PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH!

Apparently Stuckey was willing to give up 3 for him but the NBA has some stupid rule against changing numbers mid-season or something.

I hope this diminishes some of the grousing about the Republicans being an ideological monolith, particularly your grousing. It seems like the goal now (in some quarters at least) is to actually become one, though. I mean, shit, Rush Limbaugh was babbling about running the "bourgeoisie" out of the party a couple weeks ago. There's a not insignificant number of people out there who think Bush failed because he wasn't right-wing enough and that the key to winning next time is to run even harder to the right and purge the GOP of all those disloyal elitist intellectuals like David Brooks and Peggy Noonan who were oh so mean to poor widdle Sarah.

The far right's response to this seems very reasonable

Oh I'll admit that he's a super-fascinating character, but that doesn't change the fact that most of his music is pretty bad.

There was a big group of people gathered outside the White House gates and I was really hoping that they were gonna storm the place like Versailles.

This reminded me of a game recap I saw from a few days ago He needlessly lies to cover for players even when they don't really want him to lol

GROUP A "Build me up Buttercup" by The Foundations "Ring Of Fire" by Johnny Cash "8 Miles High" by the Byrds "I Can't Explain" by The Who "Hang On Sloopy" by The McCoys [i don't really like either of these songs but I chose this one because fuck Elvis] "Cupid" by Sam Cooke "Hair" by The Cowsills "She's Not There" by The Zombies "The House Of The Rising Sun" by the Animals "Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)" by The Shangri-Las ["Sounds of Silence" is probably the worst of Simon & Garfunkle's big singles. Conversely, The Shangri Las rule] "Bonnie and Clyde" by Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot "She Loves You" by The Beatles "Waterloo Sunset" by The Kinks "Incense and Peppermints" by Strawberry Alarm Clock "Good Vibrations" by Beach Boys "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash GROUP B "Eight Days A Week" by The Beatles "Alone Again Or" by Love [This was a really hard choice. The Sly song should probably win, but I can't bring myself to vote against Arthur Lee]] "My Way" by Frank Sinatra [Czech's a queer] "Hey Jude" by The Beatles "My Girl" by The Temptations "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks "Dazed and Confused" by Led Zeppelin "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival [i really do not care for "Sloop John B"] "I Fought The Law" by The Bobby Fuller Four "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In" by the 5th Dimension "Tous Les Garcons et Les Filles" by Francoisie Hardy "Daydream Believer" by The Monkees "Jumpin Jack Flash" by The Rolling Stones "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke ["You Can't Hurry Love" caught kind of a raw deal here] GROUP C "Space Oddity" by David Bowie "Down In The Boondocks" by Billy Joe Royal "Reflections" by The Supremes "The Witch" by The Sonics "Then He Kissed Me" by The Crystals "Street Fighting Man" by The Rolling Stones "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and the Shondells "Runaway" by Del Shannon "Don't Worry Baby" by The Beach Boys "Purple Haze" by The Jimi Hendriz Expierence "The Weight" by The Band "Israelites" by Desmond Dekker "Time of The Season" by The Zombies "Heroin" by The Velvete Underground "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys [Man, this match up sucks. "Out in the Streets" is better than like half the songs I've already voted for but "God Only Knows" is literally the best song ever written so...] "Reach Out, I'll Be There" by The Four Tops [Why are there so many fucking Elvis songs in this thing? Elvis sucks] GROUP D "Venus in Furs" by The Velvet Underground "Catch The Wind" by Donovan [These are both kinda lousy] "I Want You Back" by the Jackson 5 [...and these are both incredible. Ughh] "(I Know) I'm Losing You" by The Temptations "Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MGs "I Was Made To Love Her" by Stevie Wonder "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by The Band "Gimme Shelter" by Rolling Stones "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" by James Brown "Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell "Norwegian Wood" by Beatles "Scarborough Fair" by Simon & Garfunkel "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes "Come See About Me" by The Supremes I just realized that nobody nominated Nico's "These Days." That's kind of a serious omission, I think.

i do not recognize obama as my president, nor as the legitimate president of the united states. it is all pretty simple and straight forward to me. the man is a political fraud. he hid who he was. he hid what he is. he denied his friends, and he denied their beliefs, and he denied his adherence to them as friends and their shared beliefs. so, while this son of a bitch paraded himself as an honest, open and fresh breath of air, ... , a rebirth of honest politics, he did so while running a campaign of deceit about who he is, what he believes, and what his convictions are. i believe that there can only be one reason for this. he is also hiding what he intends to do as president. he says he is a democrat. i think he does so to hide that he is a committed marxist leninist who intends to impose a marxist dictatorhip upon this country, which advancig the interests of islam. he will attempt to either impose or import sharia, and sharia financing into this country. he will stifle free discussion by the use of the "fairness doctrine," and he will seek the imposition of hate speech law, laws prohibiting discussing islam critically, and will seek added preferential treatment for muslims in our immigration law. and, then there is the matter of the promised "civilian security force" the size, prestige, force and cost of the united states military. i do not believe this to be idle chatter on his part. finally, i have grave fears, mortal fears, for the fate of israel. i do not believe that he will rise to her defense, and believe that he is in cohoots with those who seek to destroy her. pelosi's and reid's trip to the middle east convinced that such is the general agenda of the democratic party for several years now, and obama recent "chats" wiht abbas have done nothing to dissuade me from that feeling. so, no, i concede nothing with regard to obama. he was elected under false pretenses, and he will govern under false pretenses, and the only reason for doing so is to hide his evil intent with regard to the fate of the country he "rules." he is not my president. i do not accept him we have no deals, mr. obama and i, as he has vitiated them by a fundamental and far reaching fraud. he has evil designes and intents upon me and mine, upon thee and me.

The trick to enjoying Ulysses is to not even bother trying to "understand" it. Don't treat it like some secret code you have to decipher. Let the language wash over you.

Maybe she was being ironic?

Why are you still reading it if you think it's dull? It doesn't get any better, if that's what you're hoping. As for Ulysses, approach it with caution. It's a wonderful book, yes, but it has its reputation for a reason. If you don't know what you're doing the only thing you're likely to get out of it is a headache.

You missed Another Side of..., so I'll go ahead and nominate "It Ain't Me Babe." Also: Desmond Dekker - "Israelites" The Shangri Las - "Out in the Streets" Francoisie Hardy - "Tous Les Garcons et Les Filles"

The Ronettes - "Be My Baby" The Band - "The Weight" Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - "Bonnie & Clyde"

Tyrus Thomas. Believe in him and he will lead you unto glory and salvation.

Whoa I had a dream last night where some right wing TV hack was calling Francis Fukuyama a socialist. I must be psychic or something. Eerie....

Blood Money isn't very good, but I can't bring myself to completely dismiss an album that makes room for a two minute calliope solo.

The thing about Mule Variations is that it doesn't really do anything that isn't done better somewhere else in his catalog. It's just sort of a hodge-podge of different styles and as such never really develops a coherent, individual identity of its own. At least that's how I remember it; I haven't listened to it in years and am at present unable to locate my copy.

Welp

I'll second what Nighthawk and Edwin said and also give a shout out to Alice, which is really good and relatively accessible. There's some deeply moving shit on that record. Also, Mule Variations is boring and sorta sucks. I'd recommend not even bothering with it unless you feel the need to be a completest or whatever.

Those last two are pretty awesome actually

But, again, if you're not a current student/alumnus then you're not actually part of that community.

This rules