this is a great idea....or is it...retarded?

let's see

1. typing 'let's see' or 'um...' or something like that as text, when you OBVIOUSLY have an ENDLESS amount of time to say EXACTLY what you mean and NO need to fill space meaninglessly

2. cigarettes, though i waffle on this one occasionally

3. graphic eq

4. incredibly tiny mobile phones, as opposed to ergonomically small mobile phones

5. well, all right, mobile phones in general

6. add 'well, all right' to no. 1 above

7. neuroses in general

8. i.r.s. records (the record label)

9. the police (the rock band the police)

10. any writer i ever thought i liked whose drug of choice was marijuana

11. those little chinese slipper shoes that are really cheap at import stores

12. sweaters--i don't recall thinking they were awesome, but most of them are retarded, and i didn't think this at one point

marshall amps

crystal pepsi (or any variety of pop with a "NEW" plea for appeal)

bike helmets

tv

pool

pink floyd

the idea that an hour-long commute downtown could be "neat"

playing solitare (or any card game, for that matter) on a computer

duck hunt

john

compact discs

speed racer

living in lakeview

andy richter


(just kidding, john.)
regards,
jet.

and, oh yes, coloured vinyl.

tmidgett wrote:3. graphic eq

Dude, what about the API 560, duder? Seriously, dude-brah, you need to check that dude-mobile out.

I'd add the Butthole Surfers to my list.

The Food Network.

Bowling shoes as casual footwear.

Pretty much any casual footwear except Chucks and Docs.

The Tube Tech LCA 2B.

Saving my virginity for marriage.

Straight-edge.

Paying $2000 for a '91 Ford Escort.

Drew Barrymore.

And, of course, emo.

mb

*trying to collect every Atari cartridge ever made (even the obscure Japanese ones)

*a wallet full of scraps of paper (retarded now that I have a Palm Pilot)

*fighting

*living in New Orleans

*thinking my high school metal band would sound much cooler with a turntablist

-getting a bunch of not-so-good fake tube gear instead of one or two so-good pieces of gear

-car audio

-fixing up cars that will never work

-wearing rings

-over-producing

-definately smoking

-definately smoking pot

-getting drunk

-floyd rose

-digital multi-fx guitar processors

-collecting pistachio shells

The title of this thread was actually a direct quote from Matt Lower, when asked his feelings about cocaine....

1. Ozzy

2. democracy

3. jazz

4. having a thirty year old girlfriend at twenty-one

5. Jeff Murphy (are you seriously an electrician now??)

6. The Matrix

7. remixing our first album

8. The Simpsons

9. Phentramine

10. cloning (hasn't yet reached retarded levels, but give it some time.)

paintball

Hummers

long hair and a biker jacket on everyone in a band

sm57s

Ted Nugent (actually I never thought he was awesome but it took me a while to realize he's a Right-wing shithead)

have an entire track on an album - a drum solo (or is that awesome...)

drugs

buying a really crappy car (like an 88 chevy celebrity)

cutting classes

Loud CDs

getting credit cards.

ben adrian
oakland, ca

metallica