I have to tell you spags, that this pun sabbatical thing is a lot easier than I thought it would be. Now, I will not say that when I read threads that the puns don't pop into my head anymore. It's one of those things you can't really turn off. But, I don't get all twitchy anymore if I don't post it or share it with someone else.
And I can't really take off with the palindrone thing. Those things are much harder to work into conversation.
I dunno spags, when the Ides of March come, the puns may not come back. Or at least, not with the same fury and frequency.
I imagine this both elicits cheers of joy and tears of sorrow (and you spags need to get checked out.)
Well, it makes me sad to think you will not be yourself. That is one GIFT this place has to the usual poster--you can be yourself. You may get shit down your neck for it, but you can do it. Usually.
Well, I say this today. There are a lot of days between now and March. The tide may turn. If so, watch out!
I have always enjoyed your puns...
Yes, like Khara, I too am Team Pun.
kill the sabbatical!
fuck the haters!
...THAT's the SPIRIT~!
I WILL DANCE ON THE GRAVE OF THE PUNS WHEN THE IDES ARRIVE, AND THE PUNS HAVE PROVEN UNABLE TO SURVIVE! I WILL DANCE, DANCE, DANCE! DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY! :milk: :noodledance: :monkeydance: :hammer: :awesome:
I dunno, it might be like one of those horror film franchises. The bad guy gets blown up, burned, shredded, he couldn't possibly survive. Yet, there you are, a few years later, you traded in your 1985 hair style for a fresh new 1988 hair style, walking down the street listening to your Sony Walkman. It's probably Bobby Brown or some shit.
When, out of fucking nowhere, there he is. Freddy Punger. And he's looking for some motherfucking blood!
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on February 04, 2011, 01:32:47 PM
I dunno, it might be like one of those horror film franchises. The bad guy gets blown up, burned, shredded, he couldn't possibly survive. Yet, there you are, a few months later, you traded in your 1985 hair style for a fresh new 1988 hair style, walking down the street listening to your Sony Walkman. It's probably Bobby Brown or some shit.
When, out of fucking nowhere, there he is. Freddy Punger. And he's looking for some motherfucking blood!
:tgrr:
I know, right? I mean, how humiliating is it to have to be listening to Bobby Brown?
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on February 04, 2011, 01:37:48 PM
I know, right? I mean, how humiliating is it to have to be listening to Bobby Brown?
Really. Bobby Brown? If I ere walking around in 1988, I'd simply not listen to music at all. Less chance for embarassment because I got disemboweled whilel istening to Mr. Telephone Man.
Quote from: Doktor Phox on February 04, 2011, 01:40:13 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on February 04, 2011, 01:37:48 PM
I know, right? I mean, how humiliating is it to have to be listening to Bobby Brown?
Really. Bobby Brown? If I ere walking around in 1988, I'd simply not listen to music at all. Less chance for embarassment because I got disemboweled whilel istening to Mr. Telephone Man.
Good albums that came out in or around 1988:
Dinosaur Jr,
You're Living All Over MefIREHOSE,
If'nNegativland,
Escape From NoiseSonic Youth,
Daydream NationBad Brains,
LiveAnd that's just on SST. Also released in 1988:
Leonard Cohen,
I'm Your ManMorrisey,
Viva HatePixies,
Surfer RosaButthole Surfers,
Hairway to StevenSugarcubes,
Life's Too GoodBoogie Down Productions,
By All Means NecessaryCamper Van Beethoven,
Our Beloved Revolutionary SweetheartPublic Enemy,
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackJoy Division,
SubstanceN.W.A.,
Straight Outta ComptonJane's Addiction,
Nothing's ShockingMetallica,
...And Justice for AllRapeman,
Two Nuns and a Pack MuleSiouxsie and the Banshees,
PeepshowNick Cave and the Bad Seeds,
Tender PreyUltramagnetic MCs,
Critical BeatdownMinistry,
The Land of Rape and HoneySo don't even try to tell me there was nothing good to listen to in 1988.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on February 04, 2011, 01:59:41 PM
Quote from: Doktor Phox on February 04, 2011, 01:40:13 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on February 04, 2011, 01:37:48 PM
I know, right? I mean, how humiliating is it to have to be listening to Bobby Brown?
Really. Bobby Brown? If I ere walking around in 1988, I'd simply not listen to music at all. Less chance for embarassment because I got disemboweled whilel istening to Mr. Telephone Man.
Good albums that came out in or around 1988:
Dinosaur Jr, You're Living All Over Me
fIREHOSE, If'n
Negativland, Escape From Noise
Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation
Bad Brains, Live
And that's just on SST. Also released in 1988:
Leonard Cohen, I'm Your Man
Morrisey, Viva Hate
Pixies, Surfer Rosa
Butthole Surfers, Hairway to Steven
Sugarcubes, Life's Too Good
Boogie Down Productions, By All Means Necessary
Camper Van Beethoven, Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Joy Division, Substance
N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton
Jane's Addiction, Nothing's Shocking
Metallica, ...And Justice for All
Rapeman, Two Nuns and a Pack Mule
Siouxsie and the Banshees, Peepshow
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Tender Prey
Ultramagnetic MCs, Critical Beatdown
Ministry, The Land of Rape and Honey
So don't even try to tell me there was nothing good to listen to in 1988.
I didn't say that there wasn't any good music. But they didn't have shuffle back then, so I'd pop in Bobby Brown and BAM. The laws of the universe as posited by the esteemed Edward Murphy dictate that at that exact moment, the bad stuff would happen. :lulz:
Other good albums, just because we're on the subject:
Long Cold Winter by Cinderella
Operation: Mindcrime by Queensryche
South of Heaven by Slayer
Leprosy by Death
Starfish by The Church
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 by The Travelling Wilburys
tons more.....
1988 was a pretty good year for music.
And I think both Pretty Hate Machine and Violator were in 89.
Who'da thunk it? The best music came out when I was in High School.* I sure was lucky...
*Please note: The majority of the best music came out when you were in High School. Try it!
Seventh Son of A Seventh Son by Iron Maiden came out in 1988. Not the best album they ever put out, but I would be listening to it, no questions.
While not as big a Judas Priest fan, I seem to recall one of their albums coming out that year as well.
And didn't Sabbath release an album that year? With Tony Martin, I think, but that'd probably be on my play list as well.
And one of my favorite Iggy Pop albums,
Instinct come out in that year.
So, yes. 1988 was a good year for music, no question.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on February 04, 2011, 02:20:51 PM
*Please note: The majority of the best music came out when you were in High School. Try it!
No. I was in high school between 2003 and 2007. :lol:
Yeah, I know it is probably a "when I was young" bias, but I really do think the time from 1988 to 1992 was a pretty fertile time for rock and hip hop. Good music certainly is being made and has been made since, but it really did seem like that was the last really big explosion of good music, from multiple genres.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on February 04, 2011, 02:20:51 PM
And I think both Pretty Hate Machine and Violator were in 89.
Who'da thunk it? The best music came out when I was in High School.* I sure was lucky...
*Please note: The majority of the best music came out when you were in High School. Try it!
No it didn't!!! The best music came out when
I was in high school...... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_in_music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_in_music) the year I graduated... just look at some of those classics.....
I've noted that too.
Sorry folks, the best music ever made was played two nights ago in a run down bar in the ass end of nowhere. The regulars were so shitfaced and sullen they couldn't distinguish that it was a live band creating the sound and not their ancient, finicky jukebox, not that any of them had ever gotten up from their Jack Daniels long enough to go change the tune. The band doesn't have a name, they're just a few locals that get together and play every few weeks or so to a spattering of people trying to forget. They don't even know how good they are.
Their only fan is the bartender. She took the gig, an hour drive or so from home, because she stumbled across the place in a desperate attempt to get lost down some neglected road and couldn't get her mind off the sound. She keeps telling her friends about it and none of them believe her or are willing to make the trip. The girl's not a music person, so her music person friends don't buy it for a second that her tastes may have found something really incredible.
The acoustics and the equipment in the joint are terrible but they may as well be playing the Sydney Opera House for how well they work with it.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on February 04, 2011, 02:36:09 PM
Yeah, I know it is probably a "when I was young" bias, but I really do think the time from 1988 to 1992 was a pretty fertile time for rock and hip hop. Good music certainly is being made and has been made since, but it really did seem like that was the last really big explosion of good music, from multiple genres.
I mostly agree. I tend not to care much for music made after the late 90s, with a few exceptions (usually older bands, bands that didn't peak until later, or the occasionally impressive artist that comes out). The general trends of music in the 2000s has been unappealing to me, most notably in the hip-hop/rap genres and derivatives there of. I can't think of an hip-hop artist after the 90s that I would consider listenable (not to say there aren't any).
Phox: First, you were in High School for five years?
Secondly,
2003:
White Stripes, Elephant
Deftones, Deftones
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, StreetCore
Explosions in the Sky, The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
Jay-Z, The Black Album
Johnny Cash, Unearthed
Killing Joke, Killing Joke.
Electric Six, Fire!
2004:
The Secret Machines, Now Here is Nowhere
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Tom Waits, Real Gone
Björk, Medúlla
The Libertines, The Libertines
2005:
The National, Alligator
Gorillaz, Demon Days
.....Ok, 2005 kind of sucked.
You get the point, though.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on February 04, 2011, 03:14:58 PM
Phox: First, you were in High School for five years?
Most Americans were in high school during five calendar years...
Freshman, Sept of 2001 - June of 2002.
Sophomore, Sept 2002 - June 2003
Junior, Sept 2003 - June 2004
Senior, Sept 2004 - June 2005.
Ah. In New York we broke it up into 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12.
Which would make my high school years from 87-90.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on February 04, 2011, 03:24:53 PM
Ah. In New York we broke it up into 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12.
Which would make my high school years from 87-90.
One of the places I lived as a kid, we actually had 8th graders in the high school, varies from place to place, but, at least as far as I'm aware, the "normal" is four grades in the high schools.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on February 04, 2011, 03:14:58 PM
Phox: First, you were in High School for five years?
Secondly,
2003:
White Stripes, Elephant
Deftones, Deftones
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, StreetCore
Explosions in the Sky, The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
Jay-Z, The Black Album
Johnny Cash, Unearthed
Killing Joke, Killing Joke.
Electric Six, Fire!
2004:
The Secret Machines, Now Here is Nowhere
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Tom Waits, Real Gone
Björk, Medúlla
The Libertines, The Libertines
2005:
The National, Alligator
Gorillaz, Demon Days
.....Ok, 2005 kind of sucked.
You get the point, though.
Yes, I was, even if you don't count that in in my 8th grade year I was in AP classes that were taught at the High School.
I was officially in high school Aug 2003 - May 2007, though I was in classes at the high school Aug 2002 - May 2007
And you said the
best music. I would agree that most of what you listed is good, some even great, but none would I say is my favorite even in a particular genre.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on February 04, 2011, 03:24:53 PM
Ah. In New York we broke it up into 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12.
Which would make my high school years from 87-90.
Ah. See, at my school it was 1-5, 6-8, 9-12, assuming we're talking about years in school.
Fuck that noise, I did all 13 years (including K) in an igloo out in the middle of the woods!
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on February 04, 2011, 03:36:06 PM
Fuck that noise, I did all 13 years (including K) in an igloo out in the middle of the woods!
:lulz:
Chemistry Lab was a bit tricky. Kept melting the basketball court.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on February 04, 2011, 03:37:39 PM
Chemistry Lab was a bit tricky. Kept melting the basketball court.
Basketball court? How'd they do that? We just managed to burn the swimming pool.
Quote from: Luna on February 04, 2011, 03:38:46 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on February 04, 2011, 03:37:39 PM
Chemistry Lab was a bit tricky. Kept melting the basketball court.
Basketball court? How'd they do that? We just managed to burn the swimming pool.
Probably the same way we did, sodium nitrate bombs.
Quote from: Luna on February 04, 2011, 03:38:46 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on February 04, 2011, 03:37:39 PM
Chemistry Lab was a bit tricky. Kept melting the basketball court.
Basketball court? How'd they do that? We just managed to burn the swimming pool.
Well, if it helps, I didn't actually go to school in an igloo.
It sounds like your school was pretty chill.
Oh, that was cold, cram. You know RWHN can't come back at you with a nice pun.
Amen icy cinema