Linus Van Pelt wrote:

Jeremy wrote:hey. that was MY first post too. here: http://www.electrical.com/phpBB2/search ... &start=350

That link doesn't seem to work. But you appear to have made this post two days earlier than the one you cited.

Glueman wrote:
Hey, this is my first post but I have been reading this for a couple of years.
Anyway, I wanted to know if anybody here lives in Edinburgh. I just moved there and needed to ask some questions, preferably Americans who live here.

thanks

prplmtngal wrote:i thanked you on the papa-m board but figured i oughta sign up here and thank you properly.

Tom wrote:Linus, I still don't think those are the lyrics to Holy Diver.


Mine:

Tom in June of '03 wrote:You ought to empty the trash just enough so no one notices its full.

Which is 1/6th.
After that, its all down hill.

MTAR wrote:1/6 full is for pansies. Way back in my interning days.... I would take the trash out every seven minutes. No matter if it was full or empty. Seven minutes is exactly enough time to throw out every bag from B, through the kitchen, down through A. By the time you're back up in B again, you have time to catch a smoke, and start your cycle over again. You can definately learn a lot as an intern by utilizing and mastering this method of trash removal.

mike

On Mon May 10, 2004, endofanera wrote:

instant_zen wrote:As ashamed as I am to admit it... I've never heard a song by Naked Raygun, either.

Two?! On one list? And youre from CHICAGO, instant zen. Wow. Ok, everyone who hasnt yet heard Naked Raygun, go get Throb, Throb immediately. You will not be disappointed.

Until then, if anyone asks you about Naked Raygun you can get by by just rolling your eyes, smiling, and going "woah-oooooh." If anyone asks what you think, just say you love "Rat Patrol." But clearly you dont want to stretch that too far.

instant_zen wrote:Interesting note: my aunt used to go see Die Kreuzen in college. This was pretty frickin' cool to a kid who had just finished reading Our Band Could Be Your Life to know that a respectable -gasp- ADULT had listened to a punk band in college. Funny how people change, aye?

Die Kreuzen were the first band that I ever mixed. Well, no, I guess the bands that opened for them were the first, but it was a Die Kreuzen *show,* so, y'know. They were amazing. I dunno if I'm a *respectable ADULT,* yet though.

Oh yeah, bands I know next to nothing about and am willing to admit it? Lessee. American Music Club. I mean, I have the records, but ...

And yeah, Red House Painters. And a ton of Brit Pop.

I saw Yes in 1976-
Steve Howe did great seagulls from hell stuff on the pedal-steel. Alan White had a whole set of North Drums behind his regular kit, and Chris Squire did the Yessongs/Fish solo w/ the Moog Taurus Bass pedals and everyone thought the arena was going to cave in.

Not Crap.

SecondEdition wrote:I have no idea what my first post said, but probably something really stupid.

On Wed May 03, 2006 8:35 am SecondEdition wrote:Well, I live in Michigan right now, and have things going on that I don't want to lose, but if I could live anywhere else, I'd live in either Chicago or New York in the spring and summer and either Florida or San Francisco in the fall and winter. Hope that's good enough.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: Baseball Books

Ring Lardner's "You Know Me Al" is highly recommended for seamheads. It was serialized in the Sat. Evening Post in 1914 and first published in bk form in 1916.

It's a fictionalized series of letters from a hillbilly "busher" pitching prospect who ends up making the Show to his buddy Al back in Terre Haute. Through the letters, the busher is shown to be a lazy, clueless, arrogant putz who is constantly being razzed/mocked to hilarious effect by coaches, teammates, girlfriends, etc. without him even realizing it.

Most interesting from a historical perspective, Lardner puts real-life players like Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, etc. in the bk as characters (Cobb touches the kid up for a couple of hits and talks smack). For much of the bk the busher is a member of the White Sox, and he's called up to Comiskey's office a couple of times, he competes in the "city serious" against the Cubs, etc.
Hugely entertaining.