"

     

     

    Lisa Loeb- "Stay (I Missed You)"

     

     

    Hootie and the Blowfish- "I Only Wanna Be With You"

     

     

    Ben Folds Five- "Brick"

     

    Fastball- "The Way"

     

     

    Gin Blossoms- "Hey Jealousy" (I hate all those ass songs that came out at the same time.)

     

     

    Foo Fighters- "Everlong" (this one might get my vote every round.)

     


  7. That Love Spit Love song was really fantastic. Forgot about that one.

     

     

    For a few nominations that I haven't seen here:

     

    Smashing Pumpkins "Cherub Rock"

    Pearl Jam "Yellow Ledbetter"

    Pearl Jam "Corduroy"

    Pavement "We Dance"

    Teenage Fanclub "The Concept"

    Fiona Apple "Criminal"

    Jesus Jones "Right Here Right Now"


  8. I didn't really think about it before, but yeah, that's a safe bet. I liked the added dimension that it gave Chuck to be searching on his own. Made him seem a lot more competent.

     

    I still really like this show, but I'm getting beyond tired of every single show ending with either Chuck liking Sarah and it not happening or Sarah liking Chuck and it not happening.


  9. Hey now, I was a snotty, pleated khaki wearing high school theatre dork...I believe Czech was as well (though he was probably more band geek than theatre geek). Naturally, I enjoy Ben Folds Live as well as his less heralded, second live album Songs For Goldfish. My brother also has a few bootlegs and from what I've heard, those sound pretty good as well.

     

    You can usually find a few torrents of his live shows at etree.

     

    Speaking of live Ben shows, I've never once been satisfied with the length of the show after seeing him. He's been good to great each time, but it always ends a lot sooner than expected.


  10. It's also not like he added a bunch of swears to a clean song he was covering.

     

     

    I was randomly listening to "The Secret Life of Morgan Davis" last night, and I think that's one song where Ben's swearing comes off perfect. It's unexpected, but not overly corny.


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    Troegs in general is tasty stuff. Nugget Nectar is beyond that though. Fantastic beer. Local bar to me is tapping a firkin this week as a part of Beer Week.

     

    They also have a meet the brewer later with a firkin of Rogue Double Dead Guy!

     

    Tis a good week.


  12. Off the solo stuff, I really think that Gone is pretty great too. I always forget to include that one, but I love the "I wake up, in the night" part of the song.

     

     

    Oh, also, I think that Bitches Ain't Shit is just fantastic by Ben. It's one of the few novelty covers that for me lasts longer than one or two listens.


  13. I believe Edwin and I had a dust-up over the merits of Ben Folds Five like a year and a half ago. A winner was never formally declared, though I think I got him to admit that "Philosophy" was pretty cool or something.

     

    My of-the-moment Top 10 and reliably timeless Top 5 for band and solo, resp.:

     

    01 Brick

    02 Philosophy

    03 Kate

    04 Smoke

    05 Where's Summer B.?

    06 Magic

    07 The Best Imitation of Myself

    08 Steven's Last Night in Town

    09 Alice Childress

    10 Army

     

    1. Not the Same

    2. Annie Waits

    3. Fred Jones, Pt. 2

    4. Still Fighting It

    5. You Don't Know Me

     

    Damning indictment of his solo career that four of the five are from one album, with nothing from Silverman or the EPs cracking the list. It was "You Don't Know Me" or "Give Judy My Notice," but hey, Regina.

     

    I'm surprised with Brick as your number 1, as to me that hasn't held up all that great.

     

    My top ten Ben would be:

    1. Philosophy

    2. Battle of Who Could Care Less

    3. Mess

    4. Fair

    5. Fred Jones, Pt. 2

    6. Army

    7. Annie Waits

    8. Best Imitation

    9. Alice Childress

    10. Eddie Walker

     

     

    These probably would change though if I sat down and listened to each album end to end right now.


  14. I actually liked the end with HRG. I think that he works best as a grey character. Breaking everyone down to being a "good guy" or a "bad guy" isn't the best way to go, IMO. You need a few characters that are in between. I like that HRG is working for good, but will go about it anyway necessary. Fits what we've seen of him throughout the series as well.

     

    That being said, the episode was pretty lame overall. Parkman is probably a worse actor and worse at his character than Ali Larter even.


  15. I can't quite figure out why the writers would put as much effort into including details like Locke hanging himself in the obit, but then miss the plot hole of Jack going crazy too quickly.

     

    Also, Sayid seems to have flipped from hitman to peace corp guy back to hitman getting Hurley out of the hospital rather quickly.


  16. How did Kate get on the plane if she isn't allowed to leave the state?

     

    Just because you're not allowed to leave a state, doesn't mean you'll be on a no-fly list or anything like that. She'd get in trouble if caught, but she wasn't a high enough level criminal who would be followed at all times or anything like that.

     

     

    And, I'm really looking forward to tonight as well. Should provide a whole lot of information and good Locke stuff.


  17. I've got to say, Jin popping out of the van was awesome. That made the episode for me.

     

    I really hope that Desmond and Penny kicked the living shit out of Ben, instead of what they were implying happened. I like the Desmond/Penny relationship.

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