people of electrical music board,
my friend kenny was initially confused by the game of rank and thought
the intention was to find a band just better and just worse than the
band that was stated. kenny's confusion has spawned quite a new game.

this game is lovingly called "the kenny" after it's founder, or "just better,
just worse." i think it will translate well onto the electro super highway.

i will give an example. actually, i believe this is the best example that
we've thought of, so far.

1. name a band: j. geils band
2. name a band that is just worse: golden earring
3. name a band that is just better: kool and the gang

now you try. name one band that is just better and one band that is
just worse than:

cream

best,
brian

my friend kenny was initially confused by the game of rank and thought
the intention was to find a band just better and just worse than the
band that was stated. kenny's confusion has spawned quite a new game.

your friend wasn't really confused

this is built into rank

if the distinctions of quality betw the three subjects are too obvious, the game isn't any fun

so this is actually just an excellent way to assess your rank before presenting it

and this rank you present is a good one

i would say:

kool and the gang, b/c we're gonna celebrate and have a good time to the old kool and the gang stuff that is more funky than 'celebration,' even if it's not all that great on the whole

golden earring, b/c 'radar love' can be recognized from the radio in one nanosecond and i think 'twilight zone' is funny

j.geils, b/c they are pretty much as good as golden earring but i like 'radar love' better than 'centerfold'

I urge you to participate in The Kenny. The Kenny is a spectacular variation on Rank, and it is very fun to play. The Kenny is great because it provides the respondent with great creative license, but requires surgical precision. More importantly, the joke is in the things themselves, not the explanation. Here are a few examples:

The Kenny: The Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling"
Just Better: Losing one's guideline while scuba diving in a dark, labyrinthe underwater cave system
Just Worse: Catching your parents fucking while they listen to and sing along with The Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling"

The Kenny: Bette Midler
Just Better: A 1976 AMC Pacer clutch assembly
Just Worse: Disney cruise lines

The Kenny: Jet Skis
Just Better: Getting solid handy from a mildly unattractive girl. For free.
Just Worse: Q-bert

The Kenny: The State of Florida
Just Better: A dirty charcoal grill at a public park
Just Worse: A Wal-Mart greeter

Now you do it! Kenny the following Kennies:

Reggae
Amtrak
God
Baseball
New Zealand

Kenny: Reggae
Just better: The foliage that inspires it
Just worse: Country

Kenny: Amtrak
Just better: A cab ride with a non-English speaker, with less than perfect bowel control.
Just worse: Not going at all.

Kenny: God
Just better: Not caring if God exists
Just worse: Believing that God, if He/She/It exists, cares

Kenny: baseball
Just better: Rock
Just worse: The Cubs, most years anyway.

Kenny: New zealand
Just better: australia
Just worse: Most countries with a sheep population lower than that of the humans.

Please Kenny the following:

Drugs
Black Sabbath
Finding a twenty in your pocket post-wash
The war in Iraq
Thanksgiving

jupiter,
i laughed out loud at this:

Kenny: Amtrak
Just better: A cab ride with a non-English speaker, with less than perfect bowel control.
Just worse: Not going at all.


well done,
brian

This game could still be fun, if anyone wants to play.

Please Kenny the following:

mind over matter
Led Zeppelin's _ITTOD_
waking up and realising you don't have to work
getting a nosebleed
Dan Castellaneta
skiing
people who paint themselves at football games

the kenny: Dan Castellaneta
slightly better: Dan doing Howard Cosell
slightly worse: Howard Cosell

the kenny: people who paint themselves etc.
slightly better: the good chance that they will become ill from over-exposure
slightly worse: seeing their wives or girlfriends

kenny: skiing
SB: any outdoor activity that doesn't involve freezing your toes off
SW: roller skating

Anyone want to kenny these:

Eating a Swedish Fish after not having eaten one for a very long time.

Drinking an ice cold cheap beer after mowing the lawn on a hot day.

Running down a tip-up strike whilst ice fishing.

stackmatic wrote:Eating a Swedish Fish after not having eaten one for a very long time.

Just better: Root beer from a bottle.
Just worse: Fries dipped in frosty.

stackmatic wrote:Drinking an ice cold cheap beer after mowing the lawn on a hot day

Just better: Drinking whatever I was drinking when the Avs won tonight.
Just worse: Pure water after ice cream.

Feel free to Kenny:
The jam band. Or,
The jelly bean