no yu begin wher i end

Oh yeah, me too. I'm just anal (snicker).

Ditto, except replace that song with 'Hold on Hope' by Guided by Voices, and a different episode. PS: Johnny Cash didn't write A Boy Named Sue! It was Shel Silverstein.

...vote Lamont?

One poor university student's quest to recover his bus pass for the month of November that he used for the first time this morning and fell out of his pocket on the bus, along with his student ID card. /bitter Or.... Snakes on a bus.

10/10 I'm horny.

Jeremy Hotz!

Just one thing reading through the pdf on Canada's involvement in Afghanistan. It makes it seem as if Chretien was always with Big Oil, which he wasn't until he was out of office (and probably out of influence in the Liberal party), so I'm not too sure if the connection being made there is all that strong. I like to bitch. Don't mind me. Note: next, this isn't a criticism of anything said here so far, just in general. One thing about negotiating with the Taliban: can it accomplish anything? Opponents like to cite occurances such as militants tossing grenades into the homes of Afghans who allow their daughters to go to school and other fun shit like that. What can dampen that kind of extremism? Certainly lifting the country out of poverty can happen. Most of al Qaida's and the Taliban's new recruits come from impoverished families who know that they can be fed and looked after relatively well if they join the Taliban, so more than just an "arms for amnesty" deal is needed. It just isn't enough. Grand, sweeping plans to eradicate poverty aren't the answer. Cringleman hit it dead on when he said: Find out what works. True, a first-world society won't spring up over night, but it's a start. As an aside, the Taliban were ruthless in cutting down on the drug trade and opium growing. I wouldn't imagine that they're too happy about what it's like now, so doing something along the lines of what Cringleman suggested may help to stem the Taliban insurgency somewhat. The power of the drug lords starts from the ground up. Without the loyalty of their personal armies, they have no power. Following this, the schools being built will be safer and female students shouldn't have to worry about hand grenades being lobbed through their windows, and then those who actually favour full committment in Afghanistan will actually have a point when they point to new infrastructure being built. Mind you, at the moment it's still incredibly dangerous for aid workers, so I doubt that military involvement in one form or another is unnessecary. It's a vicious cycle. We're training their troops and police, while at the same time those troops and police are deserting or being killed and threatened and thus unable to protect said aid workers adequately. It's really complicated, and I doubt "arms for amnesty" will cut it. PS: The White Man's Burden by William Easterly. Amazing book.

Internet filesharing for the win! Yeah, chalk one up for the hate.

I don't know how to explain it. If I don't like it, I don't buy it. I don't think I can really explain why I do or don't like something other than saying "it sounds good." It's subjective, after all. Lyrics that I think are cool or intelligent can be complete ass fungus to someone else. Point being: if I like it, I'll listen/buy. It's pretty general, but I'm too dumb to expand on it.

I agree. The first time I heard Carmelina, my ears were still tuned to Linkin Park and Sum 41, so I wasn't really into it at all at first. It was the video that got me exploring. Anti-Pop is an incredibly cynical song, lyrically, so with its music I find it to be an ironic choice and one that doesn't interupt the album like I think Pony Boy would. So, I don't think it changes the mood of the album. Anti-Pop is just as cynical and dark and bitter as any of the other songs. Musically, it's a change of pace, but when you combine it with the lyrics and the kids chanting "Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!" at the end, I don't think it really detracts from the album. Besides, what comes right after? The Workers Sing A Song of Mass Production and Sort of a Protest Song, to finish the record off. If anything, Sort of a Protest Song is the one to change the mood of the CD. It's far more optimistic and hopeful than any of the other songs, and makes an excellent closing song. Edit: and like I said, think about where Carmelina is, and the contrast between it and Tripoli. If Pony Boy had to be on the album, I would put it where Anti-Pop is, but I think that would just detract from the whole thing.

A Boy and His Machine Gun is probably the most powerful song on BM. Loves it, I do.

I think part of the reason why Carmelina had the amount of success it did was because of how far out the video was. It definitly got me hooked on the song and on MGB (AoB was the first MGB album I bought). I also think that Carmelina fits the mood of AoB far better than Pony Boy. AoB is a record whose songs more often than not lean towards extremes, extremely tender (Advertising on Police Cars, Sort of a Protest Song) to extremely hard and rough (Carmelina, Fall of Man), with a bit of middle ground (Workers Sing A Song of Mass Production, Under the Influence). Pony Boy isn't as hard or dark (musically) as Carmelina, and thus wouldn't fit the mood of the album. Carmelina also provides a fine contrast to Tripoli. It's hard, heavy, pounding, and screeching; and Tripoli is soft, mournful, and just beautiful. Pony Boy wouldn't provide this contrast and would diminish the feel of the record, as it moves from one extreme to the other suddenly.

Just to be an asshole: Radiohead - OK Computer

I'd kill Mark David Chapman. Maybe. I'm not a good shot, if paintball has taught me anything.

Absolutely killer lyrics.

Damn, I should try that. Lousy Critical Thinking.

I learned that from watching Hogan's Heroes.

ACHTUNG!

Intermezzo: M. Good vs. M. Trolley, as well as variations.

FUCK YEAH!!! PS - 7/10 (to Shakakahn). That looks like it takes talent. Or a strong jaw.

Best time-waster ever. Jay Pinkerton.

Daily Kos.

Thanks. He's got a great voice. Life is Unbelieveable is a neat song.

This may be of interest to some folks here: France: North Korea Nuclear Test Failed

Never heard of him. Does he have a Myspace per chance?